Activities of Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that the average disbursement rate for financial instruments was only 75 % at the end of 2015~~, which shows that the potential of those instruments is not fully exploited~~ and underlines that these instruments are not suitable for all types of interventions under cohesion policy, although they may be useful in some areas where they can play a complementary role; opposes therefore a further increase of the share of financial instruments or binding quantitative targets for the use of financial instruments, and insists that the use of financial instruments should not lead to a reduction of grants in the EU budget in general; points out that the revision of the Financial Regulation which is due to enter into force in 2018 ~~will~~could significantly contribute to the simplification, improvement and optimisation of their use during current programming period;

2018/01/31
Committee: REGI

2017/2136(DEC)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights, as regards EFSI in particular, the audit relevant risks identified by the Court of Auditors namely additionality of EFSI to traditional EIB activities, coherence and complementarity of EFSI with traditional funding instruments under the EU budget, and the measurement and reporting of the public and private investment mobilized; stresses that the EFSI should not undermine the strategic coherence, territorial concentration and long-term perspective of cohesion policy programming and should not replace or crowd out the grants nor aim to replace or reduce the ESIF budget; insists on the real additionality of its resources; calls for the establishment of clear delimitations between the EFSI and cohesion policy; calls for further improvement of democratic scrutiny over EFSI;

2018/01/31
Committee: REGI

2017/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Highlights the vital role that regions and cities play in the implementation of energy policies, and specifically in developing renewables and promoting sustainable patterns of consumption, and therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to involve cities and regions, as well as civil society, in discussions on the energy transition, above all in the context of state-level integrated energy and climate plans; takes the view, furthermore, that they should be given an active role in drawing up and implementing specific measures;

2017/10/23
Committee: REGI

2017/2084(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises that support for regions and cities from ESI Funds must be stepped up in the area of the energy transition; points out, specifically, that economic support and resources should be increased for the implementation of local energy renovation programmes, for local communities that produce clean energy, for the renovation of buildings and homes with the aim of increasing energy efficiency, and in order to combat energy poverty; points out, in that regard, that more effort will need to be put into technical assistance, which is vital in this area; takes the view, on the other hand, that direct and indirect support for the use of fossil fuels should be stopped;

2017/10/23
Committee: REGI

2017/2084(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3a. Calls for investment in both research and innovative projects to pay particular attention to renewable energy cooperatives, to renewable energy decentralisation and self-generation initiatives, and to innovative action on the part of SMEs; points out, in addition, how important it is to maintain territorial balance in the EU, and to provide more extensive support for regions and cities that are less developed in this regard;

2017/10/23
Committee: REGI

2017/2084(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that the smart specialisation approach (resulting in over 120 research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation), as set up by the reformed cohesion policy for 2014-2020, should be further developed; also encourages ~~also~~, in this context, the setting -up of interregional partnerships, including on energy, with particular attention being paid to cross-border cooperation projects;

2017/10/23
Committee: REGI

2017/2052(INI)

Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas regional cohesion policy is one of the EU’s core policies, bringing Europe together, improving its economic, social and territorial cohesion and strengthening its economy, and it is therefore key that ~~sufficient~~ funding for cohesion policy - at least equivalent to that of the current period - is provided for in the MFF;

2017/09/05
Committee: REGI

2017/2052(INI)

Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas measures should be taken to ensure that the budgetary challenge deriving from the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU does not disrupt regional policy and does not reduce the budget for cohesion in the next MFF, including by shifting to new own resources for funding;

2017/09/05
Committee: REGI

2017/2052(INI)

Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls, therefore, for the MFF to provide for ~~sufficient funds~~funds that are at least equivalent to those of the current programming period for cohesion policy post-2020, striking a good balance between investments in citizens and investments for citizens and ensuring that the EU’s political goals can be reached;

2017/09/05
Committee: REGI

2017/2052(INI)

Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that regional funding should be protected and should continue to predominantly take the form of grants rather than financial instruments, which do, however, have an important role to play in certain cases; stresses that ~~in the event of a reduction in the EU’s budgets, greater focus on the EU’s core goals is requir~~under no circumstances should the EU have its budgets reduced;

2017/09/05
Committee: REGI

2017/2052(INI)

Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the importance of regional policy to protect the most vulnerable regions, such as the least developed and outermost regions;stresses that under no circumstances should those regions be harmed by any reduction in the MFF;

2017/09/05
Committee: REGI

2017/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for coordination among all public authorities to be promoted and guaranteed, and for the involvement of the public, and of social and economic stakeholders, to be fostered;

2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI

2017/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges regions and towns and cities to establish specific adaptation plans to ensure that their vulnerability to climate change is reduced;

2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI

2017/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Maintains that increasing the resilience of society and of the actual places in which people live to address the inevitable effects of climate change requires a number of steps to be taken, including using water more efficiently and sensibly (adaptation measures relating to water should be given priority, along the same lines as the mitigation measures that are already being taken with regard to carbon), as well as measures applying to coastal areas; developing strategies based on green urban planning, with particular attention being paid to flood defences; mobilising awareness and resources for the adaptation of crops and forest management to address drought and fires, and increasing connectivity among ecosystems to encourage species to migrate;

2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI

2017/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Points out that people’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change, and especially to so-called extreme phenomena, is to a large extent determined by their ability to access basic resources such as energy and water, and with that in mind calls on public authorities to guarantee access to those two basic resources;

2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI

2017/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on local and regional authorities, to the extent possible, to set up public funds to promote the development of renewables, to de-centralise networks and to promote the use of consumer- generated electricity, etc.;

2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI

2017/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Urges public authorities to record the activities that increase vulnerability or increase greenhouse gas emissions and to provide tax incentives for activities that promote adaptation to climate change or emissions reductions;

2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI

2017/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote pilot schemes and models relating to the self- management of energy at local level – models that are based on distribution systems, the economic benefits of which are used to finance new facilities that reduce the impact on the environment.

2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI

2017/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to promote the coordination and exchange of information and best practices between Member States, regions, local communities and cities.

2017/09/18
Committee: ENVI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, in the sense that they should respond to unmet societal needs, contribute to strengthening local communities and social cohesion, offer young people the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge and competences, be financially accessible to young people, and be implemented in safe and healthy conditions.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The European Solidarity Corps would provide a single entry point, free of discrimination based on gender or social background, for solidarity activities throughout the Union. Consistency and complementarity of that framework should be ensured with other relevant Union policies and programmes. The European Solidarity Corps should build on the strengths and synergies of existing programmes, notably the European Voluntary Service. It should also complement the efforts made by Member States to support young people and ease their school-to-work transition under the Youth Guarantee19 by providing them with additional opportunities to make a start on the labour market in the form of traineeships ~~or jobs~~ in solidarity-related areas within their respective Member State or across borders. Complementarity with existing Union level networks pertinent to the activities under the European Solidarity Corps, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, EURES and the Eurodesk network, should also be ensured. Furthermore, complementarity between existing related schemes, in particular national solidarity schemes and mobility schemes for young people, including schemes operating at regional or local level, and the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured, building on good practices where appropriate. _________________ 19 Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee (2013/C 120/01).

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) In order to ~~ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers~~supplement this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be ~~conferr~~delegated ton the Commission~~. Those powers should be exercised in acc~~ in respect of the adoption of work programmes. It is of particular impordtance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers25 _____________ 25 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 ofthat 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-Making25. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and of the Council ~~of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member State~~receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of ~~the~~ Commission’s exper~~cise of implementing powers, O.J. L 55, 28.2~~t groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _____________ 25 OJ L 123, 12.5.20116, p. 13.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

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

(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity of general interest within the structures of non-profit organisations aimed at addressing ~~unmet~~ societal needs to the benefit of a community while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, ~~which may take the form of placements,~~ projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, ~~entrepreneurship, in particular~~ social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, ~~agriculture~~social farming and rural development, provision of food and non-food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, reception and integration of third-country nationals, ~~territorial cooperation and cohesion~~in particular migrants and asylum seekers, territorial cooperation and cohesion; this activity is characterized by: fixed period, clear objectives, contents, tasks, structure and framework; appropriate financial support shall be provided; legal and social rights of volunteers must be guaranteed;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

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

(2) “~~participant~~volunteer” means a young person who has registered in the European Solidarity Corps Portal and takes part in a solidarity activity under the European Solidarity Corps offered by a participating organiszation certified by means of the quality label;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3

(3) “disadvantaged young people volunteers” means individuals who need additional support because of disability, educational difficulties, economic obstacles, cultural differences, health problems, social obstacles, geographical obstacles;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4

(4) “participating organisation” means any public or private ~~entity~~non-profit entity which carries out activities of general interest, that has been attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label, which offers ~~a placement to a participant in the Europea~~or supports participation in Ssolidarity ~~Corps or implements other activities in the framework of~~activities or training to a volunteer in the European Solidarity Corps;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5

(5) “solidarity p~~lacemen~~roject” means a volunteering activity, or traineeship ~~or job~~ in a solidarity-related area as referred to in Article 2.1(1), which is organised by a participating organisation and which contributes to addressing key societal challenges while enhancing the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development ~~and the employability~~ of the European Solidarity Corps ~~participant~~volunteer who undertakes it, either in a country other than the country of residence (cross-border) or in the country of residence of the participant (in-country);

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6

(6) “volunteering” means a part or full- time32 ~~unpaid~~ voluntary service for a period of up to twelve months, which provides young people with the opportunity to contribute to the daily work of organisations active in solidarity-related fields, to the ultimate benefit of the communities within which the activities are carried out, including a solid learning and training dimension in order to enable the young volunteer(s) to gain skills and competences, which will be useful for their personal, educational, and social ~~and professional developm~~development; this activity is characterized by a fixed period, clear objectives, contents, ~~and which will also contribute to improving their employability~~tasks, structure and framework; appropriate financial support, legal and social rights must be guaranteed; volunteering shall not be used to substitute or replace paid employment; _________________ 32 As a general principle, an activity carried out continuously, 5 days a week for 7 hours a day.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7

(7) “volunteering teams’ p~~lacemen~~rojects” means p~~lacemen~~rojects allowing teams of European Solidarity Corps ~~participant~~volunteers from different participating countries to volunteer together for a common objective, by carrying out manual or intellectual tasks, on a worthwhile community service project for a period between two weeks and two months;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8

(8) “traineeship” means a period of work practice for a fixed period from two to twelve months, remunerated by the organisation hosting the European Solidarity Corps ~~participant~~volunteer, based on a written traineeship agreement, which includes a learning and training component, clear objectives, contents, tasks, structure and framework, reference to legal and social rights and undertaken in order to gain practical and professional experience with a view to ~~improving employability and~~ facilitating transition to regular employment; ; traineeships shall not be used to substitute or replace paid employment;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9

(9) "job" means a period of work from two to twelve months, remunerated by the participating organisation employing the European Solidarity Corps participant, carried out in a participating country and based on an employment contract in accordance with the national regulatory framework of that participating country;deleted

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10

(10) “solidarity project” means a local initiative for a period from two to twelve months, which is set up and carried out by groups of at least five European Solidarity Corps ~~participants~~volunteers or by a participating organisation, with a view to addressing key challenges within their local community while linking them to a broader European perspective;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11

(11) “quality label” means the certification attributed to a public or private non-profit entity or an international organisation referred to in Article 2.1(4) willing to provide p~~lacemen~~rojects under the European Solidarity Corps following a procedure aimed at ensuring compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps ~~Charter~~Guidelines;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12

(12) “European Solidarity Corps ~~Charter~~Guidelines” means the document that sets out the respective rights and responsibilities that all the entities willing to join the European Solidarity Corps must agree to adhere to and which is annexed to this regulation;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13

(13) “European Solidarity Corps Resource Center” means the additional functions performed by a designated national agency to support the development and implementation of activities under the European Solidarity Corps as well as the identification of the competences acquired by the ~~participant~~volunteers through their ~~placements and~~ projects;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14

(14) "European Solidarity Corps Portal" means a web-based tool that provides relevant online services to the European Solidarity Corps ~~participant~~volunteers and participating organisations, including providing information about the European Solidarity Corps, registering ~~participant~~volunteers, searching for ~~participants for placemen~~volunteers for projects, advertising and searching for p~~lacemen~~rojects, searching for potential project partners, managing contacts and offers for ~~placements and~~ projects, training, communication and networking activities, informing and notifying about opportunities, as well as other relevant developments related to the European Solidarity Corps.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

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

(a) to provide young people, with the support of participating organisations, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities while improving their skills and competences for personal, educational, social, civic and professional development~~, as well as their employability~~ and facilitating transition into the labour market, including by supporting the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

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

(b) to ensure that the solidarity activities that are offered to the European Solidarity Corps ~~participant~~volunteers contribute to addressing concrete, unmet societal needs ~~and strengthening communities, are of high quality and properly validated.~~of general interest, such as social integration, environmental protection, counteracting and mitigating effects of climate change and natural disasters; and strengthening local and regional communities;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

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

(a) solidarity ~~placements,~~ projects and networking activities

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

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

(b) quality and support measures to solidarity projects.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title

Solidarity ~~placements,~~ projects and networking activities

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) solidarity p~~lacemen~~rojects in the form of volunteering, or traineeships ~~or jobs~~, including individual cross-border and in- country p~~lacemen~~rojects as well as volunteering teams’ p~~lacemen~~rojects;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

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

(b) solidarity projects at the initiative of European Solidarity Corps ~~participant~~volunteers;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

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

(c) networking activities for individuals and organisations participating in the European Solidarity Corps which must be entirely consistent with, and complement proven experience on the ground, in particular good volunteering and civil protection practice.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) measures aimed at ensuring the quality of solidarity p~~lacemen~~rojects, including training, language support, administrative support for ~~participant~~volunteers and participating organisations, insurance, post-p~~lacemen~~roject support as well as the development of a certificate that identifies and documents the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during the p~~lacemen~~roject;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the development and maintenance of a quality label for entities willing to provide p~~lacemen~~rojects for the European Solidarity Corps in order to ensure compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps ~~Charter~~Guidelines;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. The European Solidarity Corps shall be open to the participation of public or private non-profit entities, or international organisations referred to in article 2.1(4), provided that they have received a European Solidarity Corps quality label.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3

3. As a result of the assessment the entity may be attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label. The obtained label shall be re-assessed periodically and may be revoked. The results of the re-assessments of entities shall be part of the evaluation and monitoring referred to in article 15 and in particular of the progress report that the Commission shall publish in 2020.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

Any public or private ~~entity~~non-profit entity which carries out activities of general interest established in a participating country as well as international organisations carrying out solidarity activities in the participating countries may apply for funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the activities referred to in point (a) of Article 7(1), a quality label shall be obtained by the participating organisation as a pre- condition for receiving funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the solidarity projects referred to in point (b) of Article 7(1), natural persons may also apply for funding on behalf of informal groups of European Solidarity Corps ~~participant~~volunteers.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) number of ~~participant~~volunteers in volunteering p~~lacemen~~rojects (in-country and cross-border);

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) number of ~~participant~~volunteers in traineeship ~~placement~~s (in-country and cross-border);

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c

~~(c) number of participants in job placements (in-country and cross-border);~~deleted

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d

(d) number of ~~participant~~volunteers in solidarity projects;

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. In 2020 the Commission shall publish a report taking stock of the progress made towards achieving its results, including the target of offering 100 000 young people opportunities under the European Solidarity Corps by 2020 (covering all the ~~placements and~~ projects referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 7(1)).

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries, shall ensure the dissemination of information, publicity and follow-up with regard to all actions supported in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps with a particular focus equal opportunities and accessibility.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. IThe Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25 in order to imsupplement this Regulation~~, the Commission shall~~ by adopting work programmes ~~by way of implementing acts~~. Each work programme shall ensure that the general and specific objectives set out in Articles 3 and 4 are implemented in a consistent manner and shall outline the expected results, the method of implementation and its total amount. The work programmes shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action, an indication of the distribution of funds between the participating countries for the actions to be managed through the national agencies and an indicative implementation timetable.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2

~~2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 25(2).~~deleted

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – title

~~Committee procedure~~Exercise of the delegation

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1

1. The ~~Commission shall be assisted by the committee established by Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011~~power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2

2. WThere power to adopt delegated acts referre~~nce is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply~~d to in Article 24 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from [date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the two-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The delegation of power referred to in Article 24 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2017/0102(COD)

Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 24 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

2017/09/18
Committee: REGI

2016/2326(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Opposes macro-economic conditionalities and ~~highlights that the link between~~stresses that, at present, cohesion policy and economic governance ~~processes should be reciprocal and that a greater recognition of the territorial dimension would be beneficial for the European Semester~~do not share the same objectives; calls for economic governance objectives to be brought into line with the cohesion policy objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion, sustainable growth, employment and environmental protection;

2017/04/04
Committee: REGI

2016/2326(INI)

Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to ensure better synergies between the ESI Funds and other Union funds and programmes and to facilitate multi-fund options; warns that the EFSI should not undermine the strategic coherence and long-term perspective of cohesion policy programming and insists on the additionality of its resources; calls for the EFSI to retain a geographical distribution criterion and specific criteria for the overseas territories;

2017/04/04
Committee: REGI

2016/2326(INI)

Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recalls that Article 349 TFEU provides for specific access to structural funds for the outermost regions and that, on that basis, all the outermost regions should be regarded as ‘least developed regions’; calls for the continuation of budget allocations to the outermost regions, of co-financing at a level no less than in the current period (85%), of compensation for excess costs, and of all derogations intended to offset their structural disadvantages;

2017/04/04
Committee: REGI

2016/2326(INI)

Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses the importance of the ESF, the Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative, especially in the fight against long-term and youth unemployment in the Union, which are at a historically high level, particularly in less developed regions, the outermost regions and regions which have been hit hardest by the crisis; emphasises the key role played by SMEs in job creation – accounting for 80 % of jobs in the Union – in promoting innovative sectors such as the digital and low-carbon economies;

2017/04/04
Committee: REGI

2016/2326(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Stresses that European territorial cooperation is a key objective of cohesion policy, the purpose of which is to promote economic, social and cultural cooperation between EU countries, and that European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) has proved successful and its potential should be developed; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to keep the ETC as an important instrument, giving it a more specific role in post-2020 cohesion policy and significantly increasing its budget;

2017/04/04
Committee: REGI

2016/2326(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. takes the view, in particular, that cross-border cooperation is a key instrument for the development of the border regions and that projects in this area are a true test bed for European integration; takes the view, therefore, that post-2020 cohesion policy should encourage and strengthen cross-border cooperation in areas such as connectivity and accessibility, innovation, strengthening regional identity, responding to environmental challenges, strengthening institutional capacities, health, education, employment and workforce mobility and educational and linguistic cooperation;

2017/04/04
Committee: REGI

2016/2305(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the aim of making it possible for all the main socio-economic drivers such as schools, public service providers and digitally intensive businesses to be linked to high- performance telecommunications infrastructure by 2025 and considers that almost universal availability of high- performance internet access services at gigabit level is essential in order to prevent a growing digital divide between urban and rural areas and to promote social, economic and territorial cohesion in its digital dimension;

2017/02/14
Committee: REGI

2016/2305(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that basic broadband access as a universal service, and access to functioning internet services at affordable prices, which facilitate unlimited participation in the digital society and economy, should be regarded as a fundamental right of EU citizens, and considers guaranteeing basic broadband access to be an objective of general interest;

2017/02/14
Committee: REGI

2016/2303(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Takes note of the establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP), and ~~recognises its~~looks forward to the potential benefits for cohesion policy, among other areas; considers, however, that in case of a possible prolongation of the programme, resources should not be taken away from ESI Funds technical assistance; calls on the Commission to ensure maximum coordination between the actions financed by the SRSP and the technical assistance provided under the ESI Funds;

2017/03/24
Committee: REGI

2016/2303(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes that, since technical assistance was first used in the area of cohesion policy, no global analysis has been carried out to establish the actual contribution it makes; points out that it is therefore difficult to make a detailed assessment of how important it is and of the contribution it makes in terms of administrative capacity-building and institutional strengthening with a view to ensuring that ESI Funds are managed in an effective way; calls, therefore, for an increase in information and transparency with regard to technical assistance activities, for Parliament to play a more significant role in monitoring and follow- up, and for a thoroughgoing, comprehensive study to be carried out on its contribution to the area of Cohesion Policy;

2017/03/24
Committee: REGI

2016/2303(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is concerned that in certain Member States technical assistance does not reach the local and regional authorities in an effective way; highlights that it is crucial, therefore, to make more effort to ensure that technical assistance actually reaches those local and regional authorities, significantly boosting their capacities, and to establish sound communication channels between the different levels of governance in order to successfully implement the ESI Funds, but also to restore trust in the effective functioning of the EU and its policies;

2017/03/24
Committee: REGI

2016/2303(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Takes the view that technical assistance must contribute to the sustainability of projects, i.e. the amount of time they last, focusing on key areas of cohesion policy and favouring long-term outcomes, for example projects that create lasting employment;

2017/03/24
Committee: REGI

2016/2303(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Points out that technical assistance must be seen as a simple, flexible instrument that can be adjusted to suit changing circumstances, and therefore as being really useful in the process of managing ESI Funds, the allocation of which also requires the flexibility necessary to respond to new and unusual situations and to emergencies;

2017/03/24
Committee: REGI

2016/2303(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for increased use of technical assistance in the area of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) and related programmes, ~~which~~and especially in the field of cross-border cooperation, as those areas have their own specificities and require support in all phases of implementation, with a view to enhancing that cooperation and increasing the stability of the programmes concerned;

2017/03/24
Committee: REGI

2016/2302(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Acknowledg~~Notes that both the volume and t~~he quality~~ypes of financial instruments (in the form of microcredit, loans, guarantees, equity and venture capital) under Cohesion Policy’s shared management increased; highlights the two main reasons for this trend – the 2007-2013 period provided valuable experience and lessons regarding ESI Funds implementation through grants and financial instruments, while the 2014- 2020 MFF reflects the post-crisis ~~need for more financial instruments owing to fiscal limitations~~fiscal limitations and massive cutbacks in public funding for cohesion policy grants owing to austerity policy ;

2017/02/06
Committee: REGI

2016/2302(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recognises that grants have some strengths as compared to financial instruments: supporting projects that do not necessarily generate revenue, providing funding to projects that for various reasons cannot attract private or public funding, targeting specific beneficiaries, issues and regional priorities, and lower complexity of use owing to existing experience and capacity; acknowledges that in some cases grants are bound to limitations: difficulties in achieving project quality and sustainability, risk of substituting public funding in the long-run and a crowding- out effect for potential private investment even when projects may have a revolving naturerisk of substituting national or regional public funding, complexity of implementation, deadweight effects in the private sector;

2017/02/06
Committee: REGI

2016/2302(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls that the partly positive experience of using financial instruments in the 2007- 2013 programming period whas ~~accompanied by~~to be seen in contrast to a number of performance issues: late start of operations, inaccurate market assessment, diverging regional uptake to the advantage of more developed regions, overall low disbursement rates, low leverage effect, ~~problematic~~unsuccessful revolving, ~~high~~ management costs and fees that were high in relation to the support provided and significantly higher than for private-sector funds and inadequately large endowments;

2017/02/06
Committee: REGI

2016/2302(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Highlights that financial instruments perform better in well- developed regions and metropolitan areas, while grants address regional structural issues; ~~notes that increasing the shar~~underlines that the subsidy system plays an important role in fostering territorial development in particular in areas where the market has failed and where territorial cohesion challenges are a real issue and points at the complementary nature of subsidies and financial instruments; emphasizes that an increasing volume of financial instruments should not ~~influence~~negatively affect the grant appropriations ~~as this would hinder the balance~~or lead to a crowding out effect on the EU's budget allocated to cohesion policy as this could further territorial disparities; emphasiszes that in a number of public policies grants have to dominate, while financial instruments can play complementary roles;

2017/02/06
Committee: REGI

2016/2302(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Martina ANDERSON, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Points out that financial instruments must be accessible for possible users on more advantageous terms compared to standard commercial loans;

2017/02/06
Committee: REGI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the extension of products' lifetimes is likely to reduce the environmental impacts during their lifecycles and to lead to benefits largely resulting from "avoiding" manufacturing and supply chain impacts;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the first links in the waste management hierarchy, reduction and preparation for reuse, are the most important with a view to launching a zero waste strategy;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas great potential is offered by the repair, second-hand and exchange sector, i.e. the sector working with the aim of extending product lifetimes;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

B b. whereas there is a need to promote longer product lifespans, in particular by tackling planned obsolescence;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the development, production and marketing of products that are suitable for multiple use, that are technically durable and easily repairable and that are, after having become waste and been prepared for re-use or recycled, suitable to be made available on the market or placed on the market in order to facilitate proper implementation of the waste hierarchy. The measures shall take into account the impact of products throughout their life cycle and the waste hierarchy.

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Notes the role of commercial strategies such as product leasing, at the designing of durable product. Leasing firms retain ownership of the leased units and those can have the incentive to remarket products to invest in designing more durable products, resulting in a lower volume of new production and disposal products;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Notes that a better design for reparability is needed, being crucial that spare parts will be made available primarily for those products where a live- time expansion can be achieved in a cost- effective manner;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the list of new products based on eco-design should be more ambitious and include more products;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to oblige the manufactures to make clear repair instructions publicly available to enable non-destructive disassembly and replacement of key components or parts for upgrades or repairs;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on Member States to foster institutional campaigns to promote activities involving repairing, second- hand buying and selling, renting and exchanging, thus avoiding the purchase of new products;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the European Committee for Standardisation, which promotes voluntary technical standardisation, to integrate the voice of consumers, environmental organisations and trade unions into its work;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Notes that technical standardisation has a threefold role to play to improve durability of goods;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to make better use of the EU Ecolabel to improve product lifetimes and consumers’' understanding of product durability; notes that Ecolabel criteria can be aligned with Ecodesign minimum requirements and therefore provide synergy effects of those two instruments;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on Member States to impose sanctions where products are placed on the market that have a short lifetime owing to poor quality, impossibility of repair or the use of planned obsolescence practices;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures to discourage the placing on the market of products with planned obsolescence;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Notes that upgradability of products can slow product obsolescence and can reduce the environmental impacts and costs for users;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve and respect the competences of local and regional authorities;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7 d. Calls on the Commission to encourage a regular and structured exchange of information and sharing of best practices throughout the Union, between the Commission and the Member States, including with regional and municipal authorities;

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2272(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)

7 e. Calls on the Commission to actively support local repair initiatives as they also provide for local green jobs and provide a useful service to consumers.

2017/03/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3 is aimed at halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels by 2030 and reducing food losses along production and supply chains, including ~~post-harvest losses~~losses in primary production, transportation and storage;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the waste management hierarchy established by the Waste Framework Directive12 (prevention, preparing for re-use, recycling, recovery and disposal) cannot be applied in full to food waste~~; whereas currently there is no specific hierarchy for the management of unconsumed food at EU level~~ as it is in itself a highly variant waste stream; _________________ 12 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).

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)

Na. whereas food packaging makes an important contribution to food waste reduction and sustainability by extending products´ life and protecting products; whereas food packaging that is recyclable and derives from renewable raw materials can further contribute to environmental and resource efficiency objectives;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the urgent need to reduce the amount of food waste in the Union at every step of the production, supply and consumption chain;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for a binding food waste reduction target of 50 % by 2030 and reiterates its call for a binding food waste reduction target of at least 30 % by 2025 compared to a 2014 baseline;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to include food losses in the agricultural sector in its measurements;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines the important role of safe food packaging materials in preventing food waste and recalls that fresh wood fibres produce packages that are strong, clean and safe for direct food contact;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Points out that relevant food contact material legislation should enable a maximum level of consumer protection for all packaging material, including imported material from third countries; therefore, calls upon the Commission to present EU harmonised rules for food contact materials and to prioritise the drawing-up of specific EU measures for paper and board in line with Parliament´s Resolution of 6 October 2016 on the implementation of the Food Contact Materials Regulation (EC) No 1953/2004;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Encourages the Commission ~~and the~~, Member States and regional and local authorities to engage, in cooperation with stakeholders and civil society organizations, in improving consumers’ understanding of ‘use by’ dates and ‘best before’ dates; asks the Commission to assess whether current EU legislation and current practice in use with ‘use by’ and ‘best before’ dates in different Member States are fit for purpose;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission ~~and~~, the Member States and regional and local authorities to promote successful practices of food waste reduction and resource conservation methods already used ~~by stakeholders~~;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Emphasises the role of packaging in food waste prevention and stresses that paper and board, the leading food packaging material, is recyclable, derives from renewable sources and therefore presents various environmental benefits;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and regional and local authorities to establish specific food waste prevention measures in their waste prevention programmes;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Points out, however, that food donations cannot be seen as a self-evident measure to solve the core problems of poverty; thus unrealistic expectations cannot be set on food donations to mitigate social problems on one hand, and prevent food waste on the other; therefore calls on the Commission to take more determined actions in prevention of poverty;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas public participation and supervision, clear policy guidelines at local, regional, national and European level and the engagement of social partners are key to the successful development of renewable energy;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the national regulation of electricity markets is a key factor in the diverging advance of renewables, different energy costs for families and for industry and different levels of energy dependency; nonetheless urges Member States to establish legal and administrative mechanisms to promote the involvement of local communities in electrical transformation initiatives by making them participants in small-scale projects to construct power plants for renewable electricity;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on states to develop rules that are as harmonised as possible to encourage the building of decentralised plants generating renewable electricity and, in particular, to foster self- consumption, by both individuals and communities, by introducing net-balance systems;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on states to implement regulatory frameworks separating ownership and management of electricity transmission and distribution grids, thereby avoiding situations – as is currently the case in certain countries – where private economic interests take precedence over the public interest;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2041(INI)

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ernest MARAGALL, Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS, Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Ernest URTASUN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Reiterates Parliament’s call for binding targets of a 30 % share of renewable energy consumption and 40 % in energy savings for 2030; and reminds states that any quota policy on renewable energy should be accompanied by commitments to reduce energy consumption;

2016/04/13
Committee: ITRE

2016/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

– having regard to the report of 22 July 2014 of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non- recurrence,

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ernest MARAGALL, Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS, Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Ernest URTASUN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 44 a (new)

– having regard to the procedure set out in the EU framework to strengthen the rule of law adopted by the Commission on 11 March 2014,

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Carlos ITURGAIZ, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Javier NART, Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas most of the unsolved disappearances that occur in the EU each year are related to trafficking in human beings,

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the legal, social and personal problems that a disappearance causes have a specific impact on those involved that must be recognised and addressed,

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Draws attention to the link between people-trafficking and the problem of missing persons in Europe; stresses the need for a comprehensive strategy to address the particular suffering of relatives of missing persons, given the particular legal, social and emotional nature of such cases; takes the view that this strategy should be launched with a Commission communication on this issue;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that the ongoing energy transition is resulting in a move away from a centralised, inflexible, fossil fuel-based energy system to one which is more decentralised, flexible and renewables- based; points out that we nevertheless also need to reduce consumption, since otherwise this transition will not be viable;

2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to step up its support for the Covenant of Mayors and/or for cooperatives, NGOs, and other civil society organizations which are locally active, so as to expand and further develop itheir role as a tool to promote self- generation and energy efficiency measures, fight energy poverty, expand awareness of energy as an European common good, facilitate the exchange of best practices between all local authorities and organisations, regions and Member States, and ensure that all local authorities and organisations are aware of the financial support available to them;

2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Notes, that Member States should ensure that social security policy aid is provided only by cooperatives and providers using renewable sources;

2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE

2015/2323(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Member States to settle a minimum light and gas provision, which would be served to every household without cut-offs;

2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the Commission’'s planned transformation of the electricity market must contribute to efficiency ~~and~~, security of supply and to achieving the goal for the European Union to become the world number one in renewable energies;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the integration of the energy markets ~~will~~can enhance achievement of the Treaty goals of secure, ~~low-cost~~affordable and sustainable energy;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~national~~ capacity m~~arkets make it harder to integrate electricit~~echanisms distort national and potentially also EU-energy markets and run contrary to the objectives of the common energy policy;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas ~~national duties, fixed prices, subsidies, feed-in priorities and lack of interconnectors prevent a functioning internal market in electri~~fossil fuels and nuclear energy continue benefiting from subsidies whose costs befall taxpayers and society and ~~thus delay the full market integration of largely CO2-free energy source~~are seldom included in power price calculations;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the support for renewables is necessary due to clear distortion of the energy market due to significant subsidies to the incumbent sector;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the transformation of the energy market and endorses the view that the transformed electricity market should enhance regional cooperation on security of energy supply and should focus on ~~more market and less regulation~~the integration of variable supply of renewable energy and decentralized renewable energy generation to the benefit of citizens;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the existing regulatory framework of the European markets to be adjusted to allow for a growing share of renewable energy sources; stresses that a new market design for electricity must promote sustainable, renewable and efficient electricity supply;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Member States to be more pro-actively involved in the design of a European internal market in electricity and to avoid undermining the objectives of Articles 114 and 194 TFEU by means of ~~permanent~~ capacity m~~arket~~echanisms;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recommends implementing tax models which penalise the use of fossil fuels and CO2 generation and favour the use of renewable energies as part of a framework based on reducing energy consumption;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the right of Member States to determine the conditions for the use of their energy resources, the national energy mix and the overall structure of their energy supply; nevertheless underlines the EU's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions domestically and to increase the share of renewable energies and improve energy efficiency;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Supports the closer linkage of di~~ffering priorities in the national energy mix, such as wind energy with nuclear or with water reservoir~~spatchable renewable power generation with variable renewable energy sources;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that network expansion ~~in particular is indispensable~~might be necessary with a view to completing the internal market in electricity with a growing share of renewables; regrets that there are still large gaps in the interconnections between Member States, leading to network bottlenecks and significantly impairing cross-border energy trading; calls for the electricity interconnection objectives to be differentiated by region and aligned with the ENTSO-E ten-year network plan;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Notes that new approaches should be developed to overcome bottlenecks and achieve a smart distribution grid that allows for the smooth integration and provision of services by decentralised generators, prosumers and consumers;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Recommends separating the ownership of transmission and distribution networks found in the case of some suppliers in some Member States, systematically establishing distribution networks governed by public or collective interest criteria;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that rapid network expansion and the removal of network bottlenecks are also essential if uniform price zones are to be retained, and that the splitting of bidding zones could be a sensible market economy approach to reflect actual electricity shortages in certain regions; takes the view that in closely integrated electricity networks the allocation of price zones should be decided together with all neighbours concerned in order to prevent both the inefficient use of networks and the reduction of cross-border capacities, which is incompatible with the internal market; stresses that decentralized small scale production increases security of supply and reduces the investment needs in infrastructure;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Is sceptical of~~Criticises capacity mechanisms on the grounds of high cost and the risk of market distortions, ~~and stresses that national capacity market~~stresses that capacity mechanisms diminish the overall acceptance and also the feasibility of the energy system transformation; stresses that they increase costs and lock in inflexible and unsustainable generation capacity; stresses that national capacity mechanisms are subject to the EU rules on competition and state aid;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised where a full, detailed an~~alysis of the production and supply situation~~d transparent generation adequacy assessment at regional level has been carried out in advance and a bottleneck has been identified which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures such as a strategic reserve; stresses that the adopted measures must be temporary;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Insists that national capacity markets should be open to cross-border participation and should only create the capacity strictly necessary for security of supply;~~deleted

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

~~16. Insists that, before a capacity market is authorised, it must be shown that all efforts have been made to reinforce the internal market and dismantle obstacles to flexibility;~~deleted

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes that the expectation of future price surges can create incentives for producers and investors to invest in production capacity, particularly in high- efficiency modern gas-fired power stations, ~~urges politicians not to intervene in the market even in the event of large price surges and calls, in the medium term, for the complete abolition of regulated final consumer prices;~~

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the EU’'s goal of increasing the share of renewables to 30%; notes~~, however, that the permanent subsidising~~ that until and unless the external costs of rene~~wables is outdated and that renewables too must react to market signals in this new energy system, since otherwise market signals for all electricity producers will be heightened disproportionately~~rgy are reflected in a strong ETS, providing a high enough and stable carbon price, and a fully flexible power market without over-capacity is in place to allow for balanced prices to develop, supportive and bridging measures for renewables must be continued; stresses that it is crucial to Member States to get the possibility to continue national support schemes, specifically for local small scale, decentralised renewable energy production;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes that the Member States must meet ambitious specific quantitative objectives for the share of renewables in energy consumption, irrespective of the market situation, and therefore stresses the importance of promoting renewables in a way that focuses on c~~ompetition and cost efficiency; therefore regards the promotion of investment as more compatible with the market than feed-in priorities and fixed price~~ertainty for investors in renewable energy sources; therefore regards feed-in priorities and fixed prices as necessary for meeting investors’ needs;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Insist~~Stresses that, with the increasing technical maturity and ~~widespread~~growing use of renewable energy sources, ~~subsidy rules must be geared to market conditions in order to keep costs for energy consumers within reasonable bound~~the objective of support schemes is to allow newer and more costly technologies, to progress along their learning curve; demands that support schemes take into consideration the different maturity levels, specific barriers as well as risk profiles of different renewable energy technologies;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Warns against mixing energy supply objectives with~~Stresses the link between energy policy and climate policy objectives; calls for the ETS to be ~~consistently rein~~reforcmed ~~and the market to be redesigned with a view to greater flexibility, so that in future CO2 and fuel prices can give more support to the expansion of renewables~~in a way to help achieve the decarbonisation objectives of the European economy whilst allowing a ‘just transition’ for all workers without undermining quality of life or generating windfall profit;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls for operators of renewable power plants to be held strictly responsible for balancing within their areas and stresses that, in the event of departure from the schedule announced by the operator, an appropriate compensatory energy price should be charged;deleted

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Urges the Member States to regulate in such a way that encourages small-scale (individual and communal) own consumption of renewables, with net balance systems;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

~~25. Is convinced that, alongside renewables, all energy sources which serve the objective of gradual decarbonisation will continue to have a role to play in electricity generation;~~deleted

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Takes the view that, for a medium- term transitional period, national responsibility for the energy mix cannot be questioned and therefore that both nuclear power, which is largely CO2- neutral, and the use of national energy reserves together with high-efficiency gas- fired power stations and coal-fired electricity generation using the latest technology, can make vital contributions to the integration of renewables;deleted

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Urges the Member States to establish the judicial and administrative mechanisms needed to spur the involvement of local communities in electricity generation by making them stakeholders in small-scale renewable electricity generation projects;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Urges the Member States to establish local-level intelligent electricity generation grids enabling efficient and proximity management of electricity generation and consumption;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls for measures to facilitate necessary investments in distribution systems which are not yet prepared for taking in growing quantities of renewables or for digitalisation; in this connection, data collection and distribution must be accorded a greater role and data protection must be secured; each party requesting data from consumers should provide justification why the data is needed, i.e. the burden of proof should be extended to DSOs/metering operators;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2284(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ángela VALLINA, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Takes the view that the loss of jobs as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns and the economic and financial crisis is being worsened by the austerity policies promoted by the EU’s economic governance and will become even more serious if the TTIP and TiSA free-trade agreements come into force; considers, therefore, that real recovery in employment in the EU requires a change of economic policies and a new model of world trade;

2016/01/21
Committee: REGI

2015/2284(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ángela VALLINA, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the ESI Funds have been ~~contributing significantly~~making a limited contribution to reversing the economic and social effects of the crisis and promoting the long-term objectives of sustainable employment and growth; emphasises that priority should be given to a change in the model of economic governance and a shift in the economic policies of the EU and the Member States that would put an end to austerity policies; notes the importance of integrated approaches based on multi-fund programming ~~should be preferred~~ in order to tackle redundancies and unemployment in a sustainable manner, through an efficient allocation of resources and closer coordination and synergies, in particular between the ESF and the ERDF;

2016/01/21
Committee: REGI

2015/2284(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ángela VALLINA, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes the scant effectiveness of the EGF in mitigating unemployment in the EU caused by globalisation and the crisis, given that in 2013 and 2014 only 30 applications were recorded, covering 28 390 workers, and 28 funding decisions were taken covering 27 610 redundant workers in 13 Member States, representing a very low proportion of the people and sectors affected;

2016/01/21
Committee: REGI

2015/2284(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ángela VALLINA, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses the need to increase the use made of this fund by promoting demand from the Member States, which will require a substantial increase in its funding and a rise in the rate of EU co- financing; likewise urges the Member States to give the regions a greater role in the process of applying for funding;

2016/01/21
Committee: REGI

2015/2284(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ángela VALLINA, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Expresses concern at the very scant rate of budget implementation of the cases wound up in 2013 and 2014, which stood at 49.80 %, with wide variations ranging from zero to full budget absorption, as a result of which 50.20 % was reimbursed to the Commission; urges the Commission, consequently, to take the relevant measures to improve budget forecasting and the implementation of expenditure;

2016/01/21
Committee: REGI

2015/2284(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ángela VALLINA, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Notes that, according to the final reports received in 2013 and 2014, the proportion of workers reintegrated into the labour market at the end of the intervention period stood at 44.90 %; urges the Commission to study the reasons behind this percentage, which varies widely from case to case, and to take the necessary measures to achieve greater effectiveness;

2016/01/21
Committee: REGI

2015/2284(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ángela VALLINA, Martina ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Urges the Commission to provide information in its next report on the type and quality of jobs found by people who have been reintegrated into the labour market and on the medium and long-term trend as regards the rate of reintegration achieved through EGF interventions;

2016/01/21
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba whereas, in general terms, European Territorial Cooperation should help to create a sense of belonging and interdependence at the European level, to eliminate prejudice and to bring development to the regions concerned;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in line with the Europe 2020 targets, ETC has been reshaped with a view to achieving a greater impact through focusing on thematic concentration and results orientation; considers, however, that thematic concentration should not stand in the way of achieving other crucial objectives in the regions, basically within the framework of cross-border cooperation;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a Recognises that the full added value of territorial cooperation programmes cannot be assessed using quantitative indicators alone and urges the Commission to reflect on qualitative indicators to better reflect the results of territorial cooperation;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the managing authorities to set up appropriately structured monitoring systems and evaluation plans in order to better evaluate the achievements of the results in terms of the ~~Europe 2020 goals~~goals of regional cohesion in the European Union;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Regrets that Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) are not widely implemented in the ETC programmes for 2014-2020, and encourages Member States to make greater use of them, which will require boosting the participation of the regions and local bodies;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that better coordination, synergy and complementarity should be sought between cross-border and transnational strands with a view to improving cooperation and integration over wider strategic territories; calls for better coordination between managing authorities and macro-regional strategies’ actors; urges the Commission to enhance coordination between regional, inter- regional and cooperation programmes at the development stage, with a view to boosting complementarity and preventing overlap;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges that the synergies among ~~Horizon 2020, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and~~ the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) a~~lso~~nd other EU funds be used to maximise the quantity, quality and impact of research and innovation investment;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Stresses that financial instruments ~~need to~~can be an integral part of ETC programmes through complementing grants, while never replacing or reducing them, with a view to supporting SMEs, research and innovation;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative of carrying out, by the end of 2016, an analysis of the barriers to cross-border cooperation that will look at solutions and examples of good practices; awaits with interest the results of the Commission’s EU-wide public consultation on the remaining obstacles to cross-border cooperation, launched on 21 September 2015; requests that the Commission’s analysis take account of the recommendations made by the European Parliament and the results of this consultation;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Considers that ETC programmes ~~may~~should, in complementarity with other appropriate funding, support responses ~~to migration- related challenges within the framework of their existing intervention logic;~~ in matters of migration and asylum, helping to address the issues of reception, respect for human rights and defence of the right to asylum from a humanitarian perspective;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. ~~Encourages broader use of~~Considers financial instruments (FIs) asto be flexible mechanisms to be used alongside grants~~; urg~~, although never replacing or reducing them; notes, therefore, the involvement of financial institutions, and in particular the EIB, ~~so as to~~ provideing specific expertise and know- how;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Underlines that during the programming period 2007-2013 the possible complementarities between the ETC programmes and other EU-funded programmes were not sufficiently assessed; calls for the setting-up of appropriate coordination mechanisms to ensure effective coordination, complementarity and synergy between the ESI Funds and other Community and ~~national~~state funding instruments~~, as well as with the EFSI and EIB~~;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the opportunities provided by the ETC programmes to facilitate cross-border labour mobility, by adjusting, if necessary, the administrative and social regulatory framework and increasing dialogue between the different levels of governance;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Stresses that arrangements for involving private stakeholders must be ~~broa~~considenred and simplified~~; recommends the establishment of public-private partnerships~~, without prejudice to the public nature of the interventions and resulting public control and responsibility, and calls on the Commission to provide timely, consistent and clear guidance on the application of financial instruments in ETC programmes;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Considers that ETC has proved its effectiveness, and regrets that its potential has not been fully deployed owing to insufficient resources; highlights its potential beyond regional policy, in areas such as the single market, the digital agenda, employment, mobility, energy, research, education, culture, health and the environment, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to pr~~eserv~~omote ETC as an important instrument, allocating it a more distinct role within cohesion policy post-2020 and significantly increasing its budget;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Encourages the joint determination of strategies for border areas in order to boost integrated and sustainable territorial development, including implementation and dissemination of integrated approaches and harmonisation of administrative procedures and legal provisions; notes the importance of also promoting territorial balance within regions to prevent them organising themselves around a strong urban centre, leaving the rest of the territory depressed and cut off from the main axes of development;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Calls for particular attention to be paid to small cross-border cooperation projects between the closest border areas while funding for them is encouraged, which requires additional effort in terms of simplification and flexibility;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)

39.b Takes the view that greater attention should be paid to promoting cross-border cooperation between mountainous border areas, with rural areas prioritised;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c (new)

39c. Stresses that cultural cooperation should be one of the objectives of European territorial cooperation; considers, therefore, that greater encouragement should be given to cultural and educational cooperation between cross-border areas that share a single cultural and linguistic heritage;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 d (new)

39d. Calls for regional and local bodies to play a greater, more significant role in proposing, managing and evaluating ETC, especially as regards cross-border cooperation, taking into account that some regions already have these powers;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Calls on the Commission to ~~strengthen and further develop~~consider the role of financial instruments to complement grants, while never replacing or reducing them, working more closely with the EIB;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to initiate in 2016 a structured multi-stakeholder debate at EU level on the future of ETC post-2020, with a view to preparing the post-2020 cohesion policy; urges the Commission to work alongside the Committee of the Regions and the Association of European Border Regions;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Deplores the low public awareness and insufficient visibility of ETC programmes, and calls for more effective communication of their objectives, the possibilities they offer and the channels through which projects can be undertaken and, a posteriori, the achievements of completed projects; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the managing authorities to establish mechanisms and broad institutionalised platforms for cooperation in order to ensure better visibility and awareness-raising;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2280(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina ANDERSON, Ángela VALLINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Recognises the important role played by actors on the ground and support for project preparation, and encourages managing authorities to reinforce existing promotional instruments, such as regional contact points;

2016/04/06
Committee: REGI

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Maintains that the Paris Agreement (COP 21) has to be accompanied by national emissions plans with unequivocal and verifiable commitments on emissions and energy that ensure an undertaking is made to prevent global warming by more than 2 degrees;

2016/03/04
Committee: ENVI

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas increased energy efficiency and energy saving are key factors for environmental and climate protection ~~and supply securi~~, in line with the COP 21 agreement to limit global warming below 2°C, and pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C, supply security and energy sovereignty; whereas the Energy Efficiency Directive provides an important basis in this connection;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas increased energy efficiency and energy saving are key factors for environmental and climate protection and supply security; whereas the Energy Efficiency Directive provides an important basis in this connection; whereas the Energy Efficiency Directive provides an important basis in this connection; recalls that any government policy or piece of government planning to promote energy efficiency must be aligned with the global strategy to combat climate change, and must therefore go hand-in-hand with measures to reduce energy consumption;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

Energy Efficiency Directive ~~only inadequately implemented – savings targets achieved nonetheles~~provides framework for reaching energy savings targets

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that up to now neither the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive nor the 2010 Buildings Directive have been adequately implemented by the Member States; considers, therefore, that one reason why the energy efficiency targets are being achieved lies in the fact that citizens and undertakings themselves have an interest in low energy consumption and cutting costsregrets the substantial delays in implementation despite that citizens and undertakings themselves have an interest in low energy consumption and cutting costs; highlights that the European Commission assessed in the energy efficiency progress report to the European Parliament and the Council that currently only 17.6% primary energy savings will be achieved by 2020 according to the national indicative targets and that the 20% target will probably not be reached;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Urges the Member States to quickly implement the EU legislation in order to take the necessary measures to achieve the energy saving targets;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that a high discount rate would reflect the unrealistic assumption that cost- efficient investments in energy efficiency will not happen because of a number of obstacles, whereas it is the duty of political actors to overcome obstacles to such investments, by devising fiscal policies and allocating fiscal resources to promote energy efficiency and energy saving;

2016/03/04
Committee: ENVI

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recalls Parliament's resolutions of 5 February 2014, 26 November 2014 and 15 October 2015, which call for three binding energy and climate targets for 2030, in particular the 40 % energy efficiency target;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses th~~at the directive’s flexibility has allowed many Member States~~e existence of many loopholes in the existing directive in particular in Article 7; calls the European Commission to rem~~bark on energy efficiency measur~~ove these loopholes;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates that energy efficiency must be understood as the most sustainable element of our obligation to reduce our energy consumption, and not as an pretext for increasing consumption;

2016/03/04
Committee: ENVI

2015/2232(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Stresses the importance of conducting energy audits prior to devising energy efficiency plans, based on reducing energy consumption and as a way of addressing energy poverty;

2016/03/04
Committee: ENVI

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission to involve local and regional institutions in order to promote energy efficiency at regional, local and grass-roots level;

2016/03/04
Committee: ENVI

2015/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the Energy Efficiency Directive became an Energy Saving Directive as a result of political decisions; calls for the focus of the directive to be turned more towards energy efficiency considerations;deleted

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

~~Competing legal provisions slow down environmental progress, create red tape and increase energy costs~~deleted

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Criticises the 2 000 or so~~Notes that energy reporting obligations ~~imposed on businesses, consumers and public authorities; regrets that it is ultimately electricity consumers who bear the consequences of an overly complex reporting system~~as part of a framework, are essential to evaluate the progress on the implementation of the existing EU legislation;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that ~~energy saving rules and rules on increased use of renewable energy sources have a direct and indirect impact on the carbon footprint and the ETS system (certificate prices)~~pricing instruments such as the ETS system (certificate prices) is not appropriate tool to reach energy efficiency target; notes that low ETS certificate prices reduce the incentives for investment in energy saving;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that national legislation (exit from coal, payment schemes for renewable energy, capacity markets) restricts the scope for European solutions that provide the best possible results in terms of cost and supply and cancels out the price advantages obtained through energy saving; calls for increased possibilities for binding coordination by ththe Energy Efficiency Directive gives the necessary flexibility that enables Member States to tailor European solutions that provide the best possible results in terms of cost and supply according to national circumstances; notes that Member States have the possibility to introduce more stringent measures that are Ccom~~mission~~patible with Union law (Article 1.2);

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls for the prioritisation of energy efficiency measures focus on low-income populations, especially regarding social building renovation in order to eradicate the energy poverty;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

Energy legislation needs to be more coherent ~~and more flexible~~

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that a ~~barrier-free internal energy market will optimise~~public supervision of the energy market will enable the control of the costs of energy production and distribution and significantly improve energy efficiency across Europe;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the positive impact that certification schemes or saving obligations (Article 7) are having in many Member States; considers the flexibility of the rules to be a major factor in guaranteeing their acceptance; asks that the calculation of certification schemes and energy-saving measures should not be hampered by overly restrictive interpretations and time limitsnotes that actions under Article 7.2 are no longer relevant and that the statistical removal of energy used in transport and ETS sectors from setting the target has diminished the effectiveness of the energy savings requirement;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Takes the view that ~~more flexibility is needed in order to reach~~ the EU’s climate protection and efficiency targets; calls for ‘target flexibility’ for Member States; takes the view that rebates should be available for targets relating to energy saving and increasing the share of renewable energy sources (Article 3 of the Energy Efficiency Directive) where for example the CO2 targets have been exceeded must be collectively increased and binding targets for energy efficiency are essential to ensure ambitious objectives, and to allow sufficient flexibility for Member States to tailored the measures at the national level;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls in this connection for the Energy Efficiency Directive to be adapted in line with the EU’s climate protection targets for 2030, as the minimum basis and in line with the COP 21 agreement;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Regrets the Court of Auditors' criticism of less-than-effective energy efficiency projects supported by the EU Structural Funds (2007 to 2013); c~~Calls for improved guidelines and more intensive Commission monitoring with a view to making better use of the Structural Funds and EFSI for energy efficiency investments; suggests that the public funds mobilised for energy efficiency measures should not be considered as public deficit in the terms of the TSCG;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2232(INI)

Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Cornelia ERNST, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is working on guidelines for the implementation of Articles 9 to 11 of the Energy Efficiency Directive; considers cost transparency ~~– taking account of cost- effectiveness and technical feasibility –~~ to be a prerequisite for energy saving; takes the view that this topic could potentially be included in the Buildings Directive; considers that the basis of cost- effectiveness should not be the decisive criteria to implement energy efficiency measures;

2016/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2015/2155(DEC)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pina PICIERNO, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Anneliese DODDS, Margrete AUKEN, Dennis de JONG, Monika VANA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Benedek JÁVOR, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Anja HAZEKAMP, Elly SCHLEIN, Marietje SCHAAKE, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Morten MESSERSCHMIDT, Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS, Jeroen LENAERS, Frédérique RIES, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Lynn BOYLAN, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Liadh NÍ RIADA, Igor ŠOLTES, Bas EICKHOUT, Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Luigi MORGANO, Ashley FOX, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Ulrike LUNACEK, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Richard SULÍK, Diane DODDS, Lara COMI, Bart STAES, Nicola CAPUTO, Judith SARGENTINI, Ivo BELET, Remo SERNAGIOTTO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Richard ASHWORTH, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Ernest URTASUN, Pascal ARIMONT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, Romana TOMC, Jan ZAHRADIL, Bodil VALERO, Daniel DALTON, Angelika MLINAR

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

2015/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas biodiversity is under severe pressure worldwide, which is bringing about irreversible changes that are profoundly detrimental to nature, society and the economy; mainly as result of human-induced pressures

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Lynn BOYLAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Note~~Regrets that the general trend with regard to biodiversity continues to be cause for serious concern, and that the 2020 targets will not be achieved without substantial additional efforts; observes, at the same time, that targeted efforts genuinely produce results and that there is therefore great potential for improvement;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urgently calls on the Commission and Member States to give priority to achieving the 2020 targets; calls for a multi- stakeholder approach and stresses the vital role of regional and local actors and their full participation in this regard; stresses that greater public awareness of and support for biodiversity are also essential;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Lynn BOYLAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

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

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Commission and Member States to continue to enforce the Nature Directives conscientiously; calls, in that context, for additional efforts to halt illegal hunting of protected birds; notes that the challenge for the future is to incorporate nature conservation into other policy areas such as agricultural policy, which is not yet happening in an optimal way;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Notes and r~~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;

2015/11/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the need to achieve a comprehensive and ambitious agreement at the UNFCCC COP 21 meeting in Paris that contains sound guarantees for limiting the temperature increase to 2°C Celsius at a maximum; stresses furthermore that in order to do so, measures to protect environment should be taken; it has been shown that hydraulic fracturing and shale gas extraction techniques bring numerous environmental, safety, and health hazards, and hence those should be avoided;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Underscores the need for more harmonised support schemes for renewables and more intra-EU trade in renewable electricity, building an energy system based on renewables whilst at the same time working to reduce consumption;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
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 from 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;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Ιnsists 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 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 affects one in four EU citizens; reminds that this problem is likely to be aggravated in the coming years;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2113(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Points out that we will be effective only if coordinated measures are put forward at all institutional and administrative levels; calls on the Commission to propose concrete steps and action plans, including legislation, for both the short and long term; underlines the importance of both research and of pilot projects across the Union, which contribute to energy security by improving the resilience of local systems; considers that in this way the public and institutions will no longer be subordinate to multinationals, and it will be possible to produce and consume local clean energy;

2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

— having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) (Article 3, Article 8), the protocols to the ECHR and the case- law of the European Court of Human Rights, the European Convention of 1987 for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment and the reports of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT),

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

- having regard to the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev v. Russia5, Vintman v. Ukraine6 and Rodzevillo v. Ukraine7, 5 ECHR 11082/06, and 13772/05, 25.07.2013. 6 ECHR 28403/05, 23.10.2014. 7 ECHR 387711/06, 14/01/2016.

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)

- having regard to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights Vinter and others v. UK8; 8 ECHR 66069/09, 130/10, 3896/10, 09.07.2013.

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas imprisonment is a particularly inappropriate situation in which to place certain vulnerable individuals, such as minors and people suffering from mental and psychiatric disturbances or other serious illnesses;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that a restorative and protective view of criminal justice systems automatically entails a higher respect for individual's human dignity as it aims the protection of society and the rehabilitation of the person. Therefore, stresses that by focusing on restoration of both society and the individual who broke the law, societies can leave the personal human dignity intact, while condemning the specific criminal behaviour.

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that remand in custody must remain a measure of last resort, to be used in cases where it is strictly necessary and for the shortest possible period of time; deplores the fact that in many Member States in practice remand is used systematically, which, combined with poor prison conditions or practices such as solitary confinement, may constitute a violation of the fundamental rights of prisoners;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. In order to make a success of social reintegration prisoners shall be allocated to the extent possible, to prisons close to their homes or their places of social rehabilitation; the place of family, linguistic, cultural, social or economic and other links should be taken into account by the authorities when allocating prisoners. According to the European Court of Human Rights, detaining a person in a prison which is so far from his or her family as to render family visits very difficult or even impossible may constitute a breach of Article 8 ECHR (the right to respect for private and family life).

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes with concern the wide variation between Member States of minimum terms to be served before reviews of sentences of life imprisonment; notes the importance of sentence reviews as a mechanism to promote rehabilitation and atonement; draws attention in this regard to minimum term limits in the Scandinavian countries.

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on Member States to abide by the specific recommendations concerning prison conditions for vulnerable detainees; deplores the fact that people who are seriously mentally ill sometimes are, and remain, imprisoned simply because of the lack of appropriate services elsewhere, and recalls that, according to the European Court of Human Rights, the inadequate treatment of people who are mentally ill may constitute a breach of Article 3 ECHR and Article 2 ECHR (the right to life) in the case of prisoners who are suicidal; calls on Member States to review each of the files of the seriously ill prisoners and consider whether their release on compassionate grounds would help to guarantee their right to health.

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Title

on the European Structural and Investment Funds ~~and sound~~in the context of economic governance: guidelines for the implementation of Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

– having regard to the study for the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament entitled 'The impact of the crisis on fundamental rights across Member States of the EU'.

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas there are evidences that CSRs are a total failure in the achievement of growth and jobs and imply measures against the objectives of the cohesion policy;

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

~~Linking e~~Effectiveness of the ESI Funds ~~to sound~~in the context of economic governance

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises the importance of cohesion policy instruments and resources in maintaining the level of European added- value investment and boosting demand, growth, jobs and social inclusion in Member States and regions;

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Believes that an increased emphasis on economic governance mechanisms cannot jeopardise the achievement of the ESI Funds' policy objectives and goals~~Is strongly opposed to the principle of applying macroeconomic conditionality to the implementation of cohesion policy, and more specifically, to any links between the ESIF and economic governance;

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for the investment clause to be reviewed so as to enable regional and national investments co-financed through ESI Funds to be excluded from the calculation of national deficits in the framework of the European Semester;

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

~~3. Considers that macroeconomic conditionality must only be used to contribute to a more focused and result- driven implementation of the ESI Funds;~~deleted

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that any decision regarding reprogramming or suspension under Article 23 CPR ~~must be exceptional, well- weighed, thoroughly justif~~would unfairly penalise local, regional and national authoritieds and ~~implemented in a swift way, in order to ensure transparency and allow for verification and review~~all beneficiaries; believes that such reprogramming or suspension are likely to happen to less developed regions and to Member States already suffering the most from the economic and social crisis and would thus exacerbate the effects of the crisis;

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that the partnership agreements and programmes adopted in the current programming period have taken account of ~~the relevant CSRs and the relevant~~CSRs and Council recommendations, thus making any reprogramming unnecessary ~~in the medium term~~;

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is of the view that reprogramming should be avoided ~~to the greatest extent possible~~ in order not to disrupt fund management or undermine the stability and predictability of the multiannual investment strategy; welcomes the cautious approach of the Commission in this regard and its intention to keep any reprogramming requests to a minimum; believes that reprogramming or suspensions could have serious consequences on absorption of ESI funds;

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Asks the Commission to ~~apply Article 23 CPR in line with the principle of proportionality, by~~ properly tak~~ing~~e into account the real situation of those Member States and regions which are facing socio- economic difficulties and where ESI Funds represent a significant share of investment;

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Recalls that suspension of payments is a matter decided by the Council on the basis of a proposal that the Commission may adopt in the event that the Member State concerned fails to take effective action;deleted

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2052(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Younous OMARJEE, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Matt CARTHY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Emphasises the penalising nature of any suspension of payments, and asks the Commission to use its discretionary power to propose the suspension of payments with utmost caution and strictly in line with Article 23(6) CPR, after due consideration of all relevant information and elements arising from and opinions expressed through the structured dialogue;

2015/05/22
Committee: REGI

2015/2041(INI)

Lynn BOYLAN, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Draft opinion
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;

2015/10/01
Committee: ENVI

2015/2041(INI)

Lynn BOYLAN, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Draft opinion
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;

2015/10/01
Committee: ENVI

2015/2041(INI)

Lynn BOYLAN, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Draft opinion
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;

2015/10/01
Committee: ENVI

2015/2041(INI)

Lynn BOYLAN, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Draft opinion
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;

2015/10/01
Committee: ENVI

2015/2041(INI)

Lynn BOYLAN, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Draft opinion
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;

2015/10/01
Committee: ENVI

2015/2041(INI)

Lynn BOYLAN, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
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;

2015/10/01
Committee: ENVI

2015/2041(INI)

Lynn BOYLAN, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Draft opinion
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;

2015/10/01
Committee: ENVI

2015/2041(INI)

Lynn BOYLAN, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Draft opinion
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;

2015/10/01
Committee: ENVI

2015/2041(INI)

Lynn BOYLAN, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Draft opinion
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;

2015/10/01
Committee: ENVI

2015/2041(INI)

Lynn BOYLAN, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Draft opinion
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;

2015/10/01
Committee: ENVI

2015/2038(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Miguel URBÁN CRESPO

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas in 2000 the UN launched the United Nations Global Compact, in which it appealed to transnational companies voluntarily to implement 10 principles dealing with a range of aspects linked to human rights, labour rights, non- discrimination, the environment and anti- corruption; whereas in 2011 the United Nations Human Rights Council established the guiding principles on business and human rights, which were adopted by the UN Human Rights Council and oblige states to protect human rights where third parties, particularly businesses, take action that affects their territory and/or jurisdiction, and to make businesses responsible for ensuring that human rights are respected and guarantee that victims have the right to effective remedy; whereas several major companies, many of which operate with European capital and have signed up to the above international instruments, have been the target of claims and complaints relating to human and labour rights violations or on the grounds that they have caused environmental disasters;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Miguel URBÁN CRESPO

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas on 26 June 2014 the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the establishment of an intergovernmental working group with the task of launching a process leading to the introduction of an international legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises in the framework of international law; whereas the European Union voted against this resolution;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas as long ago as 1974 the UN Centre on Transnational Corporations drew up a Code of Conduct for transnational corporations, and again in 2003, the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights published its Norms on the responsibility of transnational corporations and other business enterprises; whereas, in both cases, corporations prevented the documents from being adopted and instead drew up their own voluntary and unilateral codes of conduct;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)

Cd. having regard to the Commission communications entitled ‘Corporate social responsibility: a business contribution to sustainable development’ (2002) and ‘Implementing the partnership for growth and jobs: Making Europe a pole of excellence on corporate social responsibility’ (2006), as well as the ‘Renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for corporate social responsibility’ (2011) and the European Parliament resolution on ‘corporate social responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth’ (2013); whereas none of these documents is binding in nature and the Commission has refused to define legal responsibilities, has failed to introduce any type of regulation and has left businesses to set their own rules;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas there is a clearly asymmetrical relationship between international rules on trade and investment, which have full legal force as part of international trade law, and international labour standards, which are subject to cultural and political differences between countries, come below national standards in the legal hierarchy, do not have transnational judicial institutions and make no provision for coercive measures or economic sanctions;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas in many cases trade and investment treaties signed between transnational companies and peripheral states contravene national legislation, are signed under conditions that are known for the pressure exerted and the lack of public information and transparency, and cause serious harm to the development of national industries and people’s right to effective access to essential public goods and services; whereas, as the independent expert Alfred-Maurice de Zayas pointed out in his influential report on the promotion and protection of human rights, drawn up for the United Nations General Assembly, the investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms that generally accompany these agreements have until now been completely opaque and ineffective in terms of guaranteeing the criminal liability of businesses in cases involving serious damage to the environment, public health and food security, and attacks against the physical integrity and lives of people who have opposed or demonstrated against major projects carried out by these undertakings;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Javier COUSO PERMUY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the EU committed itself to promoting human rights and democracy in its relations with third countries; stresses, therefore, that the advancement of human rights and democratic principles should be respected and supported through all EU policies, including trade policy, and all relevant EU external financing instruments;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Urges the EU to adopt the necessary measures to incorporate labour and social rights into the European and international regulatory framework so that these rights, and in particular the right of collective bargaining, are made binding, as proposed by the Commission in its 2004 communication ‘Partnership for change in an enlarged Europe - Enhancing the contribution of European social dialogue’;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Javier COUSO PERMUY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the Commission’s efforts to fulfil its commitment to including human rights for impact assessment studies of legislative and non-legislative proposals, implementing measures and trade agreements; furthermore, calls on the Commission to systematically carry out such human rights impact assessments and to improve their quality and comprehensiveness; to this end, welcomes any effort made towards effective coordination with the ILO and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the endorsement and enforcement of all international principles and conventions signed in the field of human rights, specifically as regards labour rights;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Javier COUSO PERMUY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Urges the EU to ensure that the EU Court of Justice specialises in labour law and can pass judgment on failure to comply with labour law at European and international level;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Encourages the Commission and Member States to work towards the promotion in Europe of social and solidarity-based economy entities (cooperatives, mutual societies, foundations, associations and others) in third countries, which in themselves represent new formats for intervention that give priority to individual rights and the values of social justice, reciprocity, democracy, ecological sustainability and social and technological innovation over company profits;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Javier COUSO PERMUY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Urges the Commission to provide an urgent and forceful account of cases of business irresponsibility that have occurred in Europe in relation to tax evasion committed by major European and multinational undertakings and fraud surrounding checks on pollutant gas emissions in the car industry, that will serve as an example and bolster the EU’s credibility when calling for human and environmental rights to be complied with in third countries; to this end, proposes stepping up fiscal control and transparency mechanisms and strengthening judicial cooperation among states;

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2038(INI)

Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Javier COUSO PERMUY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Urges the Commission and Member States to play an active part in the proceedings opened by the United Nations Human Rights Council and the United Nations Environment Programme with the aim of ensuring that businesses are effectively held accountable for human rights abuses and environmental crimes; to this end, reiterates the need for international agreements signed between the EU and third countries to incorporate clauses relating to human rights and the protection of the environment and fundamental ecological equilibria in the territories where these businesses operate.

2016/01/25
Committee: AFET

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) Clear environmental, economic and social benefits would be derived from further increasing the targets laid down in Directive 94/62/EC for preparation for re- use and recycling of packaging waste. For these reasons the targets for preparation for re-use and recycling of packaging waste should be increased to at least 70% by 2025 and to at least 80% by 2030. The targets for preparation for re-use of packaging waste should be increased to at least 10% by 2025 and to at least 15% by 2030.

2016/07/06
Committee: ENVI

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) Member States should, for the purposes of calculating whether the preparation for re-use and recycling targets are achieved, be able to take into account products and components that are prepared for re-use by recognised preparation for re-use operators and deposit-refund schemes. To ensure harmonised conditions for those calculations, the Commission willIn order to ensure a uniform calculation for re-use and recycling targets, the Commission should adopt detailed rules on the determination of recognised preparation for re-use operators and ~~deposit-refund scheme~~recycling operators and on the collection, verification and reporting of data.

2016/07/06
Committee: ENVI

2015/0276(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13

(13) In order to ensure ~~better, timelier and more uniform implementation of this Directive~~the reliability of the data gathered on preparation for re- use and recycling it is essential to establish common rules on data collection, traceability, verification and for reporting. Similarly, it is important to lay down more precisely the rules according to which Member States should report what is effectively recycled and can~~ticipate implementation weaknesses, an early warning system should be established to detect shortcomings and allow taking action ahead of the deadlines for meeting the targets.~~ be counted towards the attainment of the recycling targets. To that effect, as a general rule, the reporting on the attainment of the recycling targets must be based on the output of sorting facilities. Losses in weight of materials or substances due to physical and/or chemical transformation processes inherent to the final recycling process should not be deducted from the weight of the waste reported as recycled.

2016/07/06
Committee: ENVI

2015/0276(COD)

Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16

(16) Reliable reporting of statistical data concerning waste management is paramount to efficient implementation and to ensuring comparability of data among Member States. Therefore, when preparing the reports on compliance with the targets set out in Directive 94/62/EC, Member States should be required to use ~~the most recent methodology~~a common methodology for data collection and processing developed by the Commission ~~and~~, the national statistical offices of the Member States and national, regional and local authorities responsible for waste management.

2016/07/06
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)

Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)

(12a) In article 12, the following paragraph is added: 'Member States shall take specific measures to prevent the disposal of waste, both directly and indirectly, into the marine environment. Member States shall report to the Commission the measures put into place to implement this paragraph eighteen months after entry into force of this Directive and every two years following that date. The Commission shall publish a biennial report based on the information provided within six months. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish modalities and indicators for the implementation of this paragraph. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39(2).'

2016/07/19
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)

Directive 2012/19/EU
Article 4

(-1) Article 4 is replaced by the following: "Member States shall, without prejudice to the requirements of Union legislation on the proper functioning of the internal market and on product design, including Directive 2009/125/EC, encourage cooperation between producers, repairers and recyclers and measures to promote the design and production of EEE, notably in view of facilitating repair, re-use, dismantling and recovery of WEEE, its components and materials. In this context, Member States shall take appropriate measures so that the ecodesign requirements facilitating re-use and treatment of WEEE established in the framework of Directive 2009/125/EC are applied and producers do not prevent, through specific design features or manufacturing processes, WEEE from being repaired and re-used, unless such specific design features or manufacturing processes present overriding advantages, for example, with regard to the protection of the environment and/or safety requirements."

2016/07/08
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point -1 e (new)

~~"1. T~~(-1e) In Article 10, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Without losing sight of the waste hierarchy priorities and the environmental impact of transport, the treatment operation may also be undertaken outside the respective Member State or the Union provided that the shipment of WEEE is in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 of 29 November 2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply (2). Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent illegal shipment of waste."

2016/07/08
Committee: ENVI

2015/0272(COD)

Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point -1 f (new)

Directive 2012/19/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1

(-1f) In Article 11, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Regarding all WEEE separately collected in accordance with Article 5 and 6 and sent for treatment in accordance with Articles 8, 9 and 10, Member States shall ensure that producers meet the minimum targets set out in Annex V."

2016/07/08
Committee: ENVI

2015/0272(COD)

Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point -1 g (new)

Directive 2012/19/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 2

(-1g) In Article 12, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "Member States may, where appropriate, encourage producers to finance also the costs occurring for collection of WEEE from private households to collection facilities." Member states shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the financial contributions paid by the producer comply with his extended producer responsibility obligations and cover the entire cost of waste management for the products it puts on the Union market, including all the following: costs of separate collection, sorting, transportation to the preparing for re-use, recycling and other recovery operations required to meet the waste management targets referred to in paragraph 1, second indent, taking into account the revenues from re-use or sales of secondary raw material from their products; costs of providing adequate information of waste holders in accordance with paragraph 2: cost of data gathering and reporting in accordance with paragraph 1; costs of providing access to online platforms providing repair and service manuals to preparing for re-use operators, in line with article 15 of the Directive."

2016/07/08
Committee: ENVI

2015/0272(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point -1 h (new)

Directive 2012/19/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d

(-1h) In Article 14 paragraph 2, point d is replaced by the following: "(d) the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in EEE, as well as the environmental overall performance of each concrete EEE placed in the market throughout their entire life cycle, including its average useful life, its potential for repair and reuse and the concrete presence of hazardous substances;"

2016/07/08
Committee: ENVI

2014/2254(INI)

Liadh NÍ RIADA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas Article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union obliges the Union to "respect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity", and Article 21 prohibits discrimination on the grounds of language and/or being a member of a national minority;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas fundamental freedoms, human rights and equal opportunities shall be provided for all citizens of the European Union including persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to minorities are still victims of discrimination; calls for more consistency of the European Union in the field of minority protection; strongly believes that all Member States as well as candidate countries shall be bound by the same principles and criteria in order to avoid the application of double standards; Calls therefore, as a part of resolving the so- called Copenhagen dilemma, for the establishment of an effective mechanism to monitor and ensure fundamental and acquired rights of national and linguistic minorities both in candidate countries and in countries already admitted to the European Union;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Urges the EU and the Member States to take substantive measures to ban discrimination on the grounds of speaking a regional language and/or being a member of a national minority. According to an ELEN report to the UN there have been several cases where EU citizens in some Member States have been beaten and/or humiliated by State employees for using their regional language, thereby transgressing their fundamental human rights;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas cohesion policy for 2014-2020 is the EU's main investment policy ~~aligned with the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth,~~ with a budget of EUR 350 billion until the end of 2020;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas regional policy is an indispensable tool for promoting economic and social cohesion, with the principal objectives of reducing disparities between regions - in particular the poorer and outermost regions - promoting real convergence, and encouraging growth and employment ; insists that cohesion policy must be pursued and strengthened and should always remain an independent policy providing for sustainable development (economic, social, environmental and territorial), and reductions in disparities between regions and in the backwardness of the poorer regions;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the EU continues to struggle with the deepest economic and social crisis since its foundation, with stagnating economies, high unemployment, declining social and labour rights, and rising socio- economic inequalities, which presents the EU with unprecedented challenges;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

A c. whereas almost five years after the launch of the Europe2020 strategy, there is little progress towards the targets set at the country and EU level ; whereas the economic crisis and the drastic decline of public investments has taken a heavy toll on EU regions in terms of growth and employment and gaps between regions have widened dramatically;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the goals of cohesion policy have unquestionably evolved over the time, demonstrating their effectiveness; whereas the European Fund for Strategic Investments brings new elements to the overall EU strategy aimed at creating growth and jobs; whereas no investment program can replace a social, ecological and territorial balanced cohesion policy, which strengthens the region's potential and promotes sustainable structural changes;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the Europe 2020 strategy is an overarching, long-term ‘growth and jobs' strategy of the European Union, built around five ambitious objectives: employment, innovation, climate change and energy sustainability, education, and fighting poverty and social exclusion; Notes however that Europe 2020 thus far has failed to restore a sustainable and inclusive economy that can deliver decent jobs to the millions of unemployed or underemployed people in the European Union, as well as a high level of welfare services, while protecting the environment;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points also to the closer relationship with the broader economic governance process through measures linking the effectiveness of the ESI Funds to sound economic governance, and through the provision of support to Member States experiencing temporary budgetary difficulties;deleted

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. rejects the Commission's approach of subordinating cohesion policy to European economic governance, as well as the use of macroeconomic conditionality in the Stability and Growth Pact as a requirement for access to cohesion policy and regional development funds; insists that cohesion policy should not be used as an instrument of financial punishment if a region or Member State rejects the policy of deregulation and privatisation;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Acknowledges, at the same time, the need to consider the evolution of the economic outlook, the use of new instruments, the progress made towards the strategy objectives and the consequent necessity of making operational adjustments; Calls on the Commission , for the scope of the mid-term review of the Europe 2020, strategy , to encompass a new set of indicators measuring well- being and regional disparities, in addition to GDP;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls therefore for the scope of the mid-term review of the Europe 2020 strategy to ~~be limited, and focused on deepening, widening, adjusting and better inter~~address the major challenges the EU is faced with today, such as stagnating economies, high unemployment, declinking ~~the strategy's five objectives and its flagship initia~~social and labour rights, rising socio-economic inequalitives and ~~on identifying methods as to how they could be better carried forward and evaluated without creating additional layers of complexity and excessive administrative burden~~high public and external debts; insists that the economic, social, climate and political crisis can only be overcome by a radical new policy that puts people at the centre of all policies, instead of the interests of the financial markets;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Reiterates its calls to enhance the responsibility and ownership dimensions of the strategy by involving local and regional authorities and other civil society stakeholders and interested parties; insists on the crucial importance of a strengthened governance structure based on multi-level governance, an effective mixed top-down / bottom-up approach and the partnership model of cohesion policy, with a view to ensuring effective capacity to deliver on the objectives; emphasises that greater transparency, openness and democratisation of the EU and its strategies , including stronger participation by citizens in shaping the future of the Union, are imperative for restoring citizens' trust in the EU and hence the long-term survival of the Union;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Highlight~~Notes the importance of the new EU investment instrument, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), and emphasises that it should bnot undermine the sco~~mplementary and additional to~~pe of the Cohesion policy and of the ESI Funds; points out that the EFSI is not clearly linked to the Europe 2020 strategy, but that through its objectives it contributes to the implementation of the strategy; stresses, moreover, the imperative of ensuring full coherence and synergies between all EU instruments, in order to avoid overlapping or contradictions among them or between the different levels of policy implementation and in order to stimulate qualitative and socially balanced growth based on a fairer distribution of wealth; appreciates that the review of the Europe 2020 strategy, as the EU's long-term strategic framework for growth and jobs, must address this challenge with a view to using all the available resources effectively and achieving the expected results as regards the overarching strategic goals;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2246(INI)

Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Younous OMARJEE, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Believes that the existing EU funding and current EU financial resources for cohesion policy are insufficient to meet needs in terms of achieving real convergence and tackling regional disparities, high levels of unemployment, income inequalities and poverty in the European Union; points to the need for the EU budget to be strengthened in the area of cohesion policy; Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for the MFF midterm review which genuinely reflects the priorities needed to stimulate sustainable, qualitative and socially balanced growth;

2015/07/07
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the sixth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion points out that despite diverse outcomes of the Cohesion policy across Member States, the economic crisis reversed a long trend of converging GDP and unemployment rates within the EU, affecting in particular less developed regions;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas through thematic concentration, cohesion policy resources are targeted at a limited number of strategic goals with growth-enhancing, job creation, social inclusion, environmental and climate change potential;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes are ~~strategic tools~~essential to guide investments in Member States and regions, provided for in Articles 14, 16 and 29 of the Common Provisions Regulation with a timeline for their submission and adoption, according to which Partnership Agreements should have been adopted by the end of August 2014, and Operational Programmes by the end of January 2015, at the latest;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that cohesion policy has proven its capacity to react quickly with flexible measures to improve the liquidity gap for Member States and regions, such as reducing national co-financing and providing additional advance payments, as well as redirecting 13 % of total funding (EUR 45 billion) to support economic activity and employment with direct effects; additional measures should be added in order to exclude investments co- financed by the ESIF from the Growth and Stability Pact;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that a stable fiscal and economic – as well as regulatory, administrative and institutional – environment is crucial for the effectiveness of cohesion policy; recalls, in this respect, that suspension of payments provided in the article 23 of the CPR could undermine national, regional and local authorities' capacity to plan effectively and implement the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) for the 2014-2020 period; emphasises that, in order to achieve both the cohesion and Europe 2020 objectives, the policy must be aligned closely with sectoral policies and other EU investment schemes;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that although cohesion policy has softened the impact of the crisis, regional disparities remain high. The Cohesion Policy objective to reduce economic, social and territorial disparities, providing special support to less developed regions, has not yet been reached everywhere;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Points out that, despite the crisis and the fact that local finances were put under great pressure, local and regional authorities had to continue to meet the demands of citizens for more accessible public services of higher quality;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates the original role of cohesion policy to promote economic, social and territorial development and reduce regional disparities; underlines that by its nature and original set up, as stipulated in the Treaty, the policy contributes inherently to the objectives of the Union, in particular to the Europe 2020 goals of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the new European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and its potential leverage effect; underlines that the EFSI's main objective should be the economic, social and territorial cohesion and that it should therefore benefit to all the regions of the EU; advises the parties concerned to build on the experiences gained from the implementation of the European Economic Recovery Plan in 2008, ~~in particular regarding smart investments~~; calls for the coordination of all EU investment policies – in particular cohesion policy – to ensure complementarity and avoid overlaps; suggests that the implementation of this new EU investment plan build on the experiences of the three joint initiatives JEREMIE, JESSICA and JASMINE, which allowed an increase in the delivery of Structural Funds from EUR 1.2 billion in 2000-2006 to EUR 8.4 billion in 2007- 2012;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Notes the importance of a solid macroeconomic environment for cohesion investments and welcomes the link of the ESIF to the European Semester;~~deleted

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Emphasises, in this context, European Parliament’'s initial opposition and responsibility to control article 23 of the CPR; demands that the Commission and the Council provide full, transparent and timely information on the criteria for, and on the entire procedure that could trigger, a suspension of commitments or payments of the ESIF in accordance with in Article 23(15) of the Common Provisions Regulation; Recalls that suspensions would have a very negative impact for national, regional, and local authorities;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Points out that a simplification of management and procedures and a reinforcement of administrative capacity in the less developed regions would also allow for error rates in the implementation of cohesion programmes to be reduced; underlines that these errors stem to a considerable degree from legislation outside of cohesion policy, such as public procurement and state aide rules; is concerned about the low rates of disbursement of financial instruments to beneficiaries, in particular in view of the objective to increase the use of these instruments;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Warns that the alarming rates of youth unemployment threaten to bring about the loss of an entire generation; insists that advancing the integration of young people into the job market must remain a top priority, to the attainment of which the integrated use of the ESF, YEI and the ERDF can make a major contribution; considers that a more results-oriented approach should be taken in this regard to ensure the most effective use of available resources;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Emphasises that cohesion policy needs to be conducted within the spirit of properly functioning multi-level governance, combined with an effective set-up for responding to the requests of the public and businesses, and with transparent and innovative public procurement, all of which is crucial to enhancing the policy’s impact; stresses, in this regard, that, notwithstanding the importance of decisions taken at EU and Member State levels, local and regional authorities often have primary administrative and political responsibility for public investment, and that cohesion policy is a vital tool enabling these authorities to play a key role in the EU; stresses that this level of responsibility should be ~~taken into consideration~~strengthened, in keeping with the partnership principle;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes with concern the relative lack of a territorial approach, and in particular of references to cross-border co-operation, in the Sixth Cohesion Report, while it is an essential tool to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion; points out that the inclusion of all the cross-border aspects would have had an enriching effect, as far as e.g. infrastructure, labour market and mobility, environment, water use and disposal, waste management, health care, research and development, tourism, public services and governance are concerned, as all of these areas include remarkable cross- border elements and potential; is convinced that in the programming period 2014-2020 the performance of European border and cross- border regions in coming to terms with the crisis, by growing smarter, more inclusive and more sustainable, will improve considerably;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Recalls, in view of all of the above, the necessity for a new dynamic to be given to the EU cohesion policy debate; states that the 2019 European Parliament election year will be decisive, as the then newly- elected Parliament, and new Commission, will have to deal with the termination of the Europe 2020 strategy and an upcoming new MFF, as well as to ensure the future of cohesion policy after 2020 with an adequate budget and prepare new legislation for cohesion policy; notes that the cohesion policy debate has to take into account the serious time constraints and delays experienced at the beginning of the current programming period;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Stresses the crucial importance of administrative capacities; calls on policy makers at all governance levels to favour targeted technical assistance for the implementation of cohesion policies in general~~, and for the extended use of financial instruments combined with ESIF in particular~~;

2015/03/16
Committee: REGI

2014/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the fact that the support of almost 1.9 million EU citizens from all Member States for this ECI has influenced the Commission’s decision to exclude water and sanitation services from the Concessions Directive;

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that the UN affirms 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;

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to recognise the importance of the human right to water and sanitation and of water as a public good and a fundamental value for all EU citizens; expresses its concern that an increasing number of people are facing difficulties in paying their water bills and that ~~affordability is becoming a matter of growing concern~~speculation has caused the price of water to rise significantly;

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 universal access and affordability;

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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~~less developed areas so that these services reach socially excluded people living in poverty;

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2239(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recalls that certain EU nations have local water associations empowered to manage water (springs and their upkeep);

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that water needs to be understood as an eco-social asset instead of as a mere production element;

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Urges the Commission, the Member States and the regional and local powers to manage the water demand by establishing a price for water;

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission to respect the principle of subsidiarity and powers and responsibilities in relation to water, with regard both to the various levels of government and local water associations which manage water services (springs and their upkeep);

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Encouraged to set measures to ensure the rational use of water consumption, in order to avoid squandering;

2015/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the degree of divergence between the regulatory systems of the EU and the US is very wide in key areas for the protection of health and the environment, including food safety and consumer information, owing to different legal and political cultures that require different treatment (epitomised by the controversy over the precautionary principle);

2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Is concerned~~Draws attention to the serious concern there is 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);

2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with Commissioner Malmström and with European civil society 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.

2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – introductory part

5. ~~Calls on~~Urges the Commission to exclude any terms in all the horizontal chapters and all the sectoral annexes of the TTIP that would:

2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 1

~~– involve regulation of chemicals and pesticides,~~Does not affect the English version

2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 a (new)

- use pollutants such as cyanide in mega mining,

2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 b (new)

- affect the European energy recovery plan that establishes the eco design requirements for energy efficiency-related products.

2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2014/2228(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Is opposed to the inclusion of ISDS in the TTIP, as ISDS risks fundamentally undermining the sovereign rights of the EU, its Member States and ~~regional and~~ local authorities and nations with their own powers to adopt regulations on public health, food safety and the environment;

2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2014/2228(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Is deeply concerned about the lack of transparency in the negotiations~~Calls for these and other similar negotiations to be conducted with absolute transparency, and urges the Commission to give all Members of the European Parliament access to the negotiation texts, in particular the consolidated ones., as requested in the Report on the European Ombudsman's public consultation in relation to the transparency of the TTIP negotiations of 7 January 2015. __________________ http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/cas es/correspondence.faces/en/58643/html.bo okmark

2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2014/2223(INI)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Teresa RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Takes the view that it is appropriate to make forest conservation and management incentives part of the strategy, and w~~Welcomes the Commission communication on a new European forest strategy, bearing in mind that – with due regard to the subsidiarity principle –, there is a need for a comprehensive and consistent joint strategy to ~~prevent and manage forest disasters~~strengthen the role of forests and forest sector in the EU;

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2014/2223(INI)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Teresa RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Calls on Member States to consider including environm~~Recognises that sustainable forest management is essential ~~services payments as forest management incenti~~to balance ecological, social and economic functions that forest serves; points out that sustainable forest management has a positive impact on biodiversity, climate, fire prevention~~, biodiversity~~ and conservation, and is crucial for economic development, especially in rural areas and remote regions;

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2014/2223(INI)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Teresa RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on Member States to consider assessment and valuation of ecosystem services to further support balanced multifunctionality of forests;

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2014/2223(INI)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Teresa RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that, particularly in the Mediterranean region, forest fires occur on a regular basis, and are both a cause and a consequence of climate change; points out that storms, and forest fires and pests, are natural disasters that can be mitigated using forestry techniques and that, alongside improved and active forest management, there is a need to promote specific action such as the introduction of grazing or the establishment of agro- forestry areas – policies that ought to be recognised in both the first and second pillars (grazing areas and rural development respectively) of the common agricultural policy;

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2014/2223(INI)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Teresa RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that it is important to promote the implementation of the concept of ~~the~~ bioeconomy while respecting the sustainability boundaries of raw material supply, to boost the economic viability of forest value chains through innovation and technology transfer, and, to this end, provide more support for diverse forest products ~~other than timber~~; emphasises the significant role the bio-based economy plays in achieving the new Commission priorities of growth, employment and investments;

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2014/2223(INI)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Teresa RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. EUnderlining the valuable properties of renewability and climate friendliness of wood, emphasises the need to make sure that ~~forest~~European forest resources and wood materials are ~~also re-~~used and re-used efficiently, as a way of ~~cutting the EU’s trade deficit, helping to reduce unsustainable management, protecting the environment and reducing deforestation in countrie~~improving self-sufficiency of the EU in wood and the competitiveness of the forest sector as well as ocut~~side~~ting the EU’s trade deficit;

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2014/2223(INI)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Teresa RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that it is important that fForest mManagement pPlans ~~do not become an additional bureaucratic burden which impedes the sustainable use of Europe’s forests~~or equivalent instruments are in place by 2020 for all forests that are publicly owned and for forests holdings above a certain size that receive funding from under the EU Rural Development Policy; with that in mind, calls on Member States to ~~review~~monitor and promote the implementation of the forest management plans, taking into account the ~~proportionality and ‘think small first’ principles and providing for the use by managers of the responsibility declaration form~~voluntary nature of management plans in some Member States, the proportionality principle and adequacy.

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2014/2223(INI)

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Teresa RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the need to address global challenges at the global multilateral fora in order to reduce unsustainable management practices, protect the environment and reduce deforestation in countries outside the EU, and to this end calls on the Commission to publish and EU action plan on deforestation and forest degradation as called for by the 7th Environmental Action Programme (Decision No 1386/2013/EU).

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
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;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding ofn research and innovation;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
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, ~~using~~strengthening the use of renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’'s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes the measurement and reduction of Europe's resource consumption, fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and ~~a number of sub-~~the land footprint, water footprint, material footprint and carbon footprint as the dashboard indicators on resource efficiency, ~~including~~as well as ecosystem services; these binding indicators should measure resource consumption, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to set a binding target to i~~ncrease resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030~~mprove Europe's resource use based on a reduction of the Raw Material Consumption indicator and individual targets for each Member State;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that ~~the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely~~80% of a product's environmental impact is determined ~~during~~at the design ~~phas~~stage;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely determined during the design phase and calls on the Commission to implement generic information and design requirements both within the scope of the existing Ecodesign Directive and beyond, tackling other resource-intensive product groups like construction materials, furniture or textiles;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to review their definition of 'critical' raw materials, taking better into account environmental impacts and risks related to their extraction and processing as well as the respective potential for substitution by secondary materials;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 20168, incorporating the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines, including non-energy related product groups; gradually including all relevant resource- efficiency features in the mandatory requirements for product design; introducing a mandatory product passport based on these requirements; implementing ~~self- monitoring and~~ third-party auditing to ensure that products comply with these standards; and defining horizontal requirements on, inter alia, reusability, repairability and recyclability;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to propose the extension of minimum guarantees for consumer durable goods according to their average estimated lifetimes and to ensure that manufacturers bear full responsibility for early failures of their products for a minimum of 2 years after purchase;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
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;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Calls on the Commission to oblige manufacturers to provide independent re- use and repair organizations with all means to ensure the full functioning and serviceability of their products. Spare parts must be widely available and affordable for a minimum number of years following the last product batch depending on the product's average expected lifetime. They must be available at non-discriminatory pricing to third parties. Re-use of used and remanufactured product components must also be allowed;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
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 binding waste prevention targets for municipal, commercial and industrial waste to be achieved by 2025; setting a binding food waste reduction target in the manufacturing, retail/distribution, food service/hospitability sectors and households of at least 30% by 2025; setting binding preparation for reuse targets for municipal solid waste and packaging; setting extended producer responsibility requirements; endorsing the ‘'pay-as-you- throw-principle~~’ prioritising separate collection scheme~~', facilitating the introduction of deposit return schemes; separate collection schemes for organic waste, textiles, plastics, metals, paper and glass 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, including re-use and recycling of construction and demolition waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; not considering backfilling as part of construction and demolition waste recycling achievements; ending environmentally harmful subsidies, such as those for incineration from the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC; introducing premiums for energy savings from prevention, preparation for re-use and recycling to be achieved by 2025; introducing a ban on landfilling and incineration of recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; introducing annual incremental fees on landfilling and incineration; supporting the design-out of unnecessary single-use, non-recyclable products and toxic materials;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Reiterates that incineration does not have a place in a circular economy;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
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;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
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;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14d. Encourages the Commission to introduce feed-back mechanisms between waste and product policy;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)

14e. Urges the Commission to propose a vision regarding the treatment of plastic packaging especially in view of marine pollution;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)

14f. Urges the Commission to include separate quantitative preparation for re- use targets beyond recycling, based on the weight of products made available on the market by approved re-use centres and networks;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 g (new)

14g. Urges the Commission to include textiles in the preparation for re-use and recycling targets in order to ensure that Member States separately collect and adequately tackle textile waste;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Urges the Commission to set a binding 50% marine litter reduction target in order to drive measures to combat marine litter, and to ensure the achievement of good Environmental Status for Descriptor 10 under the MSFD (2008/56/EC);

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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~~;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that all EU funding, including funding through EFSI, Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be mobilised to promote resource efficiency and ~~urges the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidies~~implementation of the top of the waste hierarchy beyond landfilling and incineration and urges the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidies such as those for incineration based on the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Commission to involve local and regional authorities throughout the whole development of the circular economy package;

2015/05/05
Committee: ENVI

2014/2204(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was officially declared on 22 March 2014 in Guinea, the disease has claimed ~~6 387~~8 981 lives in the region1 ; __________________ 1 WHO data as at ~~10 December~~04 February 20145.

2015/02/12
Committee: ENVI

2014/2204(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the outbreak is the largest ever, and is currently affecting ~~four~~three countries in West Africa (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone ~~and Mali~~), while outbreaks in Mali, Nigeria and Senegal have been declared to be over, and a separate outbreak in the DRC has also ended;

2015/02/12
Committee: ENVI

2014/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the Ebola crisis has resulted in another problem which Médecins Sans Frontières has referred to as 'a crisis within a crisis', namely that people with conditions other than Ebola are not going to hospital for fear that they will be infected with the virus; and at the same time hospitals and health staff have no capacity to deal with other diseases due to the resources mobilized to fight the Ebola epidemic;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas access to medicines is a key part of the right to health;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)

Lb. whereas 2 billion people worldwide do not have access to the vaccines or treatments they need to stay alive and healthy;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital G

G. whereas ~~clinical tri~~taking into account that according to the Directorate-Generals for ~~different treatment~~research and innovation the European Commission has mobilized around 180 million euro since September 2014, clinical trials for the first vaccines should be starting soon in West Africa;

2015/02/12
Committee: ENVI

2014/2204(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the response of the Member States and the Commission has been slow and insufficient, and that financial support was shy and did not respond to the severity of the alerts that NGOs such as Médecins Sans Frontières and others have launched since April 2014, one month after the beginning of the epidemic; considers that the scaling-up of the Commission’'s financial commitment should be stronger in terms of humanitarian and development aid to respond to the crisis; considers it necessary to increase the availability and the volume of financial resources;

2015/02/12
Committee: ENVI

2014/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the establishment of a European rapid response capability comprising experts, laboratory support staff, epidemiologists and logistics facilities that can be deployed extremely swiftly; draws attention in particular to the contribution the EU can make to screening at land and maritime borders and to the fact that the Union could seek to emulate and benefit from the level of excellence achieved by the US health authorities in screening at airports;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the Commission to help the three countries affected to develop their own public health systems in order for them to be able to meet basic healthcare needs and to build up the infrastructure required to ensure that all their citizens have access to public healthcare; calls on international donors, especially the European Commission and EU Member States to increase Official Development Assistance (ODA) to those countries through country systems such as budget support to build resilient health systems, including support countries to plan, cost and establish functioning health posts and district hospitals that serve health needs and that also connect with referral systems;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses, in general, the need for developing countries to give budgetary priority to setting up robust public social security and public health systems, building sufficient numbers of well- equipped sustainable healthcare infrastructure (in particular laboratories, water and sanitation facilities) and offering high-quality basic services and healthcare; Nevertheless, acknowledges that crisis such as the current cannot be solved by health system alone, but a comprehensive approach involving different sectors such as education and training, sanitation, food safety, drinking water, is needed to address the critical gaps in all essential services; at the same time that stresses that education, covering the cultural dimensions and beliefs are key as well in the recovery;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that the long-term costed plans needed to build resilient and comprehensive health systems must further include an adequate number of trained health workers, access to sufficient medical supplies and robust health information systems;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Congratulates the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), partner organisations and non-governmental humanitarian organisations, such as Médecins Sans Frontières and others, for their work done on the ground and warmly welcomes their extensive input and help in controlling this outbreak;

2015/02/12
Committee: ENVI

2014/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for research infrastructure to be bolstered by the establishment of a regional public infection disease research centre in West Africa;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Supports the introduction of universal health cover free at the point of use based on partnerships that will result in sustainable health systems; stresses, in this regard, that investment in a strong public sector delivering an equitable and quality service is essential to providing universal health coverage and to ensuring that people living in poverty, unable to access public healthcare, do not have to rely on and pay for dubious quality services;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Believes that access to medicines ~~should, as a matter of principle,~~must no longer be dependent on patients' purchasing power but should instead be universal and geared to patients' needs, and that market forces should not be the sole determinant of which medicines to produce; and that R&D financing must be unlinked from the price of products that result from it; stresses that the Ebola crisis proved the intellectual property monopolies on pharmaceutical products which allowed companies to set the prices of the new medicines and vaccines they develop and skew R&D in order to maximise their profits; highlights that these rules stem from the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS); calls on the EU and its Member States to endorse a Research & Development treaty which promotes public funding for R&D and is focused on the needs of public health in order to provide vaccines, diagnostics and medicines for diseases such as Ebola;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Call the European Union and its member states to fulfilling with the EU´s Policy Coherence for Development principle set on FTEU Article 208 though the promotion of fair and equitable international trade, medical research and innovation policies that foster and facilitate universal access to medicines;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Underlines the need for the EU, its Member States, donors and international agencies to build on the experiences from Ebola outbreaks in other countries that highlight a series of key factors to control diseases, including effective health systems, rapid government action, meaningful community participation, use of media to disseminate information and rapid coordinated international response; urges governments to enable civil society to play their role in ensuring accountability and transparency by all stakeholders and to foster trust among communities by ensuring their participation in decision-making at the highest political level;

2015/05/28
Committee: DEVE

2014/2204(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina MICHELS, Ángela VALLINA, Younous OMARJEE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Encourages taking immediate action to coordinate and~~Calls on the Commission to strengthen medical research and the production of efficient medicines and ~~vac~~policines against ~~Ebola and to carry out scrupulous infection control~~not only ebola, but also some other illnesses that cause a high number of deaths in Africa;

2015/02/12
Committee: ENVI

2014/2155(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that 321 irregularities reported as fraudulent and 4 672 reported as non- fraudulent were cohesion-policy related; recalls how important it is to differentiate non-fraudulent and fraudulent irregularities; points out that in both categories the number of reports increased by 15 % as compared to 2012 while the related amounts decreased; observes that, as in previous years, the largest share of amounts that involved irregularities in 2013 (63 %) is nonetheless still related to cohesion policy; notes also that for the first time cohesion policy was not the area of budgetary expenditure with the highest number of irregularities reported as fraudulent;

2014/11/17
Committee: REGI

2014/2155(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina MICHELS, Ángela VALLINA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that in order to effectively tackle irregularities, whether fraudulent or non- fraudulent, adequate resources need to be available particularly in relation to the administrative capacity thematic objective;

2014/11/17
Committee: REGI

2014/2155(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina MICHELS, Ángela VALLINA, Younous OMARJEE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Recalls its deep concern regarding the unpaid bills of the EU; believes that this issue must be addressed when fighting irregularities;

2014/11/17
Committee: REGI

2014/2155(INI)

Martina ANDERSON, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Martina MICHELS, Ángela VALLINA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Notes the large amounts of funding that are wasted and lost from EU Programmes due to non-fraudulent and fraudulent irregularities and that this is particularly deplorable given the current economic difficulties in EU Member States, cuts to the EU budget in 2014- 2020 period and the climate of austerity.

2014/11/17
Committee: REGI

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that action will only follow if measures are put forward together with the Member States; calls on the Commission to propose concrete steps and action plans, including legislation, for both the short and the long term; underlines the importance of both research and of local pilot projects in Member States, which contribute to energy security by improving the resilience of local systems; in this way the public and institutions will no longer be subordinate to multinationals, and it will be possible to produce and consume local clean energy;

2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Call~~Urges 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;

2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
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.

2015/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2014/2149(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1

-1. Notes that an integrated approach for cultural heritage for Europe is necessary for the contemporary processes of cultural dialogue and cultural mutual understanding between EU regions;

2015/04/14
Committee: REGI

2014/2149(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 – a (new)

-1a. Notes that cultural heritage by nature is not a mere commodity, hence an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe cannot be based on a business as usual model;

2015/04/14
Committee: REGI

2014/2149(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 – b (new)

-1b. Believes that unconditional private sector engagement in cultural heritage projects and the application of sole market-oriented criteria in this field, does not favour cultural heritage promotion in remote, poor and sparsely populated European regions;

2015/04/14
Committee: REGI

2014/2149(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 – c (new)

-1c. Notes that the expansion of using cultural traditions, architecture and cultural history as a marketing issue drastically affects the blossom of unique regional cultures and customs, which in many occasions are the locomotives of local economies, by imposing a framework of standardized cultural models;

2015/04/14
Committee: REGI

2014/2149(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 – d (new)

-1d. Notes that economic, social and territorial disparities, which were increased during the economic crisis, create inequalities in access to culture and cultural heritage sights among the citizens of EU regions;

2015/04/14
Committee: REGI

2014/2149(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 – e (new)

-1e. Believes that culture and culture heritage are common and public goods and must be provided equitably, without exclusions and artificial barriers in order to promote economic, social and territorial cohesion;

2015/04/14
Committee: REGI

2014/2149(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 – f (new)

-1f. Notes that an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe should mainstream social and territorial cohesion in all its dimensions and should support and enhance public and free profit-making projects;

2015/04/14
Committee: REGI

2014/2149(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that cultural heritage projects can contribute to the creation of new, innovative and high qualified jobs in the fields of museum restoration, public relations, research, cultural statistics and digitalization; and in addition to the required state and regional public funding; Notes that cultural heritage projects are often examples of innovative and sustainable economic activities which create jobs and develop the business and research capabilities of small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs);

2015/04/14
Committee: REGI

2014/2149(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the Commission proposal to introduce VALOR as the platform for the dissemination of project results, but calls on the Commission also to include in the platform examples of good practice taken from the cultural heritage projects carried out under the ERDF during the 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 programming periods; Calls on the Commission to introduce a communication platform in order to inform potential beneficiaries in an effective way about existing European funding lines for cultural heritage.

2015/04/14
Committee: REGI

2014/2149(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Establish a European Year of Cultural heritage in the near future with an adequate budget.

2015/04/14
Committee: REGI

2014/0138(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

having regard to Opinion No 89 of 10 July 2014 of the South Western Waters Regional Advisory Council (CCR.S),

2015/03/13
Committee: PECH

2014/0138(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out~~The Committee on Fisheries proposes that the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a prohibition on driftnet fisheries, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 812/2004, (EC) No 2187/2005 and (EC) No 1967/2006 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97 be rejected;

2015/03/13
Committee: PECH

2014/0138(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially ~~or replace it with another text~~by excluding selective small-scale nets or replace it with another text which, based on the principle of subsidiarity, excludes specifically the selective drifting gillnet gear used by small-scale fishing fleets, such as the ʽxeitoʼ, which on the basis of Galiciaʼs sole competence for inland waters is a properly regulated fishing gear to which technical control measures are applied;

2015/03/13
Committee: PECH

2014/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The driftnet fishing is carried out by a~~n undefinable~~ certain number of small-scale multipurpose fishing vessels, ~~the vast majority of which~~in some cases operating without any regular scientific and control monitoring. Due to the small scale nature of these fishing activities, which makes it easy to escape monitoring, the control and enforcement efforts have not produced the necessary results in terms of conservationSome types of fishing gear, such as the ‘xeito’ are used to fish sustainably with low temporal and spatial impact, as in the case of msardine ~~resources, in particular with regard to certa~~fishing, and with low impact on fishing p~~rotected specie~~atterns.

2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI

2014/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) Moreover, the driftnet fishing by operating close to or at the water surface continues to be cause of high concern for incidental takings of air-breathing animals such as marine mammals, sea turtles and sea birds, which are mostly classified as species to be strictly protected under Union legislation. However, no incidental captures of these strictly protected species take place when the small-scale ‘xeito’ gear is used, owing to the size of the net.

2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI

2014/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In view of the reasons stated above and in order to properly address the conservation concerns that this fishing gear continues to cause, as well as to achieve the environmental and enforcement objectives in an effective and efficient manner, while taking into account the minimal socio-economic impacts, it is necessary to introduce a ~~full prohibition to take on board or use any kind of driftnets~~ selective ban on those forms of driftnet fishing which are most harmful to strictly protected species and/or do not prevent the incidental capture of unauthorised species in all Union waters and by all Union vessels whether they operate within Union waters or beyond, as well as by non-Union vessels in Union waters.

2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI

2014/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)

(16a) The prohibition shall not affect sustainable fishing gear such as the ‘xeito’, regulated by rules applied under exclusively held fisheries management powers, as in the case of Galicia, which has its own powers to regulate small-scale fishing and shellfishing gear, based on the legal acquis regulating the internal waters of its estuaries. The Commission shall guarantee the principle of subsidiarity.

2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI

2014/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) Vessels carrying out fisheries with small-scale driftnets ~~may need some time to adjust to the new situation and necessitate a phasing-out period. This Regulation should therefore enter into force on 1 January 2015~~which are harmful to strictly protected species and/or which do not prevent the incidental capture of unauthorised species may need some time to adjust to the new situation and necessitate a phasing-out period. Vessels engaged in small-scale fishing with driftnets which are not harmful to protected species, such as the small-size ‘xeito’ net, may continue operating in European waters.

2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI

2014/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The driftnet fishing is carried out by a~~n undefinable~~ certain number of small-scale multipurpose fishing vessels, ~~the vast majority of which operating~~operating in some cases without any regular scientific and control monitoring. ~~Due to the~~In other cases, as with the ʽxeitoʼ gear, small -scale nature of these fishing activities, which makes it easy to escape monitoring, the control and enforcement efforts have not produced the necessary results in terms of conservation of marine resources, in particular with regard to certain protected speciefleets fish sustainably with low temporal or spatial impact, following regulated and controlled fishing patterns by virtue of sole competence over fishing in inland waters.

2015/03/13
Committee: PECH

2014/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In view of the reasons stated above and in order to properly address the conservation concerns that this fishing gear continues to cause when it is not used in a sustainable manner, as well as to achieve the environmental and enforcement objectives in an effective and efficient manner, while taking into account the ~~minimal~~fact that its socio-economic impacts have not been sufficiently assessed, it is necessary to introduce a ~~full~~selective prohibition ~~to take on board or use any kind of driftnets in all Union waters and by all Union vessels whether they operate within Union waters or beyond, as well as by non-Union vessels in Union water~~on large-scale fishing with driftnets, identified as very harmful to species in need of strict protection and/or which does not stop bycatches of unauthorised species, without penalising small-scale fishing fleets which use sustainable fishing gear regulated by virtue of sole competency on fishing in inland waters and for which there are specific technical control measures.

2015/03/13
Committee: PECH

2014/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3

~~It shall be prohibited: a) to catch any marine biological resource with driftnets; and b) to keep any kind of driftnet on board of fishing vessel~~Article 3 deleted Prohibition of driftnets

2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI

2014/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)

(16a) The Commission should guarantee the subsidiarity principle and exclude sustainable small-scale fisheries which use drift gillnets, such as the ʽxeitoʼ, from the prohibition, as the ʽxeitoʼ is properly regulated on the basis of Galicia having sole competence for fishery matters in inland waters and for the regulation and control of fishing activity and the gears and tackle permitted.

2015/03/13
Committee: PECH

2014/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) Vessels carrying out fisheries with ~~small-scale driftnets may need some time to adjust to the new situation and necessitate a phasing-out period. This Regulation should therefore enter into force on 1 January 2015~~the driftnets used by the small-scale fishing fleets, which use fishing gear such as the ʽxeitoʼ and other sustainable and traditional gear, should be excluded.

2015/03/13
Committee: PECH

2014/0138(COD)

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

~~b) to keep any kind of driftnet on board of fishing vessels~~deleted

2015/03/13
Committee: PECH

2014/0138(COD)