Activities of Stanisław OŻÓG
Plenary speeches (54)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2019 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2019 (debate) PL
Minimum loss coverage for non-performing exposures (debate) PL
Charges on cross-border payments in the Union and currency conversion charges (debate) PL
Annual report on competition policy (debate) PL
Annual report on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank (debate) PL
Banking Union - Annual report 2018 (debate) PL
Harmonising and simplifying certain rules in the VAT system - Rates of value added tax (debate) PL
Controls on cash entering or leaving the Union (debate) PL
Clearing obligation, reporting requirements, risk-mitigation techniques and trade repositories (debate) PL
Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (debate) PL
Annual Report on Competition Policy (debate) PL
Guarantee Fund for external actions - EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union (debate) PL
Annual report on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank (debate) PL
European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016 (debate) PL
European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016 (debate) PL
Extension of the duration of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (debate) PL
Ranking of unsecured debt instruments in insolvency hierarchy (debate) PL
Transitional arrangements for mitigating the impact of the introduction of IFRS 9 (debate) PL
Framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation - Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (debate) PL
Disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches (debate) PL
Implementation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (debate) PL
Money market funds (debate) PL
Guidelines for the 2018 budget - Section III (debate) PL
Banking Union - Annual Report 2016 (debate) PL
Towards a definitive VAT system and fighting VAT fraud (debate) PL
Access to anti-money-laundering information by tax authorities (debate) PL
European Central Bank annual report for 2015 (debate) PL
Green Paper on Retail Financial Services (debate) PL
General budget of the European Union for 2017 - all sections (debate) PL
Agenda of the next sitting : see Minutes PL
Mid-term review of the Investment Plan (debate) PL
Rules against certain tax avoidance practices (debate) PL
Markets in financial instruments - Markets in financial instruments, market abuse and securities settlement (debate) PL
Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (debate) PL
Banking Union - Annual report 2015 (debate) PL
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2016 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2016 - Single Market governance within the European Semester 2016 (debate) PL
European Central Bank annual report for 2014 (debate) PL
Insurance mediation (debate) PL
European Semester package - Annual Growth Survey 2016 (debate) PL
Financing of two new EU trust funds for Syria and Africa and Member States' contributions to these funds (debate) PL
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities - Steps towards completing the Economic and Monetary Union (debate) PL
Transparency of securities financing transactions (debate) PL
Decision adopted on the Capital Markets Union package (debate) PL
Payment services in the internal market (debate) PL
Building a Capital markets union (debate) PL
Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges (debate) PL
Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing - Information accompanying transfers of funds (debate) PL
Indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts (debate) PL
European Investment Bank annual report 2013 (debate) PL
European long-term investment funds (debate) PL
European Central Bank annual report for 2013 (debate) PL
Budgets 2014 and 2015 (debate) PL
The powers of the European Central Bank to impose sanctions - Collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank (debate) PL
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities (debate) PL
Shadow reports (6)
REPORT on gender equality and taxation policies in the EU PDF (485 KB) DOC (68 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 as regards certain charges on cross-border payments in the Union and currency conversion charges PDF (566 KB) DOC (67 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the special scheme for small enterprises PDF (602 KB) DOC (91 KB)
REPORT on access to finance for SMEs and increasing the diversity of SME funding in a Capital Markets Union PDF (481 KB) DOC (187 KB)
REPORT on European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities PDF (253 KB) DOC (223 KB)
REPORT on the European Investment Bank - Annual Report 2013 PDF (193 KB) DOC (143 KB)
Shadow opinions (6)
OPINION on 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
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal and operational framework of the European services e-card introduced by Regulation ....[ESC regulation]....
OPINION on combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth
OPINION on the functioning of franchising in the retail sector
OPINION on European Investment Bank (EIB) – Annual Report 2014
Institutional motions (13)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on animal welfare, antimicrobial use and the environmental impact of industrial broiler farming PDF (251 KB) DOC (43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation as regards the rule of law and democracy in Poland PDF (263 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent developments in Poland and their impact on fundamental rights as laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union PDF (263 KB) DOC (69 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Poland PDF (259 KB) DOC (71 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by ISIS PDF (354 KB) DOC (83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia - in particular the convictions of Eston Kohver, Oleg Sentzov, and Alexander Kolchenko PDF (143 KB) DOC (73 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies PDF (233 KB) DOC (57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the murder of the Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and the state of democracy in Russia PDF (150 KB) DOC (72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia, in particular the case of Alexei Navalny PDF (142 KB) DOC (72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ukraine PDF (150 KB) DOC (81 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Russia, in particular the case of Alexei Navalny PDF (150 KB) DOC (58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ukraine PDF (249 KB) DOC (62 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on human rights in Uzbekistan PDF (137 KB) DOC (68 KB)
Oral questions (6)
Disturbance of the free movement of goods by Greece PDF (99 KB) DOC (27 KB)
EU ban on the use of wild animals in circuses PDF (98 KB) DOC (26 KB)
The existence of non-tariff barriers for food exporters on the internal EU market PDF (98 KB) DOC (28 KB)
Commission's answers to Written Questions PDF DOC
Compliance of the German provisions on the minimum wage with European law PDF DOC
Impact on European agriculture of trade ban on EU agricultural products and foodstuffs imposed by the Russian Federation PDF DOC
Written explanations (1)
The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020 (A8-0048/2018 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) PL
Poparłem w głosowaniu sprawozdanie dotyczące WRF po roku 2020, ponieważ opowiedziano się w nim za wypełnieniem luki po brexicie, a także za zapewnieniem dodatkowych środków na nowe priorytety UE.Zgodnie z tym sprawozdaniem w nowym budżecie środki na fundusz spójności i WPR mają zostać zapewnione przynajmniej na dotychczasowym poziomie i, co więcej, zawiera ono apel do Komisji o wyrównanie dopłat bezpośrednich między „starymi” i „nowymi” krajami członkowskimi (kompromis 42).Nawet zawarte w kompromisie 58 wezwanie Komisji „do zaproponowania mechanizmu, dzięki któremu państwa członkowskie nieprzestrzegające wartości określonych w artykule 2 Traktatu mogą podlegać konsekwencjom finansowym”, jest zapisane w taki sposób, że nie zagraża polskim interesom (w sprawie kompromisu 58 głosowałem przeciw).
Written questions (61)
Use of funds under the Regional Operational Programme PDF (39 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Development of a common policy on protective vaccinations PDF (41 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Increase in the incidence of measles PDF (42 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's attendance at commemorations marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx PDF (90 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Risks associated with the introduction of new regulations on imports of poultry meat from South America PDF (187 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Violation of freedom of speech on the internet PDF (188 KB) DOC (20 KB)
Aid for pig farmers to counter falling profitability PDF (185 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Recognition of medical qualifications awarded outside the EU PDF (188 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Introduction of a ban on trans-unsaturated fatty acids PDF (92 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Contamination of hens' eggs PDF (91 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Discrimination against foreign and mixed families in Germany PDF (92 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Stepping up support and protection for apiculture PDF (91 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Increased epidemiological threat in Germany PDF (187 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Recognition of cardiac surgery qualifications in Member States PDF (190 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Raising the intervention price for cereals PDF (188 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Breach of competition law PDF (91 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Implementing Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions in other Member States PDF (92 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Limits on the use of the CO2 removal potential of farmland and forest land PDF (189 KB) DOC (19 KB)
PCE/PEC - Explanation of the influence of the Polish and German governments on media freedom in 2014 PDF (194 KB) DOC (17 KB)
New situation with regard to free allowances for electricity producers PDF (189 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Political pressure on the media in Poland in 2014 PDF (187 KB) DOC (14 KB)
Commission actions to resolve the crisis on Poland's dairy market PDF (188 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Commission interference with Member State public media, in particular that of Poland PDF (187 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Protection of children against abuse of trust by the 'Jugendamt' authorities in Germany PDF (186 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Debate held in the Commission on 13 January 2016 on the situation in Poland PDF (91 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Germany's actions in connection with the events in Cologne and other cities PDF (189 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Threats to European unity from construction of the NordStream pipeline PDF (188 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Commission response to the outbreak of swine fever in Denmark PDF (185 KB) DOC (23 KB)
NordStream2 violating the provisions of the Third Energy Package PDF (191 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Threats for Central and Eastern European countries arising from the signature of an agreement on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Vladivostok PDF (191 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Threats for Central and Eastern European countries arising from the signature of an agreement on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Vladivostok PDF (190 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Audit reports on the use of funding for the operation of fruit and vegetable producers' groups in Poland PDF (185 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Commission funding for the International Planned Parenthood Federation PDF (92 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Harmonisation of Member State rules governing the protection of farmland PDF (91 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Aid to drought-hit farmers PDF (90 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Business difficulties for Polish firms in the toy industry PDF (188 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Member States brought before the Court of Justice for failing to implement rules on recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment PDF (189 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Discrimination against Muszynianka, a Polish cooperative, by the Slovakian authorities PDF (192 KB) DOC (26 KB)
Risk to persons under 18 posed by taking the medicine ellaOne PDF (187 KB) DOC (23 KB)
The operation of the Breast Cancer Units model for treating breast cancer in particular EU countries PDF (189 KB) DOC (26 KB)
The increasing differences in quality and access to health care in EU countries PDF (191 KB) DOC (25 KB)
The possibility of financing the redevelopment of the Latoszyn Zdrój spa from EU funds PDF (192 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Strategy for an Energy Union PDF (188 KB) DOC (25 KB)
The need to take firm action to restrict sales of so-called designer drugs PDF (90 KB) DOC (25 KB)
'EllaOne' medicine PDF (194 KB) DOC (26 KB)
Commission approval for bilateral negotiations between Member States and Russia on the pork embargo PDF (188 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Actions by the German authorities affecting haulage firms from outside Germany PDF (189 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Fighting corruption in the EU PDF (89 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Funding for innovative education centres in Poland under the Financial Perspective 2014 - 2020 PDF (187 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Discontinuation of further work on the 'anti-discrimination' directive PDF (184 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Implementation of the system for electronic exchange of social security information (EESSI) PDF (186 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Discrimination against Polish citizens by Greek insurance firms PDF (185 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Withdrawal of the Upper Vistula Flood Protection Programme PDF (186 KB) DOC (24 KB)
The role and significance of so-called master plans for implementing flood prevention investments in Poland PDF (185 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Discrimination against Polish food by the Czech authorities PDF (190 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Tax penalties for sellers of heating oil PDF (106 KB) DOC (25 KB)
VP/HR - Democratic opposition in Kazakhstan PDF (194 KB) DOC (26 KB)
Dire situation facing Polish producers of soft fruits PDF (186 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Information on the use of aid granted to vegetable producers following the market crisis caused by E-Coli contamination PDF (186 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Suspension of penalties for exceeding milk quotas in quota year 2013/14 PDF (93 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Suspension of penalties for exceeding milk quotas in quota year 2013/14 PDF (93 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Written declarations (2)
Amendments (693)
Amendment 1 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 3 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
Amendment 21 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 29 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 32 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 38 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 43 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 47 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 52 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 62 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 67 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to support gender equality in all taxation policies and to issue specific guidelines and recommendations to Member States, including that they carry out gender audits of fiscal policies in order to eliminate tax-related gender biases and to ensure that no new tax, spending laws, programmes or practices that increase market or after-tax income gender gaps or that reinforce the male breadwinner model are established;
Amendment 72 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 75 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 78 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 82 #
Amendment 84 #
Amendment 87 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 103 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 113 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for personal income tax (structure of rates, exemptions, deduction, allowances, credits, etc.) to be designed to actively promote an equal sharing of paid and unpaid work, income and pension rights between women and men, and to eliminate incentives that perpetuate unequal gender roles;
Amendment 118 #
Amendment 119 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 122 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the Member States highlighted in the European Semester for their aggressive tax planning provisions to amend their legislation and close these provisions as soon as possible13 ; is concerned by the risk that, while working on coordinating their corporate tax bases, Member States may find new provisions to facilitate aggressive tax planning by corporations, leaving it to Member States to find other sources of taxation (including consumption taxes), which have a disproportionate effect on women; __________________ 13 European Commission (2018) European Semester: Country Reports, 7 March 2018.
Amendment 126 #
Amendment 129 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 139 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 143 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 149 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls its recommendations of 13 December 2017 following the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion18 , and those from previous special committees (TAX and TAX2) drawn up with a view to fighting tax evasion and avoidance in the EU; calls on the Member States to adopt public country-by-country reporting, an EU common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) and a revised interest and royalties directive as soon as possible; __________________ 18__________________ 18 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0491. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0491.
Amendment 154 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 160 #
Amendment 161 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 170 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to mainstream gender aspects in the assessments of fundamental tax policy design conducted within the European Semester; underlines that reviews of Member States’ tax systems within the European Semester, as well as country- specific recommendations, require thorough analyses with regard to effects on socioeconomic gender gaps,Underlines that the prohibition of discrimination and the promotion of substantive gender equality and should also address the need forneed adequate institutional measures at Member State level;
Amendment 176 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 182 #
2018/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 730 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, diffe; points out, furthermore, that equalising the level of direnct production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar IIayments among the Member States is essential in order to ensure a level playing field in the EU’s single market;
Amendment 271 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 280 #
2018/0229(COD)
(29) In selecting implementing partners for the deployment of the InvestEU Fund, the Commission should consider the counterpart's capacity to fulfil the objectives of the InvestEU Fund and contribute its own resources, in order to ensure adequate geographical coverage and diversification, to crowd-in private investors and to provide sufficient risk diversification as well as new solutions to address market failures and sub-optimal investment situations. Given its role under the Treaties, its capacity to operate in all Member States and the existing experience under the current financial instruments and the EFSI, the European Investment Bank (‘EIB’) Group should remain a privileged implementing partner under the InvestEU Fund's EU compartment. In addition to the EIB Group, national promotional banks or institutions should be able to offer a complementary financial product range given that their experience and capabilities at regional level could be beneficial for the maximisation of the impact of public funds on the territory of the Union. Moreover, it should be possible to have other international financial institutions as implementing partners, in particular when they present a comparative advantage in terms of specific expertise and experience in certain Member States. It should also be possible for other entities fulfilling the criteria laid down in the Financial Regulation to act as implementing partners.
Amendment 292 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to ensure that interventions under the EU compartment of the InvestEU Fund should focus on market failures and sub-optimal investment situations at Union level, but, at the same time, satisfy the objectives of best possible geographic outreach, the EU guarantee should be allocated to implementing partners, which alone or together with other implementing partners, can cover at least three Member States. However, it is expected that around 75 % of the EU guarantee under the EU compartment would be allocated to implementing partner or partners that can offer financial products under the InvestEU Fund in all Member States.
Amendment 439 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Implementing partners shall target that at least 530 % of the investment under the sustainable infrastructure policy window contribute to meeting the Union objectives on climate and environment.
Amendment 532 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the EU compartment, the eligible counterparts shall have expressed their interest and shall be able to cover financing and investment operations in at least three Member States. The implementing partners may also cover together financing and investment operations in at least three Member States by forming a group.
Amendment 562 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. No administrative expenditure or feeIn order to secure that e.g. promotional banks arelated to the able to implementation of the financing and investment operations under the EU guarantee shall be due to the implementing partner by the Commission, unless the nature of the policy objectives targe, the administrative expenditure or fees related byto the financial product to be implemented allows the implementing partner to demonstrate the need for an exceptionimplementation could be covered from the assets allocated in general EU budget. Coverage of such costs shall be laid down in the guarantee agreement and shall comply with [Article 209(2)(g)] of the [Financial Regulation].
Amendment 601 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
Amendment 729 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 September 20254, the Commission shall carry out an interim evaluation on the InvestEU Programme, in particular on the use of the EU guarantee.
Amendment 206 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – introductory part
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 3
Article 3
b) paragraphs 3 and 4 areis replaced by the following:
Amendment 207 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Amendment 216 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 224 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
(3a) In Article 7(1), point (a) is replaced by the following: "1. The following reference thresholds are fixed: a) as regards the cereals sector, EUR 101,3130,0/tonne, related to the wholesale stage for goods delivered to the warehouse, before unloading; (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PL/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-" Or. pl 20180101&from=FR)
Amendment 260 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a
Article 23 a
Amendment 340 #
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 77
Article 77
(5a) Article 77 shall be repealed;
Amendment 572 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 189
Article 189
Amendment 575 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 193
Article 193
Amendment 576 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26
Amendment 635 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point b
Amendment 86 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Account should be taken of the European Parliament resolution of 30 May 2018 on the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework and own resources (2018/2714(RSP)).
Amendment 87 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Given the fundamental role of common agricultural policy (CAP), the CAP budget must be increased in the 2021-2027 MFF from the level of the 2014-2020 budget in real terms.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) The agricultural sector must not face any financial repercussions as a result of political decisions, such as the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU or the funding of new European strategic policies.
Amendment 92 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 d (new)
Recital 1 d (new)
(1d) Given the importance of direct payments and second-pillar funds to farmers, which contribute significantly to investment and employment in rural areas, the severe cuts envisaged for the second pillar of the CAP are not acceptable. For that reason, the CAP should focus on its core activities with a budget of the equivalent of EUR 382.9 billion in 2018 terms (which amounts to EUR 430.9 billion in current terms), so that its budget is at the same level as it was for the 2014-2020 period.
Amendment 108 #
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 121 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to avoid an excessive administrative burden for national administrations and farmers provision should be made that reimbursement of the amounts carried over from the preceding financial year in relation to financial discipline applied, should not take place either where financial discipline is applied for a second subsequent year (year N+1), or where the overall amount of non- committed appropriations represents less than 0,2% of the EAGF annual ceiling.
Amendment 124 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The level of direct payments must be the same between Member States if there is to be a level playing field on the EU single market. There is an urgent need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States. What is more, the process of equalising direct payments must be completed under the 2021-2027 financial framework. Farmers from the Eastern European countries have been waiting for this since 2014.
Amendment 148 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
Amendment 203 #
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 370 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 383 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The funding shall only apply to direct payments in excess of EUR 2000 to be granted to farmers in the corresponding calendar year.
Amendment 414 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Following its decision to approve the CAP Strategic Plan, the Commission shall pay an initial prefinancing amount to the Member State for the entire duration of the CAP Strategic Plan. This initial pre- financing amount shall be paid in instalments as follows: to the tune of 5% of the EAFRD support quota for the entire duration of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 415 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 421 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 428 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 443 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall automatically decommit any portion of a budget commitment for rural development interventions in a CAP Strategic Plan that has not been used for the purposes of prefinancing or for making interim payments or for which no declaration of expenditure fulfilling the requirements laid down in Article 30(3) has been presented to it in relation to expenditure effected by 31 December of the seconthird year following that of the budget commitment.
Amendment 483 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37
Article 37
Amendment 490 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38
Article 38
Amendment 504 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
Article 39
Amendment 600 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 a (new)
Article 53 a (new)
Amendment 621 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amounts of the Union financing under the EAFRD which are cancelled and amounts recovered, and the interest thereon, shall be reallocated to other rural development interventionpayments in the CAP Strategic Plan. However, the cancelled or recovered Union Funds may be reused by Member States only for a rural development operation under the national CAP Strategic Plan and provided the funds are not reallocated to rural development operations which have been the subject of a financial adjustment.
Amendment 518 #
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 shouldmay 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.
Amendment 543 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to give substance to the objectives of the CAP as established by Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as to ensure that the Union adequately addresses its most recent challenges, it is appropriate to provide for a set of general objectives reflecting the orientations given in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, in order for the Union to formulate a long-term sustainable vision of agricultural development. A set of specific objectives should be further defined at Union level and applied by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans. While striking a balance across the dimensions of sustainable development, in line with the impact assessment, these specific objectives should translate the general objectives of the CAP into more concrete priorities and take into account relevant Union legislation, particularly with regard to climate, energy and environment.
Amendment 548 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The Common Agriculture Policy should take into account threats to the sustainable development of agriculture and take into account the fact that: – fewer but larger farms: in 2013 there were 10.8 million farms (a 22% decrease compared to 2007) while the average size increased from 12.6 ha to 16.1 ha; – a decrease by 25% in the agricultural workforce (from 12.8 million fill-time equivalents in 2005 to 9.5 million in 2017) – since 2010, the EU is a net exporter of food, with a trade surplus of 20.5billion euros in 2017, principally resulting from processed food and beverages- the EU is a net importer of unprocessed farm product; – an average farm provides work for less than one full-time person; – while the performance of different sectors varies widely, there has been a significant increase in income from farming per full-time person; – an ageing farming population, and a decreasing number of young farmers: for every 100 farm managers above 55 the number of farm managers below 35 decreased from 14 in 2010 to 11 in 2013;
Amendment 759 #
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 shouldmay 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 shouldwill be defined by the Member States as a payment granted either for incentivising and remunerating the provision of public goods by agricultural practices beneficial to the environment and climate or as a compensation for the introduction of these practices. In both cases they should aim at enhancing the environmental and climate performance of the CAP and should consequently be conceived to go beyond the mandatory requirements already prescribed by the system of conditionality. Member States may decide to set up eco- schemes for agricultural practices such as the enhanced management of permanent pastures and landscape features, 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 794 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) For interventions for rural development, principles are defined at Union level, particularly with regard to the basic requirements for the Member States to apply selection criteria. However, Member States should have ample discretion to define specific conditions according to their needs. Types of interventions for rural development include payments for environmental, climate and other management commitments that Member States should support throughout their territories, in accordance with their national, regional or local specific needs. Member States should grant payments to farmers and other land managerbeneficiaries who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to the protection and improvement of the environment including water quality and quantity, air quality, soil, biodiversity and ecosystem services including voluntary commitments in Natura 2000 and support for genetic diversity. Support under payments for management commitments may also be granted in the form of locally-led, integrated or cooperative approaches and result-based interventions.
Amendment 801 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Support for management commitments may include organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land; payments for other types of interventions supporting environmentally friendly production systems such as agro-ecology, conservation agriculture and integrated production; forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation; premia for forests and establishment of agroforestry systems; animal welfare; conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources. Member States may develop other schemes under this type of interventions on the basis of their needs. This type of payments should cover all or part of the additional costs and income foregone only resulting from commitments going beyond the baseline of mandatory standards and requirements established in Union and national law, as well as conditionality, as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan and may additionally cover an incentive. Commitments related to this type of interventions may be undertaken for a pre- established annual or pluri-annual period and might go beyond seven years where duly justified.
Amendment 916 #
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% of the gap towards 90% of the Union averageMember States' allocations gradually move towards the Union average. By the end of the multiannual financial perspective 2021-2027, the difference in the support level per hectare should disappear completely and the support level per hectare should be equal in all Member States by 2027 at the latest. 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 1133 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plan the definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare, genuine farmer and young farmer:
Amendment 1216 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1272 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
Amendment 1296 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States may define 'genuine farmer' in away 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.
Amendment 1369 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness of agriculture or processing and marketing of agricultural products, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation;
Amendment 1625 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national or regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries with more than [x] ha agriculture area to be defined by Member States for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account farm structures, the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, and crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.
Amendment 1662 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1926 #
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, on the request of the farmer, subtract from the amount of direct payments to be granted to athat farmer pursuant to this Chapter in a given calendar year:
Amendment 2017 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall set an area threshold and only grant decoupled direct payments to genuine farmers whose eligible area of the holding for which decoupled direct payments are claimed goes beyond this area threshold.
Amendment 2023 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
When setting the area threshold, Member States shall aim at ensuring that decoupled direct payments may only be granted to genuine farmers if:
Amendment 2042 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to Articles 19 to 24, the basic income support shall be granted for each eligible hectare declared by a genuine farmer.
Amendment 2112 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant genuine farmers holding owned or leased-in payment entitlements basic income support upon activation of those payment entitlements. Member States shall ensure that for the purpose of the activation of payment entitlements genuine farmers declare the eligible hectares accompanying any payment entitlement.
Amendment 2121 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2245 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may decide to exclude legal persons or groups of legal persons from complementary income support for young farmers.
Amendment 2257 #
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 2% of their allocations for direct payments to this objective in accordance with Article 86(4)the minimum amounts as set out in Annex X, 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 2294 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay provide support for 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 2298 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay provide support for 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 2476 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant coupled income support to genuine farmers under the conditions set out in this Subsection and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2487 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States’ interventions shall help the supported sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein listed in Article 30 addressing the difficulty or difficulties they undergo by improving their competitiveness, their sustainability or their quality.
Amendment 2504 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
Article 30
Amendment 2505 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2666 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets, in particular focused on infrastructure aimed at improving product quality and adapting the scale of production to demand, water saving, energy saving, ecological packaging and waste reduction;
Amendment 2668 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets, in particular focused on infrastructure aimed at improving product quality and adapting the scale of production to demand, water saving, energy saving, ecological packaging and waste reduction;
Amendment 2763 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
(ka) use of organised trading platforms and commodity exchanges on the spot and futures markets;
Amendment 2788 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) the Member States shall ensure that (a) at least 210% of expenditure under operational programs covers the interventions linked to the objectives referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 42;
Amendment 2791 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) at least 210% of expenditure under operational programs covers the interventions linked to the objectives referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 42;
Amendment 2818 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 4,15% of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation;
Amendment 2821 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 4,5% of the value of marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations
Amendment 2829 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) in the case of producer organisations, the percentagby way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the Union financial assistance may be increased to 4,65% of the value of the marketed production, provided that the amount in excess of 4,15% of the value of the marketed production is used solely for one or more interventions linked to the objectives referred to in points (c), (d), (e), (g), (h) and (i) of Article 42; implemented by the entity referred to in the first subparagraph on behalf of its members.
Amendment 2831 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 2835 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 2852 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) operational program comprises the interventions linked to the objectives referred to in points (c), (d), (e), (h) and (i) of Article 42.
Amendment 2868 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In regions of Member States where producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and producer groups market less than 15% of the value of the fruit and vegetable production of those regions and where fruit and vegetable production represents at least 15% of the total agricultural production of those regions, the national financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may be reimbursed by the Union at the request of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 2924 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 4
Article 49 – paragraph 4
4. The Union financial assistance to the interventions referred to in paragraph 21 shall be maximum 50% of the expenditure. The remaining partequivalent to 50% of the expenditure shall be borne by the Member States.
Amendment 3200 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) using organised trading and commodity facilities of the SPOT and derivatives markets
Amendment 3205 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 1
1. In each sector concerned, the objectives and the interventions set out by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans shall be implemented through approved operational programs of producer organisations and/or associations of producer organisations or by inter-branch organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, or by groups of producers or cooperatives recognised under laws of the Member State, under the conditions laid down in this Article.
Amendment 3214 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 4
Article 61 – paragraph 4
4. Operational programs shall be submitted by producer organisations and/or associations of producer organisations or by inter-branch organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, or by groups of producers or cooperatives recognised under laws of the Member State to the Member States for their approval.
Amendment 3219 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 5
Article 61 – paragraph 5
5. Operational programs may be implemented only by producer organisations or by associations of producer organisations or by inter-branch organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, as well as by groups of producers or cooperatives.
Amendment 3225 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Operational programs of associations of producer organisations or unions of groups of producers or unions of cooperatives or inter-branch organisations shall not cover the same interventions as operational programs of member organisations. Member States shall consider operational programs of associations of producer organisations or unions groups of producers or unions of cooperatives or inter-branch organisations together with operational programs of member organisations.
Amendment 3228 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 61 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the interventions under operational programs of an association of producer organisations or a union of groups of producers or a union of cooperatives or an inter-branch organisation are entirely financed by contributions of those member organisations of that association or a union or an inter-branch organisation, and that such funding is collected from the operational funds of those member organisations;
Amendment 3230 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 7
Article 61 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that the interventions linked to objective referred to in point (h) of Article 59 do not exceed one third of the total expenditure under operational programs of producer organisations or associations of producer organisationgroups of producers or cooperatives or inter-branch organisations or associations of producer organisations or unions of groups of producers or unions of cooperatives.
Amendment 3326 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4
Article 65 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall only grant payments to farmers, other beneficiaries, groups of farmers as well as groups of farmers and other beneficiaries, who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments which are considered to be beneficial to achieving the specificappropriate objectives set out in Article 6(1).
Amendment 3378 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6
Article 65 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall compensatespecify to beneficiaries for costs incurredpayments based on additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat- rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Payments shall be granted annually.
Amendment 3395 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 8
Article 65 – paragraph 8
8. Commitments shall be undertaken for a period of fivone to seven years. However, where necessary in order to achieve or maintain certain environmental benefits sought, Member States may determine a longer period in the CAP Strategic Plan for particular types of commitments, including by means of providing for their annual extension after the termination of the initial period. In exceptional and duly justified cases, and for new commitments directly following the commitment performed in the initial period, Member States may determine a shorter period in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3411 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 9
Article 65 – paragraph 9
9. Where support under this type of interventions is granted to agri- environment-climate commitments, commitments to convert to or maintain organic farming practices and methods as defined in Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and forest environmental and climate services, Member States shall establish a payment per hectare or an animal or another unit defined.
Amendment 3437 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2
Article 66 – paragraph 2
2. These payments shall be granted to gbenuine farmereficiaries in respect of areas designated pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
Amendment 3463 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Article 67 – paragraph 2
2. These payments may be granted to farmers, forest holders and other land managother beneficiaries, groups of farmers, groups of farmers and other beneficiaries, forest holders, in respect of areas with disadvantages referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 3507 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
d) purchase of animals, annual plants and their planting other than for the purpose of restoring agricultural or forestry potential damaged following natural disaster and catastrophic events;
Amendment 3558 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The maximum support rate may be increased up to 100% for the following investments:
Amendment 3587 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
c) investments in the restoration of agricultural or forestry potential damaged following natural disasters or catastrophic events and investments in appropriate preventive actions in forests and in the rural environment.
Amendment 3675 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1
Article 70 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay grant support for risk management tools under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3689 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Article 70 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay grant support under this type of interventions in order to promote risk management tools, which help genuine farmers manage production and income risks related to their agricultural activity which are outside their control and which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3781 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3
Article 71 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may cover under this type of interventions the costssupport related to all aspects of the cooperation.
Amendment 3782 #
2018/0216(COD)
4. Member States may grant the support as an overall amount covering the cost of cooperation and the cost of the projects and operations implemented or they may cover only the cossupport of the cooperation and use funds from other types of intervention, national or Union support instruments for project implementation.
Amendment 3839 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Managing Authority of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designated intermediate bodies shallmay define selection criteria or other selection methods for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers and rural business start-up, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria or other selection methods shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions.
Amendment 4040 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
A maximum 4% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX, as well as a maximum 1% of the total EAGF contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan, may be used to finance the actions of technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States referred to in Article 112.
Amendment 4078 #
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 23 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 103% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4110 #
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 2% percentage points, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 103% is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 23 of Chapter II of Title III.
Amendment 4145 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1
Article 87 – paragraph 1
Amendment 4150 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2
Article 87 – paragraph 2
Amendment 4154 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 4162 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 4166 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 4168 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 4203 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) up to 125% of the Member State's allocation for EAFRD in financial years 2022 – 2027 to the Member State's allocation for direct payments set out in Annex IV for calendar years 2021 to 2026.
Amendment 4270 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 2
Article 94 – paragraph 2
Amendment 4385 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 4401 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1
Article 100 – paragraph 1
1. The target plan referred to in point (e) of Article 95(1) shall consist of a recapitulative table showing the targets as referred to in point (a) of Article 97(1), indicating the break-down in annual milestones.
Amendment 4545 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 7
Article 107 – paragraph 7
7. A request for amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan may be submitted no more than oncethree times per calendar year, subject to possible exceptions to be determined by the Commission in accordance with Article 109.
Amendment 4599 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall set up a committee to monitor implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan ('Monitoring Committee') before the submission of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 4650 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 3
Article 112 – paragraph 3
Amendment 4816 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123
Article 123
Amendment 4836 #
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 trticle 124 deleted Based on the performance review 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. When attributing the performance 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 actsssion shall within two Where the target values referred to Where the target values referred to The Commission shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).
Amendment 72 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Other Union instruments and programmes also provide a significant contribution to improving conditions underpinning certain investments in Member States, which can be conducive to or be part of such reforms. In particular, the Union Funds covered by Regulation (EU) No YYY/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council [CPR] link investment to enabling conditions (formerly known as ex-ante conditionalities), foresee a macroeconomic governance mechanism and may finance costs of structural reforms linked to investments in policy areas relevant for cohesion policy. However, currently, no instrument foresees direct financial support that provides incentives for the Member States to implement reforms in all policy areas, in response to challenges identified in the European Semester. Moreover, there is currently no instrument providing specific and targeted financial and technical support to Member States whose currency is not the euro in their efforts to implement reforms that are relevant for joining the euro area.
Amendment 75 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The Commission's Communication of 6 December 201720 , part of a package of initiatives to deepen the Economic and Monetary Union, proposed to create a reform delivery tool and a convergence facility as new budgetary instruments. The objective of such instruments was to strengthen resilience of domestic economies and unleash positive spillover effects across Member States by providing incentives for the implementation of structural reforms that contribute to those objectives and are essential for the stability of the Economic and Monetary Union. __________________ 20Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council and the European Central Bank, new budgetary instruments for a stable euro area within the Union framework, COM(2017) 822 final
Amendment 76 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Against that background, it is necessary to strengthen the current framework for the provision of support to Member States by offering direct financial support, alongside technical support. To that end, a new Reform Support Programme ('the Programme') should be established to provide effective incentives to step up the implementation of structural reforms in the Member States. The Programme should be comprehensive and should also benefit from the experience gained by the Commission and the Member States from the use of the other instruments and programmes. The Programme should also continue the actions and the mode of operation of the SRSP, since they have been proven very useful, and have been appreciated by Member States, for strengthening the administrative capacity of national authorities in various policy domains. The Programme should also include targeted support for reforms in Member States whose currency is not the euro and which have taken demonstrable steps towards adopting the single currency within a given time-frame.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to allow for the provision of the different types of support needed and to cater for the specificity of each component, threewo separate but complementary instruments should be set out within the framework of the Programme, namely a reform delivery tool, a technical support instrument, and a dedicated convergence facility for supporting preparation for euro-area membership.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Specific objectives should be set for each instrument of the Programme. With regard to the reform delivery tool, they should consist of fulfilling concrete milestones and targets set out in relation to the completion of reform commitments, which would trigger the release of the financial incentives. With regard to the technical support instrument, they should be to assist national authorities in their endeavours to design and implement reforms, by taking into account good practices and lessons learned from peers. Those objectives should be pursued in all Member States under those two instruments and, in the context of the convergence facility, by those Member States whose currency is not the euro and which have taken demonstrable steps towards adopting the single currency within a given time-frame.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) With regard to the reform delivery tool, it is necessary to identify the types of reforms that should be eligible for financial support. To ensure their contribution to the objectives of the Programme, the eligible reforms should be those addressing the challenges identified in the context of the European Semester of economic policy coordination, including those proposed to address the country-specific recommendations as well as the national reform programmes.
Amendment 118 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure a meaningful incentive for Member States to complete structural reforms, it is appropriate to establish a maximum financial contribution available for them under the instrument for each stage of allocation and under each call. That maximum contribution should be calculated on the basis of the population of Member States as well as GNI per capita in PPS. To ensure that the financial incentives are spread throughout the whole period of application of the Programme, the allocation of funds to the Member States should be made in stages. In the first stage lasting twenty months, half (EUR 11 000 000 000) of the overall financial envelope of the reform delivery tool should be made available to Member States, during which they could receive up to their maximum allocation by submitting proposals for reform commitments.
Amendment 129 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure the ownership of and a focus on relevant reforms, the Member States should identify the reform commitments in response to challenges identified in the context of the European Semester (including those challenges identified in country specific recommendations as well as the national reform programmes) and propose a detailed set of measures for their implementation, which should contain appropriate milestones and targets and a timetable for implementation over a maximum period of three years. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States should be sought and achieved throughout the process.
Amendment 162 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
Amendment 165 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 166 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 168 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) As regards eligibility of reforms and actions, there should be some additional rules on fixing the maximum indicative allocation, and on the proposals for reform commitments, requests for technical support, and the related assessment process. In particular, under the financial support component of the convergence facility, an additional financial contribution should be available for allocation to the eligible Member States over and above the financial contribution to be allocated under the reform delivery tool, which should be granted in return for additional reforms undertaken by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 180 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Amendment 186 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 202 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 204 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
Amendment 206 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Amendment 244 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 256 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 279 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Annex I lays down a maximum financial contribution available for each Member State out of the overall envelope of the reform delivery tool referred to in point (a) of Article 7(2). Such a maximum financial contribution is calculated for each Member State using the criteria and methodology set out in that Annex, based on the population of each Member State as well as on its GNI per capita in PPS. Such a maximum financial contribution shall be available for allocation to each Member State, in part or in full, at each stage and call of the allocation process set out in Article 10.
Amendment 292 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State wishing to receive support under the reform delivery tool shall submit a proposal for reform commitments to the Commission. That proposal shall set out a detailed set of measures for the implementation of structural reforms in response to challenges identified in the European Semester process and, including the national reform priorities as set out in the national reform programmes. The proposal shall contain milestones, targets and a timetable for the implementation of the reforms over a maximum period of three years.
Amendment 319 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 1 – indent 1
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a – point 1 – indent 1
– in the country-specific recommendations and in other relevant European Semester documents officially adopted both by the Commission and by the Member State concerned; or
Amendment 380 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the implementation of reforms, which are relevant for preparation for euro- area membership for Member States, whose currency is not the euro and which have taken demonstrable steps towards adopting the single currency within a given time-frame.
Amendment 388 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24
Article 24
Amendment 389 #
Amendment 399 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 4 – section 2
Chapter 4 – section 2
Amendment 403 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In relation to the financial support activities, the annual report shall include information on the progress made with reform commitments by the Member States concerned under the reform delivery tool. The annual report shall also include equivalent information on the implementation of the financial support component under the convergence facility.
Amendment 405 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Amendment 406 #
2018/0213(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. The evaluation shall cover the reform delivery tool, the technical support instrument and the convergence facility.
Amendment 44 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In addition, in line with the principle of openness towards countries outside the euro area, new projects should be open to voluntary participation by all EU Member States, in particular when they involve the provision of financial support from the general budget of the EU.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The unprecedented financial crisis and economic downturn that hit the world and the euro area, among others, has shown that in the euro area, for example, available instruments such as the single monetary policy, automatic fiscal stabilisers and discretionary fiscal policy measures at national level are insufficient to absorb large asymmetric shocks.
Amendment 61 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to facilitate macroeconomic adjustment and cushion large asymmetric shocks in the current institutional set-up, Member States whose currency is the euro and other Member States that participate in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II) have to rely more heavily on remaining instruments of economic policy, such as automatic fiscal stabilisers and other discretionary fiscal measures, making the adjustment more difficult overall. The sequence of the crisis in euro area also suggests strong reliance on the single monetary policy to provide for macro- economic stabilisation in severe macro- economic circumstances.
Amendment 77 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In particular, in order to support Member States whose currency is the euro to respond better to rapidly changing economic circumstances and stabilise their economy by preserving public investment in the event of large asymmetric shocks, a European Investment Stabilisation Function (EISF) should be established.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Participation in the EISF should be open not only benefito Member States whose currency is the euro but also otherand Member States that participateing in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II), but also, on a voluntary basis, to Member States outside the euro area.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) EISF support should be given in case one or several Member States whose currency is the euro or other Member States that participate in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II) are confronted with a large asymmetric shock. Changes in unemployment rates are highly correlated with business cycle fluctuations in such Member States. Strong increases in national unemployment rates above their long-term averages are a clear indicator of a large shock in a specific Member State. Asymmetric shocks affect one or several Member States significantly more strongly than the average of Member States.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Member States whose currency is the euro which benefit from financial assistance by the ESM, the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM) or the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and which are under a macro-economic adjustment programme within the meaning of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council12 should not benefit from EISF support since their financing needs including for maintaining public investment are addressed via the financial assistance granted. _________________ 12 Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability, (OJ L 140, 27.5.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 149 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) In addition, where national budgetary or economic policies are no longer compatible with EU requirements, the EISF loan should be repaid in part or in full.
Amendment 209 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. EISF support shall be available for Member States whose currency is the euro and for other Member States that participate in the exchange rate mechanism referred to in Article 140(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Unionall Member States on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 214 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'agreement' means the intergovernmental agreement concluded between all Member States whose currency is the euro and other Member States that participate in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II)the Member States determining the calculation and the transfer of their financial contributions to the Stabilisation Support Fund;
Amendment 276 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where national budgetary or economic policies are no longer compatible with EU requirements (i.e. the conditions constituting eligibility criteria for access to the facility), the EISF loan should be repaid in part or in full.
Amendment 21 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point c
(c) in the context of State aid schemes, the undertaking which receives the aid;, the body which receives the aid, except where the aid per undertaking is less than or equal to EUR 200 000, in which case the Member State concerned may decide that the beneficiary is the body granting the aid, without prejudice to Commission Regulations (EU) No 1407/2013*, (EU) No 1408/2013** and (EU) No 717/2014
Amendment 22 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) 'small project fund' means an operation in an Interreg programme aimed at the selection and implementation of projects of limited financial volume;
Amendment 24 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a more connected Europe by enhancing mobility, energy and regional ICT connectivity;
Amendment 29 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The ESF+ shall contribute to all actions supporting the policy objective ‘a more social Europe implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights’, including infrastructure.
Amendment 79 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6
Article 17 – paragraph 6
Amendment 81 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may request the transfer of up to 510 % of programme financial allocations from any of the Funds to any other Fund under shared management or to any instrument under direct or indirect management.
Amendment 85 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Support for such actions shall be implemented by financing not linked to costs in accordance with Article 89. Without prejudice to Article 89 financing not linked to costs for technical assistance of Member States shall take the form of a part of a programme or of a request for its amendment or a specific operational programme, or all these three forms.
Amendment 90 #
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 94 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2
Article 63 – paragraph 2
Amendment 95 #
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 includedfinal payment for the beneficiary. This period shall not apply to operations where there is a suspicion of fraud.
Amendment 96 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 97 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Article 67 – paragraph 2
2. Upon request of the Commission, the managing authority shall consultinform the Commission and take its comments into account prior to the initial submission of the selection criteria to the monitoring committee and before any subsequent changes to those criteria.
Amendment 100 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 2021: 0.53 %;
Amendment 102 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 2022: 0.53 %;
Amendment 106 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 2023: 0.53 %;
Amendment 107 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 2024: 0.53 %;
Amendment 111 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 2025: 0.53 %;
Amendment 114 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) 2026: 0.53 %
Amendment 119 #
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 120 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1
Article 102 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund shall support the Investment for jobs and growth goal in all regions corresponding to level 2 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics ('NUTS level 2 regions') established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/2014 as well as by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066.
Amendment 126 #
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 130 #
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 132 #
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 135 #
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 138 #
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 140 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 10 – point a
Annex XXIV – point 10 – point a
a) for Member States whose average GNI per capita (in PPS) is under 605% of the EU-27 average: 2,3% of their GDP
Amendment 141 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 10 – point b
Annex XXIV – point 10 – point b
b) for Member States whose average GNI per capita (in PPS) is equal to or above 605% and below 6570% of the EU-27 average: 1,85% of their GDP
Amendment 142 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 10 – point c
Annex XXIV – point 10 – point c
c) for Member States whose average GNI per capita (in PPS) is equal to or above 6570% of the EU-27 average: 1,55% of their GDP.
Amendment 8 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Recital C
C. whereas the MFF quickly proved its inadequacy in responding to a series of crises and new political challenges that were not anticipated at the time of adoption; whereas, for the purpose of securing the necessary funding, the MFF was pushed to its limits including an unprecedented recourse to the flexibility provisions and special instruments, after exhausting the available margins; whereas high-priority EU programmes on research and infrastructures were even cut just two years after their adoption;
Amendment 17 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the CAP budget to be maintained in the 2021-2027 MFF at least at the level of the 2014-2020 budget for the EU-27 in real terms, given the fundamental role of this policy; points out that significant cuts in the CAP will have a negative impact on its implementation, in particular on ensuring widespread access to safe, cheap, high- quality food, which will have negative consequences going beyond rural areas; reaffirms its view that agriculture must not suffer any financial disadvantage as a result of political decisions such as the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU or the funding of new European policies;
Amendment 38 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Disagrees with the Commission’s proposal for the next MFF, which would entail substantial cuts to the CAP; highlights the fact that the extent of the cuts varies according to the parameters used for the comparison; disagrees with the Commission’s approach of providing two calculation methods for the MFF (current vs constant);
Amendment 41 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 5
Amendment 47 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of direct payments as well as second-pillar funds for farmers; deplores in particular the severe cuts envisaged for the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and employment in rural areas; stresses that it cannot be taken for granted that national co-funding of the second pillar will fill the budget gap; advocates maintaining the current level of EAFRD funding for rural development and maintaining the cohesion criteria for the distribution of this part of the CAP budget among the Member States; calls for the maximum permissible rate of transfers between pillars to be raised to the current 25%;
Amendment 71 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 8
8. Expects, therefore, that the MFF will be placed at the top of Council’s political agenda and regrets that no tangible progress is observed so far; believes that the regular meetings between the successive Council presidencies and Parliament’s negotiating team should intensify and pave the way to official negotiations; expects that a good agreement is reached before the 2019 European Parliament elections, in order to avoid the serious setbacks for the launch of the new programmes due to the late adoption of the financial framework, as experienced in the past; underlines that this timetable does not prevent the newly elected European Parliament from adjusting the 2021-2027 MFF during the mandatory mid-term revision;
Amendment 74 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that revenue and expenditure should be treated as a single package in the upcoming negotiations; stresses, therefore, that no agreement can be reached on the future MFF without corresponding progress being made on the new Union’s own resources;
Amendment 89 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that an indirect boost to farmers' income can also be achieved through a real reduction in red tape for farmers in the CAP;
Amendment 101 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses that ensuring a level playing field for farmers in the EU single market requires full alignment of the level of direct payments between Member States;
Amendment 103 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
(2) Considers that the Commission's proposal to extend financial discipline to all beneficiaries of direct payments will not serve the objective of achieving a better balance in the distribution of payments between farms of different sizes, and therefore expects the current exemption from the financial discipline mechanism for farmers receiving up to EUR 2 000 in direct payments to be maintained;
Amendment 105 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 3 (new)
(3) Considers that the agricultural reserve for 2021 should constitute a separate budget line within the 2021 limit, which is justified by the nature of the disbursements from this reserve, which are intended to serve market mechanisms; stresses that the agricultural reserve should in the first instance be funded from assigned revenue under Pillar I of the CAP (EAGF);
Amendment 107 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 4 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 4 (new)
(4) Calls for the current N+3 rule applicable in the case of automatic decommitment of allocations under Pillar II of the CAP to be maintained;
Amendment 108 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 5 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 5 (new)
(5) Advocates maintaining at least the current level of the school scheme budget as it plays an important role in promoting healthy eating and in shaping positive eating habits among children and young people;
Amendment 111 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 6 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 6 (new)
(6) Recognises the risk that reducing support for CAP and cohesion policy measures would entail in limiting the scope for providing support for entrepreneurship in rural areas and support for territorial development in terms of infrastructure;
Amendment 113 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 7 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 7 (new)
(7) Calls for a better balance between environmental and climate objectives and CAP funding, since the Commission's proposed increase in ambition in this area (40% of the entire CAP budget for climate goals, and 30% of Pillar II funding for the environment), together with significant cuts in funding, means that the policy's ability to meet the objectives of modernising and restructuring the agri- food sector and rural development will be severely reduced.
Amendment 144 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 18
Amendment 151 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Commission proposals on flexibility that represent a good basis for the negotiations; strongly supports the clear provision that both commitment and payment appropriations deriving from the use of special instruments should be entered in the budget over and above the relevant MFF ceilings, as well as the removal of any capping to the adjustments flowing from the global margin for payments; calls for a number of additional improvements to be introduced, inter alia the following: i. Reserve with an amount equivalThe replenishment tof the revenue resulting from fines and penalties; ii. decommitments made during year n-2, including those resulting from commitments made in the current MFF;Union The immediate re-use of iii. The lapsed amounts of special instruments to be made available for all special instruments, and not just the Flexibility Instrument; iv. A higher allocation for the Flexibility Instrument, the Emergency Aid Reserve, the EU Solidarity Fund, and the Contingency Margin, the latter without a compulsory offsetting; iv a. Transfer of unused commitments and payments between current and next MFF.
Amendment 154 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the need for MFF’s duration to move progressively towards a 5+5 period with a mandatory mid-term revision; accepts that the next MFF should be set for a period of seven years by way of a transitional solution to be applied for one last time; expects that the modalities linked to the implementation of a 5+5 framework are endorsed at the time of the mid-term revision of the 2021-2027 MFFbe set for a period of seven years to ensure the necessary stability of investments in multiannual budgetary programmes;
Amendment 157 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 21
21. Accepts the overall structure of seven MFF headings, as proposed by the Commission, which largely corresponds to Parliament’s own proposal; considers that this structure provides for greater transparency, improves the visibility of EU expenditure, while maintaining the necessary degree of flexibility; agrees, moreover, with the creation of “programme clusters” that are expected to lead to a significant simplification and rationalisation of the EU budget structure and its clear alignment with the MFF headings; insists however that cohesion policy, by reason of its significant, Treaty- based role as well as its distinct mode of implementation, should continue to be placed under a separate subheading, comprising the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the shared management strand of the European Social Fund+; no margin should be included under the separate cohesion policy subheading;
Amendment 160 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the Commission proposes to reduce the number of EU programmes by more than a third; reserves the right to determine Parliament’s position with regard to the structure and composition of the 37 new programmes in the examination of the relevant sectorial legislative acts; recalls in this context the need to maintain separate, dedicated instruments for the Neighbourhood and Development within heading 6 expects, in any case, that the proposed budget nomenclature will reflect all different components of each programme, in a way that guarantees transparency and provides the level of information required for the budgetary authority to establish the annual budget;
Amendment 161 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 23
Amendment 170 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses the importance of the new sanction mechanism whereby Member States that do not respect the values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) shall be subject to financial consequences; warns,notes however, that final beneficiaries of the Union budget shall in no way be affected by the disregarding from their government towards fundamental rights and the rule of law; therefore underlines that measures shall not affect the obligation of government entities orthe Commission’s proposal in this respect lacks legal clarity and foreseeability, which are essential elements of the rule of law principle itself; highlights that, pursuant to Article 322 TFEU, measures cannot be taken if, while guaranteeing respect for the rule of law, they are not directly linked to the sound management of funds paid out of the EU budget; is concerned that the proposed procedure would grant the Commission with discretionary powers unforeseen by the Treaties; in order to limit arbitrariness of power and ensure equal treatment of Member States and citizens, stresses the need to establish objective, measurable and adequate criteria as well as precise deadlines for every decision of both the Commission and the Council on action and lack of action; raises serious doubts as to the proposed use of the so-called reverse qualified majority voting procedure, which was intended as an exception to normal voting rules, specifically for decisions on the excessive deficit procedure, and an earlier political agreement of the European Council was required if this method was to be applied in other cases (point 81 of the February 2013 European Council Conclusions); is concerned that an obligation of a Member States to make payments to final beneficiaries or recipients; concerned to implement the programme or fund affected by the measures from the national budget may not be compatible with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 184 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses that the current system of own resources is highly complex, unfair and non-transparent; calls again for a simplified system that will be more understandable for the EU citizens and in line with the Protocol 28 to the TFEU;
Amendment 192 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 32
32. Supports the suggested modernisation of existing own resources, which implies: - maintaining the customs duties as traditional own resources for the EU, whilst decreasing the percentage Member States retain as “collection cost”; - simplifying the Value Added Tax- based own resource, i.e. introducing a uniform call rate to goods and services taxed with a standard rate in all Member States without exceptions; - maintaining the GNI-based own resource, with the objective of reducing, to less than 60%, its share in the financing of the EU budget, while preserving its balancing function;
Amendment 196 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 33
33. Takes positive note, in parallel, of the Commission proposal to gradually introduce a basket of new own resources which, without increasing the fiscal burden for citizens, would correspond to two strategic objectives of the EU, the European added value of which is evident and irreplaceable: - the proper functioning, the consolidation and the strengthening of the single market in particular by the implementation of a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB); noting however the slow progress of negotiations on the CCCTB directive; - the fight against climate change and the acceleration of energy transition, through measures such as a share of the emission trading scheme income and a contribution based on the quantity of non- recycled plastic packing; is concerned however about the fairness of these two proposals, as they would put a disproportionate burden on less affluent Member States;
Amendment 205 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 35
35. Approves strongly the suppression of all rebates and other correction mechanisms, accompanied, should the need arise, by a limited perdisagrees however with the proposed phasing-out periods which lack justification and sustain the focus on the flawed juste retour approach, without respect to the principle of European added value of the MFF; insists therefore that the suppressiodn of phasing outall correction mechanisms should take effect from the beginning of year 2021;
Amendment 219 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Taking into account the need for an adequate level of predictability for preparing and implementing medium-term investments as well as the need for democratic legitimacy and accountability, the duration of theis Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) should be set at seven years starting on 1 January 2021.
Amendment 229 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 242 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 4 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Chapter 2 – Article 4 - paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. At the end of 2027, amounts that remain available under the GMP shall be carried over to the next MFF up to 2029.
Amendment 248 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 7
Chapter 2 – Article 7
In the case of the lifting, in accordance with the relevant basic acts, of a suspension of budgetary commitments concerning Union funds in the context of measures linked to sound economic governance or to the protection of the Union’s budget in the case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, the amounts corresponding to the suspended commitme, the corresponding amounts shall be transferred to the following years and the corresponding ceilings of the MFF shall be adjusted accordingly. Suspended commitments of year n may not be entered in the budget beyond year n+23.
Amendment 267 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 4 – Article 16
Chapter 4 – Article 16
Before 1 January 2024, the Commission shall present a review of the functioning of the MFF. This review shall, as appropriate, be accompanied by relevant proposalsWithout prejudice to Article 6 of this Regulation, preallocated national envelopes shall not be reduced through such a review.
Amendment 274 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Part 1
Section A – point 7
7. The institutions shall, for the purposes of sound financial management, ensure as far as possible during the budgetary procedure and at the time of the budget’s adoption that sufficient marginamounts are left available within the margins beneath the ceilings for the various headings of the MFF, except in the sub- heading 2a ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion, or within the available special instruments.
Amendment 195 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 24 – point e
Article 24 – point e
(e) the detailed list of data to be transmitted for the purpose of exchange information between registers, as referred to in Articles 20, 34, 86h, 86o, 86p, 86q, 123, 127, 128, 130, 160j, 160q, 160r and 160s;
Amendment 196 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 a – paragraph 1
Article 86 a – paragraph 1
1. This Chapter shall apply to the conversion of a limited liability company formed in accordance with the law of a Member State and having its registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the Union into a limited liability company governed by the law of another Member State and listed in Annex II of the Directive 2017/1132 of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law.
Amendment 205 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 c – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 86 c – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 210 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 c – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 86 c – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. A company subject to preventive restructuring proceedings initiated because of the likelihood of insolvency shall be subject to a scrutiny by the competent authorities of the Member States as to whether its conversion or division themselves might serve the purpose of restructuring and avoiding insolvency. Following the scrutiny, the competent authorities of the Member States shall make an autonomous decision whether the company in question is entitled to carry out a cross border conversion or not.
Amendment 211 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 c – paragraph 3
Article 86 c – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the competent authority of the departure Member State shall not authorise the cross- border conversion where it determines, after an examination of the specific case and having regard to all relevant facts and circumstances, that it constitutes an artificial arrangement aimed at obtaining undue tax advantages or at unduly, that should be understood as a non-genuine arrangement or a series of arrangements which have been put into place for the main purpose or one of the main purposes of obtaining a tax advantage that defeats the object or purpose of the applicable tax law prejudicing the legal or contractual rights of employees, creditors or minority members.
Amendment 215 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 c – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 86 c – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. For the purpose of paragraph 3, an arrangement or a series thereof shall be regarded as non-genuine to the extent that they are not put into place for valid commercial reasons which reflect economic reality.
Amendment 222 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 e – title
Article 86 e – title
Article 86e Report of the management or administrative organ to the members
Amendment 227 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 86 e – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The report, referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, shall be accompanied with a statement of the management or administrative organ of the company about places of business after the cross-border conversion, including information about a partial or complete carrying on of business in the departure Member State and, in appropriate circumstances, marking a fact of further conduct of operations only in the departure Member State.
Amendment 233 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 e – paragraph 4
Article 86 e – paragraph 4
Amendment 252 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 g – paragraph 2
Article 86 g – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority shall appoint an independent expert within fiveten working days from the application referred to in paragraph 1 and the receipt of the draft terms and reports. The expert shall be independent from the company carrying out the cross-border conversion and may be a natural or a legal person depending upon the law of the departure Member State. Member States shall take into account, in assessing the independence of the expert, the framework established in Articles 22 and 22b of Directive 2006/43/EC.
Amendment 265 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 g – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 86 g – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. The costs of the expert report by an independent expert shall be charged to the company subject to cross-border conversion.
Amendment 267 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 86 g – paragraph 6
Article 86 g – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall exempt 'micro' and 'small enterprises' as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC (**) from the provisions of this Article. This is, however, without prejudice to the right of micro and small enterprises to apply for an expert report by an independent expert if they consider it to their benefit; in particular to secure the application of the protection provisions laid down in Article 86k paragraph 3 point a. Or. en (Read together with: Art. 86k paragraph 3 point a)
Amendment 348 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 122 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 122 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) it may not be earlier than the date of the balance sheet of the last annual financial statements drawn up and publishedmade available by any of the merging companies;
Amendment 393 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 133 a – title
Article 133 a – title
Article 133a Liability of independent experts and members of management or administrative organ
Amendment 394 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 133 a
Article 133 a
1. Member States shall lay down rules governing the civil liability of the independent experts responsible for drawing up the report referred to in Articles 125 and 126b(2)(a), including in respect of misconduct on their part in the performance of their duties.; 2. Member States shall lay down rules governing the penal liability of members of management or administrative organ of company responsible for submitting a false statement about the places of business referred to in Article 86e paragraph 3. 3. A member of the management or administrative body does not bear the responsibility referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, when a change of places of business activity results from economic reasons that could not have been known to the member of company's organ at the time when the statement was submitted.
Amendment 403 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 160 d – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 160 d – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 405 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 160 d – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 160 d – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. A company subject to preventive restructuring proceedings initiated because of the likelihood of insolvency shall be subject to a scrutiny by the competent authorities of the Member States as to whether its conversion or division themselves might serve the purpose of restructuring and avoiding insolvency. Following the scrutiny, the competent authorities of the Member States shall make an autonomous decision whether the company in question is entitled to carry out a cross border conversion or not.
Amendment 406 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 160 d – paragraph 3
Article 160 d – paragraph 3
3. The Member State of the company being divided shall ensure that the competent authority shall not authorise the division when it determines, after an examination of the specific case and having regard to all relevant facts and circumstances, that it constitutes an artificial arrangement aimed at obtaining undue tax advantages or at unduly, that should be understood as an arrangement or a series of arrangements which have been put into place for the main purpose or one of the main purposes of obtaining a tax advantage that defeats the object or purpose of the applicable tax law or at prejudicing the legal or contractual rights of employees, creditors or members.
Amendment 408 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 160 d – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 160 d – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. For the purposes of paragraph 3, an arrangement or a series thereof shall be regarded as non-genuine to the extent that they are not put into place for valid commercial reasons which reflect economic reality.
Amendment 413 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 160 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 160 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) it may not be earlier than the date of the balance sheet of the last annual financial statements drawn up and publishedmade available by the company being divided;
Amendment 415 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 160 g – title
Article 160 g – title
Article 160g Report of the management or administrative organ to the members
Amendment 420 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 160 g – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 160 g – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The report, referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, shall be accompanied with a statement of the management or administrative organ of the company about places of business after the cross-border conversion, including information about a partial or complete carrying on of business in the departure Member State and, in appropriate circumstances, marking a fact of further conduct of operations only in the departure Member State.
Amendment 424 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 160 g – paragraph 4
Article 160 g – paragraph 4
Amendment 465 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 160 n – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 160 n – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. However, the rules in force concerning employee participation, if any, in the Member State where the company resulting from the cross-border division has its registered office shall not apply, where the company being divided, in the six months prior to the publicationdate of making available of the draft terms of the cross- border division as referred to in Article 160e of this Directive, has an average number of employees equivalent to four fifths of the applicable threshold, laid down in the law of the Member State of the company being divided, which triggers the participation of employees within the meaning of point (k) of Article 2 of Directive 2001/86/EC, or where the national law applicable to each of the recipient companies does not:
Amendment 488 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) No 2017/1132
Article 160 v – title
Article 160 v – title
Article 160v Liability of the independent experts and members of management or administrative organ
Amendment 490 #
2018/0114(COD)
1. Member States shall lay down rules governing at least the civil liability of the independent experts responsible for drawing up the report referred to in Articles 160i and 160m(2)(a), including in respect of any misconduct on their part in the performance of their duties. 2. Member States shall lay down rules governing the penal liability of members of management or administrative organ of company responsible for submitting a false statement about the places of business referred to in Article 86e paragraph 3. 3. A member of the management or administrative body does not bear the responsibility referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, when a change of places of business activity results from economic reasons that could not have been known to the member of company's organ at the time when the statement was submitted.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall appliesy to certain unfair trading practices which occur in relation to the sales of food products by a supplier that is a small and medium-sized enterprise to a buyer that is not a small and medium-sized enterpriseo a buyer.
Amendment 226 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point –a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point –a (new)
(-a) “unfair trading practices” are practices that grossly deviate from good commercial conduct, are contrary to good faith and fair dealing and are unilaterally imposed by one trading partner on another;
Amendment 244 #
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 or any natural or legal person, irrespective of their place of establishment,established in the Union who sells food products. The term “supplier” may include a group of such agricultural producers or such natural and legal persons, including producer organisations and associations of producer organisations;
Amendment 262 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 504 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where a complaint relating to a practice referred to in paragraph 2 is submitted to an enforcement authority, the burden of proof that the supply agreement covers the trading practice at issue in clear and unambiguous terms shall be on the buyer.
Amendment 553 #
2018/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The supplier may also submit such a complaint to the enforcement authority of its own Member State, which shall forward that complaint to the competent enforcement authority of the Member State in which the buyer is established.
Amendment 26 #
2018/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to facilitate the functioning of the Single Market and end the barriers between payment service users in the euro area and non-euro area Member States in respect of cross-border payments in euro, it is necessary to ensure that charges for cross- border payments in euroany national currency used in any Member State within the Union are aligned with charges for domestic payments made in the official currency of athe respective Member State.
Amendment 32 #
2018/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Currency conversion charges represent a significant cost of cross-border payments when different currencies are in use in the payer’s and the payee’s countries. Article 45 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council12 requires transparency of charges and of the exchange rate used prior to the initiation of a payment transaction. When alternative currency conversion options are offered, in particular at a point of sale or, at an automated teller machine (ATM) or in the form of credit transfers, that transparency may not allow for a quick and clear comparison between those different currency conversion options. That lack of transparency prevents competition from bringing down costs of currency conversion and increases the risk of payers choosing expensive currency conversion options. It is therefore necessary to develop measures, addressed to the payment service providers providing services as listed in Annex I to the Directive (EU) 2015/2366, that will improve transparency and protect consumers against excessive charges for currency conversion services, in particular when consumers are not given the information they need to choose the best currency conversion option. _________________ 12 Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on payment services in the internal market, amending Directives 2002/65/EC, 2009/110/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, and repealing Directive 2007/64/EC (OJ L 337, 23.12.2015, p. 35).
Amendment 39 #
2018/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Transparency in currency conversion charges requires adapting current payment infrastructures and processes, in particular for payments made online, at the point of sale or for ATM cash withdrawals. To that end, market players should be given sufficient time to adapt their infrastructure and processes in relation to those provisions that relate to currency conversion charges in order to comply with regulatory technical standards to be adopted by the Commission. In particular, the non-DCC service providers providing services at a sale of point or ATM should not be required to disclose estimated currency conversion rate before the transaction, due to the extended accounting period and the risk of changes in the reference rate. Instead, they should be required to improve their information policies to the customers, including transparent and easily accessible information on how the currency conversion charges are to be applied in an individual case.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 69 #
2018/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a Regulation (EC) No 924/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a Regulation (EC) No 924/2009
1. Charges levied by a payment service provider on a payment service user in respect of cross-border payments in euroany national currency used in any Member State shall be the same as the charges levied by that payment service provider on payment service users for corresponding national payments of the same value and in the official currency ofMember State in which the payment service provider offers its service to the payment service user’s Member State.
Amendment 76 #
2018/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 924/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 1
Article 3 a – paragraph 1
1. From [OP please insert date 36 months after the entry into force of this Regulation], the payment service providers shall inform payment service users of the full cost of cmeet the following transparency requirements: (a) at every point of sale and ATM the option of payment in the local currency, i.e. not requiring Dynamic Currency cConversion services, and where applicable, those of alternative currency conversion, must be offered to the payment service user. The option of Dynamic Currency Conversion must not be either the only one available to the payment service user or set up as default one; (b) if a point of sale or ATM offer both currency conversion options, i.e. the transaction requiring Dynamic Currency Conversion and the transaction without Dynamic Currency Conversion, the availability of the both options shall be disclosed to the payment services user prior to the initiation of a paymentthe transaction, in a neutral manner, without any predefined option or suggestion of which choice to make; (c) when the transaction, in order that payment service users can compare alternative ccluding Dynamic Currency Conversion is initiated, its providers shall inform the payment service user of the full cost to the user of dynamic currency conversion services. To that effect, the exchange rate applied shall be disclosed as well as the total amount of all charges applicable to the conversion of the payment transaction; (d) when the transaction without Dynamic Currency cConversion options and their corresponding costs. To that effect, payment service providers shall disclose the exchange rate applied, the foreign exchange reference rate used and the total amount of all charges applicable to the conversion of the payment transaction. is initiated, its providers shall inform the payment service user of all the fixed margins and fixed fees applicable to the transaction. In addition, after having noticed the first transaction in any month transaction involving currency conversion performed by the user, its providers shall immediately remind the user, via electronic and mobile communication channels, i.e. mobile text message and e- mail message, how the currency conversion transactions are managed and charged by the relevant provider. In particular, the messages shall contain an electronic link to the excerpt of the current table of fees and commissions, clearly limited to the currency conversion options as well as to the table of the current exchange rates of the provider; (e) when the transaction of a credit transfer including currency conversion is initiated, payment service providers shall inform payment service users of the estimated full cost of credit transfer currency conversion services prior to the finalisation of the transaction. Payment service providers shall disclose the total amount of all charges applicable to the conversion of the payment transaction in both the currency of the payer and the payee including any transaction fee and the charge levied in the difference between the exchange rate used for converting the payment transaction as applied to the transaction amount. The payment service provider should also estimate to the payer the total amount to be received by the payee after the payment service providers chargers have been levied.
Amendment 92 #
2018/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 924/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 113 #
2018/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 924/2009
Article 15
Article 15
By 31 OctoDecember 20221, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Central Bank a report on the application and impact of this Regulation, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal. That reportwhich shall cover, in particular, the appropriateness of amending Article 1(2) to ensure thatof this Regulation to ensure that it covers all currencies of Member States of the Union., accompanied with a proposal for appropriate amending this Regulation.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0006(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Where an exemption applies, small enterprises availing themselves of the exemption should, at a minimum, have access to simplified VAT registration, invoicing, accounting and reporting obligations. In order to avoid confusion and legal uncertainty in Member States, the Commission should produce guidelines on simplified registration and accounting, explaining in more detail which procedures should be simplified and to what extent . Within three years of the entry into force of this Directive, that simplification should be subject to the evaluation by the Commission and Member States to assess whether it has an added value for and a real positive impact on enterprises and consumers.
Amendment 27 #
2018/0006(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To reduce the compliance burden of small enterprises that are not exempted, Member States should be requirencouraged to simplify VAT registration and record keeping and to prolong tax periods so as to provide for less frequent filing of VAT returns. However, Member States should remain fully entitled to introduce individual, more frequent periods for VAT returns, if they consider it appropriate to fight VAT frauds and tax avoidance.
Amendment 30 #
2018/0006(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) It is of the utmost importance to maintain the balance between reducing the compliance burden for small enterprises and further sealing the VAT system, in particular in cross-border trade, so that this Directive does not neutralise nor undermine the benefits from the other parts of the Commission’s action plan on VAT, to be implemented at the same time.
Amendment 46 #
2018/0006(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Directive 2006/112/EC
Article 294c – paragraph 1
Article 294c – paragraph 1
Member States shall release exemptprovide that, in cases where the consumer did not request an invoice, small enterprises are exempted from the obligation to issue an invoice pursuant to Article 220.
Amendment 51 #
2018/0006(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Directive 2006/112/EC
Article 294e – paragraph 2
Article 294e – paragraph 2
Amendment 52 #
2018/0006(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Directive 2006/112/EC
Article 294i
Article 294i
Amendment 55 #
2018/0006(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Directive 2006/112/EC
Article 294j
Article 294j
Amendment 52 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the EU must refrain from making any sort of commitment concerning the most sensitive agricultural products, such as beef and veal and sheepmeat and specialugar, sugar syrups and products high in sugars;
Amendment 60 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that as regards other sensitive products, liberalisation should be limited by partially reducing tariff rates and/or by introducing tariff quotas and/or transitional periods;
Amendment 62 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Urges the Commission to take measures to protect permanently against threats brought about by liberalised imports, including by incorporating in the agreement provisions on a bilateral safeguard clause of unlimited duration on the agricultural sector;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2193(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to secure a level playing field, treating as sensitive those products for which direct competition would expose EU agricultural producers to excessive or unsustainable pressure, for instance by introducing transitional periods or appropriate quotas, or by not making any commitments in the most sensitive sectors; calls on the Commission to factor in respect for seasonal cycles of production in Europe, particularly for the lamb sectorpartial tariff reductions and/or tariff quotas and/or transition periods;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2193(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to take measures that will offer lasting protection against liberalised imports, including by inserting into the agreement an indefinite bilateral safeguard clause for the agricultural sector;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2193(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that, following Brexit, all tariff quotas which might be granted to New Zealand will apply to a smaller EU market, and that due account should be taken of this when deciding what concessions the EU can offer;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2193(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 90 #
2017/2193(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the cumulative impact of EU trade concessions in agriculture and notes that any agricultural concessions offered to New Zealand must be considered fully in the context of market access alreadyconcessions granted under WTO and other ongoing FTAthe World Trade Organisation or as part of other ongoing or completed free trade negotiations;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in the 2007-2013 period, the number of young farmers in the EU as a whole decreased from 3.3 to 2.3 million, and the area of farms cultivated by young farmers decreased during that period from 57 to 53 million hectares;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in the 2007-2013 period in the EU as a whole, as well as in most Member States, there were no positive generational changes in agriculture, with the percentage of young farmers shrinking and the percentage of older farmers rising;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the generational situation in agriculture varies significantly from one Member State to another and thus calls for a flexible and diversified approach;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Expects the Commission to present a clear intervention logic for agricultural generational change instruments, based on a sound assessment of young farmers' needs, including an analysis of the reasons why young people interested in taking up farming face barriers and an analysis of the extent to which such obstacles have become widespread depending on the particular geographical areas, agricultural sectors or other specific farm characteristics;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, since the introduction in 1984 at the Fontainebleau European Council of the British rebate, whereby 66 % of the UK’s net contribution is reimbursed, various other rebates and correction mechanisms have been progressively introduced in order to address the so-called ‘operating budgetary balances’ of certain Member States; whereas such corrections may concern principally either a reduction on the financing of the UK correction, or a gross reduction in the annual VAT or GNI contribution;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the work of the High Level Group on Own Resources, and in particular the measures aimed at reducing the share of the GNI-based contribution, which is residual in nature; argues that this reduction should be compensated for by the use of genuine own resources;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that preference should be given to genuine European own resources, such as a tax based on the common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) and a contribution based on a definitive VAT system, thereby delivering a fairer system for European citizens with respect to the EU budgetthe right to tax European citizens should remain an exclusive competence of the Member States;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the post 2020-MFF will need to ensure the proper financing of EU policies and programmes with a clear European added valuebasis in the Treaties, but also to provide additional means for addressing new challenges that have already been identified in fields such as growth and jobs, competitiveness, cohesion, innovation, migration, security and defence;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates the establishment of a budgetary capacity for the Eurozone that would perform functions of macroeconomic Rejects the proposal to estabilisation and bring about economic and social convergence; considers, moreover, that this capacity should be financed through own resources specific toh a budgetary capacity for the eEuro area, such as a tax on financial transactions, a bank levy and a share of the ECB’s profitszone;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports the proposal made by the President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, for the creation of a specific line dedicated to the euro area within the EU budget, included in his ‘state of the union’ speech to the European Parliament and further developed in the Commission communication of 6 December 2017 on new budgetary instruments for a stable euro area within the Union framework;11 _________________ 11 emphasises that resources should be available to all Member States, including those intending to adopt the euro in the future; COM(2017)0822
Amendment 53 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ConsiderEmphasizes that the EU should be able to issue zero-risk debt assets in order to offset the volatility in own resources’ revenues;must not issue any type of public debt, since Article 310 (1) TFEU requires revenue and expenditure in the annual budget to be in balance.
Amendment 55 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the CAP’s added value in strengthening the Union’s long-term food security and guarantees of food price stability through more stable farm incomes and rural development measures to prevent rural depopulation; emphasises the potential of the CAP to provide more environmental public goods and stresses the need to safeguard the contribution of agricultural duties to EU finances.
Amendment 65 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses, with a view to achieving common EU and Eurozone economic governance objectives, the need for adequate financial support, which should bimportance of the no-bailout principle financed by genuine own resources in order to ensure democratic legitim Article 125 TFEU and strict adherence to the Stability and Growth Pacyt;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 79 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 93 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 161 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. CNotes that the introduction of environmental taxes can place the greatest burden on countries in which establishing an environmentally friendly economy requires the most substantial financial outlay, and considers it essential that, when introducing environmental taxes, a financial mechanism be set up for the benefit of those Member States where the financial burden per citizen exceeds the EU average;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is fundamental for food security, the preservation of rural populations and sustainable developmena comprehensive and fully-fledged EU policy that is one of the cornerstones of the European Union; this policy achieves more and more public objectives and is responding to evolving challenges through reforms; is fundamental for food security, the preservation of rural populations and sustainable development; is responsible for the conditions of competition in the single market, thus determining the predictability and stability of the conditions under which agricultural activities are carried out; 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 18 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the CAP budget should reflect the high European added value of this policy, consisting of both a single market for agri-food products and social, environmental and cohesion benefits at EU level; considers that a reduction in the CAP budget as a share of EU-27 GDP would reduce the effectiveness of the CAP in meeting Community objectives; feels that the budget level of this policy should guarantee its full Community-status in financial terms; points out that the CAP is no longer merely a sectoral policy, and that the integration of further tasks and objectives into the CAP was carried out without increasing its budget, and while the EU was enlarged to include more Member States;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the CAP and its budget form a common operating framework for the agricultural sector in the European Union, and that the absence of these elements of the European project would prevent the functioning of an efficient common market for agri-food products in the EU, as Member States would compete with each other concerning the level of support for agriculture, thereby distorting competition;
Amendment 29 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Draws attention to the Commission's high level of ambition in terms of further negotiations on trade negotiations and liberalisation of access to the European agricultural market for some of the world's most competitive agricultural producers; stresses, on the other hand, that European society has the expectation that agricultural production in the EU will be carried out in accordance with some of the highest norms and standards in terms of quality and food safety, animal welfare, environmental protection and climate protection; stresses, in this context, the important compensatory role of the CAP and the related financial support for maintaining the competitiveness of European agriculture;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Notes that many new challenges, as well as the EU's international commitments to implement the Paris climate change agreement (COP21) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, will not be met without commitment and the use of the potential of agriculture and rural areas; calls, therefore, for related needs to be taken into account in the discussions on the MFF beyond 2020 and the financial needs of the EU's agricultural policy;
Amendment 71 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to keep direct payments intact as they help to avoid distortions of competition between Member States, and to maintain them without any national co-financing; uUrges the Commission to continueclude, with positive results, the process of convergence ofequalising direct payments betweenin the Member States in the future MFF;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that the future CAP should ensure a level playing field in the EU's single market and recognises that it is essential to achieve this objective tin order to equalise the level of direct payments among the Member States; achieving this objective will also contribute to the sustainable use of agricultural resources throughout the EU and to achieving the Treaty objectives of economic and social cohesion and compliance with the principle of equality between EU citizens;
Amendment 95 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that most rural areas are among the least-favoured regions of the EU, whose GDP per capita is significantly lower than the European average; feels, therefore, that rural development remains an important challenge for balanced territorial development and that these areas need support in terms of raising employment levels and living standards, as well as in terms of developing non- agricultural roles; stresses that the promotion of economic and social cohesion in the EU is still an ongoing task for the EU budget; considers, therefore, that EU budget funding for rural development under the CAP should be strengthened, while the criteria for distributing this support among the Member States should continue to take into account the differences in a rural population's wealth, size and area given over to agriculture;
Amendment 315 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 a (new)
Paragraph 64 a (new)
64a. Takes the view, therefore, that the current presentation of the headings does require some improvement, but is against any unjustified radical changes, and with that in mind calls for expenditure on the common agricultural policy to be maintained as a separate budget heading;
Amendment 316 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
Paragraph 65
Amendment 360 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 a (new)
Paragraph 70 a (new)
70a. Draws attention to the need to ensure geographical balance in the use of EU research and innovation funding by introducing national envelopes or additional project selection criteria that ensure a fair distribution of support among Member States;
Amendment 444 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Expects the global amount of direct payments to be kept intact under the next MFF, as they generate clear EU added value and strengthen the single market by avoiding distortions of competition between Member States; opposes any renationalisation and any national co- financing in that respect; points out, furthermore, that 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; stresses the need to increase funding in line with responses to the various cyclical crises in sensitive sectors, to create new instruments that can mitigate price volatility and to increase funding for Programmes of Options Specifically Relating to Remoteness and Insularity (POSEI); concludes, therefore, that the CAP budget in the next MFF should be at least maintained at its current level for the EU-27;
Amendment 483 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Stresses that cohesion policy post- 2020 should remain the main investment policy of the European Union covering all EU regions while concentrating the majority of the resources on the most vulnerable ones; believes that, beyond the goal of reducing the disparities between levels of development and enhancing convergence as enshrined in the Treaty, it should focus on the achievement of the broad EU political objectives and proposes, therefore, that under the next MFF, the three cohesion policy funds – the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Cohesion Fund – should concentrate mainly on providing support for innovation, digitalisation, reindustrialisation, SMEs, transport, climate change adaptation, employment and social inclusion; calls, moreover, for a reinforced territorial cooperation component and an urban dimension for the policy; at the same time, calls for greater use to be made of cohesion policy instruments and funding for sustainable development in rural areas in order to counteract development delays and depopulation in those areas;
Amendment 296 #
2017/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) In Article 18, paragraph 2, point (ha) is inserted: (ha) the central banks of issue, other than the ones referred to in paragraph 2(g) and paragraph 2(h), of Union currencies where the CCP clears the majority of all OTC derivatives subject to the clearing obligation which are denominated in those currencies, subject to the consent of the CCP’s competent authority. The central bank shall request the consent of the CCP’s competent authority to participate in the college, justifying the request based on its assessment of the impact a CCP’s financial distress may have on financial stability of the local market of its currency of issue. In case of the refusal, the CCP’s competent authority shall provide full and detailed reasons in writing.
Amendment 494 #
2017/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(ba) In paragraph 3, the following point (f a) is inserted: (fa) the central banks of issue referred to in Article 18(2)(i).
Amendment 9 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas, according to the Treaties, responsibility for the employment and social policies lies primarily with national governments, whilst EU funding and cooperation support and complement their efforts;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. 1.Reiterates that national authorities must keep the leading role in monitoring their social situation, identifying current needs of the citizens and thus shaping their employment and social policies, whilst the EU should only support and enhance these efforts;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. 2.Advices against further harmonization and over-unification of the employment and social policies, including the introduction of new binding legal instruments with no proper impact assessment;reiterates that, according to the principles of better legislation, any legal initiative or action must be based on evidence of the impact assessment as well as should keep to a minimum regulatory burdens on businesses, citizens and public administration;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the lack of homogeneity in its application across the Member States undermined the effectiveness of Commission Regulation No 330/2010Emphasises that Commission Regulation (EU) No 330/2010 has not been uniformly applied in the Member States;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the regulation’s clauses on vertical restraints do not allow balanced representation of the two parties to the franchising and are not in line with recent market developments, in particular the exempted post-contractualDraws attention to Parliament's resolution of 11 December 2013, which emphasised the problems encountered by franchisees wishing to sell their business or change their business formula, whilst remaining active in the same sector; calls on the Commission to look into situations such as the ban on price-fixing mechanisms in franchise systems and the effects of long-term competition clauses and, purchasing conditionse options and the ban on multi- franchising;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the implementation of the regulation through a mechanism of assessment at European level should be improved, and stresses that the unsatisfactory follow-up action by the Commission prevents cross-border retail activity and failsshould be improved; calls on the Commission and the Member States to be more active in this area under the European Competition Network in order to create a level playing field within the single market;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned at the facPoints out that some Member States have introducedalready have legislation on franchising that prevents homogeneity of the market; believes that an approach based on EU competition law enforcement and, which ultimately results in further fragmentation of the market; believes that better implementation of the regulation at national level wcould help improve distribution and increase market access for businesses from other Member States’ businesse; points out, at the same time, that legislation covering franchising as a business model varies among Member States, which can also discourage franchisees from entering into cross- border franchise networks;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 14 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out the comprehensiveness of competition rules that apply when the there is a risk to or a breach of the public interest with regard to ensuring that conditions suit the functioning of the economic market, rather than the situation of the individual entrepreneur;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 19 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to also ensure the recovery of any illegal state aid by means of tax advantagesconsider the functioning of franchising in the area of franchisestail sector, and, to show firmness in the conduct and result of ongoing inquiries, such as the McDonald’s case; stresses, moreover, that the EU needs to have more stringent legislation on tax rulings, providing also for an effective system and a debt recovery procedure in favour of EU budget own resources; calls on the Commission to rectify any infringementgether with the Member States, to encourage franchisees to form associations; stresses, furthermore, that the Commission should look into infringements of contractual terms and unfair trading practices in the area of franchising with the view to ensuring fair competition across the single market;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to review the regulation before 2018 and tocarry out a study and to inform Parliament as regards (1) verifying the impact of the horizontal approach on the functioning of franchising; (2) testing whether the model of franchising adopted in the regulation reflects the market reality, and correct it if necessary; (3) assessing the negative effects and proportionality of the permitted vertical restraints, taking into account also their impact on the functioning of franchising by establishing market standards, for example a revision of the definition of know-how and a reconsideration of the context of territorial exclusivity clauses and permitted options; (4) collecting market information in terms of new trends, market development regarding network organisation and technological advances; (5) considering that the subject is not covered at the national level, further assessing the new challenges franchisors and franchisees have to face in the context of e-commerce; (6) adapt the regulation in order to achieve a general improvement and align it with digitalisation of the economy;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the European Parliament should be actively involved when regulations and directives on franchising are adapted's desire to be involved in all work on franchising in the retail sector;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to correct market failures through legislative action, either bpropose an EU approach aimed at effectively tackling unfair trading practices or by better regulating retail law, contract law or/and competition law;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 146 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the Member States to monitor the situation of women in rural areas, in particular with the assistance of financial support available under the MFF, and to make use of existing measures and specific instruments under the CAP and cohesion policy in order to increase the participation of women as beneficiaries; recommends that the Commission keep the provision on thematic sub-programmes on ‘Women in rural areas’ when reforming the CAP in the future, asnd these sub-programmes can play a role in creating job opportunities for women in rural areasat, when reforming cohesion policy, it include provisions on providing support for the building and modernisation of public service, transport and broadband infastructure in rural areas, as such support can play a role in creating new jobs for women;
Amendment 274 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States and regional and local governments to provide good quality health, education, social and transport facilities and public services for everyday life in rural areas, including aid to victims of domestic violence and prevention measures tailored to the conditions existing in rural areas, as well as transport and broadband infrastructure;
Amendment 346 #
2016/2141(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to halt ongoing proceedings aimed at assessing the compliance of the legislation in force in Member States on trading in farmland with EU law;
Amendment 347 #
2016/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Stresses that combining grants and financial instruments has enormous potential; feels, therefore, that the continued harmonisation and simplification of the rules concerning the combining of various European structural and investment funds with instruments such as the EFSI at the level of particular projects; calls for the reduction of regulatory burdens through facilitating the combination of contributions from more than one programme under the same financial instrument; calls for the continued promotion of the combination of grants and financial instruments, which could lead to a more attractive financing structure for beneficiaries and investors from the private sector;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas milk producers have suffered huge losses as a result of the Russian embargo and the catastrophic drought of 2015;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas heavy fines have been imposed on a large proportion of farms for exceeding the milk quotas in 2014/2015;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas pork producers have been affected by low purchase prices for many months as a result of the Russian embargo and, above all, African swine fever;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises, furthermore, that direct payments should remain a CAP instrument beyond 2020, to support and stabilise farm income, to compensate for the costs arising from complying with high EU standards (as regards production methods, in particular environmental requirements), and to maintain agricultural production in the least- favoured regions; points out that direct payments should thus be geared towards ensuring that farming is economically stable, as well as guaranteeing food and environmental security; points out, in that context, that it is essential to level out direct payment rates in order to ensure a level playing field for competition in the EU’s single market, as well as for sustainable exploitation;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for consideration to be given to the use of funds from the general budget (or the so-called crisis reserve) as a source of funding for these and other Commission activities aimed at improving the situation in agricultural markets;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that it is essential to level out direct payment rates between Member States in order to ensure a level playing field for competition in the EU’s single market, as well as for the sustainable exploitation of agricultural resources at EU level;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas milk producers have suffered huge losses as a result of the Russian embargo and the catastrophic drought of 2015;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas heavy fines have been imposed on a large proportion of farms for exceeding the milk quotas in 2014/2015;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
I c. whereas pork producers have been affected by low purchase prices for many months as a result of the Russian embargo and, above all, African swine fever;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that it is essential to level out direct payment rates between Member States in order to ensure a level playing field for competition in the EU’s single market, as well as for the sustainable exploitation of agricultural resources at EU level;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that a formal debate on the CAP after 2020 should begin as soon as possible; points out, furthermore, that action under other EU policies (including those concerning trade, the environment and the climate) affecting agriculture, the food production sector and rural areas should be taken into account to a greater extent in discussions on the new CAP;
Amendment 114 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Amendment 142 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that liberalisation in the context of free trade agreements in the agri-food sector leads to price pressure mainly at the level of agricultural producers, further weakening the position of farmers in the agri-food chain;
Amendment 208 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for new EU legislative measures to be proposed to counter unfair trading practices in the food supply chain;
Amendment 264 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for the reintroduction of temporary targeted support for milk and pork producers;
Amendment 269 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for an increase in intervention prices for butter and milk powder;
Amendment 273 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls for the introduction of export subsidies for pork;
Amendment 275 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls for an increase in the de minimis aid for individual farms and an increase in the general limits for Member States;
Amendment 276 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Calls for consideration to be given to the use of funds from the general budget (or the so-called crisis reserve) as a source of funding for these and other Commission activities aimed at improving the situation in agricultural markets;
Amendment 320 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 351 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Supports the establishment of the Milk Market Observatory and welcomes information concerning the creation of a Meat Market Observatory; calls for market monitoring instruments to be extended to other sectors, such as fruit and vegetables;
Amendment 383 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Amendment 80 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to identify undue barriers and obstacles to the financial sector providing funding to the real economy, in particular SMEs; underlines the importance of simplifying or modifying rules which gave rise to unintended consequences or inhibition of SMEs development;
Amendment 110 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that it is primordial to enhance the SME lending capacity of banks and the involvement of alternative financing possibilities; points out that financing by capital markets alone will not succeed in providing sufficient funding and appropriate financing solutions for SMEs;
Amendment 161 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to foster a risk-taking and capital market culture; reiterates that financial education for SMEs is not only key to increasing bank lending but also to expanding the use and acceptance of capital market solutions, allowing for a better assessment of costs, benefits and the associated risks; calls on the Member States to enhance the financial literacy of SMEs; however, points out that SMEs themselves also bear a responsibility in this regard;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that the ongoing development of the CMU must be accompanied by recurring efforts to evaluate the existing financial regulatory framework, in particular with regard to its effects on SMEs; stresses that such an evaluation should be done taking into account specific Member States recommendations as for the practicality of introduced measures;
Amendment 201 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the potential of new innovative financial technology (FinTec) for the better matching of SMEs with potential investors; calls on the Commission to explore potential risks and the need for an appropriate harmonised EU regulatory frameworkways to encourage the development of FinTec initiatives in Europe;
Amendment 204 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights the need to foster innovation through lending platforms; encourages banks to regard the use of such innovative technologies as an opportunity; stresses that alternative funding sources like crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending offer solutions for start-ups and innovative SMEs in particular; welcomes the Commission’s assessment of the existing framework for crowdfunding; calls on the Commission to explore the need for, and potential of, a harmonised EU framework;
Amendment 231 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the importance of corporate and income taxation forpossible tax relief for improving the internal financing capacity of SMEs;
Amendment 27 #
2016/0403(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. “information on the good repute of a provider” means information as referred to in Article 33 (1) of Directive 2006/123/EC; - provided that this means only completed procedures.
Amendment 33 #
2016/0403(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) identification of the service activity, the host Member State, the type of European services e-card envisaged; - provided that the identification refers only to statistics, not to the description of an activity.
Amendment 34 #
2016/0403(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point c
Amendment 36 #
2016/0403(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point h
Amendment 57 #
2016/0403(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, each Member State shall designate one or more coordinating authorityies, empowered to perform the tasks assigned to them in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 35 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive means any self- employed economic activity, normally provided for remuneration, as referred to in Article 50 of the Treaty and only applies to the services listed in the Annex.
Amendment 38 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. "home Member State" means the Member State toin which a provider addressed the application for a European services e-card;ose territory the provider of the service concerned is established.
Amendment 40 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Member States shall accept a valid European services e-card as proof that its holder is established in the territory of his home Member State and is entitled, in that territory as well as in the territory of the host Member State after completed the required procedures and receiving a final, positive decision from competent authorities of host Member State, to provide the service activities covered by the e-card.
Amendment 41 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
After the holder completed the required procedures and received the final, positive decision by competent authorities of host Member State, his e-card shall be a proof that its holder is entitled to perform activity in the territory of the host Member State.
Amendment 42 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
After the holder completed the required procedures and received the final, positive decision by competent authorities of host Member State, his e-card shall be a proof that its holder is entitled, in that territory, to provide the service activities covered by the e-card.
Amendment 45 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 are without prejudice to reporting obligations imposed on the holder of a European services e-card or the performance of checks, inspections or investigations from competent authorities during the provision of the service, in compliance with EU law. During the checks, competent authorities competent for inspections or investigations should take into account the e – card as a proof of completion of the requirements appointed in an e–card.
Amendment 52 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that providers with establishment in the territory of one Member State shall have the right to submit an application for a European services e-card to the coordinating authority of that sae home Member State.
Amendment 53 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
In assessing applications for the European services e-card, Member States shall retain thes rights to invoke those overriding reasons of public interests, when it is based on the provisions which justified this, recognised under Directive 2006/123/EC, in particular Article 16 thereof, or other acts of EU law.
Amendment 56 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The coordinating authority of the home Member State shall within onetwo weeks of having received an application for a European services e-card:
Amendment 69 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Within two weeks from receiving the application the coordinating authority of the host Member State shall examine it and inform the applicant and the home Member State of any requirements applicable to temporary cross-border provisions under the legislation of the host Member State with the exception of those referred to in Article 5(4). The application form has to include the information about above mentioned requirements. In line with the rights of Member States as referred to in Article 10, the coordinating authority of the host Member State may within the same time- limit, decide to object to the issue of the European services e-card by the coordinating authority of the home Member State where it demonstrates that the application of a prior authorisation scheme, prior notification scheme or requirements to the applicant is justified for one of those overriding reasons of public interest set out in Article 16 of Directive 2006/123/EC or is admissible in accordance with other acts of EU law. The objection of an application should be always justified.
Amendment 73 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Before issuing the objection by the coordinating authority of the host Member State, the applicant should have a possibility to fulfil the requirements to which he was not obliged in the home Member State. In that case, the time-limit referred to in paragraph 1, shall automatically be extended by two additional weeks. The electronic platform, where the application for a European services e-card has been submitted, shall issue an alert to the coordinating authority of the home Member State to the effect that failure to fulfil requirements by applicant shall imply that the European services e-card shall not be issued to the applicant.
Amendment 76 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 18 in order to specify the procedure for the coordinating authority of the host Member State to request clarifications or additional information from the home Member State or the applicant, and to modify, if necessary, the time-limits laid down in paragraph 1.
Amendment 77 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In the context of a procedure for issuing a European services e-card for establishment in the form of a branch, agency or office, the coordinating authority of the host Member State shall, within four weeks from receiving the application, identify which, if any, prior authorisation scheme or prior notification scheme as referred to in Article 5(2) is applicable, in compliance with EU law, to such establishment. If such a prior authorisation scheme or prior notification scheme has been identified, the host Member State shall also identify the conditions which the applicant is required to comply with, with the exception of those referred to in Article 5(5). The host Member State shall indicate why the application of such a prior authorisation scheme or prior notification scheme is necessary and proportionate for the pursuance of overriding reasons of public interest.
Amendment 85 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The coordinatingmpetent authority of the host Member State shall assess, within one week upon receipt of proof of compliance with the conditions identified in accordance with paragraph 1, whether to issue the European services e-card or reject the application for the European services e- card.
Amendment 86 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In case the coordinatingmpetent authority of the host Member State decides to issue the European services e-card, it shall do so without delay.
Amendment 88 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Alternatively, the coordinatingmpetent authority of the host Member State may inform the applicant and the coordinating authority of the home Member State of its intention to reject the application, in which case the applicant shall have a week to present its observations.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Alternatively, the coordinatingmpetent authority of the host Member State may inform the applicant and the coordinating authority of the home Member State of its intention to reject the application, in which case the applicant shall have a week to present its observations.
Amendment 91 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Upon receipt of the observations of the applicant or, where no observations have been made, upon expiration of the time- limit to present those observations, the coordinating authority of the host Member State shall decide, within one week, whether to issue the European services e- card or reject the application for the European services e-card. Rejection of an application should be always justified.
Amendment 95 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The coordinatingmpetent authority of the host Member State shall be allowed to request necessary clarifications or necessary additional information from the home Member State or the applicant which is not yet contained in the application. In that case, the time limits referred to in paragraphs 1 and 4 are suspended until the requested necessary clarification or necessary additional information is supplied.
Amendment 98 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 7
Article 13 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 18 in order to specify the procedure for the coordinating authority of the host Member State to request clarifications or additional information from the home Member State as referred to in paragraph 5, and to modify if necessary the time-limits mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 4.
Amendment 103 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point iii
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point iii
(iii) is subject to a final decision, in compliance with Article 4(5) of Directive 2014/67/EC, not subject to appeal under national law, by the host Member State that it considers the holder does not meet one or more conditions applicable for temporary cross- border provision as prescribed by the first subparagraph of Article 11(1), the compliance of which, under the national law of the host Member State, is essential to continued legal provision of the services in question in its territory;
Amendment 104 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point iv
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point iv
(iv) is subject to a final decision, in compliance with Article 4(5) of Directive 2014/67/EC, not subject to appeal under national law, by the host Member State that it considers the holder does not meet one or more conditions imposed in the context of a prior authorisation or prior notification scheme applicable for establishment as prescribed by the first subparagraph of Article 12(1), the compliance of which, under the national law of the host Member State, is essential to continued legal provision of the services in question in its territory.
Amendment 110 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The power to adopt delegatedimplementing acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.
Amendment 111 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegatedimplementing acts referred to in Article 12(4) and Article 13(7) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from […]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 113 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. As soon as it adopts a delegatedn implementing act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 114 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. A delegatedn implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 12(4) and Article 13(7) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 118 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – part 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – part 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – indent 1 (new)
- Group 82.4. registration of a branch, agency, office
Amendment 119 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – part 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – indent 2 (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – part 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – indent 2 (new)
- 82.5 VAT registration
Amendment 120 #
2016/0402(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – part 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – indent 3 (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – part 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – indent 3 (new)
- 82.6 registration for social security purposes
Amendment 80 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Amendment 212 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph –1 (new)
Annex I – paragraph –1 (new)
-1 'Agricultural origin' means obtained from agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty or processed foodstuffs originating exclusively from such products, suitable for human consumption."
Amendment 214 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – paragraph 1
‘Distillate of agricultural origin’ means an alcoholic liquid which is obtained by the distillation, after alcoholic fermentation, of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty which does not have the properties of ethyl alcohol or of a spirit drink but still retains the aroma and taste of the raw materials used.
Amendment 221 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘'Addition of alcohol’' means the addition of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin or distillates of agricultural origin or both to a spirit drink. The use of alcohol of agricultural origin for dilute or dissolution of colours, flavouring or any other authorised additives used in th preparation of spirit drinks shall not be considered as addition of alcohol.
Amendment 226 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 1 – part 2 – point d
Annex II – section 1 – part 2 – point d
(d) Whisky or whiskey shall not be sweetened or flavoured, nor contain any additives other than plain caramel (E150a) used for colouring.
Amendment 231 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 1 – part 12 – point a
Annex II – section 1 – part 12 – point a
(a) Hefebrand or lees spirit is a spirit drink produced exclusively by the distillation at less than 86 % vol. of lees of wine or of lees of fermented fruit.
Amendment 246 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 1 – part 15 – point a – paragraph 3
Annex II – section 1 – part 15 – point a – paragraph 3
Maximum levels of residue for ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin used to produce vodka shall meet those set out in point (1) of Annex I, except that the methanol content shall not exceed 10 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol.
Amendment 248 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 1 – part 15 – point b
Annex II – section 1 – part 15 – point b
(b) The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of vodka shall be 37.5not less than 37.5 % and no more than 80 %.
Amendment 251 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 1 – part 15 a (new)
Annex II – section 1 – part 15 a (new)
15a. Vodka may be sweetened in order to round off the final taste. However, the final product may not contain more than 10 g of sweetening substances per litre, expressed as invert sugar equivalent.
Amendment 252 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 1 – part 15 b (new)
Annex II – section 1 – part 15 b (new)
15b. Vodka cannot be coloured.
Amendment 264 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 1 – part 31 – point a
Annex II – section 1 – part 31 – point a
(a) Flavoured vodka is vodka which has been given, during its production process, a predominant flavour other than that of the raw materials.
Amendment 266 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 1 – part 31 – point c
Annex II – section 1 – part 31 – point c
Amendment 267 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – section 1 – part 31 a (new)
Annex II – section 1 – part 31 a (new)
31a. The maximum sugar content of flavoured vodka shall be 100 grams per litre, expressed as invert sugar.
Amendment 150 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towards advanc. However, given the fact that development of advanced biofuels is often linked to investments in food-based biofuels the further uptake of the first is only possible if investors' confidence is not threatened. It is also necessary to note that food-based biofuels andeveloped minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts the European Union are beneficial for feed production. Therefore, it is appropriate to reduce the amountmaintain the 7% share of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops in the final consumption of energy in road and rail transport that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directive.
Amendment 303 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
For the calculation of a Member State’s gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3,8% in 2030 following the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X. Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by setting a lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuels produced from oil crops, taking into account indirect land use change.
Amendment 384 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from gaseous waste-based fossil fuelsuels, which are generated from gaseous effluents produced as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale, and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
Amendment 400 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, from gaseous waste- based fossil fuelsuels, which are generated as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale, supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
Amendment 414 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to further specify the methodology referred to in paragraph 3(b) of this Article to determine the share of biofuel resulting from biomass being processed with fossil fuels in a common process, to specify the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emission savings from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin and waste-based fossil fuelslow carbon fuels, which are generated from gases effluents produced as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale, and to determine minimum greenhouse gas emission savings required for these fuels for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 485 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 493 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 568 #
Amendment 23 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) No provisions of this Regulation may be interpreted in such a way as to prejudice or undermine the rights of a Member State confirmed in the Article 194 (2) second subparagraph of TFEU.
Amendment 99 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 201920 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 113 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
i. with a view to achieving the Union's binding target of at least 27% renewable energy in 2030 as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], a contribution to this target in terms of the Member State's share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030, with a linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards;
Amendment 122 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
Amendment 137 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 201820 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 149 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall onlmay modify the targets, objectives and contributions set out in the update referred to in paragraph 2 to reflect an increased ambition as compared to the ones set in the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plannew factors and circumstances, with a view to achieving the Union's binding target.
Amendment 162 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission has issued recommendations pursuant to Article 27(2) or (3), the Member State concerned shallmay include in its report referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article information on the policies and measures adopted, or intended to be adopted and implemented, to address those recommendations. Such information shallmay include a detailed timetable for implementation. Where a Member State has its justified reasons, it informs the Commission why the recommendations have not been followed according to Article 28(2).
Amendment 163 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 15 March 2021 and every year thereafter (year X), Member States shall report to the Commission information on:30 September 2021 and every year thereafter (year X), Member States shall report to the Commission information on support to developing countries, including the information specified in Part 2 of Annex VI; By 31 July 2021 and every year thereafter (year X), Member States shall report to the Commission information on the use of revenues generated by the Member State by auctioning allowances pursuant to Article 10(1) and Article 3d(1) or (2) of Directive 2003/87/EC including the information specified in Part 3 of Annex VI.
Amendment 164 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 165 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 176 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 15 March31 July 2021, and every year thereafter (year X), Member States shall report to the Commission:
Amendment 193 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. If, on the basis of its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1)(b), the Commission concludes that insufficient progress is made by a Member State towards meeting the targets, objectives and contributions or implementing the policies and measures set out in its integrated national climate and energy plan, it shall issue non-binding recommendations to the Member State concerned pursuant to Article 28. In issuing such recommendations, the Commission shall take into consideration ambitious early efforts by Member States to contribute to the Union's 2030 target for renewable energy.
Amendment 194 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. If, on the basis of its aggregate assessment of Member States' integrated national energy and climate progress reports pursuant to Article 25(1)(a), and supported by other information sources, as appropriate, the Commission concludes that the Union is at risk of not meeting the objectives of the Energy Union and, in particular, for the first ten-years period, the targets of the Union's 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy, it may issue non- binding recommendations to all Member States pursuant to Article 28 to mitigate such risk. The Commission shall, as appropriate, take measures at Union level in addition to the recommendations in order to ensure, in particular, the achievement of the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency. With regard to renewable energy, such measures shall take into consideration ambitious early efforts by Member States to contribute to the Union's 2030 target.
Amendment 195 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4
Article 27 – paragraph 4
Amendment 201 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – title
Article 28 – title
Amendment 202 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall as appropriate issue recommendations to Member States to ensuresupport the achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union.
Amendment 203 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the Member State concerned shall take utmost account ofconsider the recommendation in a spirit of solidarity between Member States and the Union and between Member States;
Amendment 204 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the Member State shallmay set out, in its integrated national energy and climate progress report made in the year following the year the recommendation was issued, how it has taken utmostinto account of the recommendation and how it has implemented or intends to implement it. It shall provide justifications where it deviates from it;
Amendment 137 #
2016/0362(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 19
Article 1 – paragraph 19
Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 29a
Article 29a
Amendment 183 #
2016/0362(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 22 a (new)Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 22 a (new)Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
Amendment 249 #
2016/0362(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 45c – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 45c – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 348 #
2016/0362(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 45c – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 45c – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 352 #
2016/0362(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 45c – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Article 45c – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 421 #
2016/0362(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 45g – paragraph 2
Article 45g – paragraph 2
Amendment 441 #
2016/0362(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 45g – paragraph 4
Article 45g – paragraph 4
Amendment 63 #
2016/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Regulation (EU) No 806/2014
Article 12 d – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 12 d – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 106 #
2016/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Regulation (EU) No 806/2014
Article 12 d – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 d – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 107 #
2016/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Regulation (EU) No 806/2014
Article 12 d – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 d – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 139 #
2016/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Regulation (EU) No 806/2014
Article 12 h – paragraph 2
Article 12 h – paragraph 2
Amendment 148 #
2016/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Regulation (EU) No 806/2014
Article 12 h – paragraph 4
Article 12 h – paragraph 4
Amendment 176 #
2016/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 806/2014
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
9a. In Article 27(3), the following point is added: (ga) liabilities to institutions or relevant entities that are part of the same resolution group without being themselves resolution entity, regardless of their maturities except where these liabilities rank below ordinary unsecured liabilities under the relevant national law setting the hierarchy of claims applicable on the date of transposition of this Regulation. Where the previous subparagraph applies, the Board shall assess whether the amount of instruments complying with Article 12h(3) is sufficient to support the implementation of the preferred resolution strategy.
Amendment 219 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
Amendment 260 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 7 – paragraphs 1 and 2
Article 7 – paragraphs 1 and 2
Amendment 270 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 8
Article 8
Amendment 744 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 114
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 114
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 428 f – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 428 f – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) covered bonds that meet the eligibility requirements for the treatment set out in Article 129(4) or (5), as appropriate, where the underlying loans are fully matched funded with the covered bonds issued or where there exists non- discretionary extendable maturity triggers on the covered bonds of one year or more until the term of the underlying loans in the event of refinancing failure at the maturity date of the covered bond ;contractual or legal provisions to manage refinancing risk.
Amendment 70 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) When calculating the duration of posting, same postings within the same contract concluded by the undertaking referred to in Article 1 (1) should be taken into account.
Amendment 71 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8 b) When assessing working place for the purpose of calculating the duration of posting in the context of replacement, the working place should be understood as the very same working place where the worker is posted to the same working position to perform the same tasks.
Amendment 72 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8 c) For the calculation of the remuneration within the meaning of this Directive, minimum rates of pay and other mandatory elements, laid down by law or universally applicable collective agreements or arbitration awards, are to be taken into account, provided that these elements do not alter the relationship between the service provided by a workers and the consideration which the worker receives in return. The mandatory elements are the elements which apply to all workers and that are not optional or dependent on certain events or factors. Member States should specify in a transparent way the different elements of remuneration applicable on their territory. Posted worker should be entitled to the gross amount of remuneration which does not have to comply with the all mandatory elements but to the amount required.
Amendment 121 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 132 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) When calculating the duration of posting, only postings within the same contract concluded by the undertaking referred to in Article 1 (1) should be taken into account.
Amendment 133 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) When assessing working place for the purpose of calculating the duration of posting in the context of replacement, the working place should be understood as the very same working place where the worker is posted to the same working position to perform the same tasks.
Amendment 134 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) For the calculation of the remuneration within the meaning of this Directive, minimum rates of pay and other mandatory elements, laid down by law or universally applicable collective agreements or arbitration awards, are to be taken into account, provided that these elements do not alter the relationship between the service provided by a workers and the consideration which the worker receives in return. The mandatory elements are the elements which apply to all workers and that are not optional or dependent on certain events or factors. Member States should specify in a transparent way the different elements of remuneration applicable on their territory. Posted worker should be entitled to the gross amount of remuneration which does not have to comply with the all mandatory elements but to the amount required.
Amendment 139 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(-1) in Article 1, the following paragraph is added: “2a. This Directive shall not apply to transport undertakings.”
Amendment 141 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(-1) in Article 1, the following paragraph is added: “2a. This Directive shall not apply to undertakings referred to in Article 1(1) which post workers, if the period of posting does not exceed three days within a one month reference period.”
Amendment 142 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(-1a) in Article 1, the following paragraph is added: “4a. Undertakings established in a non- member State must not be given more favourable treatment than undertakings established in a Member State."
Amendment 146 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Amendment 155 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Because of the highly mobile nature of work in international road transport, the implementation of th it would be pmosting of workers directive raises particular legal questions and difficulties (especially where the link with the concerned Member State is insufficient). It would be most suited for these challenges to be addressed suited to address this topic through sector-specific legislation together with other EU initiatives aimed at improving the functioning of the internal road transport market.
Amendment 178 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point c
(c) remuneration, including overtime ratesminimum rates of pay, including overtime rates, unless the Member State fails to publish in the single official national website referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU the constituent elements of minimum rates of pay, their geographic and personal scope and the method of calculation; this point does not apply to supplementary occupational retirement pension schemes;
Amendment 193 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this Directive, remuneration means all the elements of remuneration rendered mandatory by national law, regulation or administrative provision, collective agreements or arbitration awards which have been declared universally applicable and/or, in the absence of a system for declaring collective agreements or arbitration awards to be of universal application, other collective agreements or arbitthe concept of minimum rates of pay referred to in paragraph 1 (c) is defined by the national law and/or praction awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 second subparagraph, ince of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.
Amendment 200 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall publish in the single official national website referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU the constituent elements of remuneration in accordance with point (c)minimum rates of pay, their geographic and personal scope and the method of calculation in accordance with point (c). If the payment received by the posted worker is at least equal to the minimum rates of pay, it shall be deemed that this posted worker has received the minimum rates of pay provided for in this Directive.
Amendment 201 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall publish in the single official national website referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU the constituent elements of remuneration in accordance with point (c)., their geographic and personal scope and the method of calculation in accordance with point (d). If the payment received by the posted worker is at least equal to the amount of constituent elements of remuneration, it shall be deemed that this posted worker has received the remuneration provided for in this Directive."
Amendment 210 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a
Amendment 214 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a a (new)
Amendment 229 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 260 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(–1) In Article 1, the following paragraph 2a is inserted : 2a. This Directive shall not apply to transport undertakings.
Amendment 263 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
(–1) In Article 1, the following paragraph 2b is added: 2b. This Directive shall not apply to undertakings referred to in Article 1(1) which post workers, if the period of posting does not exceed three days within one month reference period.
Amendment 279 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a
Article 2a
Amendment 366 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – pragraph 1 – indent 2 – point c
Article 3 – pragraph 1 – indent 2 – point c
(c) remuneration, including overtime ratesminimum rates of pay, including overtime rates, unless the Member State fails to publish in the single official national website referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU the constituent elements of minimum rates of pay, their geographic and personal scope and the method of calculation; this point does not apply to supplementary occupational retirement pension schemes;
Amendment 400 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
For the purposes of this Directive, remuneration means all the elements of remuneration rendered mandatory by national law, regulation or administrative provision, collective agreements or arbitration awards which have been declared universally applicable and/or, in the absence of a system for declaring collective agreements or arbitration awards to be of universal application, other collective agreements or arbitthe concept of minimum rates of pay referred to in paragraph 1 (c) is defined by the national law and/or praction awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 second subparagraph, ince of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.
Amendment 428 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall publish in the single official national website referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU the constituent elements of remunerminimum rates of pay, their geographic and personal scope and the method of calculation in accordance with point (c).
Amendment 438 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
If the payment received by the posted worker is at least equal to the minimum rates of pay, it shall be deemed that this posted worker has received the minimum rates of pay provided for in this Directive.
Amendment 452 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – pragraph 1 a
Article 3 – pragraph 1 a
Amendment 469 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a b (new)
(ba) The following paragraph is added: 1ab. Member States shall publish in the single official national website referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU the constituent elements of remuneration, their geographic and personal scope and the method of calculation in accordance with point (d). If the payment received by the posted worker is at least equal to the amount of constituent elements of remuneration, it shall be deemed that this posted worker has received the remuneration provided for in this Directive.
Amendment 40 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists also that the amounts for direct payments in Heading 2 should be left untouched; points out that this is crucial for the income situation of many farmers, particularly in times of crises, and that the absorption rate per year is almost 100 %; also stresses that the process of levelling direct payments between Member States, begun in the current financial perspective, must be completed as soon as possible; differences in production size and intensity from several decades ago cannot decide the level of support for realising current and future CAP objectives; levelling direct payment rates is essential for ensuring equal competition conditions in the EU’s single market, as well as for the sustainable exploitation of agricultural resources at EU level.
Amendment 123 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that in other EU policies, significant changes which influence agriculture, the food production sector and rural areas are currently being planned and introduced; those changes concern, among others, trade policy and environment and climate policy; emphasises that the new requirements for the agri-food sector for meeting non- agricultural EU objectives should, in the future, be appropriately reflected in an increased CAP budget.
Amendment 178 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls also for direct payment appropriations under Heading 2 to be kept at their current level; points out that this is of key importance for the incomes of many farmers, in particular at a time of crisis, and that the annual takeup rate is close to 100%; stresses, at the same time, that the process of bringing direct payment rates in the Member States into line with one another, which began during the current MFF, must be completed as soon as possible; takes the view that differences in production volumes and intensity dating back several decades cannot form the basis for decisions on the level of support to be provided with a view to achieving current and future CAP objectives; believes the alignment of direct payment rates to be essential in order to ensure a level playing field on the single market and the sustainable use of agricultural resources throughout the EU;
Amendment 183 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Notes that a whole series of changes that have an effect on farming, food production and rural areas are currently being planned and introduced under other EU policies, including trade policy and environment and climate policy; stresses that the new requirements laid down for the agri-food sector with a view to meeting non-agricultural EU objectives should, in the future, be appropriately reflected in a larger CAP budget;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the agricultural sector has been subject to frequent cycles of change aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity, which have contributed significantly to the economic development of agriculture to its current level; whereas the incorporation of the latest technologies into farming practices will bring significant benefits for all farm sizes;
Amendment 189 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights that a sizeable proportion of biotic waste istreams are already used as, for example, animal feed or base material for biofuels; considers, however, that these materials should generate even higher outputs by aiming for the most added value and by using new technologies such as biorefining, insect breeding, solid state fermentation, biogas extraction and the extraction of minerals from manure; notes the lack of economies of scale for agricultural by-products and waste streams, and encourages the Commission to support their reuse by facilitating EU-wide recognition systems and special rural development programmes, to facilitatcarry out a review of trade rules with a view to introducing solutions to rationalise the cross-border circulation of goods and services, and to improve synergy and coherence with other EU policies;
Amendment 224 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers soil quality to be of economic and ecological importance since a depletion of the ecological state would result in less productive soil, lower nutrient availability, increases in susceptibility of plants to pests and diseases, lower water holding capacity and diminished biodiversity; calls on the Commission to support innovative practices and the sharing of best practices such as crop rotation systems or fertilising with green legumes, as well as rational water management, to avoid further soil degradation; believes that the interplay between organic matter and production needs to be better understood; welcomes research into innovative practices such as the use of microbial interventions and plant-soil interactions which could lower the environmental impact and reduce the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides; recognises the importance of a sustainable soil use that takes account of site-specific needs;
Amendment 234 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for more effortsaction to be madetaken to develop ansystems of integrated pestlant protection management system by supporting research inscientific research that gives particular preference to non- chemical alternatives and low-risk measures and pesticides which are more environment-friendlymethods that limit the risk associated with the use of plant protection products; calls on the Commission to come forward with an action plan and to set upappoint an expert group in order to work towards a more sustainable pestand integrated plant protection management system; highlights the potential of a pest managementimportance of research into all available plant protection methods that aimproves the interaction between plant breeding efforts, natural combat systems and pesticide use; notes that biological control mechanisms relating to pests and diseases could reduce the use of pesticides and may contribute to better plant resilience to discourage the development of the populations of harmful organisms and keep the use of plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that are economically and ecologically justified; notes that the use of all available plant protection methods can discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, reduce the use of chemical plant protection products and minimise the dangers to human health and the environment arising from the use of pesticides;
Amendment 185 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the CAP must have sufficient funding that reflects the significant European added value of the policy in order to play an effective long- term role in fostering employment, promoting the sustainable development of agriculture and ensuring that rural areas retain their appeal (with a focus on quality of life) in comparison with urban areas;
Amendment 192 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that a formal debate on the CAP after 2020 should begin as soon as possible; points out, furthermore, that action under other EU policies (including those concerning trade, the environment and the climate) affecting agriculture, the food production sector and rural areas should be taken into account to a greater extent in discussions on the new CAP;
Amendment 195 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Emphasises that within the CAP great importance should be attached to instruments geared towards modernisation and investment, which guarantee the competitiveness of economic sectors located in rural areas (including the agri-food, energy, processing and services industries and the social sector) in a sustainable way, in keeping with environmental rules, thus ensuring that jobs can be maintained; points out that those instruments will also make it possible to further bridge the gaps between Member States and between regions when it comes to agricultural and rural development;
Amendment 264 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that, against a backdrop of deep uncertainty as regards the future of low, volatile agricultural prices, the EU must doachieve the Treaty aims of the CAP, doing more to influence the markets by establishing safety nets and prevention and crisis management systems that could, for example, draw on countercyclical aid, allowing farmers to benefit from more advantageous prices;
Amendment 269 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Emphasises, furthermore, that direct payments should remain a CAP instrument beyond 2020, to support and stabilise farm income, to compensate for the costs arising from complying with high EU standards (as regards production methods, and environmental requirements in particular), and to maintain agricultural production in the least- favoured regions; points out that direct payments should thus be geared towards ensuring that farming is economically stable, as well as guaranteeing food and environmental security; points out, in that context, that it is essential to level out direct payment rates in order to ensure a level playing field for competition in the EU’s single market, as well as for the sustainable exploitation of agricultural resources at EU level;
Amendment 311 #
2015/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 70 #
2015/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern the varying degrees of commitment demonstrated by Member States to implementing last year's CSRs; stresses the importance of the implementation of the CSRs in order to ensure consistent and fair implementation of the economic governance framework across Member States; deplores in this context the non-binding nature of the recommendations;
Amendment 228 #
2015/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the role of appropriately flexible labour markets in combatting unemployment, in particular the negative impact on job creation rates of rigid rules on dismissal, excessive minimum wage levels and lengthy labour dispuand stresses the fact that factors such as rigid rules on dismissal, lengthy labour disputes and abuses involving the circumvention of labour market regulations by offering civil-law contracts in lieu of employment contracts have a negative impact on job creation rates; calls for a shift away from labour taxes to other sources of taxation;
Amendment 276 #
2015/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Commission to openly acknowledge the fact that some problems of the weaker euro area economies are due to the impossibility of a nominal depreciation in the Eurosystem;
Amendment 277 #
2015/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Insists that European Semester documents be intellectually honest by discussing the full range of policy options available to tackle problems related to the overvaluation of a currency and to lessen the effects of austerity policies on ordinary people;
Amendment 289 #
2015/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Rejects as incompatible with the very core of national sovereignty all attempts to gradually transfer the budget autonomy of national parliaments to European bodies or institutions; insists that the latter have no competence to go beyond the level of non-binding recommendations (CSRs);
Amendment 290 #
2015/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Emphasizes that the European Fiscal Board will not have any more competences than are already with the Commission today, hence warns that the EFB may be a completely superfluous body whose only effect is additional costs for the taxpayer;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the fact that, given the ceiling imposed by the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for Heading 2, major categories of common agricultural policy (CAP) spending are likely, in practice, to be cut in 2016, including direct payments and market measures, despite overall commitments and payments being up by 2.4% and 1.6% respectively;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the cuts made to the budget for intervention in the agricultural markets compared with 2015; disagrees with the Commission that emergency measures related to the Russian embargo on imports from the EU of certain agricultural products be limited to 2015 only, given Russia’s expressed intention to extend the ban on imports until early 2016; is concerned that further market interventions will be necessary in 2016 as a consequence, to support EU farmers hit by the embargo, in particular in the countries adjoining Russia;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the proposed cuts of EUR 2 million for the school milk programme from EUR 77 million in the 2015 appropriation to EUR 75 million in the DB for 2016; recalls Parliament’s request for an increase of EUR 20 million a year for this scheme; welcomes the small increase in the school fruit scheme to EUR 150 million; stresses that both programmes have proven to be useful and efficient within the Member States, in particular because they teach children healthy eating habits, and underlines their importance given the current crisis and levels of child malnutrition in the Union;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that any funds allocated to the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector in the 2016 budget, which are subsequently left unspent, remain in full under Heading 2 for the following budget year for direct payments to farmers, as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that EU investment in 2013 decreased by 13% compared with the pre- crisis period with investment in some countries decreasing 25% and even by as much as 60% in others, creating a dangerous investment imbalance in the EU; is of the opinion that this constitutes a major challenge forwhose fundamental causes cannot be treated by the EIB;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the urgent need for an increase in EIB lending activityprivate, self-sustained investment;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that in order for the EIB to be able to support set economic goals, trust in the soundness of the financial situation of the institution itself as well as in the projects it supports are key; therefore, the bank’s lending activities have to be of high quality;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the establishment of the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and emphasises the need for the EFSI to function in an effective, transparent and fair way and to take into account that priority should be given to projects in strategic sectors, countries in adjustment programmes and regions which have difficulties in attracting funding because of their high risk environmentonly support projects which are technically and economically sound and viable;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EIB to refrain from cooperating with financial partners with a proven negative track record and to enforce prevention measures against tax havens, fraud and evasion as well as aggressivjurisdictions officially declared to be tax havoidanceens by the OECD;
Amendment 94 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EIB to re-evaluate the private- public partnerships in terms of their profitability for the relevant economies and soto provide services to the cieties and to examine alternative methods of fuzens reliably, at high quality and ing, possibly through increasing public investments a cost-efficient way;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines in this context that Member States where private-public partnerships are less developed could consider guidelines to encourage more efficient use of this type of contracts;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that agriculture and rural development deliver many EU objectives and are an important part of the overall EU budget for 2016; calls therefore for the agriculture budget to remain at least at its current level, in view of the deteriorating situation in the milk sector and the severe impact of the Russian embargo, for an increase in the agriculture budget;
Amendment 24 #
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 and the Russian embargo; further insists that some specific agricultural sub-sectors are in need of greater funding, such as bee keeping; 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 181 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Feels that the introduction of rules at EU level would provide greater stability to producers and distributors, who are increasingly frequent actors on several markets in the Member States; feels that preparing general rules for all Member States on counteracting unfair trade practices would provide a guarantee of equal protection to producers, both in countries where effective provisions are already in force and in countries which are just at the stage of introducing appropriate legal systems;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses not only the importance of sound economic governance, but also the fundamental role cohesion policy has to play in attracting investment to regions in the EU and in tackling economic, social and territorial disparities; urges that the application of Article 23 should not, under any circumstances, lead to economic instability or aggravate the situation in regions which are already experiencing difficulties;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission always to take each Member State’s individual economic and social situation into careful consideration when applying the provisions of Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation; urges that macroeconomic failings at other levels of government should not automatically create financial instability for local and regional authorities;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to use its reprogramming powers carefully, preferring stability over too frequent reprogramming; stresses the need for a well-founded and detailed justification for reprogramming, withhich must be used only when strictly necessary and should be accompanied by a detailed assessment of why it clearly delivers more effective and efficient results; in the area of cohesion policy; emphasises the importance of avoiding situations in which instability and local and regional governments’ inability to act aggravate the situation in their regions;
Amendment 45 #
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 concerns, in particular, enterprises operating in rural areas and in areas where agricultural processing is predominant, where there is an urgent need to ensure economic growth and maintain jobs in order to prevent 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 50 #
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, in particular, to enterprises operating in rural areas and in areas where agricultural processing is predominant and small mid-cap companies should be channelled through the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to benefit from its experience in these activities.
Amendment 56 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth, innovation and competitiveness, especially infrastructure measures (digital and transport). 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 in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money, without adding to administrative burden or creating additional payment systems, which would undermine the efficiency of the EFSI’s objectives, so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money, without introducing additional bureaucracy or payment systems that have a negative impact on the effective attainment of EFSI’s objectives. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
Amendment 65 #
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 extremely peripheral locations in which agricultural processing is predominant. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.
Amendment 77 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Infrastructure, research and development, and project investments supported under EFSI should be consistent with State aid rules. To that end, the Commission has announced that it will formulate a set of core principles, for the purpose of State aid assessments, which a project will have to meet to be eligible for support under the EFSI. If a project meets these criteria and receives support from the EFSI, the Commission has announced that any national complementary support, will be assessed under a simplified and accelerated State aid assessment whereby the only additional issue to be verified by the Commission will be the proportionality of public support (absence of overcompensation). The Commission has also announced that it will provide further guidance on the set of core principles with a view to ensuring an efficient use of public funds.
Amendment 79 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European FundGuarantee for Strategic Investments and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Directory and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013 (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 126 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Throughout the economic and financial crisis, the Union has made efforts to promote growth, in particular through the focus on the necessity of structural reforms and through initiatives set out in the Europe 2020 strategy that put in place an approach for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The European Investment Bank ('EIB') has also strengthened its role in instigating and promoting investment within the Union, partly by way of an increase in capital in January 2013. FurtherAlongside structural reforms, further specific and temporary action is required to ensure that the investment needs of the Union are addressed and that the liquidity available on the market is used efficiently and channelled towards the funding of viable investment projects.
Amendment 161 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The investment environment within the Union should be improved by carrying out necessary structural reforms, removing barriers to investment, reinforccompleting the Single Market, actively pursuing the Commission's better regulation agenda and by enhancing regulatory predictability and reducing regulatory red tape. The work of the EFSI, and investments across Europe generally, should benefit from this accompanying work.
Amendment 164 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) The EFSI is meant to tackle the investment gap and is therefore by nature a temporary instrument.
Amendment 199 #
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, such as the criteria mentioned in the Amsterdam Special Action Programme of 1997 and the development of infrastructure; research, development and innovation; health; information and communications technology; developing and modernising the energy sector; improving access to finance for SMEs and mid-cap companies.
Amendment 312 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The EFSI should only target investments that are expected to be economically and technically viable, which and are thus are expected to repay creditors in order to avoid the socialisation of losses and the privatisation of gains. Such investments may entail a degree of appropriate risk, whilst still meeting the particular requirements for EFSI financing.
Amendment 428 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The EIB should regularly evaluate activities supported by the EFSI with a view to assessing their additionality (i.e. added economic value and no crowding out principle), prudent handling of tax payers money, relevance, performance and impact and to identifying aspects that could improve future activities. Such evaluations should contribute to accountability and analysis of sustainability.
Amendment 456 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In order to cover the risks related to the EU guarantee to the EIB, a guarantee fund should be established. The guarantee fund should be constituted by a gradual payment from the Union budget, whilst fully respecting the relevant Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) ceilings and authorised by the annual budgetary procedure. The guarantee fund should subsequently also receive revenues in proportion with its risk-taking and repayments from projects that benefit from EFSI support and amounts recovered from defaulting debtors where the guarantee fund has already honoured the guarantee to the EIB.
Amendment 463 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) All payments to the guarantee fund and budget decisions otherwise associated with the operation of the EFSI should be fully consistent with the terms of the multiannual financial framework and authorised by the European Parliament and the Council through the annual budgetary procedure.
Amendment 519 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) To ensure accountability to European citizens, the EIB should regularly report to the European Parliament and the Council on the progress and economic impact of the EFSI. and the correct use of the guarantee
Amendment 536 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 1 – title
Chapter 1 – title
European FundGuarantee for Strategic Investments (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 538 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – title
Article 1 – title
European FundGuarantee for Strategic Investments (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 545 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall conclude annegotiate a draft agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the establishment of a temporary European Fund for Strategic Investments ('EFSI'). The EFSI Agreement shall be approved by the co- legislators, prior to the entry into force of this Regulation so as to ensure that the EFSI Agreement provides for the proper implementation of the Regulation. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 573 #
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, as detailed in Article 5.2, in a non-discriminatory way, 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 ('EFSI Agreement'). The EFSI shall not crowd out private investments. The selection of projects that will be supported through the EFSI shall be based solely on economic criteria without sectoral or geographical quota.
Amendment 923 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be econsistent with Union policiesomically viable and compliant with Union policies, as set out in Union legislation and the requirements defined therein, and support any of the following general objectives:'.
Amendment 948 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) i. development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure;
Amendment 969 #
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 research and development and innovation; investment in education and training, health, research and development, information and communications technology and innovation;
Amendment 984 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) expansion of renewable energy and energy and resource efficiencydevelopment of the energy sector including innovative technologies in the sector of coal;
Amendment 988 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1003 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) providingsioning of financial support for the companies referred to in Article 1(1), including working capital risk financing.
Amendment 1033 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In addition, the EU guarantee shall be granted for support of dedicated investment platforms and national promotional banks, via the EIB, that invest in operations meeting the requirements of this Regulation. In that case, the Steering Board shall specify policies are specified regarding eligible investment platforms. The Commission shall ensure that any redeployment of funds from the EU budget does not adversely affect programmes. that fund basic or early- stage scientific research.
Amendment 2 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2036 (2015) entitled ‘Tackling intolerance and discrimination in Europe with a special focus on Christians’,
Amendment 6 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to paragraphs 129-130 of the report on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (2014/2216(INI)), in which Parliament ‘Strongly condemns attacks against Christians in several countries around the world and expresses solidarity with the victims’ families; is deeply concerned about the growing number of episodes of repression, discrimination, intolerance and violent attacks against Christian communities’,
Amendment 302 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores recent instances of anti- Semitic and, anti-Islamic and anti-Christian discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance;
Amendment 324 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that the right of parents to raise their children in accordance with their own convictions is founded in EU and international law and should be respected by the EU and the Member States in accordance with Article 14(3) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 347 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes that all women have the right to make decisions about their work and career, including the decision to devote themselves to family and motherhood; condemns all forms of discrimination against mothers and calls on the EU and the Member States to take specific action to improve the situation of mothers in Europe;
Amendment 442 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly deplores the facPoints out that negotiations within the Council on the proposal for an anti- discrimination directive have stalled, and reiterates its in the face of strong opposition at local level in many Member States, and call tos on the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possiblemmission to withdraw the proposal;
Amendment 460 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on grounds of gender identity and to combat and prosecute all forms of violence and discrimination against women;
Amendment 512 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 6 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the economic crisis and the austerity measures have greatly increasedhas led to an increase in existing economic and social disparities, worsening the differences between (and within) Member StatMember States and within particular Member States and increasing regional discrepancies;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of national structural reforms and of their contribution to improving administrative capabilities, which will translate into better management in terms of achieving the objectives of cohesion policy and of targeting funding in an appropriate manner;
Amendment 18 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses, the importantrefore, role of cohesion policy in mitigating the effects of the financial, economic and social crisidisparities, as well as its positive effects on all regionnarrowing regional disparities; underlines itsthe importance in closof cohesion policy in mitigating the public/private investment gap, especially in the Member States hit most by the crisi and the need to develop and promote the specificities of public/private partnerships, especially in the least- developed regions;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the role of SMEs in generating economic growth and in narrowing social disparities; calls for a more favourable regulatory environment to be created for small businesses; stresses, at the same time, the importance of facilitating access to funding for SMEs, as well as the need to support programmes and training that promote the development of entrepreneurialism;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the burden of controls is in proportion to the complexity of the CAP; calls, therefore, for complexity to be reducedits simplification in order to cut error rates, reduce the cost to the taxpayer and at the same time ensure that the budget is correctly spent;
Amendment 41 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a less bureaucratic CAPsimplification of CAP rules with a view to reducing the error rate;
Amendment 75 #
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, so that the number of testing visits is kept lower and the concomitant cost for administrations and agriculturepaying agencies and farmers reduced;
Amendment 84 #
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 controls to be stepped up in Member States where the error rate is high or increasing;
Amendment 93 #
2014/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for it to be made possible to reduce the sample size for on-the-spot checks to 3% for all direct payments, as otherwise potential savings init would not be possible to reduce the cost of controls would be lost;
Amendment 36 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas respect for food safety , humand humanealth and animal healthwelfare standards will be a fundamental tenet of the negotiations for European agriculture;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
b. firmly commit to the strict preservation of standards on food safety , humand human and animal healthealth, animal welfare and environmental protection, as defined under EU legislation, and ensure that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle are not undermined;
Amendment 154 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
d. secure a level playing field, treating as particularly important the question of sensitive those products for which direct competition would expose EU agricultural producers to excessive pressure, for example in cases where regulatory conditions and related costs of production in the EU diverge from those in the US;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
da. exclude from the agreement those sensitive agricultural products for which it would be impossible to secure a level playing field;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
- having regard to the responsibilities of the EU states under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Amendment 6 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 b (new)
Citation -1 b (new)
- having regard to the Europe 2020 strategy including the Innovation Union and the Resource Efficient Europe
Amendment 29 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas timber should be used as a CO2 binding material for dozens of years, and forests as a CO2 retention eco-system for thousands of years;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas forests are a source of unique flora, fauna and fungi;
Amendment 55 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas European forestry is characterised by sustainable management and long-term planning, and whereas the principle of sustainability should be even more strongly emphasised in a global context in order to create jobs, protect biodiversity, mitigate climate change and combat desertification;
Amendment 106 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. stresses in this connection that any attempt to make forestry a matter of EU policy should be resisted and that the sector’s regional basis and the competence of the Member States in this area must be respected, whereas there are states where the developed sustainable forestry models may be an example for many Member States;
Amendment 138 #
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 of timber and other materials, such as cork, for the development of sustainable economic models and the creation of green jobs, monitoring these processes through the incidence of species important to the Natura 2000 networks;
Amendment 211 #
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; 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 based on nature indicators; __________________ 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 233 #
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 such 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; if sustainable forest management is carried out in a Natura 2000 area, the forest management plan becomes the management plan under Natura 2000 network;
Amendment 242 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to intensify efforts to create a legal basis for incorporating the carbon dioxide forest absorption mechanism into the European Emissions Trading System in order to protect biodiversity effectively and create jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 268 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that research is of crucial importance to extending the forest- related knowledge basis is of crucial importance to research and that reliable information is essential for the implementation of the forest strategy; notes in this connection that national forest inventories represent a comprehensive monitoring tool for assessing forestry stocks and take into account regional considerations while responding to demands for less red tape and lower costs; welcomes in particular the Commission’s efforts to establish a European forest information system and initiatives to improve the comparability of existing data;
Amendment 300 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that sustainable forest management can reduce the impact of climate changes and that the biodiversity thus achieved can diminish risks of forest fires, pest damage and disease;pest damage and disease while reducing the risk of forest fires.
Amendment 356 #
2014/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that, in view of the Commission’s list of priorities, priority should also be given in implementing the new EU forest strategy to promoting the competitiveness and sustainability of forestry, supporting the pro-environmental and protective role of forests, supporting rural and urban areas, expanding the knowledge basis and promoting coordination and communication;
Amendment 81 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Draws attention to the high proportion of micro-enterprises in the European economy and welcomes the steps taken by the EIB towards microfinance lending in Europe; calls for further investment in this sector in view of the importance of micro-enterprises in creating jobs;
Amendment 92 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that risk-sharing instruments ultimately involving the provision of public subsidies should only be foreseenWelcomes the RSFF and the extension of the RSI to other countries and its potential for funding innovative SMEs; stresses the importance of risk- sharing instruments where there are market failures generating external costs or for the execution of missions of general interest such as the provision of public goods andor services of general economic interestpublic interest; highlights, in particular, the real benefits of using the risk-sharing mechanism in the promotion of funding for SMEs and innovation in Europe;
Amendment 100 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Insists that the evaluation to be carried out by the Commission in December 2014 take into account both the negative and positive impacts of some projects in the PBI Pilot Phase; considers it regrettable that the EIB is supporting unstresses that the EIB should avoid economically non-viable and unon- sustainable infrastructure projects which are neither climate-friendly nor address the needs and interest, and invest in those which bring tangible economic benefits, meet the needs of the peopulation they are intended to servele they serve and are climate-friendly;
Amendment 111 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls, therefore, for a comprehensive evaluation of the pilot projects on the basis of an inclusive and open consultation process; also calls on the Commission to submit, via the ordinary legislatpoints out that the Project Bond Initiative is still only at the pilot stage and trusts that the Commission will give approcedure, a legislative proposal which will better framepriate consideration to all evaluations of the first projects under the initiative before it finalises the details of the future project bond strategy, including and enhancement of the EIB performance indicators framework for quality investment, so as to identify and measure both the impact of the funded projects in terms of external costs and their social and environmental returnsas broadly as possible;
Amendment 136 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the EIB’s first steps towards a shift to renewable energy and the reductionall the steps taken by the EIB towards projects aimed at securing competitive and safe energy supply; stresses the importance of lefunding to the coal sectorfor energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy networks and related research and innovation; calls for the rectification of regional imbalances in renewable energy lergy efficiency project funding and for more attention to be paid in the future to smaller-scale, off- grid decentralised renewable energy projects involving citizens and communities;
Amendment 142 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 159 #
2014/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges the EIB not to cooperate with entities operating out of secrecyto prioritise cooperation with jurisdictions ‘not characterised notably by no or nominal taxes, a lack ofby secrecy; warns against cooperating with jurisdictions not having effective exchange of information with foreign tax authorities andor characterised by a lack of transparency in legislative, legal or administrative provisions, or as identified by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development or the Finan; 2011/0014(COD), recital Action Task Force’10; __________________ 1013
Amendment 3 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Aa (new)
Recital Aa (new)
A a. whereas the 2007 reform aimed to provide greater flexibility, simplify the rules and strengthen the fruit and vegetable producer organisations by providing them with a wider range of tools to enable them to prevent and manage market crises and to limit the fluctuations in producer revenues;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the crisis caused by the Russian ban has had significant negative effects on the F&V sectorand in the future will have an effect on the F&V sector, and F&V producers have sustained the greatest losses; whereas the importance of the existence of strong POs to collectively deal with unexpected and adverse situations must be underlined;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
O a. regrets that the extraordinary measures programme adopted by the Commission in relation to perishable fruit and vegetables in EU Regulations No 1031/2014 and No 1371/2014 did not to any extent cover the losses incurred by the producers, and the funds in that respect reached only very few farmers in the EU Member States;
Amendment 65 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
P a. Whereas the contingency reserve created out of the Common Agricultural Policy funds in the amount of over EUR 400 million was not used to mitigate the effects of the Russian ban, notwithstanding the circumstances justifying its use;
Amendment 98 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4 a. Points out that the level of producer organisations in the European Union varies and the organisations from the new Member States are not as numerous and strong as those in the old European Union Member States;
Amendment 187 #
2014/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to identify the reasons for the low take-up of crisis prevention and management (CPM) instruments and to consider how the situation, including the contingency reserve created out of the Common Agricultural Policy funds, and to consider how the situation of individual farmers and producer organisations can be improved, taking into account examples of best practice among existing POs;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. Having regard to the significant fines that have been imposed on farmers and milk producers in certain Member States for exceeding milk quotas during the last two quota years;
Amendment 77 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. having regard to the fact that the enforcement of such fines will lead to significant deterioration of the economic condition of dairy farms affected by such fines and may cause many of them to become insolvent;
Amendment 78 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
Jc. having regard to the fact that the imposition of fines for exceeding milk quotas in the last two quota years is economically unjustified, as the milk production quotas have not been exceeded within the European Union as a whole;
Amendment 194 #
2014/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative initiative to cancel the fines for exceeding milk quotas in the last quota year in its entirety;
Amendment 494 #
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 somethe following products originating from agriculture, including aquaculture, where such products are, or are intended to be, produced, prepared, distributed, placed on the Union market, or imported into or exported from the Union as organic: (a) live or unprocessed agricultural products, including seed and other plant reproductive material; (b) processed agricultural products for food; (c) feed; (d) algae and aquaculture animals; (e) wine; (f) yeast; (g) mushrooms; (h) collected wild plants and parts thereof, and to other products listed in Annex I to this Regulation, insofar as those agricultural products and those other products closely linked to agriculture are intended to be produced, prepared, distributed, placed on the market, imported or exported as organic.
Amendment 509 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Mass catering operations shall not be subject to this Regulation. Member States may apply national rules or, in the absence thereof, private standards, on labelling and control of products originating from mass catering operations, in so far as the said rules comply with Union law.
Amendment 566 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) contribution to protect landscapes, climate, habitats and humans;
Amendment 581 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 590 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) observance of a high level of animal welfare respecting species-specific needs at all stages of life, including transport and slaughter;
Amendment 630 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 (a), holding may be split up into clearly separated units or aquaculture production sites which are not all managed under organic production. As regards animals, different species shall be involved. As regards aquaculture the same species may be involved, provided that there is adequate separation between the production sites. As regards plants, different varieties that can be easily differentiated/distinguished shall be involved. Where, in accordance with the second subparagraph, not all units of a holding are used for organic production, the operator shall keep the land, animals, and products used for, or produced by, the organic units separate from those used for, or produced by, the non-organic units and keep adequate records to show the separation.
Amendment 657 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 731 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Amendment 738 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The transport of organic animals shall not only meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) 1/2005, but it shall also ensure the respect of higher animal welfare standards through additional rules limiting the duration of transport and setting conditions for the transport of organic animals. These rules shall be set in an Annex to this Regulation.
Amendment 745 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) as fertilisers, and soil conditioners and nutrients;
Amendment 752 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) as non-therapeutic medicines and products to help ensure animal health and welfare.
Amendment 811 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a Precautionary measures to be taken in the event of suspicions and irregularities 1. The following precautionary measures shall be taken by operators: (a) where an operator suspects that a process, product or input material which has been sourced, produced or prepared does not comply with this Regulation, that operator shall separate and identify the product; (b) in order to assess cases in which non- compliance is suspected, the operator concerned shall set up a system appropriate to the type and size of the operation for the purpose of verification and assessment following procedures based on a systematic identification of critical procedural steps in accordance with the requirements laid down in points 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 of Part IV of Annex II; (c) if, having carried out the assessment provided for in point (b), the operator concludes that the suspicion is substantiated, the operator shall withdraw the product from the market and discontinue its processing and shall immediately inform the competent authorities or control body. 2. The following measures shall be taken by competent authorities, control bodies and authorities: (a) where a control authority or control body is informed by an operator of a substantiated suspicion in accordance with point (c) of paragraph 1 or is informed that an operator intends to place on the market a product which is not in compliance with the organic production rules but which bears a reference to the organic production method, the control authority or control body may prohibit the placing of the product on the market with an indication referring to the organic production method, either for a specified period of time or until it is satisfied that the suspicion has been eliminated. The period of time between such prohibition and the confirmation of the suspicion shall be as short as possible, taking into account the durability of goods, and shall not exceed two months; (b) the control authority or control body shall confirm or eliminate the suspicion by no later than the period of time laid down under point (a). In such a case, the operator concerned shall cooperate fully with the control body or authority. Before confirming the suspicion, the control authority or control body shall allow the operator to comment; (c) where the non-compliance is confirmed, as well as in cases of repetitive, continued or fraudulent non- compliance, Article 26a shall apply; (d) where the non-compliance is not confirmed within the period of time laid down under point (a), the decision referred to therein shall be repealed not later than at the expiry of that period of time.
Amendment 819 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) in the list of ingredients and in the same visual field as the sales description, provided that: (i) the main ingredient is a product of hunting or fishing; (ii) it contains other ingredients of agricultural origin that are all organic; (iii) the food complies with the requirements in Annex II part VI.
Amendment 824 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The terms referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be used for a product for which it has to be indicated in the labelling or advertising that it contains GMOs, consists of GMOs or is produced from GMOs according to Union provisions.
Amendment 945 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 20210, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the availability of organic plant reproductive material and animals for breeding purpos, feed, animals for breeding purposes, young poultry and parent animals for poultry production and aquaculture juveniles on the Union market, identifying potential gaps and the reasons for those gaps and outlining a plan and possible measures for closing those gaps, including support measures designed to stimulate the market. That report shall be based on a study including data collection and analysis in Member States.
Amendment 974 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from 1 Julanuary 20172052. __________________ 52 At least 6 months after enter into force.
Amendment 1041 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex II – part I – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Although mushrooms are no plants, the general production rules for plant production apply, where applicable. Above that, the following rules apply: For the production of mushrooms, substrates may be used, if they are composed only of the following components:
Amendment 1043 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.2.2
Annex II – part II – point 1.2.2
1.2.2. Conversion periods specific to the type of animal production to be applied in case of non- simultaneous conversion are set out in point 2.
Amendment 1045 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.2.4
Annex II – part II – point 1.2.4
1.2.4. Animals and animal products may be considered organic at the end of thefter a conversion period of 24 month if there is simultaneous conversion of the complete production unit, including livestock, pasturage or any land used for animal feed and if the animals are mainly fed with products from the production unit itself.
Amendment 1052 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.3.3 – point d
Annex II – part II – point 1.3.3 – point d
(d) the choice of breeds shall be appropriate to ensure a high standard of animal welfare and shall contribute to the prevention of any suffering and to avoiding the need for the mutilation of animals, such as dehorning and castration.
Amendment 1087 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.4.3.2 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 1.4.3.2 a (new)
1.4.3.2a. Feed from own holding and other sources In the case of herbivores, except during the period each year when the animals are under transhumance subject to point 1.4.2.2, at least 60 % of the feed shall come from the farm unit itself or, where this is not feasible, shall be produced in cooperation with other organic farms in the same region. In the case of pigs and poultry, at least 20% of the feed shall come from the farm unit itself or, where this is not feasible, shall be produced in cooperation with other organic farms or feed business operators in the same region. In the case of bees, at the end of the production season hives shall be left with sufficient reserves of honey and pollen to survive the winter. The feeding of bee colonies shall only be permitted where the survival of the hives is endangered due to climatic conditions. Feeding shall be with organic honey, organic sugar syrups, or organic sugar.
Amendment 1121 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.7
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.7
1.7.7. Duration of transport of livestock shall be minimised to a maximum of 8 hours for mammals and 4 hours for poultry, adapted according to species- specific needs to be defined in this Annex. Other conditions for transport, such as space allowances on lorries, flooring, temperature control, access to water, social requirements and lairage conditions, shall be set in this Annex according to each species. Special attention must be paid when transporting fragile or cull animals.
Amendment 1123 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.8
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.8
1.7.8. Any avoidable suffering shall be kept to a minimumprevented during the entire life of the animal, including at the time of slaughtertransport and slaughter. Appropriate and humane pre-stunning at time of slaughter shall be compulsory for all animals. Well defined rules for humane slaughter shall be set in the regulation for each species. Inappropriate stunning and/or slaughter methods, such as use of live shackling and electrical waterbaths for broiler chickens and turkeys, asphyxia, and exsanguination without stunning, shall be prohibited.
Amendment 1126 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.8 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.8 a (new)
1.7.8a. All people handling organic animals during transport and slaughter shall receive adequate training to ensure proper application of the rules set out in this regulation, as supported by regular inspections to ensure compliance.
Amendment 1133 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.9
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.9
1.7.9. Mutilation of animals, such as (but not limited to) tail docking, beak trimming in poultry, hot branding, disbudding, and avoidable castration and dehorning shall be prohibited.
Amendment 1139 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1. 7. 9 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 1. 7. 9 a (new)
1.7.9. In order to prevent the likelihood of injuries resulting from horned breeds, breeds that are naturally polled should be chosen where practicable. Dehorning should only be allowed when necessary on welfare grounds, such as when horned animals are born in a polled breed.
Amendment 1140 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.10
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.10
1.7.10. AWhenever a surgical intervention is deemed necessary for veterinary reasons, any suffering to the animals shall be reduced to a minimumavoided by applying adequate anaesthesia and/or prolonged analgesia and by carrying out the operation only at the most appropriate age by qualified personnela veterinary surgeon.
Amendment 1142 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.10 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.10 a (new)
1.7.10a. Any surgical procedures, when necessary, shall be carried out by a veterinary surgeon. Wherever practicable, non-surgical alternatives and advice concerning the use of appropriate breeds and keeping practices shall be applied to address specific concerns associated with raising uncastrated (entire) males and horned animals.
Amendment 1143 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.11
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.11
1.7.11. PhysSurgical castration shall be allowed in order to maintain the quality of products and traditional production practices but only under adequate anaesthesia or analgesia andand dehorning shall be prohibited, except when these interventions are unavoidable. When such instances occur, pain and suffering must be prevented by means of adequate anaesthesia and prolonged analgesia, The procedures shall bye carryingied out the operation only at the most appropriate age by qualified personnelonly at the most appropriate age by a veterinary surgeon. Wherever practicable, non- surgical alternatives and the use of appropriate breeds and keeping practices shall be applied to address specific concerns associated with raising uncastrated (entire) males and horned animals.
Amendment 1146 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.11
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.11
1. 7. 11. PhysSurgical castration shall be allowed in order to maintain the quality of products and traditional production practices but only under adequate anaesthesia or analgesia and by carrying out the operation only at the most appropriate age by qualified personnelprohibited except for individual cases where it is unavoidable. If it is unavoidable, interventions shall be carried out with anaesthesia and prolonged analgesia. Available alternative non-hormonal products and methods that avoid or reduce the use of surgical castration are allowed, including immunological prevention of boartaint, using specific genetic selections with lower boartaint traits, and feed additives. The Commission shall consider a prohibition of castration of piglets in line with the results of an impact assessment, and, accordingly, propose legislative action by 2020.
Amendment 1147 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.12
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.12
1.7.12. Loading and unloading of animals shall be carried out without the use of any type of electrical stimulation to coerce the animals, except in exceptional circumstances and according to the provisions of (EC) Regulation no 1099/2009 Annex III article 1.9. Mixing of unknown animals during transport or lairage and unnecessary overnight lairage shall be prevented. Social animals shall be kept in groups and shall be able to move and turn around in the pens. The use of allopathic tranquillisers, prior to or during transport, shall be prohibited.
Amendment 1164 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.1.3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex II – part II – point 2.1.3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) notwithstanding point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 3(1) and the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Council Directive 2008/119/EC70, any form of single housing, including the housing of calves in individual boxes, shall be forbidden after the age of one week, unless for individual animals for a limited period of time, when and in so far as this is justified for veterinary reasons. If calves are kept in individual boxes for veterinary reasons, the box shall have a solid floor and must be provided with straw bedding. The calf should be able to turn around easily, lie down in full length (comfortably) and be able to have visual contact with other calves. If mother bonded rearing is not taking place, group keeping of young calves shall only be permitted after the age of one week. __________________ 70 Council Directive 2008/119/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (OJ L 10, 15.1.2009, p. 7).
Amendment 1186 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.3.2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex II – part II – point 2.3.2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) at least 620 % of the feed shall come from the farm itself or in case this is not feasible, be produced in the same region in cooperation with other organic farms or feed operators;
Amendment 1191 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.3.3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex II – part II – point 2.3.3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) sows shall be kept in groups, except in the last stages of pregnancy and during the suckling period;, during which time the sow shall be able to move freely in her pen and shall only be fixated for short times when absolutely necessary. Notwithstanding additional requirements for straw, a few days before expected farrowing, sows must be provided with a sufficient quantity of straw or other suitable natural material to express nest- building behavior.
Amendment 1213 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
When a flock is constituted for the first time, renewed or reconstituted and organically reared parent production are not available in sufficient numbers, non- organically reared poultry may be brought into an organic poultry production unit, provided that the pullets for the production of eggs and poultry for meat production are less than three days old.
Amendment 1220 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) at least 620 % of the feed shall come from the farm itself or in case this is not feasible, be produced in the same region in cooperation with other organic farms or feed operators;
Amendment 1258 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.7 – paragraph 1
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.7 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1259 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.7. – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.7. – paragraph 1 a (new)
2.3.4a. The mutilation of poultry, including castration and beak trimming, shall be prohibited. Surgical procedures shall only be allowed in rare instances, on a case-by-case/individual basis and only for valid animal welfare considerations/reasons. When such instances occur pain and suffering must be prevented by means of adequate anaesthesia and prolonged analgesia. The procedures shall be carried out only at the most appropriate age by qualified personnel a veterinary surgeon. Wherever practicable, non-surgical alternatives, including the use of appropriate breeds and keeping practices, shall be applied to address specific concerns associated with raising uncastrated (entire) males.
Amendment 1260 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.7 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 2.4.7 a (new)
2.4.7a. The mutilation of poultry, including castration and beak trimming, shall be prohibited.
Amendment 1289 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part III – point 4.1.6.6
Annex II – part III – point 4.1.6.6
4.1.6.6. Appropriate measures shall be taken to keep the duration of transport of aquaculture animals to a minimum and not to exceed 6 hours.
Amendment 1290 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part III – point 4.1.6.7
Annex II – part III – point 4.1.6.7
4.1.6.7. Any suffering shall be kept to a minimumavoided during the entire life of the animal, including at the time of slaughter. transport and slaughter. Appropriate and humane pre- stunning at time of slaughter shall be compulsory for all animals.
Amendment 1291 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part III – point 4.1.6.8
Annex II – part III – point 4.1.6.8
4.1.6.8. Slaughter techniques shallPre-stunning at time of slaughter shall be compulsory for all animals and render fish immediately unconscious and insensible to pain. Handling prior to slaughter shall be performed in a way that avoids injuries while keeping suffering and stress at a minimum. The selling of live fish is prohibited. Differences in harvesting sizes, species, and production sites must be taken into account when considering optimal slaughtering methods. Slaughter through bleeding of fish and exposure to carbon dioxide is prohibited. Crustaceans shall only be killed by methods which use electrical stunning/killing equipment. Well defined rules for humane slaughter shall be set in the regulation.
Amendment 772 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 779 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
When the subsidiary of an EU parent is established in another Member State and supervised by a different supervisor than the EU parent and when the subsidiary is significant in accordance with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013, the consolidating supervisor shall consult endeavour to reach agreement with the competent authority of the home Member State of the significant subsidiary with regard to any decision to be made by the consolidating supervisor pursuapursuant to this Regulation. Where it is not possible to reach such agreement, the decisions on the EU parent and the subsidiary shall be taken independently. Where it is not possible to reach such agreement, to this Regulationhe decisions on the EU parent and the subsidiary shall be taken independently.
Amendment 783 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
This Regulation shall not extend the powers of the ECB beyond the limits established in Regulation 1024/2013 conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions, either in respect of territories covered, institutions within scope, or otherwise.
Amendment 244 #
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 six- to twelven-year old children as a proportion of the population,
Amendment 262 #
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 b
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point b
b) for milk: the historical use of funds under previous schemes for the supply of milk and milk products to children and objective criteria based on their proportion of six- to twelven-year old children.
Amendment 283 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
4. Without exceeding the global ceiling of EUR 2300 million resulting from the amounts referred to under points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, Member States may transfer up to 15% 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 362 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex V
Annex V
8) Annex V is deleted. amended as follows: "ANNEX V LIST OF PRODUCTS EXCLUDED FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROCESSED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES TO SCHOOLS IN CONNECTION WITH EDUCATIONAL MEASURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 23(5) Products containing any of the following: – added sugar; – added salt; – added sweeteners."
Amendment 365 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Annex V a (new)
Annex V a (new)
8 a) The following annex shall be inserted: "ANNEX Va LIST OF OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 23(1) – Buttermilk, curdled milk, yoghurt, kefir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream products falling within CN code 0403 excluding those containing added flavouring or non-lactic materials falling within CN codes 0403 10 51 to 99 and 0403 90 71 to 99; – cheese and curd falling under CN code 0406; – lactose-free milk consisting of natural milk whose composition has been changed with respect to its lactose content and not containing other non-lactic matter falling under CN code 0404 90."
Amendment 30 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) As regards the year 2020 and thereafter, the revised Gothenburg Protocol accepted by the Council in Decision [xxxx/xxxx/EU]20 sets out new emission reduction commitments, taking the year 2005 as a base year, for each party regarding SO2, NOx, NH3, NMVOC and fine particulate matter (PM2,5), promotes emission reductions of black carbon and calls for the collection and keeping of information on the adverse effects of air pollutant concentrations and depositions on human health and the environment and participation in the effects-oriented programmes under the LRTAP Convention. __________________ 20 Council Decision 2013/xxxx/EU on the acceptance of the Amendment to the 1999 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long- Range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-Level Ozone (OJ L.. p,).
Amendment 53 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to reduce atmospheric NH3 and PM2,5 emissions from the main contributors, national air pollution control programmes should include measures applicable to the agricultural sector. Member States should be entitled to implement measures other than those set out in this Directive with an equivalent level of environmental performance owning to specific national circumstances.
Amendment 80 #
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), 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 111 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may establish adjusted annual national emission inventories for SO2, NOx, NH3, NMVOC and PM2,5 in accordance with Annex IV where non- compliance with their national emission reduction commitments or their intermediate emission levels would result from applying improved emission inventory methods updated in accordance with scientific knowledge.
Amendment 169 #
2013/0443(COD)
Pollutuants Pollutuants - SO2, NOX, NMVOC, NH3, CO - heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb)*, - POPs** (total PAHs and benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, indeno(1,2,3- cd)pyrene, dioxins/furans, PCBs, HCB) ––––––––––––––––––––– * Cd (cadmium), Hg (mercury), Pb (lead) ** POPs (persistent organic pollutants)
Amendment 171 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table A – column 2 – row 4
Annex I – table A – column 2 – row 4
Pollutuants Pollutuants - SO2, NOX, NH3, NMVOC, PM2,5
Amendment 172 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table C – column 2 – row 1
Annex I – table C – column 2 – row 1
Pollutuants Pollutuants - SO2, NOX, NMVOC, CO, NH3, PM10, PM2,5 - heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb), - POPs (total PAHs, HCB, PCBs, dioxins/furans) - BC (if available)
Amendment 173 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table C – column 2 – row 2
Annex I – table C – column 2 – row 2
Pollutuants Pollutuants - SO2, NOX, NMVOC, CO, NH3, PM10, PM2,5 - heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb), - POPs (total PAHs, HCB, PCBs, dioxins/furans) - BC (if available)
Amendment 174 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table C – column 2 – row 3
Annex I – table C – column 2 – row 3
Pollutuants Pollutuants - SO2, NOX, NH3, NMVOC, PM10, PM2,5 and BC
Amendment 181 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – table b – title
Annex II – table b – title
Table (b): Emission reduction commitments for ammonia (NH3), fine particulate matter (PM2,5) and methane (CH4). Fuels sold, base year 2005.
Amendment 182 #
2013/0443(COD)
Amendment 72 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Novel foods should be authorised and used only if they fulfil the criteria laid down in this Regulation. Novel foods should be safe and their use should not mislead the consumer. Product labelling requirements are therefore of the utmost importance, particularly if the novel food has been created using new rearing or farming methods, new materials or new production processes. Therefore, where a novel food is intended to replace another food, it should not differ from that food in a way that would be nutritionally less advantageous for the consumer.
Amendment 80 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) It is appropriate to authorise a novel food by updating the Union list subject to the criteria and the procedures laid down in this Regulation. A procedure that is efficient, time-limited and transparent should be put in place. As regards traditional foods from third countries having a history of safe use it is appropriate to provide for a faster and simplified procedure to update the Union list if no reasoned safety objections are expressed. As the updating of the Union list implies the application of criteria laid down in this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in that respect. The Union list should be easily accessible and fully transparent.
Amendment 169 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Union list of novel foods should be publicly available from ...*. The Union list should be published both on the Commission's internet site, and in the Official Journal of the European Union. __________________ * 24 months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 189 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) adding, removing or changing the conditions, specifications or restrictionspecifications, conditions of use, additional specific labelling requirements or post-market monitoring requirements associated with the inclusion of a novel food on the Union list.
Amendment 205 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The procedure for authorising the placing on the market within the Union of a novel food and updating of the Union list provided for in Article 8 shall start either on the Commission's initiative or following an application to the Commission by an applicant. The Commission should immediately make valid applications available to all Member States.
Amendment 211 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) Production process;
Amendment 221 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission mayshall request EFSA to render its opinion if the update is liable to have an effect onendanger human health.
Amendment 250 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
An applicant, who intends to place on the market within the Union a traditional food from a third country, shallmay notify that intention to the Commission.
Amendment 260 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Within four months from the date on which the valid notification is forwarded by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 1, a Member State or EFSA may submit to the Commission reasoned safety objections, based on scientific evidencewith regard to human health, to the placing on the market within the Union of the traditional food concerned.
Amendment 274 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
For removing a traditional food from a third country from the Union list or for adding, removing or changing conditions, specifications or restrictionspecifications, conditions of use, additional specific labelling requirements or post-market monitoring requirements associated with the inclusion of a traditional food from a third country on the Union list, Articles 9 to 12 apply.
Amendment 287 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Amendment 290 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a Requirements concerning new information The food business operators shall forthwith inform the Commission of: a) any new scientific or technical information which might influence the evaluation of the safety in use of the novel food; b) any prohibition or restriction imposed by any third country in which the novel food is placed on the market.