Activities of Lynn BOYLAN
Plenary speeches (11)
Statement by the candidate for President of the Commission (debate)
War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)
Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 179)
Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate)
UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Continued escalation in the Middle East: the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, UNRWA’s essential role in the region, the need to release all hostages and the recent ICC arrest warrants (debate)
Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on transparency in treaty-based investor-State arbitration (short presentation)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Urgent need for EU action to preserve nature and protect biodiversity to avoid the extinction of species (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration
Oral questions (2)
The Commission’s plans to include the revision of the outstanding proposals on animal welfare in its work plan for 2025
ICC arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024
Written explanations (41)
The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine (B10-0007/2024)
I supported this resolution, as its main aim was to signal the EU’s continued support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion. However, I am concerned that Ukraine is being used as a justification for further militarisation of the EU. The resolution contained several worrying points on military expenditure, which I opposed in the votes on amendments.The European Parliament has no right to tell Ireland to spend 0.25 % of its annual GDP on military support to Ukraine, which is why Sinn Féin requested a separate vote on this line to try to remove it from the text. Sinn Féin will continue to defend Irish neutrality and will not allow the EU to undermine it in any way.It is fitting that one of the new European Parliament’s first acts was to express solidarity with Ukraine through this resolution. However, I am very disappointed that the same sense of urgency was not accorded to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The proposal from Sinn Féin’s group to hold a debate on Palestine was rejected by the majority of MEPs. This perpetuates the double standard that the EU institutions have shown towards the two conflicts.
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3), and (4)(c): Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl
This objection relates to a proposal by the Commission to set new maximum residue levels (MRLs) for certain pesticides. The MRLs refer to the maximum amount of these pesticides that can be present in or on food imported to the EU.The Commission wants to keep some tolerance for imports of foods treated with these pesticides, to keep in line with international tendencies. However, these pesticides are completely banned in the EU due to health concerns (carbdendazim is toxic for reproduction). Allowing their presence in imported foods poses risks to consumers, and to farmers in third countries who use these pesticides on their crops. They also pose risks to biodiversity in countries where they are used.For these reasons, I voted in favour of the objection. The resolution accompanying the objection calls on the Commission to propose new MRLs that would not allow any import tolerance for these pesticides.
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3), and (4)(c): Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole
This objection relates to a proposal by the Commission to set new maximum residue levels (MRLs) for the pesticide cyproconazole. The MRLs refer to the max amount of this pesticide that can be present in or on food imported to the EU.The Commission wants to keep some tolerance for imports of foods treated with cyproconazole, to keep in line with international tendencies. However, these pesticides are completely banned in the EU due to health concerns (cyproconazole is toxic if swallowed, toxic for the liver and toxic for reproduction). Allowing their presence in imported foods poses risks to consumers, and to farmers in third countries who use these pesticides on their crops. They also pose risks to biodiversity in countries where they are used (cyproconazole is highly toxic for aqautic life).For these reasons, I voted in favour of the objection. The resolution accompanying the objection calls on the Commission to propose new MRLs that would not allow any import tolerance for these pesticides.
EU/USA Agreement on launch of Galileo satellites from U.S. territory
I voted in favour of this measure that would approve security arrangements for the launch of EU satellites from US territory. This move became necessary due to the war in Ukraine, which led to the withdrawal of Russian rockets from EU launching sites. In general, I am cautious about the EU’s approach to space policy. The Galileo satellites allow for GPS navigation that can be used by a variety of important sectors, from transport to agriculture to search and rescue. However, they can also be used for law enforcement and border controls. In the wider context of the European Space Programme, we must remain vigilant against the militarisation of space policy. However, this agreement was a purely technical measure, so I did not oppose it. It is however laughable that this vote in the European Parliament took place after several EU satellites had already been launched from US sites. The Parliament’s consent should have been sought earlier and not as a retroactive side note.
Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
I absolutely condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine and its violation of international law. I extend my full solidarity to the people of Ukraine. However, this resolution represents an escalation of the EU position to the point where Ireland would be paying for NATO weapons to be used directly against Russian territory. For this reason I abstained.
Situation in Venezuela
Devastating floods in Central-Eastern Europe, loss of lives and EU preparedness to act on such disasters
I supported this resolution as it mainly expressed solidarity and offered practical assistance to those affected. I am wary of the language around further centralising in Europe domestic services such as rescue services. Solidarity and cooperation is welcome. Moves towards replacing national competencies should be resisted.
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters occurred in 2023
I voted in favour of this resolution in solidarity with regions that have experienced serious natural disasters. The EU Solidarity Fund is a pre-existing fund specifically designed to mitigate the damage caused by natural disasters, in this case severe flooding brought on by exceptional weather events. The resolution mobilises the fund to mitigate the costs associated with the damages caused.I also welcome that this resolution recognises that, as climate change intensifies, there will be more extreme weather events, that there is special recognition of the vulnerable position of islands and coastal areas, and that it calls for easier access for such areas.
Moldova's resilience against Russian interference ahead of presidential elections, EU integration referendum
In recent years, Sinn Féin have supported a number of resolutions on Moldova, mostly focused on trade concessions and macro-financial assistance.This resolution seeks to integrate Moldova into EU security and defence policies. The calls for 'stronger cooperation on security and defence policy', 'security and defence partnership with the EU' and to 'progressively include the Republic of Moldova in upcoming legislative initiatives and programmes relating to European security and defence' made it difficult for me to support. I am very concerned about the escalating focus on militarisation and defence within the EU. The current militarisation approach overshadows the positions of neutral states within the EU, including Ireland. It is a very worrying precedent to see alignment with EU security and defence policy presented as a compulsory part of Moldova's potential accession to the EU.There are valid criticisms of Russian interference. However, there is no equivalent criticism of EU interference in the referendum, which is encouraged by this resolution. It is imprudent for Parliament to take such a clear position in advance of the constitutional referendum in Moldova, as this amounts to an attempt to influence a vote in a sovereign third country. Therefore, I abstained.
The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia
While incredibly concerned about democratic backsliding in Georgia, I abstained on this resolution as there were a number of significant issues with the text proposed to Parliament.Firstly, the resolution pre-empts the decisions the people of Georgia will have to make for themselves in their own upcoming election.Secondly, the references to the country's Euro-Atlantic integration and orientation at multiple points and alignment with EU foreign policy would suggest that there is only one electoral and policy outcome acceptable to the Parliament.As a representative of a neutral country, I am further concerned that enlargement policy is moving away from focusing on the fundamental values required for EU membership towards requiring alignment with the foreign policy of certain European countries.
Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
We voted in favour of this mechanism, as it will provide revenues from immobilised Russian sovereign assets, so that Ukraine can service and repay loans from the EU and other G7 lenders.We have had previous concerns around the use of MFA packages more broadly in the context where countries have adverse conditionalities (such as privatisation requirements) attached. The specific conditionalities within the mechanism were around upholding democratic standards and fraud prevention (as contained within the Ukraine Facility) and in this context we were happy to support the vote.
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch
Discharge 2022: EU general budget – European Council and Council
I voted in favour of Parliament's decision not to grant discharge to the Council as the Council does not cooperate in the process. Should we add justification of voting for the PfE amendments on RCV? If so, could add that I supported amendments that proposed the removal of articles that supported abolition of unanimous voting at the Council.
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections
Although the budget was progressive in many aspects, I voted against it on several grounds that are red lines for Sinn Féin. This proposal was a poor deal for farmers and fishers, threatened Irish neutrality by calling for increased military funding, and called for more own resources funding for the EU. There were also amendments, which I could not support that threaten funding for UNWRA and calls for funding for walls at Europe’s borders. The proposal is not in line with Sinn Féin values.
Urgent need to revise the Medical Devices Regulation
I voted in favour of this resolution. The Medical Devices Regulation (MDR), implemented in 2017, requires medical device producers to certify their devices under the new safety schemes. Existing products need to be recertified under the new schemes, but there was a transition period to do so. The transition period has been repeatedly pushed back. But many manufacturers still do have not had their products recertified, citing a lack of capacity of certifying bodies.From a patient safety point of view, the sooner manufacturers comply with the new safety guidelines, the better. However, at this stage there have been so many delays and problems that not addressing these issues could limit patient access to important medical devices. The European Commission has already started work on an impact assessment with a view to revising the MDR, which this resolution supports. We need some practical revisions to the MDR which will allow it to be implemented properly and thereby improve patient safety. I did not agree with aspects of the resolution which tried to put a time limit on the Commission's impact assessment – the priority should be for a thorough assessment that prioritises patients, not necessarily speed.
Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia
This resolution comes in the context of the COP29 which will be held in Azerbaijan in November. It focuses on human rights abuses in Azerbaijan, which in the past have increased when the country has hosted international events. A number of ECHR rulings have found Azerbaijan to be in abuse of human rights, with over 320 ECHR judgements pending. The resolution calls for better media freedoms, the release of political prisoners, electoral transparency, and protections for civil society in Azerbaijan. It calls on the EU to suspend its gas trade with Azerbaijan and place sanctions on individuals responsible for human rights abuses. Given its overall message in support of protections for human rights and civil space, I supported this resolution. However, I do not agree with the paragraph that called for greater cooperation between Armenia and EU in security and defence, calling on Member States to consider supplying military support for Armenia.
Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application
I voted against all amendments to water down the Deforestation Regulation, and the overall proposal to delay its application by 12 months. The delay is a politically motivated move designed to close the deal on the Mercosur Agreement - which will exacerbate the deforestation that the Deforestation Regulation seeks to prevent. At the first opportunity, the new Commission took an axe to our environmental legislation, and the EPP was quick to jump on board, siding with the far right yet again. The Amazon is reaching tipping point: we cannot afford to wait another year without taking action on deforestation.I have heard the concerns of Irish farmers about the Deforestation Regulation. Ireland should be classed as a low-risk country, meaning farmers will have minimal obligations: they will have to provide information that they already provide to avail of CAP payments, and coordinates that can be found on any online map. Any increase in feed prices can be compensated by the EU’s urgency funding for agriculture - there is good precedent for this. But the answer is not to dismantle the Deforestation Regulation, particularly not in order to pass the Mercosur deal, which will be very detrimental to Irish farmers.
Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes
Sinn Féin abstained again on this report because we find the balance between tackling fraud and encouraging investment is not maintained and that the measures will not be sufficient to tackle fraud. Additionally, the measures approach an imposition on tax sovereignty that we are not comfortable with.
Amendment of the EIB's Statute
The EIB has been a source of funding for many companies and has a role to play into the future to allow the EU to reach targets such as climate targets. However, banking deregulation to allow greater fearing rations and recent policy changes to allow the EIB to lend to weapon manufacturers mean that I decided to abstain on this motion.
UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)
I voted in favour of this resolution, which lays out the EU’s position on the COP29 global climate negotiations. It was important for the European Parliament to send a strong signal at the start of COP, clearly calling for ambitious agreement on climate finance. The resolution also stressed the work needed in the EU, by all sectors, to reduce carbon emissions. There was some language in the resolution that sought to place responsibility on emerging economies rather than the EU, but it is important to remember that Europe also has an historic responsibility to be a leader in climate mitigation and in providing international climate finance. Some attempts by the EPP to weaken the language here were unfortunately successful, but thankfully none of the many climate-denying amendments received a majority. As a result, I was happy to support the resolution.
EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia
I am disappointed that there is no reference to the social and economic impact of sanctions (particularly in the context of the cost of living crisis across the EU), nor any suggestion of possible mitigation measures to ease the burden on ordinary people. I am also keenly aware of the double standards of the EU and the failure introduce any sanctions on Israel.However, the resolution does place an important spotlight on maritime and environmental standards and the risks caused by Russian circumvention of sanctions. For this reason I voted in favour.
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603
I supported this and 7 other similar objections related to the authorisation and re-authorisation of several GMO maize and cotton varieties. The Commission has (re-)authorised the sale of these varieties imported into the EU. In the past few years, the European Parliament has regularly objected to these authorisation decisions by the Commission, given the associated environmental risk. These GMO plants are resistant to pesticides like glyphosate, which encourage more liberal spraying of pesticides. This is harmful to biodiversity but also to the health of farm workers in other countries. In addition, the plants produce B-toxins, a type of built-in insecticide, which has damaging biodiversity impacts and may also be dangerous for human health. Some of the GMOs also have features that contribute to anti-microbial resistance. For these reasons, I voted to object to the authorisation decisions.
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified cotton COT102
I supported this and 7 other similar objections related to the authorisation and re-authorisation of several GMO maize and cotton varieties. The Commission has (re-)authorised the sale of these varieties imported into the EU. In the past few years, the European Parliament has regularly objected to these authorisation decisions by the Commission, given the associated environmental risk. These GMO plants are resistant to pesticides like glyphosate, which encourage more liberal spraying of pesticides. This is harmful to biodiversity but also to the health of farm workers in other countries. In addition, the plants produce B-toxins, a type of built-in insecticide, which has damaging biodiversity impacts and may also be dangerous for human health. Some of the GMOs also have features that contribute to anti-microbial resistance. For these reasons, I voted to object to the authorisation decisions.
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinations
I supported this and 7 other similar objections related to the authorisation and re-authorisation of several GMO maize and cotton varieties. The Commission has (re-)authorised the sale of these varieties imported into the EU. In the past few years, the European Parliament has regularly objected to these authorisation decisions by the Commission, given the associated environmental risk. These GMO plants are resistant to pesticides like glyphosate, which encourage more liberal spraying of pesticides. This is harmful to biodiversity but also to the health of farm workers in other countries. In addition, the plants produce B-toxins, a type of built-in insecticide, which has damaging biodiversity impacts and may also be dangerous for human health. Some of the GMOs also have features that contribute to anti-microbial resistance. For these reasons, I voted to object to the authorisation decisions.
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 810
I supported this and 7 other similar objections related to the authorisation and re-authorisation of several GMO maize and cotton varieties. The Commission has (re-)authorised the sale of these varieties imported into the EU. In the past few years, the European Parliament has regularly objected to these authorisation decisions by the Commission, given the associated environmental risk. These GMO plants are resistant to pesticides like glyphosate, which encourage more liberal spraying of pesticides. This is harmful to biodiversity but also to the health of farm workers in other countries. In addition, the plants produce B-toxins, a type of built-in insecticide, which has damaging biodiversity impacts and may also be dangerous for human health. Some of the GMOs also have features that contribute to anti-microbial resistance. For these reasons, I voted to object to the authorisation decisions.
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP915635
I supported this and 7 other similar objections related to the authorisation and re-authorisation of several GMO maize and cotton varieties. The Commission has (re-)authorised the sale of these varieties imported into the EU. In the past few years, the European Parliament has regularly objected to these authorisation decisions by the Commission, given the associated environmental risk. These GMO plants are resistant to pesticides like glyphosate, which encourage more liberal spraying of pesticides. This is harmful to biodiversity but also to the health of farm workers in other countries. In addition, the plants produce B-toxins, a type of built-in insecticide, which has damaging biodiversity impacts and may also be dangerous for human health. Some of the GMOs also have features that contribute to anti-microbial resistance. For these reasons, I voted to object to the authorisation decisions.
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP23211
I supported this and 7 other similar objections related to the authorisation and re-authorisation of several GMO maize and cotton varieties. The Commission has (re-)authorised the sale of these varieties imported into the EU. In the past few years, the European Parliament has regularly objected to these authorisation decisions by the Commission, given the associated environmental risk. These GMO plants are resistant to pesticides like glyphosate, which encourage more liberal spraying of pesticides. This is harmful to biodiversity but also to the health of farm workers in other countries. In addition, the plants produce B-toxins, a type of built-in insecticide, which has damaging biodiversity impacts and may also be dangerous for human health. Some of the GMOs also have features that contribute to anti-microbial resistance. For these reasons, I voted to object to the authorisation decisions.
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP202216
I supported this and 7 other similar objections related to the authorisation and re-authorisation of several GMO maize and cotton varieties. The Commission has (re-)authorised the sale of these varieties imported into the EU. In the past few years, the European Parliament has regularly objected to these authorisation decisions by the Commission, given the associated environmental risk. These GMO plants are resistant to pesticides like glyphosate, which encourage more liberal spraying of pesticides. This is harmful to biodiversity but also to the health of farm workers in other countries. In addition, the plants produce B-toxins, a type of built-in insecticide, which has damaging biodiversity impacts and may also be dangerous for human health. Some of the GMOs also have features that contribute to anti-microbial resistance. For these reasons, I voted to object to the authorisation decisions.
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 94804
I supported this and 7 other similar objections related to the authorisation and re-authorisation of several GMO maize and cotton varieties. The Commission has (re-)authorised the sale of these varieties imported into the EU. In the past few years, the European Parliament has regularly objected to these authorisation decisions by the Commission, given the associated environmental risk. These GMO plants are resistant to pesticides like glyphosate, which encourage more liberal spraying of pesticides. This is harmful to biodiversity but also to the health of farm workers in other countries. In addition, the plants produce B-toxins, a type of built-in insecticide, which has damaging biodiversity impacts and may also be dangerous for human health. Some of the GMOs also have features that contribute to anti-microbial resistance. For these reasons, I voted to object to the authorisation decisions.
Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay
This objection concerned measures to reduce the number of dolphins and other cetaceans killed when they are caught in fishing nets in the Bay of Biscay. Thousands of dolphins are killed every year. Existing legislation requires EU Member States to take measures to reduce accidental catches of dolphins, and France and Spain have already faced infringement proceedings and legal challenges for failing to do so. In response, the governments of France, Spain, Portugal and Belgium reached an agreement to implement one-month fishing closures in the Bay for boats larger than 8 metres, as recommended by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. This delegated act is based on that intergovernmental agreement. As the delegated act does not impact Irish fishers, aims to assist Member States in reaching their existing obligations under EU law, and will improve protections for marine wildlife, I did not support the objection against it.
2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text
I voted against this budget deal. Although it is not a significantly larger budget and I welcome some of the increases in funding for instance in Horizon, there are other areas of reprioritisation that I do not support, in particular, a large cut to farm sustainability funding, and increased funding for border management and militarisation. Furthermore, the 50-50 repayment split for the Next Generation EU is vague and calls for the Parliament to re-programme spending to repay the borrowing. For these reasons, I could not support the joint text.
Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud
I abstained on this resolution because the content regarding electoral fraud does not match the OSCE's report from election monitors on the ground in Georgia for the election. The resolution also contains worrying provisions around Euro-Atlantic foreign policy integration and as a representative of a neutral country, I am further concerned that enlargement policy is moving away from focusing on fundamental values required for EU membership towards requiring alignment with the foreign policy of certain European countries.
Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia
Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments
I welcome the proposal for a Council recommendation on extending national smoking bans to cover e-cigarettes. I do note that the scope of these bans, including what public spaces to include, remains a national prerogative.The initial text of this resolution was largely positive. It confirmed the Parliament’s support for decisive measures to tackle smoking and the huge health risks it poses, to both smokers and non-smokers.However, a number of amendments were tabled by the far-right groups in Parliament and, with the support of the EPP group, they were passed. These amendments questioned established scientific advice around smoking by calling for further impact assessments and parroted industry arguments that e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking. However, the WHO states that there is no proven benefit of e-cigarettes for those who want to quit smoking, and that there is even evidence they could lead to increased smoking levels, particularly among younger people.With these amendments approved, the resolution became toothless and unscientific and so I could no longer support it. I am absolutely in favour of action to reduce smoking and improve people's health and I believe that our laws around tobacco need to cover e-cigarettes as well.
Written questions (21)
Barriers to visa services for non-EEA citizens living in Ireland
Derogations for national carbon taxes under Directive (EU) 2023/959
Protection of environmental defenders within the EU
Human rights violations by EU-funded forces in Tunisia
Support from the Horizon Europe programme for Israeli companies involved in the ongoing genocide in Palestine
Threat to UN Peacekeepers
Lyme disease
Delays to the framework for sustainable food systems
Conditional loans to the Palestinian Authority
Situation of Can Atalay, imprisoned MP in Türkiye
Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice issued 19 July 2024
Implementation of the ICJ advisory opinion as regards EU trade with illegal Israeli settlements
Disparities in workers’ payments covered under EU funds
EU support for patients suffering from long COVID
Drastic decline of the European hedgehog and the need for urgent measures for its protection
Political contribution of the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach to COM(2023)0406
Right to appeal state aid rulings
European database on data centres and requirements of the Energy Efficiency Directive on data centres
Humanitarian and infrastructural crisis in Cuba
Ecocide
Application of the Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Morocco to Western Sahara
Amendments (1529)
Amendment 26 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and has committed to urgently fight and contain this threat before it is too late; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change are interlinked and exacerbate each other, representing equal threats to life on our planet, and as such should be tackled together as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 32 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016; whereas to date, 193 states plus the EU have joined the agreement, representing over 98 % of global emissions;
Amendment 35 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, according to UNEP’s 2023 emissions gap report, fully implementing unconditional NDCs made under the Paris Agreement for 2030 would put the world on course to limit the temperature rise to 2.9 °C this century; whereas fully implementing conditional NDCs would lower the temperature rise to 2.5 °C; whereas the report underlines that the world is witnessing a disturbing acceleration in the number, speed and scale of broken climate records;
Amendment 41 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas inadequate progress has been made towards achieving the long- term goals of the Paris Agreement since it was adopted in 2015; whereas the 2023 UNFCCC synthesis report on NDCs states that the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions level in 2030 is projected to be 2 % below the 2019 level; whereas the IPCC concludes that in scenarios limiting warming to 1.5 °C, GHG emissions need to be 43 % below their 2019 level by 2030;
Amendment 47 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas on 16 October 2023 the EU and its Member States submitted their update of the NDC committing to reduce their net GHG emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990;
Amendment 51 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the first global stocktake (GST) completed in 2023 at COP28 underlined the urgent need to address the interlinked global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss in the broader context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the vital importance, for sustainable climate action, of protecting, conserving, restoring and sustainably using nature and ecosystems; whereas the outcome of the stocktaking exercise should subsequently spur on the Parties to ratchet up their level of ambition and drive climate action;
Amendment 61 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas marine biodiversity is seriously endangered, despite the ocean playing a unique and vital role as a climate regulator; whereas the ocean is the planet’s greatest carbon sink and absorbs excess heat and energy released from rising greenhouse gas emissions, having until now absorbed around 90 % of heat generated by rising GHGs trapped in the earth’s system, and taken in 30 % of carbon emissions; whereas a healthy ocean is key for both climate adaptation and mitigation;
Amendment 68 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas methane has been responsible for around 30 % of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution; and rapid and sustained reductions in methane emissions are key to limiting near-term warming and improving air quality1a; whereas according to the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report, keeping global warming under 1,5 °C requires major reductions in anthropogenic methane emissions by 20301b; whereas methane is a potent GHG which is 28 times more powerful than CO2 in terms of its climate impact over a 100- year time frame and 80 times more potent over a 20-year time frame; whereas according to the UNEP emissions gap report, methane and nitrous oxide emissions remained steady from 2019 to 2021, and fluorinated gases continued to surge; whereas stronger action to reduce methane emissions is one of the most cost- effective measures for cutting GHG emissions in the short term1c; whereas the agriculture and livestock sector emits 145 million tonnes of methane a year, making it the largest and most significant sector for methane emissions; whereas methane emissions in agriculture are primarily driven by increasing livestock numbers; whereas livestock emissions from manure and enteric fermentation account for roughly 32 % of all anthropogenic methane emissions; _________________ 1a https://www.iea.org/reports/global- methane-tracker-2022/methane-and- climate-change 1b https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/downlo ads/report/IPCC_AR6_SYR_LongerRepor t.pdf 1c UNEP report of 6 May 2021 entitled ‘Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions’
Amendment 71 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the IPCC’s AR6 conclusions warn that climate change impacts are already and increasingly affecting the productivity of all agricultural and fishery sectors, exacerbating water scarcity and threatening food security, nutrition and livelihoods; whereas global food systems account for 31 % of global emissions; whereas over 100 million tonnes of synthetic fertiliser are applied to crops worldwide every year1a; whereas most emissions from synthetic nitrogen fertilisers occur after they are applied to the soil and enter the atmosphere as nitrous oxide (N2O) – a persistent GHG with 265 times more global warming potential than CO2 over a 100 year period; whereas the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser supply chain was responsible for an estimated 2.1 % of global greenhouse gas emissions1b; _________________ 1a https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/ core/bitstreams/42d5a668-f44c-4976- 8540-8efdb0f4d17b/content 1b Menegat, S. et al., ‘Greenhouse gas emissions from global production and use of nitrogen synthetic fertilisers in agriculture’, Scientific Reports, 2022
Amendment 81 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the OECD’s seventh assessment of progress towards the UNFCCC climate finance goal finds that in 2022 developed countries provided a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries; whereas mitigation finance continues to account for the majority of finance, representing 60 % of the total; whereas adaptation finance reached USD 32.4 billion in 2022;
Amendment 83 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the UNEP’s 2023 adaptation gap report highlights that the current adaptation finance gap is estimated at USD 194 billion to USD 366 billion per year; whereas the report finds that the adaptation finance needs of developing countries are 10-18 times as big as international public finance flows, which is over 50 % higher than the previous range estimate;
Amendment 93 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas soils are the largest terrestrial carbon pool on the planet; whereas ensuring healthy soils strengthens resilience and reduces vulnerability to climate change; whereas, globally, 500 000 hectares of peatlands a year are lost, while already drained and degraded peatlands contribute around 4 % of annual global human-induced emissions1a; whereas despite only covering 3-4 % of the world’s land surface area, peatlands are responsible for storing nearly one third of the world’s soil carbon, which is more than double that of all the world’s forests combined; _________________ 1a https://www.unep.org/news-and- stories/press-release/global-assessment- reveals-huge-potential-peatlands-climate- solution
Amendment 100 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas there are scientifically proven interlinkages between health and the environmental and climate crises; whereas the European Climate and Health Observatory identifies serious health effects from heat, wildfires, flooding, vector-borne diseases, water and food-borne diseases, pollution, air pollution, UV radiation, aeroallergens, ground-level ozone, mental health effects and occupational safety and health effects; whereas extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, land degradation and water scarcity are displacing people and having a dramatic impact on their health and their ability to fully enjoy their human rights;
Amendment 106 #
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Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas water scarcity is becoming endemic as a result of the local impact of physical water stress coupled with the acceleration and spread of freshwater pollution;
Amendment 113 #
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Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note ofHighlights the outcome of the first GST at COP28, which recognises that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C with no or limited overshoot requires deep, rapid and sustained reductions in global GHG emissions of 43 % by 2030 and 60 % by 2035 relative to the 2019 level, reaching net zero GHG emissions by 2050;
Amendment 141 #
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Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses concern at the findings of the UNEP’s 2023 emissions gap report that fully implementing current unconditional NDCs would put the world on track for 2.9 °C global warming while the additional implementation and continuation of conditional NDCs would lead to 2.5 °C global warming by the end of the century; underlines that current policies are insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and emphasises that climate risks will be magnified by any further delay in implementing ambitious and effective measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change;
Amendment 173 #
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Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the EU and its Member States are the largest providers of public climate finance, with all EU climate finance reaching an all-time high in 2022 of EUR 28.5 billion; reiterates its call for a dedicated EU public finance mechanism that provides additional and adequate support towards delivering the EU’s fair share of international climate finance goals;
Amendment 174 #
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Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the EU and its Member States are the largest providers of public climate finance, with all EU climate finance reaching an all-time high in 2022 of EUR 28.5 billion, out of which 52% was extended via non-grant instruments;
Amendment 175 #
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Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights that significant financial resources from a variety of sources are needed to implement the goals of the Paris Agreement in developing countries, also considering that many developing countries have conditional NDCs, the achievement of which depends on sufficient financial support; recalls that the Glasgow Climate Pact urges developed country Parties to significantly scale up their provision of climate finance as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 179 #
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Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that financing from the developed countries responsible for a large share of historical emissions will also be crucial to build trust for a more ambitious dialogue on climate mitigation targets; calls on historical emitters to help developing countries adapt to climate change, inter alia, through grants-based financing and technical support;
Amendment 183 #
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Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that developed countries provided and mobilised a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, exceeding the UNFCC annual USD 100 billion climate finance goal for the first time, two years after the target year of 2020; notes that there is still a significant imbalance between adaptation and mitigation finance and that the adaptation finance gap is growing;
Amendment 184 #
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Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that developed countries provided and mobilised a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, of which over two thirds was extended as loans, exceeding the UNFCC annual USD 100 billion climate finance goal for the first time, two years after the target year of 2020;
Amendment 187 #
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Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on all Parties to agree on a post-2025 new collective quantified goal (NCQG) on climate finance at COP29 with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe; calls also for dedicated sub-goals for mitigation, adaptation and Loss and Damage in the NCQG in order to bring greater resources to where they are most needed and to improve climate finance tracking; believes that the NCQG should be firmly anchored in both the qualitative and quantitative needs of developing countries, with a target and structure that respond to lessons learned from the annual USD 100 billion goal; believes that the Core Goal of the NCQG should be measured on a grant-equivalent basis and delivered by additional contributions from developed countries; considers that a fair and effort-sharing approach could be used among developed countries, using for example GNI;
Amendment 191 #
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Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on all Parties to agree on a post-2025 new collective quantified goal on climate finance at COP29 with safeguards to reach the agreed quantum and timeframe; highlights that the goal should be set in a science-based manner, line with developing countries’ climate finance needs, and cover mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage, with targets for the provision of public finance for each;
Amendment 202 #
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Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that many climate-vulnerable countries are in debt distress or at significant risk of debt distress; calls on other countries and multilateral development banks, including the EIB, to adopt climate resilience debt clauses in future lending; looks forward to the conclusions of the global expert review on debt, nature and climate as proposed by France, Colombia and Kenya during the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact; considers it necessary to have solutions that jointly tackle the climate and debt crises; reiterates the need to clearly prioritise grants-based climate finance to ensure that climate finance does not contribute to unsustainable debt levels in developing countries and calls on the Parties to engage in discussions and undertake the necessary measures to alleviate the debt burden of developing countries; stresses that many developing countries are in great fiscal need and require investments in order to transition their energy systems and undertake effective climate mitigation and adaptation efforts; highlights the importance of increasing grants-based finance, especially for adaptation, and that climate finance provided in the form of loans can exacerbate developing countries’ debt distress; notes that 50 % of the EU’s total climate finance in 2020 was provided in the form of grants and urges the EU and all Member States to increase grants-based finance, particularly for adaptation and especially for least developed countries and SIDs;
Amendment 210 #
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Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda without delay; calls on all the major international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to align their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement, integrate tackling climate change and preserving nature and biodiversity into their practices and priorities, phase out direct and indirect support to fossil fuels and gather and use high-quality climate risk, vulnerability and impact data to guide the direction of investments towards 1,5 °C aligned investments;
Amendment 211 #
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Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda without delay; calls on all the major international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to align their portfolios and lending policies with the Paris Agreement; calls for a significant increase of international climate finance in the form of public grants and non-debt inducing instruments and measures as part of the post-2025 climate finance regime, with a core goal for public finance from developed to developing countries as part of the NCQG;
Amendment 239 #
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Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is concerned that governments worldwide spent USD 620 billion in 2023 on subsidising the use of fossil fuels, which is significantly more than the USD 70 billion that was spent in 2023 on support for consumer-facing clean energy investments; encourages all Parties to end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible and shift harmful subsidies toward climate action, including toward international climate finance for the most vulnerable developing countries;
Amendment 273 #
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Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the EU Member States and the Commission to ensure the EU is contributing its part to achieving the COP26 commitment of doubling public adaptation finance provision from developed countries to developing countries by 2025 compared to 2019 levels, which implies reaching an aggregate level of at least around USD 40 billion based on the recently published “Report on the doubling of adaptation finance” by the UNFCCC Standing Committee, and notes that grant-based funding is particularly suited to address the needs of the most vulnerable populations;
Amendment 282 #
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Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the decision at COP28 to use theestablish a loss and damage (L&D) fund to address and respond to the economic and non-economic impacts of climate change for particularly vulnerable developing countries;
Amendment 286 #
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Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Urges all Parties to deliver on making the loss and damage fund fully operational in order to ensure new, additional, adequate and predictable funding to avert, minimise and address loss and damage associated with the adverse impacts of climate change; strongly believes that loss and damage funding should prioritise grants and be additional to and distinct from humanitarian aid; urges the Commission and the Member States, together with other major emitters, to contribute their fair share to the loss and damage fund to ensure global climate justice;
Amendment 289 #
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Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Highlights that climate change has been affecting cultural heritage at an unprecedented speed and scale; stresses the need to strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the worlds cultural and natural heritage focusing on risk preparedness and on strengthening resilience to climate change; considers it important to incorporate the loss and damage of cultural heritage in the UN climate talks and negotiations, which has so far been neglected;
Amendment 291 #
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Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates its call for L&D to be a standing agenda item at COPs, in order to monitor and make progress on this issue, and for the full useoperationalisation of the Santiago Network in order to effectively catalyse technical assistance for adequately addressing L&D;
Amendment 293 #
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Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Loss and Damage Transitional Committee to ensure that the Loss and Damage Fund is gender- sensitive and transformative, is guided by the needs of those most impacted and responds to specific losses suffered by women; believes that women should be centrally engaged in the design, management and disbursement of the new fund;
Amendment 296 #
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Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls the importance of the full involvement of all Parties in the UNFCCC decision-making processes; calls on the COP29 presidency and future presidencies to better enable the participation of all delegates, with a special focus on developing countries and delegates from the least developed countries, and to allocate additional resources to this, in order to eliminate financial and other access barriers and to avoid inequalities in the COP process;
Amendment 302 #
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Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that climate goals cannot be achieved without the support and involvement of the publicFree, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of the public including indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children and youth, persons with disabilities, and people in vulnerable situations; calls on all Parties to raise awareness of climate change and related issues, combat misinformation and work with public representatives to gain public support for mitigation and adaptation measures;
Amendment 313 #
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Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls its resolution of 25 April 2024 on Azerbaijan and calls on the UNFCCC, all Parties and the authorities of Azerbaijan to ensure equitable access to COP29 and full and unrestricted participation for all citizens and civil society organisations; reiterates its call on the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to as part of the host agreement; calls attention to Azerbaijan’s restrictions on free speech and strongly calls for freedom of expression to be respected;
Amendment 320 #
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Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the preparation of the first biennial transparency reports under the Paris Agreement; stresses the importance of this granular and transparent reporting assessing progress on the NDCs; takes note of the launching of the Baku Global Platform for Climate Transparency;
Amendment 321 #
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Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls attention once again to the appointment of a COP president with links to the state’s oil company, and stresses that this is again cause for concern; underlines that Azerbaijan plans to increase its gas production threefold over the next decade; urges the Commission and the Member States to take all necessary actions to ensure that this and upcoming COP presidencies are free of conflicts of interest; calls for clear conflict of interest, lobbying and anti- corruption rules for the UNFCCC process, including the selection of the COP president;
Amendment 330 #
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Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Expresses concern that more than 2 400 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited attendees at COP28; calls for the UNFCCC and the Parties to ensure that the decision- making process is protected from interests that run counter to the goal of the Paris Agreement and to ensure that fossil fuel companies do not exert any undue and improper influence over public officials and the UNFCCC public decision-making process that may compromise the goals of the Paris Agreement; urges the UNFCCC to take the lead in proposing an ambitious Accountability Framework that would protect the UNFCCC’s work from undue influence from corporate actors with proven vested interests, based on the model contained in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control with regard to the tobacco industry;
Amendment 338 #
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Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Strongly insists that the Host Country Agreements (HCA) for future COPs must be made public as soon as possible and must contain guarantees that human rights will be respected, inside and outside the COP venue, including the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly; calls on the UNFCCC secretariat to publish all past and future HCAs;
Amendment 340 #
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Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on all EU and Member State delegates to COP29 to commit to refrain from participating in meetings with representatives of the fossil fuel industry at the COP and to refrain from speaking at events and panels sponsored by fossil fuel companies or representative bodies;
Amendment 353 #
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Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Takes note of the EU’s updated NDC; highlights that the EU’s current climate legislation will reduce the EU’s net GHG emissions by around 57 % compared to 1990; stresses the need to adopt the post-2030 target in a timely manner in order to be able to submit it as an NDC;
Amendment 356 #
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Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses the importance that the EU moves forward its climate neutrality target to 2040 and also adopts an ambitious 2035 climate target with a view to submitting the next EU NDC no later than the first quarter of 2025 and to be aligned with the EU’s fair share in the 1.5°C temperature limitation goal of the Paris Agreement, as agreed at COP28, while also ensuring adequate time for full legislative scrutiny of the new targets;
Amendment 400 #
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Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation further highlights the urgency of cutting the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewables;
Amendment 404 #
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Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls upon the European Commission to provide analyses and legislative proposals towards adopting binding phase-out dates and trajectories for ending the use of coal (by 2030 at the latest), fossil gas (by 2035 at the latest) and fossil oil (by 2040 at the latest), while stopping further development and investment in fossil fuel infrastructure, especially for fossil gas; recognises that in addition to harnessing tremendous social and economic benefits such as reduced spending on fossil fuel imports, the EU thereby would also set a strong example for other countries to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels;
Amendment 409 #
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Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Reiterates that COP28 noted the importance of transitioning to sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of consumption and production in efforts to address climate change, including through circular economy approaches, and encourages further efforts in the European Union in this regard as a critical contribution towards achieving its climate targets;
Amendment 412 #
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Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. NotWelcomes the Council Decision of 4 March 2024 on the approval of the withdrawal of the European Atomic Energy Community from the Energy Charter Treaty;
Amendment 419 #
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Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underscores that the climate and biodiversity crises are interlinked; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems and of managing natural resources sustainably in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation; and that the responses to both crises need to be aligned; recalls that, currently, 80 % of habitats in the EU are in a bad state1a; emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems, in particular soils, forests, agricultural ecosystems, freshwater bodies, oceans and other carbon-rich ecosystems, and of managing natural resources sustainably in order to enhance nature-based climate change mitigation and build resilience, which are necessary for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement; firmly believes that the Paris Agreement goals cannot be met without restoring nature, including in the Union; calls for the swift implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Law; stresses that agriculture should contribute to protecting and restoring biodiversity; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/ news/ecosystems-need- restoration#:~:text=According%20to%20t he%20EEA%27s%20latest,a%20poor%20 or%20bad%20state
Amendment 440 #
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Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Recognises that healthy ecosystems and rich biodiversity underpin human survival and provide life-critical services such as food and clean water, and highlights the fact that climate change is one of the direct drivers of biodiversity loss; points to how climate change has already altered terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems all around the world, causing species losses and declines in key ecosystem services; recognises that these climate-driven impacts on ecosystems have caused measurable economic and livelihood losses around the world; notes that the IPPC’s 6th Assessment Report concludes that climate change has reduced food security and affected water security due to warming, changing precipitation patterns, the reduction in and loss of cryospheric elements, and the greater frequency and intensity of climatic extremes; stresses that the world’s land and ocean sinks have absorbed 56 % of the human-induced GHG emissions of the past 60 years, and that according to the IPCC, maintaining the resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem services on a global scale depends on effective and equitable conservation of approximately 30 % to 50 % of the Earth’s land, freshwater and ocean areas1a; _________________ 1a https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment- report/ar6/
Amendment 447 #
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Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Underlines that the conservation and restoration of high-carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems (salt marshes, seagrasses, mangroves), and the species that enable these ecosystems to function, offer a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls on the Commission to develop the mapping of these ecosystems and developin order to work further on the identification of robust, transparent and science-based methodologies for the proper accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystems in a manner that does not undermine other biodiversity objectives;
Amendment 453 #
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Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the need to protect the rights and interests of indigenous peoples and local communities; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defenders by ensuring effective and robust regulatory protection of the environment, land rights and indigenous peoples’ rights, livelihoods and cultures, including the right to free, prior and informed consent; stresses the central role of indigenous communities in climate action, implementation, data collection, decision-making and knowledge-sharing; calls on the Parties to ensure that all commitments made at COP28 to implement the Paris Agreement align with existing international human rights obligations and standards applicable to business operations, and respect indigenous people’s rights; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defenders and calls for those responsible for murders, defamatory attacks, acts of persecution, criminalisation, imprisonment, harassment and intimidation against them to be held accountable;
Amendment 455 #
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Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the need to protect the rights and interests of indigenous peoples and local communities; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defenderat all climate actions must protect, respect, promote, and fulfil human rights, including the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, and the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children and youth, persons with disabilities, and people in vulnerable situations; emphasises the importance of gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, and intergenerational equity in addressing the climate crisis; ; stresses the need to support and protect environmental defenders; calls on all Parties to uphold these values and ensure meaningful public participation, access to information, and Free Prior and Informed Consent for affected communities;
Amendment 462 #
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Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Stresses the importance of effectively, swiftly and fully implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework; recalls the failure in achieving the Aichi targetsunderlines that its implementation can maximise the ability of nature to help mitigate and adapt to climate change and to minimise negative impacts of climate action on biodiversity; reminds that conserving highly biodiverse, intact ecosystems on land and in the ocean is the most cost-effective nature- based action to tackle climate change; recalls the failure in achieving the Aichi targets, owing largely to the lack of implementation; insists therefore on the need to translate the 4 goals and 23 targets of the GBF into nationally driven action;
Amendment 465 #
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Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Stresses the importance of implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework; recalls the failure in achieving the Aichi targets; welcomes the submission of EU targets under this Framework to the Convention on Biological Diversity based on the Nature Restoration Law;
Amendment 468 #
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Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Welcomes all efforts by governments and non-governmental actors to maximise the potential of soils to mitigate climate change and to improve water availability; underlines the transboundary impacts of soil degradation that warrant joint international efforts to tackle all soil degradation threats; draws attention to the huge importance of peatlands for climate change mitigation; calls for efforts globally and within the EU to swiftly restore peatlands, so that they can be a sink rather than a source;
Amendment 475 #
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Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring water and water-related ecosystems; highlights the devastating environmental, social and economic impacts of desertification, droughts, floods and water pollution; and the need for common approaches to properly prevent and adapt to this phenomenon and overcome it; underlines, therefore, the importance of water availability and sustainable water management for climate change mitigation and adaptation; highlights that water stress is becoming a major and growing concern in Europe and that droughts and water scarcity are no longer rare or extreme events, with about 20 % of the European territory and 30 % of Europeans affected by water stress during an average year according to the EEA1a; highlights the need to prevent excessive pressures from economic activities on river bodies in some regions of Europe affecting their ecological flow; calls for the efficient use, reuse and recycling of water and for the protection and restoration of ecosystems supporting groundwater resources; stresses the need for the speedy and full implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in order to achieve its objectives and better manage Europe’s water resources; _________________ 1a EEA report entitled ‘Water resources across Europe – confronting water stress: an updated assessment’, October 2021
Amendment 484 #
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Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Welcomes the adoption of the historic UN High Seas Treaty (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement); calls on the Parties to continue work on the UN Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue; stresses that climate mechanisms depend on the health of the ocean and marine ecosystems currently affected by global warming, pollution, overexploitation of marine biodiversity, acidification, deoxygenation and coastal erosion; stresses that the IPCC recalls that the ocean is part of the solution to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change; recalls the importance of ocean-based solutions also in restoring ecosystems, ensuring food security and providing resources;
Amendment 490 #
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Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses the need to combat plastic pollution; welcomes the ongoing work on the Global Plastics Treaty because of the climate impact of plastic throughout its life cycles; welcomes the ongoing work on the Global Plastics Treaty; and calls on the UN member states to reach an ambitious and effective agreement, consistent with the Paris Agreement, at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental negotiating committee in Busan this year; underlines the necessity to address plastic pollution by reducing waste at its source, cutting down on plastic use and consumption, and increasing circularity; calls for a systemic approach in order to appropriately address plastic pollution in the environment, including microplastics, and its impact on climate change;
Amendment 500 #
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Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Welcomes the fact that 158 countries have become signatories to the Global Methane Pledge to date; calls for a quantified, science-based assessment of the progress made since its adoption at COP26; strongly urges, in particular, the large methane-emitting Parties that have not joined the pledge to do so as soon as possible; urges all signatories to ensure that they reduce methane emissions within their territories by at least 30 % from 2020 levels by 2030 and to adopt national measures to achieve this aim; calls for the signatories of the pledge to enhance governance on methane by drawing up an overarching framework to make progress towards the collective commitment; calls for more attention at the upcoming and future COPs to be given to mitigating non-CO2 GHGs;
Amendment 510 #
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Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on all Parties also to include specific methane reduction targets in their NDCs; notes that no Parties have set any quantified targets to address methane emissions from livestock; reiterates its call to ensure ambitious reductions of GHG emissions in the agriculture sector along with tackling competitive disadvantages among different global regimes beyond the EU;
Amendment 515 #
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Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Recalls the EU regulation on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector which will apply, from 1 January 2027, also to EU importers of crude oil, natural gas and coal; reiterates its call on the Commission to propose, based on an impact assessment, a 2030 EU binding methane emissions reduction target covering all relevant emitting sectors and including methane among the regulated pollutants in the National Emission Reduction Commitments Directive1a; _________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 1)
Amendment 519 #
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Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Highlights the fact that the transport sector is the only sector in which emissions have risen at EU level since 1990 and that this is not compatible with the EU’s climate goals, which require greater and faster reductions in emissions from all sectors; is concerned by the slow progress achieved in the IMO and the ICAO in addressing emissions from international shipping and aviation;
Amendment 536 #
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Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Acknowledges the significant potential for GHG emissions reduction in the agricultural sector; emphasises the importance of developing a more sustainable agriculture, including by giving farmers alternatives in order to reduce the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides; emphasises that reducing the overall production and use of synthetic fertilisers and increasing the use of natural carbon sequestration in soils and soil organic matter can offer multiple benefits by increasing soil fertility and biodiversity restoration while providing substantial mitigation potential; points, moreover, to the need to tackle in parallel competitive disadvantages among different global regimes beyond the EU that undermine the GHG emissions reduction efforts;
Amendment 560 #
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Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Stresses that all sectors must contribute to the reduction of emissions, including the defence sector, while maintaining operational effectiveness, and that the development of decarbonisation technologies and strategies in the defence sector should be accelerated; notes that the inclusion of disaggregated military emissions in UNFCCC submissions is voluntary and it is not currently possible to identify reported military GHG emissions from the submitted UNFCCC data; calls on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Commission and the Council to formulate a proposal for the transparent accounting of military emissions to the UNFCCC which acknowledges the adoption of the Strategic Compass for Security and Defence, and in order to fully implement the Climate Change and Defence Roadmap;
Amendment 564 #
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Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Stresses that all sectors must contribute to the reduction of emissions; calls for a UNFCCC COP29 outcome of a strengthened Mitigation Work Programme that accelerates action pre- 2030 and complements the Global Stocktake, with a focus on sector-specific partnerships to implement outcomes and promote the rapid, equitable shift to 100 % renewable energy;
Amendment 581 #
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Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Stresses the need to address the climate and environmental impact of the textile sector; recognises that the textile industry needs to play an important role in the transformation to a circular economy and tackle challenges related to, for example, waste prevention, waste management, microplastic shedding, water usage, overproduction and the overall durability and non-toxicity of the production process and recyclability of textile products, including by ensuring that textiles are designed to be long- lasting and recyclable; stresses that working towards establishing global standards for when brands can make green claims about a product is imperative; highlights, in this regard, that consistent and transparent mandatory criteria will help consumers make informed choices and prevent greenwashing and ensure that sustainability claims are backed by verifiable evidence;
Amendment 592 #
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Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Stresses that climate change and environmental degradation lead to scarcity of natural resources, can increase conflicts and tensions, as well as food shortages and natural catastrophes, and are major drivers of human displacement and threat multipliers; highlights the fact that women are disproportionately affected by this and that 80 % of people displaced by climate change are women1a; expects COP29 to pay more attention to climate-induced displacement; calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the needs and vulnerability of people affected by climate displacement and step up efforts to find solutions; _________________ 1a https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke3 26/files/publications/UNDP%20Linkages %20Gender%20and%20CC%20Policy%2 0Brief%201-WEB.pdf
Amendment 613 #
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Paragraph 50 a (new)
Paragraph 50 a (new)
50a. Underscores the importance of inclusive approaches in the UNFCCC Process, including the Just Transition Work Programme; highlights the need to ensure that these spaces are genuinely representative and responsive to the diverse and intersecting identities of underrepresented stakeholders, including women and girls, indigenous peoples, local communities, people with disabilities, migrants, children and youth, people in vulnerable situations, and those facing multiple and compounding forms of discrimination and marginalisation;
Amendment 614 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)
Paragraph 50 a (new)
50a. Points to the fact that people are impacted by climate change in different ways, depending on factors such as gender, age, disability, ethnicity and poverty; notes that vulnerable populations, such as the poor, indigenous peoples, women and the elderly are the hardest hit by its consequences; believes that gender balance and the empowerment of women and girls are key to an inclusive and just transition; emphasises the need for more effective gender mainstreaming throughout all relevant targets and goals;
Amendment 617 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 b (new)
Paragraph 50 b (new)
50 b. Calls on all Parties, including the EU and its Member States, to increase efforts to integrate gender equality in the implementation of their NDCs, as well as in climate and environmental policies and to increase the meaningful involvement of women’s groups in the design and implementation; stresses the need for more concrete actions by all Parties, including the EU, to deliver on the commitments contained in the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at COP25; urges the Member States and the Commission to increase efforts to achieve the goals set out in the EU Gender Action Plan III;
Amendment 619 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 c (new)
Paragraph 50 c (new)
50c. Stresses the need to accelerate action for gender-responsive disaster risk reduction and therefore for a gender- responsive implementation of the Sendai Framework; calls for further efforts to be made to prioritise and account for gender in disaster preparedness, particularly using disaggregated disaster risk reduction data sets;
Amendment 620 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 d (new)
Paragraph 50 d (new)
50d. Considers that women’s access to inclusive climate finance must be increased and enabled; highlights the fact that gender-responsive climate financing is critical for a just transition; emphasises the importance of a gender- transformative approach in climate finance; urges the EU and its Member States to report on the gender responsiveness of its climate finance contributions and to increase the coherence between support for gender and climate through external action instruments and through the EIB, including through enhancing the participation of women and women’s organisations in governance, decision- making and programmes which support the role of women in climate governance;
Amendment 621 #
2024/2718(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 e (new)
Paragraph 50 e (new)
50e. Highlights the importance of increasing women’s participation in decision-making in the climate diplomacy context, including in COP delegations and leadership at all levels of climate action; regrets that women made up less than 34 % of country negotiating teams at COP28, less than one in five Heads of Delegation (19 %) was a woman, only 2 % of delegations had equal numbers of men and women and that 79 % of delegations had more men than women; calls on all Parties to aim for gender parity in their delegations and at all levels of climate change decision-making and negotiations; urges all Parties to nominate a national gender and climate change focal point and increase their resources, training and support, including in the EU;
Amendment 32 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Considers that civil society and NGOs play an instrumental role in shaping policies that benefit society and our environment; recalls the commitment of the Commission in its political guidelines to step up its engagement with civil society organisations that have expertise and an important role to play in defending specific societal issues and upholding human rights; urges the Commission to revise its guidelines1a from May 2024 in order to ensure the continuation of the funding of NGO activities, including advocacy, under the LIFE programme; considers that discontinuation of this funding for all NGO activities would seriously undermine the voice of civil society in the public debate and would cause a severe reputational risk for the Commission; _________________ 1a Guidance on funding for activities related to the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of Union legislation and policy
Amendment 5 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) To ensure the coherence and efficiency of assessments related to chemicals across Union legislation, it is also important to enable data interoperability and easy exchange of data between the relevant Union agencies, as well as to encourage cooperation on the development of standard formats and controlled vocabularies. Thus, to facilitate data exchange between agencies, any new data formats defined by the European Food Safety Authority or by the European Environmental Agency should be set in cooperation with other relevant Union agencies working on chemicals. To this end, relevant provisions should be introduced in Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and, in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, existing provisions should be strengthened and, where relevant, new ones be introduced. Similar provisions should also be considered to be proposed for a strengthened mandate of the European Chemicals Agency in its founding regulation, which should be proposed as soon as possible and no later than 31 December 2025.
Amendment 6 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) To promote the transition towards a toxic-free environment and zero pollution, and the robustness, coherence and efficiency of assessments related to chemicals across Union legislation, steps should be taken by the relevant Union agencies to avoid divergent scientific opinions. Existing cases of divergent opinions have lead to increased uncertainty for operators, as well as to declined public trust in the scientific robustness and coherence of scientific decision making. Proposals to address and strengthen procedures for resolving divergence of scientific opinions concerning the European Medicines Agency with other scientific bodies is proposed as part of the revision of Union pharmaceutical legislation. Similar provisions should also be considered to be proposed for a strengthened mandate of the European Chemicals Agency in its founding regulation, whilst such provisions are not relevant and applicable to the European Environmental Agency, since this agency does not issue scientific opinions on individual chemicals such as to be part in divergent outcomes.
Amendment 8 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Correspondingly, this Regulation aims to address the eventual divergence between scientific opinions of the European Food Safety Authority and those of other Union agencies. Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and Council already contains provisions establishing a procedure to solve divergent scientific opinions. Those resolution procedures should be reinforced, in that the European Food Safety Authority and the other dissenting agency should be bound to make their best effort to resolve the divergence on general scientific issues, and ooptimising the protection of health and the environment. Diverging scientific opinions and their causes, including in methodological differences, should be duly explained and clarified. Where diverging scientific opinions exist, the most protective opinion from the One Health perspective should be agreed on. Only when they are not able to resolve the divergence, should they refer to risk managers.
Amendment 11 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In the more specific case of scientific divergence pertaining to the hazard identification of chemical substances, a new procedure enabling the resolution of the divergence should be established. This procedure should enable the Commission to request the European Chemicals Agency, as the Union agency most equipped with expertise and capacity in hazard assessment, as well as long- standing experience with the harmonised classification and labelling process, to develop a proposal for harmonised classification and labelling, in accordance the Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and Council, moving closer to the ‘one substance, one assessment’ vision as regards uniformity of hazard assessments of chemicals across the Union, optimising the protection of health and the environment. This possibility should be reflected in the relevant provision providing for the resolution of diverging scientific opinions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
Amendment 14 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To comply with the obligation laid out in Section 10.4.4. of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/745, the Commission should mandate the relevant scientific committee to prepare guidelines for substances other than phthalates and which are classified as either carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction category 1A or 1B, or which have endocrine disrupting properties for which there is scientific evidence of probable serious effects to human health or the environment and which are identified in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 15 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Taking account of the new hazard classes and criteria for classification, labelling and packaging of substances introduced by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/707 of 19 December 20227 , reference to endocrine disruptors for human health or the environment, of Category 1, should be specified in 10.4.1., point (b) of Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 in light of the relevance of that hazard class to the type of substances in medical devices. _________________ 7 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/707 of 19 December 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as regards hazard classes and criteria for the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 93, 31.3.2023, p. 7–39).
Amendment 21 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Authority and the body concerned shall cooperate to resolve the divergence, with the aim of optimising the protection of health and the environment, prioritising the most protective opinion. If the Authority and the body concerned are not able to resolve the divergence, they shall draw up a joint report. The report shall clearly outline the contentious scientific issues and, identify the relevant uncertainties in the data and the possible causes for the diverging opinions, including on methodological differences and be made publicly available.
Amendment 25 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. Where relevant, and where the divergence concerns conflicting scientific opinions of the Authority and another Union body or agency on whether a substance fulfils the criteria laid out in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council11 , the Commission may request the European Chemicals Agency to prepare a proposal for harmonised classification and labelling of substances and, where appropriate, specific concentration limits, M-factors or acute toxicity estimates, or a proposal for revision thereof following the procedure laid out in Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, with the aim of optimising the protection of health and the environment. The Authority and the Union body or agency concerned shall co-operate with the European Chemicals Agency in developing that proposal.. _________________ 11 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. OJ L 353 31.12.2008, p. 1 – 1355.
Amendment 27 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 401/2009
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 28 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 401/2009
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. The Agency shall cooperate with other scientific bodies established under Union law, notably the European Chemicals Agency, the European Food Safety Authority, and the European Medicines Agency, on the exchange of data and information on chemicals, including the possible establishment of related data formats and controlled vocabularies to facilitate such an exchange, and on the development of scientific methodologies for the assessment of chemicals. This cooperation shall aim to support the development of innovative methods and tools, notably non animal approaches and aim to ensure that animal testing takes place only as last resort.
Amendment 29 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2017/745
Annex I – Section 10.4.1 – point b
Annex I – Section 10.4.1 – point b
(b) substances which are identified as endocrine disruptors for human health or the environment, of Category 1, in accordance with Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council12 andor substances having endocrine-disrupting properties for which there is scientific evidence of probable serious effects to human health or the environment and which are identified in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council or substances having endocrine disrupting properties relevant to human health or the environment identified in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. _________________ 12 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006( OJ L 353 31.12.2008, p. 1 ).
Amendment 31 #
2023/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2017/745
Annex I – Section 10.4.3
Annex I – Section 10.4.3
When deemed appropriate based on the latest scientific evidence, but at least every 53 years, the Commission shall request the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to update guidelines on the benefit-risk assessment of the presence of phthalates which belong to either of the groups of substances referred to in Section 10.4.1., points (a) and (b). The benefit-risk assessment shall consider the intended purpose and context of the use of the device, as well as any available alternative substances and alternative materials, designs or medical treatments
Amendment 92 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114(1), 168 and 191 thereof.
Amendment 93 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Green Deal1 sets a high ambition for enabling the transition towards a toxic-free environment and zero pollution. The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability2 is a crucial delivery of this zero-pollution ambition and introduces the ‘one substance, one assessment’ approach, which aims to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, coherence, and transparency of safety assessments of chemicals across Union legislation. According to that Strategy, ‘safe and sustainable by design’ criteria should be developed to enable the production and use of chemicals that are safe and sustainable throughout their entire lifecycle. The Strategy also sets out that the interaction between scientific developments and policy-making should be strengthened by means of an early warning system for chemicals and groups of chemicals to ensure that Union policies address emerging chemical risks as soon as these are identified by monitoring and research, and that a framework of indicators should be developed to monitor the drivers and impacts of chemical pollution and to measure the effectiveness of chemicals legislation. Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes3a establishes measures for the protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes, making full replacement of animal testing its ultimate goal. According to the Strategy, safety testing and chemical risk assessment need to innovate in order to reduce dependency on animal testing but also to improve the quality, efficiency and speed of chemical hazard and risk assessments. This Regulation aims to implement these objectives. _________________ 1 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The European Green Deal, COM (2019) 640 final. 2 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment, COM (2020) 667 final, 3a Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes, OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 33–79
Amendment 99 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The main objectives of this Regulation isare to increase the level of protection of the environment and human health from the risks arising from hazardous chemicals, to contribute to phasing out animal testing as well as to facilitate the functioning of the internal market for chemicals. For that purpose, this Regulation should establish a common data platform data on chemicals (‘the common data platform’), to be managed by the European Chemicals Agency (‘ECHA’). The common data platform is a digital infrastructure that brings together chemicals data and information generated under the Union chemicals acquis. This Regulation should also establish dedicated services within the common data platform and lay down rules on the accessibility and usability of the data contained in that platform. This Regulation aims to create a common knowledge base on chemicals available to authorities to enable better, complete, coherent and robust scientific assessments of chemicals and their impacts and to ensure the best use of existing information for the purpose of the implementation and the development of Union legislation on chemicals and to contribute to ensuring animal testing takes place only as a last resort. Moreover, the Regulation aims to provide a one-stop- shop on chemicals data and information in the Union accessible to the general public and, thus, to increase the predictability and the transparency of regulatory processes on chemicals, as well as to strengthen public trust in the robustness of scientific decision-making.
Amendment 103 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Business operators and Members States’ competent authorities are required by various Union acts to submit data and information to a multitude of Union agencies, as well as to the Commission in specific cases. This generates a fragmentation of data and information on chemicals, which are held under various data sharing and use conditions and in different formats. Such fragmentation prevents public authorities, as well as the general public, from having a clear overview of what information is available on individual chemicals or groups of chemicals, of where and how information can be accessed and whether it can be used. This increases the likelihood of inconsistency between various assessments of the same chemical required by various Union acts on chemicals and of damaging the general public’s trust in the scientific grounds for Union decisions on chemicals. In order to ensure that data on chemicals is easily findable, accessible, interoperable and usable, the ECHA should establish a common data platform on chemicals. The common data platform on chemicals should serve as a single point of reference and as a broadened and shared evidence base to enable the efficient delivery of coherent hazard and risk assessments of chemicals across various Union acts on chemicals, as well as to enable the timely identification of emerging chemical risks and the drivers and impact of chemical pollution. Where multiple studies exist for the same chemical, potentially generated to meet requirements across different regulatory frameworks, data from each study should be published in a harmonised format which facilitates rapid comparison and review.
Amendment 109 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The common data platform should contain all chemicals-related data and information held by relevant Union agencies or the Commission generated or submitted as part of the implementation of Union chemicals legislation listed in Annex I. This includes, for instance, all regulatory dossiers or applications submitted to the relevant Union agencies, but also chemicals data on occurrence of chemicals submitted by Member States to Union agencies or the Commission in compliance with their reporting obligations and occurence of chemicals in articles. The common data platform should also include chemicals data and information generated as part of Union, national or international programmes, enforcement actions or research activities related to chemicals, where this data and information is held by the Commission or one of the relevant agencies. For studies initiated after entry into force of this Regulation, the standard formats shall ensure publication of the date of commencement of studies and the name of the relevant GLP or equivalent compliance monitoring authority responsible for ensuring test facility compliance.
Amendment 115 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 122 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 130 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 132 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 133 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to respond to the needs of the digital economy and to ensure a high level of protection of the environment and human healthealth and a high level of transparency, it is necessary to lay down a harmonised framework, granting as a general principle, the widest possible access to chemicals data and, where appropriate and justified, specifying who is entitled to access and use the chemicals data contained in the common data platform, under which conditions, on what basis, and for which purposes. The Authorities that are entrusted with regulatory tasks related to chemicals should be allowed and encouraged to use all of the chemicals data and information contained in the common data platform to effectively fulfil their regulatory duties and tasks, in order to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and coherence of chemicals- related assessments as well as the development of Union chemicals policies.
Amendment 138 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Chemicals data and information generated as a result of obligations set by Union acts on chemicals may be protected by confidentiality claims on confidential business information. The public dissemination of such data may affect the commercial interest of private parties. To ensure legal certainty for duty holders and to protect their legitimate expectations, as well as to ensure industry’s competitiveness on the internal marketo ensure optimal transparency to the public as well as certainty for duty holders, the ECHA, as a manager of the common data platform, should grant differentiated access rights to the data and information contained in the common data platform, while prioritising transparency. To this end, the Authorities should have full access to all chemicals data and information contained in the common data platform, including access to confidential information, while business operators and the general public should have restricted access to that data and information, which does not include access to confidential informationle as much of the information as possible should be made public.
Amendment 141 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To ensure the protection of legitimate expectations of duty holders when generating or submitting data or information under the Union acts listed in Annex I, as well as to protect the confidentiality of that information when used by the Authorities, exceptional grounds for disclosing confidential information laid down in the Union acts listed in Annex I should apply only to the disclosure of the data and information submitted or generated in compliance with those actshealth and the environment, there may be exceptional grounds for disclosing confidential information laid down in the Union acts listed in Annex I. For example, under Article 39(4) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council8 , where urgent action is essential to protect human health, animal health or the environment, such as in emergency situations, the European Food Safety Authority (‘EFSA’) may disclose information previously considered confidential under that Regulation and the EFSA is required to make public information, previously considered confidential, that forms part of conclusions of scientific outputs of the EFSA and relates to foreseeable effects on human health, animal health or the environment. Likewise, Article 118 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 provides for the possibility for the ECHA to disclose confidential information submitted to it under that Regulation if urgent action is essential to protect human health, safety or the environment, such as in emergency situations. These emergency provisions should apply to all information held in the common data platform. _________________ 8 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (General Food Law) (OJ L 031 1.2.2002, p. 1). 9 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396 30.12.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 142 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Taking into account that the Agencies would be required to store scientific data, which includes confidential and personal data, it is necessary to ensure that such storage is carried out in accordance with a high level of security of information systems and that confidentiality claims and access to confidential data isare auditable.
Amendment 143 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) While the ECHA should identify and develop the technical functionalities of the common data platform in stages, certain dedicated services should be defined by this Regulation. As such, the common data platform should, in addition to providing access to chemicals-related data made available by the Agencies and the Commission, provide access to the chemicals data and information made available through its dedicated services. These dedicated services should be integrated into the common data platform and consist of the existing Information Platform for Chemical Monitoring (‘IPCHEM’) which should rapidly be elaborated to include all data on chemical substances in articles and on their alternatives, a repository of reference values, a database of study notifications, a database with information on regulatory processes, a database with information on applicable legal obligations, a repository of standard formats and controlled vocabularies, a database on environmental sustainability related data, as well as a dashboard of indicators on chemicals.
Amendment 151 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to bring together all relevant chemicals data and information in the common data platform, the Commission and Union agencies – notably the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (‘EU-OSHA’), the ECHA, the European Environment Agency (‘EEA’), the EFSA, and the EMA (‘the Agencies’), should act as data providers and make available any such relevantchemical data they have or hold to the ECHA for integration in the common data platform. The Agencies, including the ECHA itself when making its own data available, should provide the necessary standard metadata, contextual information and relevant mapping to the platform’s structure, and respect rules on standard formats and controlled vocabularies where available.
Amendment 152 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) To ensure that an adequate knowledge base on chemicals is available through the common data platform, the Commission should be able to request the Agencies to host, maintain and make available, via the common data platform, data generated as part of Union, national or international programmes, including monitoring and enforcement, or research activities beyond the data already flowing to the Agencies as part of the obligations under the Union acts listed in Annex I. The Commission should make such requests to the Agencies in accordance with their mandates and allocated tasks. Other parties, such as Member States, academic institutes, scientific bodies of Member States or national authorities, should be able to offer chemicals data to the Agencies or the Commission for hosting and maintenance. In such case, it should be for the Agencies or the Commission, as the case may be, to decide whether to respond positively to the offer, and give justification in case the offer is refused.
Amendment 157 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) To improve the uptake of academic data and to expand the knowledge base for chemicals safety assessments andand their environmental sustainability impacts of chemicals, researchers or research consortia, notably those funded by Union framework programmes should be required to make available, in line with the ‘as open as possible, as closed as necessary’ principle, any human biomonitoring data they collect or generate resulting from research and development programmes to the EEA and any other chemicals data, including environmental sustainability data on chemicals or materials they collect or generate to the ECHA.
Amendment 162 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The EEA, as the agency responsible for monitoring data and information on chemicals in the environment, should also be responsible for collecting, hosting, and maintaining human biomonitoring data. To the extent that human biomonitoring data constitutes a special category of personal data, namely, health data, the EEA should process that data only where the processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, as required by Article 10(2)(g) of the Regulation (EU) No 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council11 . This Regulation lays down the cases where there is such substantial public interest in processing human biomonitoring data: namely, where the EEA processes that data to assess the impact of chemicals on human health and the environment, to monitor time and spatial trends in exposure, to develop health risk and impact indicators, to monitor the impact of regulatory intervention, and to support regulatory risk assessments. _________________ 11 Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).
Amendment 165 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24 a) The EEA, ECHA, EFSA, EMA and the Commission should be able to process human biomonitoring data constituting personal data. Since human biomonitoring personal data constitutes a special category of personal data, namely, health data, the EEA, the Commission, the ECHA, the EFSA and the EMA should process that data only where the processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, as laid out in Article 10(2)(g) and for scientific research as laid out in Article 10(2)(j) of the Regulation (EU) No 2018/1725. The present Regulation lays down the cases where there is such substantial public interest in processing human biomonitoring data constituting personal data.
Amendment 167 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 b (new)
Recital 24 b (new)
(24 b) The EEA should be allowed to process that data to assess the impact of chemicals on human health and the environment, to monitor time and spatial trends in exposure, to develop health risk and impact indicators, to monitor the impact of regulatory intervention, and to support regulatory risk assessments, risk management and policy making. The Commission should be allowed to process human biomonitoring data constituting personal data, notably for scientific research, to assess the impact of chemicals on human health and the environment, to monitor time and spatial trends in exposure of populations to chemicals, to develop indicators on health risks associated to such exposure, as well as to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of regulatory measures in preventing exposure by analysing, for example, co-exposure to multiple chemicals for which data on co- occurrence of various chemicals per individual is necessary to observe common patterns and draw conclusions for populations, and supporting further risk assessments and risk management. The ECHA should also be allowed to act as a data processor for human biomonitoring data constituting personal data for the performance of assessments on chemicals, such as risk and safety assessments. Individual measurements of chemicals in human matrices may assist regulatory exposure and risk assessment, such as in the formulation of an opinion of the ECHA’s Risk Assessment Committee, and lead to recommendations of risk management measures. The EFSA and the EMA should also be allowed to act as a data processor for human biomonitoring data constituting personal data, notably to support the prioritisation of regulatory actions. Such data is also useful for EFSA when conducting assessments of chemicals in food and for understanding the effectiveness of existing measures in preventing human contamination through the food and feed chains. When processing human biomonitoring data constituting personal data, the EEA, the ECHA, the EFSA, the EMA and the Commission should pay particular attention to compliance with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1725.
Amendment 169 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 c (new)
Recital 24 c (new)
(24 c) Human biomonitoring data collected prior to the coming into force of this Regulation is necessary to ensure the completeness, quality, and relevance of the human biomonitoring datasets for the purposes of guaranteeing the substantial public interests, and scientific research purposes as listed in this Regulation. Therefore, any such data gathered prior to the coming into force of this Regulation should be able to be processed by the EEA, the ECHA, the EFSA, the EMA and the Commission when this Regulation comes into force.
Amendment 177 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to increase transparency, as well as to enable Authorities to have complete prior knowledge of studies commissioned by business operators, irrespective of their purpose, results or of whether such studies are carried out by the business operator itself or are outsourced, business operators and laboratories should notify to a database of study notifications established and managed by the ECHA the studies on chemicals they commission for compliance with regulatory requirements under the Union acts listed in Annex I. For this purpose, the ECHA should establish and manage a database of study notifications, as a dedicated service of the common data platform, to store the information related to those studies. In order to allow business operators and laboratories sufficient time to prepare the notifications of studies, the obligation to notify studies should only start to apply twoone years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 183 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 190 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Nevertheless, tTo ensure compliance with the study notification obligation laid down in this Regulation, and to cater to the specificities of individual assessment processes, where existing, Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to the infringement of that obligation and take all necessary measures to ensure that those rules are complied with. Those penalties should be effective, proportionate, and dissuasive, since non- compliance with this Regulation could result in less robust chemicals risk assessments, creating potential risks and consequently adverse effects on human health and the environment.
Amendment 194 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to facilitate enforcement by Member States, the Agencies responsible for assessing and providing scientific output, including scientific opinions, on regulatory dossiers containing studies subject to notification to ECHA should, where relevant, cooperate and exchange information with the Member State enforcement authorities on the compliance with the obligations laid out in Article 22 and ensure information on enforcement is made public.
Amendment 200 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) To strengthen the coordination and cooperation between the different bodies performing chemicals assessments in the Union, and to promote an increased transparency of chemicals assessments and to promote the phasing out of animal tests, the ECHA should establish and manage a database with information on regulatory processes or activities that are planned, ongoing or completed by Member States, the Commission and Agencies referred to in the Union acts listed in Annex III to this Regulation and integrate it into the common data platform for access by the authorities. The information on such regulatory processes or activities should include at least the substance identity and the identification, status and eventually the outcome of the regulatory process or activity including any new requirement to conduct animal testing and the length of time each activity is expected to take. That information should also be made available without undue delay and kept updated through the assessment process. Once the process or activity has formally started, that information should be shared also publicly on the common data platform.
Amendment 204 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to ensure the interoperability and comparability of chemicals data and to facilitate their automatic and electronic exchange, the Agencies and the Commission should store chemicals data in adequate and mutually coherent and interoperable formats and use mutually coherent and interoperable controlled vocabularies. Some Union acts listed in Annex I or II set procedures to establish or make available data formats, in particular for the submission of chemicals data by business operators or Member States. Where such procedures do not exist in the Union acts listed in Annex I or II, the Agencies and the Commission should, where relevant, specify appropriate formats for chemicals data they receive and store, avoiding the use of proprietary standards while, as appropriate, using OECD or other internationally agreed formats, making use of existing formats and ensuring interoperability with existing data submission approaches. Such mutual coherence should be supported by the respective Agency’s efforts to ensure alignment across full study data, study reports and study summaries.
Amendment 208 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) To increase the availability and facilitate the use of information on the environmental performance of chemicals throughout their lifecycle, and to enable a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of chemicals on the environment, the Commission should identify relevant data and information related to the environmental sustainability of chemicals, including, where available, information on their impact on climate change, for integration into the common data platform. Once the Commission has identified the relevant existing datasets on environmental sustainability related data and has designed the relevant related database functionalities, the ECHA should establish a database on environmental sustainability- related data, collect the data as made available by the Commission, the Agencies and Member States and, where relevant, by the researchers and research consortia funded by, in particular those funded by national and Union framework programmes, and integrate the content of that database into the common data platform as a dedicated service. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the obligation to identify relevant environmental sustainability datasets, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission.
Amendment 211 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)
Recital 43 a (new)
(43 a) In order to ensure the widest possible access to chemicals data and to improve trust in the implementation of this Regulation and Union policies and legislation on chemicals, and further acknowledging existing experience with citizen science approaches, individuals should be able to submit substantiated concerns regarding impacts of chemicals on humans and the environment, such as peer-reviewed research results, or biomonitoring data. The authorities should be obliged to assess submitted evidence and take action when they identify a concern. In line with commitments of the Union in relation to the Aarhus Convention, individuals submitting evidence should be equipped with procedural rights to ensure their concerns are appropriately taken into account.
Amendment 214 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) This regulation should establish an early warning and action system as regards existing and emerging chemical risks. To enable the identification and evaluation of emerging chemical risks, the EEA should develop and compile information on early warning signals and draw up an annual summary report to inform regulatory and policy follow-up actions. In its work, the EEA should include its own sources, targeted literature searches and make use of information from national early warning systems. It should also include relevant information made available by the related work of the ECHA, the EFSA, the EU-OSHA, the EMA and their networks, such as the EFSA’s task of identifying and collecting information on emerging risks under Regulation 178/2002. The EEA should make the summary report and the underlying data available through the common data platform, ensuring public access and its use for further action on existing and emerging risks of chemicals and groups of chemicals. In order to allow the EEA sufficient time to organise the collection of early warning signals and to compile and analyse the initial information the EEA should only deliver the first report six months after the end of the first calendar year after entry into force of this Regulation. this Regulation sets a deadline for the first report and associated data. For any risk and warning signal identified by the report, the authorities should consider undertaking regulatory, policy or enforcement actions and justify if they decide not to proceed with any action.
Amendment 219 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Under Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, the EFSA is able to commission, in an open and transparent manner, the scientific studies it needs to accomplish its mission, while seeking to avoid duplication with Member States or Union research programmes. The ECHA should also be able to commission studies to obtain adequate data and information on chemicals within its mission, while maintaining the principle that the burden to prove compliance with Union chemicals legislation remains on the duty holder. Furthermore, the ECHA should commission such studies out of its own initiative or at the request of the Commission, with the objective of supporting the effective and efficient implementation and evaluation of Union acts on chemicals within its mandate and contributing the development of a Union chemicals policy. Where relevant and whenever possible, information generated through studies commissioned by the ECHA should be generated by means of non animal testing methods.
Amendment 227 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation aims to ensure the efficient delivery of coherent hazard and risk assessments of chemicals where those assessments are required by Union legal acts, to achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment, to enable the development and use of sustainable and safe chemicals, to ensure the proper functioning of the single market for chemicals, to contribute to the goal of phasing out animal testing and to improve the Union’s citizens’ trust in the scientific base for the decisions taken under Union legal acts on chemicals.
Amendment 231 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) bring together data and information on chemicals and their alternative and ensure that data and information are easily findable, accessible, interoperable and re- usable;
Amendment 236 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) keep records of all studies commissioned or carried out by business operators in the context of fulfilling their obligations set under Union chemicals legislation;
Amendment 238 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) foster innovations regarding advanced biologically-relevant tools, methods and models, and data analysis capacities.
Amendment 258 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) generated as part of Union, national or international programmes or research activities in the sphere of chemicals and held by the ECHA, the EEA, the EFSA, the EU-OSHA or the Commission;
Amendment 261 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) listed in Annex II and held by the EMA;
Amendment 262 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) generated under Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 and accessible through the web portal under Article 14 of that regulation.
Amendment 265 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 269 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Amendment 276 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. The Authorities and the general public shall have access free of charge to the data contained in the common data platform in accordance with Article 16, as well as any related context data as referred to in paragraph 5 of Article 4, point (c), including, where relevant, an indication whether the data was generated by Authorities.
Amendment 283 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 11
Article 3 – paragraph 11
11. The common data platform and its dedicated services shall be established by [OP: please insert date: threewo years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], unless specified otherwise. The relevant datasets shall be integrated progressively into the common data platform by [OP please insert date: tenfive years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] according to the implementation plan referred to in Article 4 (1), first sentence. Upon integration of those datasets in the common data platform, when the ECHA receives chemicals data in accordance with Article 5, it shall make that data available through the common data platform without undue delay.
Amendment 294 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point f
(f) the operation, reporting requirements and transparency obligations of the steering committee itself.
Amendment 296 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. At the Commission’s request, the Agencies shall host and maintain chemicals data generated as part of Union, national or international legislation, programmes or research activities, corresponding to their mandate and the type of data they already hold. In addition, Agencies may host and maintain chemicals data according to their mandate and offered to them by Member States, research institutes or other parties.
Amendment 311 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Researchers or research consortia, in particular those funded by Union or national framework programmes shall make available to the EEA any human biomonitoring data they collect or generate from [OP please insert: date of the entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 322 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. At the latest by [OP please insert date: 32 years after entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall transfer any human biomonitoring data it holds to the EEA.
Amendment 338 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. At the latest by [OP please insert date: 32 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall transfer the chemicals data contained in the Information Platform for Chemical Monitoring at that moment to the ECHA for integration in the common data platform.
Amendment 339 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. At the latest by [OP please insert date: 32 years after entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall transfer the chemicals data contained in the Information Platform for Chemical Monitoring to the ECHA, the EEA or the EFSA for hosting in accordance with the respective agencies’ mandate and in accordance with Article 5.
Amendment 347 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The ECHA shall establish and operate a Database of Study Notifications by [OP please insert date: twoone years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 352 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Authorities and national enforcement authorities shall have access to the data contained in the Database of Study Notifications before that data is integrated in the common data platform.
Amendment 372 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(f a) where applicable, whether animal testing is required and for which endpoint.
Amendment 374 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The information referred to in paragraph 3, points (a) to (fa), on a specific regulatory process or activity shall be made available to the public once that process or activity has formally startedwithout delay.
Amendment 375 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Any planned new test, in particular tests on animals, shall be notified in advance and the ECHA shall record the intention in the database. Furthermore, the ECHA shall record where new animal testing has been requested by an Agency for regulatory purposes. These records shall be made public without undue delay.
Amendment 384 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. At the latest within threewo years after the publication of the decision referred to in paragraph 4, the ECHA shall establish and manage, as part of the common data platform, a database containing environmental sustainability related data.
Amendment 387 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission or, the Agencies or the Member States host or hold environmental sustainability related data in addition to the chemicals data already available in the common data platform, they shall make that data available to the ECHA without undue delay once the Commission or the Agency hosting or holding that data has completed, where relevant, validity and confidentiality assessments. The Commission and the Agencies and the Member States shall provide the necessary technical cooperation to the ECHA to enable the integration of environmental sustainability related data in the database on environmental sustainability related data.
Amendment 389 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Where researchers or research consortia, especially those funded by Union and national framework programmes make available to the ECHA, under Article 5(6), any environmental sustainability data on chemicals or materials they collect or generate, the ECHA shall integrate the relevant data in the database on environmental sustainability related data without undue delay.
Amendment 395 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. By [OP please insert date: threewo years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt an implementing decision identifying existing datasets on environmental sustainability related data, other than those referred to in paragraph 2 and 3, for inclusion in the common data platform and shall design relevant related database functionalitiesrequest the ECHA to host and maintain them in accordance with Article 5(1).
Amendment 397 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) increase transparency
Amendment 401 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – point i a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – point i a (new)
(i a) (j) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a; _________________ 1a Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309 24.11.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 404 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – point i b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – point i b (new)
(i b) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a _________________ 1a Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ L 70 16.3.2005, p. 1).
Amendment 408 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6
Article 14 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission and the Agencies shall cooperate when setting standard formats to ensure transparency and coherence with other formats and the interoperability of the standard formats with the common data platform and with existing data submission approaches.
Amendment 414 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 16 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. The public shall have access to all the chemicals data contained in the common data platform.
Amendment 426 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Authorities may use the chemicals data contained in the common data platform in the performance of any of their activities, where those activities support the development or implementation or enforcement of chemicals legislation and policy.
Amendment 431 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. When using chemicals data contained in the common data platform that is deemed confidential under Article 5(2), second sentenceas provided for in paragraph 1, the Authorities shall respect the confidentiality of informationthat data as marked by the originator and shall not disclose that data to the public without the consent of the originator.
Amendment 435 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The EEA, in collaboration with the ECHA, the EFSA, the EMA, the EU- OSHA and the Commission, shall establish, operate, and maintain a framework of indicatorsnd update as appropriate a framework of indicators to monitor chemical pollution along the chemical’s lifecycle, including emissions and occurrence, to monitor the drivers and impacts of exposure to chemicals, measure the effectiveness of chemicals legislation and measure the transition towards the production of safe and sustainable chemicals.
Amendment 439 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article18a Substantiated concerns 1. Any natural or legal person, individually or in association, shall be entitled to submit to an Agency a substantiated concern regarding impacts of chemicals on humans and the environment, relating in particular to the properties, use, exposure, risk, occurrence and emissions of substances or groups of substances, and which is based on objective and verifiable information such as peer-reviewed studies, human biomonitoring data, or environmental monitoring data. 2. Where the concern does not correspond to the mandate of the Agency to which it is submitted, this Agency shall make it available to the authority or authorities with a corresponding mandate. 3. The authority or authorities with a mandate corresponding to the submitted concern shall diligently and impartially assess it and, where appropriate, take one or more of the following actions: (a) regulatory measures under Union legislation, including by imposing obligations on duty holders, such as to corroborate the evidence or mitigate any detrimental effects; (b) initiate or develop new policies addressing the concern submitted; (c) transfer the concern indicating a non- compliance to enforcement agencies. 4. The authority or authorities shall, within 6 months, inform the natural or legal persons referred to in paragraph 1 of any decision taken under paragraph 3, providing the reasons for such decision. 5. Any substantiated concern submitted under paragraph 1 and the information subject to paragraph 3 shall be made available to ECHA and compiled for publication in an annual report. The report shall be integrated in the common data platform without undue delay.
Amendment 444 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) data that the EEA holds, including data from the framework of indicators as referred to in Article 18;
Amendment 446 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) relevant information resulting from national enforcement programmes
Amendment 447 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) relevant data or information submitted by researchers.
Amendment 452 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Within two months after receipt of this report, the Commission, relevant Union agencies and Member State competent authorities shall publicly respond to the received early warning signals with the details and timeline of the undertaken or planned regulatory or policy action related to the early warning signals, or a justification of the lack of action.
Amendment 455 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. The EEA shall make all relevant data on early warning signals that it holds or hosts as well as the report referred to in paragraph 4 available to the ECHA for integration in the common data platform.
Amendment 465 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) make compiled data publicly available through the common data platform or other communication and outreach tools as appropriate, to facilitate the identification of potential further research needs or risk management measures, to facilitate informed societal discussion and increase public awareness on the properties, use and safety aspects of specific chemicals, and regularly update that information.
Amendment 472 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The ECHA shall only commission scientific studies when results cannot be obtained through existing legal provisions or processes under Union legislation listed in Annex I. It shall prioritise the use of non-animal methods, with animal tests only proposed as a last resort. Full justification for the need to perform any new test on animals shall be provided. It shall not commission studies with a predominant research objective.
Amendment 482 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 6
Article 21 – paragraph 6
6. The ECHA, the EMA and the EFSA shall closely cooperate with each other on the planning and commissioning of scientific studies undertaken by the ECHA in accordance with paragraph 1 and of studies undertaken by the EFSA in accordance with Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and studies undertaken by EMA. The agencies shall aim to avoid duplication and to ensure animal testing takes place only as a last resort and is fully justified.
Amendment 488 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 7
Article 21 – paragraph 7
7. The ECHA shall make the results of the scientific studies performed under this Article available through the common data platform and shall, in advance, record the intention to perform new studies in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 of this Regulation.
Amendment 498 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Business operators shall notify to the Database of Study Notifications referred to in Article 9, without undue delay, any studies onin one month from the date of the commissionning, any studies that generate data chemicals which they commission to support an application, notification or regulatory dossier notified or submitted to an Authority, as well as any studies on chemicals on their own or in products they commission as part of a hazard, risk or safety assessment , prior tor after the placing on the market, under the Union acts listed in Annex I. However, business operators shall not notify to the Database of Study Notifications referred to in Article 9 studies that are to be notified under Article 32b of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
Amendment 509 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, business operators shall notify to the Database of Study Notifications referred to in Article 9 the identity of the chemical(s) concerned, title, scope, laboratory, or testing facility carrying out the study, the intended starting and planned completion dates, relevant GLP or equivalent compliance monitoring authority responsible for ensuring test facility compliance and, where relevant, whether the study is commissioned to comply with a decision of the ECHA pursuant to Articles 40, 41 or 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
Amendment 520 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6
Article 22 – paragraph 6
6. The obligations set under this article shall apply from [OP please insert date: 124 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 534 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26 a (new)
Article26a Access to justice 1. Any natural or legal person which has submitted substantiated concerns in accordance with Article 18a shall have access to an administrative or judicial procedure to review the procedural and substantive legality of the decisions, acts or omissions of the relevant authority under paragraph 3 of Article 18a. 2. Member States shall ensure access to administrative or judicial procedures to review their decisions and omissions, in accordance with national law or practice. Decisions and omissions by the Commission shall be subject to review in accordance with Title IV of Regulation EU (No) 1367/2006. 3. The procedures referred to in paragraph 2 shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive while providing adequate and effective remedies, including injunctive relief where necessary. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made available to the public on access to administrative and judicial review procedures.
Amendment 10 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that European citizens already face direct impacts of climate change; underlines that according to the European Environment Agency, average annual losses caused by weather and climate-related extremes in the Union amounted to around €12.8 billion between 2010 and 2016, and that, if no further action is taken, weather-related disasters will affect an estimated two-thirds of the population in Europe by 2100, compared with 5% today; stresses that climate damages in the EU could amount to at least €190 billion by 2080, equivalent to a net welfare loss of 1.8% of its current GDP;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes that people across Europe are becoming increasingly active in demonstrating for climate justice, in particular through school strikes; welcomes the calls from these activists for stronger ambition and believes that national, regional and local governments as well as the EU should heed these calls.
Amendment 16 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls the November 2018 Eurobarometer findings of 93% of Europeans considering climate change to be caused by human activity, and 85% agreeing that fighting climate change and using energy more efficiently can create economic growth and jobs in Europe; notes that climate change is a high priority issue for people in Europe.
Amendment 20 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines thatExpresses concern in light of the findings of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C represent, which constitutes the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of mitigation pathways in line with the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 21 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Expresses concern at the UN Environment Emissions Gap Report, which finds that current Nationally Determined Contributions far surpass the Paris Agreement warming limit of 2°C, leading instead to an estimated 3.5°C warming by 2100;
Amendment 36 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls its demand expressed in its COP23 resolution for the Commission to prepare by COP24 a mid-century zero emissions strategy for the Union; welcomes in this regard the publication of the Commission Communication "A Clean Planet for all – A European strategic long- term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy"; asks the Member States to agree on an ambitious net- zero 2050 strategy and to keep climate action high on the EU's agenda, as part of the future Europe debate, at the special EU summit in Sibiu in May 2019;
Amendment 51 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the strategy presents eight pathways for the economic, technological and social transformation needed for the Union to comply with the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement; stresses that there are many ways to reach net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 at the latest, but that this requires swift action from the local and regional levels to the national level; calls on the Member States to put in place clear targets and policies and provide investment support for net-zero pathways and adopt long-term national strategies as foreseen in the Governance Regulation;
Amendment 55 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that the first category of pathways aims at reducing GHG emissions by only around 80% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels; notes with concern that such ambition represents the lower range of holding global warming below 2°C and is therefore not in line with the Paris objective of holding global temperature rise to well below 2°C, nor with the further aim of keeping it below 1.5°C;
Amendment 75 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the inclusion of two pathways aiming at reaching net zero GHG emissions by 2050, and considers this mid- century objective as the only one compatible with the Union's commitments under the Paris Agreement; regrets that no net-zero GHG pathways before 2050 were considered in the strategy.
Amendment 90 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. Notes however that those pathways rely to a large extent on carbon removal technologies, including through carbon capture and storage and direct air capture, that yet have to prove their feasibility; considers that the EU net-zero strategy should not overly rely on such technologies, which should complement direct emissions reduction; calls on the Commission and the Member States to focus on the 1.5LIFE scenario which relies on natural carbon removals; believes that further action by 2030 is needed if the Union is to avoid relying on carbon removal technologies that would entail significant risks for ecosystems, biodiversity and food security as confirmed by the IPCC 1.5 report;
Amendment 108 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes that the Commission clearly expresses that net-zero emissions are possible without net job losses and that they put a lot of emphasishas put a lot of emphasis the feasibility onf the transition in the energy intensive industry; highlights that a just transition towards net- zero GHG emissions has the potential towill create a net gain of more than 2.1 million additional jobs in the Union;, an increase of 0.09% employment; notes that the Commission should develop a renewed skills audit under the EU Skills Panorama with regional data on the skills needs for a climate neutral Europe to support regions, sectors and people in re-skilling for future-proof jobs.
Amendment 114 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Highlights that the transition must be just for all parts of society, particularly vulnerable and marginalised groups; notes that this requires an understanding of just transition that incorporates negative and positive impacts associated with accelerated climate action, such as job losses and opportunities, as well as the impacts from delaying climate action. Stresses the need for democratic participation in climate policy and community consultations, particularly with trade unions.
Amendment 123 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Highlights that the energy transition can disproportionately affect people with low incomes and increase energy poverty, which already affects millions of people across Europe; recognises that energy policy must incorporate the social dimension and ensure no one is left behind; underlines the need to ensure access to energy for all; underlines the potential of energy efficiency measures to reduce energy bills, improve the quality of homes, and decrease carbon emissions and also the necessity of providing opportunities for all for local energy ownership.
Amendment 146 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to present a new and integrated EU industrial climate strategy for energy intensive industries in support of a competitive net-zero emission heavy industry transition.
Amendment 152 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that a strong and stablen ambitious medium-term target is necessary to bring sufficient stability for investments to the market and to fully harness the potential of technological innovation and strengthen the possibilities for Europe's businesses' to become global market leaders in low- emission production;
Amendment 161 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that reaching net-zero GHG emissions in 2050 in the most cost- efficient manner, requires raising and aligning the 2030 ambition level with net- zero 2050 scenarios; believes it is of upmost importance that the Union sends a clear message, at the latest during the UN Climate Summit in New York in September 2019, that it stands ready to review its contribution to the Paris Agreement; and boost pre-2020 and pre- 2030 ambition at both EU and national levels;
Amendment 168 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 15
15. Supports an update of the Union’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC); calls therefore on EU leaders to consider raisinge the level of ambition of the Union’s NDC at the special EU Summit in Sibiu in May 2019, in view of the UN Climate Summit in September 2019;
Amendment 174 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 16
16. CSupports an immediate update of the EU's NDCs with an economy-wide target of 65% domestic GHG emissions reductions by 2030 compared with 1990 levels; considers therefore that the Commission should, at the latest, use its 2022-2024 reviews of the 2030 climate package and other relevant legislation, to raise the ambition level accordingly; believes that insufficient 2030 ambition would limit future options, possibly limiting the availability of some options for cost-efficient decarbonisation; considers these reviews to be an important milestone for securing the EU climate commitments;
Amendment 182 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that, as a means to further ensure increased stability for markets and avoid missing net-zero by 2050, it would be appropriate for the EU to also establish a further interim emissions reduction target by 2040 that can provide additional stability and ensure that the long-term 2050 target is met;
Amendment 192 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that emissions will have to be reduced close to zero in all sectors of the economy which should all contribute in the joint efforts to reduce emissions; stresses the importance of the polluter pays principle in this regard; stresses that progress in decarbonisation in one sector cannot compensate for lack of progress in another; calls therefore on the next Commission to initiate a process to chart pathways to climate neutrality for all sectors
Amendment 215 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that technology developments and solutions, energy efficiency and sustainable renewable energy in the transport and power sectors wi, buildings, industry and power sectors, and circular economy principles will all be key; underlines in this respect the importance of technology- specific strategies, such as for hydrogen or methane;
Amendment 229 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the central importance of a renewable-based power sector and asks the Commission and the Member States to take all necessary action in that regard as it will have spill-over effects across all economic sectors; highlights that all pathways assume full decarbonisation of the power sector by 2050, a drastic reduction of fossil fuels and a strong increase in; stresses that a full phase out of fossil fuels by 2050 and a move towards 100% renewable energies is necessary;
Amendment 240 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 21
Amendment 257 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that the strategy confirms that GHG emissions from the transport sector are still on the rise, and that the Clean Mobility Package will not be sufficient to decarbonise the transport sector by 2050; notes, therefore, the importance of decarbonising public transport, in particular in urban centres, as a route for making inroads on emissions in the transport sector.
Amendment 282 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that agricultural policies, in particular EU and national funds, are in line with the objectives and goals of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 288 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Supports the Long Term Strategy’s conclusion that wholesale change in all transport sectors is necessary; stresses the need for the next Commission to remove EU barriers to national phase out dates of the internal combustion engine.
Amendment 312 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 25
25. Recognises the positive, but ultimately limited potential for afforestation in Europe; therefore, believes that afforestation initiatives must be complemented by concrete initiatives and incentives aiming to maximise the sequestration potential, while securing and enhancing the health of existing forest lands through restoration in order to reap benefits for both climate and biodiversity and taking into account appropriate land use and tree species choice;
Amendment 318 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Supports the restoration of woodlands and wetlands, which should be used primarily for removing and storing carbon, and calls on Member States to draw down funds from the European Fund for Transition for this sector.
Amendment 344 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that the EU and Member States must immediately phase out all European and national fossil fuel subsidies including capacity mechanisms;
Amendment 365 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 30
30. HighlightUnderlines the significant implactk of behavioural change in achievingprogress in GHG emissions reduction, including from the transport sector and particularly the aviation sector; calls on the Commission to explore as soon as possible policy options to encourage behavioural change;
Amendment 381 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 33
33. Considers that the EU should start working on a reliable model for measuring the climate impact that European consumption has in third countries, as a first step to reduce it, and to take account of the emissions it is part responsible for through imports;
Amendment 385 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 34
34. Underlines the importance of increased initiatives and sustained dialogue in relevant international fora, with the aim to spur similar policy decisions ramping up climate ambition in other regions and third countries; considers that the EU, must, inter alia, increase its own climate financing and work actively to encourage Member States to increase their climate finance aid (development aid rather than loans) in third countries, which should be in addition to overseas development assistance, and not be double-counted as both development and climate finance aid;
Amendment 396 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Recognises the role of the United nationals Climate Summit in September as the moment for countries to increase climate ambition and their NDCs; stresses the importance of an increased EU 2030 NDC to trigger other countries to increase ambition thereby putting the EU on a Paris compliant trajectory.
Amendment 398 #
2018/2974(RSP)
Paragraph 35
35. Highlights the merit of strengthening the interoperability between EU policy instruments and third countries' equivalents, notably carbon markets, and ensure that policy coherence exists between EU legislation, especially the Sustainable Development Goals, in order to ensure that these policies are mutually reinforcing and to ensure that the environmental integrity of EU policy is upheld;
Amendment 38 #
2018/2774(RSP)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recommends that the Commission promote research and awareness with a view to the prevention of Lyme disease;
Amendment 40 #
2018/2774(RSP)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to research the increase of the tick population and the elimination of tick population by environmentally friendly means;
Amendment 41 #
2018/2774(RSP)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Recognises that the rise in number of persons affected with Lyme disease is as a consequence of climate change, due to migrating ticks.
Amendment 42 #
2018/2774(RSP)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18 d. Urges Member States to cooperate with each other with a view to prevention, through exchange of information, knowledge and best practice.
Amendment 18 #
2018/2598(RSP)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas climate change increases competition for resources, such as food, water and grazing lands, and is already a driver of population displacement, both inside and across national borders;
Amendment 77 #
2018/2598(RSP)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Underlines the importance of establishing financial support for a Gender Plan on climate change; stresses that all over the world, women face climate risks and bear great burdens due to global warming at the same time being excluded from decision-making on climate action; underlines that the goal of the gender plan is for women to be able to influence decisions on climate change and to be equally represented in all aspects of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)as a way to increase its effectiveness;
Amendment 78 #
2018/2598(RSP)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Considers necessary to promote and enhance the participation of indigenous women, farmers and women rights defenders within the UNFCC framework to stand up against land grabbing and others forms of human rights violations;
Amendment 98 #
2018/2598(RSP)
Paragraph 18
18. Expresses its satisfaction with the growing global mobilisation of an ever- broader range of non-state actors committed to climate action with concrete and measurable deliverables; highlights the critical role of civil society, the private sector and sub-state governments in pressurising, driving and compensating state action especially where such is suboptimal; calls on the EU, the Member States and all Parties to stimulate, facilitate and engage with non-state actors, who increasingly become frontrunners in the fight against climate change, as well as with sub-national actors, in particular where EU relations with national governments in the field of climate policy have deteriorated; praises, in this light, the pledge made during COP23 by 25 pioneering cities, representing 150 million citizens, to become net-zero emissions cities by 2050;
Amendment 100 #
2018/2598(RSP)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recalls the important role of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, whose mandate shall be to elaborate an international legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises; encourages all EU Members States and the Commission to engage constructively in the negotiations, especially when it comes to avoiding impunity by which transnational corporations continue to promote businesses, thereby contributing further to climate change;
Amendment 107 #
2018/2598(RSP)
Paragraph 19
19. WelcomNotes the continued development of emissions trading systems globally and specifically the launch of the Chinese nationwide carbon trading scheme in December 2017; welcomnotes also the agreement on the linking of the EU ETS and the Swiss one signed at the end of 2017 and encouragecalls the Commission to explore further such linkages and other forms of cooperation withother than carbon markets ofwith third states and regions as well as to stimulate the setup of further carbon markets and other carbon pricing mechanisms which will bring extra efficiencies, cost savings, and reduce the risk of carbon leakage by creating a global level playing fieldother carbon pricing mechanisms due to the fact that EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has not contributed effectively to reduce domestic GHG emissions and reduce the climate emergency globally;
Amendment 127 #
2018/2598(RSP)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Notes that deforestation and forest degradation are responsible for 20 % of global GHG emissions, and emphasises the role of forests in climate change mitigation and the need to enhance the adaptive capacities and resilience of forests to climate change; emphasises the need for mitigation efforts focused on the tropical forest sector, starting with addressing the underlying causes of forest loss and climate change;
Amendment 135 #
2018/2598(RSP)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28a. Stresses as a priority the recognition of the legal status of climate refugees; acknowledges this barrier as a real challenge in dealing with the exponential increase of displaced people caused by natural disasters due to climate change;
Amendment 9 #
2018/2589(RSP)
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the primary aim of the Commission should be to avoid thaprevent hazardous chemicals from entering the material cycle, and to ensure better implementation of current legislation;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2589(RSP)
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that in a truly circular economy products must be designed for durability, reparability, reusability and recyclability, and with minimal use of substances of concernno use of substances of concern; acknowledges that the standard of minimal use of substances of concern may be the stepping stone to the phase out of these substances from the material cycle;
Amendment 18 #
2018/2589(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that moving towards a circular economy requires applying strictly the waste hierarchy and phasing out toxic substances where possibleas a preliminary step, in particular where safer alternatives exist or will be developed, so as to ensure the development of non-toxic material cycles, which are essential for the sound development of a functioning secondary raw materials market;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2589(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to bring forward legislative measures to ensure that companies to fully embrace a forward- looking approach of progressive chemicals management by seizing the opportunity to substituteing toxic substances in products and supply chains, accelerating and leading the innovation of the market;
Amendment 60 #
2018/2589(RSP)
Paragraph 19
Amendment 2 #
2018/2190(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the Authority shouldmust continue paying special attention to public opinion, and commit itself to openness and transparency, further enhancing its role as a reliable and objective body;
Amendment 252 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG
Recital AG
AG. whereas in the European Internet Forum launched in 2015 companies cooperate to remove terrorist content from their websites on a voluntary basis if they believe it is in breach of their terms and conditions;
Amendment 256 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AH
Recital AH
AH. whereas Europol’s Internet Referral Unit (IRU) has made more than 50 000 referrals and on average 87 % of the content referred to companies by the IRU has been removed on the basis of voluntary consideration of the compatibility of the referred internet content with their own terms and conditions; whereas the proportion of illegal content among those referrals is unknown and no statistics exist that allow for an evaluation of the quality of referrals1a. __________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getAl lAnswers.do?reference=E-2017- 001772&language=EN
Amendment 324 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AN
Recital AN
AN. whereas there is a fragmented framework of existing systems, new systems in the process of development, proposals for future systems and proposals for reforms to address identified gaps and barriers still under negotiationseveral EU information systems exist, each with their own purposes and objectives. whereas there are also new systems in the process of development, as well as legislative proposals for future systems; whereas this fragmenteddiverse framework is the result of historical factors and a reactive approach in the proposal and adoption of new legislationthe lack of any systematic evaluation of the efficiency, necessity and proportionality of the EU's security instruments;
Amendment 339 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AS
Recital AS
AS. whereas several pilot projects are being implemented with the aim of overcoming the disadvantages of a decentralised EU PNR system; whereas there is a need for a quick reply to requesresults from parocesseinger information units (PIUs) of other Member States, which may prove challenging as they are processed manually of PNR data have to be reviewed individually by non- automated means before any action with legal consequences can take place;
Amendment 351 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AX
Recital AX
Amendment 365 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AZ
Recital AZ
AZ. whereas adjusting the legal standards applying to information exchange between intelligence and law enforcement authorities is one of the main challenges that need to be addressed, especially since intelligence often concernsagencies do not pursue a goal of law enforcement and often gather information on people who are not yet suspects in criminal investigations but belong to tserrorist networks or are returning FTFious crime networks;
Amendment 373 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BB
Recital BB
Amendment 401 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BG
Recital BG
BG. whereas several EU instruments such as Decision 2005/671/JHA, the CT Directive and the Europol regulation require Member States to share information on terrorism with the relevant agencies; whereas increased information sharing with Europol and Eurojust on a regular basis and in a timely and systematic manner, including contextual information, facilitates their work in detecting links between cases and providing an overview of challenges and best practice related to investigations, prosecutions and convictions for terrorist offencs the basis for their work in detecting links between cases;
Amendment 409 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BI
Recital BI
BI. whereas the principle of mutual recognition is, on the one hand, dependent on the existence of a high level of mutual trust between Member States and, on the other, helps increase mutual trust by allowing the authorities of different Member States to work efficiently together in the fight against terrorism a comparable level of independence of the judiciary;
Amendment 411 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BK
Recital BK
Amendment 568 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital CZ
Recital CZ
CZ. whereas in the 20-year period 1998- 2018, some 6 652 people were direct victims of terrorism acrossin Europe, with 713 murdered and 5 939 injured; whereas prior to 2001 most victims of terrorism were mainly attributable to the IRA and ETA. while since then the vast majority were as a result of Islamist terrorism;
Amendment 582 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital DB a (new)
Recital DB a (new)
DB a. whereas the importance of victims and survivors having the right to consider and access, according to their choice the options of justice, information retrieval, acknowledgement, storytelling and quality services should be recognised;
Amendment 585 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital DB b (new)
Recital DB b (new)
DB b. whereas a victim-centred and victim-led approach, which prioritises their views, should be paramount in shaping the mechanisms to deal with the past;
Amendment 586 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital DB c (new)
Recital DB c (new)
DB c. whereas there can be no hierarchy of victims;
Amendment 591 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital DE a (new)
Recital DE a (new)
DE a. whereas many families have waited too long, in some cases in the north of Ireland, over 40 years, for timely access to legacy mechanisms in a human rights compliant matter, and the necessary funding for outstanding legacy inquests should be released immediately to provide victims and survivors with information retrieval, quality services and access to truth and justice;
Amendment 594 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital DE b (new)
Recital DE b (new)
DE b. whereas EU funds have helped to finance vital services for victims in the north of Ireland, through PEACE funding and other mechanisms;
Amendment 649 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 841 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to examine how to ensure that places of worship, education, charities, cultural associations and similar entities provide details regarding the provenance of their funds and their distribution, both within and outside the EU, and how data concerning these entities, where there exists suspicion or reasonable grounds to suspect links with terrorist groups, could be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guaranteescan be gained as partners in a civil society effort to tackle hate speech, in particular by taking a clear commitment against any kind of so-called anti-NGO laws that are used in some countries to choke civil society;
Amendment 853 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Member States to ban and remove all religious literature within their territory that incites to violent and terrorist acts while strictly guaranteeing the right to freedom of expression, including artistic expression; asks for such literature to be removabled from online platforms and shops as part of the referrals by the Internet Referral Unitfollowing a judicial decision;
Amendment 893 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to achieve automatic, fast and fullfast removal of terrorist content; requests the Commissinvites the European institutions to presentwork on possible options for a legislative proposal obliging companies to remove terrorist content fully within one hourafter ex-ante judicial verification and to introduce clear reporting obligations on the incidence of terrorist content and removal rates, as well as sanctions for non- compliance;
Amendment 901 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Underlines the importance the Internet has gained as a source of information for the general public and stresses that in order for Member States to effectively guarantee the right to receive and impart information as provided for in Article 11 of the Charter, a lenient approach is necessary when regulating content on the internet;
Amendment 1005 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Regrets the current existence of 28 differentTakes note of the fragmentation in legal regimes for data retention, which is counter-productive for cooperation and information exchange; urgesithin the EU following several rulings from the Court of Justice; underlines that the Court does not consider the necessity and proportionality of such a measure to be established; takes the view that if the Commission is to put forward a legislative proposal on data retention, this should be fully in line with the requirements stemming from the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, whilech takinges into account fundamental rights as well as the needs of the competent authorities and the specificities of the CT field;
Amendment 1476 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 133 a (new)
Paragraph 133 a (new)
133 a. Calls on the relevant EU Member States to fully investigate allegations of collusions between state actors and terrorist groups; recognises the impact that the lack of investigation has on victims of collusion;
Amendment 1489 #
2018/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 135 a (new)
Paragraph 135 a (new)
135 a. Calls on EU Member States to release state papers regarding collusion and to ensure that all Member States fulfil their responsibilities to victims of collusion by acknowledging responsibility, providing necessary compensation, and ensuring impartial investigations into collusion are adequately funded;
Amendment 117 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that the plastics strategy shcould also serve as a lever for stimulating new, smart and circular business, production and consumption models covering the entire value chain; calls on the Commission to foster clear linkages between the Union’s waste, chemicals and product policies to this end;
Amendment 140 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that joint actions by all stakeholders are necessary in order to succeed and achieve an outcome that is advantageous for both the economy and the environment; emphasises that converting general concern about plastic waste into publiccorporate responsibility and behavioural change remains an equally important challenge; that should be facilitated with the appropriate economic and legal framework;
Amendment 201 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to make ‘circularity first’ an overarching principle, also for non-packaging plastic items, by developing product standards and revising the eco-design legislative framework; EPR schemes can play a role in promoting eco- design through a modulation of fees based on the recycled content and also on the level of recyclability of the product;
Amendment 221 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to stop all plastics containing environmental harmful and hazardous substances as well as non-recyclable plastics from being accepted on the EU market and set clear rules at EU level on the recyclability of plastics to ensure that only those plastics which are recyclable in a cost-effective manner will be put on the EU market;
Amendment 232 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to learn fromtake into consideration best practices with independent third-party certification, as verification is essential in order to boost market confidence;
Amendment 238 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that mandatory rules on recycled content for specific products may be needed in order to drive the uptake of secondary raw materials; calls on the Commission to introduce a mandatory traceability system for chemicals in plastics; stresses the urgent need to remove harmful chemicals from plastics so that their reuse and recycling can be done in a safe way for both workers of waste facilities and end-users alike;
Amendment 268 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that procurement has the power to boost innovation in business models; calls on the Commission to set up an EU learning network on circular procurement in order to harvest the lessons learnt from pilot projects; believes that voluntary actions could pave the way for binding rules on public circular procurement are necessary;
Amendment 286 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that the presence of a substance of concern should not be a blanket justification for precluding the recycling of waste streams for specific, well-defined and safe applications, since this could stifle innovation and discourage recycling potential in favour of incineration; believes that the aim should be to phase out substances of concern all together from plastics;
Amendment 303 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that there is no panacea to address the harmful effects of single-use plastics, and believes that a combination of voluntary and regulatory measures isare therefore required to resolve this complex issue;
Amendment 316 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes note of actions already taken in some Member States and therefore supports the Commission in coming forward with a specific legislative framework on single-use plastics with the aim of phaltsing the generation of marine litter in theout single use plastics from the market EU and thereby contributing to the goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds;
Amendment 339 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that there are various pathways to achieving high collection and recycling rates and a reduction in litter, including deposit-refund schemes or extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes; underlines that the choice of a certain scheme remains within the remit of the competent authority in the Member State, which canmust take local specificities into account and ensure that any existing well-performing and cost-efficient systems are not jeopardisedcreate more and better facilities for collecting plastic waste;
Amendment 340 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 23 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Express that the multitude of monomers and polymers in on-the-go and single use, disposable products, which have a very short lifespan and have not effectively been integrated into separate collection systems for packaging waste, makes recycling difficult;
Amendment 341 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 23 – point 1 (new)
(1) Emphasises that for the proper functioning of an effective collection system of all types of plastic waste, it is absolutely necessary for the local and regional authorities to consider public awareness on waste management;
Amendment 368 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Strongly supports the Commission in coming forward with clear a clear definition of both biodegradable and bio- based plastics, and clear harmonised rules on both bio-based content and biodegradability standards, including standards for compostability and digestibility which take into account common practice in European treatment facilities, in order to tackle existing misconceptions and misunderstandings about bio-plastics;
Amendment 379 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Highlights the importance of lifecycle assessments in order to demonstrate a reduced environmental impact for all bio-plasticrigorous and comprehensive lifecycle assessments which take into account full end-of-life impacts including environmental leakage and investigate reusable alternatives in order to establish if there is a reduced environmental impact for bio-plastic products and compostable and biodegradable plastic products;
Amendment 388 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Emphasises that biodegradable plastics can help support the transition to a circular economy, but are not a universal remedy against marine litter; calls, therefore, on the Commission to develop a list of useful products and applications composed of biodegradable plastics, together with clear criterianot be considered a remedy to marine litter and that reduction of plastic use and developing recycling capacity must be the key steps;;
Amendment 406 #
2018/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to introduce a ban on micro-plastics which are intentionally added to products, such as cosmetics and cleaning products, and for which viable alternatives are available; calls on the Commission to also introduce a definition on microplastics;
Amendment 13 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Union is built on solidarity,Solidarity is the basis of developed and democratic societies, not just among its citizens and among its Member States. This common value guides its actions and provides the necessary unity to cope with, but also among peoples and States. This common value should be fostered, especially in view of current and future societal challenges, which young Europeans are willingpeople will be able to continue to help address by expressing their solidarity in practice.
Amendment 15 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The State of the Union address of 14 September 2016 emphasised the need to invest in young people and announced the establishment of a European Solidarity Corps (the ‘Programme’) with a view to creating opportunities forwith a view to enabling young people across the Union to make a meaningful contribution to society, show solidarity and develop their skills, thus getting not only work but also invaluable human experienceskills and relationships, based on their practical experience in community-based activities.
Amendment 19 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Young people should be provided with easily accessible opportunities to engage in solidarity activities, which could enable them to express their commitment to the benefit of communities while acquiring useful experience, skills and competences for their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, thereby improving their employability. Those activities shwould also support the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and worka multicultural exchange among young volunteers.
Amendment 37 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Traineeships and jobs in solidarity- related areas can offer additional opportunities for young people to make a start on the labour market while contributing to addressing key unmet societal challenges and to strengthening local communities. This can help foster the employability and, productivity and personal development of young people while easing their transition from education to employment, which is key to enhancing their chances on the labour market. The traineeship activities offered under the European Solidarity Corps follow the quality principles outlined in Council Recommendation on establishing a Quality Framework for Traineeships21. The traineeships and jobs offered constitute a stepping stone for young people to enter the labour market and are accompanied by adequate post-activity support. The traineeship and job activities are facilitated by relevant labour market actors, in particular public and private employment services, social partners and Chambers of Commerce, and are remunerated by the participating organisation. As participating organisations, they should apply for funding via the competent implementing body of the European Solidarity Corps in view of intermediating between the young participants and employers offering traineeship and job activities in solidarity sectors. __________________ 21 Council Recommendation of 15 March 2018 on a European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships (OJ C 153, 2.5.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 82 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘traineeship’ means a paid solidarity activity for a period from two to six months, renewable once and for a maximum duration of 12 months, that is offered and paid by the participating organisation hosting the European Solidarity Corps participant;
Amendment 83 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘job’ means a paid solidarity activity for a period from 23 to 12 months, that is offered and paid by the participating organisation employing the European Solidarity Corps participant; , not replacing or substituting for an existing employment opportunity.
Amendment 105 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) high quality traineeships and jobs, as referred to in Article 8;
Amendment 120 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) high quality traineeships and jobs, as referred to in Article 8;
Amendment 125 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Traineeships and jobs shall include a learning and training component, including online training, language support, insurance, administrative and post-activity support to participants, as well as the validation of the knowledge, skills and competences acquired through their European Solidarity Corps experience.
Amendment 57 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Specific Programme's actions in the 'Open Innovation' pillar should be used to address market failures or sub-optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner, without duplicating or crowding out private financing and have a clear European added value.
Amendment 62 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Reflecting the important contribution that research and innovation should make to address societal challenges in food, agriculture, rural development and the bioeconomy, and to seize the corresponding research and innovation opportunities in close synergy with Common Agricultural Policy, relevant actions under the Specific Programme will be supported with EUR 10 billion for the cluster 'Food and Natural Resources' for the period 2021-2027.
Amendment 64 #
2018/0225(COD)
(a) strengthening Europe’s scientific base and reinforcing and spreading excellence;
Amendment 65 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) fostering open science and ensuring visibility to the public and open access to results and research data;
Amendment 67 #
2018/0225(COD)
(h) supporting the implementation of Union policy priorities, including the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and delivering societal impact;
Amendment 70 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) involving citizens and end-users, civil society organisations and end-users in R&I agenda-setting, including in co-design and co-creation processes;
Amendment 87 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) content of work programmes and their revision as needed for achieving the mission objectives, in co-creation and co- design with stakeholders and the public where relevantcivil society;
Amendment 88 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The EIC Board shall be composed of 15 to 20 high level individuals drawn from various parts of Europe's innovation ecosystem, including entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, investors and, researchers and civil society organisations. It shall contribute to outreach actions, with EIC Board members striving to enhance the prestige of the EIC brand.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Work programmes shall set out, where applicable, the overall amount reserved for blending operations. Work programmes for the different clusters of the 'Global Challenges' pillar shall set out the overall amount (at least 70% of the pillar’s overall expenditure) reserved for projects aiming at delivering societal impact.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 2
Annex I – paragraph 2
The Strategic Planning will promote strong engagement with citizens and civil society organisations at all stages of research and innovation, thein particular in agenda- setting, the co-design and co-creation of knowledge, effective promotion of gender equality, including the integration of the gender dimension in research and innovation content, and will ensure and promote the adherence to the highest ethics and integrity standards.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 5
Annex I – paragraph 5
The Strategic Planning will help to develop and realise the implementation of policy for the relevant areas covered, at EU level as well as complementing policy and policy approaches in the Member States. EU policy priorities, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals, will be taken into consideration during the Strategic Planning process to increase the contribution of research and innovation to the realisation of policy. It will also take into account foresight activities, studies and other scientific evidence and take account of relevant existing initiatives at EU and national level.
Amendment 109 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 8
Annex I – paragraph 8
In the implementation of Horizon Europe, particular attention will be paid to ensuring a balanced and broad approach to research and innovation, which is not only limited to the development of new products processes and services on the basis of scientific and technological knowledge and breakthroughs, but also incorporates the use of existing technologies in novel applications and continuous improvement and non-technological and social innovation. A systemic, cross-disciplinary, cross-sectoral and cross-policy approach to research and innovation will ensure that societal challenges can be tackled while also, where in line with sustainable development, giving rise to new competitive businesses and industries, fostering competition, stimulating private investments and preserving the level playing field in the internal market.
Amendment 111 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 14
Annex I – paragraph 14
Horizon Europe will provide dedicated support for open access to scientific publications and to research data, to knowledge repositories and other data sources. Dissemination and knowledge diffusion actions will be supported, also from cooperation with other EU programmes, including clustering and packaging results and data in languages and formats for target audiences and networks for citizens, industry, public administrations, academia, civil society organisations, and policy makers. For this purpose, Horizon Europe may make use of advanced technologies and intelligence tools.
Amendment 113 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – paragraph 4
Annex I – part II – paragraph 4
The EU will benefit as user and producer of technologies and industries showcasing how modern industrialised, sustainable inclusive, open and democratic society and economy can function and develop in a way that contributes to sustainable development and people's wellbeing. The growing economic-environmental-social examples of the sustainable industrial economy of the future will be fostered and boosted, be they for: health and well-being for all; or resilient inclusive and secure societies; or available clean energy and mobility; or a digitised economy and society; or a transdisciplinary and creative industry; or space marine or land-based solutions; or food and nutrition solutions; sustainable use of natural resources climate protection and adaptation, all generating wealth in Europe and offering higher quality jobs. Industrial transformation will be crucial.
Amendment 115 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – paragraph 6
Annex I – part II – paragraph 6
Clusters will focus on addressing societal changes, and will develop and apply digital, key enabling and emerging technologies as part of a common strategy to promote sustainable development and the EU's industrial leadership. Where appropriate this will use EU space-enabled data and services.
Amendment 119 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Health research and innovation research and innovation have played a significant part in this achievement but also in improving productivity and quality in the health and care industry. However, the EU continues to face novel, newly emerging or persisting challenges that are threatening its citizens and public health, the sustainability of its health care and social protection systems, as well as the competitiveness of its health and care industry. Major health challenges in the EU include: the lack of effective health promotion and disease prevention; the rise of non-communicable diseases; the spread of antimicrobial drug resistance and the emergence of infectious epidemics; increased environmental pollution; the persistence of health inequalities among and within countries affecting disproportionally people that are disadvantaged or in vulnerable stages of life; the detection, understanding, control, prevention and mitigation of health risks in a rapidly changing social, urban and natural environment; high prices of some new health technologies; the increasing costs for European health care systems and the progressive introduction of personalised medicine approaches and digitalisation in health and care; and the increasing pressure on the European health and care industry to remain competitive in and by developing health innovation vis-a- vis new and emerging global players.
Amendment 136 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– TAccessible and affordable technologies for assessing hazards, exposures and health impact of chemicals, pollutants and other stressors, including climate-related and environmental stressors, and combined effects of several stressors;
Amendment 143 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
– TAccessible and affordable treatments or cures, including both pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments;
Amendment 150 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
– VAccessible and affordable vaccines, diagnostics, treatments and cures for infectious diseases, including co- morbidities and co-infections;
Amendment 152 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– Trans-border aspects of infectious diseases and specific challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as neglected tropical diseases, AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Poverty-related and neglected diseases need to be tackled in a comprehensive approach based on partnership with Member States and affected regions.
Amendment 156 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.5 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.5 – paragraph 1
Health technologies and tools are vital for public health and contributed to a large extent to the important improvements achieved in the quality of life, health and care of people, in the EU. It is thus a key strategic challenge to design, develop, deliver and implement suitable, trustable, safe, and cost-effectivffordable and accessible tools and technologies for health and care, taking due account of the needs of people with disabilities and the aging society. These include artificial intelligence and other digital technologies, offering significant improvements over existing ones, as well as stimulating a competitive and sustainable health-related industry that creates high-value jobs. The European health-related industry is one of the critical economic sectors in the EU, accounting for 3% of GDP and 1.5 million employees.
Amendment 158 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 6 a (new)
– Implementation research involving citizens and end-users (e.g. patients and/or clinicians).
Amendment 167 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 9 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 9 a (new)
– Implementation research involving citizens and end-users (e.g. patients and/or clinicians).
Amendment 221 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Modelling, micro-economic evaluation, risk assessment methodologies, quality assurance tools for measurements, design of monitoring schemes, indicators and scoreboards, sensitivity analysis and auditing, lifecycle assessment, data and text mining, (big) data analytics and applications, design thinking, horizon scanning, anticipation and foresight studies, behavioural research, civil society and stakeholders and citizen engagement, including addressing barriers to civil society engagement in R&;I agenda- setting and monitoring and evaluation, mainstreaming Responsible Research and Innovation;
Amendment 227 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2
The EU must also aim to develop ecosystems that support social innovation and public sector innovation, including social interactions, in addition to innovation in private enterprises. Indeed, the government sector must innovate and renew itself in order to be able to support the changes in regulation and governance required to support the large-scale deployment of new technologies and a growing public demand for the more efficient and effective delivery of services. Social innovations are crucial to enhance the welfare of our societies.
Amendment 39 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The conception and design of the Programme should respond to the need for establishing a critical mass of supported activities, throughout the EU Union and through international cooperation, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Programme implementation should reinforce the pursuit of this aim.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The pillar 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness' should determine research priorities based on societal needs, and should be established through clusters of research and innovation activities, in order to maximise integration across the respective work areas while securing high and sustainable levels of impact in relation to the resources that are expended. It will encourage cross- disciplinary, cross-sectoral, cross-policy and cross-border collaboration in pursuit of the UN SDGs and the competitiveness of the Union's industries therein. Suitable, safe, effective and affordable innovative technologies should be prioritised in all six areas of intervention identified in the framework of this pillar.
Amendment 46 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The research agenda will be set in close liaison with civil society. Civil society should contribute to the perspectives and priorities established through the strategic planning process. To facilitate this, a structured dialogue will be established with civil society to support their engagement in the strategic planning. Engagement by civil society across the programme should see its participation in the actions supported at levels which improve upon those under the previous framework programme Horizon 2020 established by Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The policy objectives of this Programmee 'Open Innovation' pillar will be also addressed through financial instruments and budgetary guarantee under the policy windows of the InvestEU Fund. Financial support should be used to address market failures or sub- optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and actions should not duplicate or crowd out private financing or distort competition in the Internal market. Actions should have a clear European added value.
Amendment 80 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'research infrastructures' mean facilities that provide resources and services for the research communities to conduct research and foster innovation in their fields. This definition includes the associated human resources, and it covers major equipment or sets of instruments; knowledge-related facilities such as museums, collections, archives or scientific data infrastructures; computing systems, communication networks, and any other infrastructure, of a unique nature and open to external users, essential to achieve excellence in research and innovation. Where relevant, they may be used beyond research, for example for education or public services and they may be 'single sited', 'virtual' or 'distributed';
Amendment 86 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to support the creation and diffusion of high-quality new knowledge, skills, and technologies and solutions tocontribute to addressing global challenges;
Amendment 89 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to strengthen the impactrole of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing Union policies, and support thein particular the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement, and support the equitable access to and uptake of innovative solutions in industry and society to address global challenges;
Amendment 92 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to foster all forms of innovation, including breakthrough innovation, and strengthen market deployment of knowledge and innovative solutions;
Amendment 186 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d – paragraph 1 a (new)
guarantee and fulfil human rights obligations in their territory and bordering states.
Amendment 192 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Proposals shall be systematically screened to identify those actions raising complex or serious ethics issues and submit them to an ethics assessment. The ethics assessment shall be carried out by the Commission unless it is delegated to the funding body. For actions involving the use of human embryonic stem cells or human embryos, an ethics assessment shall be mandatory. Ethics screenings and assessments shall be carried out with the support of ethics experts. The Commission and the funding bodies shall ensure the transparency of the ethics procedures as much as possible.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) societal, scientific and/or economic impact;
Amendment 199 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Unless the work programme provides otherwise, proposals shall include a plan for the exploitation and dissemination of the results. If the expected exploitation entails developing, creating, manufacturing and marketing a product or process, or in creating and providing a service, the plan shall include a strategy for such exploitation and outline how such product would be made accessible and affordable. If the plan provides for exploitation primarily in non-associated third countries, the legal entities shall explain how that exploitation is still in the Union interest.
Amendment 200 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) In areas of high societal impact, such as health and climate, non-exclusive or equitable license agreements should be promoted as technology transfer agreements in order to encourage competition and foster R&I. If exclusivity is necessary to attract investors, the technology transfer agreements should include provisions ensuring the availability and affordability of potential products or processes resulting from the project. The transferring institution should be encouraged to maintain rights to amend or revoke the agreement should the agreement result in unsatisfactory access to the potential end product.
Amendment 207 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1
Through the following activities, this pillar will, in line with Article 4, strengthen the impact of research and innovation in achieving sustainable development by addressing global societal challenges as embodied by the Sustainable Development Goals, in developing, supporting and implementing Union policies, and support the uptake of innovative solutions in industry and society to address global challenges. It will also contribute to the other Programme's specific objectives as described in Article 3.
Amendment 211 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – introductory part
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – introductory part
(a) Cluster 'Health': Improving and protecting the health of citizens at all ages, by developing innovative, accessible and affordable solutions to prevent, diagnose, monitor, treat and cure diseases; mitigating health risks, protecting populations and promoting good health; making public health systems more cost- effective, equitable and sustainable; and supporting and enabling patients' participation and self-management.
Amendment 223 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point c – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point c – paragraph 1
Areas of intervention: Manufacturing technologies; Digital technologies; Advanced materials; Artificial intelligence and robotics; Next generation internet; High performance computing and Big Data; Circular industries; Low carbon and clean industry; Space; Maritime industry
Amendment 226 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point d – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point d – paragraph 1
Areas of intervention: Climate science and solutions; Energy supply; Energy systems and grids; Buildings and industrial facilities in energy transition; Healthy and energy efficient buildings; Communities and cities; Industrial competitiveness in transport; Clean transport and mobility; Smart mobility; Energy storage.
Amendment 235 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1
Through the following activities, this part will, in line with Article 4, optimise the Programme's delivery for increased impact within a strengthened European Research Area. It will also support the Programme's other specific objectives as described in Article 3. While underpinning the entire Programme, this part will support activities that engage civil society and contribute to a more knowledge-based and innovative and gender-equal Europe, at the front edge of global competition, thereby optimising national strengths and potential across Europe in a well- performing European Research Area (ERA), where knowledge and a highly skilled workforce circulate freely, and where citizens and civil society are engaged in setting the research and innovation agenda so that the Programme delivers benefit to society as a whole and the outcomes of R&I are understood and trusted by informed citizens and benefit society as a whole, and where EU policy, notably R&I policy, is based on high quality scientific evidence.
Amendment 238 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
(c) Transparency and openness of the European Partnership as regards the identification of priorities and objectives, and the involvement of partners and stakeholders from different sectors, including civil society and international ones when relevant;
Amendment 239 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d – indent 1
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d – indent 1
– identification of measurable expected outcomes, deliverables and impacts within specific timeframes, including key societal impact and economic value for Europe;
Amendment 241 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e – paragraph 1
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e – paragraph 1
In the case of institutionalised European Partnerships, the financial and/or in-kind, contributions from partners other than the Union, will at least be equal to 50% and may reach up to 75% of the aggregated European Partnership budgetary commitments. For eachvery institutionalised European Partnership, a share of the contributions from partners other than the Union wishall be in the form of financial contributions, with the exception of low- and middle-income country partners.
Amendment 244 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 4
Annex V – paragraph 4
The Programme is expected to have societal impact by addressing EU policy priorities through R&I, delivering benefits and impact through R&I missions and strengthening the uptake of innovation in society through CSO and citizens involvement. Progress towards this impact will be monitored through proxy indicators set along the following four key impact pathways.
Amendment 145 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Union legislation should provide that Member States should set requirements in terms of minimum area for receiving decoupled payments in their CAP Strategic Plan. Such requirements should relate to the need to avoid the excessive administrative burden caused by managing numerous payments of small amounts and to that of ensuring an effective contribution of the support to the objectives of the CAP to which the decoupled direct payments contribute. In order to guarantee a minimum level of agricultural income support for all genuine farmers, as well as to comply with the Treaty objective in ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, an annual area-based decoupled payment should be established as the type of intervention ‘basic income support for sustainability’. In order to enhance better targeting of this support, the payment amounts can be differentiated, by groups of territories, based on socio-economic and/or agronomic conditions. In view of avoiding disruptive effects for farmers' income, Member States may choose to implement the basic income support for sustainability based on payment entitlements. In this case, the value of payment entitlements before any further convergence should be proportional to their value as established under the basic payment schemes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, taking also into account the payments for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. Member States should also achieve further convergence in order to continue to move progressively away fromIn order to guarantee a minimum level of agricultural income support for all genuine farmers, as well as to comply with the Treaty objective in ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, an annual area-based decoupled payment should be established as the type of intervention ‘basic income support for sustainability’. Member States should achieve full convergence by 2023 in order to end historical values.
Amendment 557 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(fa) best practice agroforestry methods on both agricultural and forestlands;
Amendment 576 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall reduce theintroduce an upper limit to cap the maximum amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceedingat EUR 60 000 as follows:
Amendment 585 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 590 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 593 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 599 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) by 100 % for the amount exceeding EUR 1060 000.
Amendment 601 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Amendment 605 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 608 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 612 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 616 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 625 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The estimated product of the reduction of payments shall primarily be used to contribute to the financing of the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability and thereafter of other interventions belonging to decoupled direct payments.
Amendment 638 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 644 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Amendment 645 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall, by claim year 20261 at the latest, set a maximum level for the value of payment entitlements for the Member State or for each group of territories defined in accordance with Article 18(2).
Amendment 646 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. Where the value of payment entitlements as determined in accordance with paragraph 1 is not uniform within a Member State or within a group of territories as defined in accordance with Article 18(2), Member States shall ensure a convergence of the value of payment entitlements towards a uniform unit value by claim year 20263 at the latest.
Amendment 647 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. For the purposes of paragraph 4, Member States shall ensure that, for claim year 20262 at the latest, all payment entitlements have a value of at least 75% of the average planned unit amount for the basic income support for claim year 20263 as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan transmitted in accordance with Article 106 (1) for the Member State or for the territories as defined in accordance with Article 18(2).
Amendment 650 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall finance the increases in the value of payment entitlements needed to comply with paragraphs 4 and 5 by using any possible product resulting from the application of paragraph 3, and, where necessary, by reducing the difference between the unit value of payment entitlements determined in accordance with paragraph 1 and the average planned unit amount for the basic income support for claim year 20263 as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan transmitted in accordance with Article 106 (1) for the Member State or for the territories as defined in accordance with Article 18(2).
Amendment 651 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Member States may decide to apply the reduction to all or part of the payment entitlements with a value determined in accordance with paragraph 1 exceeding the average planned unit amount for the basic income support for claim year 20261, as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan transmitted in accordance with Article 106 (1) for the Member State or for the territories as defined in accordance with Article 18(2).
Amendment 653 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 7
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. The reductions referred to in paragraph 6 shall be based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria. Without prejudice to the minimum set in accordance with paragraph 5, such criteria may include the fixing of a maximum decrease that may not be lower than 30%.
Amendment 654 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that payment entitlements to a payment, including in the case of actual or anticipated inheritance, be activated only in the Member State or within the group of territories defined in accordance with Article 18(2) where they were allocated.
Amendment 655 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Amendment 657 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States shall use their reserve as a matter of priority to allocate payment entitlements to the following farmers:
Amendment 662 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall allocate payment entitlements to, or increase the value of the existing payment entitlements of genuine farmers who are entitled by virtue of a definitive court ruling or by virtue of a definitive administrative act of the competent authority of a Member State. Member States shall ensure that those genuine farmers receive the number and value of payment entitlements established in that ruling or act at a date to be fixed by the Member State.
Amendment 664 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 8
Article 22 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall fix the value of new payment entitlements allocated from the reserve at the national average value of payment entitlements in the year of allocation or at the average value of payment entitlements for each group of territories defined in accordance with Article 18(2) in the year of allocation.
Amendment 665 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 9
Article 22 – paragraph 9
9. Member States may decide to increase the value of the existing payment entitlements up to the national average value in the year of allocation or up to the average value for each group of territories defined in accordance with Article 18(2).
Amendment 666 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24
Article 24
Amendment 683 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. The amount per hectare planned for a given claim year shall not exceed the national average amount of direct payments per hectare for that claim yearMember States must ensure beneficiaries can claim the higher support rate, of the redistributive payment, for at least the first 15 hectares declared.
Amendment 704 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall 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. Beneficiaries of basic income support shall, as a condition, participate in at least one eco-scheme under the first pillar of the CAP, in order to be eligible for basic income support. These schemes shall be entry-level.
Amendment 32 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordinationArticle 151 TFEU and the rights enshrined isn the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union fundingrevised European Social Charter (ETS No. 163) set the framework for the Union’s and Member States’ strategies implementing the ESF+. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the addedsocial value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevant.
Amendment 37 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Council of […] adopted revised guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States to align the text with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with a view to improving Europe’s competitiveness and making it a better place to invest, create jobs and foster social cohesion. In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF+ with the Union’s objectives of these guidelines, particularly as regards employment, education, training and the fight against social exclusion, poverty and discrimination, the ESF+ should support Member States, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines and relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and, where appropriate, at national level, the national reform programmes underpinned by national strategies. The ESF+ should also and contribute to relevant aspects of the implementation of key Union initiatives and activities, in particular the “Skills Agenda for Europe” and, the European Education Area and the Action Plan on the integration of third-country nationals, relevant Council Recommendations and other initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, Upskilling Pathways and on Integration of the long- term unemployed.
Amendment 43 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) On 20 June 2017, the Council endorsed the Union response to the ‘UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ - a sustainable European future. The Council underlined the importance of achieving sustainable development across the three dimensions (economic, social and environmental), in a balanced and integrated way. It is vital that sustainable development is mainstreamed into all Union internal and external policy areas, and that the Union is ambitious in the policies it uses to address global challenges. The Council welcomed the Commission Communication on “Next steps for a sustainable European future” of 22 November 2016 as a first step in mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals and applying sustainable development as an essential guiding principle for all Union policies, including through its financing instruments. The ESF+ contributes to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals to halve relative poverty and eradicate extreme forms of poverty (goal 1); quality and inclusive education (goal 4), promoting gender equality (goal 5), promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all (goal 8), and reducing inequality (goal 10).
Amendment 50 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threatimpact of austerity policies, the management of migration, clean energy transition, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevant skills, making growth more inclusive and by improving employment and social policies, including in view of labour mobility.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Member States should be committed to gender budgeting with fixed target values (share of funds at programme level for women) within the framework of budget management and evaluation of their operational programmes. Gender budgeting is an important instrument of equal opportunities policy in order to make gender gaps in equal participation transparent in the ESF+, thereby strengthening gender equality in the ESF+.
Amendment 115 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poorRoma, working poor, homeless persons, persons with disabilities, third country nationals, asylum seekers and refugees, and all other people facing multiple social challenges. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcare and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility, inclusiveness and comprehensive coverage.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The ESF+ should contribute to the reduction of poverty by supporting national schemes aiming to alleviate food and material deprivation and promote social integration of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion and the most deprived. With a view that at Union level at least 4% of the resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management supports the most deprived, Member States should allocate at least 24% of their national resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to address the forms of extreme poverty with the greatest social exclusion impact, such as homelessness, child poverty and food deprivation. Due to the nature of the operations and the type of end recipients, it is necessary that simpler rules apply to support which addresses material deprivation of the most deprived.
Amendment 130 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In order to eradicate poverty and ensure greater social inclusion, the ESF+ should promote the active participation of specialised social NGOs and organisations representing and working with people living in poverty in the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the programmes dedicated to this.
Amendment 138 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 152 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To ensure that the social dimension of Europe as set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights is duly put forward and that a minimum amount of resources is targeting those most in need Member States should allocate at least 2530% of their national ESF+ resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to fostering social inclusion.
Amendment 207 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) ESF + lays down provisions intended to achieve freedom of movement for workers on a non-discriminatory basis by ensuring the close cooperation of the centralwith high-quality social conditions and on a non-discriminatory basis. The public employment services of Member States with one anoth, the social partners and with the Commission should work closely together. The European network of employment services should promote a better functioning of the labour markets by facilitating the cross-border mobility of workers and a greater transparency of information on the labour ma, together with social partners, should promote high-quality social conditions and easy access to information for mobile worketrs. The ESF+ scope also includes developing and supporting targeted mobility schemes with a view to filling high-quality vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified. Furthermore, the scope of the ESF + covers cross-border partnerships between regional public employment services and social partners and their activities to promote voluntary and fair mobility, as well as transparency and integration of cross-border labour markets through information, advice and placement. In many border regions they play an important role in the development of a genuine European labour market.
Amendment 240 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
(7a) 'Cross-border partnerships' in the employment and social innovation strand mean permanent structures of cooperation between public employment services and social partners in border areas of at least two countries
Amendment 245 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) 'most deprived persons' means natural persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups composed of such persons, whose need for assistance has been established according to their living situation (such as homelessness) or to the objective criteria set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders, while avoiding conflicts of interest and which are approved by those national competent authorities and which may include elements that allow the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas;
Amendment 263 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) 'social innovations' mean collective activities that are social both as to their ends and their means and in particular those which relate to the development and implementation of new ideas (concerningtesting, validation, implementation and scaling of new products, services and, models) that simultaneously meet social needs and create new social relationships or collaborations, thereby benefiting or practices, or a combination of these, that meet social needs and resolve societal challenges, and simultaneously create new social relationships or collaborations between public, third sector organisations like voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, mutuals and cooperatives, and private organisations, thereby empowering civil society actors and boosting itstheir capacity to act;
Amendment 264 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) 'social experimentations' mean policy interventions that offer anthe testing and comparative evaluation of well-designed innovative responses to social needs, implemented on a small scale and in conditions that enable their impact to be measured, prior to being implemented in other geographical or sectoral contexts or on a larger scale, if the results prove convincingadvantages over current practices;
Amendment 284 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to achieve high employment levels, faircomprehensive social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017.
Amendment 290 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The ESF+ shall support, complement and add value to the policies of the Member States to ensure equal opportunities, non- discrimination, equal access to the labour market, fairhigh-quality working conditions, comprehensive social protection and inclusion for all, and a high level of human health protection.
Amendment 308 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improving access to high quality employment of all jobseekers, in particular youth and, women, persons with disabilities, people with chronic and long-term conditions, long-term unemployed, and of inactive people, and promoting self-employment and the social economy;
Amendment 323 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participationgender equality in all areas, including women’s labour market participation offering a living wage and the principle of equal pay for equal or comparable work, a better work/life balance including equal access to childcarinclusive and non-segregated quality early childhood education and care and to other community-based care services for persons with disabilities and older people, a healthy and well–adapted working environment addressing health risks, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 333 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) improving the quality, effectiveness and labour market relevancescope and inclusiveness of education and training systems, to support acquisition of key competences including digital skills;
Amendment 346 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
(v) promoting equal access to and completion of, quality non-segregated and inclusive education and training, in particular for disadvantaged groups, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training, and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, including facilitating learning mobility for all;
Amendment 356 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) fostering active inclusion with a view to promoting equal opportunities, non-discrimination and active participation, and improving employability;
Amendment 362 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) promoting long-term socio- economic integration of third country nationals and of marginalised communities such as the Roma;
Amendment 391 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) EUR 761 000919 469 000 for the implementation of the Employment and Social Innovation strand;
Amendment 397 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The resources referred to in paragraph 4(a) shall be at least EUR 70 000 000 for cross-border partnerships between public employment services and social partners and their support services.
Amendment 404 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All programmes implemented under the ESF+ strand under shared management, as well as the operations supported by the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands shall ensure gender equality between men and women throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They support specific targeted actions aimed at increasing the long-term participation of women in working life, and being paid a living wage, and at improving their professional development, combating the feminisation of poverty, reducing gender segregation and gender stereotypes in the labour market, education and training, and to promote a work-life balance for all and equal sharing of caring responsibilities between men and women. They shall also promote equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on sex, nationality, residence status, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also aim to improve accessibility for people with disabilities, as set out in Article 9 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including access to the labour market.
Amendment 411 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall apply to gender budgeting with fixed target values (share of funds at programme level for women) within the framework of budget management and evaluation of their operational programmes.
Amendment 423 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the social challenges identified ion their national, reform programmes, in the European Semester as well as in the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take into accountgional and local level, in accordance with Article 151 TFEU, the revised European Social Charter (ETS No.163) and the principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 438 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as Erasmus, and the Asylum and Migration Fund and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation to deliver coherent and streamlined support actions.
Amendment 447 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 459 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall allocate at least 2530% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives for the social inclusion policy area set out in points (vii) to (xi) of Article 4(1), including the promotion of the socio- economic integratclusion of third country nationals.
Amendment 467 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the minimum allocation of at least 30% of the ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives vii) – x) of Article 4(1), Member States shall allocate at least 24% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objective of addressing social inclusion of the most deprived and/or material deprivation as set out in points (x) and (xi) of Article 4(1).
Amendment 474 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 495 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequat, in accordance with Article 6 of the Common Provisions Regulation1 and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/20142, meaningful and inclusive participation of social partners and, civil society organisations in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management.and representatives of beneficiaries in the preparation, programming, management, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management. 1 Regulation (EU) No ... / ... of ... 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 (OJ ..., …, p. ...). 2 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L74, 14.3.2014, p. 1)
Amendment 510 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amountt least 2% of the of ESF+ resources under shared management in each programme for the capacity building of local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society organisations at national and European level.
Amendment 518 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
The resources referred to in Article 7(4) shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme. The co-financing rate for this priority or programme is set at 85%.
Amendment 531 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Amendment 536 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Amendment 549 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall support actions of social innovation and social experimentations, and/or strengthen bottom-up approaches based on partnerships involving public authorities, the private sectorsocial partners, social enterprises, and civil society such as the Local Action Groups designing and implementing community-led local development strategies.
Amendment 560 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. At least 5% of the ESF+ resources at national level, other than for technical assistance, shall be allocated to the priorities established under this Article.
Amendment 561 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. In order to build up the innovation capacity of relevant stakeholders (such as national, regional or local authorities, civil society and social economy organisations, social partners, cooperatives and local action groups) the dedicated priorities will provide resources for funding social innovation resource and competence platforms with the mission to effectively assist in the design, preparation, implementation, evaluation, adaptation or replication of innovative actions.
Amendment 574 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Amendment 589 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The food and/or basic material assistance may be provided directly to the most deprived persons or indirectly through electronic vouchers or cards, provided that they can only be redeemed against food and/or basic material assistance as set out in Article 2(3) and are not replacing any existing social benefit or affecting the eligibility to receive social benefits in the future.
Amendment 595 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The delivery of food and/or material assistance mayshall be complemented with re-orientation towards competent services and other accompanying measures aiming at the social inclusion of the most deprived persons.
Amendment 607 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the costs of accompanying measures undertaken by or on behalf of beneficiaries and declared by the beneficiaries delivering the food and/or basic material assistance to the most deprived persons at a flat- rateminimum of 5% of the costs referred to in point (a).
Amendment 612 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Priorities addressing material deprivation shall use common output and result indicators, as set out in Annex II to this Regulation to monitor progress in implementation. These programmes may also use programme-specific indicators. Reporting requirements shall be kept as simple as possible.
Amendment 614 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. By 30 June 2025 and 30 June 2028, Managing Authorities shall report to the Commission the results of a structured anonymous survey of the end recipients carried out during the previous year, focusing on their living conditions and the nature of their material deprivation. This survey shall be based on the model which shall be established by the Commission by means of an implementing act.
Amendment 619 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to support social experimentations in the fields referred to in Article 4 and build up the stakeholders' capacity to prepare and design, implement, transfer or upscale the tested social policy innovations;
Amendment 625 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to provide specific support services to workers, employers and job-seekers with a view to the development of integrated European labour markets, ranging from pre- recruitment preparation to post-placement assistance to fill vacancies in certain sectors, professions, countries, border regions or for particular groups (e.g. vulnerable people);
Amendment 627 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to support cross-border partnerships between public employment services and social partners to promote a cross-border labour market and to promote cross-border mobility under high-quality social conditions in border areas.
Amendment 631 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) to promote the voluntary geographical mobility of workers with high-quality social conditions and increase employment opportunities through the development of high-quality and inclusive labour markets in the Union, which are open and accessible to all, while respecting workers' rights throughout the Union.
Amendment 633 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to support the development of the market eco-system related to the provision of microfinance for micro-enterprises in start-up and development phases, in particular those that employprovide vulnerable people with high-quality working conditions and access to social insurance, in order to help identify and validate examples of good policy practices, such as effective procurement approaches for micro and small-medium organisations;
Amendment 636 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to support networking and transnational cooperation at Union level and strengthen dialogue with and among relevant stakeholders in the fields referred to in Article 4 and contribute to build up the institutional capacity of these stakeholders, including the public employment services (PES), social security institutions, key stakeholders involved in community-led local development strategies, microfinance institutions and institutions providing finance to social enterprises and social economy;
Amendment 641 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to support the development of social enterprises and the emergence of a social investment market, facilitating public and private interactions and the participation of foundations and philanthropic actors in that market;
Amendment 646 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) to provide guidance for the development of social infrastructure (including housing, child care and education and training, health care and long -term care and community-led development strategies) needed for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 648 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to support transnational cooperationidentify and validate social innovations, to scale models and approaches across borders which have proven to generate high impact, and to support transnational cooperation and facilitate mutual policy learning between Member States to accelerate the transfer of, and to facilitate the scaling of, innovative solutions, in particular for the areas of employment, skills and social inclusion, across Europe.
Amendment 655 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) cross-border partnerships and support servicethe structure and activities of cross-border partnerships composed of the public employment services and social partners and the multilingual support services they provide for the information, advice and placement of cross-border commuters, workers, jobseekers and employers in cross-border regions;
Amendment 669 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The eligible actions of cross- border partnerships or stakeholders referred to in paragraph 2 shall be co- financed by the Union at 95% of the total eligible expenditure. Additional financial support will only be granted in the event of sufficiently substantiated exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 672 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25a Governance 1. The Commission shall consult stakeholders within the Union, in particular social partners, civil society organisations and regional and local authorities, on the employment and social innovation work programmes, their priorities and strategic orientation and their implementation. 2. The Commission shall establish the necessary links with the Employment Committee, the Social Protection Committee, the Advisory Committee on Health and Safety at Work, the group of Directors-General for Industrial Relations and the Advisory Committee on Free Movement of Workers to ensure that they are regularly and appropriately informed about progress made in the implementation of the programme. The Commission shall also inform other committees dealing with strategies, instruments and actions relevant to the programme. 3. The results of the actions implemented under the employment and social innovation strand shall be communicated at regular intervals to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, as well as the social partners and the public in order to maximise the impact, sustainability and added value of these results at Union level.
Amendment 701 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall appoint one government representative, one representative of the workers' organisations, one representative of the employers' organisations, one representative of civil society according to Article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 c of the Common Provisions Regulation1 funds and one alternate for each member for a maximum period of seven years. In the absence of a member, the alternate shall be automatically entitled to take part in the proceedings. 1 Regulation (EU) No ... / ... of ... 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 (OJ ..., …, p. ...).
Amendment 707 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF+ Committee shall include one representative from each of the organisations representing workers' organisations and, employers' organisations and social civil society organisations at Union level.
Amendment 725 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
All personal data are to be broken down by gender (female, male, 'non binary'). If certain results are not possiblerelevant, data for those results do not have to be collected and reported. Sensitive personal data can be registered anonymously in case of significantly deprived persons.
Amendment 734 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 743 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
– participants from geographical areas with high levels of poverty and social exclusion
Amendment 747 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
– participants (children, persons with disabilities, persons experiencing mental health problems, homeless people) transitioning from institutional to family and community based care
Amendment 751 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 c (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 c (new)
– participants below 18 years of age
Amendment 755 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – indent 1
Annex I – point 4 – indent 1
– participants in high quality employment, including self-employment, six months after leaving*,
Amendment 764 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II
Annex II
Amendment 768 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II a (new)
Annex II a (new)
Annex II - Common indicators for ESF+ support for addressing material deprivation Output indicators on social inclusion assistance to the most deprived (i) Total number of persons receiving social inclusion assistance; (ii) Total number of persons met during outreach activities and street work; (iii) Total number of consultations; (iv) Total number of referrals to: (a) other low threshold services (e.g. shelters, free medical aid, food distribution, debt counselling etc.) (b) public administration services (e.g. public employment services, social benefit support, housing services etc.).
Amendment 50 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The high functionality and relatively low cost of plastic means that this material is increasingly ubiquitous in everyday life. Its growing use of plastic in short- lived applications, which are not designed for re-use or cost-effective recycling means that related production and consumption patterns have become increasingly inefficient and linear. Therefore, in the context of the Circular Economy Action Plan32 , the Commission concluded in the European Strategy for Plastics33 that the steady increase in plastic waste generation and its leakage into our environment, in particular into the marine environment, must be tackled in order to achieve a truly circular lifecycle for plastics. __________________ 32 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions "Closing the loop – An EU action plan for the Circular Economy" (COM(2015)0614 final). 33 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions "A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy" (COM(2018)28 final).
Amendment 62 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Circular approaches that prioritise non-toxic re-usable products and re-use systems will lead to a reduction of waste generated, and such prevention is at the pinnacle of the waste hierarchy enshrined in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.34 Such approaches are also in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1235 to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. __________________ 34 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3). 35 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015.
Amendment 70 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In the Union, 80 to 85 % of marine litter, measured as beach litter counts, is plastic, with single-use plastic items representing 50 % and fishing-related items representing 27 %. Single-use plastics products include a diverse range of commonly used fast-moving consumer products that are discarded after having been used once for the purpose for which they were provided, are rarely recycled, and are prone to littering. A significant proportion of the fishing gear placed on the market is not collected for treatment. Single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic are therefore a particularly serious problem in the context of marine litter and pose a severe risk to marine ecosystems, biodiversity and, potentially, to human health and are damaging activities such as tourism, fisheries and shipping.
Amendment 74 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Existing Union legislation40 and policy instruments provide some regulatory responses to address marine litter. In particular, plastic waste is subject to overall Union waste management measures and targets, such as the recycling target for plastic packaging waste41 and the recently adopted objective in the Plastics Strategy42 to ensure that all plastic packaging is recyclable by 2030. However, the impact of that legislation on marine litter is not sufficient and there are differences in the scope and the level of ambition amongst national measures to prevent and reduce marine litter. In addition, some of those measures, in particular marketing restrictions for single-use plastic products, may create barriers to trade and distort competition in the Union, further discouraging action at Member State level. __________________ 40 Directive 2008/98/EC, Directive 2000/59/EC, Directive 2000/60/EC, Directive 2008/56/EC and Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1). 41 Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (OJ L 365 31.12.1994, p. 10). 42 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions "A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy" (COM(2018)28 final).
Amendment 77 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) To focus efforts where they are most needed, this Directive should only cover the most commonly found single-use plastics products, which are estimated to represent around 86% of the single-use plastics found, in counts, on beaches in the Union, and also fishing gear. The transition to a circular economy will necessitate a reduction in the overall use of single-use plastics.
Amendment 95 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Single use plastic products can be manufactured from a wide range of plastics. Plastics are usually defined as polymeric materials to which additives may have been added. However, this definition would cover certain natural polymers. Unmodified natural polymers should not be covered as they occur naturally in the environment. Therefore, the definition of polymer in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council43 should be adapted and a separate definition should be introduced for the purposes of this Directive. Plastics manufactured with modified natural polymers, or plastics manufactured from bio-based, fossil or synthetic starting substances are not naturally occurring and should therefore be addressed by this Directive. The adapted definition of plastics should therefore cover polymer-based rubber items and all bio- based and biodegradable plastics regardless of whether they are derived from biomass and/or intended to biodegrade over time. Certain polymeric materials are not capable of functioning as a main structural component of final materials and products, such as polymeric coatings, paints, inks, and adhesives. Those materials should not be addressed by this Directive and should therefore not be covered by the definition. __________________ 43 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 114 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to clearly define the scope of this Directive the term single-use plastic product should be defined. The definition should exclude plastic products that are conceived, designed and placed on the market to accomplish within their lifecycle multiple trips or rotations by being refilled or reused for the same purpose for which they are conceived and are likely used as such.
Amendment 119 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The single-use plastic products should be addressed by one or several measures, depending on various factors, such as the availability of suitable and more sustainable alternatives, the presence of substances of concern, the feasibility to change consumption patterns, and the extent to which they are already covered by existing Union legislation.
Amendment 128 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) For certain single-use plastic products, suitable and more sustainable alternatives are not yet readily available and the consumption of most such single- use plastic products is expected to increase. To reverse that trend and promote effortsmove towards more sustainable solutions Member States should be required to take the necessary measures to achieve a significant reduction in the consumption of those products, without compromising food hygiene or food safety, good hygiene practices, good manufacturing practices, consumer information, or traceability requirements set out in Union food legislation44 . Reductions in overall consumption of single use products is crucial in transitioning to a circular economy. __________________ 44 Regulation (EC) 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p.1-24), Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p.1-54), Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 on materials intended to come into contact and other relevant legislation related to food safety, hygiene and labelling (OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p.4-17).
Amendment 146 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Caps and lids, with a significant part made of plastic, from beverage containers are among the most found single-use plastic items littered on Union beaches. Therefore, beverage containers that are single-use plastic products should only be allowed to be placed on the market if they fulfil specific product design requirements significantly reducing the leakage into the environment of beverage container caps and lids. For beverage containers that are single-use plastic products and packaging, this requirement is an addition to the essential requirements on the composition and the reusable and recoverable, including recyclable, nature of packaging set out in Annex II of Directive 94/62/EEC. In order to facilitate conformity with the product design requirement and ensure a smooth functioning of the internal market, it is necessary to develop a harmonised standard adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council45 and the compliance with that standard should allow presumption of conformity with those requirements. Sufficient time should be envisaged for the development of a harmonised standard and to allow the producers to adapt their production chains in reIn order to ensure the circular use of plastics, the market uptake of recycled materials needs to be safeguarded. Therefore, it is appropriate to introduce a requirement for a mandatory minimum content of recycled plastics in certain products, such as plastic bottles. Beverage containers that are single-use plastion to the implementation of the product design requirementc products should be placed on the market only if they are made with at least 35% non-toxic recycled content by 2025. __________________ 45 Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p.12).
Amendment 153 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Certain single-use plastic products end up in the environment as a result of inappropriate disposal through sewers or other inappropriate release into the environment, leading to substantial damage of sewer networks and added costs for water treatment. Therefore, single-use plastic products that are frequently disposed of through sewers otherwise inappropriately disposed of should be subject to marking requirements. The marking should inform consumers about appropriate waste disposal options and/or waste disposal options to be avoided and/or about the negative environmental and economic impacts of litter as a result of inappropriate disposal. The Commission should be empowered to replace sectoral voluntary labelling by the establishment of a harmonised format for the marking and when doing so should, where appropriate, test the perception of the proposed marking with representative groups of consumers to ensure that it is effective and clearly understandable.
Amendment 170 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) With regard to single-use plastic products for which there are no readily available suitable and more sustainable alternatives at present, Member States should, in line with the polluter pays principle, also introduce extended producer responsibility schemes to cover the full costs of waste management and clean-up of litter as well as the costs of awareness- raising measures to prevent and reduce such litter.
Amendment 174 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The large portion of plastic stemming from abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear containing plastic in marine litter indicates that the existing legal requirements46 do not provide sufficient incentives to return such fishing gear to shore for collection and treatment. The indirect fee system envisaged under Union law on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships takes away the incentive for ships to discharge their waste at sea, and ensures a right of delivery. That system should, however, be supplemented by further financial incentives for fishermen to bring their fishing gear waste, as well as lost fishing gear found at sea, on shore to avoid any potential increase in the indirect waste fee to be paid. As plastic components of fishing gear have a high recycling potential, Member States should, in line with the polluter pays principle, introduce extended producer responsibility for fishing gear containing plastic to facilitate separate collection of waste fishing gear and to finance sound waste management of such fishing gear, in particular recycling. __________________ 46 Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Directive 2000/59/EC and Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 187 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 194 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Directive 2008/98/EC lays down general minimum requirements for extended producer responsibility schemes. Those requirements should apply to extended producer responsibility schemes established by this Directive. This Directive, however, establishes additional extended producer responsibility requirements, for example,notably the requirement on producers of certain single-use plastic products to cover the costs of clean-up of litter, as well as other measures that would be effective in reducing the impact of plastic on the environment and human health.
Amendment 198 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Beverage bottles that are single-use plastic products are one of the most found marine litter items on the beaches in the Union. This is due to ineffective separate collection systems and low participation in those systems by the consumer, overdependence on plastic bottles, and the presence of hazardous substances, which inhibit the uptake of secondary raw materials in plastic bottle production. It is also due to a reluctance on the part of the industry to use recycled material for aesthetic reasons. It is necessary to promote more efficient separate collection systems and therefore, a minimum separate collection target should be established for beverage bottles that are single-use plastic products. Member States should be able to achieve that minimum target by setting separate collection targets for beverage bottles that are single-use plastic products in the framework of the extended producer responsibility schemes or by establishing deposit refund schemes or by any other measure that they find appropriatewill achieve the necessary reduction. This will have a direct, positive impact on the collection rate, the quality of the collected material and the quality of the recyclates, offering opportunities for the recycling business and the market for the recyclate. Reducing single use plastic bottles is also an aim of the revised Drinking Water Directive. By advancing the human right to water, with the provision of safe drinking water through public infrastructure and enhanced consumer confidence in tap water, a reduction in plastic bottles use can be achieved.
Amendment 206 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Pursuant to paragraph 22 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201648 , the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Directive. That evaluation should be based on experience gathered and data collected during the implementation of this Directive and data collected under Directive 2008/56/EC or Directive 2008/98/EC. The evaluation should provide the basis for an assessment of possible further measures and an assessment whether, in view of monitoring of marine litter in the Union, the Annex listing single-use plastic products needs to be reviewed. The evaluation should also consider whether scientific and technical progress that has taken place in the meantime, including the development of biodegradable materials and the development of criteria or a standard for biodegradability of plastics in the marine environment, as foreseen in the European Plastics Strategy, allows the setting of a standard for biodegradation of certain in order to expand the list of single- use plastic products in the marine environment. That standard would include a standard to test if, as a result of physical and biological decomposition in the marine environment, plastics would fully decompose into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water within a timescale short enough for the plastics not to be harmful for marine life and not lead to an accumulation of plastics in the environment. If that is the case, single-use plastic products that meet such a standard could be exempted from the prohibition on placing on the market. While the European Strategy for Plastics already envisages action in this area, it also recognises the challenges in relation to determining a regulatory framework for plastics with biodegradable properties due to different marine conditions across seas. __________________ 48items. There should be no consideration of biodegradability in the review of this Directive. __________________ 48 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1. OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 217 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to prevent and to reduce the impact of certain single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic on the environment, to promote the transition to a circular economy, including the fostering of innovative business models, products and materials, thus also contributing to the efficient functioning of the internal market and on human health, as well as to promote the transition to a circular economy, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives,
Amendment 224 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
The objective of this Directive is to prevent and significantly reduce the impact of certain plastic productplastics on the environment, in particular the aquatic environment, and on human health, as well as to promote the transition to a non-toxic circular economy with innovative business models,through a reduction in productsion and materials, thus also contriconsumption of single use plastics, with sustainable butsing to the efficient functioning of the iness models, non-toxic products and maternial markets.
Amendment 237 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'plastic' means a material consisting of a polymer within the meaning of Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, to which additives or other substances may have been added, and which can function as a main structural component of final products, with the exception of natural polymers that have not been chemically modified;
Amendment 262 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'single-use plastic product' means a product that is made wholly or partly from plastic and that is not conceived, designed or placed on the market to accomplish, within its life span,unlikely to accomplish multiple trips or rotations within its life span by being returned to the producer for refill or re-used for the same purpose for which it was conceived;
Amendment 271 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) 'producer' means any natural or legal person that, manufactures, processes, treats, sells or imports single-use plastic products or fishing gear containing plastic as understood in Article 8(1) of Directive 2008/98. A producer may be qualified as such irrespective of the selling technique used, including distance contracts within the meaning of Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 201150 , places on the market single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic except persons carrying out fishing activities as defined in Article 4(28) of Regulation (EC) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council51 ; __________________ 50 Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 64–88). 51 Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p.22).
Amendment 284 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to achieve a significant50% reduction in the consumption of the single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex on their territory by … [six year2025 and an 80% reduction by 2030. Member States shall establish a baseline by [18 months after the end- date for transposition of this Directive]. Member States shall adopt plans for the achievement of these reductions, including the measures taken.
Amendment 297 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those measures mayshall include national consumption reduction targets, measures ensuring that reusable alternatives to those products are made available at the point of sale to the final consumer, economic instruments such as ensuring that single- use plastic products are not provided free of charge at the point of sale to the final consumer and may include other measures. Those measures may vary depending on the environmental and health impact of the products referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 310 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States shall also take the necessary measures to achieve a 35% reduction by 2025 and a 60% reduction by 2030 in the consumption of the products listed in Part F of the Annex, with baseline as above.
Amendment 318 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission mayshall adopt an implementing act laying down the methodology for the calculation and verification of the significant reduction targets in the consumption of the single-use plastic products referred to in paragraph 1 by ...[12 months before the end date for transposition of this Directive]. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 16(2).
Amendment 325 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall prohibit the placing on market of the single-use plastic products listed in Part B of the Annex. Given that products other than those covered by this Directive are significant contributors to marine litter, the Member State will be empowered to apply to those products the same measures applicable to the items listed in Part B of the Annex. The Member State shall inform the Commission of the adoption of these measures, including their rationale, scientific evidence in support and details on their practical implementation and enforcement.
Amendment 333 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that single-use plastic products listed in Part C of the Annex that have caps and lids with a significant part made of plastic may be placed on the market only if the caps and lids remain attached to the container during the product’s intended use stage.
Amendment 341 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall ensure that, by 2025, the products referred to in paragraph 1 are made with at least 35% of non-toxic recycled content by 2025. By 2022, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down the methodology for the calculation of recycled content. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 16(2) of this Directive
Amendment 344 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of this Article metal caps or lids with plastic seals shall not be considered to have a significant part made of plasticas caps and lids for products in Part C.
Amendment 349 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall request the European standardisation organisations to develop harmonised standards relating tofor the requirement referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 353 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall ensure that the product requirements for all products referred to in this Directive shall prevent the use of hazardous chemicals in their composition.
Amendment 357 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Member States shall ensure that the product requirements for all products referred to in this Directive shall prevent the use of hazardous chemicals in their composition.
Amendment 359 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Articles 16 to 29 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 on market surveillance shall apply to products referred to in paragraph 1 and by the corresponding implementing acts.
Amendment 365 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that each single-use plastic product listed in Part D of the Annex placed on the market bears a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible marking informing consumers of one or moreall of the following:
Amendment 372 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) appropriate waste disposal options for the product oand particular waste disposal means to be avoided for that product if relevant,
Amendment 381 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the presence of plastics in the product. by percentage
Amendment 385 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) the presence of substances of very high concern (SVHC) as laid out in the REACH authorisation list.
Amendment 391 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) a standardised symbol to indicate whether there are non-plastic or reusable alternatives on the market; the Commission shall come forward with a standardised symbol for this purpose by way of an implementing act
Amendment 413 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
With regard to the schemes established pursuant to paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that the producers of the single-use plastic products listed in Part E of the Annex shall cover the costs of the collection of waste consisting of those single-use plastic products and its subsequent transport and treatment, including the costs to clean up litter, the costs of the management of hazardous chemicals in plastics and the costs of the awareness raising measures referred to in Article 10 regarding those products.
Amendment 423 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that extended producer responsibility schemes are established for fishing gear containing plastic placed on the Union market, in accordance with the provisions on extended producer responsibility in Directive 2008/98/EC with the addition of the following requirements: (a) modulate financial contributions to promote the placing on the market of fishing gear designed for reuse and recycling; (b) establish sufficient deposit-refund schemes to encourage the return of fishing gear that is no longer in use; (c) include monitoring, tracking and reporting programmes; and (d) achieve a recycling target of at least 25% for fishing gear by 2025 and 75% by 2030.
Amendment 430 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 431 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. The Commission shall publish guidelines, in consultation with Member States, on modulation of financial contributions referred to in Directive 2008/98/EC (Article 8a (4)) for the plastic products listed in Part E of the Annex. Where necessary to avoid distortion of the internal market, the Commission may adopt implementing acts in order to lay down criteria with a view to the uniform application of point b of paragraph 4 of Article 8a(4) of Directive 2008/98/EC with respect to the schemes established pursuant to Article 8.
Amendment 461 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) the available alternatives that are reusable
Amendment 464 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the impact of litteringplastic and other inappropriate waste disposal of those products and fishing gear containing plastic on the environment, and in particular on the marine environment.
Amendment 472 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall carry out awareness raising measures on alternatives to single- use menstrual products, including through school programmes.
Amendment 474 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States shall ensure that reusable menstrual products are made available widely in their territory, in particular in large retailers and pharmacies, as well as in schools.
Amendment 477 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
The measures that Member States take to transpose and implement Articles 4 to 9 shall comply with Union food law to ensure that food hygiene and food safety are not compromised. Member States shall encourage the use of sustainable, safer alternatives to plastic where possible for materials in contact with food.
Amendment 482 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the data on single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex that have been placed on the Union market each year, to demonstrate the consumption reduction in accordance with Article 4(1) for those items listed under Part A and F, and to establish a baseline and trends for the items listed in Part C, D, E and G;
Amendment 485 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) information on the extended producer responsibility schemes established by Member States for the purposes of Article 8, including (i) the quantity of the products placed in the market and the waste flows resulting from those; (ii) the financial contribution paid by producers of products per unit sold or per tonne of product placed on the market; (iii) and the extent to which the scheme(s) reduce the amount of plastic in residual waste.
Amendment 486 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The data referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph shall be made publically available by [the end date for transposition of this Directive] and updated annually within 12 months from the end of the reference year for which it is collected. Where possible, spatial data services as defined in Article 3(4) of Directive 2007/2/EC shall be used to present those data sets.
Amendment 488 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission mayshall adopt implementing acts laying down the format for the data set, information and data referred to in paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 16(2).
Amendment 494 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive by … [sixfour years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive]. The evaluation shall be based on the information available in accordance with Article 13. Member States shall provide the Commission with any additional information necessary for the purposes of the evaluation and the preparation of the report referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 495 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. That report shall also indicate whether:indicate whether the Annex listing single-use plastic products needs to be reviewed to include other single-use plastic items.
Amendment 497 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 501 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 509 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 520 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Any review shall not consider criteria or standards for the biodegradability or disintegration in the marine environment of single-use plastic products.
Amendment 542 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part A – indent 2
Annex I – part A – indent 2
— Cups for beverages and their lids
Amendment 576 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 3
Annex I – part B – indent 3
— Plates, bowls and other similar items with the same function
Amendment 587 #
Amendment 600 #
Amendment 672 #
Amendment 674 #
Amendment 712 #
Amendment 714 #
Amendment 33 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Reuse of appropriately treated waste water, for example from public urban waste water treatment plants or public industrial installations, is considered to have a lower environmental impact than other alternative water supply methods, such as water transfers or desalination, but such reuse only occurs to a limited extent in the Union. This appears to be partly due to the lack of common Union environmental or health standards for water reuse, and, as regards in particularto agricultural products in particular , the potential obstacles to the free movement of such products irrigated with reclaimed water.
Amendment 74 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19 a) In order to support the Member States in implementing these measures, the Commission shall establish, in cooperation with the Member States, a Union Water Poverty Observatory, with the aim of promoting the development of common indicators to asses physical and economic access to water, of providing a user-friendly and open access resource that will promote public engagement on the issue of water for all, of facilitating knowledge sharing among stakeholders, as well as of supporting informed decision making at local, national and Union level.
Amendment 75 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19 b) The European Commission in cooperation with Member States and competent authorities must ensure universal and affordable access to such water for all in the Union.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. This regulation aims to ensure water as a public good, freely accessible, as well as a human right for all.
Amendment 87 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. This Regulation must urge National and European institutions, together with the respective civil societies of each Member State, to guarantee access to water and ensure it as a human right in legislation. In addition, the State must guarantee universal access to water for its population, particularly vulnerable and marginalised groups.
Amendment 89 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. 'competent authority' means an public authority or body designated by a Member State to carry out obligations arising from this Regulation;
Amendment 160 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Risk management should comprise identifying and managing risks in a proactive way and incorporate the concept of producing reclaimed water of a quality required for particular uses. The risk assessment should be based on key risk management tasks and should identify any additional water quality requirements necessary to ensure sufficient protection of the environment, human and animal health. Evaluation of risks and responsibilities should also be shared by all stakeholders involved in the water reuse project, from the responsible body of the project until the end-user.
Amendment 170 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) It is necessary to ensure the safe use of reclaimed water, thereby encouraging water reuse at Union level and enhancing public confidence in it. Supply of reclaimed water for particular uses should therefore only be permitted on the basis of a permit, granted by competent authorities of Member States. Where an environmental impact assessment has concluded on the need for certain infrastructure, national timeframes shall be put in place for the delivery of this infrastructure in order to uphold public health and environmental standards. Such timeframes shall take into consideration the timeline for the grant of permits in the Member State, but shall not be longer than 12 months. In order to ensure harmonised approach at Union level, traceability and transparency, the substantive rules for that permit should be laid down at the Union level. However, the details of the procedures for granting permits should be determined by Member States, always ensuring that all preventive measures have been implemented in accordance with the water hierarchy, and taking into account the cost benefit dimension. Member States should be able to apply existing procedures for granting permits which should be adapted to take account of the requirements introduced by this Regulation.
Amendment 179 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The provisions of this Regulation are complementary to the requirements of other Union legislation, in particular with regard to possible health and environmental risks. In order to ensure a holistic approach to addressing possible human and animal health, and environmental risks, the reclamation plant operators and the competent authorities should therefore take into account the requirements laid down in other relevant Union legislation, in particular Council Directives 86/278/EEC, 91/676/EEC20 and 98/83/EC21, Directives 91/271/EEC and 2000/60/EC, notably article 1.b and the obligations set out in articles 5.1 and 8.1.(i) therein, Regulations (EC) No 178/200222, (EC) No 852/200423, (EC) No 183/200524, (EC) No 396/200525 and (EC) 1069/200926 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 2006/7/EC27, 2006/118/EC28, 2008/105/EC29 and 2011/92/EU30 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulations (EC) No 2073/200531, (EC) No 1881/200632 and (EC) 142/201133. __________________ 20 Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1-8). 21 Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32). 22 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1). 23 Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1). 24 Regulation (EC) 183/2005 of the European Parliament and the Council of 12 January 2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene (OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p. 1). 25 Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1) 26 Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1) 27 Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 37) 28 Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration (OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p. 19). 29 Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 84). 30 Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ L 26, 28.1.2012, p. 1). 31 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (OJ L338 22.12.2005, p.1) 32 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs (OJ L 364, 20.12.2006, p. 5) 33 Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1)
Amendment 218 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The purpose of this Regulation is to guarantee that reclaimed water is safe for its intended use, thereby ensuring a high level of protection of human and animal health, and the environment, addressing water scarcity andat reclaimed water operations are done in line with the EU environmental objectives, in particular addressing the resulting pressure on water resources in a coordinated way throughout the Union, thus also contributing to the efficient functioning of the internal market. In order to prevent any possible contamination of water resources used for drinking water purpose, reuse of treated waste water shall not be authorised in catchment areas of aquifers used for drinking water supply.
Amendment 264 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
6. ‘reclamation plant’ meansfacility’ means a part of an urban waste water treatment plant or other plantfacility that further treats urban waste water complying with the requirements set out in Directive 91/271/EEC in order to produce reclaimed water that is fit for a use specified in section 1 of Annex I to this Regulation;
Amendment 271 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. ‘reclamation plantfacility operator’ means a natural or legal person who operates or controls a reclamation plantfacility;
Amendment 290 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
12. ‘point of delivery’ is the point where the reclamation facility operator gives the reclaimed water to the next actor in the chain to supply reclaimed water.
Amendment 291 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
13. ‘point of compliance’ is the point of delivery.
Amendment 297 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Reclamation plantfacility operators shall ensure that reclaimed water destined for a use specified in section 1 of Annex I, shall, at the outlet of the reclamation plant (point of compliance), comply with the following:
Amendment 303 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In order to ensure compliance with the requirements and conditions referred to in paragraph 1, the reclamation plantfacility operator shall monitor water quality in accordance with the following:
Amendment 316 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the purposes of producing and supplying reclaimed water risk management shall be undertaken by the reclamation plant operatorlevant public authority in consultation with the following actors:
Amendment 320 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the operator of the urban waste water treatment plant(s) supplying a reclamation plant with water, if different from the reclamation plantfacility operator;
Amendment 324 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the reclamation facility operator;
Amendment 334 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The elaboration of the Risk Management Plan shall: include an overall environmental and human health risk assessment; ensure stakeholder engagement; define the relevant quality class to be applied.
Amendment 348 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. An operator shall submit an application for the permit referred to in paragraph 1, or for a modification of an existing permit to the competent authority of the Member State in which the reclamation plant operates or is planned to operate. Member States may also decide to apply permit and procedures already existing within their legislation of the granting environmental permits.
Amendment 367 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority shall decide within 3 months from the receipt of the complete application as referred to in point (a) of Article 6(3) whether to grant the permit. Where the competent authority needs more time due to the complexity of the application, it shall inform the applicantassess if all preventive measures have been implemented in accordance with the water hierarchy, taking into account the cost benefit dimension and shall ensure that the new permit will not increase global water use in the reof, indicate the expected date of granting the permigion, but will be a necessary replacement that cand improvide reasons for the extensione ecological status of water bodies.
Amendment 370 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where the competent authority decides to grant a permit, it shallmay apply the already existing timeline set in its national environmental permit system, if appropriate. It shall also determine the conditions applicable, which shall include the following, as applicable:
Amendment 395 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Directives 2003/4/EC and 2007/2/EC and to Article 9.4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall ensure that adequate and up-to- date information on reuse of water is available online to the public. That information shall include the following:
Amendment 457 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
3. Identify the environments, populations and individuals at risk of direct or indirect exposure to the identified potential hazards, taking into account specific environmental factors such as local hydrogeology, topology, soil type and ecology, and factors related to the type of crops and farming practices. Possible irreversible or long-term negative effects of the water reclamation operation have to be considered as well, in particular potential negative impacts on the ecological flows.
Amendment 458 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 1
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 1
Conduct a risk assessment covering both environmental risks and risks to human and animal health, taking into account the nature of the identified potential hazards, the identified environments, populations and individuals at risk of exposure to those hazards and the severity of possible effects of the hazards, the potential impact on the minimum ecological equilibrium, as well as all relevant Union and national legislation, guidance documents and minimum requirements in relation to food and feed and worker safety and environmental objectives. Scientific uncertainty in risk characterisation shall be addressed in accordance with the precautionary principle.
Amendment 460 #
2018/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
i. confirmation of the nature of the hazards, including, where relevant, the dose-response relationship in collaboration with health authorities;
Amendment 2 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council44 aims to protect workers against risks to their health and safety from exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at the workplace. A consistent level of protection from the risks related to carcinogDirective 2004/37/EC lays down the relevant minimum requirements and mutagens is provided for in Directive 2004/37/EC by a framework of general principles to enable Member States to ensure the consistent application of the minimum requiremon the basis of acquired scientific evidence, and is subject to periodic review in order to improve protection from risks arising from carcinogens and mutagents. Binding occupational exposure limit values established on the basis of availablescientific information, including scientific and technical data, economic feasibility, a thorough assessment of the socioeconomic impact and availability of exposure measurement protocols and techniques at the workplace, are important components of the general arrangements for the protection of workers established by Directive 2004/37/EC. The minimum requirements provided for in Directive 2004/37/EC aim to protect workers at Union level. More stringent binding occupational exposure limit values can be set by Member States. __________________ 44 Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 50).
Amendment 4 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Occupational exposure limit values are part of risk management under Directive 2004/37/EC. Compliance with those limit values is without prejudice to other obligations of employers pursuant to Directive 2004/37/EC, such as the reduction of the use of carcinogens and mutagens at the workplace, the prevention or reduction of workers’ exposure to carcinogens or mutagens and the measures which should be implemented to that effect. Those measures should include, as far as it is technically possible, the replacement of the carcinogen or mutagen by a substance, mixture or process which is not dangerous or is less dangerous to workers’ health, the use of a closed system or other measures such as monitoring systems and rotation by time slot, aiming to reduce the level of workers’ exposure. In that context, it is essential to take the precautionary principle into account where there are uncertainties. It is also crucial that health-checks continue to be arranged for workers beyond the periods in which they are exposed to carcinogens and mutagens.
Amendment 5 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) For most carcinogens and mutagens, it is not scientifically possible to identify levels below which exposure would not lead to adverse effects. Therefore, actions to phase down, as soon as possible, all relevant agents classified under categories 1A and 1B in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1272/2008, is necessary. While setting the limit values at the workplace in relation to carcinogens and mutagens pursuant to Directive 2004/37/EC does not completely eliminate risks to the health and safety of workers arising from exposure at work (residual risk), it nonetheless contributes to a significant reduction of risks arising from such exposure in the stepwise and goal- setting approach pursuant to Directive 2004/37/EC. For other carcinogens and mutagens, it may be scientifically possible to identify levels below which exposure is not expected to lead to adverse effects.
Amendment 7 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) This Directive strengthens the protection of workers’ health and safety at their workplace. New limit values should be set out in Directive 2004/37/EC in the light of available information, including new scientific and technical data and evidence-based best practices, techniques and protocols for exposure level measurement at the workplace. That information should, if possible, include data on residual risks to the health of workers, recommendations of the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits (SCOEL) and opinions of the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), as well as opinions of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH). Information related to residual risk, made publicly available at Union level, is valuable for any future work to limit risks from occupational exposure to carcinogens and mutagens. Transparency of such information should be further encouragmust be ensured.
Amendment 11 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) With regard to cadmium, a limit value of 0,001 mg/m3 may be difficult to be complied with in some sectors in the short term. A transitional period of sefiven years should therefore be introduced during which the limit value 0,004 mg/m3 should apply.
Amendment 13 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Beryllium and most inorganic beryllium compounds meet the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and (category 1) as designated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and are therefore carcinogens within the meaning of Directive 2004/37/EC. In addition to carcinogenic properties beryllium is known to provoke chronic beryllium disease (CBD) and beryllium sensitisation (BeS). It is possible, on the basis of the available information, including scientific and technical data, to set a limit value for that group of carcinogens. It is therefore appropriate to establish a limit value for beryllium and inorganic beryllium compounds under the scope of Directive2004/37/EC and to assign a notation for skin and respiratory sensitisation.
Amendment 19 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The limit values set out in this Directive are to be kept under review to ensure consistency with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council50 , in particular to take account of the interaction between limit values set out under Directive 2004/37/EC and derived no effect levels for hazardous chemicals under that Regulation in order to protect workers effectively. Systematic, regular and documented revisions must be implemented on the limit values of existing agents. __________________ 50 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 28 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – paragraph 1 - table
Annex – paragraph 1 - table
Amendment 34 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the council aims to cover substances or mixtures which meet the criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B carcinogen and/or mutagen set out in annex I to Regulation (EC) N° 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) as well as substances, mixtures or process referred to in annex I to this Directive. The substances which meet the criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B carcinogen or mutagen set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) N° 1272/2008 are those with an harmonised classification or a self-classification notified to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). They are listed in the public Classification and Labelling Inventory maintained by ECHA. Substances classified by IARC as carcinogens category 1or 2A are also deemed to meet the criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B carcinogen set out in annex I to Regulation (EC) N° 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. __________________ 1a Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).
Amendment 44 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) There is sufficient evidence of the carcinogenicity of diesel engine exhaust emissions from old diesel engines. New diesel engine technology has changed the quality and quantity of diesel emissions and the associated cancer risks have been reduced but not eliminated. Due to the long transition time to switch from old to new diesel technology, a concomitant exposure to exhaust emissions from old and new diesel engines is expected to occur at work for the many years to come. Diesel engine exhaust emissions are process-generated and consequently they are not subject to classification in accordance with Regulation (EC) N° 1272/2008. On the basis of available information, including scientific and technical data, a limit value for diesel engine exhaust emissions should be established. It is therefore appropriate to include work involving exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in Annex I and to establish a limit value for diesel engine exhaust emissions in Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC. The entries in Annex I and Annex III should cover fumes from all types of diesel engine and thus irrespective of whether the exhaust emissions are from old or new diesel engines.
Amendment 89 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall notify the Commission of the measures taken in accordance with national law and practices to ensure that their competent authorities have a sufficient number of trained staff and other resources necessary to carry out their tasks related to proper and effective implementation of this Directive. This information shall form part of the implementation reports submitted by Member States every five years pursuant to Article 17a of Council Directive 89/391/EEC.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – Part A – table – row 5 a (new)
Annex III – Part A – table – row 5 a (new)
Diesel engine 0.051a exhaust emissions (irrespective of diesel engine types) ____________________ 1a mg/m3 measured as elemental carbone
Amendment 80 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) A European Labour Authority (the ‘Authority’) should be established in order to help strengthen fairness and trustcombat social dumping in the Single Market. To that effect, the Authority should support the Member States and the Commission in strengthening access to information for individuals and, employers and social partners about their rights and obligations in cross- border labour mobility situations as well as access to relevant services, support compliance and cooperation between the Member States to ensure the effective application of the Union law in these areas, and mediate and facilitate a solution in case of cross-border disputes or labour market disruptions.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Authority should perform its activities in the areas of combating abusive practices and social dumping related to cross-border labour mobility and social security coordination, including free movement of workers, posting of workers and highly mobile services. It should also enhance cooperation between Member States in tackling undeclared work. In cases where the Authority, in the course of the performance of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities, including in areas of Union law beyond its scope, such as violations of working conditions, health and safety rules, or the employment of illegally staying third-country nationals, it should be able to report them and cooperate on these matters with the Commission, competent Union bodies, and national authorities where appropriate.
Amendment 107 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Authority should contribute to facilitatingcombating social dumping in relation to the free movement of workers governed by Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council39 , Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and the Council40 and Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and the Council41 . It should facilitate the posting of workers governed by Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and the Council42 and Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and the Council43 , including by supporting the enforcement of those provisions implemented through universally applicable collective agreements in line with the practices of Member States. It should also help the coordination of social security systems governed by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council44 , Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council45 , Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010 of the European Parliament and the Council46 ; as well as Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/7147 and Council Regulation (EC) No 574/7248 . __________________ 39 Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (OJ L 141, 27.5.2011, p. 1). 40 Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 April 2014 on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers (OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 8). 41 Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 April 2016 on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers’ access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013 (OJ L 107, 22.04.2016, p. 1). 42 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1). 43 Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (OJ L 159, 28.05.2014, p. 11). 44 Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, (OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p.1, corrigendum OJ L 200, 7.6.2004, p. 1). 45 Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, (OJ L 284, 30.10.2009, p. 1). 46 Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 extending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 to nationals of third countries who are not already covered by these Regulations solely on the ground of their nationality (OJ L 344, 29.12.2010, p. 1). 47 Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/71 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (OJ L 149, 5.7.1971 p. 2). 48 Council Regulation (EC) No 574/72 of 21 March 1972 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons, and to their families moving within the Community (OJ L 74, 27.3.1972, p. 1).
Amendment 136 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 148 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) For these purposes, the Authority should cooperate with other relevant Union initiatives and networks, in particular the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES)54 , the European Enterprise Network55 , the Border Focal Point56 and SOLVIT57 , as well as with relevant national services such as the bodies to promote equal treatment and to support Union workers and members of their family, designated by Member States under Directive 2014/54/EU, and national contact points designated under Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council58 to provide information on healthcare. The Authority should also explore synergies with the proposed European services e-card59 , notably with regard to those cases in which Member States opt for the submission of declarations regarding posted workers through the e-card platform. The Authority should replace the Commission in managing the European network of employment services (‘EURES’) European Coordination Office established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 2016/589, including the definition of user needs and business requirements for the effectiveness of the EURES portal and related IT services, but excluding the IT provision, and the operation and development of the IT infrastructure, which will continue to be ensured by the Commission. __________________ 54 Decision No 573/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 32). 55 European Enterprise Network, https://een.ec.europa.eu/ 56 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, Boosting growth and cohesion in EU border regions, COM(2017) 534. 57 Commission Recommendation of 17 September 2013 on the principles governing SOLVIT (OJ L 249, 19.9.2011, p. 10). 58 Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45). 59 COM(2016) 824 final and COM(2016) 823 final.
Amendment 205 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Member States, the social partners and the Commission should be represented on a Management Board, in order to ensure the effective functioning of the Authority. The composition of the Management Board, including the selection of its Chair and Deputy-Chair, should respect the principles of gender balance, experience and qualification. In view of the effective and efficient functioning of the Authority, the Management Board, in particular, should adopt an annual work programme, carry out its functions relating to the Authority’s budget, adopt the financial rules applicable to the Authority, appoint an Executive Director, and establish procedures for taking decisions relating to the operational tasks of the Authority by the Executive Director. Representatives from countries other than Union Member States, which are applying the Union rules within the scope of the Authority, may participate in the meetings of the Management Board as observers.
Amendment 216 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The Authority should directly rely on the expertise of relevant stakeholders in the areas under its scope through a dedicated Stakeholder Group. The members should be representatives of Union-level and Member State-level social partners. In carrying out its activities, the Stakeholder Group will take due account of the opinions and draw on the expertise of the Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Social Security Systems established by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and the Advisory Committee on the Free Movement of Workers established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011.
Amendment 267 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The Authority shall assist Member States and the Commission in matters relating to combating social dumping and abusive practices in relation to cross- border labour mobility and the coordination of social security systems within the Union.
Amendment 270 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This regulation shall not in any way affect the exercise of fundamental rights as recognised in the Member States and at Union level, including the right or freedom to strike or to take other action covered by the specific industrial relations systems in Member States, in accordance with national law and/or practice. Nor does it affect the right to negotiate, to conclude and enforce collective agreements, or to take collective action in accordance with national law and/or practice.
Amendment 277 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. This regulation is without prejudice to the diversity of national industrial relations systems as well as the autonomy of social partners as explicitly recognised by the TFEU. Taking part in the activities of the Authority is without prejudice to the Member States' competences, obligations and responsibilities under, inter alia, relevant and applicable International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, such as Convention No 81 concerning Labour Inspection in Industry and Commerce, and to the Member States' powers to regulate, mediate or monitor national industrial relations, in particular on the exercise of the right to collective bargaining and to take collective action.
Amendment 287 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The objective of the Authority shall be to contribute to combating social dumping and ensuring fair labour mobility in the internal market. To this end, the Authority shall:
Amendment 298 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) facilitate access for individuals and, employers and social partners to information on their rights and obligations as well as to relevant services;
Amendment 327 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) mediate and facilitate a solution in cases of cross-border disputes between national authorities or labour market disruptions without prejudice to the diversity of national industrial relations systems as well as the autonomy of social partners and the right to collective bargaining and to take collective action.
Amendment 340 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) facilitate access to information by individuals and, employers and social partners on rights and obligations in cross-border situations as well as access to cross-border labour mobility services, in accordance with Articles 6 and 7;
Amendment 398 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Authority shall improve the availability, quality and accessibility of information offered to individuals and, employers and social partners to facilitate fair labour mobility across the Union, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 589/2016 on EURES and Regulation [Single Digital Gateway – COM(2017)256]. To that end, the Authority shall:
Amendment 415 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) provide relevant information to employindividuals, employers and social partners on labour rules, and the living and working conditions applicable to workers in cross- border labour mobility situations, including posted workers;
Amendment 434 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) support Member States in streamlining the provision of information and services to individuals and, employers and social partners pertaining to cross-border mobility on a voluntary basis, while fully respecting Member States' competences.
Amendment 440 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
Access to cross-border labour mobility 1. services to individuals and employers to facilitate labour mobility across the Union. To that end, the Authority shall: (a) initiatives supporting the cross-border mobility of individuals, including targeted mobility schemes; (b) of job, traineeship, and apprenticeship vacancies with CVs and applications for the benefit of individuals and employers, particularly via EURES; (c) initiatives and networks, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, the European Enterprise Network and the Border Focal Point, in particular to identify and overcomrticle 7 deleted services The Authority shall provide promote the development of enable the cross- border obstacles to labour mobility; (d) competent services at the national level designated in accordance with Directive 2014/54/EU to provide information, guidance and assistance to individuals and employers on cross-border mobility, and the national contact points designated in accordance with Directive 2011/24/EU to provide information on healthcare. 2. EURES European Coordination Office and ensure that it fulfils its responsibilities in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2016/589, except for the technical operation and development of the EURES portal and related IT services, which shall continue to be managed by the Commission. The Authority, under the responsibility of the Executive Director as set out in Article 23(4)(k), shall ensure that this activity fully complies with requirements of the applicable data protection legislation, including the requirement to appoint a Data Protection Officer, in accordance with Article 37.matching cooperate with other Union facilitate cooperation between The Authority shall manage the
Amendment 469 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Authority shall facilitate cooperation between Member States and support their effective compliance with cooperation obligations, including meeting deadlines on information exchange, as defined in Union law within the scope of the Authority’s competences.
Amendment 597 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Concerted and joint inspections and their follow-up shall be carried out in accordance with the national law and/or practice of the Member States concerned and without prejudice to the Member States' competences, obligations and responsibilities under, inter alia, relevant and applicable International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, such as Convention No 81 concerning Labour Inspection in Industry and Commerce.
Amendment 623 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Staff of the Authority may participate be present as an observer during a concerted or joint inspection with the prior agreement of the Member State on whose territory they will be providing their assistance to the inspection.
Amendment 649 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. In the event that the Authority, in the course of concerted or joint inspections, or in the course of any of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities in the application of Union law, including beyond the scope of its competences, it shall report those suspected irregularities to the Commission and authorities in the Member State concerned, where appropriate.
Amendment 660 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Authority shall assess risks and carry out analyses regarding cross-border labour flows, such as labour market imbalansocial dumping, abusive practices, sector-specific threats and recurring problems encountered by individuals and employers in relation to cross-border mobility. For that purpose, the Authority shall ensure complementarity with, and draw on the expertise of, other Union agencies or services, including in the areas of social dumping, skills forecasting and health and safety at work. Upon a request by the Commission, the Authority may carry out focused in-depth analyses and studies to investigate specific labour mobility issues related to social dumping in the internal market.
Amendment 680 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. The Authority shall collect statistical data compiled and provided by Member States in the areas of Union law within the scope of the Authority’s competences. In doing so, the Authority shall seek to streamline current data collection activities in those areas. Where relevant, Article 16 shall apply. The Authority shall liaise with the Commission (Eurostat), Eurofound and European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and share the results of its data collection activities, where appropriate.
Amendment 767 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
At the request of the national authorities, and without prejudice to the autonomy of social partners and the right to collective bargaining and to take collective action, the Authority may facilitate cooperation between relevant stakeholders in order to address labour market disruptions affecting more than one Member State, such as large-scale restructuring events or major projects impacting employment in border regions.
Amendment 800 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall be composed of: (a) one senior representative from each Member State and two representatives of the Commission, all of whom; (b) one member representing employers' organisations from each Member State; (c) one member representing employees' organisations from each member State; (d) one member representing the Commission. All members referred to points (a) to (d) shall have voting rights.
Amendment 811 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Members of the Management Board representing their Member States and their alternates shall be appointed by their respective Member States in light of their knowledge in the fields referred to in Article 1(2), taking into account relevant managerial, administrative and budgetary skills. Members of the Management Board representing the social partners referred to in points (b) and (c) shall be appointed by their respective organisations in the Member States.
Amendment 846 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall elect a Chairperson and a Deputy Chairperson from among the members with voting rights, and shall strive forrespect gender balance. The Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson shall be elected by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Management Board with voting rights.
Amendment 893 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. The Stakeholder Group shall be composed of six representatives of Union- level social partners equally representing trade unions and employer’s organisations,; two representatives from the social partners in each Member State equally representing trade unions and employer's organisation; and two representatives of the Commission.
Amendment 898 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. The members of the Stakeholder Group shall be nominated by their respective organisations and appointed by the Management Board. The Management Board shall also appoint alternate members, in accordance with the same conditions as members, who shall automatically replace any members who are absent or indisposed. To the extent possible, an appropriate gGender balance shall be respected, as well as adequate representation of SMEs.
Amendment 43 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Although the majority of marine litter originates from land-based activities, the shipping industry, including the fishing and recreational sectors, is also an important contributor, with discharges of garbage, including plastic and derelict fishing gear, going directly into the sea. The European Commission estimates that fishing gear containing plastics accounts for 27 % of marine litter items found on European beaches.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The ‘Green Ship’ concept should be further developed and fully implemented in relation to waste management, so that an effective reward system can be implemented for those vessels that reduce their waste on board.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Given the current linear life-cycle of fishing gear in spite of existing legal requirements, the polluter pays principle suggests that extended producer responsibility schemes should be part of the solution of tackling marine litter, by encouraging smart design with high recycling potential and by actively collecting discarded fishing gear at sea.
Amendment 59 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 b (new)
Recital 21 b (new)
(21b) Fishing for litter schemes should be financially supported by Member States so that waste that is already in the sea has a route to becoming recycled or discarded properly without any burden placed on fishermen.
Amendment 85 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In accordance with Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, the master of a fishing vessel calling at a Union port shall report to the competent authority of its flag Member State any losses of fishing gear within 24 hours. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 to supplement this Directive by determining the format for reporting by fishing vessels.
Amendment 90 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a Prevention of lost fishing gear 1. The master of a ship calling at a port in a Member State engaged in fishing operations shall ensure that all reasonable precautions are taken to prevent the loss of fishing gear. 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 to supplement this Directive by defining all reasonable precautions to be taken to prevent the loss of fishing gear.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 b (new)
Article 7 b (new)
Article 7 b Circularity of fishing gear The Commission shall request the European standardisation organisations to develop harmonised standards to ensure the circular design of fishing gear, in particular with respect to preparation for re-use and recyclability, without prejudice to Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Amendment 109 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The fees shall be reduced if the ship’s design, equipment and operation are such that it can be demonstrated that the ship produces reduced quantities of waste, and manages its waste in a sustainable and environmentally sound manner. Fees for a fishing vessel shall also be reduced where, in addition, it can demonstrate that all reasonable precautionary steps have been taken to prevent losses of fishing gear during operations. The Commission shall be empowered by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 19, to define the criteria for determining that a ship meets the requirements stated in this paragraph in relation to the ship’s on-board waste management and all reasonable precautionary steps are taken by fishing vessels.
Amendment 112 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a Fishing for litter initiatives 1. Member States shall establish and maintain a fund to support the collection of passively fished waste from fishing vessels and provide appropriate port facilities. 2. Member States shall inform the Commission of the establishment of their national funds by 31 December ... [two years after adoption], and shall submit reports every two years thereafter on the activities and projects funded under this Article. These reports shall be publicly available.
Amendment 115 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a Extended producer responsibility In order to strengthen the re-use and the prevention, recycling and other recovery of fishing gear, Member States shall establish extended producer responsibility schemes for fishing gear with the minimum requirements set out in Article 8 of Directive 2008/98/EC, including the modulation of fees and deposit-refund systems.
Amendment 125 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) information on losses of fishing gear reported under Article 48 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
Amendment 40 #
2017/2951(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the importance of the Clinical Trials Regulation in stimulating and facilitating research into new vaccinations and ensuring transparency of results of clinical trials; calls on the Commission and the European Medicines Agency to implement the Clinical Trials Regulation without further delay; in particular through setting up the European Portal and Database (EUPD) whose implementation has seen significant delays of over two years;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2951(RSP)
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Further calls upon all parties involved to ensure that the current process of relocating the EMA away from London does not cause any additional disruption or delays to the work of the Agency;
Amendment 110 #
2017/2819(RSP)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Free Trade Agreements Underlines how free trade agreements can often be incompatible with the protection of nature, people and the economy;reminds the Commission to include in the framework of the multilateral trade negotiations the inclusion of ambitious and responsible social and environmental standards.
Amendment 3 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the Commission communication of 31 May 2017 entitled ‘Europe on the Move’ (COM(2017)0283), particularly as regards the need to shift rapidly towards zero-emissions road mobility, intermodality, shared mobility and the development of connected and automated vehicles through the investment in and the integration of infrastructure, energy and digital networks;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ReiteratesNotes that road transport is the main cause of air pollution in cities and contributes to a fifth of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions; recalls the stagnation in decarbonising the transport sector in particular; reiterates how integral the decarbonisation of the transport sector is to fulfilling the EU commitments on the fight against climate change under the Paris Agreement and the UN 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that for this purpose it will be necessary to rapidly increase the use of electro-mobility and alternative fuels, as road transport is responsible for one fifth of EU emissions, and this figure is increasing; underlines the need to improve data collection and reduce the gap between stated decarbonisation targets and real on-road emissions;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the increased use of digital technologies in the implementation of the ‘polluter pays’ principle, such as the electronic toll based on environmental performances of vehicles; states that electronic road tolls should be under public ownership only;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that, according to WHO figures, road transport contributes to air and noise pollution, with a negative impact on citizens’ health, especially in urban areas; encourages the implementation ofcalls for an effective strategy to reduce the level of pollutants such as NOx, NO2 and particulate matter;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the appalling fume exposure experiments conducted on humans and monkeys by the European Research Group of Environment and Health in the Transport Sector (EUGT), a body funded by major car companies; recalls that this is not the first car industry scandal of this kind; calls for all research that informs EU policy to be completely independent from the car industry, including by way of funding and subcontracting;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CNotes that the provision of information to consumers on passenger vehicles is imperative to accelerating decarbonisation in transport; calls for improved information on emissions and fuel consumption of vehicles, with measures such asincluding standardised, visible and clear vehicle labelling, in order to promote cleaner mobility and allow public authorities to make use of ‘green’ public procurement;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that any uptake in electric vehicles will require an alignment of consumer behaviour with consumer attitude; notes both the current financial barriers and the non-financial barriers that consumers face in undertaking an electric vehicle purchase; therefore welcomes the Commission Recommendation C(2017) 3525, while also calling upon the Commission to consider revising the Car Labelling Directive 1999/94/EC;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the general interest paper Volume 38, Issue 1 from January 2018: "The Role of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in the Fight against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)";
Amendment 5 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
Amendment 6 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the proposal of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on veterinary medicinal products (COM(2014)558 final)
Amendment 7 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the January 2017, EFSA and EMA Joint Scientific Opinion on the measures to reduce the use of antimicrobials and the need to use antimicrobials in food producing animals ('RONAFA' opinion);
Amendment 9 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
– having regard to the ECDC- EFSA-EMA publication which investigates the association between consumption of antimicrobials and occurrence of AMR in food-producing animals and in humans; first Joint report 2015 (JIACRA I) and second 2017 (JIACRA II);
Amendment 12 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to ECDC Report 2016 on Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Europe;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
– having regard to the EFSA and ECDC Scientific report from February 2018, entitled “The European Union summary report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food in 2016”1a _________________ 1a http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/ 180227
Amendment 26 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 31 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas prudent antibiotic use and infection prevention and control in all healthcare sectors are cornerstones for effectively preventing the development and transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas vaccinations and rapid diagnostic tools (RDT) have the potential to limit antibiotic abuse; whereas RDT allow healthcare professionals to quickly diagnose a patient with a bacterial or viral infection and, consequently, to reduce the misuse of antibiotics and the risk of resistance developing1a; _________________ 1aWHO Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection (2016), available at: http://www.who.int/gpsc/ssi-guidelines/en/
Amendment 45 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are often dueoccur due to lacking prevention measures which lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria; whereas the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) estimates that approximately 4 million patients acquire a HAI each year in the EU and that approximately 37 000 deaths result directly from these infections;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the lack of access to effective antibiotics in developing countries still causes more deaths than AMR, understanding that actions to address AMR which over-focus on restricting access to antibiotics may exacerbate an already deep crisis in relation to access to medicines, which today causes more than one million deaths in children under five; actions to address AMR must aim to ensure sustainable access for all, meaning access for those in need but excess for none.
Amendment 49 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas active screening programs with RDT have been proven to significantly contribute to the control of HAI and the reduction of the spread within hospitals and between patients1a _________________ 1aCelsus Academie voor Betaalbare zorg. Cost-effectiveness of policies to limit antimicrobial resistance in dutch healthcare organisations. Research report. January 2016. Available at: https://goo.gl/wAeN3L
Amendment 52 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the use of medical devices can prevent Surgical Site Infections and therefore prevent and control the development of AMR1a; _________________ 1aWHO Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection (2016), available at: http://www.who.int/gpsc/ssi-guidelines/en/
Amendment 56 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas drug-resistant TB is the leading cause of death from AMR;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the World Bank in its abovementioned report has warned that by 2050, drug-resistant infections could cause global economic damage on a par with the 2008 financial crisis; and push more than 28 million people into extreme poverty.
Amendment 61 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas AMR must be seen and understood as a threat to both human, animal and planetary health and a direct threat to the achievement of several of the Sustainable Development Goals outlined in the Agenda 2020 on universal sustainable development including, but not limited to, SDG1, SDG2, SDG3 and SDG6.
Amendment 66 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas ECDC/EFSA/EMA are currently working on a joint mandate to provide outcome indicators for consumption of antimicrobials and AMR in food-producing animals and in humans;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the often-cited figure of 25,000 deaths in Europe and related costs of over 1.5 Billion euros owing to AMR dates back to 2007 and that continuously updated information on the real burden of AMR is necessary; emphasises the magnitude of the problem will also underline the clear need for a European One Health Action Plan Against AMR;
Amendment 84 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that in order to take sufficient steps to tackle AMR, the One Health principle must play a central role, reflecting the fact that the health of people and animals and the environment are interconnected and that diseases are transmitted from people to animals and vice versa; stresses, therefore, that diseases have to be tackled in both people and animals, while also taking into consideration the food chain and the environment, which can be another source of resistant microorganisms;
Amendment 110 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the appropriate and prudent use of antimicrobials is essential to limiting the emergence of AMR in human healthcare, animal husbandry and aquaculture; stresses that there are considerable differences in the way Member States handle and address AMR; calls on the Commission to considerensure mandatory routine collection and submission of monitoring data at EU level and to establish indictors to measure progress in the fight against AMR in all One Health domains at EU level;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to establish indicators to measure and compare progress in the fight against AMR and to encourage the evaluation of the standardised data;
Amendment 124 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the need for a time frame for the European One Health Action Plan; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include measureable and time-bound objectives and targets in the European One Health Action Plan and in national action plans to enable benchmarking;
Amendment 126 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission to coordinate and monitor national strategies to enable sharing of best practices between Member States;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on the Commission to conduct and publish a mid-term evaluation and ex-post evaluation of the One Health Action Plan and to involve all relevant stakeholders in the evaluation procedure;
Amendment 129 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Regrets that the EU One Health Action Plan Against AMR lacks any allocation of resources as well as a more ambitious use of legislative tools; calls on the Commission to be more ambitious in any future Action Plan it develops and to make more determined efforts to implement it in its entirety.
Amendment 131 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to align surveillance, monitoring and reporting of AMR patterns and pathogens, to encourage more holistic data collections and to submit data to the Global Antibiotics Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS); calls on the Commission to draft, in consultation with EMA, EFSA, ECDC and other key stakeholders independent from the pharmaceuticals industry, an EU priority pathogen list (PPL) for both humans and animals, thereby clearly setting future R&D priorities; calls on the Commission to encourage and support Member States to adopt and monitor national targets for the surveillance and reduction of AMR/HAIs;
Amendment 158 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to expand the role and funding of the ECDC in the fight against AMR and healthcare associated infections (HAI);
Amendment 161 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to follow the example of Sweden and adopt a nationally suitable target for the desired ratio of antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 habitants against which to measure progress; calls on the Commission to make this standard practice in all EU Member States.
Amendment 169 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that infection prevention, biosecurity measures, active screening programs, and control practices are critical in the control of all infectious microorganisms as they reduce the need for antimicrobials and consequently opportunities for microorganisms to develop and spread resistance;
Amendment 172 #
2017/2254(INI)
6a. Stresses that compliance to infection control guidelines, integrating targets for infection rate reductions and supporting best practice all help address patient safety in the hospital environment;
Amendment 176 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages Member States to prevent the spread of infection by resistant bacteria by implementing active screening programs with rapid diagnostic technologies in order to quickly identify patients infected with multi-drug resistant bacteria and to put in place appropriate infection control measures (e.g. patient isolation, cohorting and reinforced hygiene measures);
Amendment 180 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop public health messages to raise public awareness and in doing so promote a change in behaviour towards the use of antibiotics; underlines the importance of promoting ‘health literacy’, since it is crucial that patients understand healthcare information and are able to follow treatment instructions accurately; calls for the scaling up of preventive measures, including hygiene to reduce the amount of antibiotics currently required to treat infections and medical procedures; stresses that awareness on the perils of self-medication and over- prescription should be a core component of this preventive strategy, and deprescription by health care professionals a possible solution;
Amendment 193 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission and Member States to create harmonised quality standards in EU-wide curriculafollowing the One Health approach in EU-wide curricula, to foster interdisciplinary education and proper stewardship for health professionals in relation to prescribing, dosage, use, and disposal of antimicrobials and AMR contaminated materials;
Amendment 203 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is aware that health professionals often need to make quick decisions on therapeutic indication for antibiotic treatment; notes that rapid diagnostic tests can help to support theseffective and accurate decisions; -making;
Amendment 211 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is aware that the cost of rapid diagnostic tools (RDT) may exceed the price of antibiotics; calls on the Commission and Member States to propose novel incentives for the industry to developto develop low- cost, effective and efficient testing methods and calls on health insurance carriers to cover the extra cost arising from the use of RDTthat follow global health priorities and delink the cost of R&D from price and volume sales of the end product and calls on global health actors and reimbursement systems in countries to develop solutions whereby the introduction and broad uptake of such diagnostics is ensured, given the long-term benefits of preventing the unnecessary use of antimicrobials; calls on the Commission to encourage the uptake of RDT;
Amendment 230 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to restrict or stopmove all misaligned financial incentives that undermine conservation efforts, including by banning the sale of antibiotics by those doctors or veterinarians who also prescribe them, and to remove incentives for doctors and veterinarians to prescribe antibiotics;
Amendment 251 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the value of vaccines in combating AMR; recommends integration of targets for life-long vaccination as a key element of national action plans on AMR;vaccination in the population, particularly in vulnerable groups, as a key element of national action plans on AMR; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure greater global uptake and coverage of crucial vaccines such as the Pneumococcal vaccine, including by tackling affordability barriers in middle income countries.
Amendment 263 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the European Commission to explore how best to leverage the potential of the European Reference Networks for rare diseases and to assess their possible role in AMR research;
Amendment 270 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that the pollution of the environment by human and, veterinary, agricultural and industrial antibiotic residues is an emerging global problem and encourages further research intothat requires coherent policy measures to avoid the spreading of AMR between ecosystems, animals and people; stresses the need for further research into transmission dynamics and the relative impact of this pollution on AMR;
Amendment 279 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses that release of pharmaceuticals into the environment is an important factor in the emergence of AMR both on a European and an international level;
Amendment 283 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Commission to appropriately address the release of pharmaceuticals into the environment and the emergence of AMR in its strategic approach to pharmaceuticals in the environment;
Amendment 288 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for environmental risk assessments as part of the marketing authorisation process for antimicrobials;, as well as for older products already on the market; and calls on the Commission to address environmental pollution in the EU principles and guidelines for good manufacturing practices.
Amendment 297 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that aspects of environmental protection related to antibiotic products fall within the scope of the EU Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to address the release of antibiotics into the environment;
Amendment 300 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls for the introduction of good manufacturing practices and green procurement rules regarding the production and distribution of pharmaceuticals;
Amendment 305 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to revise their Codes of Good Agricultural Practice and revise relevant best available techniques under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) to include provisions for the handling of manure containing antibiotics/AMR microorganisms;
Amendment 308 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Urges the Commission to formally include civil society in One Health discussions, for example by setting up and funding a dedicated stakeholder network;
Amendment 310 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Stresses that not all Member States possess sufficient resources to develop and implement comprehensive national AMR strategies, urges the Commission to provide Member States with clear information about available EU sources to tackle AMR and to make available more dedicated funding for this purpose;
Amendment 311 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Calls on the Commission to review and revise Best Available Techniques Reference (BREF) documents under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) relevant to emissions from the manufacturing plants of antibiotics;
Amendment 312 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14 d. Calls on the Commission to include pharmaceuticals in the watch lists for monitoring surface and groundwater under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) along with AMR in relevant microorganisms;
Amendment 313 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14 d. Urges the Commission to effectively deploy available legislation in all AMR-related areas to ensure that the threat is being tackled in all policies;
Amendment 316 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14 e. Underlines the importance of a life cycle assessment approach, from production and prescription to the management of pharmaceutical waste, stresses the need for more alternatives to be explored regarding the disposal of antibiotics, such as gasification;
Amendment 317 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14 e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that environmental issues are introduced into the pharmacovigilance system for human pharmaceuticals and strengthened for veterinary pharmaceuticals particularly in relation to AMR;
Amendment 318 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)
Paragraph 14 f (new)
14 f. Calls on the Commission and Member States to set quality standards (threshold values) or risk assessment requirements to ensure that the concentrations of relevant antibiotics and AMR microorganisms in manure, sewage sludge and irrigation water are safe before they can be spread on agricultural fields;
Amendment 321 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Welcomes that EFSA and EMA recently reviewed and discussed a number of alternatives to the use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, some of which have been shown to yield promising results in the improvement of animal health parameters during experimental studies; recommends therefore to give new impetus to scientific research on alternatives and design an EU legislative framework that would stimulate their development and clarify the pathway for their approval;
Amendment 328 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes recent research projects into alternative antibiotic therapies such as bacteriophage therapy, such as the EU- funded Phagoburn project; notes that no bacteriophage therapies have been authorised at EU level so far; calls on the Commission to propose a legislative framework for bacteriophage therapy;
Amendment 337 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in collaboration with EFSA and ECDC to review all available information on the benefits and risks of older antimicrobial agents and to consider whether any changes to their approved uses are required;
Amendment 344 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to increase funding for early research in epidemiology and immunology of AMR pathogens, in particular the pathways of transmission between animals and humans and the environment;
Amendment 347 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Welcomes recent cross-border research projects into antimicrobial stewardship and the prevention of infection, such as the EU-funded i-4-1- Health Interreg project; calls on the Commission to increase research funding for measures to prevent healthcare- associated infections (HAI);
Amendment 350 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls on the Commission to further support its R&D effort on AMR, including global health infections defined in the Sustainable Development Goals, especially drug resistant TB as well as Malaria, HIV and NTDs, as part of the next EU Research Framework Programme, including by dedicating a specific mission in the Programme to the global fight against AMR;
Amendment 351 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote early and continuous dialogue with all stakeholders to elabordevelop appropriate incentives for research and development (R&D) in the field of AMR; acknowledges that there is no ‘one-size- fits-all’ approach; strongly underlines that while all stakeholders should be consulted, key beneficiaries of any new financial and regulatory incentives should not be asked to design such incentives as was the case in the Innovative Medicines Initiative project DRIVEAB;
Amendment 362 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the development and implementation of new economic models, pilot projects and incentives that delinks the cost of R&D from sales and price of end product in accordance with the principles outlines in the UNGA Declaration on AMR adopted by all Member States in 2016 to boost the development of new diagnostics, antibiotics, alternatives to using antimicrobials, medical devices, and vaccines;
Amendment 367 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the implementation of new economic models, pilot projects and pull and push incentives to boost the development of new diagnostics, antibiotics, alternatives and vaccines;
Amendment 373 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Encourages Member States to promote alternative reimbursement systems to facilitate the uptake of innovative technologies in national healthcare systems.
Amendment 376 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes the hesitant approach of the industry to develop ‘last-line’novel classes of antibiotics against bacteria that are resistant to all other antibiotics owing to expected low profitability; calls for incentives for this research andthe most resistant bacteria as identified by the Priority Pathogens List developed by the WHO, owing to expected low profitability; calls for the development of appropriate incentives for this research which ensures affordable access and enable implementation of public health driven conservation measures; and a clear definition of the regulatory pathway for novel classes of antibiotics;
Amendment 386 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. CNotes that excess prescription is directly linked to a rise in AMR; calls on the Commission and Member States to develop new incentive models that delink payment from price and prescribing volume in accordance with the UNGA Declaration on AMR from 2016;
Amendment 392 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Acknowledges the key role of pharmacists in raising awareness around the appropriate use of antimicrobials, as well as in the prevention of AMR; encourages Member States to expand their responsibilities by allowing exact quantity dispensing and enabling the administration of certain vaccines and rapid diagnostic tests within pharmacies;
Amendment 403 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that owing to the complexity of the problem, its cross-border dimension, the severe consequences for human and animal health and the environment and the high economic burden, AMR requires urgent and coordinated global and intersectoral action;
Amendment 409 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the WHO Global Action Plan (GAP) on AMR, which was adopted unanimously in May 2015 by the 68th World Health Assembly; stresses the need for global, European and national action plans to be in line;
Amendment 413 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that AMR is of serious concern in many poverty-related and neglected diseases (PRNDs), including HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (TB); highlights that about 29 % ofHighlights that about a third of the 10 million estimated deaths caused by AMR arby 2050 will be due to drug-resistant TB, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their support to research for health tools to address PRNDs affected by AMRfor TB, including by supporting the Life Prize which pilots new collaborative innovation models for TB;
Amendment 427 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to advocate EU standards and measures for tackling AMR in trade agreementsdo a consultation with relevant stakeholders on how EU standards and measures for tackling AMR can be appropriately included in trade agreements and work through the WTO to raise the issue of AMR;
Amendment 438 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen measures to combat illegal practices related to the trade and use of antimicrobialproduction, trade, use and disposal of antimicrobials; emphasizes that actors involved in the life-cycle chain of antimicrobials need to take responsibility for their actions;
Amendment 440 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen measures to combat illegal practices related to the trade and use of substandard and falsified antimicrobials;
Amendment 441 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Notes the importance of universal access to existing antibiotics, in order to ensure targeted treatment with specific antibiotics, which should be available in order to avoid the misuse of unsuitable antibiotics and the overuse of broad- spectrum antibiotics;
Amendment 443 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28 b. Calls on the Commission to take the global lead in advocating for evidence-based best practice models for early diagnosis to tackle AMR;
Amendment 444 #
2017/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to work towards continued high-level political attention and commitment to AMR action, including in UN forums, the G7 and the G20; highlights the opportunity for the European scientific bodies, like ECDC, to take global stewardship roles; calls on the Commission to advocate collaboration between the EU and international organisations including WHO, FAO, and OIE;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that gender stereotypes reproduced by media result in segregation in the labour market which in turn enforces the gender pay gap and subsequently the gender pension gap.
Amendment 25 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that these stereotypes can lead to a negative social environment for women and can contribute to gender discrimination in the workplace; notes the importance of a positive social environment in helping workers to deal with high levels of work intensity.
Amendment 37 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay and pension gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible childcare and boosting collective bargaining rights; while also noting that the advancement of gender equality for female employees in all sectors will also benefit from increased female representation in media coverage.
Amendment 46 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recommends that media organisations respect the right of women and men to benefit equally from parental leave; encourages in particular men to take paternity leave;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes initiatives such as the #MeToo movement that aim to report cases of sexual harassment and violence against women; strongly supports all the women and girls who have participated in the campaign, including those who denounced their perpetrators.
Amendment 58 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Having regard to Eurofound's forthcoming report on 'Pay transparency in Europe: First movers' experiences with gender pay reports and audits', notes that only one third of Member States have at least some gender pay transparency measures implemented as per the European Commission Recommendation (C(2014) 1405 final), some have only recently changed legislation or have mature plans, while more than half of the Member States have not implemented any of the 4 pay transparency measures to date.
Amendment 60 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes that objectification of women in media coverage, precarious employment and lack of female representation in decision making roles all contribute to a workplace environment where women are vulnerable to sexual exploitation, harassment and violence.
Amendment 71 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates the European Parliament's call on the Council for a swift adoption of the Women on Boards Directive as an important first step towards equal representation in the public and private sectors.
Amendment 72 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Member States to reduce barriers to women's access to senior and management positions by developing policy incentives for media organisations to respect gender equality and gender neutrality in the recruitment process; to promote a consistent concept of work-life balance and to provide training and mentoring for female colleagues, who according to Eurofound are less likely to receive employer-paid training than their male colleagues in the media sector.
Amendment 74 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recommends that public and private media organisations adopt internal policies on gender pay transparency (company pay reports or pay audits) also where there is no legal obligation; Evidence from evaluation studies point to the reports or audits becoming more meaningful and effective, when they are compiled with a certain degree of detail, both in terms of what parts of the pay are reported on separately, and what kind of breakdowns are provided. Only in those cases where sufficiently detailed information is available, and where they are further discussed with employee representatives, scrutinized and followed up, the reports and audits move from being a mere formality towards becoming an effective instrument.
Amendment 78 #
2017/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the Commission and Member States to provide financial support to women’s organisations which are active in the sphere of promoting gender equality in the media; including organisations which support women and girls that are victims of male violence and sexual harassment in the work place; including organisations which provide free legal aid and represent women working outside their country of origin and represent women of minority cultural and ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations and transgender women.
Amendment 10 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU needs toshould ensure that the increase itsof production in the aquaculture sector, while takinges quality, sustainability and environmental aspects into account and beingis a role model in this regard;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that scientific evidence should be followed to formulate and monitor management and production practices in relatiCalls on Member States to collect data in a standard format on tohe environmental impacts, sanitary and veterinary conditions and food safety; of aquaculture as to ensure good scientific evidence is used to manage production practices.
Amendment 63 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to launch an EU-wide information campaign for consumers and businesses on aquaculture in general and in particular on the differences between the high and comprehensive standards on the European market and the ones required of imported goods; calls on the Commission to propose legislation on aquaculture labeling to inform consumers of the different standards of aquaculture production sold throughout Europe.
Amendment 65 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Call for investments for research, studies and pilot projects in ecosystem- based aquaculture practices, particularly in Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Systems (IMTA), Aquaponics, and Recirculation Aquaculture Systems (RAS) which reduce the impact of aquaculture farms on habitats, wild animal populations and water quality.
Amendment 71 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that investments are necessary in order to usensure the enormous potentialhealth of ecosystems and the sustainability of the aquaculture sector, and calls therefore for an increase in funding for research, innovation and quality- orientated, sustainable production projects.
Amendment 79 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Regrets that over half of aquaculture products consumed in the EU are imported; recognises the positive impact aquaculture can have on local economies within the EU by way of supporting more local food production and consumption.
Amendment 84 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Acknowledges the potential for high quality production in the aquaculture sector within the EU, thus increasing traceability, consumer confidence, food safety and animal welfare.
Amendment 85 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls for increased efficiency, effectvieness and transparency, as well as involvement of local civil society, in relation to the license granting process carried out by public administrations; stresses that transparency is needed throughout the aquaculture decision- making process.
Amendment 86 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Recognises that the instalment of aquacultures can cause significant disruptions to habitats, including to marine birds; calls for mandatory spatial sensitivity mapping and SEA for all regional and national aquaculture plans in order to identify potential zones for aquaculture that do not conflict with the EU environmental legislation.
Amendment 87 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Acknowledges the potential that aquaculture can have in urban areas, especially in relation to aquaponics.
Amendment 88 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Believes that aquaculture products must constitute a healthy and nutritious source of food. In this regard, high standards in relation to the environment, food safety, hygiene and animal welfare should be maintained and strengthened in order for European consumers to feel confident in they food consume. Requests the European Commission to re-evaluate the possibility of imposing high sustainability criteria to both domestic and imported aquaculture products and to accompany it with mandatory labelling accordingly.
Amendment 89 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Believes that there should be a holistic and sustainable approach to the spatial planning designated to aquaculture; that the benefits of Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture and Closed Ecological Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, as well as other innovative aquacultural methods that respect or even regenerate their environment, should be carefully studied and financed in pilot phase and thus be promoted in the regions where they could work effectively.
Amendment 90 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Calls on the European Commission to conduct a study into a potential common approach to vaccinations and medication of finfish in aquacultures, as well as a potential reporting system for the quantities of medication used in aquaculture.
Amendment 91 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6 i. Notes that following the recast of the Data Collection Regulation all marine fish farms are obliged to collect data whereas fresh water farms can do so on a voluntary basis; calls for the standardisation of protocols in this respect.
Amendment 92 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6 j. Believes that the EU needs to limit the impacts of human activities on the environment, in particular to achieve the objectives of environmental legislations including the Birds Directive, the Habitats Directive and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
Amendment 93 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6 k. Calls for the European Commission to propose a new rule that ensures the sustainable sourcing of aquaculture feed.
Amendment 94 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6 l. Notes with concern the use of genetically modified feed in aquaculture within the European Union; calls on the application of the precautionary principle in this regard to effect the withdrawal of such feed from the market.
Amendment 95 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6 m. Calls for the Commission to propose a Regulation on EU common wide standards and documentation for allowable vaccines and antibiotics including rules for registration of live animal transports and reporting of disease outbreaks.
Amendment 96 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 n (new)
Paragraph 6 n (new)
6 n. Calls for the Commission to propose sustainability criteria that must be adhered to for imported aquaculture products to enter the EU market, including due diligence of producers.
Amendment 97 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 o (new)
Paragraph 6 o (new)
6 o. Recognises the detrimental consequences that escapes can have on ecosystems and wild animal populations; calls for the Commission to come forward with legislation on EU technical standards for all aquaculture equipment, including the development of standards to avoid escapes.
Amendment 98 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 p (new)
Paragraph 6 p (new)
6 p. Emphasises the need for publically available information in a transparent, timely and clear manner. Calls for increased emphasis on public participation conducted in line with the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (The Arhus Convention) and the Directive 2003/35/EC on public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment, with a level playing field between all stakeholders throughout.
Amendment 99 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 q (new)
Paragraph 6 q (new)
6 q. Calls for the inclusion and monitoring of provisions on high environmental standards in the framework of EU trade agreements as regards fish products, including aquaculture products.
Amendment 100 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 r (new)
Paragraph 6 r (new)
6 r. Notes with concern the effects that plastic, fishing nets and other aquaculture equipment have on the environment. Calls for the use of more sustainably designed equipment, especially in relation to the development of open ocean aquaculture.
Amendment 101 #
2017/2118(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 s (new)
Paragraph 6 s (new)
6 s. Acknowledges the importance of public consultation in relation to planning as well as the potential aquaculture can have in revitalising maritime and rural areas in particular; believes that aquacultures should be integrated within local communities and not simply operate within them.
Amendment 4 #
2017/2114(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the fiscal rules are restricting expansionary economics in Member States and public investment in job creating infrastructure;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2114(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas despite increasing profit, private investment decreased in the majority of EU15 countries due to the negative impact of stagnation and in some cases falling wage share has on demand across the EU15;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2114(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) up to the endand for Member States to implement the recommendations of the cEurrent MFF, while at the same time improving its functioning and implementationopean Court of Auditors 2017 review of the scheme; stresses that EU funding is not used to replace national social welfare payments but is instead used to add extra value for young people;
Amendment 63 #
2017/2114(INI)
3. Considers that the scope, efficiency and effectiveness of active and sustainable labour market policies should be increased and notes that the wage share in the EU15 has been stagnant since 2011;
Amendment 120 #
2017/2114(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. highlights the low level of public investment within EU15 and calls for greater public investment in employment, focused and sustainable activities including decarbonisation and low carbon productive sectors;
Amendment 126 #
2017/2114(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on Member States to invest in public childcare thereby improving the opportunities for workers, particularly women to re-enter the workforce;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas skills have a strategic importance for growth, innovation and social cohesion and the complexity of jobs is increasing across all sectors and occupations and there is inflation in relative skills demand, even for low-skilled jobs;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas many low-skilledall jobs now require greater literacy, numeracy and other basic skills and even low-skilled jobs within the service sector increasingly include more demanding non-routine tasks (EC, 2016b);
Amendment 45 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas education is necessary to deepen critical thinking, expose people to great works of art and in particular great works of the past, and to enlighten the mind and the soul, it is not simply a means to serve the labour market;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas, education is necessary to deepen critical thinking, expose people to great works of the past, and to enlighten the mind and the soul, it is not simply a means to serve the labour market;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, currently, almost 23 % of the population aged 20-64 have a low level of education (pre-primary, primary or lower secondary education); whereas low- qualifieddue to modern advancements in all sectors of economies there is less of a demand for traditional industries which previously gave employment opportunity to low- qualified workers, whereas these people now have fewer employment opportunities and are also more vulnerable to being in insecure jobs and, in part due to failures of Member States and the EU to legislate against job insecurity and zero and low hours contracts, and as a result are twice as likely as highly qualified people to experience long-term unemployment (EC, 2016a);
Amendment 60 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, at EU level, NEETs (not in employment, education or training) are considered to be one of the most problematic groups in the context ofvulnerable groups and as a result suffer the most in relation to youth unemployment; whereas women are 1.4 times more likely to become NEET than men on average, further highlighting issues of gender discrimination and equality from a young age;
Amendment 69 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas according to the latest PIAAC study by the OECD, about 70 million Europeans lack basic skills such as reading, writing and numeracy, which represents an obstacle to those people finding a decentgood job, and living standardttaining a decent living standard, and achieving personal happiness;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas, nowadays, our education systems are facing a significant challenge as a result of the digital transformation, which is impacting teaching and learning processes; whereas, these challenges also present new opportunities for both teachers and students, and their needs and opinions should be at the fore when it comes to shaping the future of the education process;
Amendment 86 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas there is a need to incorporate new digital transformations into education systems, but this must be done symbiotically with the subjects that are already taught, in order to continue to help people become critical, confident and independent;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas analytical and critical thinking are incredibly important in the modern age and they need to be encouraged at all stages of the education system and throughout life in general; whereas, in more recent years analytical and critical thinking have been denigrated and replaced by "group think";
Amendment 101 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
L b. whereas submissively adapting education to the labour market, commercialising it and degrading traditional and classical studies bears no relation with the actual role of education, which is to shape free and independent personalities;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission communication entitled ‘A New Skills Agenda for Europe – Working together to strengthen human capital, employability and competitiveness’ adopted in June 2016;
Amendment 116 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Acknowledges that education and training are Member State competences and that the EU can only support, coordinate or supplement actions of the Member States;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees with the focus on the need to upgrade thecomplement the existing European education and training systems which currently give people a strong holistic education and skillset, with some of the new skills that are needed in line with the fast changing economic and societal environment; notes that, while skills needs are dynamic, the main focus of the skills package is the immediate needs of the labour marketshould be twofold, the personal and professional needs of each individual based on their own unique circumstances; highlights in this respect the importance of a pan-European skills needs forecasting tool and lifelong learning with a view to adapting to new situations inensure that people become critical, confident and independent, while also equipping them with lifelong skills, in particular modern skills which have the labour marketility to help them personally and professionally;
Amendment 133 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to include leadership, management, entrepreneurial and financial education, employment and social rights education, quality of working conditions education, business start-up advice and communication technologies in their education programmes, and to prioritise the further development of vocational training and education (VET) programmes, including enhancing European craftsmanship;
Amendment 137 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to include leadership, management, entrepreneurial and financial education, business start-up advice and communication technologies in their education programmes, and to prioritise the further development of vocational training and education (VET) programmes, including enhancing European craftsmanship, warns that any updates to educations structures should in no way denigrate traditional classical studies which help to shape free personalities, critical thinkers, and a broad intelligence, and are needed now more than ever in the face of the rise of fake news and falsified facts;
Amendment 140 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages Member States to go beyond promoting the ‘right occupational skills’ and to also have an equitable focus on those aspects of education that are more work-based and more practical, and that foster an entrepreneurial mind-set and creativity, allows well as traditional education structures which have for many of years sought to facilitate people to think critically and to fully participate in the democratic process and social life;
Amendment 147 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages Member States to better match the skills with the jobs in the labour market and in particular to put in place dual systems18 which help people to be flexible inalance their education paths and later in the labour marketon the job training; _________________ 18 A dual education system combines apprenticeships in a company with vocational education at a vocational school in one course.
Amendment 161 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on Member States and the EU to ban the practice of unpaid or low paid internships and unpaid labour activation schemes which have the effect of depressing wages and reducing the value of people in the labour market, personally, socially, and economically, in particular young people;
Amendment 163 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is concerned about the fact that, austerity policies in some Member States as well as the persisting social and economic divergences between Member States, provoke involuntary migration that further exacerbates the effects of the brain-drain;
Amendment 170 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that education is not only a key factor in enhancing employability, but also in personal development, combating social exclusion and therefore believes that investing in skills and competences is crucial to tackling the high unemployment rate, especially among NEETs; recalls that a genuine estimation of future skills needs is paramount in this respect;
Amendment 175 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Is deeply concerned about the fact that between 2010 and 2014 investment in education and training fell by 2.5 % in the EU as a whole1a; stresses that in order education to fulfil its role in tackling unemployment, social exclusion and poverty, properly resourced public education systems are essential; _________________ 1a Education and Training Monitor 2016
Amendment 201 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to strive for a more flexible and individual approach to career development and lifelong education and training across one’s personal career path, and recognises the role that both public and private parties can play in providing this, while recognising that guidance and counselling which address individual needs and focus on the evaluation and expansion of individual skills must be a core element of education and skills policies from an early stage;
Amendment 202 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to strive for a more flexible and individual approach to career development and lifelong education and training across one’s personal career path, and recognises the role that both public and private parties can play in providing this, while recognising that guidance and counselling which address individual and social needs and focus on the evaluation and expansion of individual skills must be a core element of education and skills policies from an early stage;
Amendment 213 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that skills development must be a shared responsibility between education providers and employers; however, insists that the industry/employers should be involved in providing and training people with the necessary skills in order for businesses to be competitive and at the same time boost people’s self-confidenceeducation systems should not be subjugated to serve the demands of employers and industry;
Amendment 223 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. notes apprenticeships, traineeships and specific skills training are considered to be the most effective types of training in terms of preventing young people from returning to NEET status; notes that it has been highlighted that having a dual system of vocational and academic education and training reduces the NEET group by enabling more young people to be retained in education/training and helping to make them more employable and more likely to progress more smoothly into employment/a career, macro-economic analysis reports that a combination of a dual education and training system and active labour market policies get the best results; however, regrets that in spite of this evidence some Member States have introduced apprenticeship fees;
Amendment 232 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks for concrete measures to be put in place in order to facilitate the transition of young people from education to work by ensuring quality internships and apprenticeships, giving young people the possibility of putting their talents into practice and have a set of rights and equal access to social protection; also calls for non-exploitative contracts;
Amendment 239 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, in order to anticipate future skills needs, social partners, and education and training, providers must be strongly involved at all levels, in particular in designing, implementing and evaluating vocational qualification programmes, which provide an effective transition from formal education to work-based learning;
Amendment 285 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Feels that commodification of the education system has led to credentialism and educational inflation which in its own way has resulted in a lack of recognition of non-formal and informal education;
Amendment 321 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need to include elements of entrepreneurial learning at all levels of education, since instilling entrepreneurial spirit among the young at an early stage is an effective way of combating youth unemployment;
Amendment 344 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges active dialogue and cooperation between the university community and the world of work aimed atsociety at large in order to developing educational programmes which equip young people with the requisite skills and competences, for personal and professional advancement;
Amendment 350 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. The importance of traditional education and training Deplores the commodification of education, in particular the submissive adaptation of education to the labour market; Deplores that there has been continuing attacks waged on the arts and humanities and the idea of a liberal education in general; Believes that newly needed skillsets and educational training should work in tandem with traditional educational methods which have for many years striven to create critical, analytical, and independent people; Sees as extremely worrying the rise in anti-intellectualism and the descent to nihilism in the modern world; believes that education and training systems which have at their heart traditional arts and humanities are the best way to combat this and to protect human dignity and enlightenment;
Amendment 360 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates the importance of vocational education and training (VET) for enhancinghelping people reach their full potential personally and professionally, sees this as a way of training that enhances employability and clearings the pathway to professional qualifications for young people; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that VET is made more relevant and is tailored to labour market needfirst and foremost to the needs of individuals by making them an integral part of the education system, and to guarantee high qualification standards and quality assurance in this regard;
Amendment 412 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Stresses that in order for any up skilling to take place the adequate resources, both financial and human, should be forthcoming; emphasises that adequate paid training days, which do not interfere with teachers holidays, or free time, should be provided to do so;
Amendment 450 #
2017/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission in addition toand the Member States to look at the possibility of developing a pan-European skill needs forecasting tool, which would make it possible to estimate future skill needs and adapt them better to the jobs available on the labour market;
Amendment 133 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Following the conclusion of tThe European citizens' initiative on the right to water (Right2Water)71 , a Union-wide public consultation was launched ancalled (a) for EU institutions and Member States to be obliged to ensure that all inhabitants enjoy the right to water and sanitation, (b) for supply and the management of water resources not to be subject to internal market rules and that water services be excluded from liberalisation; and (c) for the EU to increase its efforts to achieve universal access to water and sanitation´. As part of a disappointing response to this ECI, the European Commission launched a Union-wide public consultation and performed a Regulatory Fitness and Performance (REFIT) Evaluation of Directive 98/83/EC was performed72 . It became apparent from that exercise that certain provisions of Directive 98/83/EC needed to be updated. Four areas were identifiedDespite the clear calls from the ECI, the Commission decided to focus on only four areas as offering scope for improvement, namely the list of quality-based parametric values, the limited reliance on a risk-based approach, the imprecise provisions on consumer information, and the disparities between approval systems for materials in contact with water intended for human consumption. In addition,Central to the European citizens' initiative on the right to water identified as a distinct problem the factwas the enshrining of the human right to water in Union legislation, and as such acknowledging that parts of the population, especially marginalised groups, hasve no access to water intended for human consumption, which is also a commitment under Sustainable Development Goal 6 of UN Agenda 2030. A final issue identified is the general lack of awareness of water leakages, which are driven by underinvestment in maintenance and renewal of the water infrastructure, as also pointed out in the European Court of Auditors' Special Report on water infrastructure73 . _________________ 71 COM(2014) 177 final 72 SWD(2016) 428 final 73 Special report of the European Court of Auditors SR 12/2017: "Implementing the Drinking Water Directive: water quality and access to it improved in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, but investment needs remains substantial".
Amendment 139 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) The Union recognises access to drinking water, in a sufficient quantity and of a sufficient quality, as a basic human right, and declare it essential that national governments uphold this right;
Amendment 206 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission, in its reply to the European citizens’ initiative ‘Right2Water’ in 201483 , invited Member States to ensure access to a minimum water supply for all citizens, in accordance with the WHO recommendations. It also committed to continue to "improve access to safe drinking water […] for the whole population through environmental policies"84 . This is in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 and the associated target to "achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all". The concept of equitable access covers a wide array of aspects such as availability (due for instance to geographic reasons, lack of infrastructure or the specific situation of certain parts of the populations), quality, acceptability, or financial affordability. Concerning affordability of water, it is important to recall that, whenithout prejudice to Article 9(4), if setting water tariffs in accordance with the principle of recovery of costs set out in Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States may have regard to the variation in the economic and social conditions of the population and may therefore adopt social tariffs or take measures safeguarding populations at a socio-economic disadvantage. This Directive deals, in particular, with the aspects of access to water which are related to quality and availability. To address those aspects, as part of the reply to the European citizens' initiative and to contribute to the implementation of Principle 20 of the European Pillar of Social Rights85 that states that "everyone has the right to access essential services of good quality, including water", Member States should be required to tackle the issue of access to water at national level whilst enjoying some discretion as to the exact type of measures to be implemented. This can be done through actions aimed, inter alia, at improving access to water intended for human consumption for all, for instance with freely accessible fountains in cities, and promoting its use by encouraging the free provision of water intended for human consumption in public buildings and restaurants. _________________ 83 84COM(2014)177 final COM(2014)177 final 84 COM(2014)177 final, p. 12. COM(2014)177 final, p. 12. 85 Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights (2017/C 428/09) of 17 November 2017 (OJ C 428, 13.12.2017, p. 10).
Amendment 214 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) Whereas the European Parliament adopted resolution of 8 September 2015 on the follow-up to the European Citizens’ Initiative Right2Water (2014/2239(INI));
Amendment 215 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 b (new)
Recital 18 b (new)
(18 b) The Commission proposal indeed includes a substantive amendment by way of Article 13 on access to water intended for human consumption, which, for the internal logic of the text, requires that the objective is changed due to the departure from the previous objective concerning solely the quality of such water for human consumption; whereas the Commission has chosen this Directive to be the appropriate place to respond to the European Citizen's Initiative Right2Water which demanded, inter alia, that access to water be enshrined in EU legislation as a human right;
Amendment 218 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The 7th Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’90 , requires that the public have access to clear environmental information at national level. Directive 98/83/EC only provided for passive access to information, meaning that Member States merely had to ensure that information was available. Those provisions should therefore be replaced to ensure that up-to-date information is easily accessible, for instance on a website whose link should be actively distributed. The up-to-date information should not only include results from the monitoring programmes, but also additional information that the public may find useful, such as information on indicators (iron, hardness, minerals, etc.), which often influence consumers' perception of tap water. To that end, the indicator parameters of Directive 98/83/EC that did not provide health-related information should be replaced by on-line information on those parameters. For very large water suppliers, additional information on, inter alia, energy efficiency, management, governance, cost structure, and treatment applied, should also be available on-line. It is assumed that better consumer knowledge and improved transparency will contribute to increasing citizens' confidence in the water supplied to them. This in turn is expected to lead to increased use of tap water, thereby contributing to reduced plastic usage and litter and greenhouse gas emissions, and a positive impact on climate change mitigation and the environment as a whole. _________________ 90 Decision No 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’ (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 171).
Amendment 223 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 233 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The principles to be considered in the setting of water tariffsfor Member States choosing to set water tariffs, without prejudice to Article 9 paragraph 4, namely recovery of costs for water services and polluter pays, are set out in Directive 2000/60/EC. However, the financial sustainability of the provision of water services is not always ensured, sometimes leading to under-investment in the maintenance of water infrastructure. With the improvement of monitoring techniques, leakage rates – mainly due to such under- investment – have become increasingly apparent and reduction of water losses should be encouraged at Union level to improve the efficiency of water infrastructure. In line with the principle of subsidiarity, that issue should be addressed by increasing transparency and consumer information on leakage rates and energy efficiency.
Amendment 245 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to adapt this Directive to scientific and technical progress or to specify monitoring requirements for the purposes of the hazard and domestic distribution risk assessments, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for a period of no longer than five years to amend Annexes I to IV to this Directive. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. In addition, the empowerment laid down in Annex I, part C, Note 10, of Directive 98/83/EC, to set monitoring frequencies and monitoring methods for radioactive substances has become obsolete due to the adoption of Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom96 and should therefore be deleted. The empowerment laid down in the second subparagraph of part A of Annex III to Directive 98/83/EC concerning amendments of the Directive is no longer necessary and should be deleted. _________________ 96 Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom of 22 October 2013 laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption (OJ L 296, 7.11.2013, p. 12).
Amendment 248 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to ensure uniform conditions for thThe Commission should be iemplementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission for the adopowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance to Article 19 for the harmonisation of the format of, and modalities to present, the information on water intended for human consumption to be provided to all persons supplied, as well as for the adoption of the format of, and modalities to present, the information to be provided by Member States and compiled by the European Environmental Agency on the implementation of this Directive. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council97 . _________________ 97 European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the
Amendment 250 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive concerns the quality of water intended for human consumption and the access to such water.
Amendment 255 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The objective of this Directive shall be to protect human health from the adverse effects of any contamination of water intended for human consumption by ensuring that it is wholesome and clean, and at the same time, ensuring universal and affordable access to such water for all in the Union.
Amendment 274 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Amendment 278 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Amendment 283 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Amendment 288 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. 'priority premises' shall mean large premises with many users potentially exposed to water-related risks, such as hospitals, healthcare institutions, buildings with a lodging facility, penal institutions and campgrounds, as identified by Member States.
Amendment 300 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
8 a. 'contaminants of emerging concern' shall mean chemical, physical or biological contaminants that have no regulatory standard, have been recently discovered in natural streams because of improved analytical chemistry detection levels, and potentially have deleterious effects on aquatic life, human health, or ecosystems.
Amendment 305 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to their obligations under other Union provisions, and considering the universal human right to water, Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that water intended for human consumption is wholesome and clean, as well as accessible to all within the Union. For the purposes of the minimum requirements of this Directive, water intended for human consumption shall be wholesome and clean if it meets all the following conditions :
Amendment 318 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The values set in accordance with paragraph 1 shall not be less stringent than those set out in Annex I. As regards the parameters set out in Annex I, Part C, the values need be fixed only for monitoring purposes and for the fulfilment of the obligations imposed in Article 12.
Amendment 324 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The parametric values set in accordance with Article 5 for the parameters listed in Annex I, parts A, B and BC, shall be complied with:
Amendment 351 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Supply risk assessments shall be carried out by very large water suppliers and large water suppliers by [3 years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive], and by small water suppliers by [6 years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive]. They shall be reviewed at regular intervals of no longer than 6 years, and updated where necessary.
Amendment 366 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) identification of hazards and possible pollution sources affecting the bodies of water covered by the hazard assessment. Such research and identification of pollution sources shall be regularly updated to detect additional new substances as delivered by chemical production improvements affecting microplastics, and notably PFAS. To that end, Member States may use the review of the impact of human activity undertaken in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2000/60/EC and information on significant pressures collected in accordance with point 1.4 of Annex II to that Directive;
Amendment 379 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of the regular monitoring, as well as for new investigations to detect new harmful substances, Member States may use the monitoring and investigation capacity carried out in accordance with other Union legislation.
Amendment 384 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 403 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) mitigating measures, which are considered necessary on the basis of the monitoring carried out under paragraph 1(d), in order to identify and address the pollution source, when prevention measures are considered not viable or effective enough to address the pollution source in a timely manner.
Amendment 408 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that water suppliers perform a supply risk assessment in accordance with Annex II, part C providing for the possibility to adjust the monitoring frequency for any parameter listed in Annex I, parts A and B that are not core parameters according to part B of Annex II, depending on their occurrence in the raw water.
Amendment 482 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall automatically considconsider whether any failure to meet the minimum requirements for parametric values set out in Annex I, parts A and B, aconstitutes a potential danger to human health and shall take measures accordingly.
Amendment 484 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall automatically consider anywhether failure to meet the minimum requirements for parametric values set out in Annex I, parts A and B, aconstitutes a potential danger to human health and shall take measures accordingly.
Amendment 486 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. In the cases described in paragraphs 2 and 3, where the non-compliance is considered by the competent authorities or other relevant bodies as a potential danger to human health, Member States shall as soon as possible take all of the following measures:
Amendment 489 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) notify all affected consumers of the potential danger to human health and its cause, of the exceedance of a parametric value and of the remedial actions taken, which may includinge prohibition, and restriction or other action;
Amendment 492 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authorities or other relevant bodies shall decide what action under paragraph 34 shall be taken, bearing in mind the risks to human health which would be caused by an interruption of the supply or a restriction in the use of water intended for human consumption.
Amendment 502 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. WGiven that economic and physical access to safe, clean and affordable drinking water is recognised as a human right, Member States shall, without prejudice to Article 9 of Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall take all necessary measures to improvensure access for all to water intended for human consumption and promote its use on their territory. This shall include, inter alia, all of the following measures:
Amendment 516 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) identifying people without access to water intended for human consumption and reasons for lack of access (such as belonging to a vulnerable and marginalised group, or being at risk of poverty or social exclusion), assessing possibilities and taking actions to improve access for those people and informconsulting them about possibilities of on how they can be connected or reconnectinged to the distribution network or about alternative means to have access to such water;
Amendment 528 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) setting up and maintaining sufficient outdoors and indoors equipment to allow for free access for all to water intended for human consumption in public spaces;
Amendment 531 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) banning water disconnections by water suppliers to households;
Amendment 533 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) promoting tap water intended for human consumption by:
Amendment 534 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) launching campaigns to inform citizens about the high quality of such watertap water, as well as providing an adequate legal framework for such campaigns, so they can be carried out without infringing national competition law;
Amendment 542 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) encouraging the free provision of such water in administrations and public buildings, as well as discouraging the use of bottled water in such administrations;
Amendment 545 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) encouragsuring the free provision of such water to all, regardless of whether they are a client, in restaurants, canteens, and catering services.
Amendment 560 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On the basis of the information gathered under paragraph 1(a), Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure access to water intended for human consumption for vulnerable and marginalised groups, and populations at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
Amendment 564 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In case those groups do not have access to water intended for human consumption, Member States shall immediately inform them of the quality of the water they are using and of any action that can be takeshall take action to avoid adverse effects on human health resulting from any contamination of that water.
Amendment 567 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Pursuant to the data collected under the provisions set out in 15(1a), the Commission shall collaborate with Member States and the European Investment Bank to support municipalities in the Union which lack the necessary capital in order to enable them to access technical assistance, available Union funding and long-term loans at a preferential interest rate, particularly for the purpose of maintaining and renewing water infrastructure in order to ensure the provision of high quality water, and to extend water and sanitation services to vulnerable and marginalised population groups as set out in Article 2(8).
Amendment 574 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that adequate and up-to-date information on water intended for human consumption is available online to all persons supplied, in accordance with Annex IV.
Amendment 578 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that all persons supplied receive regularly and at least once a year, and in the most appropriate form (for instance on their invoice or by smart applications) without having to request it, the following informationhave access to the following information in the most appropriate form, as determined by national competent authorities:
Amendment 591 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) where costs are recovered through a tariff system, information on the cost structure of the tariff charged per cubic metre of water intended for human consumption, including fixed and variable costs, presenting at least costs related to the following elements:
Amendment 598 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) measures taken by Member States and water suppliers for the purposes of the hazard assessment pursuant to Article 8(5);
Amendment 608 #
2017/0332(COD)
Amendment 620 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) measures taken pursuant to Article 13, in case such measures have been taken by water suppliers;
Amendment 627 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) Where costs are not recovered through a tariff system, information related to the elements referred to in point (a) shall be available to all persons in a format determined by national competent authorities.
Amendment 635 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) Where costs are recovered through a tariff system, the price of water intended for human consumption supplied per litre and cubic metre;
Amendment 638 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) where costs are not recovered through a tariff system, the total annual costs borne by the water system to ensure compliance with this Directive, accompanied by contextual information on how water is supplied to the area;
Amendment 640 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 646 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 651 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) measures taken to ensure water efficiency and to ensure the long-term availability of water resources;
Amendment 656 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) measures taken to guarantee the long-term maintenance of water infrastructures and to ensure long-term availability of water in the context of climate change;
Amendment 661 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission may adopt implementingdelegated acts specifying the format of, and modalities to present, the information to be provided under the first subparagraph. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 20(2)19.
Amendment 676 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In order to support the Member States in implementing this Article, the Commission shall establish, in cooperation with the Member States, a Union Water Poverty Observatory, with the aim of promoting the development of common indicators to assess physical and economic access to water, of providing a user-friendly and open-access resource that will promote public engagement on the issue of water poverty, of disseminating information and good practice to ensure access to water for all, of facilitating knowledge sharing among stakeholders, as well as of supporting informed decision making at local, national and Union level.
Amendment 679 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may adopt implementingdelegated acts specifying the format of, and modalities to present, the information to be provided in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3, including detailed requirements regarding the indicators, the Union-wide overview maps and the Member State overview reports referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 681 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The implementingdelegated acts referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 20(2)19.
Amendment 693 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 amending Annexes I to IV part D of Annex II and Annex III where necessary, to adapt them to scientific and technical progress or to specify monitoring requirements for the purposes, including as regards contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), or to specify monitoring requirements. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 supplementing Annex I Part B ofn the hazard and domestic distribution risk assessments pursuant to Article 8(1)(d) and Article 10(1)(bendocrine disruptive substances (Bisphenol A, B-estradiol and nonylphenol) with the sampling frequencies obligation for those substances, no later than one year after the entry into force of the Directive. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 adding substances to the part X (indicative parameters) of Annex I where necessary, to adapt them to scientific and technical progress, including the contaminants of emerging concern (CECs).
Amendment 699 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 14(2), 15(4) and 18(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminatrenewable period of timefive years from [date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 700 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20
Article 20
Amendment 708 #
Amendment 716 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – table – rows 29 and 30
Annex I – part B – table – rows 29 and 30
Amendment 725 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B a (new)
Annex I – part B a (new)
Indicator parameters Parameter Parametric value Unit Notes Aluminium 150 μg/l Ammonium 0,50 mg/l Chloride 200 mg/l Note 1 Clostridium 0 number/100 ml Note 2 perfringens (including spores) Colour Acceptable to consumers and no abnormal change Conductivity 2500 μS cm-1 at 20 °C Note 1 Hydrogen ion ≥ 6,5 and ≤ 9,5 pH units Note 1 concentration Iron 200 μg/l Manganese 50 μg/l Odour Acceptable to consumers and no abnormal change Sulphates 250 mg/l Note 1 Sodium 150 mg/l Taste Acceptable to consumers and no abnormal change Colony count 22 No abnormal °C change Coliform bacteria 0 number/100 ml Total organic No abnormal carbon (TOC) change Turbidity Acceptable to consumers and no abnormal change Note 1: The water should not be aggressive. Note 2: This parameter need not be measured unless the water originates from or is influenced by surface water. In the event of non-compliance with this parametric value, the Member State concerned must investigate the supply to ensure that there is no potential danger to human health arising from the presence of pathogenic micro-organisms, e.g. cryptosporidium.
Amendment 738 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part B – point 2 – table 1
Annex II – part B – point 2 – table 1
Table 1 Minimum frequency of sampling and analysis for compliance monitoring Volume (m3) of water distributed Minimum number Minimum number of samples per year or produced each day within a supply zone of samples per year samples per year for supply zone for parameters set indicator parameters set in Annex I part A in Annex I part Ba new ≤ 100 6a 10a 6 > 100 ≤ 1 000 6a 10a 6 > 1 000 ≤ 10 000 50b 50b 24 >10 000 ≤ 100 000 250 365 > 100 000 365 365 52 a: hallf of the samples are to be taken during times when the risk of treatment breakthrough of enteric pathogens is high. b: at least 10 samples are to be taken during times when the risk of treatment breakthrough of enteric pathogens is high.
Amendment 750 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part A – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex III – part A – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 755 #
Amendment 758 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – title
Annex IV – title
INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC TO BE PROVIDED ONLINE
Amendment 760 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The following information shall be accessible to consumers on-line in a user- friendly and customized way:
Amendment 771 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
(2) the most recent monitoring results for parameters listed in Annex I, parts A and B, including frequency and location of sampling points, relevant to the area of interest to the person supplied, together with the parametric value set in accordance with Article 5. The monitoring results must not be older than: one year;
Amendment 772 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Amendment 775 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Amendment 778 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Amendment 783 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 3
Amendment 792 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Amendment 796 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Amendment 803 #
Amendment 806 #
Amendment 808 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point h
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point h
(h) HTotal hardness ºdh;
Amendment 814 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point i – indent 12
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point i – indent 12
Amendment 816 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point i – indent 13
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point i – indent 13
Amendment 822 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point i a (new)
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point i a (new)
Amendment 832 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
(7) for very large water suppliers, annual information in the form determined by the national competent authorities on:
Amendment 838 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
(a) the overall performance of the water system in terms of efficiency, including leakage rates and energy consumption per cubic meter of delivered water;
Amendment 848 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
(b) full information on management and governance of the water supplier, including the composition of the board;
Amendment 857 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
(d) where costs are recovered through a tariffing system, information on the cost structure of the tariff charged to consumers per cubic meter of water, including fixed and variable costs, presenting at least costs related to energy use per cubic meter of delivered water and financial costs, measures taken by water suppliers for the purposes of the hazard assessment pursuant to Article 8(4), treatment and distribution of water intended for human consumption, waste water collection and treatment, and costs related to measures for the purposes of Article 13, where such measures have been taken by water suppliers, measures taken to promote water efficiency and to ensure the long term availability of water resources;
Amendment 868 #
2017/0332(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point e
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point e
(e) the amount of investment considered necessary by the supplier to ensure the financial sustainability of the provision of water services (including maintenance of infrastructure), how this amount is determined (methodology and decision-making process determining the investment priorities) and the amount of investment actually received or recouped;
Amendment 32 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
rejects the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EU defence industry
Amendment 34 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital importance of the hundreds of thousands of social enterprises in Europe, which employ around 15 million people, and their invaluable contribution to continued economic growth in the EU internal market; notes that in order to maximise the effectiveness of social enterprises a legal definition is essential as it allows social enterprises to be specifically considered for additional purposes such as tax, public procurement or competition law as well as allowing public bodies to be set up in support of social enterprises;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, given the constantly rising demand for social services, social enterprises in the EU bear enormous social responsibility and are becoming increasingly important; stresses that social enterprises must play a complimentary role to publicly provided social services and cannot be used as a means to outsource responsibility for the provision of social services from the state;
Amendment 55 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the often overlapping interests of social enterprises and other sectors of the social economy as well as trade unions; Recommends the facilitation of data exchanges and networking of representative bodies across these sectors;
Amendment 69 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to introduce at EU level a ‘European social label’ for social enterprises, based on clear criteria; highlights the importance of drawing a clear distinction between a social enterprise and an enterprise engaged in corporate social responsibility (CSR); stresses the importance of a non- distribution constraint and limited profit allocation being included in any legal definition of a social enterprise;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the diverse legal definitions of what constitutes a social enterprise among Member States and stresses the need for a broad and inclusive EU definition; highlights the particular challenges faced by social cooperatives and work-integration social enterprises (WISEs) in carrying out their mission and stresses the need for such organisations to be included under the new label;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes the recent study carried out by the Directorate-General for Internal Policies entitled “A European Statute for Social and Solidarity based Enterprises” which recommends establishing a legal qualification rather than a legal form of incorporation for social enterprises in order to have a more inclusive definition;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the cost of and the formalities involved in obtaining the label should be kept to a minimum, to avoid putting social enterprises at any disadvantage; stresses that the awarding and retention of the label be conditional on an enterprise meeting the strict criteria of a social enterprise in order to ensure that genuine social enterprises are benefited from obtaining the label;
Amendment 88 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need to offer financial support to social enterprises at regional, national and EU level, and draws attention to existing sources of funding, such as the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund and the European Programme for Social Change and Innovation; highlights the need to ensure adequate funding is allocated to social enterprises in peripheral and economically disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 110 #
2016/2237(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that, as well as funding, the provision of educational and training services for individuals engaged with social enterprises is pivotal in enhancing the growth of this sector.
Amendment 2 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the role of whistle-blowers is to help in deterring and preventing wrongdoing, unethical practices and corruption, thus contributing to the promotion of the rule of law, transparency and democratic accountability; whereas whistle-blowing is one of the most important tools leading to the detection and prevention of fraud and corruption in public administration and private companies, which can lead to considerable savings of public funds, ensuring safety and even saving lives; whereas the contribution of whistleblowers in exposing and preventing corruption is undeniable;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas recent mass leaks revealing corruption, such as the Panama Papers affair or the avoidance of rules on labour law leading in certain cases to precarious employment, and leaks on large scale illegal mass surveillance by whistle-blower Edward Snowden, to name but a few, confirm the importance of the role played by whistle- blowers in defending the public interest;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas concerns have often been raised that whistle-blowers face hostility and exclusion at their place of work, rather than being viewed positively; whereas workplaces need to cultivate a working environment within which people feel confident in raising concerns about potential failings, misconduct, or illegality; whereas fostering the right culture where people feel able to raise issues without the fear of "whistle-blower reprisal" or fear of retaliation or being disadvantaged in some way, whether within their current role or with a future employer is extremely important;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas concerns have often been raised that whistle-blowers face hostility and exclusion at their place of work, rather than being viewed positively; whereas whistleblowing is acknowledged as one of the most, if not the most, effective way of stopping wrongdoing and illegality;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the objective of whistle- blowing should be the reporting of acts that represent a threat to the public interest or a breach of law; whereas whistleblowers can also make disclosures, alternatively or cumulatively, internally within the workplace, or externally, to the competent authorities, parliamentarians and oversight agencies, as well as to trade unions and employers' associations, or to the public through the media, including social media, or non-governmental organisations; whereas those who come forward as whistleblowers should not be attacked for the methods they use, rather they should be commended for coming forward;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. CIs of the opinion that the protection of whistleblowers is essential for the freedom of expression, the plurality of opinions, democracy and freedom; calls for action to change the public perception of whistle-blowers, particularly by politicians and the media, by highlighting their positive role as an early warning mechanism to prevent abuses and corruption and to enable public scrutiny of state action;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for measures to protect workers who detect and report wrongdoings in the field of unemploymentObserves that, in the case of whistle-blowers, there is no bilateral conflict between the whistle-blower and the business or authority but polygonal differences of interests, including in some cases across national borders, and that, while efforts should be made to weigh up the entitlement of businesses or authorities to have information kept secret and to expect loyalty, what is at stake is the provision of information in the public interest; reaffirms therefore the need for public and private organisations in the Member States to establish internal and external whistle-blowing procedures for employees, setting out clear confidential routes for making disclosures; considers that, in this context, the legislature should in advance provide a structure for selecting the whistle-blowing procedure, in order to guarantee comprehensive protection of freedom of expression in accordance with Article 10 of the ECHR; calls for measures to protect workers who detect and report wrongdoings in all fields, particularly against reprisals, and more so, from reprisals that may come from the police or the state;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the dangers of excluding whistle-blowing workers from career progression and of retaliation by colleagues at their workplace, and the dampening effect this has on those who may come across wrongdoing; highlights that whistleblowers act at high personal and professional risk and usually pay a personal and professional cost for it; states that personal data of the whistleblowers should never be published; is therefore of the opinion that measures for the alleviation of those costs and adequate compensation have to be established; states that a new workplace has to be found in order to avoid a deterioration of their living conditions and falling into precariousness; notes that mentally and psychological help must be secured; notes that in court cases the legal fees of the whistleblowers should be reimbursed;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of devising instruments to ban any form of retaliation, whether this be active dismissal or passive measures such as the blocking of promotion; notes the importance of also ensuring protection for whistleblowers within police forces who may come under extreme pressure and harassment if they come forward with allegations of wrongdoing and illegality;
Amendment 78 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges employers and the authorities to act on the information reported to them after this has been thoroughly verified, and to address the shortcomings identified; Takes note that the Commission, in its EU Anti-Corruption report, stated that EU Member States have in place most of the necessary anti-corruption legal instruments and institutions, however, the results they deliver are not satisfactory across the EU and their capacity and efficiency should be improved; calls, therefore, on the Member States to enforce anti-corruption rules and, at the same time, to properly implement European and international standards and guidelines concerning whistle-blowers' protection in their national laws; insists that whistle-blowers play an essential role in helping Member States and EU institutions and bodies to deter and prevent any breaches of the principle of integrity and misuse of power that threaten public health and safety, financial integrity, human rights, the environment and the rule of law at European and national levels, and undermine the trust of citizens in democratic institutions and processes; notes that whistle-blowers often disclose scandals affecting several Member States; stresses therefore that existing cultural differences do not detract from the need for legal protection of whistle-blowers in Member States;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges employers and the authorities to act on the information reported to them after this has been thoroughly verified, and to address the shortcomings identifiedinform all necessary people and agencies of any illegality or wrongdoing as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that proper legislation is needed; encourages Member States to develop legislative instruments that protect those who report justified and proven breaches of conduct to public authorities; further believes that EU institutions should serve as a model with regard to whistleblowing policy; calls on the EU institutions to implement or improve internal mechanisms in order to protect potential whistle-blowers from inside their organisation;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that any future normative framework should take into account the rules, rights and duties that govern and impact on employment; further emphasises that this should be done in consultation with social partners and in compliance with collective bargaining agreements; encourages those Member States that have not yet adopted legislation on whistleblowing to do so in the foreseeable future and calls on the Commission to consider creating a platform for Member States to exchange best practices in this area between, and also including third countries;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that in the event of false accusations, those responsiblewhistle-blowing is linked to freedom of the press and is essential in bringing to light illegal activities or activities which harm the public interest; stresses that whistle- blowers are an important source of information for investigative journalists, and calls on the Member States to ensure that the right of journalists and identity of whistleblowers should be protected effectively and legally in instances when allegations are proven true; stresses that journalists, in case that they themselves are the source, should be also be protected and that authorities in both cases should refrain from using surveillance; recalls that in the event of false allegations or accusations, journalists and whistleblowers responsible for the dissemination of such falsehoods should be held accountable.
Amendment 949 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Intergroups shall be required to publish information on support that they receive, whether financial or in-kind. Intergroups and all unofficial groupings shall be required to keep a list of their members (Members of the European Parliament and third parties). Such lists shall be published on the European Parliament website and updated at least twice a year. In order to operate in the European Parliament, all intergroups and unofficial groupings which involve non- parliamentary third parties shall also be required to register on the Union Transparency Register.
Amendment 1030 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 115 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Rule 115 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Members shall only meet interest representatives (lobbyists) who have registered in the Transparency Register, with the exception of local citizens from their constituencies.
Amendment 1205 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Annex I – Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Members are banned from having remunerated positions with companies or other organisations involved in influencing the Parliament.
Amendment 1210 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Annex I – Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 1233 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Parliament shall introduce a two year cooling-off period for Members taking any paid work involving EU lobbying, or any other paid work which involved a possible conflict of interests with their former work as a Member of the European Parliament .
Amendment 2 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 7 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Calls for universal access to quality healthcare in Member States; believes this to be a fundamental right of European citizens; further believes this to be the only way to ensure equality in healthcare for citizens in all European Union Member States.
Amendment 9 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 16 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU will need to oversee improvements in a range of fields that have an impact on how medicines are produced and distributed; calls on the Member States to support research and development (R&D) that focuses on the medical needs of all citizens, through ensuring that the structure for funding the research, development and commercialisation of new medicines is redirected towards the public good and to guarantee affordable and non- discriminatory access to medical advances, examining options such as bulk buying, risk sharing, and state funding of R&D; also calls on Member States to particularly focus on R&D to tackle antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the September 2016 United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines Report on Promoting Innovation and Access to Health Technologies
Amendment 29 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 36 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores the fact that there are 18 million people across the EU without access to health care; finds it unacceptable that there are 25 000 annual deaths in the EU due to lack of effective antibiotics; also finds it alarming that in a period of prosperity with many advances in healthcare, medicines and technology, there appears to be very little advancement in creating sustainable solutions for those without healthcare or medicines;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas public health systems are crucial to guarantee universal access to health care; believes this to be a fundamental right of European citizens; further believes this to be the only way to ensure equality in healthcare for citizens in all European Union Member States.
Amendment 57 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends that information sharing and the training of medical professionals be made an immediate priority; highlights the negative impact that Member States' austerity policies and budgetary cuts have had on citizens access to healthcare and access to medicines; condemns the situation which has been fostered in healthcare systems whereby the value of a life is equated to wealth, whereby those who are financially better off can get quicker and better treatment than those lesser off;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges that universal access to medicines should not be contingent on price, which should reflect a fair balance between the cost of research, industry growth and the need for sustainable welfare systems; sees patent rights as an obstacle to access to medicines, and urges public policy makers to take definitive steps towards addressing issues arising around patent rights; calls for greater transparency in public procurement prices for medicines;
Amendment 72 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates that the stability of European welfare systems, which are one of the cornerstones of EU cooperation and whose budgets differ greatly from one Member State to another, is contingent on people being in employment, and that high levels of unemployment are making it essential to find new means of funding welfare; condemns the transforming of health as an inherent right for all people, to a market based commodity that is subject to cost and profiteering which creates a social divide by promoting differential treatment based on a patient's ability to pay;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 107 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the Commission has had to introduce incentives to promote research in areas such as rare diseases, and whereas 25 000 people die each year in the EU owing to lack of access to adequate antimicrobial drugs; whereas drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths per annum worldwide by 2050
Amendment 147 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the European Medicines Agency launched a pilot project in 2014 known as 'adaptive pathways' which sought to provide access for patients to new medicines, by gathering evidence through real-life use to supplement clinical trials
Amendment 152 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas people living with disabilities, as well as those with long term illnesses that are not life threatening but do hamper and hinder quality of life and make everyday living more difficult than for a person in full health, are the most vulnerable and need medicines the most;
Amendment 178 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores the fact that there are 18 million people across the EU without access to health care; also finds it alarming that in a period of relative prosperity with many advances in healthcare, medicines and technology, there appears to be very little advancement in creating sustainable solutions for those without healthcare or medicines;
Amendment 184 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points outs that although pharmaceutical companies often argue that their R+D costs are prohibitively expensive, data shows that these companies' spend on marketing actually far outstrips R+D costs
Amendment 211 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the fast-tracking of medicines and the circumvention of the standard risk assessment for licensing a medicine should not become the norm and must be restricted to only a very select number of medicines, for which an objective need must be clearly met. Calls therefore on the European Commission and the European Medicines Agency to precisely define unclear terms upon which the adaptive pathways mechanism is based such as 'unmet medical need'
Amendment 216 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes with concern that 5% of all hospital admissions in the EU are due to an adverse drug reaction (ADR) and ADRs are the 5th leading cause of hospital death
Amendment 217 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Highlights the concern expressed by healthcare professionals, civil society organisations and regulators that adaptive pathways which rely on limited preliminary clinical data, surrogate outcomes and observational studies risk incorrect conclusions on the benefit-harm of new drugs; regrets the approach of the EMA in this regard
Amendment 218 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Notes with concern that a central element of the adaptive pathways mechanism is reliance upon 'real world data' i.e. observational data instead of data gathered during clinical trials
Amendment 336 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. WelcomNotes initiatives such as the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), but regrets that only a few of them are entirely public;
Amendment 341 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights with concern that IMI projects have been perceived as replicating work which individual companies would have had to undertake anyway, thereby subsidising private companies with EU money; calls on the Commission in this regard to ensure that IMI projects deliver real added-value for EU citizens
Amendment 343 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the EU, as a public funder of research, to require that knowledge generated from such research is made freely and widely available through publication and online access;
Amendment 352 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights the negative impact that Member States' austerity policies and budgetary cuts have had on citizens access to healthcare and access to medicines; condemns the situation which has been fostered in healthcare systems whereby the value of a life is equated to wealth, whereby those who are financially better off can receive faster and better quality treatment than those on lower incomes;
Amendment 362 #
2016/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Condemns the transforming of health as an inherent right for all people, to a market based commodity that is subject to cost and profiteering which creates a social divide by promoting differential treatment based on a patient's ability to pay;
Amendment 191 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 b (new)
Paragraph 60 b (new)
60 b. stresses that the Parliament and the Council, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget, must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as requested by the large majority of this Parliament in several resolutions;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in recent years hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost since the liberalisation of European postal services was launched as a consequence of market opening, and that a secondary contributing factor to job losses has been technological advances and digitalisation have transformed the postal services sector and that the modernisation and diversification of postal services has had a major impact on employment in the sector;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that it is difficult to see a single demonstrable positive effect for services, communities or workers that has resulted from the imposition of liberalisation of the postal services through the EU directives; notes that the only beneficiaries from the transposition of the directives have been multinational corporations, in particular the 'Big Five' in the global mailing and logistics sector (DHL, UPS, TNT, FedEx and GeoPost/DPD);
Amendment 14 #
2016/2010(INI)
2. Notes that, as predicted by the European trade union movement prior to the approval of the third Postal Services Directive, the number of part-time workers, agency workers and bogus self- employed persons in the sector has increased and that the general trend is towards more flexible employmen, that levels of unionisation of the workforce have declined as a result of aggressive anti-union policies by some corporations, and that precarious, insecure work has become far more prevalent in the sector; notes that liberalisation has directly caused a deterioration in the pay and conditions of postal workers as competing providers target contractly profitable areas, and seek to gain an advantage by driving down wages and standards;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes with concern that the data from the five member states that had already fully liberalised their postal services prior to the transposition of the third Postal Services Directive demonstrates that it results in a loss of jobs, a reduction in the quality of the services provided, and an increase in costs for consumers; notes that, for example, the privatisation of Royal Mail in Britain resulted in 55,000 job losses in three years; and that many rural communities in Member States have been left without any postal service as a result of liberalisation;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Condemns the Commission for imposing the third Postal Services Directive when its own preconditions had not been met in terms of ensuring quality working conditions for employees in the sector were guaranteed, and that full accessibility to postal services, including for rural citizens, would be guaranteed and financed;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that in order to protect both working conditions and the standard of service, postal services should be a publicly regulated monopoly and that the most efficient way to ensure universal provision of affordable postal services to all is through a reserved area or regulated monopoly;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the role played by the social partners, who in many Member States have worked together with universal service providers in an effort to make the transformation of the postal services sector socially sustainable; is critical of the leaders of multinational corporations now operating in the sector who have suggested in the context of the economic crisis that cutting jobs and lowering wage levels of postal workers, as well as further liberalisation and less regulation, is the solution to falling revenues in the sector;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Condemns the Commission for imposing the third Postal Services Directive when its own preconditions had not been met in terms of ensuring quality working conditions for employees in the sector were guaranteed, and that full accessibility to postal services, including for rural citizens, would be guaranteed and financed;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that jobs have been created as a result of restructuring and the introduction of new activities in the postal services sector and that, in keeping with these new circumstances, workers need to learn new skills; draws attention to the importance of training, further training and retraining; notes that successful diversification projects of the postal service in some Member States that have prevented massive job losses have included increasing financial services (e.g., postal savings banks), local government services, provision of digital and hybrid mail, and business to customer parcel delivery;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to compile more data on workforce size and working conditions so that they can respond promptly to developments and potential problems; insists that, since the Commission failed to ensure no loss of conditions before the third directive was transposed as it was required to do, that the Commission and Member States must now act to prevent the further deterioration of working conditions for postal workers and to reverse the decline that has occurred since liberalisation was imposed;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses grave concern that the draft TTIP text, if adopted, will severely restrict the use of universal service obligations (USOs) which are crucial in the postal services sector in guaranteeing universal access to the service at an affordable cost, and reduce competition by public postal operators; notes that these policies have been campaigned for by the major postal and courier corporations such as FedEx; notes that all Member States in which governments retain shares in or subsidise the national postal service operator or enforce the provision of universal service obligations will be negatively impacted if TTIP is adopted;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Rejects the Commission's stance in the TTIP negotiations on banning the reversal of privatisations through the 'standstill' clauses and the locking in of future deregulation under a proposed 'ratchet' provision in the context of the demonstrable negative impact of postal services liberalisation on workers and communities;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2010(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to guarantee all workers in the postal services sector appropriathigh-quality and secure working conditions.
Amendment 178 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10a) ‘nutrition declaration’ means the declaration that includes all the relevant nutritional information to the spirit drink elements, as set out in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;
Amendment 232 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) by any terms indicapermitted inby the relevant product specification.
Amendment 262 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The label of the spirit drink shall include its nutrition declaration, with all the relevant elements, as set out in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
Amendment 271 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Where the origin of a spirit drink is indicated, it shall correspond to the country or territory of origin in accordance with Article 60 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 . __________________ 16Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament anplace or region where the stage in the production process of the finished product which conferred ofn the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)spirit drink its character and essential qualities took place.
Amendment 282 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Without prejudice to the first paragraph, in the case of spirit drinks produced in the Union and intended for export, the particulars provided for in this Regulation may be supplemented in a language easily understood by the final consumer.
Amendment 354 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts, without applying the procedure referred to in Article 44(2), establishing and maintaining a publicly accessible updated electronic register of geographical indications of spirit drinks recognised under this scheme (‘the Register’). The Register will provide direct access to all product specifications for spirit drinks registered as geographical indications.
Amendment 400 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 16 (2) shall be conferred on the Commission for a 4-year period from ... [OJ: please insert the entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 402 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Articles 19 to 23, 28 and 29 shall apply to applications for protection, applications for amendment and cancellations submitted after the date of application of this Regulation. Reference to product specifications as defined in point 7 of Article 2(1) shall also be taken to include the technical files of spirit drinks protected under Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 where appropriate and, in particular, with respect to this Article Articles 18, 28, 29, 35, 38, 39 of this Regulation.
Amendment 178 #
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 advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirecNotes, however, that the European biofuel production is an important income source for farming families, encouraging investment land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliqu job creation in rural areas, and that the industry also provides EU produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directivers with non-genetically modified animal feed, which helps address the overdependence on imported protein for animals in the EU.
Amendment 566 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
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 highly sustainable crop based biofuels, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels 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 109 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy21 and the strengthening of economic governance, social indicators play an essential role in informing and supporting the Union’s key priorities for inclusive and sustainable growth and job creation, the reduction of poverty and, social exclusion, and inequality of every form, skills, mobility and the digital economy. In particular, social indicators must provide a sound statistical basis for developing and monitoring the policies introduced by the Union as well as Member States to address those priorities. __________________ 21 Communication from the Commission - EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM (2010) 2020 of 3 March 2010.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy21 and the strengthening of economic governance, social indicators play an essential role in informing and supporting the Union’s key priorities for growth and job creation, gender equality, the reduction of poverty and social exclusion, skills, mobility and the digital economy. In particular, social indicators must provide a sound statistical basis for developing and monitoring the policies introduced by the Union to address those priorities. __________________ 21 Communication from the Commission - EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM (2010) 2020 of 3 March 2010.
Amendment 116 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In shaping European Social Statistics due attention should be given to Article 10 TFEU. Therefore it is essential to ensure gender-segregated data collection to prevail, allowing for a solid factual basis to assess in how far equality has been achieved and discrimination has been tackled.
Amendment 117 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In view of this,To work towards achieving the above, it is paramount that social indicators should be of the necessary high quality, in particular in terms of their robustness, their timeliness, their relevance, their adaptability to new users’ requests, as well as their comparability and efficiency.
Amendment 119 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In line with the "Beyond GDP" initiative1a , it is important to complement GDP with high level indicators reflecting other dimensions such as quality of life including work-life balance, inclusion, well-being and social cohesion, highlighting the importance of ensuring that the relevant data can be segregated in order to identify, for example, gender- specific issues; __________________ 1a http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enveco /pdf/SWD_2013_303.pdf and http://ec.europa.eu/environment/beyond_ gdp/index_en.html
Amendment 123 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) European statistics relating to persons and households are currently collected on the basis of a number of legislative acts covering surveys on persons and households, demographic statistics, population and housing censuses and statistics mainly collected from administrative sources. Some data are also gathered from business surveys. Despite significant improvements in recent years there is a need tofor further integrate themprovement and accuracy combined with a more holistic collection of statistics based on surveys conducted on persons and, households and businesses throughout the EU.
Amendment 130 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In 2011, the European Statistical System (ESS) endorsed in Wiesbaden its Memorandum on a New Conceptual Design for Household and Social Statistics. In its view, the European surveys that provide data relating to persons and households should be streamlined, and additional, less frequent microdata collections should be used to complement those core social surveys. Furthermore, there should be better access to administrative data, and the re-use of existing data sources and access to new data sources should be developed at national and EU level in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/6791a __________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
Amendment 135 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The developments described above need to be gradually streamlined, and statistical legislation in the area of social statistics needs to be modernised, in order to ensure that the high quality social indicators are produced in a more integrated, flexible and efficient manner. At the same time, due consideration must be given to the needs of users, to the burden placed on respondents, to Member States resources, the reliability and accuracy of the methods used, technical feasibility of producing the statistics, the time within which they can be available and the reliability of the results; however, at no stage should the consideration of users’ needs and Member States’ resources reduce the quality, reliability, efficiency, or independence of the data and statistics collected.
Amendment 136 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The developments described above need to be gradually streamlined, and statistical legislation in the area of social statistics needs to be modernised, in order to ensure that the high quality social indicators are produced in a more integrated, flexible and efficient manner. At the same time, due consideration must be given to the needs of users, to the burden placed on respondents, to Member States resources, the reliability and accuracy of the methods used, technical feasibility of producing the statistics, the time within which they can be available and the reliability of the results. To achieve data of high quality, due consideration should be given to the reference manual "Developing Gender Statistics: a practical tool”, prepared by the UNECE Task Force on Gender Statistics Training for Statisticians with contributions from various experts1a. __________________ 1a http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/st ats/publications/Developing_Gender_Stati stics.pdf
Amendment 148 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Due to their specificities, demographic statistics23 , population and housing censuses24 , business surveys and statistics based on mainly administrative sources are not covered by this Regulation and should be governed separately by specific frameworks adapted to their characteristics. Statistical data is essential to describe, assess and support the improvement of life and well-being of citizens, the economy and the environment. It is of utmost importance for Union policies to be embraced by citizens. Statistical data should in this sense further advance the fundamental principle of European citizenship including non-discrimination and gender equality. __________________ 23 Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on European demographic statistics (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p.39). 24 Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on population and housing censuses (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 14).
Amendment 151 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Statistics are no longer considered as just one of many sources of information for policy-making purposes, but instead play a central role in the decision-making process. Evidence-based decision-making requires statistics that meet high-quality criteria, as set out in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 , in accordance with the purposes they are serving. High quality and independent statistical data is essential for everyone in society as it is used to better influence policy to informing citizens, the economy and the environment. It is also important now more than ever as a bulwark against falsified facts, alternative facts, and fake news which is blighting society and the political process. __________________ 25 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
Amendment 158 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 includes rules on the transmission of data from the Member States, including the transmission of confidential data. Measures taken in accordance with this Regulation should ensure that confidential data is protected and that no unlawful disclosure or non-statistical use of data occurs during the production and dissemination of European statistics, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 164 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Implementation of this Regulation could require major adaptations to the national statistical systems, and the Commission may therefore grant derogations should be granted to Member States.
Amendment 174 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘pre-checked data or microdata’ means data or microdata verified by the Member States, on the basis of agreed common validation rules while complying with Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
Amendment 175 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘domain’ means one or several data sets organised in order to cover particular topics set out in Annex I;
Amendment 176 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘topic’ means the content of the information to be collected about the observation units, each topic covering a number of detailed topics, set out in Article 3 (2);
Amendment 178 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘administrative records’ mean data generated by a non-statistical source, (usually, but not always, a public body), the aim of which is not to provide statistics, for its own purposes;
Amendment 191 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) health: access, availability and use, status and disability, care and determinants,
Amendment 193 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) income, consumption, deprivation and wealth, including debts,
Amendment 194 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) quality of life, including social and, cultural, and economic participation and wellbeing,
Amendment 223 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Technical standards shall be put in place to facilitate the exchange and sharing of information between the Commission (Eurostat) and the Member StatesMember States and the Commission (Eurostat), in particular for the purpose of supporting quality management and process documentation related to the statistics covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 228 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) administrative records and any other sources, methods or innovative approaches in so far as they allow for the production of data that are comparable and compliant with the applicable specific requirements laid down by this Regulation and comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 234 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Data shall be based on representative samples drawn from sampling frames set up at national level that allow persons or households to be selected at random, with a known probability of selection. The sampling frames shall aim to cover exhaustively and exclusively the population of interest and shall be regularly updated. They shall contain all the information necessary for the sample design, such as information needed for stratification purposes and for contacting the persons or households. The sampling frame shall also include the information needed to link persons to other administrative records, in so far as is allowed under data protection rules under Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 237 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure the quality of the data and metadata transmitted is of the highest quality.
Amendment 246 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the implementation of this Regulation, the Union mayshall provide grants to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, for:
Amendment 249 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Member States national statistical institutes shall be granted the sufficient financial and human resources earmarked for the exact purpose of the additional tasks outlined in this Regulation for which they do not currently undertake. The needed resources shall be re-evaluated according to the evolution of this Regulation.
Amendment 255 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. If applying this Regulation, or the implementing measures and delegated acts adopted under it, in a Member State’s national statistical system would necessitate major adaptations, the Commission may grant, by means of implementingdelegated acts, a derogation for up to three years ranging from one to three years depending on the scale of the adaptations. A derogation may only be granted if it will not compromise the comparability of Member States’ data relating to headline indicators, or hamper the calculation of the required timely and representative European aggregates.
Amendment 256 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Where a derogation is still justified at the end of the period for which it was granted, the Commission may grant a subsequent derogation forranging from one year to a maximum period of threewo years, by means of implementingdepending on the reasons as to why the original derogated timeframe was not sufficient, by means of delegated acts.
Amendment 258 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. When the only means by which a Member State can provide the required data sets is by using methods other than those laid down in this Regulation, or in the implementing measures and delegated acts adopted under it, the Commission may exceptionally authorise the use of such methods for a maximum duration of five years, by means of implementingdelegated acts.
Amendment 259 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Where the authorisation is still justified at the end of the period for which it was granted, the Commission may grant a subsequent authorisation for a maximum period of fivthree years, by means of implementing actsdelegated acts, providing sufficient evidence is given as to why the original derogated timeframe was not sufficient.
Amendment 267 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Labour market” - topic “Labour market participation”
Annex I – domain “Labour market” - topic “Labour market participation”
Labour market participation Employment status Duration of contract Duration of contract – secondary information Full- or part-time status - reason Dependent self-employment Supervisory responsibilities Establishment size Workplace Working at home Search for work Willingness to work Availability Second job Second, or multiple, job(s) Search for another job Reconciliation between work and family life Young people on the labour market Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants Transition into retirement Care needs
Amendment 273 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Living conditions, including material deprivation, housing, living environment, access to services”
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Living conditions, including material deprivation, housing, living environment, access to services”
Living conditions, including material Material deprivation deprivation, housing, living environment, access to services Child deprivation Main housing characteristics Housing conditions details, incl. deprivation Housing costs including imputed rent Living environment Housing difficulties (including renting difficulties) Use of services, including care services Affordability Unmet needs and reasons Childcare Care
Amendment 278 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Income from work including debts Income from allowances Income from pensions Other incomes Taxes and contributions Total income Over-indebtedness Arrears Wealth (including all assets) Main consumption components Intergenerational transmission of disadvantages Intergenerational transmission of advantages
Amendment 281 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Health” – topic “Health: status and disability, care and determinants”
Annex I – domain “Health” – topic “Health: status and disability, care and determinants”
Amendment 285 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Domain “Education and Training” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – Domain “Education and Training” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Total income including debts Total assets value excluding income
Amendment 287 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Use of information and communication technologies” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – domain “Use of information and communication technologies” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Total income including debts Total assets value excluding income
Amendment 289 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Domain “Time use” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – Domain “Time use” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Production for self-consumption and sell, including debts reparations Income from work Total income Total assets value excluding income
Amendment 293 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Domain “Consumption” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – Domain “Consumption” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Total income including debts Total assets value excluding income Taxes and contributions Income in kind from non-salaried activities Imputed rent Main source of income Wealth (including all assets) Debts Arrears Consumption by COICOP Cross border consumption expenditures by COICOP Own consumption
Amendment 298 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1
Annex IV – point 1
1. For the Labour Market domain, the data sets shall consist of information collected quarterly, annually, biennially and every 86 years. Data on variables relating to ad-hoc subjects shall be collected every fourthree years.
Amendment 299 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 3
Annex IV – point 3
3. For the Health domain, the data shall be collected every 65 years.
Amendment 300 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 4
Annex IV – point 4
4. For the Education and Training domain, the data shall be collected every 65 years.
Amendment 301 #
2016/0264(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 6
Annex IV – point 6
6. For the Time Use domain, the data shall be collected every 105 years.
Amendment 48 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 has been amended several times. Since further amendments are to be made, it should therefore be replaced and repealed in the interest of clarity, without deviation from the core thrust of the Regulation and without compromising its original goals.
Amendment 62 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The objectives of the Agency shall be to increase and disseminate knowledge to assist the Commission, other EU institutions and bodies, Member States and social partners in shaping and implementing policies aimed at theto develop and pursue ideas on the medium - and long term improvement of living and working conditions, in supporting employment policies and in promoting the dialogue between management and labourworkers.
Amendment 66 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) The production of the Eurofound surveys shall be maintained in the long- term to secure the continuity of comparative analysis and trends in living and working conditions and labour market developments in Europe. To that effect, sufficient financial and human resources shall be granted to the Agency and earmarked to this purpose. The needed resources shall be re-evaluated according to the evolution of European surveys costs.
Amendment 67 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) prepare analysis of the implications for living and working conditions and labour market developments in the event of a Member State holding a referendum on leaving the European Union, all the while ensuring that Eurofound has the resources needed to do so;
Amendment 69 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) carry out pilot projects and preparatory actions within the meaning of Article 54(2)(a) of the Financial Regulation from a request by the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission;
Amendment 72 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. In carrying out its tasks, the Agency shall maintain a close dialogue particularly with specialised bodies, whether public or private, public authorities and workers’ and employers’ organisations. The Agency, without prejudice to its own aims, shall ensure cooperation with other European Union Agencies aimed at avoiding overlaps and promoting synergy and complementarity in their activities, in particular with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and, where relevant, with other EU Agencies. The Agency shall cooperate as closely as possible with specialised institutions, foundations and bodies in the Member States and, where appropriate, at international level with the ILO and the OECD in related matters.
Amendment 86 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) threone members representing the Commission.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) two independent experts appointed by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee on behalf of the European Parliament as full members of the Management Board and Executive Board who will have full voting rights;
Amendment 102 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The members of the Management Board are appointed once they have signed their declaration of absence of conflict of interests. Any member who develops a conflict of interest after being appointed shall remove themselves from the Board immediately. Any member who is discovered not to have declared a conflict of interest shall be removed from the Board immediately and be replaced. Alternates shall adhere to the same standards regarding conflicts of interest as full members.
Amendment 105 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. That term shall be extendable for a period not exceeding three consecutive terms (12 years). Upon the expiry of their term of office or in the event of their resignation, members shall remain in office until their appointments are renewed or until they are replaced.
Amendment 110 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 114 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) give the general orientations for the agency’s activities and adopt each year the Agency’s programming document by a full majority of two-thirds of the members entitled to vote and in accordance with Article 6;
Amendment 117 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) adopt and regularly update the communication and dissemination plans, as part of the Agency’s programming document, based on an analysis of needs;
Amendment 118 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 126 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 132 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each year, the Executive Director shall, in line with Article 11 (5) c, draw up a programming document containing multiannual and annual programming in line with Article 32 of the Commission delegated Regulation (EU) No 1271/20138 and taking into account guidelines set by the Commission. If the annual work programme contains a significant increase in the workload of the Agency then the required additional resources, both financial and human, shall be provided to the Agency. _________________ 8 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1271/2013 of 30 September 2013 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 208 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 7.12.2013, p. 42).
Amendment 133 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall adopt a draft programming document and shall forward it to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission no later than 31 January. By 30 November each year, the Management Board shall adopt the programming document referred to in paragraph 1 and shall forward it to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission no later than 31 January as well as any later updated version of that document. The single programming document contains 3 elements: multi- annual part, annual work programme, budget including human resources.
Amendment 135 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall amend the adopted annual work programme when a new task is given to the Agency and related additional financial and human resources shall be secured to the Agency. The Management Board may delegate the power to make non-substantial amendments to the annual work programme to the Executive Director.
Amendment 137 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall elect a Chairperson and threefour Deputy Chairpersons as follows – one from amongst the members representing Member States, one from amongst the members representing employers’ organisations, one from amongst the members representing employees’ organisations and one from amongst the members representing the Commission, and one alternating from amongst the representatives appointed by the EMPL Committee on behalf of the Parliament. The Chairperson and the Deputy Chairpersons shall be elected by a full majority of two-thirds of members of the Management Board with voting rights.
Amendment 143 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 5 (1) (a) and (b) and Article 19 (7), the Management Board shall take decisions by full majority of members with voting rights.
Amendment 148 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Board shall be composed of the Chairperson of the Management Board, the three Deputy Chairpersons, the coordinators of the three groups as referred to in Article 4 (5) and one representative of the Parliament and of the Commission. Each group referred to in Article 4 (5) may designate up to two alternates to attend the meetings of the Executive Board, in the absence of the full members. The Chairperson of the Management Board shall also be the Chairperson of the Executive Board. The Executive Director shall take part in the meetings of the Executive Board, but shall not have the right to vote.
Amendment 157 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Executive Director shall manage the Agency. The Executive Director shall be accountable to the Management Board. The Executive Director shall exercise, with respect to the staff of the agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment (“the appointing authority powers”).
Amendment 161 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) preparing the programming document and submitting it to the Management Board after consulting the Commission;
Amendment 162 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point f
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point f
(f) preparing an action plan following- up conclusions of internal or external audit reports and evaluations, as well as investigations by the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) and reporting on progress twice a yearregularly to the Commission and regularly to the Management Board and the Executive Board;
Amendment 163 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point i
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point i
(i) preparing draft financial rules applicable to the Agency as part of the Agency’s programming document;
Amendment 168 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director shall also be responsible for deciding whether it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the Agency’s tasks in an efficient and effective manner to establish one or more local offices in one or more Member States. That decision requires the prior consent of Commission, the Management Board and the Member State where the local office is to be established. That decision shall specify the scope of the activities to be carried out that that local office in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and duplication of administrative functions of the AgencyBrussels.
Amendment 174 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall send draft estimates to the budgetary authority together with the draft general budget of the Union. The Commission shall send these draft estimates simultaneously to the Agency.
Amendment 181 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency may establish locala liaison offices in one or more Member States, subject to their consent andBrussels in accordance with Article 11 (6).
Amendment 193 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. No later than 5 years after the date referred to in Article 37, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall perform an evaluation in compliance with the Commission guidelines to assess the Agency’s performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks. The European Parliament and the Management Board shall be consulted in the evaluation. The evaluation shall, in particular, address the possible need to modify the mandate of the Agency, and the financial implications of any such modification. If new tasks are allocated to the Agency, or if the workload linked to existing tasks increases, related additional financial and human resources shall be secured to the Agency.
Amendment 199 #
2016/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. The Management Board shall adopt a strategy for relations with third countries or international organisations concerning matters for which the Agency is competent as part of the Agency’s programming document.
Amendment 42 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) supply the European Union institutions and bodies and the Member States with the objective available technical, scientific, legal and economic information and qualified expertise they require to formulate and implement judicious and effective policies designed to protect the safety and health of workers, including the prevention and anticipation of potential hazards; to that end, provide the European Commission in particular with the technical, scientific, legal and economic information and qualified expertise it requires to fulfil its tasks of identifying, preparing and evaluating legislation and measures in the area of the protection of the safety and health of workers, notably as regards the impact of legislation, the adaptation of legislation to technical, scientific or legislative progress as well as of practical implementation of legislation in enterprises, with particular reference to micro, small and medium- sized enterprises;
Amendment 49 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) carry out pilot projects within the meaning of Article 54(2)(a) of the Financial Regulation following a request by the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission;
Amendment 56 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Agency shall cooperate as closely as possible with specialised institutions, foundations and bodies in the Member States and, where appropriate, at an international level.
Amendment 65 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The members referred to in points (b) and (c) shall be appointed on a proposal by their respective groups’ spokespersons on the Committeeorganisations, and may be replaced at the organisation's request.
Amendment 66 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
The Commissionmembers referred to in point (d) shall be appoint the members who are to represent it. ed on a proposal by the Commission and shall be submitted to the European Parliament for confirmation; the proposal shall also be forwarded to the Council for information.
Amendment 72 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The members of the Management Board are appointed once they have signed their declaration of absence of conflict of interest. Any member who develops a conflict of interest after being appointed shall resign immediately. Any member who is discovered not to have declared a conflict of interest shall be removed from the Board immediately and be replaced.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. It shall be extendable for a period not exceeding three consecutive terms. Upon the expiry of their term of office or in the event of their resignation, members shall remain in office until their appointments are renewed or until they are replaced.
Amendment 82 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The other two tripartite Agencies, CEDEFOP and EUROFOUND, shall be observers in the Management Board to enhance efficiency and synergies and avoid overlaps.
Amendment 87 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) adopt and regularly update the communication and dissemination plans, as part of the Agency's programming document, based on an analysis of needs;
Amendment 96 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each year, the Executive Director shall, in line with Article 11 (5) c, draw up a programming document containing multiannual and annual programming in line with Article 32 of the Commission delegated Regulation (EU) No 1271/201310 and taking into account guidelines set by the Commission. If the annual work programme contains a significant increase in the workload of the Agency then the required additional resources, both financial and human, shall be provided to the Agency accordingly. _________________ 10 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1271/2013 of 30 September 2013 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 208 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 7.12.2013, p. 42).
Amendment 97 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall adopt a draft programming document and shall forward it to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission no later than 31 January. By 30 November each year, the Management Board shall adopt the final programming document referred to in paragraph 1 and shall forward it to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission no later than 31 January each year as well as any later updated version of that document. The single programming document contains 3 elements: multi- annual part, annual work programme, budget including human resources.
Amendment 129 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall send the draft estimates to the budgetary authority and the Agency together with the draft general budget of the Union.
Amendment 147 #
2016/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. In so far as is necessary in order to achieve the objectives set out in this Regulation, and without prejudice to the respective competences of the Member States and the institutions of the Union, the Agency may cooperate with the competent authorities of third countries and/or with international organisations. To this end, the Agency may, subject to prior approval by the Commission, establish working arrangements with the authorities of third countries and international organisations. These arrangements shall not create legal obligations incumbent on the Union and its Member States
Amendment 22 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement, inter alia, sets out a long-term goal in line with the objective to keep the global temperature increase well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels which scientists agree requires the world to enter into a period of negative emissions, where forests, agriculture land and wetlands/peatlands will play a central role in achieving this. In order to achieve this goal, the Parties should prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. The Paris Agreement replaces the approach taken under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will not be continued beyond 2020. The Paris Agreement also calls for a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century, and invites Parties to take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, including forests.
Amendment 52 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
Amendment 55 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) It is the ultimate objective of this Regulation to contribute to the global objective to keep temperatures below 2 degrees, pursuing efforts to limit to warming to 1.5 degrees.
Amendment 125 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to adapt the definitions in paragraph 1 to scientific developments or technical progress and to ensure consistency between those definitions and any changes to relevant definitions in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories ('IPCC) Guidelines') and the 2013 IPCC Wetlands Supplementary Guidelines for national Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
Amendment 128 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
For the period from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Article 11, each Member State shall ensure that at least emissions do not exceed removals, calculated as the sum of total emissions and removals on their territory in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2 combined, as accounted in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 131 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall submit, by 30 June 2019, an action plan to the Commission that sets out targets for 2040, 2050, 2060 and 2070 to increase removals. These removals shall be calculated as the sum of total emissions and removals on their territory in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2 combined, as accounted in accordance with this Regulation. These can take the form of National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs).
Amendment 157 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Adherence to the Biodiversity Strategy In order for removals to be included in the accounts of a Member State, the Member State concerned shall ensure that its mitigation activities do not negatively impact Union biodiversity objectives, as specified in the EU biodiversity strategy.
Amendment 177 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 b (new)
Article 7 b (new)
Article 7 b Agro-forestry Agro-forestry shall be encouraged so as to integrate food production with biodiversity and measures to counter climate change.
Amendment 251 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. To the extent that total removals exceed emissions in a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025, and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 or transferred to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 2, that Member State may bank the remaining quantity to the period 2026-2030 up to a limit of 5%.
Amendment 270 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall review the ambition of this proposal after the 2018 facilitative dialogue. It shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2024 and every fivetwo years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, and may make proposals if appropriate.
Amendment 275 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission with assistance from the EEA shall review the combined ambition of the Regulations [ESR] [LULUCF] and [ETS] after the 2018 UNFCCC facilitative dialogue has taken place. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council within a year of the facilitative dialogue, proposing changes to the EU's 2030 and 2050 greenhouse gas emissions targets, including LULUCF, to ensure coherence with achieving the Paris Agreement's long-term goals. These goals are to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2˚C above pre- industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C, and to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century
Amendment 23 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 53(1), 62 and 62168 thereof,
Amendment 29 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In its Communication to the European Parliament and to the Council on Better Regulation for Better Results – an EU Agenda31, the Commission stressed that when considering policy solutions, it will consider both regulatory and well- designed non-regulatory means, modelled on the Community of practice and the Principles for Better Self- and Co- regulation32. A number of codes set up in the areas coordinated by the Directive have proved to be well designed, in line with the Principles for Better Self- and Co- regulation, which may constitute a useful ancillary or complementary means for legislative action. The existence of a legislative backstop has been considered an important success factor in promoting compliance with a self- or co-regulatory code. It is equally important that the codes establish specific targets and objectives allowing for the regular, transparent and independent monitoring and evaluation of the objectives aimed by the codes. Graduated sanctions which maintain an element of proportionality are usually considered to be an effective approach in enforcing a scheme. These principles should be followed by the self- and co- regulatory codes adopted in the areas coordinated by this Directive. _________________ 31 COM(2015) 215 final. COM(2015) 215 final. 32 https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single- market/communities/better-self-and-co- regulation
Amendment 32 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to empower viewers, including parents and vulnerable groups such as minors, in making informed decisions about the content to be watched, it is necessary that audiovisual media service providers provide sufficient information about content that may impair minors’ physical, mental or moral development of vulnerable groups such as minors. This could be done, for instance, through a system of content descriptors indicating the nature of the content. Content descriptors could be delivered through written, graphical or acoustic means.
Amendment 38 #
2016/0151(COD)
(10) Certain widely recognised nutritional guidelines exist at national and international level, such as the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s nutrient profile model, in order to differentiate foods on the basis of their nutritional composition in the context of foods television advertising to vulnerable groups such as children. Member States should be encouraged to ensure that self-regulation and co-regulatory codes of conduct are used to effectively preducevent the exposure of vulnerable groups such as children and minors to audiovisual commercial communications regarding foods and beverages that are high in salt, sugars or fat or that otherwise do not fit these national or international nutritional guidelines.
Amendment 45 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Similarly, Member States should be encouraged to ensure that self-regulation and co- regulatory codes of conduct are used to effectively limit the exposure of childrprevent and minors to audiovisual commercial communications for alcoholic beverages. Certain co-regulatory or self-regulatory systems exist at Union and national level in order to market responsibly alcoholic beverages, including in audiovisual commercial communications. Those systems should be further encouraged, in particular those aiming at ensuring that responsible drinking messages accompanylimit the exposure of vulnerable groups such as children and minors to audiovisual commercial communications for alcoholic beverages.
Amendment 49 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to remove barriers to the free circulation of cross-border services within the Union, it is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of self- and co-regulatory measures aiming, in particular, at protecting consumers or public health. When well enforced and monitored, codes of conduct at Union level might be a good means of ensuring a more coherent and effective approach.
Amendment 53 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 55 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Sponsorship represents an important means of financing audiovisual media services or programmes while promoting a legal or physical person’s name, trade mark, image, activities or products. As such, for sponsorship to constitute a valuable form of advertising technique for advertisers and audiovisual media service providers, sponsorship announcements can contain promotional references to the goods or services of the sponsor, while not directly encouraging the purchase of the goods and services. Sponsorship announcements should continue to clearly inform the viewers of the existence of a sponsorship agreement. The content of sponsored programmes should not be influenced in such a way as to affect the audiovisual media service provider’s editorial independence.
Amendment 56 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 59 #
2016/0151(COD)
(16) Product placement should not be admissible in news and current affairs programmes, consumer affairs programmes, religious programmes and programmes with a significant children’s audience. In particular, ein general not be admissible. Evidence shows that product placement and embedded advertisements can affect children’s behaviour as children are often not able to recognise the commercial content. There is thus a need to continue to prohibit product placement in programmes with a significant children’s audience. Consumer affairs programmes are programmes offering advice to viewers, or including reviews on the purchase of products and services. Allowing product placement in such programmes would blur the distinction between advertising and editorial content for viewers who may expect a genuine and honest review of products or services in such programmes.
Amendment 65 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The rule that a product should not be given undue prominence has proved difficult to apply in practice. It also restricts the take-up of product placement which, by definiProduct placement should continue to be banned in general. Where any derogation, involves some level of prominent exposure to be able to generate value. Ts provided for in law, the requirements for programmes containing product placement should thus focus on clearly informing the viewers of the existence of product placement and on ensuring that the audiovisual media service provider’s editorial independence is not affected.
Amendment 69 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 74 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) There are new challenges, in particular in connection with audiovisual media services such as video- sharing platforms, on which users - particularly vulnerable groups such as minors - increasingly consume audiovisual content. In this context, harmful content and hate speech stored on video-sharing platforms have increasingly given rise to concern. It is necessary, in order to protect minors from harmful content and all citizens from content containing incitement to violence or hatred, to set out proportionate rules on those matters.
Amendment 78 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) As regards commercial communications on audiovisual media services providers such as video-sharing platforms, they are already regulated by Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, which prohibits unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices, including misleading and aggressive practices occurring in information society services. As regards commercial communications concerning tobacco and related products in video- sharing platforms, the existing prohibitions provided for in Directive 2003/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as the prohibitions applicable to communications concerning e-cigarettes and refill containers pursuant to Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, ensure that consumers are sufficiently protected. The measures set out in this Directive therefore complement those set out in Directives 2005/29/EC, 2003/33/EC and 2014/40/EU.
Amendment 80 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) An important share of the content stored on video-sharing platforms is not under the editorial responsibility of the video-sharing platform provider. However, those providers typically determine the organisation of the content, namely programmes or user-generated videos, including by automatic means or algorithms. Therefore, those providers should be required to take appropriate measures to protect vulnerable groups such as minors from content that may impair their physical, mental or moral development and protect all citizens from incitement to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to sex, race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin.
Amendment 82 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 83 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) It is appropriate to involve the audiovisual media services providers such as video-sharing platform providers as much as possible when implementing the appropriate measures to be taken pursuant to this Directive. Co-regulation should therefore be encouraged. With a view to ensuring a clear and consistent approach in this regard across the Union, Member States should not be entitled to require audiovisual media services providers such as video-sharing platform providers to take stricter measures to protect vulnerable groups such as minors from harmful content and all citizens from content containing incitement to violence or hatred than the ones provided for in this Directive. However, it should remain possible for Member States to take such stricter measures where that content is illegal, provided that they comply with Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC, and to take measures with respect to content on websites containing or disseminating child pornography, as required by and allowed under Article 25 of Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and the Council35 . It should also remain possible for audiovisual media services providers such as video-sharing platform providers to take stricter measures on a voluntary basis. _________________ 35 Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p. 1).
Amendment 85 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) When taking the appropriate measures to protect vulnerable groups such as minors from harmful content and to protect all citizens from content containing incitement to violence or hatred in accordance with this Directive, the applicable fundamental rights, as laid down in the Charter on Fundamental Rights of the European Union, should be carefully balanced. That concerns in particular, as the case may be, the right to respect for private and family life and the protection of personal data, the freedom of expression and information, the freedom to conduct a business, the prohibition of discrimination and the right of the person belonging to a vulnerable group such as a child.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The audiovisual media service providers such as video-sharing platform providers covered by this Directive provide information society services within the meaning of point (a) of Article 2 of Directive 2000/31/EC. Those providers are consequently subject to the rules on the internal market set out in Article 3 of that Directive, if they are established in a Member State. It is appropriate to ensure that the same rules apply to audiovisual media services providers such as video- sharing platform providers which are not established in a Member State with a view to safeguarding the effectiveness of the measures to protect vulnerable groups such as minors and citizens set out in this Directive and ensuring a level playing field in as much as possible, in as far as those providers have either a parent company or a subsidiary which is established in a Member State or where those providers are part of a group and another entity of that group is established in a Member State. To that effect, arrangements should be made to determine in which Member State those providers should be deemed to have been established. The Commission should be informed of the providers under each Member State’s jurisdiction in application of the rules on establishment set out in this Directive and in Directive 2000/31/EC.
Amendment 91 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) The Commission should be free to consult ERGA on any matter relating to audiovisual media services and video- sharing platforms. ERGA should assist the Commission by providing its expertise and advice and by facilitating exchange of best practices. In particular, the Commission should consult ERGA in the application of Directive 2010/13/EU with a view to facilitating its convergent implementation across the Digital Single Market. Upon the Commission’s request, ERGA should provide opinions, including on jurisdiction and Union codes of conduct in the area of protection of vulnerable groups such as minors and hate speech as well as audiovisual commercial communications for foods high in fat, salt/sodium and sugars.
Amendment 93 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Amendment 96 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall encourage co-introduce regulation and selfencourage co-regulation through codes of conduct adopted at national level in the fields coordinated by this Directive to the extent permitted by their legal systems. Those codes shall be such that they are broadly accepted by the main stakeholders in the Member States concerned. The codes of conduct shall clearly and unambiguously set out their objectives. They shall provide for regular, transparent and independent monitoring and evaluation of the achievement of the objectives aimed at. They shall provide for effective enforcement, including when appropriate effective and proportionate sanctions.
Amendment 101 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(8a) In Article 6, the following paragraph is added: ‘Member States shall require broadcasters under their jurisdiction to broadcast events of major importance for society in an accessible way for people with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities.’
Amendment 103 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 6a – paragraph 1
Article 6a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers provide sufficient information to viewers about content which may impair the physical, mental or moral development of vulnerable groups such as minors. For this purpose, Member States may use a system of descriptors indicating the nature of the content of an audiovisual media service.
Amendment 106 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 7
Article 7
(10) Article 7 is deleted; replaced by the following: “Article 7 1. Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers shall gradually make their services accessible to persons with disabilities. After the entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers provide access to subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), audio description, spoken subtitles or audio subtitles, sign language interpretation. 2. The accessible services shall be provided for different types of programmes, including those for children, and at different times during the day, without concentrating accessible content in the least common time slots for the general audience. Member States shall encourage audiovisual media service providers to consult users organisations, including organisations representing persons with disabilities, to regards prioritising the programmes to be made accessible. 3. Member States shall ensure that the audiovisual media service providers make their websites, online applications and mobile-based services, including mobile apps, used for the provision of the service accessible in a consistent and adequate way in order to enable users’ perception, operation and understanding, and in a robust way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies available at Union and international level. 4. Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers shall provide accessible information about their services and, in particular, shall list and explain how to use the accessibility features of the services, including the complementarities with assistive technologies and other access services provided by a third party. 5. Emergency information, including public communications and announcements in natural disaster situations, which is made available to the public through audiovisual media services shall be provided in an accessible manner for persons with disabilities, including with SDH, sign language interpretation and audio message and audio description for any visual information.”
Amendment 113 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 120 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Commercial communication for foods and beverages containing nutrients and substances with a nutritional or physiological effect, excessive intakes of which in the overall diet are not recommended, in particular fat, saturated fat, trans-fatty acids, salt or sodium and sugars shall be prohibited during peak viewing times for children to be defined at national level but at least until 2100. To identify such foods, the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s nutrient profile model applies.
Amendment 122 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 126 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Commission and ERGA shall encourage the exchange of best practices on self- and co-regulatory systems across the Union. Where appropriate, the Commission shall facilitate the development of Union codes of conduct.
Amendment 132 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a a (new)
Directive 2010–13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(aa) in paragraph 1, the following point is inserted: “(ea) commercial communication for alcoholic beverages shall be prohibited during children’s peak viewing times, which shall be defined at national level, but at least until 21:00;”
Amendment 137 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States and the Commission shall encourage the development of self- and co-regulatory codes of conduct regarding inappropriate audiovisual commercial communications for alcoholic beverages. Those codes should be used to effectively limit the exposure of vulnerable groups such as minors to audiovisual commercial communications for alcoholic beverages.
Amendment 146 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
(11a) in Article 9(1), point (e) is deleted.
Amendment 149 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
(12a) In Article 10, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “Audiovisual media services or programmes shall not be sponsored by undertakings whose principal activity is the manufacture or sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.” , alcoholic beverages, and food and non-alcoholic beverages high in fat, saturated fat, trans fatty acids, salt or sodium and sugars. To identify such foods, the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s nutrient profile model applies.”
Amendment 150 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 158 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – points b a and b b and subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – points b a and b b and subparagraph 1 a (new)
(ba) alcoholic beverages; (bb) foods and non-alcoholic beverages high in fat, saturated fat, trans-fatty acids, salt or sodium and sugars. To identify foods referred to in point (bb), the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s nutrient profile model shall apply.
Amendment 170 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Amendment 175 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC, Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers such as video-sharing platform providers take appropriate measures to:
Amendment 176 #
2016/0151(COD)
(a) protect vulnerable groups such as minors from content which may impair their physical, mental or moral development;
Amendment 180 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
What constitutes an appropriate measure for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be determined in light of the nature of the content in question, the harm it may cause, the characteristics of the category of persons to be protected as well as the rights and legitimate interests at stake, including those of the audiovisual media service providers such as video-sharing platform providers and the users having created and/or uploaded the content as well as the public interest.
Amendment 181 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) defining and applying in the terms and conditions of the audiovisual media service providers such as video-sharing platform providers the concepts of incitement to violence or hatred as referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 and of content which may impair the physical, mental or moral development of vulnerable groups such as minors, in accordance with Articles 6 and 12 respectively;
Amendment 182 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) establishing and operating age verification systems for users of audiovisual media services such as video- sharing platforms with respect to content which may impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors;
Amendment 183 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) establishing and operating systems allowing users of audiovisual media services such as video-sharing platforms to rate the content referred to in paragraph 1;
Amendment 184 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) providing for parental control systems with respect to content which may impair the physical, mental or moral development of vulnerable groups such as minors;
Amendment 185 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f
Article 28a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f
(f) establishing and operating systems through which providers of audiovisual media services such as video-sharing platforms explain to users of video-sharing platformsuch services what effect has been given to the reporting and flagging referred to in point (b).
Amendment 186 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 4
Article 28a – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall establish the necessary mechanisms to assess the appropriateness of the measures referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 taken by audiovisual media service providers such as video- sharing platform providers. Member States shall entrust this task to the authorities designated in accordance with Article 30.
Amendment 187 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 5
Article 28a – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall not impose on audiovisual media service providers such as video-sharing platform providers measures that are stricter than the measures referred to in paragraph 1 and 2. Member States shall not be precluded from imposing stricter measures with respect to illegal content. When adopting such measures, they shall respect the conditions set by applicable Union law, such as, where appropriate, those set in Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC or Article 25 of Directive 2011/93/EU.
Amendment 188 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 6
Article 28a – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that complaint and redress mechanisms are available for the settlement of disputes between users and audiovisual media service providers such as video-sharing platform providers relating to the application of the appropriate measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
Amendment 189 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 7
Article 28a – paragraph 7
7. The Commission and ERGA shall encourage audiovisual media service providers such as video-sharing platform providers to exchange best practices on co- regulatory systems across the Union. Where appropriate, the Commission shall facilitate the development of Union codes of conduct.
Amendment 190 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28a – paragraph 8
Article 28a – paragraph 8
8. VAudiovisual media services providers such as video-sharing platform providers or, where applicable, the organisations representing those providers in this respect shall submit to the Commission draft Union codes of conduct and amendments to existing Union codes of conduct. The Commission may request ERGA to give an opinion on the drafts, amendments or extensions of those codes of conduct. The Commission may give appropriate publicity to those codes of conduct.
Amendment 191 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 28b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media services providers such as video- sharing platform providers which are not established on their territory, but which have either a parent company or a subsidiary that is established on their territory or which are part of a group and another entity of that group is established on their territory, are deemed to have been established on their territory for the purposes of Article 3(1) of Directive 2000/31/EEC.
Amendment 192 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28b – paragraph 2
Article 28b – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission a list of the audiovisual media services providers such as video- sharing platform providers established on their territory and the criteria, set out in Article 3(1) of Directive 2000/31/EC and in paragraph 1, on which their jurisdiction is based. They shall update the list regularly. The Commission shall ensure that the competent independent regulatory authorities have access to this information.;
Amendment 193 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 30 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that effective mechanisms exist at national level under which any user or provider of media services provider including audiovisual media or video-sharing platform provider who is affected by a decision of a national regulatory authority has the right of appeal against the decision to an appeal body. The appeal body shall be independent of the parties involved in the appeal.
Amendment 194 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 30a – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 30a – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) to give opinions, when requested by the Commission, on the issues envisaged in Articles 2(5b), 6a(3), 9(2), 9(4) and on any matter relating to audiovisual media services, in particular on the protection of vulnerable groups such as minors and incitement to hatred;.
Amendment 196 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
By [date – no later than fourthree years after adoption] at the latest, and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the European Economic and Social Committee a report on the application of this Directive.
Amendment 52 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The free movement of workers, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services are fundamental principles of the internal market in the Union enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The implementation of those principles is further developed by the Union aimed at guaranteeing a level playing field for businesses and respect for the rights of workerfair business climate as well as respect for the rights of workers and the improvement of working conditions.
Amendment 70 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Almost twenty years after its adoption, it is necessary to assess whetherrevise the Posting of Workers Directive stillin order to ensure it strikes the right balance between the need to promote the freedom to provide services andensure a fair business climate as well as the need to protect the rights of posted workers.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The objective of this Directive is to guarantee the protection of workers and ensure a fair business climate across the EU by safeguarding the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place of work.
Amendment 93 #
2016/0070(COD)
(5b) In the event no substantial employment relationship can be identified in the listed country of establishment, the applicable terms and conditions of employments should be those of the host Member State, unless these are less favourable to the worker than those of the country of establishment, in which case the latter should apply.
Amendment 94 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 c (new)
Recital 5 c (new)
(5c) The right to collective bargaining and the right to take collective actions, including the right to strike, are fundamental rights recognised in Member States and at Union level. This directive guarantees the exercise of these rights.
Amendment 116 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In view of the long duration of certain posting assignments, it is necessary to provide that, in case of posting lasting for periods higher than 24 months, the host Member State is deemed to be the country in the applicable terms and conditions of employment should be those established by the host Member State in accordance with national law and/or practices, without prejudice to terms and conditions of employment which thare wmork is carried oute favourable to the worker. In accordance with the principle of Rome I Regulation, the law of the host Member States therefore applies to the employment contract of such posted workers if no other choice of law was made by the parties. In case a different choice was made, it cannot, however, have the result of depriving the employee of the protection afforded to him by provisions that cannot be derogated from by agreement under the law of the host Member State. This should apply from the start of the posting assignment whenever it is envisaged for more than 24 months and from the first day subsequent to the 24 months when it effectively exceeds this duration. This rule does not affect the right of undertakings posting workers to the territory of another Member State to invoke the freedom to provide services in circumstances also where the posting exceeds 24 months. The purpose is merely to create legal certainty in the application of the Rome I Regulation to a specific situation, without amending that Regulation in any way. The employee will in particular enjoy the protection and benefits pursuant to the Rome I Regulationagreement under the law or collective agreements of the host Member State. This should apply from the start of the posting assignment.
Amendment 136 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) It is settled case law that restrictions to the freedom to provide services are only admissible if justifican be restricted by overriding reasons in the public interest and must bethat proportectionate and necessary of workers constitutes such an overriding reason of public interest, including pay clauses in public procurement.
Amendment 159 #
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 ofthe transport sector, the posting 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 addresssupplemented through sector-specific legislation together with other EU initiatives aimed at improving the functioning of the internal roadworking environment and conditions in the transport marketsector.
Amendment 187 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is within Member States' exclusive competence to set rules on remuneration in accordance with their law and practice. However, national rules on remuneration applied to posted workers must be justified by the need to protect posted workers and must not disproportionately restrict the cross-border provision of serv, including the definition of, remuneration in accordance with national law and/or practices.
Amendment 214 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The elements of remuneration under national law or universally applicableand/or collective agreements should be clear and transparent to all service providers and posted workers. It is therefore justified to impose on Member States the obligation to publish, in accordance with national law and practice, the constituent elements of remuneration, on the single website provided for by Article 5 of the Enforcement Directive.
Amendment 225 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In accordance with the ILO Recommendation No 198 on the Determination of Employment Relationships, the determination of the existence of such a relationship should be guided primarily by the facts relating to the performance of work and the remuneration of the worker, notwithstanding how the relationship is characterized in any contrary arrangement, contractual or otherwise, that may have been agreed between the parties.
Amendment 264 #
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 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
(–1) In Article 1, paragraph 3, point (b) is amended as follows: "(b) post workers to an establishment or to an undertaking owned by the group in the territory of a Member State, provided it concerns a genuine provision of service and there is an employment relationship between the undertaking making the posting and the worker during the period of posting; or"
Amendment 267 #
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 3 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point c
(–1) In Article 1, paragraph 3, point c) is amended as follows: "(c) being a temporary employment undertaking or placement agency, hire out a worker to a user undertaking established or operating in the territory of a Member State, provided there is an genuine employment relationship between the temporary employment undertaking or placement agency and the worker during the period of postingat least 3 months prior to and during the period of posting and provided the worker temporarily carries out work in a Member State other than in the habitual place of work in accordance with Article 4(3) of Directive 2014/67/EU."
Amendment 272 #
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 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(–1) In Article 1, the following paragraph 4a is added: 4a. This Directive is without prejudice to the competence of the Member States to apply or introduce laws, regulations or administrative provisions, which are more favourable to workers, or to permit or promote the application of collective agreement provisions, which are more favourable to workers.
Amendment 330 #
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 – paragraph 2
Article 2a – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, in case of replacement of posted workers performing the same or similar tasks at the same place, the cumulative duration of the posting periods of the workers concerned shall be taken into account, with regard to workers that are posted for an effective duration of at least six months.
Amendment 355 #
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 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. According to the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place of work, Member States shall ensure that, whatever the law applicable to the employment relationship, the undertakings referred to in Article 1 (1) guarantee workers posted to their territory at least the terms and conditions of employment covering the following matters which, in the Member State where the work is carried out, are laid down:
Amendment 362 #
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 a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point a
(a) maximum work periods and minimum rest periods, including specific measures regarding night work, work performed during weekends and holidays and work performed in shifts;
Amendment 382 #
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 g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) allowances associated with the posting and/or reimbursement of expenditures on travel, board and lodging.
Amendment 481 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 7a (new)
(ca) the following paragraph 7a is added: 7a. This Directive shall not affect the exercise of fundamental rights as recognised in Member States and at Union level, including the right or freedom to strike or to take other collective actions, or the right to collective bargaining in accordance with national law and/or practice.
Amendment 490 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(da) after paragraph 9, the following paragraph is inserted: 9a. Prior to posting, the posting company shall transmit information regarding the posting to the competent authority of the Member State to whose territory the worker will be posted. Information shall include inter alia the name of the posted worker, the name of the posting company, the tasks and duties of the posted worker, the place of work, the name of the company where the work is to be carried out, the first day of work and the planned duration of the posting.
Amendment 495 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Article 3 – paragraph 10
(e) The second subparagraph of paragraph 10 is deleted.paragraph 10 is amended as follows: 10. This Directive shall not preclude the application by Member States, in complior in accordance with the Treaty, to national undertakings and to the undertakingspractice of other States, on a basis of equality of treatment, of: – social partners, terms and conditions of employment on matters other than those referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1Article 3 (1) in the case of social and public policy provisions, – terms and conditions of employment laid down in the collective agre and/or to comply with obligations under international conventions, including provisions for the improvements or arbitration awards within the meaning of paragraph 8 and concerning activities other than those referred to in the Annexf the protection of workers, equal treatment and the prevention of abusive practices and circumvention of terms and conditions of employment.
Amendment 499 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 10 a (new)
(ea) after paragraph 10 the following paragraph 10a is added: 10a. Social and public policy provisions include inter alia pay clauses in public procurement.
Amendment 514 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 516 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
(2b) in Article 5 paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: They shall in particular ensure that adequate procedures are available to workers and/or theirworkers' representatives for the enforcement of obligations under this Directive."
Amendment 517 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2c) in Article 5 after paragraph 2 the following paragraph 2 a is added: 2a. In the event a posted worker or a posting undertaking do not meet the conditions to be a posted worker or a posting undertaking, Article 45 TFEU apply to the terms and conditions of employment.
Amendment A #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Member States should issue certificates of qualification only to persons that have the minimumrequired levels of competence resulting from successful participation in an approved training programme and validated by an assessment, the minimum age, the minimum medical fitness, the required education and training, and the navigation time required for obtaining a specific qualification.
Amendment B #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) To safeguard the mutual recognition of qualifications, the certificates of qualification should be based on the competences necessary for the operation of vessels. Member States should ensure that persons receiving certificates of qualification have the corresponding minimumrequired levels of competence, verified following an appropriate assessment. Such assessments may take the form of an administrative examination or may form part of approved training programmes and where necessary a practical assessment carried out in accordance with common standards in order to ensure a comparable minimum level of competence in all Member States for various qualifications.
Amendment C #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Due to the responsibility with respect toand the need to ensure safety when exercising the profession of boatmasterdeck crew member, boatmaster, and safety expert for passenger vessels, sailing with the aid of radar and bunkering liquefied natural gas- fuelled vessels or sailing liquefied natural gas-fuelled vessels, verification through practical examinations on whether the required level of competence has effectively been reached is required. Such practical examinations may be carried out using approved simulators, with a view to further facilitating the evaluation of competence.
Amendment D #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Approval of training programmes is necessary to verify that the programmes comply with common minimumnecessary requirements regarding content and organisation. Such compliance allows for the eliminating unnecessaryon of barriers to entering the profession by preventing those who have already acquired the necessary skills in a maritime working environment, or skills which are related to the maritime professions, during their vocational or other training from passing unnecessary additional examination. The existence of approved training programmes may also facilitate the entry of workers with prior experience from other sectors into the profession of inland navigation as they may benefit from dedicated training programmes that take account of their already acquired competences.
Amendment E #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) With a view to further reducing administrative burden whilst rendering the documents less prone to tampering, the Commission should as a second step, after the adoption of this Directive, examine the possibility ofconsider adopting suitable legal framework provisions for the introducingtion of an electronic version of service record books and logbooks, as well as electronic professional cards incorporating Union certificates of qualifications. In doing so, the Commission should take existing technologies in other modes of transport into account, in particular road transport. It should also take into account usability and accessibility in line with the UN Convention of the rights of persons with disabilities. After conducting an impact assessment including of cost- benefit and of the impacts on the fundamental rights, in particular in relation to the protection of personal data, the Commission should present, if appropriate, a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council.Tamper-proof equipment should also be provided for the electronic recording of working hours and duties performed by all crew members.
Amendment F #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to provide minimumthe required harmonised standards for the certification of qualifications and to facilitate the exchange of information between Member States and the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of this Directive by the Commission, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission as regards the setting of standards of competence based on CESNI standards, standards for medical fitness, standards for practical and oral examinations, standards for the approval of simulators and standards defining the characteristics and conditions of use for a database kept by the Commission to host a copy of key data related to Union certificates of qualifications, service record books, logbooks and recognised documents. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment G #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The CESNI which is open to experts from all Member States, draws up standards in the field of inland navigation, including for professional qualifications. The Commission may take into account suchRiver Commissions and Social Partners shall be fully involved in the design and drawing up of standards in the field of inland navigation, including for professional qualifications. With the exception of stretches of navigable waterways in which Member States deem that there are specific risks, the Commission may only act on CESNI standards when empowered to adopt acts in conformity with this Directive.
Amendment H #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘deck crew members’ means persons involved in the operation of a vessel navigating on Union inland waterways carrying out tasks related to navigation, controlling the operation of the vessel, marine engineering, communication, safety, health & environmental protection, cargo handling, stowage, maintenance or repair, with the exception of persons solely assigned to the operation of the engines, electrical and electronic equipment;
Amendment I #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘passenger navigation expert’ means a person serving on board the vessel who is competent to take measures in emergency situations on board passenger vessels;
Amendment 73 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
When there are indications that the requirements for certificates of qualifications or specific authorisations are no longer met, the Member States shall undertake all necessary assessments and, where appropriate, withdraw those certificates. Member States shall nominate or establish a competent authority to receive complaints concerning the factual accuracy of certificates of qualifications issued by another Member State or country. The Member States shall inform the Commission and CESNI about the complaint. The Commission shall investigate and take appropriate measures. Member States may suspend certificates where the authority finds that they contain or appear to contain factual inaccuracies that could endanger public safety. Such suspension shall continue until the Member State concerned is satisfied that the certificates are correct. Member States shall collect information about complaints and suspensions of certificates and lodge them in a database in accordance with Article 23(2).
Amendment J #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) as part of a training programme that is part of the Member State’s training system approved in accordance with Article 17.
Amendment K #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Training programmes leading to diplomas or certificates demonstrating compliance with the standards of competence referred to in Article 15(1) shall be approved by the competent authorities of the Member States in whose territory the relevant education or training institute is establishedwith navigable waterways in whose territory the competent institute provides education or training, provided that the educational programme is an integral part of the Member State's training system. Member States may approve training programmes at national level on condition that such programmes meet the common criteria defined by CESNI in the Quality Assessment and Assurance System (QAAS) which may be adopted through a delegated act by the Commission.
Amendment L #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) an examination verifying compliance with the standards of competence referred to in Article 15(1) is carried out by qualified examinersindependent examiners, free from conflicts of interest.
Amendment 76 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the Union certificate of qualification for boatmen, able-boatmen as referred to in Annex I, point 2.2 b), and boatmasters;
Amendment M #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member States thatemselves shall identify inland waterways stretches withhich run through their own territories which pose specific risks within the meaning of Article 8(1),. The Member States shall define the additional competence required from boatmasters navigating on these stretches and the means to prove that such competence requirements are met.
Amendment N #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Simulators used for theraining and assessment of competencies shall be of a comparable standard and be subject to an approval by Member States. That approval shall be issued upon request when it is demonstrated that the device complies with the standards for simulators established by delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2. The approval shall specify which particular assessment of competence is authorised as regards the simulator.
Amendment 80 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Training programmes leading to diplomas or certificates demonstrating compliance with the standards of competence referred to in Article 15(1) shall be approved by the competent authorities of the Member States with navigable waterways in whose territory the relevant education or training institute is establishedcarried out. Member States may approve training programmes at national level on condition that such programmes meet the common criteria defined by CESNI in the Quality Assessment and Assurance System (QAAS) which may be adopted through a delegated act by the Commission.
Amendment 94 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
- have an approved certificate proving competence for radio on inland water vessels.
Amendment 97 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)
- have an approved certificate proving competence for radio on inland water vessels.
Amendment 98 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
- have an approved certificate proving competence for radio on inland water vessels.
Amendment 101 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)
- have an approved certificate proving competence for radio on inland water vessels.
Amendment 103 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1 a (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1 a (new)
- have an approved certificate proving competence for radio on inland water vessels.
Amendment 105 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 – indent 2 a (new)
- have an approved certificate proving competence for radio on inland water vessels.
Amendment 107 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3 – indent 1 (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3 – indent 1 (new)
- have an approved certificate proving competence for radio on inland water vessels.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)
- have an approved certificate proving competence for radio on inland water vessels.
Amendment 110 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
- have an approved certificate proving competence for radio on inland water vessels.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)
- have an approved certificate proving competence for radio on inland water vessels.
Amendment 1 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas as the social spending to GDP ratio has declined in many Member States since the onset of the global financial crisis1a; whereas NGOs and the community and voluntary sector have come under increasing pressure to provide essential services that should be provided by governments; whereas NGOs operating in service-delivery remain dependent on public funding from the EU and Member States in order to provide these services; whereas even this public funding of NGOs, a cheaper substitution than direct public spending on services, has declined in many Member States since the crisis; __________________ 1a https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/OECD2014- Social-Expenditure-Update-Nov2014- 8pages.pdf, p2
Amendment 3 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned that due to the procyclical nature of public spending the financial capacity and social mission of NGOs are severely challenged at times when they are most needed; regrets that in some Member States NGOs in the community service- delivery sector have been jeopardised by government decisions to invite multinationals to bid for contracts to deliver these services;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Is concerned that disadvantaged communities in Member States are facing the threat that the valuable work carried out by NGOs in the community and voluntary sector will be privatised and outsourced to for-profit operators in future under the false claim that this is required under EU procurement law; notes that such a process will fundamentally alter and undermine the development of a coordinated and strategic response to social exclusion and poverty in areas of severe disadvantage; regrets that Member States have cited EU public procurement directives to replace grant-aid provision for NGOs with commercial tendering for social inclusion, youth, employment and related services, opening them to commercial providers, thereby undermining the voluntary ethos and accountability of these services to those in social need;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the independence of social NGOs and to provide funding to contribute to the independent assessment of policies; condemns the use of public funds by some Member States to attempt to impose political control over the community and voluntary sector; insists that social NGOs must be entirely free to play an advocacy role for civil society, including criticising and agitating against detrimental public policies at the Member State and EU level, without any repercussions or the threat of repercussions regarding future public funding and support;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote instead of undermining the community, social and solidarity-based ethos of NGOs in the community and voluntary sector; supports the 'bottom-up' approach in the community development and NGO sector which promotes community participation and mobilisation, and emphasises local decision-making; urges Member States and the Commission to engage in genuine consultation and negotiation with the community and voluntary sector;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Strongly regrets the decrease in EU funding for European social NGOs under EaSI, compared to the previous PROGRESS programme, and under Europe for Citizens; urges the Commission to reverse these funding cuts to social NGOs;
Amendment 88 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that in the social field full policy impact is difficult to identify and measure within one year; calls on the Commission to better balance the measuring and reporting of output and impact; by focusing on the medium to long-term, qualitative impact over a number of years rather than the short- term quantitative impact;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2324(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of increasing the economic potential of the strategic sectors of agriculture, forestry, tourism, energy, the bioeconomy, organic products, health and the latest technologies, and giving strong backing to SMEs with which research centres should form link, and promoting at the same time public investment for decent and secure job creation , which will respect collective bargaining and collective agreements;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2324(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that an environment needs to be created that fosters innovation and research with smart specialisation strategies and stronger links between the complementary strengths of the Alpine Region and its interests; notes that research and innovation may in some cases cost a number of jobs; stresses in this regard the importance of holistic employment and development strategies that create new, secure and decent jobs;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2324(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that multi-skills training and training courses that match the needs of the labour market and its strategic sectors should be encouraged, with specific training centres and an online multilingual regional job centre in particular; training courses should be combined to broader public strategies of fighting unemployment and promote secure and decent jobs;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the EGF is used to ameliorate the impact of corporate globalisation; whereas the EU's trade policy has directly caused massive job displacement in the EU; whereas austerity policies enforced by the troika and implemented by Member States have also directly contributed to mass redundancies in the EU;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas the EGF does not resolve the problem of unemployment in the EU; whereas resolving the unemployment crisis in the EU requires putting the protection of jobs at the heart of the EU's trade policy, an end to austerity policies and investment in job creation;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the 2013 impact assessment of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership commissioned from the Centre for Economic Policy Research by the European Commission has estimated that TTIP may result in the loss of more than one million jobs in the EU under its 'ambitious' scenario and more than 600,000 job losses in the less ambitious scenario; notes that this study is unable to predict the net impact on European employment levels as it uses Computable General Equilibrium modelling which contains the simplistic and false assumption that, after trade liberalisation, all growing sectors of the economy will absorb the job losses of the sectors that shrink due to international competition; notes with concern that an another impact assessment of TTIP carried out by Tufts University in 2014 using the alternative and more reliable United Nations Global Policy Model found that TTIP would lead to a net loss in GDP for the EU; more than 600,000 job losses; losses in net exports; falling labour income and a reduction in the labour share of GDP; insists that the Commission end negotiations for TTIP and other trade liberalisation agreements that will inevitably result in massive job losses in the EU;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the extension of the EGF intervention period to two years; calls on the Commission to change the time frame for EGF programmes to be two years from the point of Commission approval rather than two years from the application date; calls on the Commission to ensure that funding for multi-annual training courses should be provided after the programme closes so long as the start date of the course or application date is within the time frame of the programme;
Amendment 60 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to better anticipate the effects of trade policy decisions on the EU labour market; opposes any initiative to consider the EGF, in its current form, as an intervention tool for jobs lost in the European Union as a result of trade strategies decided at EU level, including future trade agreements or those already in place; demands that the Commission put the protection of jobs in the EU at the heart of its trade policy;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the derogation that allows for exceptions to the threshold of 500 workers; calls on the Commission to reduce the threshold of redundancies from 500 to 200 workers; Note: this amendment should come after the subheading 'Beneficiaries of the EGF'
Amendment 90 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that a lack of timely and effective implementation of EGF programmes in some Member States has resulted in underspend, with millions of euros being returned to the Commission unused, with the effect that redundant workers in need of financial support have missed out on this support; notes that this problem with implementation has affected NEETs in particular;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to have a strong lead agency to deliver the EGF programmes with adequate powers to ensure maximum spend of programme funds and greater accountability to member state parliaments and the Commission.
Amendment 99 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes the lack of take-up of EGF support by eligible NEETs in many Member States; calls for the community and voluntary sector, and in particular youth organisations, to be directly represented at the implementation stage of each programme to increase access to NEETs at both the Member State and EU levels; believes the EGF unit in each Member State should have more power to go to whatever agencies or organisations it feels appropriate to ensure the maximum participation from NEETs; calls on Member States that have experienced this problem to carry out an independent review of the implementation of the EGF programmes to date with a specific focus on the issue of NEETs' participation in order to identify better practices for improving the overall operation of future programmes and the participation of NEETs in those programmes;
Amendment 101 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission to extend the period in which NEETs in regions eligible under the Youth Employment Initiative are eligible for EGF support to beyond December 2017 to the full life of the EGF programme;
Amendment 124 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets the fact that one third of EGF funding compensates national workers’ income support schemes with no EU added value; notes the restriction in the current regulation where such costs are capped at 35 % and believes that this cap should be lowered; insists that the EGF cannot be used to substitute for the obligations of Member States, or indeed of employers, to their workers;
Amendment 152 #
2015/2284(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Believes that mid-programme reporting to the European Commission and the relevant authorities in the Member State should be mandatory including details of estimated expenditure and additional actions for approval detailing how to avoid emerging underspends; calls on the Commission to ensure full public disclosure of the contents and conclusions of any mid-term review, including of the estimated spend to allow for greater public scrutiny and accountability;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes with concern the increased effect on health substances used in food contact materials can have on babies and young children;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that the use of potential endocrine disruptors is of particular concern in food contact materials given their potential to cause harm even at extremely small doses;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that Erasmus and other mobility programmes have fostered European integration and strengthened the idea of citizenship; notes that these programmes have had an indiwithin the European Union have contributed to the potential increase in the cultural universality of their beneficiaries, and have been an important mechanism for promoting tolerance, solidarity and dialogue between citizens of differecnt impact on employmentnationalities and experiences; points out that mobility in the context of vocational education and training (VET) is fundamental to the fight against unemployment,an important factor in increasing and diversifying technical and academic capacities, which enhances employability and reduces the skills gap;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, despite improvements tothe propaganda around the benefits of the Bologna Treaty and other processes for the standardisation of education and training systems, serious inconsistencies persist in the arrangements for the recognition of diplomas, credits, skills certificates, competency accreditations and acquired expertise in the context of VET, a legal basis applicable throughout the EU is needewhich fail to meet the expectations of students and workers who seek to make use of these arrangements of their own accord;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesPoints out that the tools developed by the Commission, such as Ploteus and Eures, which offer information about VET and mobility, but deplores the fact that they are little known and little used; notes, however, that mobility cannot be understood as a solution to the problems of unemployment and should not be promoted as a policy in substitution of the responsibility of the Member States to invest in education, training and the creation of employment, ensuring that mobility is a personal choice and not a ‘survival solution’ for citizens;
Amendment 125 #
2015/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) based on criteria included ing the prior assessment of the social effectiveness of measures to combat unemployment, with funding for the less effective provisions being cut, an approach which iensuring that the allocations made to these programmes particularly important at times of crisis such as the strengthened, encouraging the independence of beneficiaries and truly universal acceses, which are marked by unacceptable imbalanceslst at the same time avoiding the elitisation of mobility by means of under-financialisation.
Amendment 38 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes with concern that the financial crisis and response to it has impacted disproportionately on women in the EU in a number of ways - layoffs in the public service, where women constitute on average more than two-thirds of the workforce, have driven many women into unemployment or precarious, low-paid work; funding cuts to public services have increased women's risk of poverty, social exclusion, health problems and violence; home repossessions by banks have increased poverty and the risk of homelessness among women and children; notes that single mothers and single women pensioners have faced the biggest cumulative losses as a result of austerity policies;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that cuts to family benefit and welfare systems implemented as part of austerity programmes in some Member States have reduced the income of women and increased the level of poverty among women and children; urges Member States in which this has occurred to immediately restore their family benefit and welfare systems to ensure an adequate minimum income;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that women struggle to build up sufficient contributions across both the private and public pension systems as a result of the pay gap, precarious and low- paid work, carrying out unpaid caring, and being excluded from the labour market for long periods over the course of their lives as a result of the prohibitive cost of childcare in many Member States; calls for Member States to introduce "care credits" to allow women outside the formal labour market to collect pension contributions;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Considers that austerity policies are resulting in the reprivatisation of care, which not only reduces access to care services but significantly increases the burden on women in childcare and care for older people and people with disabilities by shifting the responsibility for care from society to women; calls on the Member States to restore high-quality and accessible public services including childcare, disability and elderly care;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that women are disproportionately and often involuntarily concentrated in precarious work; urges the Member States to consider implementing the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommendations intended to reduce the scale of precarious work2 , such as restricting the circumstances in which precarious contracts can be used, using tax measures to disincentivise the over-use of temporary contracts, and limiting the length of time workers can be employed on such a contract, after which they must be given a permanent contract; __________________ 2 International Labour Organisation, Policies and regulations to combat precarious employment, 2011.
Amendment 71 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the lack of free or affordable high-quality childcare contributes to the gender employment gap, the pay gap and related pension gap, and the disproportionate number of women who are in precarious work and in or at risk of poverty; urges the Member States to ensure access to childcare by, for example, increasing expenditure on the provision of childcare services and/or subsidies to households, incentivising employer contributions to childcare costs, and making better use of EU funds;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that women’s economic independence plays a crucial role in their ability to escape situations of domestic violence, and that women who have exhausted their paid leave are at risk of losing their jobs and economic independence; notes that the recent introduction of domestic violence leave in Australia and the US has provided many workers with employment protection when dealing with the impact of domestic violence, for example, moving house and attending medical and legal appointments; calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider introducinge a statutory right to paid domestic violence leave.
Amendment 89 #
2015/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that while the promotion of female entrepreneurship may reduce poverty for some women in the EU, it is not nearly a sufficient policy measure to address the scale of the problem; believes that policies which promote a guaranteed adequate minimum income, accessible public services including care services, and secure jobs which incorporate a living wage and a fair work-life balance will make a more significant impact on reducing poverty for a much larger number of women;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
Amendment 6 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 July 2015 on the follow-up to the European Citizens' Initiative Right2Water1 a; __________________ 1 a Text adopted, P8_TA(2015)0294
Amendment 23 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas between 2008 and 2013, the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU27 increased from 117 million to 121 million of which the number of people severely materially deprived increased from 42 to 45 million, the number of people at risk of poverty after social transfers increased from 82 to 86 million; whereas this development runs counter to the EU target to reduce poverty by 20 million by 2020; whereas certain groups are more at risk of poverty than others such as children, women, people with disabilities, Roma communities, and older people;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas one of the consequences of rising energy prices is that many families live in houses without heating and that not having adequate heating has a negative impact on a person’s health, in particular for children and older persons;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the wide gap between Member States in the provision of welfare and a minimum income means that in some Member States welfare reduces the risk of poverty by 60% and in others by only 15%; whereas the average impact of the provision of welfare on reducing the risk of poverty in the EU is 35%;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the UN has affirmed that the human right to water and sanitation entitles everyone to water for personal and domestic uses which is of good quality, safe, physically accessible, affordable, sufficient and acceptable; whereas a further UN recommendation has stated that 3% of household income should be seen as a maximum for water payments where payments apply; whereas the privatisation of water services has a negative impact on households living in, or at risk of, poverty;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas there are 12 million more women than men living in poverty in the EU; whereas factors contributing to this inequality include the gender pay and pension gaps, the large proportion of women in precarious work, and the fact that women are often forced to be economically inactive due to the prohibitive cost of childcare;
Amendment 110 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Commission, in the context of the announced social pillar, to present an EU framework directive on adequate minimum income in 2016;
Amendment 135 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. FPoindts it regrettableout that the EU2020 target to reduce poverty in Europe by, lifting 20 million people out of poverty, appears even further out of reach than when it was set; reiterates that one of the target groups is people that face severe material deprivation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to renew their commitment to the poverty reduction targetsupport measures to reduce poverty by adopting the following measures:
Amendment 137 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Finds regretunacceptable that the EU2020 target to reduce poverty in Europe by lifting 20 million people out of poverty appears even further out of reach than when it was set; reiterates that one of the target groups is people that face severe material deprivation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to renew their commitment to the poverty reduction target by:
Amendment 165 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
- taking measures to address extreme forms of poverty that currently fall beyond the scope of the target, namely homelessness;
Amendment 185 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomeHighlights the Commission’s intention to present a new social pillar; recalls that to deliver on Article 9 TFEU, such a pillar should be aimed at setting a European framework for a minimum income above the poverty level, continuing with a rights- based approach to social policy and improving implementation of existing social, labour and anti-discrimination legislation;
Amendment 194 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomeHighlights the Commission’s intention to aim for a social triple A score for the Union; finds regrettable that this is currently out of reach owing to increasing inequality, high poverty and social exclusion and less and less availability of quality and affordable social, health and care services; recalls that a social triple A must be based on Article 9 TFEU aimed at a ‘high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion and a high level of education, training and protection of human health’; recalls that achieving a social triple A as a benchmark requires assessing both policies that hinder and work towards achieving the benchmark; finds regrettable that so far the latter has not been addressed at Union level;
Amendment 205 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop, adopt and implement an EU framework to reduce poverty and social exclusion, in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy, consisting of concrete measures and actions, including energy poverty;
Amendment 207 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 A. Calls on the Commission to bear in mind the proposals contained in the Opinion published by the European Economic and Social Committee, ‘For coordinated European measures to prevent and combat energy poverty’, and to encourage the urgent adoption of a European energy security and solidarity commitment and, within this framework, the setting-up of a European Poverty Observatory and a European fund with the specific aim of eradicating energy poverty
Amendment 250 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on Member States to reassess their progress towards ending homelessness given that rising rental costs and decreasing social housing stock in some Member States have caused the homelessness rate to rise;
Amendment 253 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently identify, implement and maintain policy measures that enable households to meet housing costs, including provision of housing allowances, given that 22, 348,834 households (approximately 11% of the EU population) spend more than 40% of their disposable income on housing and 21,942,491 households (approximately 10.8% of the EU population) experience difficulty maintaining adequate household temperature;
Amendment 254 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Notes that contributing factors to housing stress and the risk of homelessness include: a lack of social housing stock; uncontrolled rental costs; high mortgage interest rates; insufficient rental, housing and mortgage allowances; and a lack of restrictions on banks in repossessing homes of households in poverty;
Amendment 255 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Stresses that while rent controls and higher housing allowances can lower housing costs for households at risk of poverty in the short term, these measures should also be accompanied by long-term housing and community programmes to increase the housing stock for different socially disadvantaged target groups and middle income households;
Amendment 256 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Notes that low-income households and those in or at risk of poverty are more dependent on the provision of free, high- quality public services; stresses that the austerity measures implemented by many Member States since 2008 including funding cuts to, and privatisation of, public services has had a detrimental and disproportionate impact on low-income households and those in or at risk of poverty; urges Member States to act to halt and reverse these cuts and privatisations; (Note: to be inserted after subheading 4)
Amendment 262 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Expresses its concern that since 2008, due to the financial and economic crisis and the austerity policies which have increased poverty and the number of low-income households in Europe, an increasing number of people have been facing difficulties in paying their water bills and affordability is becoming a matter of growing concern; deplores the fact that in the EU-28 more than 1 million people still lack access to a safe and clean drinking water supply and nearly 2% of the population lacks access to sanitation, according to the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), and therefore urges the Commission to act immediately;
Amendment 264 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Rejects water cut-offs and the enforced switching-off of the water supply of households unable to pay water bills as a violation of human rights, and calls on Member States to put an immediate end to these situations when they are due to socioeconomic factors in low-income households; welcomes the fact that in some Member States 'water banks' or minimum water quotas are being used in an effort to help the most vulnerable with their utility costs, to guarantee water as an inalienable component of fundamental rights;
Amendment 266 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Notes that the gender pay gap in the EU is on average 16%, and stresses that the cumulative effect of lower earnings for women (including interruptions from work due to caring responsibilities) is a far wider gender pension gap of 39%, which puts older women at a much greater risk of poverty than older men;
Amendment 267 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13 d. Notes that lone parents, the majority of whom are women, are at a higher than average risk of poverty (34%); notes that a major contributing factor to this increased risk is the fact that due to childcare costs lone parents either face exclusion from employment or are in precarious, low- paid employment; urges Member States to act to legislate for a living wage that guarantees workers' basic needs can be met;
Amendment 268 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13 e. Urges Member States to implement policies that can ensure quality and affordable childcare is available to all who require it, including through the provision of subsidised childcare and childcare allowances for lone parents and low-income households;
Amendment 275 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Notes that 55 million EU citizens (9.6% of the population) are not able to afford a quality meal every second day (Eurostat 2014.) The inability to afford nutritious meals has a serious detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of affected individuals and in turn erects obstacles in terms of employment, job- seeking and caring responsibilities; urges the Commission and Member States to enact policies that will end food poverty including the provision of subsidised food for those in poverty in the short term, and the provision of an adequate minimum income;
Amendment 288 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that there is a lock-in effect as regards energy poverty, as poor households cannot afford the initial upfront investment needed to combat energy poverty;
Amendment 292 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission to map the problem of fuel poverty in the EU, and in particular winter deaths amongst people living in cold homes; and to support the Member States in developing effective solutions;
Amendment 295 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Stresses that poor people living in poor quality and energy inefficient housing are particularly vulnerable to fuel poverty, that investment in this target group can leverage maximal social, health and energy impacts, and that specific measures are required to reach them;
Amendment 310 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Emphasises that there are a range of barriers to ensuring that the EU Structural and Investment Funds available for energy efficiency reach those living in the poorest quality and most energy inefficient housing, including limited household savings for those living in cold homes and the split incentive between landlords and tenants; calls therefore on the Commission, national, regional and local authorities, and the European Investment Bank to develop innovative funding mechanisms that overcome these barriers, working with stakeholders and building on existing good practice;
Amendment 347 #
2015/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on Member States to develop energy policies which are at the service of economic development and populations, which reduce consumption and energy deficits, and which can be seen as a factor for inclusion and not as a constraint on the development of small and medium- sized enterprises and the well-being of peoples;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2161(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Takes note of the Ombudsman´s calculations with regard to potential savings of EUR 195 000 should there be only one seat of the institution; takes into account that the seat of the Ombudsman is tied with the seat of the Parliament and therefore deems it necessary that the Ombudsman is included in any debate on centralisation of the Parliament´s seat; stresses that such centralization should be actively promoted;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that the Court of Auditors report adopted on 11.07.2014 states that the potential saving for the EU budget would be about 114 million EUR per year if the European Parliament centralised its activities; reiterates the call on Parliament and the Council to address, in order to create long term savings, the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as stated by Parliament in several previous resolutions;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the restoration of ecosystems can have a positive impact on both climate change mitigation and adaption;
Amendment 77 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that nature and economic development are again in false opposition; is convinced of the need to embed nature more in society, the economy and enterprise;
Amendment 103 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urgently calls on the Commission and Member States to give priority to achieving the 2020 targets; calls for a multi- stakeholder approach and stresses the vital role of regional and local actors and their full participation in this regard; stresses that greater public awareness of and support for biodiversity are also essential;
Amendment 115 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the full implementation of the Nature Directives is essential for the strategy as a whole, and calls on all parties concerned to do their utpmost to achieve this; given the short time available
Amendment 125 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to improve the guidelines, which should facilitate the optimal application of the directives, in accordance with existing case-law; calls on the Commission to give higher priority to dialogue with Member States and relevant stakeholders, especially land owners and practical operators, and to encourage exchanges of best practices;
Amendment 164 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to publish without delay a specific proposal on the development of a trans-European network for green infrastructure (TEN-G); that will lead to an improvement for biodiversity
Amendment 172 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that Regulation 1307/2013 on direct payments states that ecological focus areas should be established, in particular, to safeguard and improve biodiversity on farms;
Amendment 175 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Highlights that Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) should in principle be areas for the protection and promotion of agro- ecological processes such as pollination and soil conservation; asks the Commission to publish data on how many Member States are permitting the use of pesticides and fertilisers in theses Ecological Focus Areas since the Regulation 1307/2013 came into force
Amendment 176 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission, in the interests of transparency, to make public the justifications used by Member States for their choices of greening measures;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes and regrets that there has not yet been a measurable improvement of the biodiversity status in agriculture; urges the Commission and Member States to monitor, assess and increase the effectiveness of greening measures and other rural development measures of the CAP; calls on the Commission to take into account its findings in the mid-term review of the CAP; encourages the Commission to support diversified farming systems and agroecological farming
Amendment 205 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry, including in Natura 2000 areas is highlighted as one of 6 key priorities for rural development in the EU;
Amendment 214 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Recalls that the EU's Rural Development programme highlights that the specific needs of Natura 2000 areas should be taken into account when designing rural development programs
Amendment 219 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls on the Commission to undertake an in-depth study which compares the impact of agriculture on biodiversity pre-CAP reform and post- CAP reform so that the effectiveness of greening measures can be measured and a comparison made between Member States
Amendment 221 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Stresses that as almost half of European land is used for agriculture, the CAP is instrumental in helping to halt nature loss and prevent degradation of biodiversity;
Amendment 255 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the list of invasive species of EU concern reflects the magnitude of the threat and is comprehensive, coherent and representative across taxa, regions, and invasion pathways; and to ensure that preventive action is taken by including species that are still absent or in the early stages of invasion in the list of invasive species;
Amendment 291 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is convinced that the problem lies not with the legislation itself but primarily with its incomplete and inadequate implementation;Strongly opposes a possible revision of the Nature Directives because this would jeopardise the implementation of the biodiversity strategy, bring about a protracted period of legal uncertainty and possibly weaken the legislation; remains convinced that the problem lies not with the legislation itself but primarily with its incomplete and inadequate implementation;
Amendment 327 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Encourages the Member States to ensure, by means of urb that any planning initiatives, adequa guarantees absolute protection of the Natura 2000 network, to preserve open spaces, and to establish a coherent network of blue-green infrastructure from rural to urban areas, while at the same time creating the requisite legal certainty for economic activities; calls on the Commission to produce an overview of best practices in this regard;
Amendment 334 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that, in order to use the available resources more efficiently and in a more targeted manner, it is essential that the Commission draw up specific criteria for the Natural Capital Financing Facility, which shouldmust guarantee that projects deliver positive and tangible results for biodiversity;
Amendment 339 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Natural Capital Financing Facility adopts safeguards and project selection criteria that ensure projects deliver demonstrable benefits for biodiversity;
Amendment 346 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Highlights with concern the culling of badgers in certain Member States as a means of restricting bovine TB; points out that this method of containing the disease is inhumane and has not been scientifically proven to be effective;
Amendment 353 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Highlights with concern the increasing body of scientific evidence which demonstrates the negative effect neonicotinoid pesticides can have on essential services such as pollination and natural pest control; calls therefore on the European Commission to maintain its ban on the use of neonicotinoids;
Amendment 355 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Welcomes initiatives in some Member States to develop comprehensive 'pollinator plans' involving a wide range of stakeholders to protect pollinators so they can fulfil their essential role in sustaining food production and maintaining healthy ecosystems;
Amendment 356 #
2015/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Strongly believes that the environment and innovation complement one another, and draws particular attention to nature- based solutions which provide both economically and environmentally smart solutions to address challenges such as climate change, scarcity of raw materials and pollution; calls on the Member States to take up these ‘calls’ under Horizon 2020provided that they have a positive impact on biodiversity;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 b (new)
Paragraph 67 b (new)
67b. Stresses that Parliament and the Council must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as requested by a large majority in this Parliament in several resolutions, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the proportion of workers, who report their health and safety to be at risk because of their work, varies significantly across Member States14 and sectors of economic activity; __________________ 14 5th Working Conditions Survey, Overview Report, Eurofound (2012) http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/defa ult/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ ef1182en.pdf
Amendment 61 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas the EU needs sufficient resources to appropriately deal with workplace health and safety against the background of on-going traditional risks at work and continually emerging new risks like risks deriving from nanomaterials, psycho-social risks, aging of the workforce, demands concerning the mobility and flexibility of workers, or changes in the forms of employment;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. Whereas chronic health problems are widespread in the EU and the number of work-related diseases is alarmingly high, including an extreme high number of up to 192.000 work related annual deaths;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. Whereas the pandemic of asbestos related diseases is far from its end, and especially construction workers in maintenance, demolition, repair and similar occupations but also workers in other sectors are potentially exposed;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. Whereas low exposure to asbestos as for example in the environment or in schools and long latency periods can result in mesothelioma;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. Whereas health, social as well as economic costs of work-related injuries and illnesses are significantly high for the society;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Recital D f (new)
Df. Whereas the precarisation of employment conditions is undermining existing structures of occupational safety and health and excludes workers with unstable contracts from training and access to OHS services;
Amendment 88 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
Recital D g (new)
Dg. Whereas the fundamental role of European social partner organisations in the dynamic world of work is established in TFEU Art. 153 – 155;
Amendment 103 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for a European campaign on asbestos including specific support for Member States with the aim to free all schools and gyms from asbestos until 2020;
Amendment 105 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to dedicate a core action of the coming Horizon 2020 programmes on working conditions and better inclusion of ergonomic and precautionary principles in the design of technology used in work processes;
Amendment 107 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to work out a precise strategy to cover all forms of employment under the EU legislation on OHS and to integrate self-employment and other types of employment not covered into OHS services and training;
Amendment 108 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to rethink its SME concept which in its current form covers some 99 % of all companies and therefore does not allow making precise distinctions between varying conditions or needs of specific type of economic activity or company size;
Amendment 145 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Council and the Commission to ensure that all EU trade agreements with third countries respect the obligation of the EU to improve the working environment in order to protect workers' health and safety;
Amendment 155 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to work towards putting in place an asbestos register in all Member States; reiterates its call on the Commission to design and implement a model for asbestos screening and registration building upon Article 11 of Directive 2009/148/EC;
Amendment 251 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes efforts to improve the quality of the regulatory framework; reminds the Commission, however, that the submission of OSH directives to the REFIT exercise and modifications of legislation should focus on further enhancing protection of employees, be transparent, involve social partners and must under no circumstances result in reductions in occupational health and safety provisions; reminds that EU Directives in this field are setting minimum standards and Member States are invited to implement higher standards and that the often used term of "gold- plating" is misleading and inappropriate in connection with EU OHS legislation;
Amendment 300 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the uncertainty about the distribution and use of nanomaterials and believes that further research on the OSH risks associated with nanotechnology is needed; underlines that the precautionary principle should be applied in the protection of workers' health at risk for exposure to nanomaterials at work; calls upon the Commission to make EU regulation "nano proof" and to establish a single European registry that contains information on nanomaterials and a link to the products containing them;
Amendment 306 #
2015/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines that an ever growing number of new chemicals, including those with endocrine disruption capacity, must be accompanied by chemicals and environmental legislation; stresses that EU programmes for research in safer alternatives are vital for applying to the precautionary and the substitution principle;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU as a whole is facing a serious demographic challenge as birth rates are constantly decreasing in most Member States, and family policies that are fair to men and women should both improve women’s prospects on the job market and have a positive impact on demographic processes; not because of a choice made by women and couples over whether to have children but because of the growing deterioration in their living and working conditions as a direct result of so-called austerity policies, which have created unemployment and precarious employment and led to the absence of and violation of maternity and paternity rights at the workplace, increasing the cost of essential goods and services, destroying public services and making it more difficult to access facilities for children;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas it is vital to ensure that women have the right to jobs with rights and the right to motherhood without being penalised for it, since women continue to be worst affected and suffer most discrimination; whereas examples of this discrimination include pressure from employers when women attend job interviews, when they are asked whether they have children and how old they are, with the aim of influencing women's decisions and opting for childless workers who are 'more available', along with growing economic and work-related pressures for female employees not to take maternity leave;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas many workers who are in precarious employment or unemployed do not have the right to parental leave;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it regrettable that not all Member States have provided the Commission with correspondence tables between the provisions of the directive and the transposition measures; considers it crucial for Member States to ensure that the necessary inspection resources are in place to verify that legislation protecting parents' rights is being complied with;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it regrettable that there are disparities between the transposition measures of the directive in the field of application, thus creating systems that benefit workers to varying degrees depending on their employment sector (public or private) and the length of their contract; stresses that everyone should be guaranteed the right to parental leave without discrimination, regardless of the type of contract working fathers and mothers are employed under;
Amendment 90 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that family rights assigned by public policies, including parental leave, should be individual rather than transferable, with a view to encouraging both parents to achieve a better work-life balance; designed to encourage both parents to achieve a better work-life balance, minimising the discriminatory effects that prolonged periods of labour market inactivity have on women who take up maternity and parental leave; takes the view that the Member States should define ways in which leave can be shared or used simultaneously, in line with the outcome of consultations with women's organisations and trade unions, whereby this arrangement should not jeopardise the social rights already in place at present;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the flexibility the directive grants to the Member States to define forms of parental leave – part-time or full-time – and the working and notice periods established as conditions for granting parental leave, whereby these different arrangements should depend on requests being made by mothers and fathers; welcomes the initiatives introduced by the Member States to give workers as much flexibility as possible in this area, ensuring that parental leave ties in with their professional and personal circumstances, but; believes that any choices made to cede some of the decision-making power to employers should notwill undermine the target of increasing the taking of parental leave; points out that consideration needs to be given to a minimum period of leave of six weeks, which would be compulsory for mothers after confinement, in line with Parliament's proposal of 20 October 2010 with a view to amending Directive 92/85/EEC;
Amendment 135 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the need to activate the revision clause in EU legislation on parental leave for that purpose, including, in particular: the adoption of measures guaranteeing the allocation of parental leave allowances always on the basis of 100% of reference pay, a specific form of maternity leave in the case of premature birth for as long as the newborn baby has to remain in hospital, and subsidised leave where babies are born with conditions that require hospitalisation;
Amendment 157 #
2015/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the social partners to offer to extend this minimum duration from four to six months, paid at 100%, to improve work-life balance;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships, and having regard to the European Parliament's written question of 2 July 2015 on the Council Recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships,
Amendment 15 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a lack of relevant skills is anone important factor causing youth unontributing to youth unemployment; whereas despite being more highly educated and skilled than previous generations, young people continue to face significant structural hurdles in obtaining quality employment;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the rate of unemployment across the Union was 9.9% at the end of 2014, and whereas the unemployment rate for young people was more than double this figure, at 21.4%;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the high rate of emigration of youth during the global financial crisis, particularly from Member States who have entered bailout programmes, has masked the true rate of youth unemployment;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas an International Labour Organisation (ILO) study in 2012 found that implementing an effective Youth Guarantee across the Eurozone would require EUR 21 billion (based on the Swedish example of a cost of approximately EUR 6,600 per participant) and whereas the amount provided for the Youth Employment Initiative by the Commission is less than one-third of the ILO's recommended figure, at just EUR 6 billion;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas some job activation schemes implemented in Member States have been ineffective and exploitative in that they contain coercive aspects that force young people into employment for remuneration below the poverty line (for example, the JobBridge and Gateway schemes in Ireland);
Amendment 54 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas internships and apprenticeship schemes vary in success across the Union, according to their characteristics;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas without quality job creation, the youth employment crisis cannot be solved;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to build up partnerships between local authorities, education and employment services and the business community to support the creation, implementation and monitoring of quality employment strategies and action plans; calls for closer co-operation between education, public administration, business and civil society, especially youth organisations; highlights that the active participation of youth organisations is crucial for the effective implementation of the youth guarantee;
Amendment 109 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the key role of enterprises, including SMEs and micro-enterprises, in job creation; stresses the need to provide education for entrepreneurship on every level, including pre-school education, by including in curricula the development in a safe environment (through games, simulations and youth projects) ofon the practical skills needed in starting and managing businesses;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 181 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that non-formal education is crucial for soft skills development such as e.g. communications and decision-making skills; calls therefore for investment in inclusive opportunities providing Non Formal Education (NFE) and for recognition of the impact and value of experience, skills and competences gained from there,
Amendment 187 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls for Member States to ensure all young people are provided with an Individual Needs Plan within 4 months of becoming unemployed; stresses that a complete skills audit should be incorporated into each plan, which can identify gaps between the skills of the unemployed and those required in potential economic growth sectors and employers; recalls that this should involve formal certification of 'soft skills' and non-formal learning as appropriate;
Amendment 197 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Quality Framework for Traineeships and the European Alliance for Apprenticeships; stresses the importance for the Commission to monitor its implementation in the Member States closely; urges the Alliance for Apprenticeships to promote accessibility of young people to apprenticeships by calling for the removal of barriers such as education fees for apprentices;
Amendment 217 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that traineeships and apprenticeships should lead to employment and condemns the abuse of such arrangements; urges the abolition of exploitative schemes; calls on Member States to ensure that all labour activation schemes are income proofed to ensure that the state is not facilitating the growth of the 'working poor';
Amendment 232 #
2015/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the recent decision by EU co-legislators on increasing pre-financing for the Youth Employment Initiative, which aims to smooth the implementation of this important initiative for regions and states facing financial difficulties; urges the Commission to commit more funds to the Youth Guarantee based on the ILO's recommendation that EUR 6 600 per participant is required;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that a 2014 Eurobarometer survey revealed that 70% of the EU public believe that corruption is present in the EU institutions and therefore urges the EU institutions to urgently address this lack of public trust;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to make minutes of expert group meetings available to the public on their website and further calls for all members of such expert groups who often have key influence on legislative matters to submit declarations of interest;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Regrets that the Council as a key institution of influence in the EU legislative process has yet to adopt any form of a lobbying register, calls therefore on the Council to come forward as soon as possible with a mandatory lobbying register;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Highlights the need for independent experts in the EU agencies such as the European Food Safety Authority and for greater importance to be placed on eliminating conflicts of interests within the panels of such agencies;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on the European Parliament to consider creating an open database of MEPs' declarations of interest which is searchable to allow for greater transparency and scrutiny by civil society;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls on the EU institutions to establish or amend minimum 'cooling-off periods' for senior EU officials including MEPS before former public and elected officials can work in lobbying positions that may create or be seen to create conflicts of interest to avoid 'revolving door' situations; and calls in the meantime, for the publication of senior EU officials including MEPs who have left their institutions to work for private interests;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on all EU institutions and their staff to refuse access to unregistered lobbyists and further calls for the EU Commission's TTIP negotiating team to be included in any such provisions;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the President of the Commission to extend the new transparency measures for Commissioners and Director-generals to other senior EU officials heavily involved in the legislative process who meet regularly with relevant stakeholders, such as Heads of Unit;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the European Parliament to publish a list of all external visitors who are signed in by MEPs and their offices; requests that this list be published on the European Parliament's website in an accessible and searchable format;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the EU institutions, in an effort to address the opacity of the complex negotiation and decision-making procedures in the legislative process to publish the negotiating positions of the three EU institutions which are used in trilogues to allow for public scrutiny of the process;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages the Vice-President of the Commission in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights to maintain his pledge and come forward with proposals before the end of 2015 to make the transparency register legally mandatory and to ensure that there are proper sanction mechanisms for organisations which do not comply with the rules;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges all the relevant EU institutions to implement Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in accordance with the recommendations contained in the guidelines thereto; is disappointed with the recently published yet heavily redacted exchange of emails between the European Commission and the tobacco company British American Tobacco;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2032(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, to date, this is the second EGF application from the publishing sector;e publishing activities sector has been the subject of one other EGF application1a; _______________ 1aEGF/2009/024 NL Noord Holland and Zuid Holland (COM(2010) 532 final).
Amendment 3 #
2015/2032(BUD)
8b. Welcomes that all eligible redundant workers are expected to participate in the measures supported by EGF;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2032(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes that all eligible redundant workers have been offered occupational guidance consisting of different stages, which will provide them with individual, personalised advices and plans to reintegrate into employment;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2032(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Notes that the contribution for preparatory activities, management, information and publicity and control and reporting constitutes for 3,36 % of the total budget; notes furthermore that almost half of this budget is planned to be used for information and publicity;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2031(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that the coordinating role and the involvement of the representatives of the targeted beneficiaries was especially important in drawing up the personalised services, since the dismissals took place in 16 different companies in the publishing sector;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2031(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Welcomes that all eligible redundant workers are expected to participate in the measures supported by EGF;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2031(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes that all workers have been offered occupational guidance consisting of different stages, which will provide them with individual, personalised advices and plans to reintegrate into employment;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2031(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Considers that the occupational guidance, training self-employment supporting measures should take into account the emerging opportunities that the new web media could provide for these workers;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2031(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Notes that the contribution for preparatory activities, management, information and publicity and control and reporting constitutes for 2,50 % of the total budget; notes furthermore that almost half of this budget is planned to be used for information and publicity;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that in order to create substantial savings the need for a road map to a single seat of the Parliament must be addressed;
Amendment 20 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The use of genetic engineering in plants and in food and feed is a subject which divides opinion in the Member States and this is reflected in the decision-making process leading to the authorisation of GMOs and GM food and feed. Since the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the results of the voting in the committees or in Council show that there has never been a qualified majority either in favour of or against the authorisation of those products. Therefore, authorisations have been adopted by the Commission at the end of the procedure, in accordance with applicable legislation, without the support of the Member States' committee opinion. This has led to a democratic deficit which the then-candidate for President, Jean-Claude Juncker, committed himself to solve, pledging to democratise the authorisation procedure.
Amendment 23 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Once a GMO or a GM food and feed is authorised in accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC or Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the Member States may not prohibit, restrict or impede the free circulation of that product within their territory, except for its placing on the market and in accordance with strict conditions which are laid down by Union law –and require to provide evidence of a severe risk to health or to the environment. Some Member States have had recourse to the safeguard clauses and the emergency measures provided for respectively in Articles 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC and Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. Other Member States have made use of the notification procedure provided for in Article 114(5) and (6) of TFUE which also is required to be based on new scientific evidence relating to the protection of the environment or the working environment. Other Member States have adopted unilateral prohibitions. Some of these measures have been challenged before national jurisdictions or the Court of justice.
Amendment 26 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) That situation was changed recently as regards GMOs for cultivation due to the adoption, on 13 March 2015, of Directive (EU) 2015/41214 which amended Directive 2001/18/EC to allow Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory. The new provisions are primarily aimed at enabling Member States to decide whether or not they wish to permit the cultivation of GMO crops on their territory, without affecting the risk assessment provided in the system of Union authorisations of GMOs. They were intended to provide more predictability to operators and limit the recourse by the Member States to the safeguard clauses provided for in Article 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. It was also expected that those amendments would have a positive impact on the decision- making process for the authorisation of GMOs for cultivation. __________________ 14 Directive (EU) 2015/412 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory (OJ L 68, 13.3.2015, p. 1).
Amendment 32 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Member States should therefore be allowed to adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the useplacing on the market in all or part of their territory of a GMO or a GM food and feed, or group of GMOs or of GM food and feed, once authorised, provided that such measures are reasoned, based on compelling grounds in accordance with Union law, and are in line with the principles of proportionality and non- discrimination between national and non- national products, and Article 34, Article 36 and Article 216(2) of TFEU.
Amendment 35 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The restrictions or prohibitions adopted pursuant to this Regulation should refer to the useplacing on the market and not to the free circulation and imports of genetically modified food and feed.
Amendment 38 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The level of protection of human and animal health and of the environment achieved through the authorisation procedure provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 requires a uniform scientific assessment throughout the Union and this Regulation should not alter that situation. Therefore to avoid any interference with the competences which are granted to the risk assessors and risk managers under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003,which, in line with the Council Conclusions on GMOs adopted by the Environment Council on 4 December 2008 must be reformed to improve the quality of the procedure. Until then Member States should not be authorisbe permitted to use grounds which are related to risks to health and to the environment which should be dealt with in accordance with the procedure, especially when they already establish acting based ion Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, and in particular its Articles 10, 22 and 34the concerns of civil society in their country.
Amendment 42 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In the case where a product was lawfully usedplaced on the market before a Member State adopts measures pursuant to this Regulation, sufficient time should be given to operators to allow the phasing out of the product from the market.
Amendment 49 #
2015/0093(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1829/2002
Article 34a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 34a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States may adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the useplacing on the market of products referred to in Article 3(1) and 15(1) authorised pursuant to this Regulation provided that such measures are:
Amendment 8 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that many Member States still have largeausterity programmes implemented in Member States, including those imposed by the Troika (Eurogroup, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund), have often resulted in further economic contraction and increased deficits, and that there is a need to develop fiscal responsibility programmes that are fullyfor a new stimulus-based economic direction that is compatible with quality job creation, economic growth and welfare state sustainability; calls on the Commission, which has already received the national budget proposals for 2016, and within the framework of COM(2015)00121, to provide a flexible process of fiscal responsibilitypolicy-making at national level that allows for the adoption of socially responsible and economically efficient policies aimed at decent job creation; __________________ 1 COM(2015)0012, ‘Making the best use of the flexibility within the existing rules of the SGP’.
Amendment 25 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the country-specific recommendations (CSR) to include the Commission’s recommendation2 on private debt aimed at creating second chances for enterprises; calls for these programmes, as the first priority, to be extended to families at risk of eviction from their first home and for theseis extension to apply to those evicted since the financial crisis began; calls for the CSR to include a call on Member States place a moratorium on further evictions, and for this to be guaranteed, in particular, in banking entities within bank restructuring programmes supported by public money; __________________ 2 Recommendation of 12 March 2014 on a new approach to business failure and insolvency.
Amendment 48 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the recommendations on the need to move forward within new labour reforms, and calls for such reforms, if carried out, to guarantee social dialogue and to ensure necessary political consensus in order to be sustainable and effectivelabour reforms; considers it regrettable that many labour reforms have not ensured the required baattacked job security, workplance between flexibility and securityrights and trade unions' representation rights, resulting in, for example, the exclusion of millions of workers from collective bargaining, increased job insecurity and increased inequality; calls for labour reforms capable of reducing fragmentation, putting an end to insecurity and increasing the productivity and competitiveness of our economy while ensuring decent jobs and living wages through investment in human capital;
Amendment 74 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have warned of the social (in-work poverty) and economic (depressed internal demand) problems caused by the wage devaluation that has occurred in recent years; considers it regrettable that there is no reference to the importance of increasing wages, especially in those countries where wages are below the poverty threshold; recalls that minimum wages differ substantially between Member States (Bulgaria EUR 184/month, Luxembourg EUR 1 923/month), and reiterates its request for a study4 on this issue; calls for the inclusion of recommendations that Member States set their minimum wage as a 'living wage' - i.e., calculated according to the basic cost of living in the particular Member State; __________________ 4 Resolution of 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068), paragraph 47.
Amendment 83 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that some labour reforms have introduced new contractual formulas that, according to the Commission, have increased precariousness in the labour markets; of particular concern are some Member States whose rates of temporary employment are over 90 % for new contracts, which particularly affects young people and women and which, according to the OECD1, is one of the direct causes of increasing inequality; calls for inclusion of a recommendation that Member States take steps to restrict and reverse the growth of such precarious employment contracts; __________________ 1 OECD report ‘In it together: Why less inequality benefits all’, 21 May 2015.
Amendment 121 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that there is significant disparity in the success of the implementation of the Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative between Member States to date; notes that the International Labour Organisation has estimated that resolving youth unemployment in the EU requires a budget of EUR 21 billion and that the Commission's current financial commitment is wholly inadequate and needs to be raised to a sufficient level; calls on the Commission to work with Member States and representative youth organisations to propose minimum standards and best practice in the implementation of the Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 159 #
2015/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for pension reforms to be made taking into account Parliament’s6 repeat recommendations to ensure their sustainability and adequacy; __________________ 6Resolution of 11 March 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0068); Resolution of 22 October 2014 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0038); Resolution of 25 February 2014 (Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0129).hat include measures to boost employment opportunities for older workers past the current retirement age to be voluntary and not coercive;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – Indent 2
Paragraph 6 – Indent 2
– bring forward a revision of the European Citizens’' Initiative Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 211/2011) in order to improve its functioning and stop certain groups of citizens, such as those who are blind or living abroad, from being prevented from exercising their right to support citizens’' initiatives, as such exclusion limits equality among citizens; further believes that non- EU residents residing in a Member State should be allowed to support citizens' initiatives and that the obligation of the Commission to provide a reasoned response to a citizens' initiative, which is rejected, should be reinforced; believes that the failure of the current citizens' initiative to be an effective tool for participatory and direct democracy is widening the gap between the EU institutions and the citizens which the European Citizens' Initiative was created to address;
Amendment 891 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Reiterates its commitment to initiating an ordinary treaty revision procedure under Article 48 TEU with a view to proposing the changes to Article 341 TEU and Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament to decide on the location of its seat and its internal organisation;
Amendment 901 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Reiterates its call for a single seat for the European Parliament; proposes that Parliament and the Council each decide the location of their own seat after having obtained the consent of the other; further proposes that the seats of all the other EU institutions, agencies and bodies be determined by Parliament and the Council on a proposal by the European executive, acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that blue growth should never be considered in isolation from the maintenance and sustainability of the natural resources of the seas, the restoration of those which have been lost and measures which are certainly sustainable and have been proven to be so;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of improving the necessary skills for applying the new technologies to the marine environment and of strengthening research coordination in order to create sustainable quality jobs and contribute to the full achievement of the social and employment objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 41 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need to focus on environmental aspects and on improving the quality of the marine environment in order to ensure we have a sustainable blue economy without restricthile realising its employment potential;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that coastal and maritime tourism can contribute to economic growth and to reducing casual or temporary work, providedhe creation of quality jobs; stresses, however, that theall activities armust be carried out in an environmentally-friendlysustainable way;
Amendment 78 #
2014/2240(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that in order to maximise sustainable economic growth and employment andincrease the creation of quality jobs based on blue technologies, exchanges of ideas between the world of research and that of business should be encouraged, to promote and increase their ability to cooperate and network.
Amendment 4 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the European Environment Agency's and its "Report on the European environment: State and outlook 2015",
Amendment 7 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, as stated in the EEA's 2015 report on the state of the environment , more than 40% of rivers and coastal waters are affected by a widespread pollution caused by agriculture, while between 20% and 25% are subjected to pollution deriving from point sources as industrial structures, sewage systems and waste-water management networks;
Amendment 8 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, as stated in the EEA's 2015 report on the state of the environment, leakages from pipes in Europe loss rates currently amount to between 10% and 40%;
Amendment 73 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses that access to a basic water requirement should be a non-debatable fundamental human right implicitly and explicitly supported by international law. Calls on Governments and local communities to work for providing a minimum water quota, as guarantee that water is an inalienable component of fundamental rights;
Amendment 75 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the lack of available data on water poverty issues, including issues of access and affordability; Urges the Commission and the Member States to encourage individual governments of developing countries to guarantee basic water needs of their populations, given that water is a limited resource and local populations lack access to safe drinking water;
Amendment 81 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States to support the promotion of education and awareness raising campaigns for citizens in order to preserve and save water resources and to ensure greater civic participation;
Amendment 83 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support public water companies in the EU which lack the necessary capital to access available EU funding and long-term loans at a preferential interest rate, especially for the purpose of extending water and sanitation services to the poor; Stresses the importance of open, democratic and participatory governance to ensure that the most cost-effective solutions with regard to water resources management are taken for the benefit of the whole society; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure full transparency as regards the use and destination of the economic resources generated through the water management cycle.
Amendment 161 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission to support and facilitate non-profit cooperation amongst water operators to aid those in less developed and rural areas in order to support the access to good quality water for all citizens living in those areas;
Amendment 183 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on Member States to implement the figure of a water services Ombudsman in order to ensure that water-related issues such as complaints and suggestions on water service quality and access could be processed by an independent body;
Amendment 191 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages water companies to reinvest all economic revenues generated from the water management cycle into maintaining and improving water services and protecting water resources; Calls on Member States to refrain from adopting measures that divert economic resources from the water sector of finance other policies;
Amendment 196 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Notes the worrying state of infrastructure in some Member States, particularly where water is being wasted owing to leaks and the poor state of mains water pipes, and calls for greater investment and urgent measures to improve and modernise this infrastructure;
Amendment 207 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that, in the case of water, the services sector offers a huge potential for creating jobs through environmental integration, and for fostering innovation through technology transfer between sectors and through RDI applied to the entire water cycle; calls, therefore, for particular attention to be paid to boosting the sustainable use of water as renewable energy;
Amendment 208 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that any benchmarking exercise is not equivalent to transparency measures and providing full information to citizens; indicators produce often complex and confusing results which should be presented for citizens in an understandable manner;
Amendment 209 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Believes that given the wide variation amongst water services across Europe given the clear regional and local specificities, the Commission should not try to force operators to take part in any obligatory EU benchmarking exercise but should rather act as a facilitator for voluntary benchmarking amongst water operators and should be used as a means to facilitate cooperation amongst water operators via sharing of best practices and common experience;
Amendment 210 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Stresses that any benchmarking exercise which is undertaken must not only include financial indicators but must include other criteria crucial for citizens such as; water quality, measures to mitigate affordability problems, accessibility information on what proportion of the population has access to adequate water supplies and the levels of public participation in water governance;
Amendment 211 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Stresses the environmental necessity to conserve water resources whilst respecting the right of the Member States to choose how to fulfil their cost recovery obligations under the Water Framework Directive;
Amendment 212 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Encourages the Commission and Member States to enact policies that effectively combine and reconcile water resources protection objectives with cost- saving such as ‘control at source’ approaches and water saving communication strategies;
Amendment 213 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 f (new)
Paragraph 19 f (new)
19f. Urges the Commission, in any revision of the Water Framework Directive to ensure that quantitative assessments of water affordability problems become a mandatory requirement of reporting exercises by Member States as regards the implementation of the Water Framework Directive;
Amendment 214 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 g (new)
Paragraph 19 g (new)
19g. Asks the Commission to explore the possibility for the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) to monitor and report upon any water affordability issues in the 28 Member States;
Amendment 221 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that EU development policies should fully integrate universal access to water and sanitation via in their promotion ofgramming and enhance the public- public partnerships based on not- for-profit principles and solidarity between water operators and workers in different countries; reiterates that the development policies of EU Member States should recognise the human rights dimension of access to safe drinking water and sanitation and that a rights-based approach requires both support for legislative frameworks, financing and the strengthening of the voice of civil society in order to realise these rights in practice;
Amendment 222 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines that assistance for safe drinking water and sanitation should be given high priority in the allocation of EU funds and in assistance programming; calls on the European Commission to ensure adequate financial support to capacity-development actions in the water domain, relying on and cooperating with existing international platforms and initiatives;
Amendment 226 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that although progress towards the Millennium Development Goal on safe drinking water is on track, almost one billion people are still drinking untreated drinking water, while the sanitation target is far from being met; reiterates that ending poverty through the post-2015 process is only possible if we ensure that everyone, everywhere has access to clean water, basic sanitation and hygiene;
Amendment 227 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 21 – point 1 (new)
(1) Climate change is producing a strong impact in access and availability of water. Urges to include, among the topics of COP21, a strategic management of water resources and a long-term adaptation plans, in order to incorporate a climate resilient water approach in the future global climate agreement; Climate resilient water infrastructure is also key for development and poverty reduction;
Amendment 228 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Emphasises that ambitious and far- reaching targets for water and sanitation should be included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as it is water and sanitation issues that underpin nearly every other development indicator encompassed in the current and future development frameworks; stresses that targets should centre around basic or minimum access but also go beyond this towards more efficient, affordable and sustainable water and sanitation services;
Amendment 230 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes with concern that the lack of access to water and sanitation in the developing world can have a disproportionate effect on girls and women, especially those of school- attending age where absenteeism and drop-out rates have been linked to the lack of clean, safe and accessible sanitation;
Amendment 235 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that the World Health Organisation has stated that between 100 and 200 litres of water per day per person is optimal, while noting that 50 to 100 litres is needed to ensure that basic needs are met and few health concerns arise; Accordingly to the recognised fundamental human rights, establishing a minimum quota per person is indispensable to satisfy basic water needs of populations;
Amendment 242 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 23 – point 1 (new)
(1) Reminds that ensuring a sustainable protection of natural areas such as freshwater ecosystems is also key for development and decisive to provide drinking water supplies;
Amendment 246 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 24 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Member States to: - Provide an obligation for water suppliers to indicate physicochemical characteristics of the water in the water bill; - Draft urban plans according to the availability of water resources. - Increasing controls and monitoring of pollutants, and plan immediate actions aimed at the removal and sanitation of toxic substances. - Insists for take action to reduce the considerable leakages from pipes in Europe renewing the inadequate water supply networks;
Amendment 29 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is clear evidence that shifting from labour to environmental taxation, investing in energy and resource efficiency, and developing the supply chain through a clear industrial strategy has a positive impact on job creation;
Amendment 64 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission to maintain policy coherence on the need for green employment, a just transition and decent work across all areas of its work, including by promoting this agenda in its Integrated Guidelines on economic and employment policies;
Amendment 73 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the 'just transition' and decent work agenda are part of its position in the climate negotiations at the COP21 summit in Paris this year;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the critical importance of workers’ participation in achieving these changes; calls fornotes that trade unions have stated that the lack of any legal obligation on employers to include workers' representatives in green workplace programmes is blocking the potential of this partnership; calls for the Member States to ensure the involvement of trade union ‘green representatives’ working with employers on increasing sustainability at their workplaces;
Amendment 97 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the tools for skills development and the forecasting of skill needs proposed by the Commission; stresses, however, that more ambitious action and investment is needed;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that these strategies should include the identification of skill gaps and targeted vocational and lifelong training programmes; stresses the need to actively include in the strategies both displaced workers and low-skilled workers at risk of being excluded from the labour market by ensuring that skills training must be targeted, accessible and free for these workers; stresses that steps need to be taken to counter the gender imbalance in certain sectors;
Amendment 131 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that the success or failure of the Green Employment Initiative is dependent on the level of ambition of the Commission's binding targets to renewable energy and energy efficiency; and investment in renewable energy technology and energy efficiency programmes committed to by the Member States;
Amendment 146 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to fully respect and implement the new provisions of the revised EU legislation on public procurement, and to introduce proactively environmental and social criteria in their public procurement policies without delay in order to create sustainable jobs;
Amendment 157 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to use the EU Semester and the review of the Europe 2020 strategy to support green job creation; calls on the Commission to issue country- specific recommendations that contribute to higher employment and smaller ecological footprints, including a shift from labour to environmental taxation and the phasing out of counterproductive subsidies by 2020;
Amendment 161 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that environmental taxes in the form of consumption taxes are often regressive in nature and impact disproportionately on lower-income groups who should be exempt from consumption-based environmental taxes; calls for any new environmental taxation to target the major polluters; notes that if successful, environmental taxation will result in a lowering of pollution and therefore a fall in tax revenue in the medium to long term, which must be taken into account;
Amendment 167 #
2014/2238(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to renew its commitment to the Europe 2020 strategytargets and to issue its mid-term review of the Europe 2020 strategy without delay; calls on the Commission to introduce quality employment and resource efficiency as lead goals; calls on the Commission to propose more ambitious social and environmental targets for 2030 and 2050 including increasing its target for renewable energy in 2030 to at least 40%;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. Whereas, under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, all children should be guaranteed the right to an education, health-care services, housing, protection, participation in decisions that affect them, leisure and free time, a balanced diet, and the receipt of care in a family environment;
Amendment 22 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas the factors with the greatest influence on child poverty are wealth- redistribution policies and labour policy9 a, particularly parental income levels and social rights; __________________ 9aSave the Children, ‘Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe’, Brussels, 2014, p.5
Amendment 24 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A B. Whereas, although the children of parents with very low work intensity are 56.7 % more likely to be at risk of poverty or social exclusion, families with high work intensity remain at risk of child poverty today (Romania, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Latvia, Slovakia, Poland or Luxembourg);
Amendment 30 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas the destrucdistribution of incomes has a major impact on reducing cycles of social inequality and the Member States with lowest rates of child poverty – such as Sweden and Denmark – are also those with the lowest levels of general poverty and inequality;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. Whereas between 2008 and 2012, the number of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Europe (EU27+Norway, Iceland and Switzerland) rose by almost one million, increasing by half a million between 2011 and 2012 alone9, and, according to data from Eurostat in 2013, 26.5 million children in the EU28 are at risk of falling into poverty or social exclusion; in the EU27, the risk of poverty or social exclusion increased between 2008 and 2012 from 26.5% to 28%; in 2013, in the Member States of the EU28, 28% of the total population under 18 was at risk of poverty or social exclusion and, in the vast majority of countries, the risk of poverty and social exclusion is greater for children than for adults; __________________ 9 Save the Children, ‘Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe’, Brussels, 2014, p.5
Amendment 65 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. Whereas the latest reports by the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless highlight an increase in women, young people and families with children (with migrant children over- represented) taken into homeless shelters;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas the first few years, even before compulsory education, are crucial to children’s development, given that it is during this period that they develop essential capacities and that access to a high-quality education has a significant impact on self-esteem, ability to participate in social life, better health, social inclusion and, in the future, access to better job opportunities; whereas the educational gap between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds has increased;
Amendment 84 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. Whereas, in 2012, the average school-dropout rate was 13 % for the EU and over 20 % in some countries (Portugal, Spain and Malta)9 a __________________ 9aEU-SILC (2013) EU statistics on Income and Living Conditions
Amendment 85 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. Whereas working parents who do not have access to a nursery school are often forced to leave children in the care of another child, or to recourse to paid and uncertified informal care networks, which jeopardises their children’s safety and well-being;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. Whereas children born into poverty are at greater risk of suffering chronic illnesses and having more health problems, which leads to the perpetuation of inequality;
Amendment 92 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. Whereas, even in countries where the right to health is enshrined in law, many children do not have access to appointments with a general practitioner or dentist, particularly because of a lack of available public services; whereas some children have very limited access to health-care services, which does not go beyond accident and emergency;
Amendment 93 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
I c. Whereas the financial problems of families have been contributing to increased mental health problems in parents and to instances of family breakdown, which has undeniable repercussions on the psychological and social well-being of children;
Amendment 94 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
I d. Whereas the environment in which a child lives, including the pre-birth period, has a decisive influence on the development of the cognitive system, on communication and language, and on social and emotional skills, which will have a consequence for health, well- being, participation in communities and learning capacities9 b; __________________ 9b Drivers, 2014, ‘Universal, quality early childhood programmes that are responsive to need promote better and more equal outcomes in childhood and later life’.
Amendment 104 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. Whereas child poverty has a high economic cost for societies, particularly as regards increased spending on social support;
Amendment 106 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. Whereas families living at risk of poverty are more likely to live in unsanitary and unsafe areas, and that 17% of children in the EU28 still live in these conditions, with 15 countries above average11; the price of energy means that many children live in homes without heating, which increases the number of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases; the increasing number of evictions due to the inability to pay housing costs has pushed children into shelters; __________________ 11 EU-SILC (2013) Statistics on Income and Living Conditions
Amendment 114 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. Whereas migrant children are over- represented in the group at risk of poverty and there is more discrimination against them because of language barriers, with this situation worse for illegal immigrant children; whereas, today, with the intensification of migratory flows, there are a growing number of cases in which the children of emigrants remain in the country of their birth under the care of other family members or third parties, negatively influencing the children’s development, particularly at the emotional level;
Amendment 116 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
K b. Whereas there should be financial reinforcement of food-aid programmes aimed at disadvantaged families, since a growing number of children only have access to food at school; whereas these programmes are important, but cannot be seen as a long-term solution;
Amendment 136 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recommends that Member States increase the quantity, amounts, scope and effectiveness of the social support specifically directed to children, but also to parents (such as unemployment benefits) and to promote labour laws that guarantee social rights and security to families and fight precarious employment while promoting work with rights;
Amendment 184 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States actually to realise the right to housing, by guaranteeing citizens and families an appropriate home that meets their needs and ensures their well-being, privacy and quality of life, thereby contributing to the achievement of social justice and cohesion and the combating of social exclusion and poverty;
Amendment 204 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that Member States’ national budgets contain visible and transparent provisions for appropriations and costs to combat child poverty and to fulfil their duty to protect children;
Amendment 206 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recommends that the Commission and Member States set targets for reducing child poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 214 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to introduce legislation to protect or increase maternity and paternity rights; regrets the announced withdrawal of the revised draft of the Maternity Leave Directive by the Commission, which guarantees working women more rights during the pre- and post-birth periods;
Amendment 226 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that Member States develop proactive social policies that prevent poverty and the departureremoval of children from their family environment, ensuring that it is not through poverty that children are institutionalised; calls on the Member States to use the EU Structural Funds and the European Fund for Strategic Investments to support the transfer of institutionalised children to host families and community-based services;
Amendment 244 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recommends that Member States guarantee all children access to free, quality public education at all ages, including early childhood, and establish appropriate teacher-student ratios, in order to safeguard the safety and well-being of children;
Amendment 266 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges Member States to guarantee universal, public, free and quality health care with regard to prevention and primary care, access to diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, guaranteeing women the right to sexual and reproductive health by ensuring health care for babies, maternity care in the pre- and post-natal care period, particularly in the case of premature birth, access to family doctors, dentists and mental health specialists for all children and their families, and integrate these aspects into national and the EU public health strategies;
Amendment 285 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on Member States, particularly those where social inequalities are greater, to strengthen social rights that the state must guarantee, increasing the number of employees and technicianprofessionals in the social security services working with and for children and their families, and increasing the medical, psychological and social care of children;
Amendment 291 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to participate actively in combating the trafficking of children for any form of exploitation, including work, forced marriage, illegal adoption, illegal activities and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 294 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Member States to support, through their municipalities, local centres for supporting children and their families, particularly in the communities and/or areas most affected by the issue of child poverty, which provide not just for legal aid and/or advice, parental advice and school support, but also for education and guidance on a healthy lifestyle and on safe Internet use, amongst other things;
Amendment 296 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Recommends that the Member States guarantee refugee citizens, particularly children and young people, the same rights of access to education, health care, work and housing as other citizens of the Member State in question;
Amendment 305 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends that the Commission and Member States develop statistical methods that integrate multidimensional indicators in measuring poverty to take into account the limitations of relative poverty measurements and the work of the UNDP, UNICEF and the OECD, going beyond the AROPE(parents’ income, access to high-quality public services, participation in social and cultural activities, access to adequate formal and informal education services, exposure to physical risk, safety, stable family environment, and level of life satisfaction) and to take into account the limitations of relative poverty measurements and the work of the UNDP, UNICEF and the OECD, which take these multidimensional indicators into account in their statistics; recommends that these indicators be cross-referenced with indicators of socioeconomic classification (parents’ income and literacy level, country of origin, gender, disability, geographical location, etc.), going beyond the AROPE (at risk of poverty and/or exclusion) indicators;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, as a consequence of the economic and financial crisis, the policies imposed on Member States under reconstruction programmes, and the deepening of the economic governance framework, levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased, as has long-term unemployment;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas social innovation refers to new ideas, whether they be products, services or social organisation models, designed to meet new social and environmental demands and challenges, such as the ageing population, balancing work and family life, managing diversity, youth unemployment and climate change, but under no circumstances can it replace the role of the welfare state;
Amendment 62 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 65 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that social economy enterprises have a strong local and regional basis, which means that they are more aware of specific needs and able to offer products and services which match those needs, thus improving social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 75 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. BelievNotes that social innovation makes a significanty, along with public investments and the safeguarding of the welfare state, contributione towards laying the foundations for a type of growth which serves a more sustainable, inclusive society generating social cohesion;
Amendment 146 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 9 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to ensure that TTIP will make a significant positive contributionimmediately suspend the negotiations; and to creating more and better jobs and set ambitious global trade standards for sustainable development and labourfrain from any further attempts of imposing a global model of free trade standards; Believes that any further negotiations between the EU and US need to be subject to a fundamental rethink as called for by the European Trade Union Conference (ETUC);
Amendment 36 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) to ensurguarantee that TTIP includes comprehensive provisions on labour laws and policies that are consistent with the core ILO Conventions and the Decent Work Agenda, with a clear commitment to promote higher standards and, furthermore, to ensurguarantee that where disputes arise, labour provisions will have a conditional dimensionprimacy over provisions of free movement;
Amendment 45 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
(ii a) to guarantee a clear commitment from the EU and the US to revoke anti- trade union laws and actors such as the Troika and the right to work legislation;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) to ensurguarantee that the horizontal dimensions of labour and social provisions are recognised and fully integrated into all relevant operational parts of the agreement to ensure a coherent and comprehensive approach to trade and sustainable development;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) to ensure that civil society can make a meaningful contribution to implementing relevant TTIP provisionsrespect the overwhelming opposition in civil society against TTIP which has been clearly expressed by the 1.5 million European citizens who have signed the Citizens' Initiative against TTIP;
Amendment 62 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas all regulations of business operations, trade conditions and setting of product- and production-standards showed must remain in the hands of democratically controlled bodies and processes
Amendment 64 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. Whereas the 'precautionary principle' is a fundamental part of risk management in the EU, while US authorities do not officially endorse this concept as a basis for policy making.
Amendment 65 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. Whereas substantial differences exist also in the approach to food safety along the food chain. In the EU, food safety is guaranteed through the integrated "farm- to-fork" approach while the US system, on the other hand, mostly verifies the safety of the end product and therefore is more prone to resorting to pathogen reduction treatments.
Amendment 66 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
C d. Whereas the aim of Sustainable development provisions in TTIP should be to ensure that trade and environmental policies are mutually supportive, to promote the optimal use of resources in accordance with the objective of sustainable development as well as to strengthen environmental cooperation and collaboration.
Amendment 68 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
C f. Whereas European consumers are informed of the presence of GMOs in foodstuff thanks to mandatory labelling while in the US, the FDA recognises GMOs as "substantially equivalent" to their non-GMO counterparts.
Amendment 69 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
C g. Whereas several industry sectors representatives have called for the removal trough the regulatory convergence mechanisms of the EU zero tolerance policy for unauthorised GMOs in food and feed.
Amendment 71 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) to take immediate steps to safeguard the right of EU governments to legislate, organise, set quality and safety standards for, manage and regulate public servicesunequivocally exclude public services, including Services of General Interest and Services of Non-Economic Interests, as well as rules on public procurement from areas that can be liberalised;
Amendment 81 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the European Commission's public consultation on the inclusion of ISDS in TTIP received almost 150,000 responses and reflected widespread opposition to ISDS in TTIP or in general
Amendment 84 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point vi
(vi) to ensure that the specific challenges faced by SMEs are fully taken into accouthe 87 percent of all SMEs in Europe which are not involved in export but relies on domestic demand are fully taken into account; and to identify and clearly communicate which sectors and branches are likely to be adversely affected by TTIP prior to the signing of an agreement;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) to take steps to promote the uptake of corporate social responsibility (CSR), which must be additional to and not replace existing labour and environmental laws;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it misleading on the part of the Commission to try to appease public concerns about the TTIP by stating that existing standards will not be lowered, as this disregards the fact that many standards have yet to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation (e.g. REACH) or by the adoption of new laws (e.g. cloning); therefore calls the Commission to secure that the level of EU social and labour standards, consumer and public health protection, care for the environment including regeneration of our natural resources, animal welfare, food safety standards and environmentally sustainable agricultural practices, access to information and labelling, culture and medicine, financial market regulation as well as data protection, net neutrality and other digital rights continue to be respected, not "harmonised" down to the lowest common denominator.
Amendment 111 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) to guarantee that agreement on anyno mechanism for investor-state dispute- settlement mechanism must take into accoun(ISDS) will be part of a final agreement; and to respect the results of the public consultation on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), must be fully transparent and democratically accountable and must not hinder legislators from passing laws in the area of employment policywhich showed wide opposition against ISDS rather than public support of a reformed ISDS; Believes that the ISDS undermines democratically adopted legislation which has been put in place to safeguard public interests;
Amendment 124 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that the TTIP negotiations have already affected Commission proposals and actions relating, for example, to food safety and climate protection (e.g. pathogen meat treatments; implementation of the fuel quality directive); and that TTIP may results in a deregulation of standards safeguarding and serving the public interest.
Amendment 135 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to ensure that statistical projections on job losses/gains, and on sectors, affected are constantly updated so that timely intervention can be undertaken by the Commission to support affected sectors, regions or Member States.; Believes that the negotiations are based on a flawed and biased impact assessment study which has not addressed the negative impacts on employment, job displacement, public finances and trade diversion1 ; __________________ 1 The Commission Impact assessment of TTIP is based on analysis carried out by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). However, a number of independent studies which have critically assessed the CEPR studies points out that the study has exaggerated the claims of growth and job creation. "Nor does it contain an adequate assessment of the risks or drawbacks", says the European Parliament Impact Assessment team (IMPA) (page 8 of the EP Initial appraisal of a European Commission Impact Assessment http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/et udes/note/join/2013/507504/IPOL- JOIN_NT%282013%29507504_EN.pdf )
Amendment 148 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(x a) to abandon the export-led growth model and explore and prioritise other ways of stimulating much needed growth and creation of decent jobs in the EU: - promote counter-cyclical actions aimed at stimulating domestic demand and consumption and countering high; unemployment and social exclusion - revoke the 1/20 rule on debt reduction; - allow all public investments to be regarded as fiscally neutral as regards the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 152 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls the Commission to remove regulatory cooperation from the TTIP negotiations as it represent a threat to lower standards in the long and short term, on both sides of the Atlantic, at the EU and member state levels. The Commission proposals on the regulatory cooperation chapter in the TTIP negotiations constrain democratic decision-making by strengthening the influence of private business interest groups over public interest regulation. Furthermore it would give enormous power to unelected officials to halt and weaken regulations and standards even before democratically elected bodies, such as parliaments, would have a say over them, thus undermining the democratic system.
Amendment 155 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Considers as highly problematic the Commission call for more "compatibility" between laws on both sides of the Atlantic and a "pro-competitive regulatory environment". Furthermore it is concerned that the Commission proposal also reflects industry's demand to create a Regulatory Cooperation Body to facilitate an early information system of consultations and influence over the development of new laws.
Amendment 157 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
(x b) to reject the Regulatory Cooperation Council as it lacks democratic accountability, does not ensure multi- stakeholder representation and does not foresee social impact assessments of how new laws and regulations will affect working and living conditions of citizens;
Amendment 158 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x c (new)
(x c) to insert a sunset clause that activates after 5 years and that ensures that any subsequent re-activation can only be proposed after an extensive evaluation of the effects of the TTIP agreement;
Amendment 171 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with Commissioner Malmström that all areas where the EU and the US have very different rules or approaches should be excluded from the negotiations12 ; __________________ 12See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.
Amendment 173 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to protect the right of each party to establish its own levels of domestic environmental protection and environmental development priorities, and to adopt or modify them accordingly with its environmental laws and policies,
Amendment 177 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls the Commission to negotiate provisions that would support the achievement of the goal to reduce Europe's dependence on imported oil and cut carbon emissions in transport by 60% by 2050; transition away from conventionally-fuelled cars in cities; reduce carbon emissions from aviation and shipping; and facilitate transport modal shift.
Amendment 180 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls the Commission to support in the negotiations the fullest right for each party to assess legislation in its own method. Furthermore calls the commission to defend the EU aquis concerning the precautionary principle that enables rapid response in the face of a possible danger to human, animal or plant health, or to protect the environment.
Amendment 211 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
– affect the EU’s integrated approach to food safety, including EU legislation on GMOs and novel foods,
Amendment 224 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 a (new)
- maintains the organisational autonomy in the area of water supply and sanitation: public services such as water services should remain firmly outside of the scope of the TTIP agreement.
Amendment 229 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 b (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 b (new)
- impair EU developments – in particular under the new EU Clinical Trial Regulation and at the European Medicines Agency - to move towards proactive public access to medicines safety and efficacy data;
Amendment 232 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 c (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 c (new)
- limit directly or indirectly the national competence of Member States to tailor their pricing and reimbursement policies to ensure sustainable access to affordable medicines.
Amendment 241 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls the commission to firmly protect the EU's "farm to fork" approach to food hygiene whereby good hygienic practices (GHP) must be in place all along the production chain to guarantee that food sold to the final consumer is safe. Furthermore the negotiations should not pave the way to delegate food control tasks to private operators. It should also stand firm on the contention that a food system based on third-party safety audits cannot be deemed equivalent to a system based on public independent inspections.
Amendment 247 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls the Commission to avoid that the TBT Chapter in TTIP restricts EU and its Member States options to adopt measures with the aim of reducing consumption of certain products such as tobacco, foods high in fat, salt and sugar and harmful use of alcohol:
Amendment 250 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Call on the Commission to stand for the recognition and protection of all PDOs and PGOs, refusing the "common food names" approach in TTIP negotiations and partial lists of protection as accepted in CETA.
Amendment 270 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines the importance of removing the ISDS clause for civil society as evidenced by the vast majority of respondents to the Commission's consultation expressing opposition to the mechanism as a threat to democracy and public policy
Amendment 274 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses that the Commission should not dismiss widespread public opposition to the ISDS mechanism
Amendment 14 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an excessive use of resources is the root cause of various environmental hazards, such as climate change, desertification, deforestation and, loss of biodiversity, diminishing diversity and weakening of eco-system services; whereas the global economy uses the equivalent of 1.5 planets’ worth of resources to produce global output and absorb waste and this figure is estimated to reach the equivalent of two planets’ worth of resources by the 2030s;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding ofn research and innovation;
Amendment 120 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, usingstrengthening the use of renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;
Amendment 186 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely80% of a product's environmental impact is determined duringat the design phasstage;
Amendment 240 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to propose the extension of minimum guarantees for consumer durable goods, thereby making products more easily repairable and long lasting;
Amendment 246 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that materials and components of a product can be more easily re-used, refurbished and recycled;
Amendment 252 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that products are free of hazardous or problematic substances, which can hamper re-use or recycling efforts;
Amendment 261 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to submit the announced proposal on the review of waste legislation by the end of 2015 and to include the following points: setting extended producer responsibility requirements; endorsing the ‘pay-as-you- throw-principle’ prioritising separate collection schemes, such as door to door, in order to facilitate the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials; increasing recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, and to 80% for packaging waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030 as a priority should be given to top options such as reduction, re-use and recycling above disposal; introducing fees on landfilling and incineration;
Amendment 283 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reiterates that incineration does not have a place in a circular economy;
Amendment 291 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Urges the Commission to introduce overall prevention, and binding re-use targets, also for municipal waste and especially for packaging;
Amendment 296 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Urges the Commission to address the issue of food waste, by amongst other measures including a compulsory separate collection on organic materials;
Amendment 299 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Encourages the Commission to introduce feed-back mechanisms between waste and product policy;
Amendment 303 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Urges the Commission to propose a vision regarding the treatment of plastic packaging especially in view of marine pollution;
Amendment 399 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsory green public procurement procedures; considers that reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished and other resource-efficient products and solutions are to be preferred in all public procurement, and if they are not preferred, the ‘comply or explain’ principle should apply;
Amendment 467 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to involve local and regional authorities throughout the whole development of the circular economy package;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas patient-centred electronic health (eHealth) and home-care medical treatments have a high potential for improving the quality and efficiency of medical treatments while contributing to a patient-centred approach and better healthcare performance;
Amendment 24 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas continuous training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals including temporary workers is crucial to avoid adverse events, including adverse drug events (ADEs), which are estimated to cost the EU healthcare systems some EUR 2.7 billion per year in care expenses and account for 1.1 % of all hospitalisations in the EU;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the World Health Organisation has identified food products of animal origin as the main potential route of contamination for transmission of resistant bacteria and resistant genes from food animals to people;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas the same classes of antibiotics are used in both animal and human medicine and similar resistance mechanisms have emerged in both sectors;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
Mc. whereas prophylaxis use of antibiotics in animal husbandry is still very widespread;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M d (new)
Recital M d (new)
Md. whereas the issue of off-label use of antibiotics is a concern for animal medicine as well as human medicine;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas it is estimated that globally 10 million people will die every year because of antimicrobial resistance by 2050;
Amendment 99 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas patients, families and patient organisations play a key role in advocating for safer care, and their role should be promoted through patient empowerment and participation in the healthcare process and policy at all levels;
Amendment 113 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that austerity measures have seen a reduction in the level of cleaning staff in hospitals and other healthcare settings across Europe given the critical role cleaning staff have in ensuring high levels of hygiene;
Amendment 154 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges Member States to improve awareness programmes for medical professionals, other healthcare workers, veterinary practitioners and the general public focussing on antibiotic use and prevention of infections;
Amendment 160 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Member States to involve patients' organisations and representatives formally in the development of policies and programmes on patient safety at all appropriate levels, and to provide them with appropriate support to carry out patient safety activities;
Amendment 215 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Notes that both Horizon 2020 and the EU Third Public Health Programme have put an emphasis on healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 218 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Notes that infections caused by antimicrobial resistant bacteria are very likely to entail costly prolonged hospital stays as well as the use of alternative and more expensive therapeutic treatments which will place an increased burden on the Member States' healthcare systems;
Amendment 219 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Highlights the need for patients to be at the centre of any health policy and encourages health literacy and patient involvement in treatment decision- making;
Amendment 302 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Expresses concern that the joint report by EFSA and ECDC on antimicrobial resistance shows that bacteria which most frequently cause food-borne infections such as salmonella and campylobacter have exhibited significant resistance to common antimicrobials;
Amendment 304 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. points out that some EU Member States have already successfully phased out prophylactic use at farm level; calls therefore on the Commission to come forward with legislation to phase out prophylactic use of antibiotics;
Amendment 305 #
2014/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Urges Member States and the European Commission to thoroughly examine and consider the possibility of banning antibiotics in medicated feed during the upcoming discussions on Veterinary Medicine and Medicated Feed legislation;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2185(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the conditions set out in Article 2(a) of the EGF Regulation are met, therefore agrees with the Commission that France is entitled to a financial contribution under that Regulation; points out, however, that the requested amount is very high; understands that the legal base does not enable the Commission to decrease the requested amount;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2185(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that this application is the largest in terms of the requested amount of funding since the launch of the EGF;
Amendment 4 #
2014/2185(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that several applications of this magnitude may run the risk of depleting the EGF and not leaving enough funding for applications of more reasonable dimensions; notes that so far the reserves were never consumed entirely;
Amendment 6 #
2014/2185(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that the submission of this application fell under the previous EGF Regulation allowing for much more generous use of funds for specific allowances, such as the redeployment allowance and the contribution for business creation;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2185(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Opposes the use of the EGF as a way to funding redundancies; advocates that this fund should be used to assist the reintegration of workers into the labour market;
Amendment 8 #
2014/2185(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes that due to the specific situation of the company concerned , it is the employer's responsibility to pay the full costs of accompanying measures to ensure the redeployment of employees laid off; notes therefore that no public intervention is foreseen in support of former Air France workers;
Amendment 9 #
2014/2185(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Regrets the decision of spending only 6.28% of the 51.8 million EUR support (out of which 26 million EUR is EU funding) on training and thus on active labour market measures; believes that this deviates from the principles the EGF was set up for; notes that the high number of allowances foreseen under personalised services (42%) in this application would not be in line with the Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 (maximum limit 35%);
Amendment 10 #
2014/2185(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Reminds that funds should help the reintegration of beneficiaries into the labour market instead of providing them with salary replacement after being dismissed; notes that this purpose can be much better achieved through the provisions of the Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 currently in force;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2185(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes with regret that the majority of redundant workers are aged between 55 and 64 years; welcomes the differentiated incentive within the business creation contribution measure to recruit workers aged above 55;
Amendment 13 #
2014/2185(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that the expenditure for implementing EGF is proportionally low compared to the amount requested for personalised services; deplores that no expenditure is set aside for information and publicity, which would be particularly required and preferred for communicating about the implementation and the results of this specific application;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2183(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes that the Greek authorities decided to provide personalised services co-financed by the EGF to up to 500 NEETs under the age of 30; notes that, according to the application, the Greek authorities will use – among others – criteria aligned with the criteria included in the Greek Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan (i.e. young people at risk of exclusion, level of household income, education level, duration of unemployment, etc.), as well as expressions of interest; calls on the Greek authorities to bear in mind the social criteria and to ensure that the selection of the recipients of EGF support fully respects the principles of non- discrimination and equal opportunities;
Amendment 4 #
2014/2183(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Notes that the contribution for preparatory activities, management, information and publicity and control and reporting constitutes 1.96 % of the total budget; notes furthermore that almost half of this contribution is planned to be used for information and publicity;
Amendment 6 #
2014/2183(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Welcomes that monitoring is included among the measures proposed, providing for a follow-up of the participants during the six months that follow the end of the implementation of the measures;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2183(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Notes that most of the requested funds are to support contribution to business start-up (EUR 3 000 000) and training measures (EUR 2 960 000);
Amendment 8 #
2014/2183(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Notes that the maximum eligible amount of EUR 15 000 will be granted to up to 200 selected workers and NEETs as contribution to setting up their own businesses; underlines that the aim of this measure is to promote entrepreneurship by providing funding to viable business initiatives, which should result in the creation of further workplaces in the medium term; notes that this maximum eligible amount will be granted upon specific conditions and viability of the supported business start-ups;
Amendment 9 #
2014/2183(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes that the cost of the training measures in this application is at a comparable level with previous applications from Greece; points out that there is a variation of these costs in similar applications from other Member States;
Amendment 1 #
2014/2181(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the provision of grants for self-employment (up to EUR 4 995 per worker) is conditional and is linked to success of the self-employed activity; points out that this conditionality should not discourage participants from applying for this support measure;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2181(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes that, among other measures, intervention work targets specifically the group of workers over 50 years of age which constitutes a significant proportion of the beneficiaries; notes that this age group is at a higher risk of prolonged unemployment and exclusion from the labour market;
Amendment 6 #
2014/2181(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that the 6 workers with longstanding health problems or disabilities may have specific needs when it comes to providing them with personalised approach;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2181(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that on 20 December 2012, Fiat Auto Poland reached an agreement with the trade unions by which they set the criteria for the selection of workers to be made redundant and agreed on the incentives that would be granted to workers who agreed to leave the firm voluntarily;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that the EU's energy policy should ensure the access to energy for all, contribute to affordable energy prices for the benefit of all consumers and strengthen public control and regulation in this sector; reiterates that the energy is a basic human need and therefore the EU should closely focus on the issue of energy poverty and promote measures to tackle this problem, which affected one in four EU citizens; reminds that this problem is likely to be aggravated in the coming years;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that it is important to put an end to any isolation of Member States and regions from European gas and electricity networks and is of the opinion that the EU should help those most vulnerable countries to diversify their sources and supply routes, as a matter of priority;
Amendment 76 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to adopt measures and set ambitious targets to increase energy efficiency as a priority, thus also tackling the problem of low competitiveness resulting from high energy prices; underlines the importance of fully implementing the measures provided for in existing legislation, namely the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and to enforce the energy efficiency acquis rigorously and immediately;
Amendment 131 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CallUrges on the Commission and the Member States to abolish all indirect subsidies for fossil fuels and to make full use of funds for financing renewables, based on binding renewable targets;
Amendment 142 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that the energy security and eventual self-sufficiency of the EU, can be primarily achieved by promoting energy savings and renewable energy, which will, together with other alternative sources of energy, such as biofuels, reduce import dependency. Notes that energy security must be achieved alongside with strict rules of environmental protection and demands on the Commission and the Member States to oppose the use of extraction of fossil fuels such as the hydraulic fracture or fracking; in particular the unconventional ones.
Amendment 88 #
2014/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for transparency and greater gender balance in recruitment for decision-making positions, not just in the business world, but also in political institutions and in senior positions in the university system;
Amendment 1 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 21 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the Commission’s commitment on cutting red tape and better regulation; believes that cutting red tape should deliver proportionate, evidence-based protection for workers, while ensuring that businesses can grow, create jobs and boost competitiveness; notes that deregulation and better regulation are not mutually exclusivebe evidence-based and under no circumstances diminish the protection for workers;
Amendment 37 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes efforts to identify genuine opportunities for simplification of legislation; stresses the need for simpler, clearly-worded rules that remove complexity and can be implemented in a simple manner in order to improve compliance, particularly in the area of health, safety and employment legislation;
Amendment 47 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists that legislation on employment and Health & Safety represents minimum standards of protection of workers which Member States can go beyond. The EU legislation will not be interpreted as maximum standards in situations in which these regulations can be seen as obstacles for competition in the single market;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Insists that a worker have the right to occupational health and safety protection and minimum working conditions regardless whether the workplace is in a small, medium-sized or large enterprise.
Amendment 59 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomesCalls on the Commission’s indication that to continue negotiations on the maternity leave directive should be considered for withdrawal;
Amendment 70 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to increase the protection of workers; in particular, calls the Commission to present a proposal on muscular skeletal disorders, environmental tobacco smoke and make necessary updates to carcinogens and mutagens.
Amendment 85 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesTakes note of the SME -test; calls on the Commission to use lighter regimes for micro-enterprises and SMEs and to consider exemptions for micro-enterprisesbelieves that micro-enterprises could be considered for exemption on a case-by-case -basis, while not compromising onleading to lower health, safety and employment standards;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for further measures to check that legislation is doing what it was intended to do and to identify areas where there are inconsistencies and ineffective measures; as a consequence legislation needs to be better enforced;
Amendment 118 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to continue to improve the legislative cycle and to introduce sunsetprotection of workers via employment and Health and Safety standards and that revision clauses to ensure that employment legislation is periodically reviewed;
Amendment 130 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to prioritise action in the fields of what have been identified asnot to use the ‘Top Ten’ most burdensome laws for SMEs, including as justification to review the working time and temporary agency directives; because the protection of workers must be guaranteed regardless whether the workplace is in a small, medium sized or large enterprise.
Amendment 137 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. There are no satisfactory criteria to measure "efficiency" and "costs; these terms are not adequate in terms of occupational accidents and disease. This could lead to decisions taken by administration and controllers thereby circumventing the legitimate democratic legislators;
Amendment 156 #
2014/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. "Simplification" and "burden reduction" are void of meaning in a situation which is ever more complex. New technologies and procedures could endanger the health of workers with requires new protection and this may be administrative burdens.
Amendment 1 #
2014/2098(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees with the Commission that the exceptional circumstances put forward by the Irish authorities, i.e.namely that the redundancies have a serious impact on regional employment and the local and regional economy, justify a derogation to the 500 redundancies threshold according to Article 4(2) of the EGF Regulation, and that, therefore, Ireland is entitled to a financial contribution under that Regulation;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2098(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that in addition to the 171 redundancies, the Irish authorities willdecided to provide personalised services co- financed by the EGF to up to 138 young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) under the age of 25 on the date of submission of the application; in addition to the redundant workers, increasing the number of targeted beneficiaries expected to participate in the measures to 276 persons; expresses its concerns about the uncertainty of the way the targeted NEETs are to be identified; calls on the Irish authorities to bear in mind the social criteria and to ensure that the selection of the recipients of EGF support fully respects the principles of non-discrimination and equal opportunities;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2098(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reminds that the proposed actions should be adapted to take into account the differences between the needs of dismissed workers and NEETs; welcomes the approach of the authorities therefore to provide highly personalised actions; points out that since these workers will mostly have to find jobs in other occupations in other sectors, their significant upskilling will be required;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2098(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Notes that training available for NEETs should be inclusive and should encompass all sections in society including disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2098(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reminds that in line with Article 7 of the EGF Regulation, the design of the coordinated package of personalised services should anticipate future labour market perspectives and required skills and should be compatible with the shift towards a resource-efficient and sustainable economy;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Court of Auditors Report adopted on 11.07.2014 states that the potential saving for the EU Budget would be about 114 million euro a year if the European Parliament centralised its activities;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2078(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 c (new)
Paragraph 33 c (new)
33c. Stresses that the Parliament and the Council, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget, must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as stated by the Parliament in several previous resolutions;
Amendment 429 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 118 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 118 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The principles to be used to establish the list of antimicrobials which will be restricted in veterinary medicine should not interfere with or deter Member States from prohibiting the use of certain antimicrobials in some species if they deem it appropriate.
Amendment 67 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The One Health concept, endorsed by the World Health Organisation, recognises that human health, animal health and ecosystems are interconnected and it is therefore essential for both animal and human health to ensure prudent use of antimicrobial medicines in food-producing animals.
Amendment 69 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) The WHO has identified food products of animal origin as the main potential route of contamination for transmission of resistant bacteria and resistant genes from food-producing animals to humans.
Amendment 208 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Medicated feed containing antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products shall not be used to prevent diseases in food-producing animals or to enhance their performance and should be strictly restricted to therapeutic use and individual treatment.
Amendment 81 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 136 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The implemented fiscal consolidation dictated by the EU through both the European Semester and the Troika aggravates the problem of undeclared work. Undeclared work is not a worker’s choice but very often his/her only alternative to receive income
Amendment 207 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Three different national enforcement authorities are mainly involved with undeclared work: labour inspectorates, social security inspectorates and tax authorities. In some cases, migration authorities and employment services as well as customs authorities, the police, the public prosecutor’s office and the social partners are also involved.
Amendment 318 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Platform shall also encourage the Member States to: (a) combat non-permanent employment conditions for the performance of tasks corresponding to permanent needs, promoting stable and lasting contractual conditions; (b) combat forms of undeclared and illegal work and labour trafficking; (c) combat practices involving the use of labour without any employment relationship; (d) combat the use of part-time contracts when this is not the choice of the worker concerned; (e) promote the exercise of workers’ individual and collective rights.
Amendment 404 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
(2) In appointing their representatives, Member States should involve all public authorities having a role in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclared work, such as labour inspectorates, social security authorities, tax authorities, and employment services and migration authorities, hereinafter referred to as "enforcement authorities". They may also, in accordance with national law and/or practice, involve the social partners.
Amendment 130 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It should be clarified that foods from third countries which are regarded as novel foods in the Union should only be considered as traditional foods from third countries when they are derived from primary production as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, regardless of whether or not they are processed or unprocessed foods. Therefore, where and are either unprocessed or have gone through a primary process. However, where a secondary process involving the combination of foods in a particular way to change the properties of the food or involving a new production process has been applied to this food or where the food contains or consists of ‘engineered nanomaterials’ as defined in Article 2(2)(t) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, the food should not be considered to be traditional.
Amendment 194 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) food falling within the scope of Council Directive XXX/XX/EU on [on the placing on the market of food from animal clones]. Until Council Directive XXX/XX/EU on the placing on the market of food from animal clones enters into force, food derived from cloned animals and their descendants shall not be authorised and/or placed on the Union list of novel foods authorised to be placed on the market within the Union.
Amendment 241 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ‘traditional food from a third country’ means novel food, other than the novel food as referred to in point (a)(i) to (iii), which is derived from primary production, and is either unprocessed or has gone through a primary process without a secondary process that involves the combination of foods in a particular way to change the properties of the food, with a history of safe food use in a third country;
Amendment 246 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'new production process' means a process not used for food production within the Union before 15 May 1997
Amendment 247 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
(eb) 'Cloned animals' means animals produced by means of a method of asexual, artificial reproduction with the aim of producing a genetically identical or nearly identical copy of an individual animal
Amendment 248 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e c (new)
(ec) 'descendants of cloned animals' means animals produced by means of sexual reproduction, in cases in which at least one of the progenitors is a cloned animal
Amendment 261 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Food business operators shall consult athe Member State where they first intend to place the novel food in the market if they are unsure whether or not a food which they intend to place on the market within the Union falls within the scope of this Regulation. In that case, food business operators shall provide the necessary information to the Member State on request to enable it to determine in particular the extent to which the food in question was used for human consumption within the Union before 15 May 1997.
Amendment 309 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The entry for a novel food in the Union list provided for in paragraph 2 shall include where relevant:
Amendment 351 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Where the additional information referred to in paragraph 3 is not sent to EFSA within the additional period referred to in that paragraph, it shall finalise its opinion on the basis of the information already provided to itthe procedure shall be suspended and a justification on the reasoning of this suspension shall be communicated by EFSA to the applicant, the Commission and the Member States.
Amendment 383 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) where applicable, the conditions of use and specific labelling requirements, which do not mislead the consumer. and, where applicable, the maximum recommended intake and any possible adverse effects for specific groups
Amendment 407 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Where the additional information referred to in paragraph 4 is not sent to EFSA within the additional period referred to in that paragraph, it shall finalise its opinion on the basis of the information already provided to itthe procedure shall be suspended and a justification on the reasoning of this suspension shall be communicated by EFSA to the applicant, the Commission and the Member States.
Amendment 446 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission mayshall, for food safety reasons and taking into account the opinion of EFSA,in line with the precautionary principle impose a requirement for post- market monitoring of afor all novel food, taking into account the opinion of EFSA for establishing the necessary period, in order to ensure that the use of the authorised novel food is within safe limits.
Amendment 78 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The incentive-based stimulation of biofuel production has not only led to an increase in biofuel production in the Union but has also led to an expansion of biofuel production in third countries. Although figures relating to the exact amount of land that was used and diverted to biofuel production in third countries vary, some reports found that between 2009 and 2013 6 million hectares of land were used for biofuel production by European companies in Africa alone. In a note from April 2013, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food stressed the adverse impacts of the Union biofuels policy in relation to the right to food, land and water. In order to counter these negative impacts, the Commission should propose to amend and strengthen the sustainability criteria in Article 17 of Directive 2009/98/EC and Article 7b of Directive 98/70/EC.
Amendment 89 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks, it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land-use change are significant, and couldwill negate some or all of the greenhouse gas emission savings of individual biofuels. This is because land- based biofuels have received a large amount of public subsidies (EUR 6 billion a year), and therefore almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriate to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, sugars and cereals and other starch-rich crops accordingly. Furthermore, biofuel production from food crops contributes to food price volatility and may have a significant negative social impact on livelihoods and the ability to implement human rights including the right to food or access to land for local communities living in poverty in countries outside the Union. In order to reduce such emissions and such negative social impact and mitigate such negative effects on food security, it is appropriate to focus, in particular, on reducing the projected use of biofuels grown on land as well as taking into account indirect land-use change emissions when calculating the greenhouse gas emission savings required under the sustainability criteria set out in Directives 2009/28/EC and 98/70/EC.
Amendment 93 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The indirect land use change effects are not only environmental, but also social, and are placing additional pressure on land use, particularly in developing countries, which is having a negative impact on the food security of local people, in particular women.
Amendment 134 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The estimated indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting by the Commission of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels undercount toward the targets in Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC to provide incentives for biofuels with low indirect land-use change impacts and to ensure the accuracy and credibility of the reduction target for life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. Indirect land-use change emissions should also be taken into account when calculating the greenhouse gas emissions savings required as set out in Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor.
Amendment 142 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The use of land for growing biofuel feedstocks should not result in the displacement of local and indigenous communities. Special measures to protect indigenous communities' land therefore need to be introduced.
Amendment 151 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) With a view to meeting the target for renewable energies in the transport sector while minimising the negative impacts of land-use change, renewable electricity, modal shift, greater use of public transport and energy efficiency should be encouraged. In line with the White Paper on Transport, Member States should therefore seek to secure greater energy efficiency and reduce overall energy consumption in transport and at the same time to enhance the market penetration of electric vehicles and the take-up of renewable electricity in transport systems.
Amendment 157 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Since tThe objectives of this Directive, namely to should ensure a single market for fuel for roadthe transport and non-road mobile machinerysector and ensure respect forthat minimum levels of environmental protection in the use of that fuel,are respected and adverse effects on food security and land-use rights are avoided in connection with the production and use of that fuel. Since these objectives cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 158 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28 a) Public incentives for biofuels inject significant additional demand into the commodities markets and, therefore, impact prices significantly, both on international markets and on the domestic markets of net-food importing countries. This is of serious concern in particular for poor people who spend a significant proportion of their household income on food. The Union's biofuels policy is alleged to favour large-scale industrial models of agricultural production that appear to offer limited benefits to local populations.
Amendment 185 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7b – paragraph 4 a (new)
(ba) the following paragraph is inserted: "4a. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from land- based raw material unless third parties' legal rights regarding use and tenure of the land are respected, inter alia by obtaining the free prior and informed consent of the third parties, with the involvement of their representative institutions."
Amendment 197 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7d – paragraph 1
Article 7d – paragraph 1
(-a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. For the purposes of Article 7a and Article 7b(2), life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels shall be calculated as follows: (a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission savings for the biofuel production pathway is laid down in Ppart A or B of Annex IV and where the el value for those biofuels calculated in accordance with point 7 of Ppart C of Annex IV is equal to or less than zero, and where the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are zero in accordance with part B of Annex V, by using that default value; (b) by using an actual value calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Ppart C of Annex IV; or adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V; (c) by using a value calculated as the sum of the factors of the formula referred to in point 1 of Ppart C of Annex IV, where disaggregated default values in Ppart D or E of Annex IV may be used for some factors, and actual values, calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Ppart C of Annex IV, for all other factors., adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V." For the purposes of Article 7a, from 2017 onwards the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels shall be calculated by adding the respective value in Annex V to the result obtained pursuant to the first subparagraph."
Amendment 239 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch-rich crops and other energy crops grown on land, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 74 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in the Member States in 2020;
Amendment 286 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(da) the following paragraph is added: "4a. By [one year after the date of entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall make recommendations for additional measures that Member State may take to promote and encourage energy efficiency and energy saving in transport. The recommendations shall include estimates of the quantity of energy that can be saved by implementing each of those measures. The energy quantity corresponding to the measures implemented by a Member State shall be taken into account for the purposes of the calculation referred to in point (b) of the second subparagraph of paragraph 4."
Amendment 290 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point d a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point d a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(da) the following paragraph is added: "4a. With a view to meeting the target set in paragraph 4, Member States shall reduce overall energy consumption in the transport sector so as to increase energy efficiency in that sector by at least 12% with respect to their current projections for overall energy consumption in the transport sector by 2020."
Amendment 292 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
(db) the following paragraph is added: "4b. With a view to meeting the target set in paragraph 4, Member States shall ensure that electricity generated from renewable sources accounts for at least 2% of overall energy consumption in the transport sector by 2020."
Amendment 297 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(2a) In Article 4, the following paragraph is inserted: "3a. Each Member State shall publish and notify to the Commission by [one year after the date of entry into force of this Directive] a forecast document indicating the additional measures it intends to take in accordance with Article 3(4a)."
Amendment 310 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(ba) the following paragraph is inserted: "4a. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from land- based raw material unless third parties' legal rights regarding use and tenure of the land are respected, inter alia by obtaining the free prior and informed consent of the third parties, with the involvement of their representative institutions."
Amendment 317 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 6 – point –a (new)
Article 2 – point 6 – point –a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(-a) the following paragraph is inserted: "2a. Eurostat shall gather and publish detailed trade related information on biofuels produced from food crops, such as those based on cereals and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops. Available information shall be disaggregated trade data for both ethanol and biodiesel as current data is published in an aggregated format with ethanol and biodiesel imports and exports combined under one data set labelled biofuels. Import and export data shall identify the type and volumes of biofuels imported and consumed by Member States. Data shall also include the country of origin or the country exporting those products into the Union. Data on the import and export of biofeedstock or semi-processed products shall be improved with Eurostat gathering and publishing information on import or export of feedstocks, type and country of origin, including internally traded feedstocks or semi-traded feedstocks."
Amendment 324 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – point 7 – point -a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
(-a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “ 1. For the purposes of Article 17(2), the greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and bioliquids shall be calculated as follows: (a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission saving for the production pathway is laid down in part A or B of Annex V and where the el value for those biofuels or bioliquids calculated in accordance with point 7 of part C of Annex V is equal to or less than zero, and where the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are zero in accordance with part B of Annex VIII, by using that default value; (b) by using an actual value calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in part C of Annex V; or adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex VIII; (c) by using a value calculated as the sum of the factors of the formula referred to in point 1 of part C of Annex V, where disaggregated default values in part D or E of Annex V may be used for some factors, and actual values, calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in part C of Annex V, for all other factors., adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex VIII."
Amendment 353 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex I – point -1 (new)
Annex I – point -1 (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Annex IV – part C – point 1
Annex IV – part C – point 1
(-1) point 1 of Part C of Annex IV is replaced by the following: “1. Greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of biofuels shall be calculated as: EB = eec + eldl + eiluc + ep + etd + eu – esca – eccs – eccr – eee ,ee; where EB = total emissions from the use of the biofuel; eec = emissions from the extraction or cultivation of raw materials; edl = annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by direct land-use change; eiluc = annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by indirect land-use change; ep = emissions from processing; etd = emissions from transport and distribution; eu = emissions from the fuel in use; esca = emission saving from soil carbon accumulation via improved agricultural management; eccs = emission saving from carbon capture and geological storage; eccr = emission saving from carbon capture and replacement; and eee = emission saving from excess electricity from cogeneration. Emissions from the manufacture of machinery and equipment shall not be taken into account.”
Amendment 357 #
2012/0288(COD)
Annex I – point 1 a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Annex IV – part C – point 19 a (new)
Annex IV – part C – point 19 a (new)
(1a) The following point is added to part C of Annex IV: "19a. Emissions from indirect land-use change, eiluc, shall be calculated in accordance with Annex V."
Amendment 365 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point -1 (new)
Annex II – point -1 (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C – point 1
Annex V – part C – point 1
Amendment 372 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 1 a (new)
Annex II – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C – point 19 a (new)
Annex V – part C – point 19 a (new)
(1a) The following point is added in part C of Annex V: "19a. Emissions from indirect land-use change, eiluc, shall be calculated in accordance with Annex VIII."
Amendment 387 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – title
Annex IX – part A – title
Part A. Feedstocks and fuels, thfrom waste and residues whose contribution of which towards the target(s) referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twice their energy content and which contribute towards the 2,5% target referred to in Article 3(d)(i)
Amendment 392 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point a
Annex IX – part A – point a
Amendment 395 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point b
Annex IX – part A – point b
(b) Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste, but not separated household waste subject to recycling targets under point (a) ofor separate collection under Article 11(2) (a) of Directive 2008/98/EC. of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives; derogations may be granted by Member States for separate biowaste when processes allow the production of both compost and biofuels.
Amendment 397 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point c
Annex IX – part A – point c
Amendment 399 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point d
Annex IX – part A – point d
(d) Biomassdegradable fraction of industrial waste not fit for use in the food or feed chain, including material from retail and wholesale and the agro-food and fish and aquaculture industry, and excluding feedstocks listed in part B of this Annex., retail and wholesale waste, but not waste subject to separate collection under Article 11(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, and provided that the waste hierarchy and the principle of cascading use are respected
Amendment 412 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point i
Annex IX – part A – point i
Amendment 415 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n
Annex IX – part A – point n
(n) Cobs cleaned of kernels of corn.
Amendment 417 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point o
Annex IX – part A – point o
(o) Biomass fraction of wastes and residues from forestry and forest-based industries, i.e. bark, branches, pre- commercial thinnings, leaves, needles, tree tops, saw dust, cutter shavings, black liquor, brown liquor, fibre sludge, lignin and tall oilark, branches, leaves, saw dust and cutter shavings. Only sustainable quantities of these feedstocks, which do not undermine soil fertility and ecosystem services, can be removed.
Amendment 424 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point p
Annex IX – part A – point p
Amendment 426 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point q
Annex IX – part A – point q
Amendment 448 #
2012/0288(COD)
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annexe IX – part B a (new)
Annexe IX – part B a (new)
Part Ba. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be four times their energy content and which contribute towards the 2,5% target referred to in Article 3(d)(i) (a) Algae (autotrophic) (b) Renewable liquids and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin (c) Bacteria
Amendment 44 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The precautionary principle should always be taken into account in the framework of this Directive and its subsequent implementation.
Amendment 49 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) In view of the current political context, including the European Commission President-elect's commitment to review the authorisation procedure and the highly controversial nature the cultivation of GMOs has proven to have in Europe, the entry into force of this Directive should be subject to the revision of the decision-making process for the authorisation of GMOs as set out in Directive 2001/18/EC and Regulation EC (No) 1829/2003, in order to ensure that no GMO is authorised against the majority of Member States and the European Parliament.
Amendment 61 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Experience has shown that cultivation of GMOs is an issue which is more thoroughly addressed at Member State level. Issues related to the placing on the market and the import of GMOs should remain regulated at Union level to preserve the internal market. Cultivation may however require more flexibility in certain instances as it is an issue with strong national, regional and local dimensions, given its link to land use, to local agricultural structures and to the protection or maintenance of habitats, ecosystems and landscapes. The common authorisation procedure, in particular the evaluation process, should not be adversely affected by such flexibility. Furthermore, the harmonised assessment of risks to health and the environment might not address all possible impacts of GMO cultivation in different regions and local ecosystems. In accordance with Article 2(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Member States are entitled to have the possibility to adopt legally effective cultivation of GMOs or of groups of GMOs defined by crop or trait or of all GMO’s in all or part of their territory once authorised at Union level However, the common authorisation procedure, in particular the evaluation process, should not be adversely affected by such flexibility.
Amendment 65 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs, some Member States hadve made recourse to the safeguard clauses and emergency measures pursuant to Article 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC and Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 as a result of, depending on the cases, new or additional information made available since the date of the consent and affecting the environmental risk assessment, or of the reassessment of existing information. Other Member States have made use of the notification procedure set out in Article 114(5) and (6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) which requires putting forward new scientific evidence relating to the protection of the environment or the working environment. In addition, the decision-making process has proved to be particularly difficult as regards the cultivation of GMOs in the light of the expression of national concerns which do not only relate to issues associated with the safety of GMOs for health or the environment.
Amendment 74 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In accordance with Article 2(2) TFEU, Member States are therefore entitled to have a possibility, during the authorisation procedure and thereafter, to decide to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of a GMO on their territory with the effect of excluding cultivation of a specific GMO in all or part of that Member State's territory. In that context, it appears appropriate to grant Member States, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, more flexibility to decide whether or not they wish to cultivate GMO crops on their territory without affecting the risk assessment provided in the system of Union authorisations of GMOs, either in the course of the authorisation procedure or thereafter, and independently of the measures that Member States are entitled to take by application of Directive 2001/18/EC to avoid the unintended presence of GMOs in other products. The grant of that possibility to Member States should facilitate the decision-making process in the GMO field. At the same time, freedom of choice of consumers, farmers and operators should be preserved whilst providing greater clarity to affected stakeholders concerning the cultivation of GMOs in the Union. This Directive should therefore facilitate the smooth functioning of the internal market whilst always taking into account the precautionary principle.
Amendment 75 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In accordance with Article 2(2) TFEU, Member States are therefore entitled to have a possibility, during the authorisation procedure and thereafter, to decide to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of a GMO on their territory with the effect of excluding cultivation of a specific GMO in all or part of that Member State's territory. In that context, it appears appropriate to grant Member States, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, morabsolute flexibility to decide whether or not they wish to cultivate GMO crops on their territory without affecting the risk assessment provided in the system of Union authorisations of GMOs, either in the course of the authorisation procedure or thereafter, and independently of the measures that Member States are entitlrequired to take by application of Directive 2001/18/EC to avoid the unintended presence of GMOs in other products. The grant of that possibility to Member States should facilitate the decision-making process in the GMO field. At the same time, freedom of choice of consumers, farmers and operators should be preserved whilst providing greater clarity to affected stakeholders concern on their territory and in the border areas of neighbouring Member States. Notifiers/applicants must respect decisions by Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of a GMO on their territory, and accordingly the cultivation of GMOs in the Union. This Directive should therefore facilitate the smooth functioning of the internal marketir notification/application for authorisation to cultivate must not relate to the territories of the Member States in question.
Amendment 79 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Member States should cooperate with neighbouring Member States in order to ensure appropriate information sharing, aiming to guarantee the effective functioning of co-existence measures in border areas and to prevent any cross- border dissemination from a Member State where the GMO cultivation is allowed into a neighbouring Member State in which is prohibited.
Amendment 96 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The geographical scope of the notificationnotifier/applicationt should be adjusted accordingly if the notifier/applicant explicitly or tacitly agrees withcomply with the sovereign decisions of the Member State's request within an established time-limit from the communication by the Commission of that request. If the notifier/applicant opposes the request, the notifier/applicant should notify the Commission and the Member States. However, a refusal by the notifier/applicant to adjust the geographical scope of the notification/application is without prejudice to the Commission's powers in accordance with Article 19 of Directive 2001/18/EC or Articles 7 and 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, as the case may be, to make such an adjustment, where appropriate, in the light of the environmental risk assessment carried out by the European Food Safety Authority ('the Authority')and should not therefore submit any application relating to the territory of Member States which have decided, explicitly or tacitly, to restrict or prohibit GMOs on their territory. The geographical scope of the notification/application should therefore be limited to the territories of Member States which have explicitly and publicly given their consent to the cultivation of GMOs on their territory. Any pressure exerted on a Member State should be prohibited and should be subject to appropriate financial penalties.
Amendment 123 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In addition, Member States should co-operate between each other to implement appropriate 'buffer zones' between GMO-free zones and zones where GMOs are cultivated to avoid unintended consequences of cross-border contamination
Amendment 126 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The restrictions or the prohibitions adopted pursuant to this Directive should refer to the cultivation, and not to the free circulation and import, of genetically modified seeds and plant propagating material as, or in, products and of the products of their harvest, and should furthermore be in conformity with the Treaties, in particular as regards the principle of non- discrimination between national and non- national products, the principle of proportionality and Article 34, Article 36 and Article 216(2) TFEU.
Amendment 144 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Written consents or decisions of authorisations issued or adopted with a geographical scope limited to certain areas or measures adopted by Member States, in accordance with this Directive, which restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs, should not prevent or restrict the use of authorised GMOs by other Member States provided appropriate co-existence measures are undertaken to prevent cross- border contamination. In addition, this Directive and the national measures adopted pursuant to it should be without prejudice to Union law requirements concerning unintended and adventitious presence of GMOs in non- genetically modified varieties of seed and plant propagating material, and should not prevent the cultivation of varieties complying with these requirements.
Amendment 148 #
2010/0208(COD)
Council position
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) To guarantee a high level of consumer protection, the Member States should also take effective labelling and information measures to guarantee full transparency about the presence of GMOs on their territory and in products produced or marketed there.