131 Amendments of Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER
Amendment 15 #
2018/2090(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission communication of 17 January 2018 on the Digital Education Action Plan (COM(2018)0022) and recalls the importance of completing the digital single market; points out that digitalisation has a twofold impact on education systems: firstly, citizens should be prepared for lifelong learning in a world that is becoming increasingly digitalised, and secondly, digital transformation should also be applied to education systems themselves;
Amendment 54 #
2018/2090(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises the vital importance of digital technology in education and training; points, however, to the dangers that can arise when young people are overexposed to screens; notes that overexposure among young children is a major public health issue, since it causes severe behavioural problems, and has to be combated.
Amendment 3 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the increase of 3,9 % in commitment appropriations and 1,8 % in payment appropriations in the budget lines related to the remit of ITRE Committee under Heading 1a of the general budget of the Union compared to 2018; further welcomes the focus of the 2019 general budget on growth, innovation, competitiveness, climate change, the transition to renewable energies and on the success of young and female researchers and entrepreneurs; calls on the Commission to provide increased and sufficient financial resources for those priorities, whilst acknowledging the expected reduction of the total EU budget in the light of Brexit;
Amendment 23 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of finalisachieving at the Energy Union while achievingsame time the European climate goals by fulfilling the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainability Goals; urges the Commission to provide the necessary funding for investments in these fields, as well as to tackle energy poverty and just transition; In this respects welcomes the Commission’s estimates that climate spending will reach 20,1 % in the 2019 budget;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that, as the United Kingdom has stated that it will contribute to the 2019 and 2020 budgets, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union is not expected to directly impaRecognises that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom will have direct consequences for the European Union budgets and could affect programmes under ITRE-remit;
Amendment 99 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects [the Commission proposal].
Amendment 115 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Following an integrated approach and in order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, a European Defence Fund should be established. The Fund should aim at enhancing the competitiveness, innovation, efficiency and autonomy of the Union's defence industry thereby contributing to the Union's strategic autonomy of the Member States of the Union by supporting the cross border cooperation between Member States and between enterprises, research centres, national administrations, international organisations and universities, in the research phase and in the development phase of defence products and technologies. To achieve more innovative solutions and an open internal market, the Fund should support the cross-border participation of defence small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and middle capitalisation companies (mid-caps).
Amendment 129 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) As the Fund aims at enhancing the competitiveness, efficiency and autonomy of the Union's defence industry, only entities established in the Union or associated countries and not subject to control by non-associated third countries or non-associated third country entities should in principle be eligible for support. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the recipients and their subcontractors in actions supported by the Fund should not be located on the territory of non-associated third countries.
Amendment 143 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In case a development action supported by the Fund is managed by a project manager appointed by Member States or associated countries, the Commission should inform the project manager prior to executing the payment to the recipient so that the project manager can ensure that the time-frames are respected by the recipients. Under certain circumstances, the project manager could provide the Commission with its observations on the progress of the action so that the Commission can validate whether the conditions to proceed to the payment are fulfilled.
Amendment 149 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The promotion of innovation and technological development in the Union defence industry should take place in a manner coherent with the security and defence interests of the Union. Accordingly, the action's contribution to those interests and to the defence research and capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States should serve as an award criterion. Within the Union, common defence research and capability shortfalls are identified in the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) framework notably through Overarching Strategic Research Agenda and the Capability Development Plan. Other Union processes such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence and the Permanent Structured Cooperation will support the implementation of relevant priorities through identifying and taking forward opportunities for enhanced cooperation with a view to fulfilling the EU level of ambition on security and defence. Where appropriate, regional and international priorities, including those in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation context, may also be taken into account if they are in line with Union priorities and do not prevent any Member State or an associated country from participating, while also taking into account that unnecessary duplication should be avoided.
Amendment 372 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 88 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Following the example of other world space powers and in response to justified demands by European manufacturers, it is necessary for Europe to adopt a 'Buy European Act' so as to ensure that satellites belonging to European institutions and Member States are put into orbit by European launchers.
Amendment 94 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Owing to its coverage and its potential to help resolve global challenges, the space programme of the Union ('Programme') has a strong international dimension. The Commission should therefore be enabled to manage, on behalf of the Union, and coordinate activitiesrepresent exclusively, as an observer, the interests of Galileo and Copernicus exclusively on the international scene on behalf of the Union, in particular to defend the interests of the Union and its Member Statboth programmes in international fora, including in the area of frequencies, to promote the Union's technology and industry, and to encourage cooperation in the field of training, bearing in mind the need toat this is a necessary condition for ensureing the reciprocity of the rights and obligations of the parties. It is particularly important that the Union be represented as an observer by the Commission in the bodies of the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme or in relevant sectoral UN bodies including the Food and Agriculture Organisation, as well as the World Meteorological Organisation.
Amendment 99 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission should promote, alongside the Member States and the High Representative, responsible behaviour in space and outer space and explore the possibility for accession to the relevant UN Conventions.
Amendment 106 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) Given that the European Space Agency has experience and expertise that the GSA does not share, it is essential that the lion's share of the technical analysis be delegated to the former and that the Commission be given a primarily political rather than a technical role. In particular, and in line with the areas of expertise of each of the bodies, the Agency should be responsible for the technical evaluation of the infrastructural operations in place, while ESA would be responsible for the technical evaluation of new infrastructure designs.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) As promoter of the Union’s general interest, it falls to the Commission to implement the Programme, assume overall responsibility and promote their use. In order to optimise the resources and competences of the various stakeholders, the Commission should be able to delegate certain tasks. Moreover the Commission is the best placed to determwill be required to collaborate with the European Space agency regardineg the main technical and operational specifications necessary to implement systems and services evolution.
Amendment 125 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45 a (new)
Recital 45 a (new)
(4a) In order to support Europeans sovereignty in geolocation, it is necessary to equip with Galileo systems all geolocation devices distributed in the European Union.
Amendment 146 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) SST, space weather and NEO should have regard to cooperation with all international partners, in particular the United States of America, international organisations and other third parties, particularly to avoid collisions in space, to prevent the proliferation of space debris and to increase preparedness to effects of extreme space weather events and near- Earth objects.
Amendment 148 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70
Recital 70
(70) Extreme and major space weather events may threaten the safety of citizens and disrupt the operations of space-based and ground-based infrastructure. A sSpace weather funccooperation should therefore be established as part the Programme with an aim ofwith the European Space Agency, which has the necessary skills and tools, for example through the Space Weather Coordination Centre. The objective will be to assessing the space weather risks and corresponding user needs, raising the awareness of space weather risks, ensuring the delivery of user-driven space weather services, and improving Member Stares capabilities to produce space weather service. The Commission should prioritise the sectors to which the operational space weather services are to be provided taking into account the user needs, risks and technological readiness. In the long term, the needs of other sectors may be addressed. The delivery of services at Union level according to the users' needs will require targeted, coordinated and continued research and development activities to support space weather services evolution. The delivery of the space weather services should build on the existing national and UnionEuropean Space Agency capabilities and enable a broad participation of Member States and involvement of the private sector.
Amendment 179 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) a space surveillance and tracking system aiming to improve, operate and provide data, information and services related to the surveillance and tracking of active and inactive spacecraft, discarded launchers stages, debris and debris fragments that orbit around the Earth and complemented by observational parameters related to space weather events and the risk of near earth objects ('NEOs') approaching earth monitoring (‘SST’);
Amendment 220 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for Space Situational Awareness ('SSA'): to enhance SST capabilities to monitor, track and identify space objects, to monitor space weather and to map and network Member States NEO capacities;
Amendment 254 #
2018/0236(COD)
Institutional and governmental satellite launches commissioned by the Member States or by the Union shall be carried out by European launchers, provided that they can meet the specifications for placing them in orbit.
Amendment 318 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) for SSAT/GOVSATCOMovsatcom: EUR [0,5] billion.
Amendment 327 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall, within three months of the adoption of this Regulation, fix the final budget allocation on the basis of a crossover study establishing its own needs and those of the GSA and ESA. The study shall detail the items of expenditure and shall be made public.
Amendment 364 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall managedelegate the management of those components of the Pprogramme where such management is not entrusted to another entityto the ESA for which the Commission does not have sufficient expertise.
Amendment 367 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
When necessary for the smooth functioning of the Programme and the smooth provision of the services provided by the Programme's components, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, determine the technical and operational specifications required for the implementation of and evolution of those components and of the services they provide after having consulted the European Space Agency, users and all the other relevant stakeholders. When determining those technical and operational specifications, the Commission shall avoid reducing the general security level and to meet a backward compatibility imperative.
Amendment 387 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) provide technical expertise to the Commission. for existing infrastructure operations,
Amendment 420 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The European Space Agency mayshall be entrusted with the following tasks:
Amendment 502 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 a (new)
Article 47 a (new)
Rule 47a Requirement to use Galileo on European territory All products offering a geolocation function and distributed within the European Union shall be equipped with a geolocation system using at least the services offered by Galileo.
Amendment 565 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 8 – chapter 1 – section 2
Title 8 – chapter 1 – section 2
Amendment 584 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1
1. The Administrative Board shall be composed of one representative from each Member State, and four representatives ofll with voting rights, and one observer from the Commission, all without voting rights. The Administrative Board shall also include one member designated by the European Parliament, with no voting rights.
Amendment 112 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) As set out in the reflection paper on the social dimension of Europe16 and the European Pillar of Social Rights17, building a more inclusive and fairer Union is a key priority for the Union to tackle inequality and foster social inclusion policies in Europe. Inequality of opportunities affects in particular access to education, training and health. Investment in the social, skills and human capital-related economy, as well as in the integration of vulnerable populations in the society, can enhance economic opportunities, especially if coordinated at Union level. The InvestEU Fund should be used to support investment in education and training, help increase employment, in particular among the unskilled and long-term unemployed, and improve the situation with regard to intergenerational solidarity, the health sector, homelessness, digital inclusiveness, community development, the role and place of young people in society as well as vulnerable people, including third country nationals. The InvestEU Programme should also contribute to the support of European culture and creativity. To counter the profound transformations of societies in the Union and of the labour market in the coming decade, it is necessary to invest in human capital, microfinance, social enterprise finance and new social economy business models, including social impact investment and social outcomes contracting. The InvestEU Programme should strengthen nascent social market eco-system, increasing the supply of and access to finance to micro- and social enterprises, to meet the demand of those who need it the most. The report of the High-Level Task-Force on Investing in Social Infrastructure in Europe18 has identified investment gaps in social infrastructure and services, including for education, training, health and housing, which call for support, including at the Union level. Therefore, the collective power of public, commercial and philanthropic capital, as well as support from foundations, should be harnessed to support the social market value chain development and a more resilient Union. It must, however, be pointed out that social policy is a Member State competence. The subsidiarity principle requires that Member States should ultimately be left to decide what social policy to use on their territory. _________________ 16 COM(2017) 206. 17 COM(2017) 250. 18 Published as European Economy Discussion Paper 074 in January 2018.
Amendment 120 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The InvestEU Fund should operate under fourthree policy windows, mirroring the key Union policy priorities in areas that fall under its remit, namely sustainable infrastructure; research, innovation and digitisation: SMEs; and social investment and skill, and SMEs.
Amendment 129 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The InvestEU Fund should be open to contributions from third countries that are members of the European Free Trade Association, acceding countries, candidates and potential candidates, countries covered by the Neighbourhood policy and other countries, in accordance with the conditions laid down between the Union and those countries. This should allow continuing cooperating with the relevant countries, where appropriate, in particular in the fields of research and innovation as well as SMEs.
Amendment 214 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 215 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 235 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) social investment and skills policy window: comprises microfinance, social enterprise finance and social economy; skills, education, training and related services; social infrastructure (including social and student housing); social innovation; health and long-term care; inclusion and accessibility; cultural activities with a social goal; integration of vulnerable people, including third country nationals.
Amendment 239 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) social investment and skills policy window: comprises microfinance, social enterprise finance and social economy; skills, education, training and related services; social infrastructure (including social and student housing); social innovation; health and long-term care; inclusion and accessibility; cultural activities with a social goal; integration of vulnerable people, including third country nationals.
Amendment 246 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 344 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Conclusions of the Investment Committee shall be adopted by simplabsolute majority of all members. In case of a draw, the chair of the Investment Committee has the casting vote.
Amendment 386 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) expansion of the generation, supply or use of clean and sustainable renewable energy; which does not damage the land (i.e. excluding onshore wind farms, apart from small-scale wind power).
Amendment 432 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
(d) collaboration projects between academiauniversities or other higher-education establishments and industry;
Amendment 451 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8
Amendment 453 #
Amendment 458 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d – point ii
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d – point ii
Amendment 459 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point g
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point g
(g) integration of vulnerable people, including third country nationals;.
Amendment 466 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 12 – introductory part
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 12 – introductory part
12. Development of the defence industry, thereby enhancing the Union'sMember States’ strategic autonomy, in particular through support for:
Amendment 381 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Programme should support research and innovation in an integrated manner, respecting all relevant provisions of the World Trade Organisation. The concept of research, including experimental development should be used in accordance with the Frascati Manual developed by the OECD, whereas the concept of innovation should be used in accordance with the Oslo Manual developed by the OECD and Eurostat, following a broad approach that covers social innovation. The OECD definitions regarding Technological Readiness Level (TRL) should continue, as in the previous Framework Programme Horizon 2020, to be taken into account in the classification of technological research, product development and demonstration activities, and the definition of types of action available in calls for proposals. In principle grants should not be awarded for actions where activities go above TRL 8. The work programme for a given call under the pillar 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness' could allow grants for large-scale product validation and market replication.
Amendment 774 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. The Programme shall ensure the effective promotion of gender equality and the gender dimension in research and innovation content. Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring gender balance, subject to the situation in the field of research and innovation concerned, in evaluation panels and in bodies such as expert groups.
Amendment 1147 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) activities aiming at human cloning for reproductive purposes;
Amendment 1155 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Research on adult human stem cells, both adult and embryonic, may be financed, depending both on the contents of the scientific proposal and the legal framework of the Member States involved. No funding shall be granted for research activities that are prohibited in all the Member States. No activity shall be funded in a Member State where such activity is forbidden.
Amendment 1156 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Research on adult human stem cells, both adult and embryonic, may be financed, depending both on the contents of the scientific proposal and the legal framework of the Member States involved. No funding shall be granted for research activities that are prohibited in all tht least one Member States. No activity shall be funded in a Member State where such activity is forbidden.
Amendment 1160 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) for activities making use of human embryonicadult human stem cells, as appropriate, details of licensing and control measures that shall be taken by the competent authorities of the Member States concerned as well as details of the ethics approvals that shall be obtained before the activities concerned start. Activities making use of human embryonic stem cells shall not be financed by the programme.
Amendment 1164 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Proposals shall be systematically screened to identify those actions raising complex or serious ethics issues and submit them to an ethics assessment. The ethics assessment shall be carried out by the Commission unless it is delegated to the funding body. For aActions involving the use of human embryonic stem cells or human embryos, an ethics assessment shall be mandatory shall not be financed by the programme. Ethics screenings and assessments shall be carried out with the support of ethics experts. The Commission and the funding bodies shall ensure the transparency of the ethics procedures as much as possible.
Amendment 1169 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
If appropriate, ethics checks shall be carried out by the Commission or funding body and by national ethics committees. For serious or complex ethics issues, the checks shall be carried out by the Commission unless it isand national ethics committees unless they are delegated to the funding body.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) For other single-use plastic products, suitable and more sustainable alternatives that are also affordable are readily available. In order to limit the adverse impact of such products on the environment, Member States should be required to prohibit their placing on the Union market. By doing so, the use of those readily available and more sustainable alternatives as well as innovative solutions towards more sustainable business models, re-use alternatives and substitution of materials would be promoted. Member States should provide financial incentives for firms manufacturing such products on their territory to manufacture more environmentally friendly products instead, with a view to ensuring that know-how and jobs are retained in the Member States. This may also make it possible for consumers to find replacement products on the market.
Amendment 53 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Caps and lids, with a significant part made of plastic, from beverage containers are among the most found single-use plastic items littered on Union beaches. Therefore, beverage containers that are single-use plastic products should only be allowed to be placed on the market if they fulfil specific product design requirements significantly reducing the leakage into the environment of beverage container caps and lids. For beverage containers that are single-use plastic products and packaging, this requirement is an addition to the essential requirements on the composition and the reusable and recoverable, including recyclable, nature of packaging set out in Annex II of Directive 94/62/EEC. In order to facilitate conformity with the product design requirement and ensure a smooth functioning of the internal market, it is necessary to develop a harmonised standard adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council45 and the compliance with that standard should allow presumption of conformity with those requirements. Sufficient time should be envisaged for the development of a harmonised standard and to allow the producers to adapt their production chains in relation to the implementation of the product design requirement. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy would point out that plastic bottles and their caps require separate recycling processes. The Committee therefore emphasises the need to promote research and development with a view to obtaining items that can be recycled using a uniform process. _________________ 45 Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p.12).
Amendment 55 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Certain single-use plastic products end up in the environment as a result of inappropriate disposal through sewers or other inappropriate release into the environment. Therefore, single-use plastic products that are frequently disposed of through sewers otherwise inappropriately disposed of should be subject to marking requirements. The marking should inform consumers about appropriate waste disposal options and/or waste disposal options to be avoided and/or about the negative environmental impacts of litter as a result of inappropriate disposal. The Commission should be empowered to establish a harmonised format for the marking and when doing so should, where appropriate, test the perception of the proposed marking with representative groups of consumers to ensure that it is effective and clearly understandable. Without denying that producers have a responsibility, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy emphasises that consumers also have a responsibility when it comes to their behaviour in contributing to the proliferation of plastic waste.
Amendment 5 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas research and innovation constitute a distinct dimension of the EU’s Energy Union, with energy R&D&I a key driver of the EU’s industrial leadership, global competitiveness, sustainable growth and, job creation and Member State energy independence, as well as of the EU’s overall energy security, by reducing dependence on energy imports;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU’s energy policy and financing instruments should primarily focus on a gradual transition to high- efficiency, low-emission systems favouring non-intermittent energy sources, and avoid setting technology- specific benchmarks that distort market mechanisms;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 121 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the role of the SET- Plan, the Knowledge Innovation Community (KIC) InnoEnergy and the relevant Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) in driving energy innovation; stresses the need to better connect these various frameworks together with, inter alia, the InnovFin initiative, the EFSI and the proposed Pan-European Venture Capital Fund(s)-of-Funds programme (VC FoF) as part of a coordinated, focused investment strategy in clean, non-intermittent energy innovation that would help early-stage projects and start- ups effectively overcome the ‘valley of death’ and reach the market maturity levels needed for global expansion; considers that effective incentives for investment in energy innovation, by means of national investment funds and pension funds, could play a crucial role in mobilising the necessary equity capital;
Amendment 125 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges the role that the European Innovation Council (EIC) could play in helping coordinate the various strands of a coherent investment strategy in clean, non-intermittent energy innovation; requests more information about the EIC’s structure and consistency with existing instruments supporting innovation;
Amendment 130 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that citizen-driven energy innovation opens untapped opportunities for innovation financing; calls on the Commission to explore effective ways to promote energy innovation crowdfunding and to consider the setting up of a clean, non-intermittent energy innovation crowd equity fund;
Amendment 163 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the need for systemic education and engagement schemes designed to enable society to fully engage in the transformation of the energy system and enable Europeans of all ages to gradually progress from awareness and understanding to active involvement and taking a guiding role; calls on the Commission, the Member States, local authorities and the private sector to promote conscious consumer choices and energy-related citizens’ engagement through, inter alia, EU-supported awareness campaigns, comprehensive information on energy bills and price comparison tools, the promotion of cooperative sharing schemes, participatory budgets for energy-related investments, tax and investment incentives, as well as by steering technological solutions and innovations;
Amendment 173 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission and the Member States to assist EU regions in taking coordinated steps to incentivise energy innovation at local and trans- regional, national and inter-state level with the aim of developing coherent strategies;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the impReiterates that the free movement of capital is the ideal environment for tance of completing the energy union, the digital single market, the capital markets union and the European research areax avoidance and for helping major transnational corporations to maximise their profits to the detriment of other companies and of employment-related income; rejects, therefore, the capital markets union, since it runs counter to the aims set out in Article 3 TEU, in particular the well-being of the Union's peoples, full employment and social progress and economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2052(INI)
1. Highlights the importance of completing the energy union, the digital single market, the capital markets union and the European research areaRejects the Energy Union governance model proposed by the Commission, since it is designed to transfer to the EU the exclusive competences of the Member States as enshrined in Article 194 TFEU; further notes that this governance, modelled on the European Semester, is likely to reproduce the major political conflicts between Member States caused by the latter;
Amendment 73 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for an upgrad targeted and more effective Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) which will close the missing links in Europe’s energy and digital backbone by supporting the development of high- performance, sustainable and efficiently interconnected trans-European networks in the fields of energy and digital services;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that, in the next MFF, financial instruments cannot replace grants in financing energy efficiency, renewable energy, - the exploitation technologies for which are not yet mature - innovative technologies for conventional energy and R&I projects, as only grants can maximise output on the ground;
Amendment 98 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of completing the digital single market by making full use of spectrum, 5G and internet connectivity, and by making further progress on EU telecom rulesestablishing the appropriate infrastructure to ensure that Member States have genuine digital sovereignty;
Amendment 129 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an upgraded EFSI that would make it possible to bridge the gap between research and the market and would focuUnderlines that the EFSI has failed to guarantee growth or tackle unemployment; proposes, therefore, to stop its financing so that Member States can use this mon boosting market innovationey for the benefit of their citizens;
Amendment 169 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points out that Union funding, because it is linked to size-based parameters and not macroeconomic fundamentals and because it is designed to address structural, not short-term, problems, cannot offer effective protection against economic shocks, such as those triggered by the financial crisis of 2007- 2008;
Amendment 175 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Notes that Union funding, although intended as an instrument to offset imbalances between Member States, in practice magnifies those imbalances, in that the provision of funding is based on the twin principles of co-financing and conditionality; points out, accordingly, that Union funding is a particularly underhand means by which the EU exercises control over Member-State spending policies;
Amendment 179 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Reiterates its concerns regarding Union funds and their role in supplying concrete answers to citizens' needs and to the growing difficulties they are having to face, such as unemployment, wage deflation, economic recession, deindustrialisation, poverty and security threats; underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to fully respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 83 #
2017/0312(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to ensure continuity of nuclear research at Community level, it is necessary to establish the Research and Training Programme of the Community for the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020 (the 'Euratom Programme'). The Euratom Programme should have the same objectives as the 2014-2018 Programme, support the same activities and use the same mode of implementation which proved to be efficient and appropriate for the purpose of achieving the programme's objectives. Given the importance of its mission, its budget should not be reduced.
Amendment 116 #
2017/0312(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 150 #
2017/0312(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) Improving nuclear security including: nuclear safeguards, non- proliferation, combating illicit trafficking, and nuclear forensics, and reducing the risks of terrorism;
Amendment 166 #
2017/0312(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Euratom should be organised so as to allow the United Kingdom to continue participating in the programme after Brexit if it so wishes.
Amendment 181 #
2017/0312(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2
Annex I – paragraph 2
Nuclear power constitutes an element in the debate ossential element in combating climate change and reducing Europe's dependence on imported energy. In the broader context of finding a sustainable energy-mix for the future, the Euratom Programme will also contribute through its research activities to the debate on the benefits and the limitations of nuclear fission energy for a low-carbon economy. Through ensuring continuous improvement of nuclear safety, more advanced nuclear technologies could also offer the prospect of significant improvements in efficiency and use of resources and producing less waste than current designs. Nuclear safety aspects will receive the greatest possible attention.
Amendment 186 #
2017/0312(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 5
Annex I – paragraph 5
In order to maintain the Union expertise necessary for achieving those goals, the Euratom Programme must further enhance its role in training through the establishment of training facilities of pan- European interest that will deliver dedicated programmes. That will continue to promote the European Research Area and the further integcooperation of new Member States and associated countries.
Amendment 176 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– critical infrastructure, including energy, transport, communications, media, health services, data storage, space or financial infrastructure, as well as sensitive facilities;
Amendment 214 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States' screening mechanisms shall be transparent and not discriminate between third countries, in the light of reciprocity criteria, may result in third countries being treated differently. In particular, Member States shall set out the circumstances triggering the screening, the grounds for screening and the applicable detailed procedural rules.
Amendment 62 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union'sMember States’ defence industry, a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) should be established. The Programme should aim at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union'sMember States’ defence industry inter alia cyber defence by supporting the cooperation between undertakings in the development phase of defence products and technologies. The development phase, which follows the research and technology phase, entails significant risks and costs that hamper the further exploitation of the results of research and adversely impact the competitiveness of the Union'sMember States’ defence industry. By supporting the development phase, the Programme would contribute to a better exploitation of the results of defence research and it would help to cover the gap between research and production as well as to promote all forms of innovation. The Programme should complement activities carried out in accordance with Article 182 TFEU and it does not cover the production of defence products and technologies.
Amendment 81 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 84 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In view of the specificities of the sector, in practice no collaborative project between undertakings will be launched if the Member States have not first agreed to support such projects. After having defined common defence capability priorities at Union-level and also taking into account where appropriate collaborative initiatives on a regnational basis, Member States identify and consolidate military requirements and define the technical specifications of the project. They may also appoint a project manager in charge of leading the work related to the development of a collaborative project.
Amendment 99 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) As the objective of the Programme is to support the competitiveness of the UnionMember States’ defence industry by de- risking the development phase of cooperative projects, actions related to the development of a defence product or technology, namely definition of common technical specifications, design, prototyping, testing, qualification, certification as well feasibility studies and other supporting measures, should be eligible to benefit from it. This will also apply to the upgrade of existing defence products and technologies.
Amendment 107 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Given that the Programme aims particularly at enhancing cooperation between undertakings across Member States, an action should be eligible for funding under the Programme only if it is undertaken by a cooperation of at least three undertakings based in at least twohree different Member States.
Amendment 110 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Given that the Programme aims particularly at enhancing cooperation between undertakings across Member States, an action should be eligible for funding under the Programme only if it is undertaken by a cooperation of at least three undertakings based in at least twohree different Member States.
Amendment 128 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As the Programme aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry in the European Union, only entities established in the Union and effectively controlled by Member States or their nationals should be eligible for support. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the beneficiaries and subcontractors in actions funded under the Programme, shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States.
Amendment 139 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 155 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The promotion of innovation and technological development in the Union defence industry in the European Union should take place in a manner coherent with the security interests of the Union. Accordingly, the action's contribution to those interests and to the defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States should serve as an award criterion. Within the Union, common defence capability priorities are identified notably through the Capability Development Plan. Other Union processes such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the Permanent Structured Cooperation will support the implementation of relevant priorities through enhanced cooperation. Where appropriate regional or international cooperative initiatives, such as in the NATO context, and serving the Union security and defence interest, may also be taken into account.
Amendment 170 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The financial assistance of the Union under the Programme should not exceed 20% of the total eligible cost of the action when it relates to prototyping which is often the most costly action in the development phase. The totality of the eligible costs should however be covered for other actions in the development phase.
Amendment 183 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Commission should establish a multiannual work programme in line with the objectives of the Programme. The Commission should be assisted in the establishment of the work programme by a committee of the Member States (hereinafter referred to as Programme Committee). In light of the Union policy on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as key to ensuring economic growth, innovation, job creation, and social integration in the Union and the fact that the supported actions will typically require trans-national collaboration, it is of importance that the work programme will reflect and enable such cross-border participation of SMEs and that therefore a proportiont least 30% of the overall budget will benefit such action.
Amendment 184 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Commission should establish a multiannual work programme in line with the objectives of the Programme. The Commission should be assisted in the establishment of the work programme by a committee of Member States (hereinafter referred to as Programme Committee). In light of the Union policy on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as key to ensuring economic growth, innovation, job creation, and social integration in the Union and the fact that the supported actions will typically require trans-national collaboration, it is of importance that the work programme will reflect and enable such cross-border participation of SMEs, even cross-border, and that therefore a proportion of the overall budget will benefit such action.
Amendment 189 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 194 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) For the selection of actions to be funded by the Programme, the Commission or the entities referred to in Article 58(1)(c) of Regulation N°966/2012 should organise competitive calls as provided for by Regulation No 966/2012. After evaluation of the received proposals withreceived, the hselp of independent expertsection of which will be validated by the Council of the European Union, the Commission will select the actions to be funded under the Programme. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission as regards the adoption and the implementation of the work programme, as well as for awarding the funding to selected actions. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council7. __________________ 7 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers
Amendment 197 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The independent experts involved in the evaluation of the proposals received by the Commission under this programme should be investigated for possible conflicts of interest or risks relating to confidentiality; the results of these investigations must be made known to applicants for funding.
Amendment 205 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Commission should draw up an implementation report at the end of the Programme, examining the financial activities in terms of financial implementation results and where possible, impact. This report should also analyse the cross border participation of SMEs in projects under the Programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain.
Amendment 217 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union defence industry in the European Union by supporting actions in their development phase;
Amendment 227 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support and leverage the cooperation between undertakings, including, as a priority, small and medium- sized enterprises, in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union;
Amendment 243 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The funds making up the amount referred to in Article 3(1) cannot come from financial margins generated by other European programmes, such as Galileo, but only from the margins of the 2014- 2018 multiannual financial framework.
Amendment 288 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The action shall be undertaken in a cooperation of at least three undertakings which are established in at least twohree different Member States. The undertakings which are beneficiaries shall not effectively be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same entity or shall not control each other.
Amendment 289 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The action shall be undertaken in a cooperation of at least three undertakings which are established in at least twohree different Member States. The undertakings which are beneficiaries shall not effectively be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same entity or shall not control each other.
Amendment 326 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Beneficiaries shall be undertakings established in the Union, in which Member States and/or nationals of Member States own more than 750% of the undertaking and effectively control it within the meaning of Article 6(3), whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate undertakings. In addition, all infrastructure, facilities, assets, administrative services and resources used by the participants, including subcontractors and other third parties, in actions funded under the Programme shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States during the entire duration of the action.
Amendment 333 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 402 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 408 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Eligible actions involving the participation of SMEs shall be eligible for an increased funding rate. An additional award shall be considered if the eligible action also involves the cross-border participation of SMEs.
Amendment 423 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, by means of an implementing delegated act, shall adopt a multiannual a work programme for the duration of the Programme. This implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in in Article 16(2). Thisat work programme shall be in line with the objectives set out in Article 2;.
Amendment 433 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The work programme shall ensure that a credible proportion of the overall budget will benefit actions enabling the cross-border participation of SMEs as referred to in Article 11(2a).
Amendment 435 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The work programme shall ensure that a credible proportion of at least 30% of the overall budget will benefit actions enabling the cross-border participation of SMEs.
Amendment 449 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. The European Defence Agency shall be invited as observer.
Amendment 463 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. To support greater efficiency and effectiveness of future Union policy actions, the Commission shall draw up a retrospective evaluation report and send it to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report - building on relevant consultations of Member States and key stakeholders - shall notably assess the progress made towards the achievement of objectives set out in Article 2. It shall also analyse cross border participation of SMEs in projects implemented under the programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain.
Amendment 33 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The coordination of economic policies within the Union and the euro area and the provision of information to economic agents within the single market requires comparable data on labour market developments including statistics on labour costs, earnings and on the number of occupied and vacant posts. In addition, lifelong learning is a key element in developing and promoting a skilled, trained and adapted workforce, and particular attention should be given to vocational training in enterprises as a crucial contributor to lifelong learning. Such data are mainly collected from businesses and should in the future be legislated and better integrated with other business statistics. Data on the level and composition of labour costs and on the structure and distribution of earninglabour costs are needed to assess medium-term developments of Union economies. Data on labour cost developments and job vacancies are neede and for the short–term monitoring of Union economies, including for monetary policy purposes. Data on enterprises' investment in continuing vocational training, the characteristics and volume of such training as well as information on enterprises' strategies for vocational training are needed to monitor the implementation of the Union's strategy for enhanced cooperation in vocational education and training.
Amendment 45 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) surveys: obligatory and facultative reporting units called upon by the Member States shall be obliged to provide timely, accurate and complete information needed for the production of the statistics and the national statistical business registers required under this Regulation;
Amendment 51 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. When the required statistics cannot be producedprovide adequate quality by means of the data sources referred to in paragraph 1 which comply with the quality criteria referred to in Article 16, Member States may use scientifically based and well documented statistical estimation and imputation methods to produce those statistics, provided that these statistical estimation and imputation methods comply with the quality criteria referred to in Article 16.
Amendment 64 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Delegated acts concerning subjects and characteristics covered by the topic Global value chains shall only be adopted provided that the necessary methodology was sufficiently developed by pilot studies and the corresponding pilot studies have been successfully completed. Before adopting a corresponding delegated act which includes the topic “Global Value Chains” the Commission has to inform all Member States comprehensively about the compliance with the above stipulated requirements.
Amendment 67 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) delegated acts aim at cost and burden neutrality or reduction and do not, in any case, impose a significant additional cost or burden on the Member States or on the respondents; the Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its power to adopt delegated acts under this regulation if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed delegated acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003 as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations.
Amendment 69 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) delegated acts are adopted at least 158 months before the endfor the subject areas “Country level business statistics” and “Regional business statistics” and 24 months for the subject areas “Short-term business statistics” and “Statistics on international activities” before the start of the reference period of the data except for the topics of "Innovation" and "ICT usage and e- commerce" for which the delegated acts shall be adopted at least six and twelve months respectively before the endstart of the reference period of the data.
Amendment 72 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the detailed topics listed in Annex I, Member States shall compile data relevant to each detailed topic. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts for the purpose of further specifying the following elements of the data to be transmitted under this Regulation, their technical definitions and simplifications:; the Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its power to adopt implementing acts under this regulation if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed implementing acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003, as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations.
Amendment 74 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. WThen exercising the powers referred to in paragraph 1 w Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its powers referred to in paragraph 1 if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed implementing acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003, as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations. With regard to the simplifications, the Commission shall take into account the size and importance of the business economies, in accordance with the principle of proportionality, in order to alleviate the burden on enterprises. In addition, the Commission shall ensure that the input needed for compiling the accounting frameworks of national and regional accounts according to Regulation (EC) No 549/2013 and of balance of payments statistics according to Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 is maintained. Implementing acts, except for those tha for the subject aregulate the first implementation of this Regulation, shall be adopted at least 15 monthsa “Country level business statistics” and for the subject area “Regional business statistics” shall be adopted at least 18 months and 24 months respectively before the endstart of the reference period of the data for the topics listed in Annex I. For the topics "Innovation" and "ICT usage and e- commerce" the implementing acts shall be adopted at least six and twelve months respectively before the endstart of the reference period of the data.
Amendment 78 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) delegated act does not impose a significant additional cost or burden on the Member States or on the respondent; the Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its power to adopt delegated acts under this regulation if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed delegated acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003, as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations.
Amendment 80 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its power to adopt implementing acts under this regulation if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed implementing acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003, as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations.
Amendment 83 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 5 – title
Chapter 5 – title
EXCHANGE and collection OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTRA- UNION TRADE IN GOODS STATISTICS
Amendment 87 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of the data and metadata transmitted in a transparent and verifiable way.
Amendment 94 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Commission (Eurostat) identifies a need for significant new data requirements or improvements to the data sets covered by this Regulation, it may launch in agreement with the national statistical institutes pilot studies to be carried out by the Member States on a voluntary basis before any new data collection.
Amendment 96 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5, 6, 9 and 12 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of five years from [please insert exact date of entry into force of the 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 five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of time. an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 99 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall duly justify the actions provided for in those delegated acts, conducting where appropriate cost- effectiveness analysis, including an assessment of the burden on respondents and of the production costs in accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.
Amendment 100 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its power to adopt delegated acts under this regulation if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed delegated acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003, as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations.
Amendment 101 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5
Article 21 – paragraph 5
5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council, to the Council and to the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 102 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where the Committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and the third subparagraph of Art. 5 para 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.