651 Amendments of Robert ROOS
Amendment 4 #
2024/0016(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Since 2021, when Council Regulation (EU) 2021/11734 was adopted, the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has seen enormous technical progress and become a highly strategic and contested domain globally. The Union is at the forefront of efforts to support responsible innovation in trustworthy AI, while setting guardrails and developing effective governance. __________________ 4 Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 of 13 July 2021 on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 (OJ L 256, 19.7.2021, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/1173/oj).
Amendment 20 #
2024/0016(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2021/1173
Article 2 point 3b
Article 2 point 3b
(3b) ‘Artificial Intelligence-dedicated supercomputer’ means a supercomputer that is primarily designed for training large scale, general-purposecivil artificial intelligence models and emerging artificial intelligence applications;
Amendment 46 #
2024/0016(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2021/1173
Article 4, paragraph 1, point h, new subpoint (viii a)
Article 4, paragraph 1, point h, new subpoint (viii a)
(viii a) fostering interdisciplinary research with the application of Artificial Intelligence.
Amendment 56 #
2024/0016(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2021/1173
Article 9, paragraph 5, point g, new subpoint (v a)
Article 9, paragraph 5, point g, new subpoint (v a)
(v a) the existence of a long-term strategic vision in AI, including investments in future technologies;
Amendment 57 #
2024/0016(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2021/1173
Article 9, paragraph 5, point g, new subpoint (v b)
Article 9, paragraph 5, point g, new subpoint (v b)
(v b) contribution to the national and Union innovation ecosystem, including in the form of support for startups through incubator or accelerator programs;
Amendment 58 #
2024/0016(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2021/1173
Article 9, paragraph 5, point g, new subpoint (v c)
Article 9, paragraph 5, point g, new subpoint (v c)
(v c) the adminstrative burden in the host country;
Amendment 63 #
2024/0016(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2021/1173
Article 9, paragraph 6(a)
Article 9, paragraph 6(a)
(6a) For the Artificial Intelligence dedicated supercomputers referred to in Article 12a, the hosting entity shall create a one-stop shop for the startups and other userSMEs to facilitate access to its support services.
Amendment 55 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Recital B
B. whereas there has not been inadequate collective progressufficient progress by all parties towards achieving the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement since it was adopted in 2015;
Amendment 61 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the Paris Agreement states that food security must not be jeopardised and that Parties to the agreement must make efforts to eradicate poverty;
Amendment 66 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. Whereas the IPCC sees a role for nuclear energy in all its scenarios and foresees a significant increase in nuclear energy in most of them, ranging from 59 % to 106 % in 2030 and between 150 % and 468 % in 2050 compared to 2010;
Amendment 125 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Glasgow Climate Pact and the progress made during COP27; stresses, however, that limiting global warming to 1.52 °C requires rapid, deep and sustained mitigation actions and that global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 43 % compared to 2019 levels in this critical decade before 2030;
Amendment 131 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to accelerate climate action, wherever possible and that this acceleration should not be driven by those countries that are already at the forefront, to enhance the ambition and promotof some parties and to guarantee a green and, above all, just transition;
Amendment 147 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 5
5. Urges allthe Parties to the UNFCCCwhose NDCs are not in line with limiting global warming to below 2 degrees to increase their NDCs in order to close the emissions gaps, and, where necessary, to close the implementation gaps by stepping up policy implementation to achieve the stated commitments;
Amendment 160 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Urges all Parties to deliver a credible, robust and implementable global goal on adaptation framework at COP28 in order to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, while ensuring that the proportion of people living in energy and transportation poverty does not increase, notes that it is therefore crucial that all Parties develop as unambiguous a definition of energy and transportation poverty as possible and continue to consistently monitor the number of people suffering from it;
Amendment 170 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on all Parties to work towards a diversified energy system centered on availability, affordability and clean energy;
Amendment 174 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on all Parties to ensure strict technological neutrality when designing their energy systems and to treat all technologies suitable for generating low- carbon energy equally, because only in this way can a stable, reliable and diverse energy system be created, while keeping costs somewhat manageable for citizens;
Amendment 192 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. Urges all Parties to deliver on making the loss and damage finance facility operational at COP28 in order to ensure new, additional and predictable public funding that clearly prioritises grants to avert, minimise and address loss and damage associated with the adverse impacts of climate change;
Amendment 211 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the UNFCCC and the authorities of the United Arab Emirates to ensure equitable access to COP 28 and full and unrestricted participation in COP28 for all citizens and civil society organisationstakeholders;
Amendment 218 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 9
Amendment 239 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewableson the demand side and not on the production side and the need to boost the deployment of low-CO2 energy sources, and that ensuring the availability of sufficient, clean energy is one of the greatest challenges for the EU;
Amendment 255 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for Union-wide post-2030 intermediate climate targets to be set, in accordance with the European Climate Law, and for the corresponding legislative proposals to contribute to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 300 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 14
Amendment 321 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that all parties must make financial flows compatible with the path towards the 1.52 °C target set out in the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 331 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates the need to urgenteventually end fossil fuel subsidies and other environmentally harmful subsidies in the EU and worldwide, in particular those on the burning of woody biomass, without compromising security of supply, or putting pressure on the affordability of energy, especially for consumers;
Amendment 458 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that it should be an integral part of the EU delegation at COP28, given that it must give its consent to international agreements and plays a central role in the domestic implementation of the Paris Agreement as one of the EU’s co-legislators; expects, therefore, to be allowed to attend EU coordination meetings at COP28 in Dubai and to be guaranteed access to all preparatory documents, stresses that, given that Parliament represents the citizens of the Union, these documents should ultimately be made public;
Amendment 9 #
2023/2156(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes the role that the EMA plays in implementing measures to enable flexible regulatory processes and stresses the fact that EMA did not ensure the safety and efficacy of the authorised vaccines; Notes that the conditional market authorisation to COVID-19 vaccines was granted under the condition that the benefits of the vaccines far outweighed their potential risks; Notes that this condition was not met since in the COVI committee hearing the Pfizer representative Janine Small has specifically stated that, when the vaccines have entered the market, they "did not know if the vaccines are stopping the spread of the virus", as well as commissioner Didier Reynders has stated in the European Parliament Plenary in Strasbourg on 28 April 2021 that, "while putting in place the Digital Green Certificate, we have to live with the fact that there are still scientific uncertainties regarding COVID-19. We do not yet have full scientific evidence about the effects of vaccination or recovery from the virus"; 1a _________________ 1a https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/ webstreaming/covi-committee- meeting_20221010-1430-COMMITTEE- COVI; https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/CRE-9-2021-04-28-ITM- 004_EN.html
Amendment 10 #
2023/2156(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Notes with deep concern that the "COVID-19 vaccines safety update" report released periodically by the European Medicines Agency shows many side effects including 12,000 spontaneous reports of fatal outcomes in the EU; 2a _________________ 2a https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human- regulatory/overview/public-health- threats/coronavirus-disease-covid- 19/covid-19-medicines/safety-covid-19- vaccines
Amendment 15 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses the fact that the European Commission has focused all of the efforts and funding on the non-transparent procurement of COVID-19 vaccines while ignoring the medical opinions, studies and products that offered alternative medical reatments to COVID-19;
Amendment 16 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Criticises the Commission for granting conditional market authorisation to vaccines for COVID-19, without existing at that time sufficient reliable scientific data proving without any doubts that the benefits of the vaccines far outweighed their potential risks that could put the citizens' lives at risk; Takes note that the way the conditional marketing authorisation was granted for the COVID-19 vaccines caused distrust and vaccine hesitancy regarding any vaccines; Reaffirms that, according to the definition, in order for a medical product to be labelled as vaccine it must produce immunity against a disease so the vaccinated person will not get infected nor transmit the disease; notes that the anti COVID-19 injections, despite being labelled as vaccines, had not met the criteria of a vaccine, since it was proven that people injected with these medical products got infected as well as transmitted the disease and even die;
Amendment 18 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes with concern the creation of HERA, a body intended to expand EU influence over decision making in the area of health policy; Stresses that citizens of Member States never consented to the EU having powers over health policy;
Amendment 10 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
– having regard to the report on 'World Energy Scenarios' by the World Energy Council1a _________________ 1a https://www.worldenergy.org/assets/downl oads/World-Energy-Scenarios-2016_Full- Report.pdf
Amendment 11 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 b (new)
Citation 30 b (new)
Amendment 13 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas global energy demand is expected to increase by 30% by 2040, as of IEA New Policies Scenario; whereas demand for electricity might double by 2060 according to the World Energy Council;
Amendment 15 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, according to the European Commission, the EU needs to double its electricity production in order to keep up with the energy transition which includes the electrification of sectors such as heating, cooling, and transportation;
Amendment 16 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EUre has been a notable evolution in the energy policy debate after the 2022 energy crisis, shifting from a previous emphasis solely on the rapid deployment of renewables towards a more comprehensive energy transition approach that also underscores the importance of energy security; and whereas the EU, in light of these developments, must mitigate its own risks of external dependence in terms of energy supplies;
Amendment 22 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas nuclear is anticipated to be an integral part of the future energy mix, according to both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA);
Amendment 25 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas, in light of the anticipated high future demand for electricity, it is prudent to consider the extension of the operational lifetimes of existing nuclear power facilities;
Amendment 28 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas nuclear energy contributes to improving the dimension of energy security , since: a. fuel and operating costs are relatively low and stable; b. it can generate electricity continuously for extended periods; and c. it can make a positive contribution to the stable functioning of electricity systems (e.g. maintaining grid frequency);
Amendment 29 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas in certain Member States, available land resources are limited; and whereas nuclear power is an extremely dense source of energy resulting into approximately 150 to 500 times more electricity per square kilometre than wind and solar energy sources;
Amendment 30 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas a phase-out of fossil fuels for power generation in the EU cannot be successful by deploying renewables and phasing out nuclear, due to the necessity of a back-up system for intermittent renewable electricity generation;
Amendment 31 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas nuclear energy is devoid of air pollution;
Amendment 37 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas nuclear power plants can be sited at the same sites where fossil fuel- fired power plants are located, and require approximately the same area as such plants, which implies savings on infrastructure to connect to the network;
Amendment 40 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas under the current EU and Member State policies, many benefits are extended to renewable energy, while they are not available to nuclear energy (direct and indirect subsidies; mandatory, guaranteed minimum share for renewable energy in the energy mix; procedures and rules related to grid access and operational processes; etc.);
Amendment 61 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas nothing in the EIB’s statutes prevents it from financing nuclear technology and infrastructure,
Amendment 70 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the potential of nuclear power andenergy including large scale nuclear power reactors as well as SMRs in contributing to the EU’s clean energy goals;
Amendment 76 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for all low carbon power generation technologies to receive equal treatment by the EU in its energy and climate policies;
Amendment 77 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for all open and hidden subsidies, direct and indirect, in cash or in kind, and other advantages for renewable energy (e.g. targets, priority rules, higher or guaranteed feed-in tariffs, subsidized infrastructure necessary for wind - especially on sea, deflated land use prices, etc.) to be eliminated, so that nuclear can compete on a level playing field;
Amendment 79 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Urges the Commission to comprehensively evaluate the impact of all power generation technologies on various EU interests and policies, including but not limited to habitat and species protection, the pursuit of a toxic- free environment, clean air, agricultural policy, inflation etc.;
Amendment 85 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the development of a comprehensive strategy for the deployment of nuclear power generation, including SMRs in the EU, taking into account the specific needs and circumstances of different regions and sectors;
Amendment 96 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges that SMRs alongside large scale nuclear reactors have the potential to play a significant role in replacing fossil fuels17 ; _________________ 17 https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Europ eanSMRPrePartnership.
Amendment 98 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the use of SMRs for electricity production;
Amendment 101 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the use of SMRs for low-carbon hydrogen production; reminds that vast amounts of new electricity generation capacity is needed to ensure the scale of hydrogen production envisaged by the EU; calls for all low carbon energy carriers to be treated equally;
Amendment 108 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises the potential role of SMRs for industrial heat and steam production;
Amendment 111 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the potential of SMRs for district heating; reminds that heating and cooling constitute approximately half of all Unions energy consumption; acknowledges that SMRs can provide low carbon, low temperature heat to the district heating systems; notes that SMRs can be designed to produce only heat and therefore operated at lower temperature and pressure;
Amendment 127 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the European nuclear sector is a strong asset and recognises that the EU already has a high degree of expertise and experience in nuclear technologies that can be applied to the development and deployment of SMRs, with a supply chain that could generate most of the added value within Europe; including in Member States that do not have nuclear power plants
Amendment 142 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that as electrification is a key element in all transition scenarios, nuclear energy, as abeing a non-intermittent and low-carbon source of energy with a strong domestic industry, will be a necessaryn indispensable part of the solution;
Amendment 153 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that a basic condition for SMRs to develop in the EU is to ensure that a conducive policy and pregulatory framework is in placedictable legal framework is established, safeguarding investor certainty during the operational lifetime of the nuclear power facilities;
Amendment 166 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to launch a specific industrial strategy for SMRs; that includes a focus on efficient permitting procedures, access to finance and stable supply chains before the end of the 9th legislative term as a lead up to a European Nuclear Energy Act (ENEA) in the next mandate;
Amendment 174 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the European Investment Bank to provide loans to finance SMR construction;
Amendment 186 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to investigate if Member States are interested in a Joint procurement platform for SMRs to achieve scale, coordination and cost reduction;
Amendment 190 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises that the business model of SMR producers will rely on the series effect of building a large number of similar SMRs in different countries; notes that design standardisatioemphasises that serial production would allow manufacturers to improve their processes and further reduce costs and production time; notes that standardisation per SMR design is key to unlocking the competitive advantages of mass production;
Amendment 195 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Amendment 196 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission to propose a congruent framework to fast- track the licensing and permitting of SMRs, applicable to all administrative procedures, akin to the provisions as laid down in article 16 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources ;
Amendment 198 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises the need to identify the elements for establishing a European pre- licensing process based on commonly accepted safety assessments in the licensing of the same SMR designa SMR design; calls in the absence of such a pre-licencing processing for the acceleration of the cooperation of national nuclear safety regulators on licensing matters to avoid redundant and costly design reviews;
Amendment 205 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Emphasises that regulatory bodies should create the conditions to easstreamline the licensing process of SMRs; suggests creating 'Regulatory Alliances' among Member States, encompassing a broad a coalition of Member States with an interest in a similar design to streamline the licensing process;
Amendment 211 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises the need to sufficiently explore and identify all possible options for financing European SMR production and the related supply chain; calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess available funding sources for the deployment of SMRs at Union and Member State level and if deemed suitable, to outline a plan for addressing funding shortfalls;
Amendment 222 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Expresses the need to place nuclear technologies, including SMRs among the strategic technologies recognised by the Net Zero Industry Act;
Amendment 229 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the fact that the Euratom research and training programme already funds research projects related to the safety and licensing of SMR and AMR technologies; emphasises, however, that more coordinated funding is needed;
Amendment 237 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the establishment of a new joint undertakingn industrial alliance for SMRs;
Amendment 239 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Amendment 275 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Recognises the need to develop training in key nuclear construction skillenergy skills and the continuous professional development of civil servants responsible for the regulatory and permitting processes, in particular for SMRs;
Amendment 288 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recognises the need to provide uniform existing rules regarding the responsibility of SMR owners for the safe handling and storage of radioactive waste, as well as for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel;
Amendment 291 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Highlights the availability of safe waste disposal solutions, notably deep geological repositories as widely endorsed by the scientific, technological, and regulatory communities, as affirmed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre; acknowledges that some Member States are nearing completion of their national deep geological disposal facilities, expected to commence operations in the coming decade; and underscores the potential of AMRs to integrate radioactive waste into their processes, promoting a circular economy;
Amendment 298 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the need for an bi-annual report by the Commission assessing progress in the development of SMRand deployment of SMRs, addressing regulatory and other burdens impeding their uptake, and accompanied by recommended measures to potentially mitigate these challenges;
Amendment 303 #
2023/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Council to demonstrate a firm commitment to contributingmmission and the Member States to manifest a resolute commitment to the successful development of SMRs in the EU;
Amendment 59 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), through its outcome on "The Future We Want", established the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2012; whereas the HLPF is the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global level; whereas the Forum meets annually under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council for eight days, including a three-day ministerial segment and every four years at the level of Heads of State and Government under the auspices of the General Assembly for two days;
Amendment 76 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas, whilst this global initiative may seem noble on the surface, it is important to take a step back and consider that the policies being implemented in the pursuit of these objectives are sometimes quite controversial;
Amendment 142 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses its commitment toNotes the 2030 Agenda, especially in light of the new geopolitical landscape and the ongoing climate, biodiversityeconomic, environmental and health criseproblems; warns against further polarisation in the distribution of wealth and income, which would lead to increased inequality and poverty; highlightquestions, against this backdrop, the importance of the SDGs, which allege to provide a universal compass for people’s prosperity and to protect the planet; recall but in practice is not contributing to the stated goals; notes that a pledge to leave no one behind lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and that the achievement of the SDGs shoulddoes not benefit all countries, people and segments of society;
Amendment 157 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that, at the halfwayat many of the goals poaint in the 2030 Agenda timeline, EU leadership in the global implementation of the SDGa picture of an emergent global utopia with no poverty, no world hunger and reduced inequality, but the policies being implemented in pursuit of these objectives aremains crucial; underlines that 2023 offers a unique opportunity to gather momentum and undertake the urgent transformative action required to place our societies firmly on course to achieve the SDGs; warns that the consequences of inaction in this crucial year would primarily be borne by the most vulnerable people; sometimes quite controversial and deserve a proper democratic debate; gives as examples that SDG 1 ‘no poverty’ leads to proposals for the introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI); SDG 2 ‘zero hunger’ leads to the promotion of Genetically modified (CM) crops; SDG 3 ‘good health’ is persued by developing mRNA-based vaccines; SDG 4 ‘quality education’ is calling for standardized testing; SDG 5 ‘gender equality’ steers goverments towards gender-neutral language in official documents; SDG 6 ‘clean water’ ushers in the privatization of the management of water resources; SDG 7 ‘clean energy’ leads to measures to incentivize renewable energy; SDG 8 ‘economic growth’ results in increased borrowing to create ‘fiscal space’; SDG 9 ‘industry’ leads to the use of public- private partnerships to provide and operate ‘public’ infrastructure; SDG 10 'reduced inequalities' leads to affirmative action policies which lead to institutionalized discrimination; SDG 11 'sustainable cities' leads to calls for so- called '15-minute cities'; SDG 12 ‘responsible consumption’ leads to the implementation of meat consumption taxes; SDG 13 ‘climate action’ calls for carbon pricing; SDG 14 ‘life below water’ leads to the privatization of waters such as through the creation of marine protected areas managed by private companies; SDG 15 ‘life on land’ can lead to the privatization of land, such as through the sale or lease of public lands to private companies;
Amendment 163 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that the translation of SDGs into government policy in country after country, and even at the regional and local level, is eroding national democratic processes; regrets that this top-down approach neglects the role of elected politicians and undermines their ability to make decisions that reflect the will of their constituents;
Amendment 165 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Regrets that by imposing a one- size-fits-all approach to development, the SDGs ignore the unique circumstances and needs of individual nations; considers that this top-down approach fails to take into account the complexities of national democratic preferences; states that this further undermines the principles of democracy and self-determination that are the bedrock of our society;
Amendment 166 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Finds that the SDGs prioritize a global ideological agenda over national interests, leading to the imposition of policies that may not be in the best interest of individual countries;
Amendment 167 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Recalls that while sustainable development is crucial, we must ensure that the policies being implemented align with our democratic principles and respect the sovereignty of individual nations;
Amendment 172 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the implementation process for almost all the SDGs is lagging and that two consecutive years of regression have been recorded for many indicators9; reaffirms the importance of each SDG andhighlights the key challenges that persist for sustainable development, particularly in relation to poverty (SDG 1), hunger (SDG 2), health (SDG 3), education (SDG 4), climate change (SDG 13), oceans (SDG 14) and biodiversity (SDG 15); underlines the strategic role that SDG 10, on reducing inequality, can play in the global implementation of the 2030 Agenda; _________________ 9 UN Sustainable Development Report 2022, ‘From Crisis to Sustainable Development: the SDGs as Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond’: https://resources.unsdsn.org/2022- sustainable-development-report.
Amendment 187 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importanHLPF 2023, convened under the auspices of the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the SDG Summit, which are both due to take place in New York, as opportunities to review progress at the halfway point, which must be the sEconomic and Social Council, that will be held in July 2023 in New York under the title "Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementarting point for an intensified effort to achieve the goals by 2030; acknowledges, in this regard, the SDGs being focused on in 2023 (SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17)on of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels”, the second SDG Summit to be held in September 2023 and the Summit of the Future to be held in September 2024, which has, as one of its areas of potential action, the move towards a UN 2.0;
Amendment 197 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the EU’s significant role in establishing the 2030 Agenda in 2015 and calls for it to take bold action and provide global leadership by setting an example in the implementation of the SDGs and redoubling its efforts ahead of the deadline;
Amendment 215 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RegretNotes the fact that the Commission has still not presented a comprehensive strategy for achieving the 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 222 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to continue integrating the SDGs into the European Semester and to use the country-specific recommendations to systematically measure Member States’ progress and set out concrete proposals for improvementNotes that the European Semester includes fiscal and economic policy coordination in order to ensure the sustainability of public finances in line with the stability and growth pact and in order to prevent the build-up of excessive macroeconomic imbalances in the Euro Areas; believes that, by integrating the implementation of the SDGs in the European Semester, the effectiveness and the usefulness of the European Semester is reduced;
Amendment 232 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 253 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that voluntary national reviews are the cornerstone of the follow- up and review framework for the 2030 Agenda and a key accountability tool; welcomnotes the Commission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review report in 2023;
Amendment 258 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 277 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of enhanced cooperation with partners in the Global South, particularly the African Union and civil society representatives, in order to implement the 2030 Agenda globally;
Amendment 279 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 292 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that SDG 17 ‘multi- stakeholder partnerships’ encourages and promotes partnerships between multinational corporations, NGOs, Governments, the United Nations and “other actors” such as philanthropic foundations; regrets that public-private partnerships have expanded to become dominant within the UN system, particularly with regard to “sustainable development”;
Amendment 300 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Points out that the businesses involved are not our SMEs but often banks, asset managers, asset owners, insurers, financial service providers and investment consultancies; notes that the Net-Zero Banking Alliance for instance has grown to represent over 40% of global banking assets including Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, HSBC;
Amendment 303 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Warns that multinational corporations have a conflict of interest in these ‘multi-stakeholder partnerships’ as they tend to put profits before humanitarian and environmental causes; regrets that the NGOs involved have a clear ideological agenda and shady financing origins; warns that multinationals and NGOs risk to have more influence in the formulation of policies than voters; is of the belief that global governance risks to only benefit private interests and not the common good ;
Amendment 308 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Believes that the nation state level is the ideal level suited for democratic governance;
Amendment 312 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 334 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 354 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 369 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 392 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 403 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 415 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that more than half of the world’s poorest countries face either a debt crisis or a high risk of one; welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s push for a global SDG stimulus package and calls for effective debt relief measures that make use of the full toolset available and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditors;arns that if developing countries cannot pay the debt they incur through IMF loans and World Bank (and associated Multilateral Development Bank) financing, they will be offered options to “repay” their debt through implementing SDG-related policies; regrets that the “debt for land swap” model, the“debt for conservation swaps” or the“debt for climate swaps” model does not respect the sovereignty of these countries
Amendment 427 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 462 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates that the SDGs are the only globally agreed and comprehensive set of goals on the great challenges ahead and the 2030 Agenda should therefore serve as a guiding light for navigating through the current uncertainties; highlights the opportunity that the SDGs provide to establish a true well-being economy centred on people and the planet and to work towards a sustainable world beyond 2030Calls to reconsider the implementation of the SDGs and take a more cautious approach to achieving sustainable development; recognizes that true sustainability can only be achieved through the promotion of national sovereignty and democratic principles; calls to re-think global goverance in line with these principles;
Amendment 198 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Measures taken pursuant to this Directive should also take account ofconsider other EUnion policy objectives, such as. These include the objectives pursued by [Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxxx67 +] that, which aim ato ensuringe a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials for Europe’s industry. _________________ 67 + OP: please insert in the text the number of the Regulation establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 contained in document COM(2023)160 and insert the number, date, title and OJ reference of that Directive in the footnoteMeasures taken pursuant to this Directive should also consider national objectives, particularly those aimed at building houses.
Amendment 243 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) ‘soil ecological functions’ means the set of interrelated processes and interactions within the soil ecosystem that sustain life, support and are the result of soil biodiversity and maintain the overall health and productivity of terrestrial environments, such as nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition, soil structure formation, water filtration and purification, carbon sequestration, and the provision of habitats and resources for a diverse range of organisms.
Amendment 320 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall, where appropriate, cooperate and exchange best practices with neighboring Member States, provided there are transboundary effects on soil and comparable land use across borders. This applies particularly to soil districts that demonstrate similar values in the parameters outlined in paragraph 2, points (a) to (d).
Amendment 332 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Member States shall designate onea competent authority for each soil district established in accordance with Article 4.
Amendment 400 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that new soil measurements are performed at least every 57 years.
Amendment 420 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that soil health assessments are performed at least every 57 years and that the first soil health assessment is performed by … (OP: please insert the date = 57 years after date of entry into force of the Directive).
Amendment 427 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
A soil is considered healthy in accordance with this Directive where the following cumulative conditions are fulfilled and the soil is able to satisfactorily and sustainably perform its ecological functions:
Amendment 433 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the values for allmajority of the soil descriptors listed in part A of Annex I meet or exceed the criteria laid down therein, and, where applicable, are adapted in accordance with Article 7;
Amendment 439 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the values for allmajority of the soil descriptors listed in part B of Annex I meet or exceed the criteria set in accordance with Article 7 (‘'healthy soil’').
Amendment 451 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Soil is unhealthy where at least one of the criteria referred to in subparagraph 1 is not met (‘unhealthy soil’). and the soil is unable to satisfactorily and sustainably perform its ecological functions
Amendment 559 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) Paragraphs 1 and 2 do noy apply for the following types of projects: (i) Building and transformation of housing units, with a particular emphasis on the social housing sector; (ii) The rollout of low-carbon energy projects that are directly linked to achieving the objectives laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 European Climate Law;
Amendment 570 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article11a Cross-Territorial Compensation within the Union 1. Without prejudice to the provisions laid down in article 11, Member States are permitted to execute compensatory measures in the territory of another Member State. 2. The cross-territorial compensation shall adhere to the following conditions: a. The compensatory measures are in accordance with the overarching principles of reducing the loss of the soil’s capacity to provide multiple ecosystem services. b. The compensatory actions taken in the territory of another Member State shall not adversely affect the host territory’s own ability to provide ecosystem services.
Amendment 701 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By (OP :please insert the date = 6 years after the date of entry into force of the Directive), the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive to assess the progress towards its objectives and the need to amend its provisions in order to set more specific requirements to ensure that unhealthy soils are regenerated and that all soils will be healthy by 2050. This evaluation shall take into account, inter alia, the following elements:
Amendment 704 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) relevant scientific and analytical data, including results from research projects funded by the Union;
Amendment 717 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall present a report on the main findings of the evaluation referred to in paragraph 1 to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of the Regions, as well as the Parliaments of the Member States.
Amendment 760 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part B - Row 1
Annex I – Part B - Row 1
Amendment 766 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part C –Row 2
Annex I – Part C –Row 2
Part C: soil descriptors without criteria Aspect of soil degradation Soil descriptor Excess nutrient content in soil Nitrogen in soil (mg g-1) deleted
Amendment 1791 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 2030, economic operators making large household appliances listed in point 21 of Annex II to Directive 2012/19/EU available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State shall ensure that 90 % of those products are made available in reusable transport packaging within a system for re-use, or cardboard packaging.
Amendment 1974 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b
(b) from 1 January 2040, 530 % of such packaging used is reusable packaging within a system for re-use;
Amendment 2007 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. Economic operators using grouped packaging in the form of boxes, excluding cardboard, used outside of sales packaging to group a certain number of products to create a stock-keeping or distribution unit shall ensure that:
Amendment 2030 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Transport packaging used by an economic operator shall be reusable, or consist of more than 90% of material that is recycled at scale, where it is used for transporting products:
Amendment 2041 #
2022/0396(COD)
This obligation applies to pallets, boxes, excluding cardboard, trays, plastic crates, intermediate bulk containers, drums and canisters, of all sizes and materials, excluding materials that are recycled at scale, including flexible formats.
Amendment 2076 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 13 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 13 – subparagraph 2
This obligation applies to pallets, boxes, excluding cardboard, plastic crates intermediate bulk containers, and drums, of all sizes and materials, excluding material that is recycled at scale, including flexible formats.
Amendment 2101 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 14 – point b a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 14 – point b a (new)
(ba) more than 90% of the material in the products used is recycled at scale and meets the recycling rate targets at Union level set out in Article 46(1), point (d), of this Regulation.
Amendment 2134 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point a
Amendment 2724 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – row 2
Annex V – row 2
Single use Nets, bags, plastic trays, packaging, containers single use Single use plastic packaging for less than 1.5 kg composite 1.5 kg fresh fruit and vegetables, unless there is a 2. packaging or there is a demonstrated need to avoid water loss or other single loss or turgidity loss, microbiological hazards or use packaging hazards or physical shocks. for fresh fruit and vegetables
Amendment 79 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to account for the exceptional nature of and potential far- reaching consequences for the fundamental operation of the Singe Market of a Single Market emergency, implementing powers should exceptionally be conferred on the Council for the activation of Single Market emergency mode pursuant to Article 281(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 88 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Additionally, to ensure that crisis- relevant goods are available during the Single Market emergency, the Commission may propose to the Member States to invite the economic operators that operate in crisis-relevant supply chains to prioritise the orders of inputs necessary for the production of final goods that are crisis relevant, or the orders of such final goods themselves. Should an economic operator refuse to accept and prioritise such orders, following objective evidence that the availability of crisis-relevant goods is indispensable, the CommissionMember State may decide to invite the economic operators concerned to accept and prioritise certain orders, the fulfilment of which will then take precedence over any other private or public law obligations. In the event of failure to accept, the operator in question should explain its legitimate reasons for declining the request. The Commission may make such reasoned explanation or parts of it public, with due regard to business confidentiality.
Amendment 89 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 98 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘crisis’ means an exceptional unexpected and sudden, natural or man- made event of extraordinary nature and scale that takes place inside or outside of the Union that can have a detrimental effect to the functioning of the Single Market as an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons and services is ensured in accordance with the provisions of the Treaties;
Amendment 118 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where the Commission, taking into consideration the opinion provided by the advisory group, considers that the threat referred to in Article 3(2) is present, it shall activate theit is asserted that the threat referred to in Article 3 point (2) is present and likely to severely and negatively affect the Internal Market, and alternative measures have been considered, the Commission shall propose to the Council to activate the Single Market vigilance mode for a maximum duration of six months by means of an council implementing act. Where the consideration of the Commission diverges from the opinion of the advisory group, the Commission shall provide a valid justification. Such an implementing act shall contain the following:
Amendment 124 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) an assessment of the potential impact of the crisis including the anticipated time before the threat escalates into a Single Market Emergency and the proportion of the Single Market expected to be affected considering the nature of the threat;
Amendment 129 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) list of the goods and services of strategiccritical importance concerned, andwhose functioning and/or supply is at risk of being significantly disrupted;
Amendment 130 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the vigilance measures to be taken including assessments justifying the need for taking those measures.
Amendment 140 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Commissionuncil, if it considers that the reasons for activating the vigilance mode pursuant to Article 9(1) remain valid, and taking into consideration the opinion provided by the advisory group, may once extend the vigilance mode for a maximum duration of six months by means of an council implementing act.
Amendment 142 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. WThere the Commission, taking into consideration the opinion provided by the advisory group, finds advisory group shall publish monthly reports justifying the need for vigilance mode, and when they conclude that the threat referred to in Article 3(2) is no longer present, with respect to some or all vigilance measures or for some or all of the goods and services, it shall deactivate the vigilance modethe Commission shall propose deactivation to the Council in full or in part by means of an council implementing act.
Amendment 144 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Article 12 – title
12 Strategic reservesCritical reserves (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 145 #
2022/0278(COD)
The Commission mayshall, at the request of the Council and after consulting relevant economic operators and, where appropriate and necessary, third countries, among the goods of strategic importance listed in an implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 9(1),, identify those for which a shortage is probable and it may be necessary to build a reserve in order to prepare for or prevent a Single Market emergency, taking into account the probability and impact of shortages. The Commission shall inform. The Commission shall provide that information to the Member States thereof.
Amendment 149 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission may require, by means of implementing acts, that the Member States shall provide information on the goods listed in an implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 9(1), as regards all of the following:
Amendment 158 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 161 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Taking due account of stocks held or being built up by economic operators on theirterritory, Member States shall deploy their best efforts tomay, where necessary and technically and economically possible, build up strategic reserves of the goods of strategic importance identified in accordance with paragraph 1. TWhere requested by Member States, the Commission shall provide support to Member States to coordinate and streamline their efforts.
Amendment 164 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 170 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Amendment 172 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6
Article 12 – paragraph 6
Amendment 182 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 184 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article12a Critical Reserve Planning and Domestic Production In order to minimise disruption to the Single Market and to the Union's industrial production capabilities and competitiveness, the outcome of the review provided for in Article 9(2c) shall include recommendations as regards the necessity, proportionality and usefulness of Member States and the Commission establishing a long-term plan for maintaining permanent and phased critical reserves of goods of critical importance, in order to help prevent future shortages and the activation of the vigilance or crisis mode. However, Member States shall prioritize the development of their own production capacities within the European Union for goods of critical importance, as a means to enhance self-sufficiency and reduce dependence on external supply chains. The Commission may, where requested, coordinate this process.
Amendment 191 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may invite one or moreprovide recommendations to Member States on prioritizing certain orders for the production or supply of crisis-relevant goods (‘priority rated order’) to be placed with economic operators in crisis- relevant supply chains established in the Union to accept and prioritise certain orders for the production or supply of crisis-relevant goods (‘priority rated. Member States shall have the authority to individually submit priority rated orders, and shall inform each other and the Commission and coordinate their actions with the Commission and the representatives of the other Member States in the advisory group prior to launching the priority order’)s.
Amendment 194 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. If an economic operator does not accept and prioritise priority rated orders, the Commission may, at its own initiative or at the request of 14 Member States, assess the necessity and proportionality of resorting to priority rated orders in such cases, the CommissionMember State shall give the economic operator concerned, as well as any parties demonstrably affected by the potential priority rated order, the opportunity to statright to be their position within a reasonable time limit set by the Commission in light of the circumstances of the case. In exceptional circumstances, following such an assessment, the Commission may address an implementing act to the economic operator concerned, requiring it to either accept and prioritise the priority rated orders specified in the implementing act or explain why it is not possible or appropriate for that operator to do so. The Commission’s decision shall be based on objective data showing that such prioritisation is indispensable to ensure the maintenance of vital societal economic activities in the Single Marketard and appeal, and to state their position and provide evidence to support their case, within a reasonable time limit.
Amendment 199 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 203 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 204 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5
Article 27 – paragraph 5
Amendment 205 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 6
Article 27 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall take the decision referred to in paragraph 2 in accordance with applicable Union law, including the principles of necessity and proportionality, and the Union’s obligations under international law. The decision shall in particular take into account the legitimate interests of the economic operator concerned and any available information concerning the cost and effort required for any change in production sequence. It shall state the legal basis for its adoption, fix the time limits within which the priority rated order is to be performed and, where applicable, specify the product and quantity. It shall state the fines provided for in Article 28 for failure to comply with the decision. The priority rated order shall be placed at a fair and reasonable pricMember States shall develop a framework for enforcement of this article. The priority rated order shall be placed at a fair and reasonable price that takes into account the pre-crisis market value.
Amendment 210 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28
Article 28
Amendment 219 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 221 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
Article 30
Amendment 222 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
Article 31
Amendment 240 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – title
Article 39 – title
Amendment 241 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Where the Single Market emergency mode has been activated pursuant to Article 16 and procurement by the Commission on behalf of Member States has been launched in accordance with Articles 34 to 36, the contracting authorities of the participating Member States shall not procure goods or services covered by such procurement by other means without informing the Commission and the Advisory Group.
Amendment 248 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 a (new)
Article 43 a (new)
Article43a Transparency When implementing this Regulation, all actors shall act with the greatest possible degree of transparency, taking into account the protection of trade secrets. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament in a timely and correct manner, in particular when Members of the European Parliament ask written questions. The Commission shall give due consideration to the opinions of the European Ombudsman, especially where they relate to transparency of decision- making. Where the Commission does not follow those opinions, it will duly justify this in a report and submit it to the Council and Parliament.
Amendment 275 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
–
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– The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 361 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Biological control agents are a sustainable control alternative to the use of chemical products for the control of harmful organisms. As noted in Council Decision (EU) 2021/110257, biological control agents have a growing importance in sustainable agriculture and forestry and have an instrumental role to play in the success of integrated pest management and organic farming. Access to biological controls facilitates moving away from chemical plant protection products. It is appropriate to encourage farmers to switch to low input agricultural methods including organic farming. However, action must be taken to prevent food security and livelihoods in the EU and globally from being jeopardised. It is therefore appropriate to define the concept of biological control as a basis for Member States to set indicative targets to increase the percentage of crops on which biological control agents are used. __________________ 57 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1102 of 28 June 2021 requesting the Commission to submit a study on the Union’s situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents within the territory of the Union and a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study (OJ L 238, 6.7.2021, p. 81).
Amendment 370 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy is to make substantial progress in the reduction of the use of chemical plant protection products in an economically viable way. In order to achieve that aim, it is necessary to set quantified targets at Union and Member State levels for the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and the use of more hazardous plant protection products to monitor progress. In this connection it is important to take a detailed look at the specific impact of a given plant protection product on the environment and, in the process, in line with the Treaties, to opt for a Member-State-specific approach. National targets should be established by national law in order to ensure adequate progress and accountability in relation to them. These binding national targets should also be achieved by Member States by 2030, where possible, unless that puts pressure on food affordability. The reduction in the use of chemical plant protection products is expected to significantly reduce occupational safety and health risks for professional users.
Amendment 392 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Given the different levels of historical progress and differences in intensity of pesticide use between Member States, it is necessary to allow Member States some flexibility when setting their own binding national targets (“national 2030 reduction targets”). Intensity of use is best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placed on the market, and therefore used, in the form of plant protection products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances were applied. In this connection it should be possible to take account of Member- State-specific characteristics, and the environmental impact of those active substances in a specific Member State. Intensity in the use of chemical pesticides, and in particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sustainable farming practices. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 2030 reduction targets. It is also appropriate to require them to take their higher intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 2030 reduction targets. In addition, in order to give recognition to past efforts by Member States, they should also be allowed to take into account historical progress prior to the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy when setting national 2030 reduction targets. Conversely, where Member States have increased, or made only limited reductions in, their use and risk of chemical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity of pesticide use. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union- wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 2030 reduction targets. The EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, are located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Due to permanent constraints such as their remoteness to the European continent, insularity and high exposure to climate change, it is appropriate to allow Member States to take into account the specific needs of these regions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 2030 national reduction target before 2030, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 2030 national reduction target. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targets and the annual progress made towards them should be publicly accessible.
Amendment 435 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) In accordance with Article 191(2) TFEU, the Union must take into account the diversity of situations in the Member States when laying down its environmental policy. In order to reflect the Treaties, the reduction targets included in this Regulation should be taken to mean a best-efforts obligation rather than an obligation to achieve a result.
Amendment 436 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) It is important to recognise that Member States should be given a degree of discretion in discharging the best- efforts obligation in this Regulation. Member States should remain free to balance interests between, inter alia, rural vitality, economic activities, food security, affordability of healthy food and pesticide use reduction.
Amendment 516 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Use of plant protection products may have particularly negative impacts in certain areas that are frequently used by the general public or by vulnerable groups, communities in which people live and work and ecologically sensitive areas, such as Natura 2000 sites protected in accordance with Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council67 and Council Directive 92/43/EEC68. If plant protection products are used in areas used by the general public, the possibility of exposure of humans to such plant protection products is high. In order to protect human health and the environment, the use of plant protection products in sensitive areas and within 3 metres of such areas, should therefore be prohibited. Derogations from the prohibition should only bare allowed under certain conditions and on a case-by-case basis. __________________ 67 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 68 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).
Amendment 519 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) Since Member States are very different from each other, for example in terms of surface area or share of agricultural sector, Member States should be given sufficient leeway to assess the conditions under which they allow the use of plant protection products in publicly accessible areas. However, it is important that Member States establish clear prior conditions on the basis of which they allow the use of plant protection products in publicly accessible areas.
Amendment 643 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
Amendment 659 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 a (new)
Recital 49 a (new)
(49a) It is desirable that the Council and Parliament are able to regularly express their views on the desirability of this Regulation. In this way, the people of the Union continue to have a means – including through Parliament – of expressing their views on the desirability of this Regulation. Therefore, this Regulation should lapse by operation of law. However, the Commission must have the power to postpone this automatic expiry date by five years by adopting a delegated act. The Commission may adopt such a delegated act postponing the automatic expiry of this Regulation only once for each five-year application period.
Amendment 660 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 b (new)
Recital 49 b (new)
(49b) According to Article 241 TFEU, the Council, acting by simple majority, may request the Commission to undertake any studies the Council considers desirable for the attainment of the common objectives, and to submit to it any appropriate proposals. The Council may, on the basis of the report referred to in Article 42 of this Regulation or for economic and social reasons, request the Commission to amend or repeal this Regulation. If the Commission does not submit a proposal, it must inform the Council and Parliament.
Amendment 2455 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to provide information to the public, in particular through awareness-raising programmes, in relation to the risks associated with the use of plant protection products. At the same time, it shall also give information on the need to use plant protection products. The competent authority shall provide nuanced and balanced information.
Amendment 2491 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) the need to use plant protection products;
Amendment 2493 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point f b (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point f b (new)
(fb) the standards that European farmers have to comply with, compared to standards that have to be met by farmers in countries with which the European Union has a free trade agreement.
Amendment 2713 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date = fourtwo years after the date of application of this Regulation], and every two years thereafter, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Regulation based on the following:
Amendment 2719 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the impact of this Regulation on the affordability of healthy food in the European Union, taking account of the total cost of living, with particular attention being paid to the position of minimal- and middle-income households.
Amendment 2723 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2
Article 42 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall present a report on the mainthe findings to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of the Regions in a report.
Amendment 2725 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Should the Commission conclude in its report that there is a negative impact on the affordability of healthy food, it shall include measures in its report to reverse that negative impact. Where appropriate, those measures may include action to adapt this Regulation or other relevant Union legislation.
Amendment 2728 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42a Council request to repeal this Regulation On the basis of the report referred to in Article 22, or major changes in the environmental, economic or social situation within the Union, the Council, acting by simple majority, may request the Commission to submit to the European Parliament a legislative proposal to amend or repeal this Regulation. If the Commission does not submit such a legislative proposal, or does not do so in time, it shall inform the Council and Parliament.
Amendment 2742 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 a (new)
Article 45 a (new)
Article 45a Automatic disapplication 1. This Regulation shall cease to apply on 31 December 2027. 2. Power is delegated to the Commission to adopt a delegated act to postpone disapplication for a five-year period by 31 October 2027, and every five years thereafter.
Amendment 189 #
Amendment 267 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Geo-political developments have further underlined the need to safeguard the resilience of food systems.62 Evidence shows that restoring agro-ecosyTherefore, this regulation must not in any way further challenge, or in any way undermine, food security in the European Union, or in Member States. The Commission must take appropriate stemps has positive impacts on food productivity in the long-term, and that the restoration of nature actsoon as there is the slightest indication that food security, safety, or affordability is under pressure and there is also the slightest reason to believe that this ais an insurance policy to ensure the EU’s long-term sustainability and resiliencecaused by this regulation. In particular, this may involve the Commission submitting a proposal to the Council and Parliament to repeal or amend this regulation. _________________ 62 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European, Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems, COM (2022) 133 final.
Amendment 272 #
2022/0195(COD)
(20) In the final report of the Conference on the Future of Europe, citizens call on the Union to protect and restore biodiversity, the landscape and oceans, eliminate pollution and to foster knowledge, awareness, education, and dialogues on environment, climate change, energy use, and sustainability.63 The European Parliament underlined this need in its initiative report, stressing the wide differences between Member States, and underlined the principle of subsidiarity. _________________ 63 Conference on the Future of Europe – Report on the Final Outcome, May 2022, Proposal 2 (1, 4, 5) p. 44, Proposal 6 (6) p. 48.
Amendment 282 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Council Directive 92/43/EEC65 and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council66 aim to ensure the long-term protection, conservation and survival of Europe's most valuable and threatened species and habitats as well as the ecosystems of which they are part. Natura 2000, which was established in 1992 and is the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world, is the key instrument implementing the objectives of those two Directives. It should be noted that implementing and enforcing this directive in some Member States, especially the smaller ones, is creating very serious problems, especially in the areas of agricultural supply, and the construction of housing. This simultaneously demonstrates the democratic deficit at work in the Union. Whereas in a functioning democracy, voters have the opportunity to influence policy when the implementation and enforcement of laws and regulations is problematic, this option is not available, or only minimally, when it comes to European legislation. _________________ 65 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 66 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).
Amendment 288 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Building on Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC and in order to support the achievement of the objectives set out in those Directives, Member States should put in place restoration measures to ensure the recovery of protected habitats and species, including wild birds, across Union areas, also in areas that fall outside Natura 2000. However, it should be noted, that a member state cannot be asked to do the impossible. Implementing this regulation, or the aforementioned directives, should not have a disproportionate impact on infrastructure projects in a member state, or on the agricultural sector. In particular, as this regulation has been established through an ordinary legislative procedure, it should not cover those policy areas mentioned in Article 192(2) TFEU, as those areas require a special legislative procedure, with the centre of gravity of decision- making resting with the Council.
Amendment 294 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Directive 92/43/EEC aims to maintain and restore, at favourable conservation status, natural habitats and species of wild fauna and flora of Union interest. However, it does not set a deadline for achieving that goal. Similarly, Directive 2009/147/EC does not establish a deadline for the recovery of bird populations in the Union. It is desirable to keep it like this, because each Member State has a different starting point. The Union legislator, while respecting the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, should refrain from setting deadlines and quantified targets, partly because these targets are not achievable for every Member State, especially small Member States.
Amendment 296 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 302 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 304 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 306 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
Amendment 308 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to ensure that the restoration measures are efficient and that their results can be measured over time, it is essential that the areas that are subject to such restorationmaintenance measures, with a view to de maintaining and only where possible improving the condition of habitats that fall within the scope of Annex I to Directive 92/43/EEC, and to re-establishmaintaining those habitats and to improvmaintaining their connectivity, show a continuous improvement until good condition is reachedtake effect, without this having a disproportionate effect on society. Where the latter is the case, the Commission should, together with the Member State concerned, find an appropriate solution and, where appropriate, present a legislative proposal to adapt this regulation, or Directive 92/43/EEC.
Amendment 313 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 316 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
Amendment 322 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) It is important to ensure a gradual increase of the quality and quantity of the habitats of species that fall within the scope of Directive 92/43/EEC, as well as habitats of wild birds falling within the scope of Directive 2009/147/EC, across the territory of Member States and ultimately of the Union, until it is sufficient to ensure the long-term survival of those species, without this having disproportionate effects on other legitimate interests of a Member State, including, for example, maintaining the agricultural sector, housing construction, or other infrastructure projects. However, it is important to note that wind turbines drastically reduce wild bird populations, including bald eagles. Additionally, solar lawns have a really dramatic effect on biodiversity. When Member States want to progressively improve the quality and quantity of the habitats of species that fall within the scope of Directive 92/43/EEC, as well as habitats of wild birds falling within the scope of Directive 2009/147/EC, they would do well to look first of all at the impact of wind and solar parks on biodiversity. The recommendation is to rehabilitate wind turbines in particular in the short term, as this not only saves the lives of many wild birds, but also significantly beautifies the landscape. Should Member States be looking for a way to meet their energy needs in a clean way, they are recommended to invest in nuclear power.
Amendment 329 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) It is important that the areas covered by habitat types falling within the scope of this Regulation do not deteriorate as compared to the current situation, considering the current restoration needs and the necessity not to further increase the restoration needs in the future. It is, however, appropriate to consider the possibility of force majeure, which may result in the deterioration of areas covered by those habitat types, as well as unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change, or as a result of a plan or project of overriding public interest, for which no less damaging alternative solutions are available, to be determined on a case by case basis, or of a plan or project authorised in accordance with Article 6(4) of Directive 92/43/EEC. Additionally, there should be an explicit possibility to create a general exception based on a specific situation in a Member State.
Amendment 532 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78 a (new)
Recital 78 a (new)
(78a) According to Article 241 TFEU, the Council, acting by simple majority, may request the Commission to undertake any studies the Council considers desirable for the attainment of the common objectives, and to submit to it any appropriate proposals. The Council may, on the basis of the report referred to in Article 22 of this Regulation or for economic and social reasons, request the Commission to amend or repeal this Regulation. If the Commission does not submit a proposal, it must inform the Council and Parliament.
Amendment 533 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78 b (new)
Recital 78 b (new)
(78b) It is desirable that the Council and Parliament are able to regularly express their views on the desirability of this Regulation. In this way, the people of the Union continue to have a means – including through Parliament – of expressing their views on the desirability of this Regulation. Therefore, this Regulation should lapse by operation of law. However, the Commission must have the power to postpone this automatic expiry date by five years by adopting a delegated act. The Commission may adopt such a delegated act postponing the automatic expiry of this Regulation only once for each five-year application period.
Amendment 720 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex I which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I that is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 60 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050.
Amendment 739 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to re-establish the habitat types listed in Annex I in areas not covered by those habitat types. Such measures shall be in place on areas representing at least 30 % of the additional overall surface needed to reach the total favourable reference area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, at least 60 % of that surface by 2040, and 100 % of that surface by 2050.
Amendment 798 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Amendment 938 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 10 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 10 – point a
(a) an increase of habitat area in good condition for habitat types listed in Annex I until at least 960 % is in good condition and until the favourable reference area for each habitat type in each biogeographic region of their territory is reached;
Amendment 954 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex II which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex II that is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 60 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050.
Amendment 975 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to re-establish the habitat types listed in Annex II in areas not covered by those habitat types. Such measures shall be in place on areas representing at least 30 % of the additional overall surface needed to reach the total favourable reference area of each group of habitat types, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, at least 60 % of that surface by 2040, and 100 % of that surface by 2050.
Amendment 1140 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 10 – point a
(a) an increase of habitat area in good condition for habitat types listed in Annex II until at least 960 % is in good condition and until the favourable reference area for each habitat type in each biogeographic region of their territory is reached;
Amendment 1306 #
Amendment 1575 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Indicative targets 1. The targets described in this chapter are indicative targets. Under no circumstance do they have a binding character. 2. If significant changes in the environmental, economic or social situation make it impossible to achieve the targets in a Member State, the Member State shall inform the Commission accordingly. 3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Commission must have the power to adopt delegated acts to reduce the indicative targets set out in this Chapter for a specific Member State at its request.
Amendment 1917 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. When assessing the draft national restoration plan, the Commission shall evaluate its compliance with Article 12, as well as its adequacy for meeting the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, as well as the Union’s overarching objectives referred to in Article 1, the specific objectives referred to in Article 7(1) to restore at least 25 000 km of rivers into free-flowing rivers in the Union by 2030 and the 2030 objective of covering at least 105% of the Union’s agricultural area with high-diversity landscape features.
Amendment 1936 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall take due account of any observations from the Commission in its final national restoration plan.
Amendment 2171 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall evaluate the application of this Regulation by 31 December 2035is Regulation by 31 December 2030 and every two years thereafter to assess the impact of this Regulation, in particular on the agricultural sector and the supply of safe and secure food.
Amendment 2178 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall present a report on the main findings of the evaluation to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of Regions. WThe re the Commission finds it appropriate, the report shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal for amendment ofport shall address in particular the position of the agricultural sector, the supply of safe and reliable food, especially protein from animal products. The report must also specifically address the situation in individual Member States. Where the implementation of this Regulation places an exceptionally heavy burden on a Member State, the report shall explicitly mention this. In such a case, the Commission shall not omit any opportunity to come to the aid of that Member State, including by presenting a legislative proposal amending this Regulation, in order to assist that Member State. The report shall further, if there is the slightest reason to do so, in order to safeguard food security or the position of the agricultural sector, be accompanied by a legislative proposal amending relevant provisions of this Regulation, taking into account the need to establishset additional restorationcovery targets, on the basedis onf common methods for assessing the conditionstate of ecosystems not covered by Articles 4 and 5, and the most recenlatest scientific evidence. data.
Amendment 2186 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a Automatic disapplication 1. This Regulation shall cease to apply on 31 December 2027. 2. Power is delegated to the Commission to adopt a delegated act to postpone disapplication for a five-year period by 31 October 2027, and every five years thereafter.
Amendment 2187 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 b (new)
Article 23 b (new)
Article 23 b Council request to repeal this Regulation On the basis of the report referred to in Article 22, or major changes in the environmental, economic or social situation within the Union, the Council, acting by simple majority, may request the Commission to submit to the European Parliament a legislative proposal to amend or repeal this Regulation. If the Commission does not submit such a legislative proposal, or does not do so in time, it shall inform the Council and Parliament.
Amendment 137 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) This framework pursues two objectives. The first objective is to ensure the conditions necessary for the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union and to ensure the adjustment of the industry tovaluate the industry competitiveness and structural changes due to fast innovation cycles and the need for sustainability of supply and production. The second objective, separate and complementary to the first one, is to improve the functioning of the internal market by laying down a uniform Union legal framework for increasing the Union’s resilience and security of supply in the field of semiconductor technologies.
Amendment 139 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) The resilience of the internal market should be built up on Union's key strengths in the global semiconductor ecosystem and cutting red tape for businesses active in the semiconductor supply chain, rather than by selecting a Union's semiconductor winners. The regulation cannot isolate European businesses, but help them establish business relationships with other global participants in the semiconductor ecosystem.
Amendment 141 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3 b) The internal market's resilience should also consider other factors, such as the demand side of the semiconductor market, long-term sustainability of production, and the resilience price premium. The Commission should analyse the key drivers of resilience and assess the optimal level of resilience effectively delivering the added value for consumers and businesses.
Amendment 227 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 231 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In light of this, tThe Commission, in consultation with the European Semiconductor Board, should prepar and relevant stakeholders, should assess and evaluate the grounneed for a certification of green, trusted and secure chips and embedded systems that rely on or make extensive use of semiconductor technologies. In particular, they should discuss and identify the relevant sectors and products in need of such certification. The added value of the Union certification should be quantified, accompanied with the cost-benefit analysis and confirmed by the independent assessment which should be published.
Amendment 234 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) When assessing and monitoring the market, the distinction should be made between the structural shortage and the short- or long-term shortage and the fact that the market is growing in cycles of oversupply and shortages. In light of the structural and long-term deficiencies of the semiconductor supply chain and the resulting risk of future structural or long- term shortages, this Regulation provides instruments for a coordinated approach to assessing, monitoring and effectively tackling possible market disruptions.
Amendment 251 #
2022/0032(COD)
(34) Member States should alert the Commission if relevant factors indicate a potential semiconductor crisis and, if feasible, evaluate and quantify the risk of the potential semiconductor crisis and its impact on the internal market. In order to ensure a coordinated response to address such crises, the Commission should upon the alert by a Member State or through other sources, including information from international partners, convene an extraordinary meeting of the European Semiconductor Board for assessing the need to activate the crisis stage and for discussing whether it may be appropriate, necessary and proportionate for Member States to carry out coordinated joint procurement. In case the joint procurement is considered, the Commission should evaluate and prepare a cost-benefit analysis of how the joint procurement measure helps in mitigating the risks and improving the resilience of the internal market. The Commission should engage in consultations and cooperation with relevant third countries with a view to addressing any disruptions in the international supply chain, in compliance with international obligations and without prejudice to procedural requirements under the Treaty on international agreements.
Amendment 258 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) As part of the monitoring, national competent authorities should also do a mapping of undertakings operating in the Union along the semiconductor supply chain established in their national territory and notify this information to the Commission taking into account professional secrecy.
Amendment 264 #
2022/0032(COD)
(36) In order to facilitate effective monitoring, in-depth assessment of the risks associated with different stages of the semiconductor value chain is needed, including on the origins and sources of supplies beyond the Union. Such risks may be related to critical inputs and equipment for the industry, including digital products that may be vulnerable, possible impact of counterfeit semiconductors, manufacturing capacities, inventory level of semiconductors in the critical sectors and other risks that may disrupt, compromise or negatively affect the supply chain. Those risks could include supply chains with a single point of failure or which are otherwise highly concentrated. Other relevant factors could include the availability of substitutes or alternative sources for critical inputs and resilient and sustainable transport. The Commission should, assisted by the European Semiconductor Board and taking also into account information received from the main user categories, develop a Union level risk assessment.
Amendment 268 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to forecast and prepare for future disruptions of the different stages of the semiconductor value chain in the Union, the Commission should, assisted by the European Semiconductor Board, identify early warning indicators in the Union risk assessment. Such indicators could include the availability of raw materials, intermediate products and human capital needed for manufacturing semiconductors, or appropriate manufacturing equipment, the forecasted demand for semiconductors on the Union and global markets, price surges exceeding normal price fluctuation, the effect of accidents, attacks, natural disasters or other serious events, the effect of trade policies, tariffs, export restrictions, trade barriers and other trade related measures, and the effect of business closures, delocalisations or acquisitions of key market actors. Member States should monitor these early warning indicators based on available information cooperating with businesses on a voluntary basis. The indicators should be published and regularly reviewed.
Amendment 270 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
Recital 39 a (new)
(39 a) In order to prevent the disruption in market competitiveness, the Commission should analyse the long-term effects of the subsidies granted in relation to this Regulation on innovations as subsidies and other forms of support can encourage complacency at recipient firms, therefore acting against technological upgrading in the semiconductor industry. The analysis should be publicly available and updated at least every 3 years.
Amendment 271 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) As part of the monitoring, Member States and the Commission could specifically consider the availability and integrity of the services and goods of key markets actors. Such issues could be brought to the attention of the European Semiconductor Board by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 275 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) The semiconductor crisis stage should be triggered in the presence of concrete, serious, quantified or, in the absence of sufficient information, duly estimated and reliable evidence of such a crisis. A semiconductor crisis occurs in case of serious disruptions to the supply of semiconductors leading to significant long- term structural shortages which entail significant delays and negative effects on one or more important economic sectors in the Union, either directly or through ripple effects of the shortage, given that the Union’s industrial sectors represent a strong user base of semiconductors. Alternatively or in addition, a semiconductor crisis also occurs when serious disruptions of the supply of semiconductors lead to significant long- term structural shortages which prevent the supply, repair and maintenance of essential products used by critical sectors, for instance medical and diagnostic equipment.
Amendment 279 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In order to ensure an agile and effective response to such a semiconductor crisis, the Commission should be empowered to activate the crisis stage by means of an implementing acts and for a predetermined duration period, taking into account the opinion of the European Semiconductor Board and relevant market stakeholders. The Commission should assess the need for prolongation and prolong the duration of the crisis stage for a predetermined period, should such a necessity be ascertained, taking into account the opinion of the European Semiconductor Board and relevant market stakeholders.
Amendment 281 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States and coordination of any national measures taken with regard to the semiconductor supply chain is indispensable during the crisis stage with a view to addressing disruptions with the necessary coherence, resiliency and effectiveness. To this end, the European Semiconductor Board should hold extraordinary meetings as necessary. Any measures taken should be strictly limited to the duration period of the crisis stage and should be evidence-based with quantified or, in the absence of sufficient information, duly estimated impact on the internal market.
Amendment 313 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) When the crisis stage is activated, two or more Member States could mandate the Commission to aggregate demand and act on their behalf for their public procurement in the public interest, in accordance with existing Union rules and procedures, leveraging its purchasing power. The mandate could authorise the Commission to enter into agreements concerning the purchase of crisis-relevant products for certain critical sectors. The Commission should assess for each request the utility, necessity and proportionality in consultation with the Board. The Commission should also assess and quantify the effectiveness of other available measures in order to limit the threat to the functioning of the internal market, including critical entities. Where it intends to not follow the request, it should inform the concerned Member States and the Board and givepublish its reasons. Furthermore, the participating Member States should be entitled to appoint representatives to provide guidance and advice during the procurement procedures and in the negotiation of the purchasing agreements. The deployment and use of purchased products should remain within the remit of the participating Member States.
Amendment 340 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) setting up a coordination mechanism between the Member States and the Commission for monitoring the supply of semiconductors and crisis response to semiconductor shortages in specific cases.
Amendment 384 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) ‘crisis-relevant product’ means semiconductors, intermediate products and raw materials required to produce semiconductors or intermediate products, that are affected by the semiconductor crisis or of strategiccrucial importance to remedy the semiconductor crisis or economic effects thereof;
Amendment 385 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17 a (new)
(17 a) ‘semiconductor crisis’ means a serious disruption to the supply of semiconductors for critical entities leading to a significant secular structural shortage of products or services which leads to an extraordinary situation which poses a serious threat to the functioning, health, or security and defence of the infrastructure, economy, institutions, Member States or Union citizens; attention must be paid to the difference between the cyclical and secular shortage;
Amendment 594 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
When Member States receive relevant and reliable information about warning indicators identified pursuant to Article 16, they shall carry out regular monitoring of the semiconductor value chain. In particular, they shall:
Amendment 598 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) monitorencourage relevant stakeholders to monitor and inform them about early warning indicators identified pursuant to Article 16;
Amendment 600 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) identify best practices for risk mitigation and crisis measures;
Amendment 601 #
2022/0032(COD)
(a b) assess the risks threatening the functioning of critical entities in relation to semiconductors;
Amendment 602 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a c (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a c (new)
(a c) compare and quantify the impacts of the available risk mitigation measures;
Amendment 605 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall provide relevant findings to the European Semiconductor Board in the form of regular updates.
Amendment 610 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall invitencourage the main users of semiconductors and other relevant stakeholders to provide information regarding significant fluctuations in demand and known disruptions of their supply chain. To facilitate the exchange of information, Member States shall provide for a mechanism and administrative set-up for these updatesis information.
Amendment 614 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. National competent authorities designated pursuant to Article 26(1) may request information from representative organisations of undertakings or individual undertakings operating along the semiconductor supply chain where necessary and proportionate for the purpose of paragraph 1. National competent authorities in such case wishall pay particular attention to SMEs to minimise administrative burden resulting from the request and wishall privilege digital solutions for obtaining such information. Any information obtained pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated in compliance with the confidentiality obligations set out in Article 27. Provision of such information shall be voluntary.
Amendment 619 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Where a Member State becomes aware of a potentially considerable semiconductor crisis, a significant fluctuation in demand or has concrete and reliable information of any other risk factor or event materialising, it shall immediately alert the Commission (‘early warning’).
Amendment 628 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, after consulting the European Semiconductor Board, assess risks that may disrupt, compromise or negatively affect the supply of semiconductors (Union risk assessment). In the Union risk assessment, the Commission shall identify early warning indicators and it shall publish those indicators and keep them publicly available until [6 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 632 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. By [18 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall assess whether, in view of regulatory and market development, the risk assessment and early warning indicators are effective, proportionate, evidence-based and sufficient to identify the risks. The early warning indicators shall also assess the optimal level of resilience considering the market effectiveness, the resilience price premium and the risk premium. Where appropriate, the Commission shall amend or terminate this Article for that purpose, accompanied by impact assessment including quantified cost-benefit analysis and an external study.
Amendment 635 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. When monitoringassessing information about the semiconductor value chain pursuant to Article 15, Member States shall monitor the early warning indicators identified by the Commission.
Amendment 642 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the impact a disruption of supply of the service or good provided by the market actor may have on the Union’s semiconductor supply chain and dependent markets.
Amendment 657 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Before the expiry of the duration for which the crisis stage was activated, the Commission shall, after consulting the European Semiconductor Board, assess whether the activation of the crisis stage should be prolonged. Where the assessment, including quantified evidence and cost-benefit analysis, concludes that a prolongation is appropriate, the Commission may prolong the activation by means of implementing acts. The duratiSpecial attention shall be paid to a possible distortion of market competition and avoiding unneccessary isolation of the Union's market and businesses. The assessment shall be made publicly available, taking into account the professional or other relevant secrecy. The duration and reason of the prolongation shall be specified in the implementing acts adopted in accordance with Article 33(2). The Commission may repeatedly decide to prolong the activation of the crisis stage where this is appropriate.
Amendment 659 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. During theBefore and during the confirmed crisis stage, the Commission shall, upon request from a Member State or on its own initiative, convene extraordinary meetings of the European Semiconductor Board as necessary. Member States shall work closely with the Commission and coordinate any national measures taken with regard to the semiconductor supply chain within the European Semiconductor Board.
Amendment 663 #
2022/0032(COD)
5. Upon expiry of the duration for which the crisis stage is activated, the measures taken in accordance with Articles 20, 21 and 22 shall cease to apply. The Commission shall review the Union risk assessment pursuant to Article 16(2) no later than six months after the expiry of the duration of the crisis stage. The result of such review shall be published.
Amendment 665 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Where the crisis stage is activated and where appropriate in order to address the semiconductor crisis in the Union, the Commission shall take the measure provided for in Article 20 under the conditions laid down therein. In addition, the Commission may take thproportionate measures provided for in Article 21 or Article 22, or both,0 under the conditions laid down therein.
Amendment 675 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) assess and, quantify or, in the absence of sufficient information, duly estimate the impact of the possible imposition of protective measures, including in particular whether the market situation corresponds to a significant shortage of an essential product pursuant to Regulation 2015/479 and provide an opinion to the Commission;
Amendment 680 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall regularly inform the European Parliament and the Council of any measures taken in accordance with paragraph 1 and explain, explain and publish the reasons of its decision while taking into account the professional or other relevant secrecy requirements.
Amendment 699 #
Amendment 730 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall, in consultation with the European Semiconductor Board, assess the utility, necessity and proportionality of the request. Where the Commission intends not to follow the request, it shall inform the Member States concerned and the European Semiconductor Board and givpublish the reasons for its refusal.
Amendment 734 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6
Article 22 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall carry out the procurement procedures and conclude the contracts with economic operators on behalf of the participating Member States. not later than five months after receiving the request stated in paragraph 1 of this Article. The Commission shall invite the participating Member States to appoint representatives to take part in the preparation of the procurement procedures. The deployment and use of the purchased products shall remain the responsibility of the participating Member States.
Amendment 736 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. By [18 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall assess whether, in view of regulatory, technical and market development, it is appropriate, effective, proportionate and justified to establish a common purchasing tool, and, where appropriate, shall amend or terminate this Article for that purpose, accompanied by an impact assessment including quantified cost-benefit analysis and an external study.
Amendment 774 #
2022/0032(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Each Member State shall notify the Commission of the designation of the national competent authority not later than 60 days after the date of entry into force of this Regulation and, where applicable, the reasons for designating more than one national competent authority, and the national single point of contact, including their precise tasks and responsibilities under this Regulation, their contact information and any subsequent changes thereto.
Amendment 20 #
2021/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas research on pharmaceuticals is often co-financed with public money; whereas public money shall serve the public interest;
Amendment 12 #
2021/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission’s ambition to reach 340 GW of offshore renewable energy capacity by 2050 as a key element for the successful decarbonisation of transport and tourism; considers the massive expansion of offshore renewable energy generation, storage and distribution, and its full connection and integration into the energy grid, to represent an indispensable precondition for the widespread uptake of electric mobility and clfor diversifying the energy supply; considers nuclear energy as a possible 'green' energy source that can further diversify the European renewable transport fuels, such as hydrogen and ammonia in particular; calls, therefore, on the Member States to swiftly and massively step up their investments in offshore renewable energy and to seize, in particular, the opportunity provided by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)rgy supply and that still needs to be further researched to adequately assess its place in this regarde Green Deal;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the opportunitiesNotes the dangers to marine and seabed life that offshore renewable energy can offerposes to coastal tourism regions, both by increasing the energy-related sustainability of tourist stays, and by balancing seasonal economic effects, providing stable and predictable jobs and growth in local renewabl; calls on the Commission to set up impact assessments for offshore renewable energy in order to research the damage done to marine life and seabed by construction, operation and maintenance of offshore windustries and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) all year roun turbines; underlines the importance of the "Do no harm" principle in this regard;
Amendment 276 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. whereas wind energy, both onshore and offshore, requires a full fossil-fuel backup and major adjustments to the electricity grid, it is an uneconomic investment which, moreover, is detrimental to biodiversity; whereas wind energy does not contribute to a stable energy system; calls on Member States to get to work on building nuclear power plants and to provide the necessary incentives in that regard; calls on the Commission to accord nuclear energy the most favourable regime possible in the taxonomy regulation, as nuclear energy is a proven and safe means of generating cheap and clean electricity
Amendment 102 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 sets a binding Union target to reach a share of at least 32 % of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy by 2030. Under the Climate Target Plan, tThe share of renewablelow-carbon energy in gross final energy consumption would need to increase to 40% by 2030 in order to achieve the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction target10 . Therefore, the target set out in Article 3 of that Directive needs to be increasadapted. __________________ 9 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82–209 10 Point 3 of the Communication from the Commission COM(2020) 562 final of 17.9.2020, Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition Investing in a climate- neutral future for the benefit of our people (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 107 #
Amendment 279 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
Article 2
(36) ‘renewable fuels of non-biological origin’ means liquid and gaseous fuels the energy content of which is derived from renewable or low carbon sources other than biomass;;
Amendment 383 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
Article 3
1. Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewablelow- carbon sources in the Union’s gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 40%.;
Amendment 438 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
Article 3
(b) From 31 December 20265, and without prejudice to the obligations in the first sub-paragraph, Member States shall grant no support to the production of electricity from forest biomass in electricity-only-installations, unless such electricity meets at least one of the following conditions:.
Amendment 442 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
Article 3
Amendment 449 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
Article 3
Amendment 534 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 9
Article 9
1a. By 31 December 2025, each Member State shall on voluntary basis endeavour to agree ton establishing at least one joint project with one or more other Member States for the production of renewable energy. The Commission shall be notified of such an agreement, including the date on which the project is expected to become operational. Projects financed by national contributions under the Union renewable energy financing mechanism established by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/129425 shall be deemed to satisfy this obligation for the Member States involved.; __________________ 25 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1294 of 15 September 2020 on the Union renewable energy financing mechanism (OJ L 303, 17.9.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 69 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Bearing in mind that this Directive amends Directive 2003/87/EC in respect of a period of implementation that has already started on 1 January 2021, for reasons of predictability, environmental effectiveness and simplicity, the steeper linear reduction pathway of the EU ETS should be a straight line from 2021 to 2030, such as to achieve emission reductions in the EU ETS of 61 % by 2030, as the appropriate intermediate step towards Union economy- wide climate neutrality in 2050. As the increased linear reduction factor can only apply from the year following the entry into force of this Directive, a one-off reduction of the quantity of allowances should reduce the total quantity of allowances so that it is in line with this level of annual reduction having been made from 2021 onwards.
Amendment 76 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Further incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using cost- efficient techniques should be provided. To that end, the free allocation of emission allowances to stationary installations from 2026 onwards should be conditional on investments in techniques to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Ensuring that this is focused on larger energy users would result in a substantial reduction in burden for businesses with lower energy use, which may be owned by small and medium sized enterprises or micro-enterprises. [Reference to be confirmed with the revised EED]. The relevant delegated acts should be adjusted accordingly.
Amendment 88 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The effectively implemented Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), established under Regulation (EU) […./..] of the European Parliament and of the Council51 , is, can be an alternative to free allocation to address the risk of carbon leakage. To the extent that sectors and subsectors are covered by that measure, they should not receive free allocation. However, a transitionalif it successfully addresses carbon leakage. To ensure that CBAM is effective in achieving its goals, prior to any phasing-out of EU ETS free allowances is needed to allow producers, importers and tradand two years afters to adjust to the new regime. The reducthe transitional periond of free allocation should be implemented by applying a factor to free allocCBAM, a review of a fully operation foral CBAM sectors, while the CBAM is phased in. This percentage (CBAM factor) should be equal to 100 % during the transitional period between the entry into force of [CBAM Regulation] and 2025, 90 % in 2026 and should be reduced by 10 percentage points each year to reach 0 % and thereby eliminate free allocation by the tenth year. The relevant delegated acts on free allocation should be adjusted accordingly for the sectors and subsectors covered by the CBAM. The free allocation no longer provided to the CBAM sectors based on this calculation (CBAM demand) must be auctioned and the revenues will accrue to the Innovation Fund, so as to support innovation in low carb, including importers paying, should be undertaken by the European Commission. This review should assess the effectiveness of CBAM at protecting the EU industry from carbon leakage and its effects on the CBAM sectors value chains. Only after the Commission has verified CBAM is fully effective in tackling carbon leakage such that it leads to a level of carbon leakage protection at least equivalent to that of the free allocation, technologies, carbon capture and utilisation (‘CCU’), carbon capture and geological storage (‘CCS’), renewable energy and energy storage, in a way that contributes to mitigating climate change. Special attention should be given tohe free allocations can be reduced. Furthermore, an effective export protection mechanism must be established as exports will not be projtects in CBAM sectors. To respect the proportion of the free allocaed by the CBAM. If the above- mentioned conditions available for the non-CBAM sectors, the final ampply, a progressive phasing ount to deduct from the free allocation and to be auctioned should be calculated based on the proportion that the CBAM demand represents in respect of the free allocation needs of all sectors receiving free allocation. _________________ 51of free allocations could eventually take place. [please insert full OJ reference]
Amendment 97 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to better reflect technological progress andDue to the law of diminishing returns, we can expect the annual reduction rate to decline. In order to adjust the corresponding benchmark values to the relevant period of allocation while ensuring emission reduction incentives and properly rewarding innovation, the maximum adjustment of the benchmark values should be indecreased from 1,6 % to 2,5 1,2% per year. For the period from 2026 to 2030, the benchmark values should thus be adjusted within a range of 4 % to 50 % compared to the value applicable in the period from 2013 to 2020.
Amendment 110 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The scope of the Innovation Fund referred to in Article 10a(8) of Directive 2003/87/EC should be extended to support innovation in low-carbon technologies, including projects related to nuclear power, and processes that concern the consumption of fuels in the sectors of buildings and road transport. In addition, the Innovation Fund should serve to support investments to decarbonise the maritime transport sector, including investments in sustainable alternative fuels, such as hydrogen and ammonia that are produced from renewables, as well as zero- emission propulsion technologies like wind technologies. Considering that revenues generated from penalties raised in Regulation xxxx/xxxx [FuelEU Maritime]52 are allocated to the Innovation Fund as external assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(5) of the Financial Regulation, the Commission should ensure that due consideration is given to support for innovative projects aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of renewable and low carbon fuels in the maritime sector, as specified in Article 21(1) of Regulation xxxx/xxxx [FuelEU Maritime]. To ensure sufficient funding is available for innovation within this extended scope, the Innovation Fund should be supplemented with 50 million allowances, stemming partly from the allowances that could otherwise be auctioned, and partly from the allowances that could otherwise be allocated for free, in accordance with the current proportion of funding provided from each source to the Innovation Fund. _________________ 52[add ref to the FuelEU Maritime Regulation].
Amendment 135 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) The Communication of the Commission on Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition57 , underlined the particular challenge to reduce the emissions in the sectors of road transport and buildings. Therefore, the Commission announced thatAround 34 million Europeans are living in energy poverty and are unable to keep their homes adequately warm, according to Eurostat figures. Though less documented, also transport poverty is a widespread phenomenon in the European Union. Therefore, a further expansion of emissions trading couldto include emissions from road transport and buildings, can only happen if Member States demonstrate that there are affordable alternatives to fossil fuels which are used for combustion in private road transport and private heating or cooling of residential buildings. Emissions trading for these two new sectors would be established through a voluntary, separate but adjacent emissions trading. This would avoid any disturbance of the well- functioning emissions trading in the sectors of stationary installations and aviation. The new system is accompanied by complementary policies and measures safeguarding against undue price impacts, shaping expectations of market participants and aiming for a carbon price signal for the whole economy. Previous experience has shown that the development of the new market requires setting up an efficient monitoring, reporting and verification system. In view of ensuring synergies and coherence with the existing Union infrastructure for the EU ETS covering the emissions from stationary installations and aviation, it is appropriate to set up emissions trading for the road transport and buildings sectors via an amendment to Directive 2003/87/ЕC. _________________ 57 COM(2020)562 final.
Amendment 174 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 66 a (new)
Recital 66 a (new)
(66a) EU citizens and European enterprises, particularly small and medium sized enterprises, which were already hit by the pandemic and by the economic consequences of the governments reaction to it, face record high gas and electricity prices, irrelevant to the ETS price. Therefore the Commission should not only release allowances from the MSR when the average price of allowances is higher than usual but also when wholesale gas prices soar.
Amendment 180 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2003/87/CE
Article 2 paragraph 1
Article 2 paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall apply to the activities listed in Annexes I and III, and to the of greenhouse gases listed in Annex II. Where an installation that is included in the scope of the EU ETS due to the operation of combustion units with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW changes its production processes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and no longer meets that threshold, it shall remain in the scope of the EU ETS until the end of the relevant five year period referred to in Article 11(1), second subparagraph, following the change to its production process.
Amendment 198 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3ga paragraph 2a (new)
Article 3ga paragraph 2a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall take the position of ports that face the risk of unfair competition with ports that are not subjected to this directive in special account. The Commission shall identify the ports that face a high risk of carbon leakage, and assess every two years whether this risk has manifested itself and to what extent, the assessment shall be done in the form of a report. The report shall be based on pre-defined parameters, in order to make the reports comparable. The Commission shall submit this report to the Parliament without undue delay. The Commission shall take all appropriate, diplomatic and legislative, measures including extending the scope of this directive to ports that are not bound by this directive, to circumvent carbon leakage to the aforementioned ports.
Amendment 214 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1a
Article 9 – paragraph 1a
In [the year following entry into force of this amendment], the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be decreased by [-- million allowances (to be determined depending on year of entry into force)]. In the same year, the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be increased by 79 million allowances for maritime transport. Starting in [the year following entry into force of this amendment], the linear factor shall be 4,2 %[X.X%, to be aligned, so that the 2030 reduction objective will be met.]. The Commission shall publish the Union-wide quantity of allowances within 3 months of [date of entry into force of the amendment to be inserted].;
Amendment 229 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
3. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances, except for the revenues established as own resources in accordance with Article 311(3) TFEU and entered in the Union budget. Member States shall use their revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, with the exception of the revenues used for the compensation of indirect carbon costs referred to in Article 10a(6), for one or more of the following, including nuclear energy-related activities and technologies:;
Amendment 235 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – first sentence
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – first sentence
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this Directive concerning the timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning, including the modalities for the transfer of a share of revenues to the Union budget, in order to ensure that it is conducted in an open, transparent, harmonised and non- discriminatory manner.
Amendment 253 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b
No free allocation shall be given to installations in sectors or subsectors to the extent they are covered by other measures to address the risk of carbon leakage as established by Regulation (EU) …./.. [reference to CBAM](**). The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adjusted accordingly. This subparagraph shall not ably if the operator of the installation can reliably demonstrate Regulation (EU) …./.. [reference to CBAM](**) does not offer him sufficient protection for his exports. When the operator can reliably demonstrate that Regulation (EU) …./.. [reference to CBAM](**) does not provide protection against carbon leakage for his exports, free allocations will be allocated proportionate to the share of his exports that is not protected by Regulation (EU) …./.. [reference to CBAM](**), so that WTO-compliance is ensured.
Amendment 256 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point ii
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 273 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 2
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from the previousfirst subparagraph, for the first years of operation of Regulation [CBAM], the production of these products listed in Annex I to that Regulation shall benefit from free allocation in reduced amountsat benchmark level. A factor reducing the free allocation for the production of theose products shall only be applied (CBAM factor) two years after the transitional period of CBAM and after the Commission has verified CBAM is fully effective in tackling carbon leakage risk both on the EU market and on export markets is assessed and positively verified. The CBAM factor shall be equal to 100 % for the period during thebetween ... [the date of entry into force of [CBAM regulation]] and the end of 2025,[the date of entry into force of [CBAM regulation] + +] , shall be equal to 90 % in 2026[n+4] and shall be reduced by 10 percentage points each year to reach 0 % by the tenth year. For this purpose, three years after the introduction of CBAM, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) during the years preceding that of the report. In its report, the Commission shall, in particular, assess if the CBAM has entered into force and has been effectively implemented such that it leads to a level of carbon leakage protection that is equivalent to that of the free allocation system which it replaces under this Article. Only in the event that the Commission in its report concludes that, in the years preceding that of the report, the CBAM has been effectively implemented such that it leads to a level of carbon leakage protection at least equivalent to that of the free allocation, the free allocations shall be reduced as detailed in the previous subparagraph.
Amendment 285 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 4 a (new)
This paragraph shall not apply to products produced for export. The manufacturer has the burden to reliable demonstrate the number of products designed for export. By default this shall be the average of the last five years. If such data is not available, or the manufacturer has reason to assume that data holds no predictive value for the upcoming year, he shall substantially explain his estimations.
Amendment 299 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point ii
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third paragraph – point d
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third paragraph – point d
(d) Where the annual reduction rate exceeds 2,51,2 % or is below 0,2 %, the benchmark values for the period from 2026 to 2030 shall be the benchmark values applicable in the period from 2013 to 2020 reduced by whichever of those two percentage rates is relevant, in respect of each year between 2008 and 2028.
Amendment 325 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
The Innovation Fund shall cover the sectors listed in Annex I and Annex III, including environmentally safe carbon capture and utilisation (“CCU”) that contributes substantially to mitigating climate change, as well as products substituting carbon intensive ones produced in sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of projects aimed at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (“CCS”) of CO2, as well as of innovative renewable energy and energy storage technologies; in geographically balanced locations. The Innovation Fund may also support break- through innovative technologies and infrastructure to decarbonise the maritime sector and for the production of low- and zero-carbon fuels in aviation, rail and road transport. Special attention shall be given to projects in sectors covered by the [CBAM regulation], especially the exporting sectors, to support innovation in low carbon technologies, CCU, CCS, renewable energy and energy storagenuclear energy, in a way that contributes to mitigating climate change.
Amendment 335 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 6
Article 10 a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 6
Projects including projects related to nuclear power, shall be selected on the basis of objective and transparent criteria, taking into account, where relevant, the extent to which projects contribute to achieving emission reductions well below the benchmarks referred to in paragraph 2. Projects shall have the potential for widespread application or to significantly lower the costs of transitioning towards a low-carbon economy in the sectors concerned. Projects involving CCU shall deliver a net reduction in emissions and ensure avoidance or permanent storage of CO2. Projects involving nuclear energy should be in full compliance of existing legislation and in accordance with Article 41 of the Euratom Treaty. In the case of grants provided through calls for proposals, up to 60 % of the relevant costs of projects may be supported, out of which up to 40 % need not be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, provided that pre-determined milestones, taking into account the technology deployed, are attained. In the case of support provided through competitive bidding and in the case of technical assistance support, up to 100 % of the relevant costs of projects may be supported.
Amendment 355 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The investments supported shall be consistent with the aims of this Directive, as well as the objectives of the Communication from the Commission of 11 December 2019 on The European Green Deal (*) and Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council (**) and the long-term objectives as expressed in the Paris Agreement. No support from the Modernisation Fund shall be provided to energy generation facilities that use fossil fuels.”
Amendment 361 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. At least 860 % of the financial resources from the Modernisation Fund shall be used to support investments in the following:
Amendment 364 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 368 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 375 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the support of low-income and middle-income households, including in rural and remote areas, to address energy poverty and to modernise their heating systems; and
Amendment 376 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) a just transition in carbon- dependent regions in the beneficiary Member States, so as to support the redeployment, re-skilling and up-skilling of workers, education, job-seeking initiatives and start-ups, in dialogue with the social partners.;
Amendment 379 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 d – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. At least 20 % of the financial resources from the Modernisation Fund shall be used to provide grants for investments in nuclear energy.
Amendment 404 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 29 b (new)
Article 29 b (new)
(19a) The following Article is inserted after Article 29a: Article 29b (new) 1. The access to the EU ETS market should be limited to entities that are installations, aviation and maritime operators with compliance obligations under the EU ETS. 2. Financial intermediaries purchasing allowances on account of the entities mentioned in paragraph 1 and not their own can be an exception. 3. The quantity of EU ETS allowances purchased during auctions by financial intermediaries cannot exceed what is reasonably needed to fulfil their contractual obligations towards entities mentioned in paragraph 1. 4. Article 6 paragraph 5 of the Auctioning Regulation (no 1031/2010) should be adjusted in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2. 5. Member States shall introduce effective and deterrent penalties for entities not falling under the scope of paragraph 1 or 2 that hold, acquire, or sell EU ETS allowances. Member States shall also ensure that contracts aiming to acquire or sell EU ETS allowances are void. 6. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, entities that do not fall under the scope of paragraph 1 or 2, are allowed to sell the EU ETS allowances they hold, until 1 year after this amendment enters into force.
Amendment 414 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 30 a – paragraph 1
Article 30 a – paragraph 1
Amendment 418 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21 Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21 Directive 2003/87/EC
2a. Where, for more than three consecutive months, the average wholesale price of gas is more than 50% higher than the average price of gas in the three consecutive months in the five previous years, the Commission shall, as a matter of urgency, adopt a decision to release 150 million allowances covered by this Chapter from the Market Stability Reserve;
Amendment 424 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a
4a. As from [the year following the entry into force of this Directive],2026 the calculation of the total number of allowances in circulation shall include the number of allowances issued in respect of aviation and maritime transport since the beginning of that year, and the number of allowances surrendered by aircraft operators and ship operators in respect of emissions for which allowances are the units which can be used in respect of EU ETS obligations.
Amendment 428 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
5. In any given year, if the total number of allowances in circulation is between 833 million and 1 096 million, a number of allowances equal to the difference between the total number of allowances in circulation, as set out in the most recent publication as referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, and 833 million, shall be deducted from the volume of allowances to be auctioned by the Member States under Article 10(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC and shall be placed in the reserve over a period of 12 months beginning on 1 September of that year. If the total number of allowances in circulation is above 1 096 million allowances, the number of allowances to be deducted from the volume of allowances to be auctioned by the Member States under Article 10(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC and to be placed in the reserve over a period of 12 months beginning on 1 September of that year shall be equal to 12 % of the total number of allowances in circulation. By way of derogation from the last sentence, until 31 December 2030, the percentage shall be doubled.
Amendment 7 #
2021/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
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The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy calls on the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards the amount of allowances to be placed in the market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme until 2030.
Amendment 151 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) This Regulation shall not restrict research and development activities in the European Union. This is without prejudice to the obligation that all research and development activities must be subject to recognized ethical standards for scientific research under all circumstances.
Amendment 156 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure a consistent and high level of protection of public interests as regards health, safety and fundamental rights, common normative standards for all high-risk AI systems should be established. Those standards should be consistent with the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union (the Charter) and should in particular be non-discriminatory and in line with the Union’s international trade commitments.
Amendment 159 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to introduce a proportionate and effective set of binding rules for AI systems, a clearly defined risk- based approach should be followed. That approach should tailor the type and content of such rules to the intensity and scope of the risks that AI systems can generate. It is therefore necessary to prohibit certain artificial intelligence practices, to lay down requirements for high-risk AI systems and obligations for the relevant operators, and to lay down transparency obligations for certain AI systems. However, it is important to distinguish both categories between the person who develops and makes the system available and the person who deploys the AI-system.
Amendment 283 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘user’ means any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body using an AI system under its authority, except where the AI system is used in the course of a personal non- professional activity, this includes research activities to the extent that they are conducted in accordance with generally accepted ethical standards;
Amendment 285 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) ‘end-user’ means the natural or legal person who interacts with the results produced by the AI-system;
Amendment 310 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 a (new)
(44a) ‘deep fake’ means manipulated or synthetic audio and/or visual material that gives an authentic impression, in which events appear to be taking place, which never happened, and which has been produced using techniques in the field of artificial intelligence, including machine learning and deep learning, without the user, or end-user being aware that the audio and/or visual material has been produced using artificial intelligence;
Amendment 376 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) the extent to which the AI system acts autonomously;
Amendment 377 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(h a) the extent to which the AI system acts autonomously;
Amendment 394 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The risk management measures referred to in paragraph 2, point (d) shall be such that any residual risk associated with each hazard as well as the overall residual risk of the high-risk AI systems is judged acceptable, provided that the high- risk AI system is used in accordance with its intended purpose or under conditions of reasonably foreseeable misuse. Those residual risks shall be communicated to the user or end-user when applicable.
Amendment 413 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) examination in view of possible biases, in particular biases that are likely to affect health and safety of persons or lead to prohibited discrimination;
Amendment 416 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the identification of any possible data gaps or shortcomings, and, where practicable, how those gaps and shortcomings can be addressed.
Amendment 420 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Training, validation and testing data sets shall bemust be as relevant, representative, free of errors and complete. T as possible in order to fulfil the purpose of the AI system. In particular, they shall have the appropriate statistical properties, including, where applicable, as regards the persons or groups of persons on which the high-risk AI system is intended to be used. These characteristics of the data sets may be met at the level of individual data sets or a combination thereof.
Amendment 428 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. To the extent that it is strictly necessary for the purposes of ensuring bias monitoring, detection and correction in relation to the high-risk AI systems, the providers of such systems may process special categories of personal data referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 and Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, subject to appropriate safeguards for the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, including technical limitations on the re-use and use of state-of-the-art security and privacy- preserving measures, such as pseudonymisation, or encryption where anonymisation may significantly affect the purpose pursued.(Does not affect English version.)
Amendment 453 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) be able to intervene on the operation of the high-risk AI system or interrupt the AI system through a “stop” button or a similar procedure.
Amendment 479 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Providers of high-risk AI systems shall keep the logs automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems, to the extent such logs are under their control by virtue of a contractual arrangement with the user or otherwise by law. The logsy shall be kept for a period that is appropriate in the light of the intended purpose of high-risk AI system and applicable legal obligations under Union or national lawkeep them for at least six months, unless otherwise stipulated in the applicable Union or national law, or if strictly necessary in the light of the intended purpose of high-risk AI system.
Amendment 483 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Providers of high-risk AI systems shall, upon request by a national competent authority, provide that authority with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of this Title, in an official Union language determined by the Member State concerned. Upon a reasoned request from a national competent authority, providers shall also give that authority access to the logs automatically generated by the high- risk AI system, to the extent such logs are under their control by virtue of a contractual arrangement with the user or otherwise by law. National authorities shall exercise restraint in the requesting of information that could be regarded as a trade secret. Should they nevertheless request such information, they shall treat it as strictly confidential.
Amendment 546 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 a (new)
Article 52 a (new)
Article 52 a General purpose AI-systems 1. The placing on the market, putting into service or use of general purpose AI- systems shall not, by themselves only, make those systems subject to the provisions of this Regulation. 2. Any person who places on the market or puts into service under its own name or trademark or uses a general purpose AI- system made available on the market or put into service for an intended purpose that makes it subject to the provisions of this Regulation shall be considered the provider of the AI system. 3. Paragraph 2 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any person who integrates a general purpose AI-system made available on the market, with or without modifying it, into an AI-system whose intended purpose makes it subject to the provisions of this Regulation. 4. The provisions of this Article shall apply irrespective of whether the general purpose AI-system is open source software or not.
Amendment 569 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – title
Article 55 – title
Measures for small-scale providerSMEs and users
Amendment 574 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) provide small-scale providerSMEs and start-ups with priority access to the AI regulatory sandboxes to the extent that they fulfil the eligibility conditions;
Amendment 576 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) organise specific awareness raising activities about the application of this Regulation tailored to the needs of the small-scale providerSMEs and users;
Amendment 578 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) where appropriate, establish a dedicated channel for communication with small-scale providerSMEs and user and other innovators to provide guidance and respond to queries about the implementation of this Regulation.
Amendment 581 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2
Article 55 – paragraph 2
2. The specific interests and needs of the small-scale providerSMEs shall be taken into account when setting the fees for conformity assessment under Article 43, reducing those fees proportionately to their size and market size.
Amendment 592 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) consider how the Union could better develop synergies, for example through Horizon Europe and EuroHPC, in order to promote the take-up of AI.
Amendment 606 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) identify and address existing bottlenecks.
Amendment 624 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1
Article 71 – paragraph 1
1. In compliance with the terms and conditions laid down in this Regulation, Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties, including administrative fines, applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are properly and effectively implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate, and dissuasive. They shall take into particular account the interests of small-scale providers and start-upSMEs and their economic viability.
Amendment 626 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 5
Article 71 – paragraph 5
5. The supply of incorrect, incomplete or misleading information to notified bodies and national competent authorities in reply to a request shall be subject to administrative fines of up to 10 000 000 EUR or, if the offender is a company, up to 2 % of its total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is higher. If the information supplied is incomplete, a period of two months shall be granted in which to provide the requested information.
Amendment 60 #
2021/0049(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The Commission should conduct an interim evaluation not later than 2025, assessing in particular the quality and efficiency of the Metrology Partnership, the progress made towards achieving the objectives set and a final evaluation not later than 2030 and should prepare a report on those evaluations,. These evaluations shall be made public.
Amendment 63 #
2021/0049(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to ensure that state-of-the-arthe latest metrology capabilities are taken up directly by innovators in their ecosystems, so far as this is economically viable;
Amendment 110 #
2021/0049(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 14 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The minutes of committee meetings shall, in principle, be made public. Where there are important reasons for not doing so, such as in the case of confidential information, the relevant passages may be omitted. Where this occurs, the committee shall state that information has been omitted and provide the reason for the omission.
Amendment 121 #
2021/0049(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Opinions of the Steering Committee shall be made public.
Amendment 122 #
2021/0049(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 129 #
2021/0049(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 17, EURAMET shall ensure the protection of confidential information whose disclosure beyond Union institutions and other Union bodies, offices or agencies could damage the interests of its members or of participants in the activities of the Metrology Partnership. Such confidential information includes but is not limited to personal, commercial, sensitive non- classified and classified information. Where Euramet decides not to make information public, it shall state that it is not doing so, together with the reason for its decision.
Amendment 131 #
2021/0049(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where a conflict of interest is identified, Euramet shall make it known and take appropriate and effective measures in accordance with paragraph 1.
Amendment 201 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) In order to guarantee scientific excellence, and in accordance with Article 13 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, freedom of scientific research should be ensured, the highest standards of scientific integrity should be promoted and none of the Joint Undertakings should rule out any technology because of political biases by default, as this would be contradictionary to the fundamentals of science;
Amendment 243 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Recital 25
(25) The governance of joint undertakings should ensure that their decision-making processes are fit to keep pace with fast-changing socio-economic and technological environment and global challenges. Joint undertakings should benefit from the expertise, advice and support from all relevant stakeholders, in order to effectively implement their tasks and ensure synergies at Union and national level. Therefore, joint undertakings should be empowered to set up advisory bodies with a view to providing them with expert advice and carrying out any other task of an advisory nature that is necessary for the achievement of the joint undertakings' objectives. In setting up the advisory bodies, joint undertakings should ensure a balanced representation of experts within the scope of the activities of the joint undertaking, including with respect to gender balance. The advice provided by these bodies should bring in scientific perspectives as well as those of national and regional authorities and of other stakeholders of joint undertakings.
Amendment 257 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32 a) Since the lack of skills is a major obstacle to competitiveness, joint undertakings should actively contribute to raising the skills and experience level across the Union among students, academics and experts (male and female) in the relevant domains, by assisting in the building of new knowledge and human capital, by engaging in awareness raising campaigns and by promoting educational and dissemination activities, with the involvement of academic, scientific and knowledge networks, social and economic partners, media, industry and SMEs organisations and other players.
Amendment 258 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Recital 33
(33) OneTwo of the main purposes of joint undertakings is to foster the Union’s economic capacities and in particular its scientific and technological sovereignty. and to build a more sustainable and competitive economy through scientific, digital and technological innovation. To this aim, all joint undertakings shall seek for possibilities to inform students who might wish to pursue a career in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics; Moreover, the post pandemic recovery highlights the need to invest in key technologies such as 5G, AI, cloud, cybersecurity and green tech and the valorisation of these technologies in the Union. Results generated by all participants will play an important role in this respect and all participants will benefit from the Union funding through the results generated in the project and access rights thereto, even those participants not having received Union funding. Therefore, to protect the Union interests, the right for joint undertakings to object to transfers of ownership of results or to grants of an exclusive licence regarding results should also apply to participants not having received Union funding. In exercising this right to object the joint undertaking should strike a fair balance between the Union interests and protection of fundamental rights on the results of the participants without funding in accordance with the principle of proportionality, taking into account that these participants did not receive any Union funding for the action from which the results were generated.
Amendment 262 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34 a) As the joint undertakings will be financed with public money the Joint Undertakings strive for the greatest transparancy possible, this shall not only include the projects conducted by the Joint Undertakings but the relevant interests of all consultants advicing the respective governing boards; all Joint Undertakings shall ensure that the outcomes of their projects shall not lead to windfall profits, especially when it comes to IP-rights.
Amendment 265 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Recital 39
(39) In the context of the European Commission’s priority of “A European Green Deal”13 supported by the revised Union Bioeconomy Strategy14 , the EU Biodiversity Strategy15 , the Clean Planet for All Communication16 , the Circular Economy Action Plan17 and the new Farm to Fork communication18 , the European bio-based sector, including SMEs, regions and primary producers should become climate neutral, more circular and more sustainable while remaining competitive on the global scale. A strong, resource efficient and competitive bio-based innovation ecosystem can decrease dependency on and accelerate the substitution of non-renewable fossil raw materials and mineral resources. It can develop renewable bio-based products, materials, processes and nutrients from waste and biomass through sustainability and circularity-driven innovation. Such ecosystem can also create value from local feedstock – including waste, residues and side-streams – to deliver jobs, economic growth and development throughout the Union not only in urban areas but also in rural and coastal territories where biomass is produced and that are often peripheral regions that rarely benefit from industrial development.; the activties of the undertaking should not result in deforestation or converted land-use; _________________ 13 https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities- 2019-2024/european-green-deal_en 14 COM(2018)673 final 15 COM/2020/380 final 16https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52018 DC0773&from=EN 17 COM(2020)98 final 18 COM(2020)381 final
Amendment 310 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Recital 66 a (new)
(66 a) As SMEs by their nature may lack the resources to actively engage projects conducted on a European level, all of the Joint Undertakings shall do whatever they can to engage SMEs to participate in the joint undertakings, including working with financial institutions, implementing social media campaigs and, if appropriate, actively approach SMEs to participate.
Amendment 326 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Recital 74
(74) In accordance with [Article 8(1)(c)] of the Horizon Europe Regulation, participating states shcould entrust the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking with the implementation of their contribution to their national participants in indirect actions. The beneficiaries should sign a single grant agreement with the joint undertaking following the Horizon Europe rules, including the respective framework for intellectual property rights, depending on the Union programme supporting the corresponding grant activity. The Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking should process the cost claims and execute the payments to the beneficiaries.
Amendment 347 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
9. 'additional activity' means an activity outside the main part of the work programme that does not receive financial support from the joint undertaking but can receive support from the structural funds and contributes to its objectives and is directly linked to the uptake of results from projects under that joint undertaking or its preceding initiatives or has a significant Union added-value;
Amendment 353 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The joint undertakings referred to in Article 3 shall contribute to the general and specific objectives of the Horizon Europe Regulation as set out in [Article 3] thereof.
Amendment 356 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) (a) strengthening and integrating the Union’s scientific and technological capacities across the Union to support the creation and diffusion of high-quality new knowledge notably with a view to deliver on global challenges, securing Union competitiveness and European added value, sustainability and contributing to the a reinforced European Research Area;
Amendment 367 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) develop and accelerate the uptake of innovative solutions throughout the Union addressing climate, environmental, health and other global societal challenges contributing to Union strategic priorities, in particular to reach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and achieve climate neutrality in the Union by 2050.accelerating the economic growth of the Union and foster the innovation eco- system;
Amendment 368 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) seek for possibilities to inform students who might wish to pursue a career in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics;
Amendment 370 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) accelerate the social, ecological and economic transitions in areas and sectors of strategic importance for Union priorities, in particular to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in accordance with the targets set in line with the European Green Deal;
Amendment 374 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) enhance the research and innovation capabilities and performance of existing and new European research and innovation value chains, including in small and medium- sized enterprises (SME);
Amendment 377 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(d a) facilitate the integration of relevant scientific and innovation competences across the EU into European R&I ecosystems and value chains;
Amendment 392 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) strengthen international cooperation whilst respecting the strategic autonomy of the EU;
Amendment 400 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) promote awareness raising campaigns, educational and dissemination activities, with the involvement of academic, scientific and knowledge networks, provide appropriate information on their respective websites, including the publication of relevant documentation;
Amendment 402 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) provide financial support, mainly in the form of grants, to research and innovation indirect actions, selected following open and competitive calls, unlesexcept in dully justified cases otherwise specified in their work programme;
Amendment 408 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) seek and ensure synergies with and, where appropriate, possibilities for further funding from relevant activities and programmes at Union, national, and regional level, in particular with those supporting the deployment and market uptake of innovative solutions, training, education and regional development, such as Cohesion policy funds in line with smart specialisation strategies;
Amendment 414 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) adopt strategies and develop measures for attracting newcomers and expanding collaborative networks;
Amendment 421 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) liaise with the most extensive range of stakeholders including, but not limited to, decentralised agencies, research organisations and universities, end users and public authorities, in particular for the purpose of defining the priorities and activities of each initiative as well as to ensure inclusiveness and openess;
Amendment 428 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point o
Amendment 434 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Joint undertakings maywill launch an opopen and transparent calls for expression of interest in view of selecting associated members. The call for expression of interest shall set out the key capacities needed in order to achieve the objectives of the joint undertaking. All calls shall be published on the joint undertaking’s website and communicated through all appropriate channels, including, where applicable, the states’ representatives group, in order to ensure the widest possible participation in the interest of achieving the objectives of the joint undertaking.
Amendment 450 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Union financial contribution to the joint undertakings, including EFTAEA and third country appropriations, shall cover administrative and operational costs up to the maximum amounts specified in Part Two. The Union contribution specified in Part Two may be increased with contributions from third countries if the latter are available.
Amendment 477 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. .Each joint undertaking shall have a governing board and an executive director and a states’ representatives group unless the Member States are represented in the Governing Board.
Amendment 488 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. The chairperson of the States’ Representatives Group may attend meetings of the governing board as an observer and take part in its deliberations, but shall have no voting rights.
Amendment 489 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. Other persons, in particular representatives of other European partnerships, executive or regulatory agencies, Participating States representatives, regional authorities within the Union and European technology platforms may also be invited to attend by the chairperson as observers on a case-by- case basis subject to the rules on confidentiality and conflict of interest.
Amendment 522 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The governing board shall consider the States’ Representatives Group’s opinion before voting.
Amendment 526 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The executive director shall be appointed by the governing board on the basis of merit and skills, from the list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedure which shall respect the principle of gender balance.;
Amendment 533 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The executive director shall be a member of staff and shall be engaged as a temporary agent of the joint undertaking under Article 2(a) of the CEOS.
Amendment 538 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) prepare and after the consultation with the SRG submit for adoption to the governing board the work programme and the corresponding expenditure estimates for the joint undertaking, to implement the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda;
Amendment 571 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 19 – paragraph 8
8. After each meeting of the scientific advisory body, its chairperson shall submit to the governing board a report outlining the body’s and its members’ opinions on the matters discussed during the meeting.; this report shall be made public to the extend possible;
Amendment 581 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 20 – paragraph 8 – point a
(a) the status of relevant national or regional research and innovation programmes and identification of potential areas of cooperation, including concrete actions taken or envisaged for the deployment(e.g. coordinated calls between joint undertakings and their R&I and investments programmes) for the development as well as deployment and market uptake of relevant technologies and innovative solutions;
Amendment 583 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 20 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1
The governing boards shall consider SRG’s opinion and inform without undue delay the states’ representatives group of the follow up it has given to such recommendations or proposals, or it shall give reasons if they are not followed up.
Amendment 594 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The work programme shall be adopted by the end of the year prior to its implementation. The work programme shall be published on the website of the joint undertaking and on the Tenders & Calls portal, and, to support the coordination with the overall strategy of Horizon Europe, be shared with the relevant clusters’ programme committee for information.
Amendment 598 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the proposals submitted, including a breakdown by participant type, including SMEs, and by country, indicating newcomers;
Amendment 599 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the collaboration with other European partnerships, including joint calls, and synergies between the joint undertaking’s actions and other Union programmes as well as national or regional initiatives and policies.
Amendment 650 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 47 – paragraph 1
The Union financial contribution from the Horizon Europe Programme to the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking, including EFTA appropriations, to cover administrative and operational costs shall be up to EUR 1 0600 000 000, including up to EUR 23 514 100 000 for administrative costs. The Union contribution may be increased with contributions from third countries if the latter are available.
Amendment 651 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 48 – paragraph 1
1. 1. The members of the Circular Bio- based Europe Joint Undertaking other than the Union shall make or arrange for their constituent or affiliated entities to make a total contribution of at least EUR 1 0600 000 000, including up to EUR 23 514 100 000 for administrative costs over the period set out in Article 3.
Amendment 659 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) five representatives of the members other than the Union, at least one of which should represent SMEs and one of which should be a master- or PhD-student..
Amendment 664 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 52 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The chairperson of the States’ Representatives Group shall attend the meetings of the Governing Board as permanent observer. He or she shall have the right to participate in deliberations but shall have no voting rights.
Amendment 728 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to contribute to the objectives set out in the 2030 Climate Target Plan51 , and the European Green Deal52 , by raising the EU's ambition on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030, and climate neutrality by 2050; _________________ 51 COM/2020/562 final. 52 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, COM/2019/640 final.
Amendment 732 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 741 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to stimulate clean hydrogen production, distribution, storage and end use applications.
Amendment 745 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) improve through research and innovation the cost-effectiveness, reliability, quantity and quality of clean hydrogen solutions, including production, distribution, storage and end uses developed in the Union such as more efficient and cheaper hydrogen electrolysers and cheaper transport and industrial application and other carbon-free and low carbon hydrogen technologies;
Amendment 816 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 83 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) contribute to the development of a strong and globally competitive European rail industry with its strong supply chain and highly innovative ecosytem based on high tech SMSs.
Amendment 864 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 113 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) drive cross-sectoral health innovation for a globally competitive European health industry, and contribute to reaching the objectives of the new Industrial Strategy for Europe and the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe.
Amendment 922 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 124 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure that components and systems technologies address Europe’s societal and environmental challenges. The target is to align with the Union policy on energy efficiency and contribute towards the reduction of energy consumption by 32.5% in 2030.
Amendment 930 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 124 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) enhance component technologies that guarantee security, trust and, when enhancing performance, energy- efficiency for critical infrastructures and sectors in Europe;
Amendment 937 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 127 – paragraph 1
The Union financial contribution from the Horizon Europe Programme to the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking, including EFTA appropriations, to cover administrative costs and operational costs shall be up to EUR 1 82 200 000 000, including up to EUR 22 090 000 for administrative costs. The Union contribution may be increased with contributions from third countries if the latter are available.
Amendment 939 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 128 – paragraph 2
2. 2. Over the period set out in Article 3, the private members of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking shall make or arrange for their constituent or affiliated entities to make contributions equal tof at least EUR 2 511 164 00070% of the sum of the contributions to operational costs of the Union, referred to in Article 127, and of the participating states, referred to in paragraph 1 to the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking.
Amendment 942 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 128 – paragraph 4
4. 4. The contributions referred to in paragraph 1 shall consist of contributions laid down in Article 11(4). The contributions referred to in paragraph 2 shall consist of contributions laid down in Article 11(1), including at least EUR 2 489 074 000 of contributions laid down in point (a) of Article 11(1). The contributions referred to in paragraph 3 shall consist of contributions as laid down in point (c) of Article 11(1).
Amendment 945 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 129 – paragraph 1
1. Each participating state shallmay entrust the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking with the implementation of their contributions to participants in indirect actions established in that participating state through the grant agreements concluded by the joint undertaking. They shall also entrust the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking with the payment of their contributions to the participants. They shall specify the amounts dedicated to indirect actions.
Amendment 946 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 129 – paragraph 2
2. The beneficiaries of indirect actions of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking shallmay sign a single grant agreement with the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking. Detailed rules of the grant agreement, including the respective framework for intellectual property rights, shall follow the rules of Horizon Europe.
Amendment 947 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 129 – paragraph 3
3. Participating states shallmay commit to the payment of the full amount of their contributions by means of legally binding agreements between the entities designated by each of the participating states for that purpose and the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking. Such agreements shall be concluded prior to the adoption of the work programme.
Amendment 988 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 160 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) develop and coordinate the strategic deployment agendas draft proposals for pan-European 5G corridors for connected and automated mobility with the involvement of stakeholders. Those agendas shall be programming documents covering the duration of CEF2 Digital by defining a common vision for the development of 5G-enabled ecosystems and the underpinning network and services requirements, and identifying deployment objectives and roadmaps as well as potential cooperation models.
Amendment 996 #
2021/0048(NLE)
Article 166 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) three representatives of the States’ Representatives Group;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas if hydrogen can-technology can be developed and commercially deployed at scale, it could be used for industrial, transport and heating applications, decarbonising sectors in which direct electrification is not possible or competitive, as well as for energy storage to balance the energy system, thereby playing a significant role in energy system integration;
Amendment 312 #
2020/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that subsidies to support certain technologies are not effective and unnecessarily costly; believes that technological bias must be rejected in principle because, at this point in time, we cannot be sure how far other technologies will be able to achieve more cost-effective emissions reductions in the future; believes that public money should only be used to support basic research which would not otherwise be undertaken in the private sector; stresses that more far- reaching subsidies should be rejected as they harbour the risk that projects will only be planned in order to obtain support funds and then discontinued due to the lack of a viable business mode;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas any legislative initiative of the Commission, within the framework of the European Green Deal, should be preceded by a publicly available cost analysis as well as a long-term estimation of its effect on global CO2 emissions;
Amendment 284 #
2020/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates the potential of energy communities and micro grids to develop accNotes that COVID-19 has contributed to the intensification of energy poverty in the EU and as the crisis continuess, to more sustainable energy, especially for remote areas, islands and the outermost regions; he proportion of the energy purchase costs in households’ budgets will grow sharply stresses therefore that it is important to develop a common definition of energy poverty and monitor the energy poverty rate subsequently;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas scarcity of affordable housing in Europe is a serious and growing problem that pushes an ever- larger number of people into housing insecurity, and housing is in short supply in many regions of Europe today;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the construction sector is immensely important to the EU economy as it accounts for about 9% of the Union’s GDP;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the construction sector risks to be severely hit by this economic crisis, as businesses may suffer from among other things liquidity flow problems, supply chain problems, reduced demand;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the construction sector will be key in the economic recovery plans that are being drawn up;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas regulatory relief would help industries cope with the scale of the crisis as Europe’s economy stutters;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas proper ventilation by opening up windows and natural daylight reduces the spread of pathogens like the new coronavirus, and whereas mechanical ventilation recirculating potentially contaminated air creates a high-risk area;
Amendment 37 #
Amendment 41 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 46 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 74 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 83 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 98 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 114 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 118 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses the need to reduce the cost of living, building, and renovating; asks the Commission to set affordability of housing, renovation, and construction as a priority;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to postpone new regulatory obligations which would otherwise take effect during the crisis and to re-think current energy efficiency and climate obligations, including the Nearly zero-energy buildings obligation required by EPBD in view of this new reality and in the context of a stronger need for affordable housing following the oncoming economic recession;
Amendment 124 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that more than EUR 75 billion a year in EU incentives is required to ensure anplans to increase energy- efficient building stock by 2050cy should always be economically sound;
Amendment 126 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that it should be individual families and businesses that make the ultimate decision on the need for renovating their buildings based on their individual preferences and needs; stresses that governments can give incentives but should not use further obligations;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Highlights the importance of Member States’ ownership over the sources of funding for (incentives for) renovations reflected by the heterogeneity of policy packages established by Member States, taking into account the profound differences in building types, ages, energy performance reflected by the distribution of Energy Performance Certificate ratings, types of heating systems, as well as structures of residential buildings’ classification (single-family versus multi- family dwellings) across the EU;
Amendment 137 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. WelcomNotes the available financing possibilities, Member States’ good practices using the EU emissions trading system (ETS) revenues blending, conditionality, and using EU regional funds as guarantees and revolving funds; stresses that there is the possibility to finance training under the Just Transition Fund;
Amendment 174 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to revise energy efficiency targets, taking into account the difficult economic situation that Member States find themselves in following the covid-19 pandemic; believes that minimum annual renovation rates for buildings and policy measures encouraging deep renovations should be indicative;
Amendment 209 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 232 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that energy-efficient buildings should be safe, affordable and sustainable; underlines the importance of embodied energy, sustainability in buildings, resource efficiency, and life- cycle approaches in line with the circular economy;
Amendment 255 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Emphasises that energy efficiency is one factor in building performance, among other factors such as affordability, aesthetics, daylight, indoor air quality, thermal comfort, acoustics, etc.;
Amendment 266 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Emphasises the importance of Member States’ ownership over the models of renovation policies taking into account the profound differences of the building stock across the EU;
Amendment 269 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is convinced that the introduction of a building renovation passport to track continued improvement and to monitor renovation depth and energy performance benefits house ownerEmphasises the importance of flexibility in the choice of technologies used for renovation and construction; believes that a technology-neutral and objective-driven approach represents the best way forward as excessive intervention in the selection of technologies cand building operators easily result in blocking innovation;
Amendment 280 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to launMember States to promote skills acquisition and exch an EU skills initiativege of good practices in the renovation sector, which includes a gender dimension, in order to engage with stakeholders in retraining, upskilling and capacity building, with a focus on employment;
Amendment 285 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 337 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. HighlightNotes that the renovation wave may mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, by fostering high- quality jobs in the construction and renewable plans will be affected by the COVID-19 crisis, and recalls that SMEs and microentergy industprises and supporting small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) workersmake up 97% of the construction industry;
Amendment 341 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 345 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Believes that net zero energy buildings with small windows that cannot open and mechanical ventilation do not create a healthy environment;
Amendment 352 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. WelcomNotes the Member States’ long- term renovation strategies (LTRSs) in setting out milestones towards the EU's climate neutrality objectives;
Amendment 359 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. WelcomNotes the announcement made by the Commission to promote renovations in schools, hospitals and housing for those in need; yet highlights the challenge of addressing the large residential building stock;
Amendment 362 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission to reconsider the 2030 climate and energy targets while recognising the importance of the renovation of buildings;
Amendment 363 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 370 #
2020/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 7 #
2020/2014(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas there are five levels of autonomy for automated driving systems, ranging from complete driver control to full autonomy;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2014(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. Whereas surveys have found that up to ninety percent of traffic accidents are caused at least in part by human error;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2014(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. Whereas when vehicles are to be truly autonomous, they will need to replicate the human decision-making process; whereas some decisions are more than just a mechanical application and seem to require a sense of ethics;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2014(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. Whereas people are far less tolerant for errors caused by machines and algorithms than by people;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2014(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that AI can be appliin vehicles is used atin different levels in vehicles and has an important impact on their autonomy and consequentlyof autonomy for automated driving systems, ranging from complete driver control to full autonomy and that, there is a sliding transfer onf civil liability of the driver towards other parties, the greater the degree of autonomy of the automated driving systems;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2014(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of defining a clear division of responsibilities between software developers, manufacturers of various components, service providers and operators and end users; stresses that ultimately a natural person must be responsible for the algorithm that guides ethical decisions of vehicles with high levels of automation;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2014(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of ensuring that drivers are always fully aware of a vehicle’s level of automation and their level of liability: drivers should be informed about their vehicles’ AI systems and related limitations of such systems such as activation, deactivation, failure; moreover, in-vehicle features should periodically remind the driver that he or she is in charge of monitoring the vehicle status; stresses that drivers cannot be held liable when automatic driving assistance systems err if they are found to have lawfully used these systems.
Amendment 128 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Such an assessment can only be done in light of a market investigation, while taking into account the quantitative thresholds. In its assessment the Commission should pursue the objectives of preserving and fostering the level of innovation, the quality of digital products and services, the degree to which prices are fair and competitive, and the degree to which quality or choice for business users and for end users is or remains high. Elements that are specific to the providers of core platform services concerned, such as extreme scale economies, very strong network effects, an ability to connect many business users with many end users through the multi-sidedness of these services, lock-in effects, a lack of multi- homing or vertical integration, can be taken into account. Potential negative impacts for small and medium-sized enterprises and consumers should always be taken into consideration. In addition, a very high market capitalisation, a very high ratio of equity value over profit or a very high turnover derived from end users of a single core platform service can point to the tipping of the market or leveraging potential of such providers. Together with market capitalisation, high growth rates, or decelerating growth rates read together with profitability growth, are examples of dynamic parameters that are particularly relevant to identifying such providers of core platform services that are foreseen to become entrenched. The Commission should be able to take a decision by drawing adverse inferences from facts available where the provider significantly obstructs the investigation by failing to comply with the investigative measures taken by the Commission.
Amendment 153 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Because of their position, gatekeepers might in certain cases restrict the ability of business users of their online intermediation services to offer their goods or services to end users under more favourable conditions, including price or other means, through other online intermediation services. Such restrictions have a significant deterrent effect on the business users of gatekeepers in terms of their use of alternative online intermediation services or the business owners own sales channel, limiting inter- platform contestability, which in turn limits choice of alternative online intermediation channels for end users. To ensure that business users of online intermediation services of gatekeepers can freely choose alternative online intermediation services and differentiate the conditions under which they offer their products or services to their end users, it should not be accepted that gatekeepers limit business users from choosing to differentiate commercial conditions, including price or other means. Such a restriction should apply to any similar measure with equivalent effect, such as for example increased commission rates or de-listing or de-ranking of the offers of business users.
Amendment 208 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) In particular gatekeepers which provide access to software application stores serve as an important gateway for business users that seek to reach end users. In view of the imbalance in bargaining power between those gatekeepers and business users of their software application stores, those gatekeepers should not be allowed to impose general conditions, including pricing conditions, that would be unfair or lead to unjustified differentiation. Pricing or other general access conditions should be considered unfair if they lead to an imbalance of rights and obligations imposed on business users or confer an advantage on the gatekeeper which is disproportionate to the service provided by the gatekeeper to business users or lead to a disadvantage for business users in providing the same or similar services as the gatekeeper. The following benchmarks can serve as a yardstick to determine the fairness of general access conditions: prices charged or conditions imposed for the same or similar services by other providers of software application stores; prices charged or conditions imposed by the provider of the software application store for different related or similar services or to different types of end users; prices charged or conditions imposed by the provider of the software application store for the same service in different geographic regions; prices charged or conditions imposed by the provider of the software application store for the same service the gatekeeper offers to itself. This obligation should not establish an access right and it should be without prejudice to the ability of providers of software application stores to take the required responsibility in the fight against illegal and unwanted content as set out in Regulation [Digital Services Act].
Amendment 224 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) In order to ensure the full and lasting achievement of the objectives of this Regulation, the Commission should be able to assess whether a provider of core platform services should be designated as a gatekeeper without meeting the quantitative thresholds laid down in this Regulation; whether systematic non- compliance by a gatekeeper warrants imposing additional remedies; and whether the list of obligations addressing unfair practices by gatekeepers should be reviewed and additional practices that are similarly unfair and limiting the contestability of digital markets should be identified and whether there has been a significant impact on small and medium- sized enterprises and consumers. Such assessment should be based on market investigations to be run in an appropriate timeframe, by using clear procedures and deadlines, in order to support the ex ante effect of this Regulation on contestability and fairness in the digital sector, and to provide the requisite degree of legal certainty.
Amendment 404 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Commission shall regularly, and at least every 2 years, review whether the designated gatekeepers continue to satisfy the requirements laid down in Article 3(1), or whether new providers of core platform services satisfy those requirements. The regular review shall also examine whether the list of affected core platform services of the gatekeeper needs to be adjusted and how small and medium-sized enterprises and consumers have been impacted by the designation of a core platform service as a gatekeeper.
Amendment 438 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) refrain from preventing or restricting business users from raising issues with any relevant public or national court authority relating to any practice of gatekeepers;
Amendment 463 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(g c) allow end users to un-install any pre-installed software applications on its core platform service without prejudice to the possibility for a gatekeeper to restrict such un-installation in relation to software applications that are essential for the functioning of the operating system or of the device and which cannot technically be offered on a standalone basis by third-parties;
Amendment 465 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
(g d) allow the installation and effective use of third party software applications or software application stores using, or interoperating with, operating systems of that gatekeeper and allow these software applications or software application stores to be accessed by means other than the core platform services of that gatekeeper. The gatekeeper shall not be prevented from taking proportionate measures to ensure that third party software applications or software application stores do not endanger the integrity of the hardware or operating system provided by the gatekeeper;
Amendment 470 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g e (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g e (new)
(g e) refrain from treating more favourably in ranking services and products offered by the gatekeeper itself or by any third party belonging to the same undertaking compared to similar services or products of third party and apply fair and non-discriminatory conditions to such ranking;
Amendment 472 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g f (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g f (new)
(g f) refrain from technically restricting the ability of end users to switch between and subscribe to different software applications and services to be accessed using the operating system of the gatekeeper, including as regards the choice of Internet access provider for end users;
Amendment 480 #
2020/0374(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g l (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g l (new)
(g l) apply fair and non-discriminatory conditions of access for business users to its software application store designated pursuant to Article 3 of this Regulation.
Amendment 118 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Since 2000, nNew technologies have emerged that improve the availability, efficiency, speed, reliability, capacity and security of systems for the transmission and storage of data online, leading to an increasingly complex online ecosystem. In this regard, it should be recalled that providers of services establishing and facilitating the underlying logical architecture and proper functioning of the internet, including technical auxiliary functions, can also benefit from the exemptions from liability set out in this Regulation, to the extent that their services qualify as ‘mere conduits’, ‘caching’ or hosting services. Such services include, as the case may be, wireless local area networks, domain name system (DNS) services, top–level domain name registries, certificate authorities that issue digital certificates, or content delivery networks, that enable or improve the functions of other providers of intermediary services. Likewise, services used for communications purposes, and the technical means of their delivery, have also evolved considerably, giving rise to online services such as Voice over IP, messaging services and web-based e-mail services, where the communication is delivered via an internet access service. Those services, too, can benefit from the exemptions from liability, to the extent that they qualify as ‘mere conduit’, ‘caching’ or hosting service.
Amendment 126 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In order to achieve the objectives of this Regulation, and in particular to improve the functioning of the internal market and ensure a safe and transparent online environment, it is necessary to establish a clear and balanced set of harmonised due diligence obligations for providers of intermediary services. Those obligations should aim in particular to guarantee different public policy objectives such as the safety and trust of the recipients of the service, including minors and vulnerable users, protect the relevant fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, to ensure meaningful accountability of those providers and to empower recipients and other affected parties, whilst facilitating the necessary oversight by competent authorities.
Amendment 129 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In order to facilitate smooth and efficient communications relating to matters covered by this Regulation, providers of intermediary services should be required to establish a single point of contact and to publish relevant information relating to their point of contact, including the languages to be used in such communications. The point of contact can also be used by trusted flaggers and by professional entities which are under a specific relationship with the provider of intermediary services. In contrast to the legal representative, the point of contact should serve operational purposes and should not necessarily have to have a physical location .
Amendment 132 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Providers of hosting services play a particularly important role in tackling manifestly illegal content online, as they store information provided by and at the request of the recipients of the service and typically give other recipients access thereto, sometimes on a large scale. It is important that all providers of hosting services, regardless of their size, put in place user-friendly notice and action mechanisms that facilitate the notification of specific items of information that the notifying party considers to be manifestly illegal content to the provider of hosting services concerned ('notice'), pursuant to which that provider can decide whether or not it agrees with that assessment and wishes to remove or disable access to that content ('action'). Provided the requirements on notices are met, it should be possible for individuals or entities to notify multiple specific items of allegedly illegal content through a single notice. The obligation to put in place notice and action mechanisms should apply, for instance, to file storage and sharing services, web hosting services, advertising servers and paste bins, in as far as they qualify as providers of hosting services covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 133 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
(40 a) It is worth noting that leaking information can constitute as a criminal offence or is in most cases linked to a criminal offence. Not a single provision in this regulation can be explained as an obligation by default to take leaked information offline. This does not mean that leaked information under no circumstance can qualify as manifestly illegal content. Leaked information that is in the interest of the public debate shall in principle not be deemed as illegal content. However, if the leaked information in itself not contains any indication of illegal activities, the leaked information shall be deemed manifestly illegal and subsequently be removed.
Amendment 134 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The rules on such notice and action mechanisms should be harmonised at Union level, so as to provide for the timely, diligent and objective processing of notices on the basis of rules that are uniform, transparent and clear and that provide for robust safeguards to protect the right and legitimate interests of all affected parties, in particular their fundamental rights guaranteed by the Charter, irrespective of the Member State in which those parties are established or reside and of the field of law at issue. The fundamental rights include, as the case may be, the right to freedom of expression and information, the right to respect for private and family life, the right to protection of personal data, the right to non-discrimination and the right to an effective remedy of the recipients of the service; the freedom to conduct a business, including the freedom of contract, of service providers; as well as the right to human dignity, the rights of the child, the right to protection of property, including intellectual property, and the right to non- discrimination of parties affected by illegal content. While an absolute hierarchy between these rights does not exist, extraordinary gravity will be assigned to the freedom of expression as this right is a cornerstone in a democratic society.
Amendment 143 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Recipients of the service should be able to easily and effectively contest certain decisions of online platforms that negatively affect them. Therefore, online platforms should be required to provide for internal complaint-handling systems, which meet certain conditions aimed at ensuring that the systems are easily accessible and lead to swift and fair outcomes. In addition, provision should be made for the possibility of out-of-court dispute settlement of disputes, including those that could not be resolved in satisfactory manner through the internal complaint-handling systems, by certified bodies that have the requisite independence, means and expertise, with a focus on (the limitations to) the freedom of expression, to carry out their activities in a fair, swift and cost- effective manner. The possibilities to contest decisions of online platforms thus created should complement, yet leave unaffected in all respects, the possibility to seek judicial redress in accordance with the laws of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 145 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Recipients of the service should be able to easily and effectively contest certain decisions of online platforms that negatively affect them. Therefore, online platforms should be required to provide for internal complaint-handling systems, which meet certain conditions aimed at ensuring that the systems are easily accessible and lead to swift and fair outcomes. In addition, provision should be made for the possibility of out-of-court and in-court dispute settlement of disputes, including those that could not be resolved in satisfactory manner through the internal complaint-handling systems, by certified bodies that have the requisite independence, means and expertise to carry out their activities in a fair, swift and cost- effective manner. The possibilities to contest decisions of online platforms thus created should complement, yet leave unaffected in all respects, the possibility to seek judicial redress in accordance with the laws of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 149 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Action against illegal content can be taken more quickly and reliably where online platforms take the necessary measures to ensure that notices submitted by trusted flaggers through the notice and action mechanisms required by this Regulation are treated with priority, without prejudice to the requirement to process and decide upon all notices submitted under those mechanisms in a timely, diligent and objective manner. Such trusted flagger status should only be awarded to entities, and not individuals, that have demonstrated, among other things, that they have particular expertise and competence in tackling illegal content, that they represent collective interests and that they work in a diligent and objective manner and have a long history of unpartisan behaviour. Such entities can be public in nature, such as, for terrorist content, internet referral units of national law enforcement authorities or of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (‘Europol’) or they can be non-governmental organisations and semi- public bodies, such as the organisations part of the INHOPE network of hotlines for reporting child sexual abuse material and organisations committed to notifying illegal racist and xenophobic expressions online. For intellectual property rights, organisations of industry and of right- holders could be awarded trusted flagger status, where they have demonstrated that they meet the applicable conditions. The rules of this Regulation on trusted flaggers should not be understood to prevent online platforms from giving similar treatment to notices submitted by entities or individuals that have not been awarded trusted flagger status under this Regulation, from otherwise cooperating with other entities, in accordance with the applicable law, including this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council.43 _________________ 43Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA, OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53
Amendment 172 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Given the importance of very large online platforms, due to their reach, in particular as expressed in number of recipients of the service, in facilitating public debate, economic transactions and the dissemination of information, opinions and ideas and in influencing how recipients obtain and communicate information online, it is necessary to impose specific obligations on those platforms, in addition to the obligations applicable to all online platforms. Those additional obligations on very large online platforms are necessary to address those public policy concerns, there being no alternative and less restrictive measures that would effectively achieve the same result. ensure that very large online platforms fulfil the aforementioned roles to the fullest extent and do not limit the public debate, or silence dissenting opinions, there being no alternative and less restrictive measures that would effectively achieve the same result. In general, everyone shall have the right to be on a very large online platform. Only in very exceptional cases, one can be permanently denied access to a very large online platform. These exceptional cases in cases where the recipient repeatedly disseminates of manifest illegal content that violates the public order, or the public health. The decision to permanently ban a recipient should always be able to be revoked by a competent court in accordance with the law of the Member States.
Amendment 173 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Given the importance of very large online platforms, due to their reach, in particular as expressed in number of recipients of the service, in facilitating public debate, economic transactions and the dissemination of information, opinions and ideas and in influencing how recipients obtain and communicate information online, it is necessary to impose specific obligations on those platforms, especially the basic right to an account for all legal users, in addition to the obligations applicable to all online platforms. Those additional obligations on very large online platforms are necessary to address those public policy concerns, there being no alternative and less restrictive measures that would effectively achieve the same result.
Amendment 176 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
Amendment 180 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Three categories of systemic risks should be assessed in-depth. A first category concerns the risks associated with the misuse of their service through the dissemination of illegal content, such as the dissemination of child sexual abuse material or illegal hate speech, and the conduct of illegal activities, such as the sale of products or services prohibited by Union or national law, including counterfeit products. For example, and without prejudice to the personal responsibility of the recipient of the service of very large online platforms for possible illegality of his or her activity under the applicable law, such dissemination or activities may constitute a significant systematic risk where access to such content may be amplified through accounts with a particularly wide reach. When it comes to hate speech, it must be underlined that it is nearly impossible for online platforms to asses whether hate speech constitutes as illegal hate speech, or that it is protected by the freedom of expression. For example: an expression done in the context of the public debate, in the context of a religion, an expression made by a comedian or a politician will in almost all of the occasions be protected by the freedom of expression according to the European Court of Human Rights. It is therefore not up to online platforms to determine whether an expression constitutes as illegal hate speech, but up to judges. A second category concerns the impact of the service on the exercise of fundamental rights, as protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including the freedom of expression and information, the right to private life, the right to non- discrimination and the rights of the child. Such risks may arise, for example, in relation to the design of the algorithmic systems used by the very large online platform or the misuse of their service through the submission of abusive notices or other methods for silencing speech or hampering competition. A third category of risks concerns the intentional and, oftentimes, coordinated manipulation of the platform’s service, with a foreseeable impact on health, civic discourse, electoral processes, public security and protection of minors, having regard to the need to safeguard public order, protect privacy and fight fraudulent and deceptive commercial practices. Such risks may arise, for example, through the creation of fake accounts, the use of bots, and other automated or partially automated behaviours, which may lead to the rapid and widespread dissemination of information that is illegal content or incompatible with an online platform’s terms and conditions.
Amendment 183 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) Very large online platforms should deploy the necessary means to diligently mitigate the systemic risks identified in the risk assessment. Very large online platforms should under such mitigating measures consider, for example, enhancing or otherwise adapting the design and functioning of their content moderation, algorithmic recommender systems and online interfaces, so that they discourage and limit the dissemination of illegal content, adapting their decision-making processes, or adapting their terms and conditions. They may also includnot impose corrective measures, such as discontinuing advertising revenue for specific content, or other actions, such as improving the visibility of authoritative information sources as long as the content is not deemed manifestly illegal. Very large online platforms may reinforce their internal processes or supervision of any of their activities, in particular as regards the detection of systemic risks. They may also initiate or increase cooperation with trusted flaggers, organise training sessions and exchanges with trusted flagger organisations, and cooperate with other service providers, including by initiating or joining existing codes of conduct or other self-regulatory measures. Any measures adopted should respect the due diligence requirements of this Regulation and be effective and appropriate for mitigating the specific risks identified, in the interest of safeguarding the freedom of expression, public order, protecting privacy and fighting fraudulent and deceptive commercial practices, and should be proportionate in light of the very large online platform’s economic capacity and the need to avoid unnecessary restrictions on the use of their service, taking due account of potential negative effects on the fundamental rights of the recipients of the service.
Amendment 192 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
Recital 68
Amendment 226 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) ‘allegedly illegal content’ is content being subject to allegations of illegality.
Amendment 227 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(f b) ‘manifestly illegal content’ is content that is unmistakably illegal. The illegal character of this content shall be instantly manifest to every average citizen without a legal background.
Amendment 228 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ‘proven illegal content’ means any information,, which, in itself or by its reference to an activity, including the sale of products or provision of services is not in compliance with Union law or the law of a Member State, irrespective of the precise subject matter or nature of that lawis all content a competent judicial body has deemed illegal;
Amendment 237 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) ‘Digital Services Coordinator of establishment’ means the Digital Services Coordinator of the Member State where the provider of an intermediary service is established or, in the case that the intermediary service is not established inside the European Union, its legal representative resides or is established;
Amendment 242 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
(p) ‘content moderation’ means the activities undertaken by providers of intermediary services aimed at detecting, identifying and addressing illegal content or information incompatible with their terms and conditionsallegedly, manifestly, or proven illegal content or content incompatible with their terms and conditions to the extent the intermediary service is allowed to moderate this content under their terms and conditions in accordance with Article 12 and 25a of this regulation, provided by recipients of the service, including measures taken that affect the availability, visibility and accessibility of that illegal content or that information, such as demotion, disabling of access to, or removal thereof, or the recipients’ ability to provide that information, such as the termination or suspension of a recipient’s account;
Amendment 255 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) does not have actual knowledge of illegal activity orthe manifestly illegal content and, as regards claims for damages, is not aware of facts or circumstances from which the illegal activity ormanifestly illegal content is apparent; or
Amendment 256 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, acts expeditiously to remove or to disable access to the manifestly illegal content.; or
Amendment 257 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) upon obtaining knowledge or awareness of an order from a competent judicial body, acts expeditiously to remove or to disable access to the proven illegal content.
Amendment 265 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Providers of intermediary services shall not be deemed ineligible for the exemptions from liability referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5 solely because they carry out voluntary own-initiative investigations or other activities aimed at detecting, identifying and removing, or disabling of access to, manifestly illegal content, or take the necessary measures to comply with the requirements of Union law, including those set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 273 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Providers of intermediary services shall, upon the receipt of an order to act against a specific item of proven illegal content, issued by the relevant national judicial or administrative authorities, on the basis of the applicable Union or national law, in conformity with Union law, inform the authority issuing the order of the effect given to the orders, without undue delay, specifying the action taken and the moment when the action was taken.
Amendment 275 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
— a statement of reasons explaining why the information is illegal contentcontent was proven illegal, by reference to the specific provision of Union or national law infringed;
Amendment 282 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 320 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Providers of hosting services shall put mechanisms in place to allow any individual or entity to notify them of the presence on their service of specific items of information that the individual or entity considers to be manifestly illegal content. Those mechanisms shall be easy to access, user- friendly, and allow for the submission of notices exclusively by electronic means.
Amendment 322 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 shall be such as to facilitate the submission of sufficiently precise and adequately substantiated notices, on the basis of which a diligent economic operator can identify twhe illegality ofther the content in question qualifies as manifestly illegal. To that end, the providers shall take the necessary measures to enable and facilitate the submission of notices containing all of the following elements:
Amendment 325 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) an explanation of the reasons why the individual or entity considers the information in question to be manifestly illegal content;
Amendment 326 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a clear indication of the electronic location of that information, in particular the exact URL or URLs, and, where necessary, additional information enabling the identification of the allegedly manifestly illegal content;
Amendment 355 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) where the decision concerns allegedly manifestly illegal content, a reference to the legal ground relied on and explanations as to why the information is considered to be manifestly illegal content on that ground;
Amendment 363 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Market entrance protection The provisions in this section shall not be enforced on new established entities for a period of one year after their establishment. During this period new established entities shall make any reasonable efforts to comply with the provisions in this section and act in good faith.
Amendment 366 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – title
Article 16 – title
Exclusion for micro and small enterpriseSMEs
Amendment 371 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
This Section shall not apply to online platforms that qualify as micro or small enterpriseSMEs within the meaning of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC.
Amendment 376 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Online platforms shall provide recipients of the service, for a period of at least six months following the decision referred to in this paragraph, the access to an effective internal complaint-handling system, which enables the complaints to be lodged electronically and free of charge, against the following decisions taken by the online platform on the ground that the information provided by the recipients is manifestly illegal content or incompatible with its terms and conditions:
Amendment 384 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Online platforms shall handle complaints submitted through their internal complaint-handling system in a timely, diligent and objective manner. Where a complaint contains sufficient grounds for the online platform to consider that the information to which the complaint relates is not manifestly illegal and is not incompatible with its terms and conditions, or contains information indicating that the complainant’s conduct does not warrant the suspension or termination of the service or the account, it shall reverse its decision referred to in paragraph 1 without undue delay.
Amendment 385 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. If a decision is reversed under paragraph 3 the online platform shall compensate the recipient with an amount of 25 EUR or 50 EUR if the online platform qualifies as a VLOP. This is without prejudice to the recipients right to seek compensation for his real damages.
Amendment 392 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) it has the necessary expertise in relation toconcerning the issues arising in one or more particular areas of illegal content, or in relation toof illegal content, in particular as it comes to the applicable laws relating to freedom of expression and its limitations and the applicable case law, including the case- law of the European Court of Human Rights, or about the application and enforcement of terms and conditions of one or more types of online platforms, allowing the body to contribute effectively to the settlement of a dispute;
Amendment 396 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. If the online platform concerned constitutes a very large online platform the maximum fee for an out-of-court settlement procedure shall not exceed 25 EUR for a consumer. If the decision is in favor of the recipient, the very large online platform shall reimburse any fee paid to the body for the dispute settlement. The recipient shall not be required to reimburse any fees or other expenses that the online platform paid or is to pay concerning the dispute settlement. On top of that, the very large online platform shall compensate the recipient with a minimal amount of 100 EUR. This is without prejudice to the recipient's right to seek compensation for his real damages.
Amendment 404 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it has particular expertise and competence for the purposes of detecting, identifying and notifying manifestly illegal content;
Amendment 405 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) it has sufficient legal expertise as it comes to the law regarding freedom of expression and its limitations including the applicable case law of the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 419 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Online platforms shallmay suspend, for a reasonable period of time and after having issued a prior warning, the provision of their services to recipients of the service that frequently provide manifestly illegal contentproven illegal content, taking into account the severity of the illegal content disseminated via the online platform.
Amendment 423 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Online platforms shall without any delay terminate the provision of their services to recipients disseminating manifestly illegal content, given that the manifestly illegal content also constitutes as a crime against the public order, the public morals or the public health.
Amendment 424 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Online platforms may suspend, for a reasonable period of time and after having issued a prior warning, the provision of their services to recipients of the service that repeatedly provide manifestly illegal content that not constitutes as an assault to the public order, the public health, or the public morals. Online platforms shall take into account the severity of the illegal content disseminated via the online platform.
Amendment 435 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. If the recipients account is suspended and the online platform constitutes as a very large online platform, the Freedom of Expression Officer is notified about the suspension immediately.
Amendment 476 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. The online platforms shall ensure that traders are swiftly approved, given that they provided the necessary information correctly;
Amendment 480 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the number of suspensions imposed pursuant to Article 20, distinguishing between suspensions enacted for the provision of manifestly illegal content, the submission of manifestly unfounded notices and the submission of manifestly unfounded complaints;
Amendment 518 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25 a Terms and conditions of very large online platforms The terms and conditions of very large online platforms shall not provide additional conditions defining what content is allowed on their very large online platform. These boundaries are prescribed by applicable Union and national law. The terms and conditions of very large online platforms shall not have any adverse effects on the fundamental rights as enshrined in the EU Charter on fundamental rights, especially not on the fundamental right on freedom of expression, in accordance with the applicable law of the Member States and the applicable Union law.
Amendment 520 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 b (new)
Article 25 b (new)
Article 25 b Equal treatment of legal content The algorithms of very large online platforms will not assess the intrinsic character of the content disseminated through their platform. Furthermore, very large online platforms are not allowed to take corrective measures on legal content, such as discontinuing advertising revenue for specific content, or other actions, such as improving the visibility of authoritative information sources.
Amendment 522 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 c (new)
Article 25 c (new)
Article 25 c Shadow banning The practice of shadow banning, which means that the user still can use and post on the very large online platform but the spread is significantly reduced, shall be prohibited.
Amendment 523 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 d (new)
Article 25 d (new)
Article 25 d Algorithms and political views The very large online platform’s algorithm, which selects content to be shown, shall never favour or disadvantage particular political views.
Amendment 530 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the dissemination of illegal content through their services; the very large online platforms shall make a distinction between allegedly, manifestly illegal content, and proven illegal content;
Amendment 532 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) any negative effects for the exercise of the fundamental rights to respect for private and family life, freedom of expression and information, the prohibition of discrimination and the rights of the child, as enshrined in Articles 7, 11, 21 and 24 of the Charter respectively, with particular regard to the freedom of expression;
Amendment 546 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. When conducting risk assessments, very large online platforms shall take into account, in particular, how their content moderation systems, recommender systems and systems for selecting and displaying advertisement influence any of the systemic risks referred to in paragraph 1, including the potentially rapid and wide dissemination of manifestly illegal content and of information that is incompatible with their terms and conditions.
Amendment 561 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 573 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Very large online platforms shall be subject, at their own expense and at least once a year, to audits to assess compliance with the followingobligations as set out in Chapter III:
Amendment 576 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 578 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 596 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Online platforms shall not make the recipients of their services subject to recommender system based on profiling, unless the recipient of the service has expressed a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent. Very large online platforms that use recommender systems shall set out in their terms and conditions, in a clear, accessible and easily comprehensible manner, the main parameters used in their recommender systems, as well as any options for the recipients of the service to (1) modify or influence those main parameters that they may have made available, including at least one option which is not based on profiling, within the meaning of Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or (2) see all information without manipulation.
Amendment 640 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a The Freedom of Expression Officer 1. Very large online platforms shall appoint one or more Freedom of Expression officers. These officers shall continuously assess whether the content removed from the very large online platform concerned is, in fact, illegal content. 2. The Freedom of Expression Officer shall have the professional qualifications, knowledge and experience necessary to assess whether the content is in accordance with the applicable laws, or that it should be deemed illegal. 3. Freedom of Expression Officers shall have the following tasks: (a) Continuously and, if need be, randomly assess whether deleted content was indeed illegal, or whether the content was within the boundaries of the law. (b) In the case that the Freedom of Expression Officer finds that content was not illegal and should not have been removed, the Freedom of Expression Officer shall notify the relevant departments in order to ensure that the content is replaced. Subsequently, the Freedom of Expression Officer shall draw up an accessible report on why the content should not be deemed illegal and why it subsequently should not have been removed. The very large online platform will publish this report as soon as possible on its designated website. (c) In the case that leaked information is disseminated via a very large online platform, the Freedom of Expression Officer may give a public recommendation as to whether the leaked information should be deemed as manifestly illegal content and the content should be removed from the platform, or that the content is in the interest of the public debate and subsequently is protected by the freedom of expression. The Freedom of Expression Officer will make its recommendation publicly available as soon as possible. 4. The Freedom of Expression Officer shall under no circumstance seek approval from any body within the very large online platform before he publishes a report or a recommendation. He shall be permitted to exercise his duties completely independently. 5. The Freedom of Expression Officer shall be equipped with sufficient staff. A minimum of 0.5 % of the employed staff within the very large online platform shall be designated to the Bureau of the Freedom of Expression Officer. 6. A very large online platform may be exempted from the requirement set out in paragraph 5. In order to secure this exemption, the very large online platform shall submit a request to the competent Digital Services Coordinator. The Digital Services Coordinator shall grant this request if the decisions made under Article 17 and Article 18 are in 90 % of the cases in favour of the very large online platform.
Amendment 644 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
3. Where a very large online platform considers that the publication of information pursuant to paragraph 2 may result in the disclosure of confidential information of that platform or of the recipients of the service, may cause significant vulnerabilities for the security of its service, may undermine public security or may harm recipients, the platform may remove such information from the reports. In that case, that platform shall transmit the complett shall however indicate that information was removed from the reports to, the Digital Services Coordinator of establishment and the Commission, accompanied by a statement of the reasons for removingscope of the information removed and for what reason the information was removed from the public reports.
Amendment 646 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a Algorithm accountability The very large online platform shall provide the Commission and interested Member States under the condition of confidentiality with all information necessary to perform an audit of the algorithms used in order to verify how algorithms influence social and political debate and how they impact fundamental rights. When performing their audit, the Commission and interested Member States may seek advice from external researchers. The information necessary to perform the audit shall remain confidential, the audit shall be published.
Amendment 650 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35
Article 35
Amendment 651 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35
Article 35
Amendment 656 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36
Article 36
Amendment 659 #
Amendment 660 #
Amendment 668 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall make publicly available, and communicate to the Commission and the Board, the name of their competent authority designated as Digital Services Coordinator and information on how it can be contacted. The Commission, as well, shall publish and update a register containing the name and contact information of the Digital Service Coordinators responsible in each Member State;
Amendment 676 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 41 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) the temporary restriction does not unduly restrict access to lawful information by recipients of the service, having regard to the number of recipients affected and whether any adequate and readily accessible alternatives exist.
Amendment 678 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 6
Article 41 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that any exercise of the powers pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 is subject to adequatethe highest safeguards laid down in the applicable national law inand in absolute conformity with the Charter and with the general principles of Union law. In particular, those measures shall only be taken in accordance with the right to respect for private life and the rights of defence, including the rights to be heard and of access to the file, and subject to the right to an effective judicial remedy of all affected parties.
Amendment 686 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. If the providers of intermediary services qualifies as an SME all of the above mentioned percentages will be divided by three.
Amendment 688 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Recipients of the service shall have the right to lodge a complaint against providers of intermediary services alleging an infringement of this Regulation with the Digital Services Coordinator of the Member State where the recipient resides or is established. The Digital Services Coordinator shall assess the complaint and, where appropriate, transmit it to the Digital Services Coordinator of establishment. Where the complaint falls under the responsibility of another competent authority in its Member State, the Digital Service Coordinator receiving the complaint shall transmit it to that authority. Complaints shall, to the extent possible, be made public.
Amendment 707 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1
Article 64 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall publish the decisions it adopts pursuant to Articles 55(1), 56(1), 58, 59 and 60. Such publication shall state the names of the parties and the main content of, the content of the decision and all the documents or other forms of information on which the decision is based, including any penalties imposed.
Amendment 710 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Information stored in the information sharing system shall fall under the scope of article 15 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union and article 42 of the EU Charter on fundamental rights. This provision is without prejudice to regulation 1049/2001.
Amendment 711 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) it has sufficient legal expertise as it comes to the law regarding freedom of speech and its limitations including the applicable case-law of the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 714 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 73 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The evaluation shall pay specific attention to the position of SMEs and the position of new competitors.
Amendment 98 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Communication from the Commission of 19 February 2020 entitled ‘Shaping Europe’s digital future’ presents Europe’s digital strategy and focuses on few key objectives to ensure that digital solutions help Europe to pursue its own way towards a digital transformation that works for the benefit of people. Among the key actions it proposes is to invest in building and deploying cutting-edge joint digital capacities, including in supercomputing and quantum technologies, and to expand Europe’s supercomputing capacity to develop innovative solutions foracross all economic sectors, such as medicine, transport and the, environment and energy.
Amendment 100 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Communication from the Commission of 10 March 2020 entitled ‘A new Industrial Strategy for Europe’ is reflecting an ambitious industrial strategy for Europe to lead the twin transitions towards climate neutrality and digital leadership. The Communication stresses the support, among others, to the development of key enabling technologies that are strategically important for Europe’s industrial future, including High Performance Computing and quantum technologies. The development of a world- class European High Performance Computing infastrcuture and ecosystem represents a strategic resource for the future of EU's economies and for its security.
Amendment 103 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) High Performance Computing is a strategic resource for policy-making, powering applications that provide the means to understand and design efficient solutions to address many complex global challenges and for crisis management. High Performance Computing contributes to key policies such as the European Green Deal with models and tools for transforming the increasing number of complex environmental challenges into opportunities for social innovation and economic growth. An example is the Destination Earth initiative announced in the Communications from the Commission of 11 December 2019 on “The European Green Deal”, and of 19 February 2020 on “A European strategy for data” and on “Shaping Europe's digital future”. High performance computing should also be considered as a strategic asset to safeguard the innovation capacity of the European Union and foster economic growth. The present Joint Undertaking should also contribute to the strategic autonomy of the European Union.
Amendment 105 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
Amendment 107 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Global events such as the COVID- 19 pandemic have shown the importance of investing in High Performance Computing and health-related modelling platforms and tools, as they are playing a key role in the fight against the pandemic, often in combination with other digital technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence and computer modelling and simulation. High Performance Computing is being used to accelerate the identification and production of treatments, to predict the virus’ spread, to help plan the distribution of medical supplies and resources, and to simulate post-epidemic exit measures in order to evaluate different scenarios. High Performance Computing modelling platforms and tools are critical tools for the current and future pandemics, and they will play a key role in health and personalised medicine.
Amendment 111 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to equip the Union with the computing performance needed to maintain its research and industrial capacities at a leading edge, the Member States investment in High Performance Computing and quantum computing should be coordinated and the industrial and market take-up of High Performance Computing and quantum computing technologies be reinforced both in the public and private sectors. The Union should increase its effectiveness in turning the technology developments into demand- oriented and application-driven European High Performance Computing and quantum computing systems of the highest quality and easily accessible troughout Europe, establishing an effective link between technology supply, co-design with users, and a joint procurement of world- class systems, and creating a world-class ecosystem in High Performance Computing and quantum computing technologies and applications. At the same time, the Union should provide an opportunity for its supply industry to leverage on such investments, leading to their uptake in large-scale and emerging application fields such as personalised medicine, climate change, connected and automated driving or other lead markets that are underpinned by artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, edge computing or more broadly by the digitalisation of the European industry.
Amendment 137 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) TConsidering that the lack of skills and experience is an obstacle to access HPC and quantum computing technologies, the Joint Undertaking should contribute to reducaising the specific skills gap across the Union by engaging in awareness raising measures and assisting in the building of new knowledge and human capital. kills and experience level across the Union among students, academics and experts (male and female) in the relevent domains by engaging in awareness raising measures and assisting in the building of new knowledge and human capital as world- class HPCs require world-class skilled, trained, and well-educated engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and other beta-orientated people.
Amendment 142 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26 a) To foster innovation, it is important that fresh ideas of European students become reality. It is therefore well advised to allocate a share of the Unions access time to HPCs to a dedicated board, compiled of students from the participating states. The dedicated board will ensure low-key access for applications to use time on the HPCs. The dedicated board could also showcase its selected projects convincing new students to pursue a beta-orientated career.
Amendment 158 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
Recital 39 a (new)
(39 a) To promate an easy acces across the Union of EuroHCO supercomputers, the Joint Undertaking should create a federated infrastructure ecosystem approach with easy access in all participating states.
Amendment 172 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) User allocation of access time to the supercomputers of the Joint Undertaking should be free of charge for public users. It should also be free of charge for private users for their applications related to research and innovation activities funded by Horizon Europe or the Digital Europe Programme, as well as for private innovation activities of SMEs, where appropriate. Such allocation of access time should primarily be based on open calls for expression of interest launched by the Joint Undertaking and evaluated by independent experts. With the exception of SME users undertaking private innovation activities, all users benefiting from free-of-charge access time to the supercomputers of the Joint Undertaking should adopt an open science approach and disseminate knowledge gained through this access, in accordance with the Horizon Europe Regulation. User allocation of access time for economic activities other than private innovation activities of SMEs (which face particular market failures), should be granted on a pay-per-use basis, based on market on cost- based prices. Allocation of access time for such economic activities should be allowed but limited and the level of the fee to be paid should be established by the Governing Board. The access rights should be allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define specific rules to grant access time free of charge, where appropriate, and without a call for expression of interest to initiatives that are considered strategic either by the Union or by the Governing Board. Representative examples of strategic initiatives of the Union include: Destination Earth, the Human Brain Project Flagship, the “1+ Million Genomes” initiative, the common European data spaces operating in domains of public interest, and in particular the health data space, the High Performance Computing Centres of Excellence and Competence Centres, the Digital Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s request, the Joint Undertaking should grant direct access time on a temporary or permanent basis to strategic initiatives and existing or future application platforms that it considers essential for providing health- related or other crucial emergency support services for the public good, to emergency and crisis management situations or to cases that the Union considers essential for its security and defence. The Joint Undertaking should be allowed to carry out some limited economic activities for commercial purposes. Access should be granted to users residing, established or located in an EU Member State or a country associated to the Digital Europe Programme and to Horizon Europe. The access rights should be equitable to any user and allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define and monitor the access rights to the Union's share of access time for each supercomputer.
Amendment 173 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
(47 a) Since the supercomputers are demand-oriented and user-driven, the EuroHPC would benifit from a permanent dialogue with users of HPC infrastructures. The continuous involvement of industry, SMEs, and innovative companies and start-ups can have a high added value and multiplier effect. The user-side input should be actively sought through a regular consultation process. For that purpose, a working group (the ‘User Forum’) should be set up by the Governing Board to assist in the identification of the enhanced quality of service, usability, trust, and security requirements of users. The User Forum should should include representatives of industrial and public users.
Amendment 186 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10 a) 'EuroHPC Student Governing Board’ means a separate body, allocating 10% of the Unions access time to HPCs, with the aim of providing low-key access to students within the participating states to foster disruptive and innovative ideas and to promote the pursuance of a beta- orientated career.
Amendment 187 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15 a) 'indirect actions' means research and innovation activities to which the Union provides financial support and which are undertaken by participants;
Amendment 192 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
(27 a) 'single grant agreement' means a financial agreement for indirect actions between the Joint Undertaking, combining two or more financing sources, and a participant ;
Amendment 200 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to develop close cooperation and ensure coordination with other European Partnerships, including through joint calls, as well as seek synergies with relevant activities and programmes at Union, national, and regional level, in particular with those supporting the deployment of innovative solutions and modelling platforms, education and regional development, where relevant;
Amendment 237 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
i) low-power micro-processing components as long as they enhance the computing power of a supercomputer, and related technologies such as novel algorithms, software codes, tools, and environments;
Amendment 244 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
i) applications for public and private users that exploit the capabilities of high- end supercomputers and their convergence with advanced digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, computer modelling and simulation, high performance data analytics, cloud technologies, etc. through the co-design, development and optimisation of High Performance Computing-enabled large-scale and emerging lead-market codes and applications;
Amendment 295 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Student Governing Board 1. Apart from the Governing Board a separate governing board will be established; every participating state shall have the right to nominate each year one student for the EuroHPC Student Governing Board; Members of the EuroHPC Student Governing Board exercise their duties for a period of maximum two years; 2. The EuroHPC Student Governing Board shall allocate 10% of the Unions access time to the EuroHPC supercomputers; 3. The EuroHPC Student Governing Board allocates access time to the EuroHPC supercomputers at its own discretion; 4. The EuroHPC Student Governing Board shall elect a President and a Vice President among their midst; 5. The President shall chair the EuroHPC Student Governing Board for one year, after that period the President will be succeeded by the Vice President; 6. Every bachelor or master student in a participating state shall have the right to file an application for access time to the EuroHPC supercomputers with the EuroHPC Student Governing Board; 7. The EuroHPC Student Governing Board allocates access time by consensus;
Amendment 322 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point 2
Article 6 – point 2
(2) The Union shall hold 250% of the voting rights. The voting rights of the Union shall be indivisible.
Amendment 323 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point 3 – introductory part
Article 6 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) For the tasks referred to in Article 7(3) of these Statutes, the remaining 750% of the voting rights shall be distributed equally among all Participating States.
Amendment 324 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point 4 – introductory part
Article 6 – point 4 – introductory part
(4) For the tasks referred to in Article 7(4) of these Statutes, except points (f), (g) and (h), the remaining 750% of the voting rights shall be held by the Participating States that are Member States.
Amendment 326 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – point 6 – paragraph 1
At the first stage, the remaining 750% of the voting rights shall be distributed equally among all Participating States. Decisions of the Governing Board shall be taken by a majority consisting of the Union's vote and at least 55% of all votes of the Participating States, including the votes of the members who are absent.
Amendment 338 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – point 1
Article 16 – point 1
(1) Participating States shall entrust the Joint Undertaking with the implementation of their contributions toco- finance the participants of their country in indirect actions as referred to in Article 15(3)(f) of these Statutes through the single grant agreements concluded by the Joint Undertaking. They shall also entrust the Joint Undertaking with the payment of their contributions to the participants. They shall specify the amounts dedicated to indirect actions.
Amendment 44 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy calls on the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal .
Amendment 62 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on Transport and Tourmism calls on the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
Amendment 11 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that renewable energy is a key driver of decarbonisation; recalls that at least 32 % of the EU’s total energy needs should be met by renewable energy by 2030there are two carbon-neutral power-generating technologies that result in decarbonisation of the electricity system -- nuclear and renewable energy; recalls that according to the current climate framework at least 32 % of the EU’s total energy needs should be met by renewable energy by 2030; believes that the EU should abandon this target and let Member States decide on their energy mix according to their own energy resources and needs which differ from country to country because of, among other things, geography;
Amendment 23 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that an increase in offshore wind energy production is not essential for the clean energy transition; stresses that, as offshore wind capacity currently stands at just 25 GW, the building of offshore wind farms must be accelerated so as to provide up to 450 GW of capacity by 2050as there are viable other options such as nuclear energy;
Amendment 28 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the decision to find space for up to 450 GW of offshore wind energy capacity is of the utmost importancwhile nuclear requires a tiny bit of land to provide a whole lot of power at a low cost, wind requires a whole lot of land to provide a tiny bit of power at a high cost; stresses that when searching for space for offshore wind energy capacity impacts on the fishery sector and/or the environment should be taken into account; reminds that it should not be forgotten that potential European offshore areas also have a biological and economic value;
Amendment 57 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that that when analysing the cost of offshore wind energy, all relevant costs should be taken into account, including the transmission and distribution costs and the costs of backup systems;
Amendment 62 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reminds that the cost of offshore wind will increase, as the reservoir of plots that are easy to build on depletes;
Amendment 73 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that the possibilities of storing energy are still very limited;
Amendment 3 #
2019/2097(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the Agency's very low budget implementation in 2018, with close to 25 % (EUR 49 million) of commitment appropriations carried forward and 76 % (EUR 74 million) of payment appropriations unused; acknowledges that this was due to reasons beyond the control of the Agency, namely the late adoption or entry into force of certain legislative acts; believes, however, that the lower absorption capacity should have been anticipated and therefore calls on the Agency and the Commission to improve the budgetary planning in the future; and on the Commission to involve the Agency closely in the preparation of new legislative acts:
Amendment 8 #
2019/2097(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of several flaws detected by the Court in relation to compliance with public procurement rules; regrets that the flaws related to a framework contract for provision of ‘corrective maintenance in working order of the Schengen Information System’ led to irregular payments totalling EUR 759 000; deplores that the Court detected further shortcomings in the quality, completeness and consistency of information related to that contract; takes note of the Agency’s reply that the irregular payment was necessary to comply with its legal obligation to continuously maintain the Schengen Information System as the procedure for the successor framework contract was launched too late; welcomes the new organisational structure put in place by the Agency to reinforce the capabilities needed for operational planning and the underlying procurement, including the provision of legal and technical input, but calls for further efforts to ensure compliance with procurement rules and more accurate reporting; takes note of the Court's observation that the Agency may consider using the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) methodology, a standard methodology for the determination of price for development activities;
Amendment 9 #
2019/2097(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Acknowledges that while the Agency currently manages three separate, non-integrated large scale IT systems (SIS II, VIS and Eurodac), this situation may prevent the Agency from achieving economies of scale and synergies that could otherwise be achieved in an integrated system;
Amendment 10 #
2019/2097(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that, in relation to e- procurement procedures, the Agency has introduced e-invoicing and e-tendering for certain procedures, however introduction of e-submission is still ongoing;
Amendment 16 #
2019/2096(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the Court's observation that EASO has neither an internal legal service nor a systematic internal review of legal documents while the Office has been outsourcing most of its legal issues without clear internal guidelines; acknowledges the corrective actions launched by the Office's management, which are however still not completed; acknowledges that even though a senior legal advisor started duties at the Office in April 2019 and while a new framework contract for legal advice was signed in January 2019, there was still no systematic internal overview of legal documents and many inconsistencies were noted in the legal aspects of its public procurement procedures in 2018; reiterates to that end the paramount importance of EASO having a strong legal function and an effective management of its legal procedures;
Amendment 15 #
2019/2083(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls the observation of the Court that, since 2015, there is an unaddressed risk of double funding from the Internal Security Fund, managed by the Commission, and Agency funding; calls, to that end, for the implementation of corrective actions without further delay;
Amendment 16 #
2019/2083(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Agency to follow up on the outstanding recommendation regarding e-procurement, namely the introduction of e-submission, without delay;
Amendment 3 #
2019/2069(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, in the case of five low- value procurement procedures below EUR 60 000, only one candidate submitted a tender; acknowledges the challenges to attract tenderers for low-value contracts but urges the Centre to undertake greater efforts to ensure competitive procurement procedures irrespective of their value with a view to guarantee best price-quality ratio procurements and without prejudice to the principles of proportionality and equal treatment of all potential tenderers;
Amendment 2 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the overall reduction of AMIF commitment appropriations by 15,4 % (-172 million euros) compared to 2019; regrets the decrease of commitment appropriations aimed at strengthening and developing the CEAS and enhancing responsibility-sharing between Member States (-29,5 %) compared to 2019; recalls the importance of providing adequate financial capacity to improve the integration of migrants as well as re- integration of migrants who forcibly or voluntarily returned to a third country, and to respond to emergency assistance needs of Member States under migratory pressure; expresses its disappointment at the fact that the AMIF budget does not include some financial resercalls the importance of the return of illegal migrants who forcibly or voluntarily haves to finance the reformed Dublin legislation and the new Union Resettlement schemes in case of adoption during 2020; proposes to foresee an amount in the reserve for temporary arrangements for disembarkation in the Union and relocation of people rescued in the Mediterranean; requests, in order to free financial resources, that the EU Trust Fund for Africa and the Regional development protection programmes for North Africa that primarily support external policies of the Union are funded by Heading IV of the Union budget (Global Europe) instead of by AMIF under Heading III (Security and Citizenship)return to a third country;
Amendment 24 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 35 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes thRegrets the immense increase of Commitment appropriations of the EPPO (70,5 %); recalls the important role of EPPO in investigating and prosecuting fraud involving Union funds and the need to provide sufficient financial resources so that it becomes fully operational before December 2020o respect the sovereignty of the Member States and their competence in Justice affairs, in full accordance with the Treaty;
Amendment 154 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 3 – indent 1
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 3 – indent 1
— Education and training activities with strong entrepreneurship components to train the next generation of talents, including the design and implementation of programmes awarded the EIT Label23 , in particular at master and doctoral level; _________________ 23 The EIT Label is a quality seal awarded by the EIT to a KIC’s educational programme which complies with specific quality criteria related inter alia to entrepreneurial education and innovative ‘learning-by-doing’ curricula.in the knowledge triangle with strong entrepreneurship components to train the next generation of talents;
Amendment 188 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 189 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 192 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 3
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 199 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 4
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 4
Amendment 201 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – introductory part
Annex I – point 2 – introductory part
2. RaisProtecting the bar: the EIT in 2021- 2027current ecosystem based on the knowledge triangle
Amendment 202 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1
Amendment 214 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The KICs shall identify the SMEs and startups that need liquidity support and offer that support for an identified period of time in order to secure their survival. KICs should familiarize themselves with the different national support measures, therefore an increased involvement of Member States is required, and shall help their partners with accessing financial support.
Amendment 236 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 a (new)
Annex I – point 2 a (new)
2 a. Preparing for the coming new postvirus normal In the medium-term it will be necessary to restructure the KICs to adapt to the new postvirus normal. There should be a demand driven reorientation towards COVID-19 related activities for EIT Health and all other KICs will have to adapt to the new normal with more focus on digitalization, new manufacturing in Europe, new production chains etc. The KICs should be agile and flexible in order to seek for new opportunities in the coming years.
Amendment 237 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – introductory part
Annex I – point 3 – introductory part
3. Boosting the Innovation Talent and Capacity of EuropeFocus on what works
Amendment 238 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – paragraph -1 (new)
Annex I – point 3 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1 The overarching rationale of the EIT is the model of innovation-driven knowledge triangle integration. Especially during a time of crisis, the KICs should focus on where they deliver the proper added value. In case there is a need to train people in order to upgrade their skills, the KICs should provide training. The EIT should however phase out separate EIT education programs with the EIT label in particular at master and doctoral level, and focus on training and education within the knowledge triangle. It is important that all KIC activities are based on the integration of all three components of the knowledge triangle. Improving the European education system is an important task but it lays outside the mission of the EIT and its KICs.
Amendment 245 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 1 – paragraph 3
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 1 – paragraph 3
Amendment 265 #
Amendment 274 #
Amendment 293 #
Amendment 323 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 4 – paragraph 3
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 4 – paragraph 3
As KICs operate across the entire value chain of innovation, they will ensure an appropriate balance of education, entrepreneurship and innovation activities in their Business Plan portfolio. KICs operations will be implemented through a lean, efficient and cost-effective structure and preserving the existing necessary derogations from the Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement that would keep administrative and overhead costs to a minimum. EIT will ensure that KICs will achieve their expected impacts through a broad range of activities, identified in the KICs’ Business Plans, which effectively support the fulfilment of their objectives.
Amendment 340 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 5 – paragraph 6
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 5 – paragraph 6
Amendment 357 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 1
The EIT's budget needs in the period 2021- 2027 are EUR [3000] million and are based on three main components: 1) the expenditure for the existing eight KICs (reflecting that for three of them the framework partnership agreements will come to an end by 2024) and tha possible launch of twoa new KICs (in 2022 and 2025); 2) the launch of a new EIT support and coordination action; and 3) administrative expenditure.
Amendment 360 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2
Around EUR [2500] million (83,3 % of the total EIT budget) is envisaged to fund existing and new KICs and includes EUR [200] million for the Regional Innovation Scheme. Through the introduction of a co- funding rate, the KICs are expected to mobilise a further EUR [1500] million of other public and private sources. The budget for the launch of two new KICs (to be launched in 2022 and 2025, respectively) will be around EUR [300] million. Should additional budget to that of the EIT become available, the EIT could also launch additional KICs.
Amendment 105 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The EIT, primarily through its Knowledge and Innovation Communities (‘KICs’), should aim at strengthening innovation ecosystems that tackle global challenges including unexpected crisis having impact on the innovation triangle. It should primarily have the objective of contributing to the development of the Union’s and the Member States’ innovation capacity at the highest standards. In order to achieve this objective, the EIT should facilitate and enhance networking and cooperation and create synergies between different innovation communities in Europe, while keeping excellence its prior criterion.
Amendment 108 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) The unstable situation linked with the spread of COVID-19 had an enormous impact on the economy and therefore it is important to identify challenging effects on universities, researchers, companies and other stakeholders in order to safeguard the knowledge triangle and rebuild the trust and confidence between all actors. In these circumstances, it is necessary that the EIT prepare a two-year crisis programme in which priorities will be shaped in response of the needs set by each KIC to overcome the COVID-19 crisis and to adapt to the post-crisis period.
Amendment 110 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The strategic priority fields and financial needs for the EIT for a period of seven years , covering the respective Multiannual Financial Framework (‘MFF’), should be laid down in a Strategic Innovation Agenda ( ‘SIA’). The SIA should ensure alignment with the Union framework programme supporting research and innovation, while the first two years should be dedicated to the crisis programme in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The SIA should ensure alignment with the Horizon Europe , namely strategic R&I plans, and foster synergies with other relevant Union programmes of the MFF as well as with other Union initiatives, policies and instruments, in particular with those supporting education and regional development. Given the importance of the SIA for the Union innovation policy and the resulting political significance of its socio-economic impact for the Union, the SIA should be adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of a Commission proposal based on a contribution provided by the EIT.
Amendment 114 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The crisis resulting from the outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a massive and disruptive impact on Member States' health and economic systems, causing societal disruptions. Those impacts will require the collaboration of all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and the EIT should contribute to the innovation efforts that are needed to provide a coherent response to the crisis. Moreover, the EIT and its KICs should reinforce its actions in order to support and increase the resilience of microenterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups as well as students, researchers, entrepreneurs and employees.
Amendment 115 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5 b) Ongoing research into tackling the effects of the COVID-19 crisis should be accelerated. The EIT should boost the impact of that research and help develop products and innovative services arising from that research, ensuring that they reach as many people as possible.
Amendment 116 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 c (new)
Recital 5 c (new)
(5 c) The EIT Governing Board and the KICs shall adopt flexibility measures and actions necessary to provide the appropriate support to their ecosystem based on the knowledge triangle, creating, where necessary, ad hoc support measures for their partners and beneficiaries and even beyond their communities. They shall provide their partners, their beneficiaries and students with tools and instruments to adapt to more decentralised and remote working methods, less travel, more uncertainty and continued social distancing.
Amendment 128 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Taking into account the specificity of KICs, it is necessary to provide for special minimum conditions to form a KIC,. Those conditions may, on an exceptional basis derogatinge from the rules for participation and dissemination of the UnionHorizon Europe framework programme supporting research and innovation. Similarly, specific rules on ownership, access rights, exploitation and dissemination may be necessary for KIC added-value activities.
Amendment 130 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Taking into account the specificity of KICs, it is necessary to provide for special minimum conditions to form a KIC,. Those conditions may derogatinge from the rules for participation and dissemination of the Union framework programme supporting research and innovation. Similarly,Horizon Europe. Similarly, a derogation from those specific rules on ownership, access rights, exploitation and dissemination may beis necessary for KIC added- value activities.
Amendment 133 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Governing Board should also steer the activities of the EIT and coordinate the reporting, monitoring and evaluation of the activities of the KICs in line with the provisions of the Union framework programme supporting research and innovation Horizon Europe. The EIT Governing Board should also advise the EIT on how to reduce the administrative burden on KICs. Membership of the Governing Board should balance experience from the business and the higher education and/or research worlds as well as from the innovation sector.
Amendment 139 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) There is a need to support higher education as an integral, but often missing, component of a comprehensive innovation strategy. The framework partnership agreements or grant agreements between the EIT and KICs should provide that the degrees and diplomas awarded through the KICs should be awarded by participating higher education institutions, which should be encouraged to label them also as EIT degrees and diplomas. In addition, the EIT should strengthen and widen the scope ofEIT should however phase out separate EIT education programs with the EIT- labelled degrees and diplomas in order to increase their recognition outside the EIT Community. Through its activities and work, the EIT should help promote mobility for students, researchers and staff . All those activities should be carried out without prejudice to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council13 . _________________ 13Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22). Directive as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2007 (OJ L 320, 6.12.2007, p. 3) and focus on training and education within the knowledge triangle.
Amendment 145 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) It is expected that the COVID-19 crisis will have an impact on the financial contributions from industry, the finance and service sectors will contribute significantly to the budget of the KICs. TNevertheless, the KICs should aim at maximising the share of contributions from the private sector and achieving financial sustainability . The KICs and their partner organisations should publicise the fact that their activities are undertaken in the context of the EIT and that they receive a financial contribution from the general budget of the Union.
Amendment 150 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The EIT should produce a consolidated annual activity report, outlining the activities conducted and results of the operations in the preceding calendar year . The EIT should also produce a single programming document, outlining its planned initiatives in terms of annual and multiannual programming and allowing the EIT to respond to internal and external developments in the fields of science, technology, higher education, innovation and other relevant areas. That single programming document should address the aspects of the two-year crisis programme.
Amendment 167 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2 a) 'crisis programme’ means a two- year period during which the EIT shapes its prorities in response to the needs set by each KIC to overcome the COVID-19 crisis and adapts to the postcrisis period;
Amendment 187 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Amendment 202 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The SIA shall define the priority fields and strategy for the EIT for the seven-year period concerned, while the first two years shall be dedicated to the crisis programme, taking into account the Union framework programme supporting research and innovationHorizon Europe, namely the strategic R&I plans, and shall include an assessment of its socioeconomic impact and its capacity to generate the best innovation added-value. The SIA shall take into account the results of the monitoring and evaluation of the EIT as referred to in Article 19.
Amendment 210 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The SIA shall include an estimate of financial needs and sources in view of the future operation, long-term development and funding of the EIT, including the financial estimates necessary to cover the crisis programme. It shall also contain an indicative financial plan covering the period of the respective MFF .
Amendment 218 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Member States' Representatives Group shall be composed of one representative from each Member State and one representative from each associated country. It shall give advice to the Governing Board and the Director on strategically important issues.
Amendment 223 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) present a two-year crisis programme in cooperation with the KICs;
Amendment 233 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) strengthen the recognition outside the EIT Community of degrees and diplomas which are awarded by participating higher education institutions and which may be labelled EIT degrees and diplomas and extend them to lifelong learning programmes phasing out out separate EIT education programs with the EIT label and focus on training and education by the KICs within the knowledge triangle;
Amendment 237 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) foster excellence in higher education, research and innovation , in particular by promoting the KICs as excellent innovation partners and by supporting them in the development of a effective financial sustainability strategy for the mobilisation of funds from other public and private sources;
Amendment 242 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(i b) ensure that KICs can operate with the necessary flexibility to adapt their operations to the increasing demands arising from the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 244 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) organise meetings of a Member States’ Representatives Group, at least twice a year, independently from the meetings of the Stakeholder Forum, to ensure appropriate communication and flow of information with the EIT, and be informed of the achievements of, give advice to, and share experiences with, the EIT and the KICs. The Member States’ Representatives Group shall also ensure appropriate synergies and complementarities between EIT and KIC activities with national programmes and initiatives, including the potential national co-financing of KIC activities, also assisting, to that end, the KICs in liaising with the Programme Committee established by Article 12 of the Council Decision on establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon Europe.;
Amendment 250 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) design and coordinate support actions undertaken by the KICs for the development of entrepreneurial and innovation capacity of higher education institutions and their integration in innovation ecosystems. in line with the knowledge triangle approach;
Amendment 280 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) elaborate a two-year strategic plan detailing initiatives envisaged to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, while paying specific attention to actions aiming to increase the resilience of microenterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups, but also of the students, researchers and employees;
Amendment 282 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(d b) in synergy with other Union innovation strands and other Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and in order to respond to the European recovery plan, publish dedicated calls, promote initiatives using their partnerships, ecosystems and communities, develop individual and cross-KIC projects to support business restructuring, and identify microenterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups and other stakeholders that need support and for example a better access to finance;
Amendment 283 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d c (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d c (new)
(d c) propose initiatives aiming to support their ecosystem based on the knowledge triangle, while at the same time being flexible enough to create measures that are fit for purpose for their partners and beneficiaries and beyond their existing communities;
Amendment 294 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) specific rules on ownership, access rights, exploitation and dissemination may apply for KIC added-value activities, where appropriate.
Amendment 320 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12
Article 12
Amendment 329 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 7
Article 17 – paragraph 7
7. The EIT shall establish a competitive and performance-based allocation mechanism for granting an appropriate share of its financial contribution to the KICs. It shall include assessing the KICs’ business plans and performance as measured by continuous monitoring , and in particular their progress in achieving financial sustainability , the KIC’s openness to new members, their dissemination strategies and their geographical spread, as well as the performance of those business plans as measured by continuous monitoring , and in particular their progress in achieving financial sustainability. Particular attention shall be paid to actions put in place to mitigate the effects of theCOVID- 19 crisis and to the development of innovative ideas.
Amendment 336 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) aspects of the two-year crisis programme;
Amendment 30 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Content of monitoring plans should be streamlined so as to take into consideration the global IMO DCS except for the parts of the plan which are necessary to ensure that only Union-related data are monitored and reported under the EU MRV Regulation. Therefore, any "per voyage" provisions should remain as part of the monitoring plan. By way of derogation, short sea ships sailing in European waters should be exempt from the obligation to monitor on a per-voyage basis if they perform more than 30 voyages during the reporting period.
Amendment 36 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Commission should review the functioning of Regulation (EU) 2015/757, taking into account the additional experience gained during the implementation of that Regulation and of the IMO global data collection system, in order to ensure maximum compatibility between the two systems and eliminate double reporting requirements.
Amendment 39 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The objective of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 is to monitor, report and verify CO2 emissions from ships calling at EEA ports as the first step of a staged approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Thisnd it should not be seen as an opportunity to introduce new obligations and commitments that move beyond the collection of data. The monitoring, reporting and verifying cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level. The global IMO DCS should be taken into account and this Regulation ensures the continued comparability and reliability of collected data based on a single set of requirements. The Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 62 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(3a) in Article 9, paragraph 2, point b is replaced by the following: "(b) the ship, according to its schedule, performs more than 300 voyages during the reporting period. " Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32015R0757)
Amendment 83 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22 a (new)
(6a) A new Article 22a is inserted: ‘Article 22a Review The Commission shall review the functioning of Regulation (EU) 2015/757, taking into account the additional experience gained during the implementation of that Regulation and of the global data collection system for ship fuel oil consumption data established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), in order to ensure maximum compatibility between the two systems and eliminate reporting requirements.’
Amendment 37 #
2018/0330B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 80
Recital 80
(80) The False and Authentic Documents Online (‘FADO’) system was established by Council Joint Action 98/700/JHA1a within the General Secretariat of the Council, providing access to Member States' authorities to have at their disposal information on any new forgery methods that are detected and on the new genuine documents that are in circulation, in order to aid the combating of irregular migration and the use of fraudulent documents. _________________ 1aCouncil Joint Action 98/700/JHA of 3 December 1998 adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union concerning the setting up of a European Image Archiving System (FADO) (OJ L 333, 9.12. 1998, p. 4).
Amendment 39 #
2018/0330B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 80 a (new)
Recital 80 a (new)
(80 a) The use of false, fraudulently obtained and forged documents by third- country nationals to enter, and stay in, the Union or to use them in procedures relating to legalisation of stay, including asylum procedures, has become a concern of increasing importance for Member States. While the use of legitimate documents facilitates the entry to, and stay in, Member States, a parallel market has been created for third-country nationals who know that they cannot fulfil the criteria for entering the Union using legitimate documents and regular channels or who otherwise wish to disguise their true identity.
Amendment 43 #
2018/0330B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 81 a (new)
Recital 81 a (new)
(81 a) FADO should contain information on all types of genuine and false travel, identity, residence and civil status documents, driving licenses, vehicle licenses and other related official documents issued by Member States, third countries, territorial entities, international organisations and other entities subject to international law.
Amendment 48 #
2018/0330B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 82
Recital 82
(82) The FADO system should keep its multi-level structure to provide different levels of information on documents to different stakeholders, including the general publicFADO should provide information to stakeholders, including the general public, with different levels of restriction depending on the sensitivity of the documents.
Amendment 60 #
2018/0330B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 a (new)
Article 80 a (new)
Article 80 a Scope FADO shall contain information on genuine travel, identity, residence and civil status documents, driving licenses, vehicle licenses and other related official documents issued by Member States, third countries, territorial entities, international organisations and other entities subject to international law, and on falsifications thereof.
Amendment 63 #
2018/0330B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 b (new)
Article 80 b (new)
Article 80 b FADO architecture FADO architecture shall enable different levels of access to the system for competent authorities of the Member States such as border police, other law enforcement authorities, or other third parties in accordance with Article (X), as well as public access.
Amendment 67 #
2018/0330B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 c (new)
Article 80 c (new)
Article 80 c Implementing measures The Commission shall adopt, taking into account the sensitivity of the documents concerned, implementing acts in in order to establish: (a) the technical specifications for entering information into, and storing it in, FADO according to high standards; (b) the procedures for controlling and verifying the information contained in FADO; (c) measures granting different levels of restricted access to FADO to third parties such as airlines, Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, third countries or international organisations. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article X(X).
Amendment 70 #
2018/0330B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 d (new)
Article 80 d (new)
Article 80 d Committee procedure 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the committee established by Council Regulation (EC) 1683/951a. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. _________________ 1aCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 of 29 May 1995 laying down a uniform format for visas (OJ L 164, 14.7.1995).
Amendment 162 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Amendment 177 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The national supervisory authorities shall also be independent in terms of their organisation, funding decisions, legal structure and decision-making from any air navigation service provider.
Amendment 270 #
Amendment 311 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 338 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where this enables cost-efficiency gains to the benefit of airspace users, air traffic service providers may decide to procure CNS, AIS, or ADS or MET services under market conditions.
Amendment 339 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 355 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 365 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 405 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. To improve the performance of air navigation services and network functions in the Single European Sky, a performance scheme for air navigation services and network functions shall apply in accordance with this Article and Articles 11 to 18.
Amendment 452 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12
Article 12
Amendment 463 #
Amendment 573 #
Amendment 646 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 653 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Article 16
Amendment 662 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 669 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
Amendment 817 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 893 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may implement a functional airspace block with a view to achieving the required capacity and efficiency of the air traffic management network within the single European sky and maintaining a high level of safety and contributing to the overall performance of the air transport system and a reduced environmental impact. Member States may jointly execute tasks and responsibilities under this Regulation at the level of the functional airspace block. Where relevant, cooperation may also include third countries taking part in functional airspace blocks.