19 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2018/0224(COD)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) It is the Union's objective to strengthen its scientific and technological bases and encourage its competitiveness, including in its industry with the specific exclusion of the arms industry, while promoting all research and innovation activities to deliver on the Union's strategic priorities, which ultimately aim at promoting peace, the Union's values and the well-being of its peoples.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Full engagement of industry in the Programme, at all levels from the individual entrepreneur and small and medium-sized enterprises to large scale enterprises, should constitute one of the main channels through which the Programme's objectives are to be realised, specifically towards the creation of meaningful jobs that meet all current Union Labour laws and rights, and sustainable jobs and growth. Industry should contribute to the perspectives and priorities established through the strategic planning process which should support the development of work programmes. Such engagement by industry should see its participation in the actions supported at levels at least commensurate with those under the previous framework programme Horizon 2020 established by Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council13 ('Horizon 2020'). _________________ 13 https://publications.europa.eu/en/publicatio n-detail/-/publication/83aea4a3-6bff-11e3- 9afb-01aa75ed71a1
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The activities developed under the Programme should aim at eliminating gender inequalities and promoting equality between women and mengenders in research and innovation, in compliance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 8 of the TFEU. The gender dimension should be adequately integrated in research and innovation content and followed through at all stages of the research cycle.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme’s general objective is to deliver scientific, economic and societal impact from the Union’s investments in research and innovation so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the Union and foster its competitiveness, including in its industry but specifically excluding the arms industry, deliver on the Union strategic priorities, and contribute to tackling global challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. ANo activities to be carried out under the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(b) and which are laid down in Regulation …. establishing the European Defence Fund, shall be research with an exclusive focus on defence applications, with the objective to foster the competitiveness, efficiency under this programme or in conjunction with any other Union programme shall be carried out that involves any kind of investment in the arms industry aund innovation of defence industryer any guise.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Framework Programme for the period 2021 – 2027 shall be EUR 94 100 000 000 in current prices for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(a) and, in addition, the amount for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(b), as laid down in Regulation…. establishing the European Defence Fund, but which shall not be invested in any enterprise related to the arms industry.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) It is the Union's objective to strengthen its scientific and technological bases and encourage its competitiveness, including in its industry, while promoting all research and innovation activities to deliver on the Union's strategic priorities, which ultimately aim at promoting peace (which, consequently, precludes investment in any military or war-related research and innovation), the Union's values and the well-being of its peoples.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Actions may involve or have as their primary aim pre-commercial procurement or public procurement of innovative solutions that shall be carried out by beneficiaries which are contracting authorities or contracting entities as defined in Directives 2014/24/EU31 , 2014/25/EU32 and 2009/81/EC33 , but specifically excluding any enterprise related to the expansion or the furtherance of the arms industry. _________________ 31 Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC. (OJ L 94, 28.03.2014, p. 65). 32 Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (OJ L 94, 28.03.2014, p. 243). 33 Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC (OJ L 216, 20.08.2009, p.76).
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Equipping researchers with new knowledge and skills through mobility and exposure across borders, sectors and disciplines, as well as structuring and improving institutional and national recruitment, training and career development systems; in so doing, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions help to lay the foundations of Europe's excellent research landscape, contributing to boosting jobs,meaningful jobs that meet all current Union Labour laws and rights, sustainable growth, and investment, and solving current and future societal challenges.
Amendment 38 #
(a) the ESF+ can mainstream and scale up innovative curricula supported by the Programme, through national or regional programmes, in order to equip people with the skills and competences needed for the jobs of the future, that meet all current European Union Labour laws and rights;
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 16
Annex IV – point 16
16. SAny synergies with the European Defence Fund willmust be for the benefit of civil and defence research. Unnecessary duplication will be excluded.research alone, and must not include defence/arms industry elements
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 5
Annex V – paragraph 5
The Programme is expected to have economic/innovation impact by influencing the creation and growth of companies, creating direct and indirect jobs that meet all current European Union Labour laws and rights, and by leveraging investments for research and innovation. Progress towards this impact will be monitored through proxy indicators set along the following three key impact pathways.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In light of the specificities of the defence industry sector, the detailed provisions for Union funding to defence research projects should be fixed in the Regulation … establishing the European Defence Fund16 which defines the rules of participation for defenne with one of the most fundamental aims of the European Union, the promotion of peace, research. Research and innovation activities carried out under the European Defence Fund should have an exclusive focus on defence applications. _________________ 16should preclude any investment in any project related specifically to the military or to the arms industry;
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Activities to be carried out under the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(b) and which are laid down in Regulation …. establishing the European Defence Fund, shall be research with an exclusive focunot be funded, which is oin defence applications, with the objective to foster the competitiveness, efficiency and innovation of defence industry.line with a fundamental aim of the European Union, the promotion of peace;
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Framework Programme for the period 2021 – 2027 shall be EUR 94 100 000 000 in current prices for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(a) and, in addition, the amount; in line with a fundamental aim of the European Union, that of the promotion of peace, no funding should be assigned for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(b), as laid down in Regulation…. establishing the European Defence Fund.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
activities related to the arms industry or weapons development;