812 Amendments of Miroslav ČÍŽ
Amendment 11 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the CAP objectives in the European treaties have remained untouched over the last six decades despite the far-reaching changes undergone by it in line with the changes in society’s priorities and expectations, the climate and biodiversity crises, structural changes and modernisation in agriculture;
Amendment 20 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Conference puts forward proposals and measures impacting agriculture and rural areas towards more climate and environmental sustainability and more animal welfare;
Amendment 22 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas the objectives of the primary legislation are no longer sufficient to meet the challenges of the agricultural sector today, and the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy secondary legislation go beyond those in primary legislation; whereas this makes it clear that the objectives in the treaties need to be adapted to the challenges of the agricultural sector;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the current objectives of the CAP as referred to in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’) need adaptation towards enhanced social, economic and environmental sustainability and a higher level of animal welfare;
Amendment 36 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the objectives in the treaties of the CAP, which entered into force in1962, do not meet the ambitions in the results and proposals of the 2022 Conference on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 49 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to ensure agricultural self- sufficiencyproductivity and food security which is in harmony with climate, environmental, water and animal protection, by promoting technical progress and ensuring the rational development of agricultural production and the sustainable utilisation of the factors of production;
Amendment 52 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) Proposes that item (b) be amended as follows: (b) to provide an adequate standard of living for the agricultural population, particularly by increasing the per capita income of persons engaged in agriculture, and providing a safe working environment and relationship for persons engaged in agriculture;
Amendment 67 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point da a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point da a (new)
(da a) to provide income opportunities for farmers by rewarding public services for climate, environmental, water and animal protection and thereby reward the specific impacts on agricultural land;
Amendment 70 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point da b (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point da b (new)
(da b) ensure that agriculture and food systems function ecologically and economically in the long term;
Amendment 82 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) preserve the diversity of multifunctional, family and owner- operated farms in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 84 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) ensure policy coherence, particularly with regard to the achievement of development cooperation objectives;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) the need to attract sufficient numbers of young farmers and new entrants to farming to ensure the long- term viability and sustainability of the sector
Amendment 104 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(b b) the need to ensure the protection of biodiversity and the conservation of habitats and landscapes;
Amendment 112 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. In order to achieve the objectives set forth in Article 39, the following measures may be provided for within the framework of the common agricultural policy: (ba) joint measures to improve the environmental sustainability of activities and products under the common agricultural policy;
Amendment 17 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the Union needs to preserve its internal cohesion and solidarity and a balanced position between all international partners, in particular the US and China;
Amendment 21 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas more transparent, traceable and standardised supply chains within a WTO and Union legislative framework are needed;
Amendment 22 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas more Free Trade International Agreements, as well as investments in third countries, are urgently needed together with an effort to mitigate geopolitical tensions, invest in infrastructures and transportation, diversify the supply chains, promote social, economic and environmental sustainability, advance in circular economy and improve warehousing;
Amendment 23 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the Union does not produce enough key raw materials and components needed for the transition to a sustainable and digital economy, and relies heavily on imports both for commodities and for manufactured products;
Amendment 50 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the Union may achieve positive changes only by actively supporting the global development agenda, creating positive economic spill- overs for our partners and reinforcing the socio-ecological and digital transition;
Amendment 52 #
2022/2040(INI)
G c. whereas the Commission in the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe has recognised the importance of fostering pharmaceutical production and investment in Europe and cooperating with international partners to work towards enhanced regulatory cooperation;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes that import dependency for inputs increases vulnerability of food producers to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for Union production to be recalibrated towards more domestic production and sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs, and to focus primarily on Union demand for safe, affordable and high-quality food;
Amendment 75 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Highlights the resilience of the agri-food sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, its ability to maintain the functioning of the food supply chains and ensure food security in what were very difficult circumstances;
Amendment 82 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges the Commission to develop a coordinated set of solutions aimed at increasing the resilience of Union supply chains by creating long-term, sustainable and inclusive development partnerships and alliances, diversifying suppliers, promoting domestic production and appropriate, targeted and proportionate stock-piling of critical raw materials and products to tackle market crises and price volatility, to secure supply and to prevent speculation;
Amendment 98 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the EU Chips Act that represents a decisive and important step in the Union’s ambitious race for digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy in order to achieve Europe’s independence in the supply of this category of semiconductors;
Amendment 101 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to enter into consultations with relevant third countries in order to seek cooperative solutions to address future supply chain disruptions and to involve, where appropriate, coordination in relevant international fora while ensuring robust engagement with the stakeholder community;
Amendment 121 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Urges the Commission to support Member States by developing targeted Union rules on medicines procurement, under the current public procurement Directive, aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability, competition, security of supply and stimulating investments in manufacturing; calls on the Commission to propose incentives, such as EU funds and State Aid, to stimulate the production of critical goods such as off-patent medicines, to achieve its open strategic autonomy in view of any crisis, while ensuring long term resilient supply chains;
Amendment 125 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses that fair, sustainable and value-based trade and markets which respect international law, as well as working with cooperatives partners, will reinforce the Union’s supply chains and ensure a level playing field and fair competition for workers and businesses to compete globally;
Amendment 149 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines the importance to carry out an ambitious EU digital agenda with the aim to build strategic international partnerships, building on the experience of the Trade and Technology Council with the US, and to secure a leading position for the Union in digital trade and in the area of technology, most importantly by promoting innovation;
Amendment 173 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Stresses the importance for the Union to actively seek genuine partnerships and better connections with developing countries and create lasting partnerships based on fair, sustainable value-based trade and development cooperation able to address local problems such as famine, poverty and inequality, epidemics and climate change; highlights that this may be achieved by enhanced cooperation with international development institutions as well as more support to Union’s international projects, which fall under the Global gateway strategy and the NDICI-Global Europe;
Amendment 180 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission to urgently relaunch the negotiations around the ongoing trade agreements, to finalise those where an agreement is near, and to focus on new ones, including Association and Economic partnerships’ agreements, in line with the review of the TSD chapter;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
— having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/2161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directives 98/6/EC, 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the better enforcement and modernisation of Union consumer protection rules,
Amendment 8 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the Guidance on the interpretation and application of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market;
Amendment 75 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the European video games sector is responsible for 90,000 direct jobs in Europe, and is the fastest growing cultural and creative sector in Europe, representing an important potential for growth and job creation in Europe’s Digital Single Market;
Amendment 78 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. Whereas 37% of girl gamers experience harassment as a result of their gender in online multiplayer games1a; _________________ 1a https://committees.parliament.uk/writtene vidence/39113/pdf/
Amendment 89 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the measures taken to better protect consuAcknowledges that the EU Consumer law acquis provides for a strong consumer protection, fully applicable in video gamers; notes, however, the need for a single, coordinated approach between Member States and consumer protection authorities in order to avoid fragmentation of the single market and to protect European consumers;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that, from January 2022, the Directive on(EU) 2019/770 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services will apply to video games, including free-to- play games, and thus provide additional protection for consumers; regrets, however, that some Member States have not yet transposed the directive and urges Member States to implement it without delay and to ensure greater consumer protection across the Union;
Amendment 98 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes, however, that consumer protection could be further improved; invites the Commission to take into account consumer protection issues in online video games as part of the ongoing fitness check on EU consumer law to ensure Digital fairness;
Amendment 100 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the development and implementation of parental-control tools that help to filter content and video games by age, monitor time spent playing games, disable or limit online spending and restrict communications with others or the viewing of content created by other players; notes, however, that parents may find it difficult to use such tools, which reduces their effectiveness; remember that the responsibility for the implementation of parental controls lies with both parents and the industry, which must develop systems that are easy to use, understandable and easy to set up; calls for mechanisms to be put in place to exercise stricter parental control over the amount of time and money children spend on games, among other things;
Amendment 113 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that some video games offer their users the possibility of paying, sometimes even with real money, in order to obtain rewards through loot boxes, which are mysterious boxes that contain random elements that the player cannot know before opening the box; points out that loot boxes can be of many different types depending on the eligibility conditions (waiting time, displaying ads, paying with real money), the reward, its transparency, the chances of getting the item, and the possibility of converting the item obtained in game currency or real money, among others;
Amendment 126 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that certain game designs used for in-game purchasing systems such as viewing ads to get a particular reward in the game can be particularly harmful when targeted at minors; calls for such advertising to be banned when targeted at minorpractice to be banned when targeted at minors; calls in addition on video games developers and vendors to ensure games likely to be accessed by children respect children’s rights including a prohibition on targeted advertising and manipulative practices;
Amendment 132 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 141 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that, in addition to supplementing the standards by default, parents can play an important role in protecting minors in videogames; points out that, however, awareness campaigns and support through the use of appropriate tools and information on how to better protect their children should be carried out;
Amendment 149 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that consumers should have all the necessary information about an online video game before starting to play it and be aware of the type of content, as well as during the game, in terms of the multiple options for possible purchases while playing and other information that may be considered to be of interest;
Amendment 160 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that once an item has been obtained in a video game, it can be exchanged, in certain cases, be exchanged within the game or through third-party websites for actual money; stresses that, above and beyond consumer protection issues, these services have led to money laundering; calls on the Commission to put an end to this practice; considers that the Digital Services Act may help mitigate this problem, in particular through the implementation of the ‘know your business customer’ obligations;
Amendment 164 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is concerned that gold farming may be connected with forced labour and exploitation in developing countries and with money laundering, and calls on the Commission to introduce specific due diligence provisions for the video games industry and assess the use of gold farming in connection with financial crimes;
Amendment 177 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the importance of mental health, particularly that of minors; stresses thatnotes that video games provided relief during strict lockdown periods during the COVID-19 pandemic but also exacerbated the situation, causing fear, isolation and a feeling of insecurity; calls for action to be taken by all the actors involved, in particular game developers to avoid problems related to addiction;
Amendment 195 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that video game addiction, also known as ‘gaming disorder’, is a problem for some players; notes that the World Health Organisation has classified ‘gaming disorder’ as a form of addiction; characterized by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences1a _________________ 1a https://www.who.int/news- room/questions-and- answers/item/addictive-behaviours- gaming-disorder
Amendment 206 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. REmphasizes that neither the video game industry nor users nor parents should underestimate the risks and effects due to 'gaming disorder'; recalls that scientific research has shown that puberty and adolescence are periods in life when people are most at risk of addictive behaviour; calls on video game developers and vendors to issue guidance and tools, as well as to work with stakeholders and agencies to help mitigate the risk of ‘gaming disorders’; when developing new games; suggests that more awareness campaigns should be launched to ensure that parents and young gamers are aware of the risks related to 'gaming disorder';
Amendment 211 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that providers of online video games that are played by children should be required to conduct ex-ante child impact assessments based on the 4Cs framework for classifying risk(Content, Contact, Conduct, Contract) framework for classifying risk and effectively mitigate any identified risks to children's rights;
Amendment 217 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines that the growing videogame sector offers an increasing number of new job opportunities for many cultural creators, such as game developers, designers, writers, music producers and other artists, which any Union action in this field and especially funding activities should take into consideration;
Amendment 222 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Emphasizes that consumer protection is essential to ensure a safe and trustworthy online environment for gamers and that it can boost the economic growth of the video games industry;
Amendment 231 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages industry, independent expert partners, rating agencies and consumer associations to continue awareness-raising campaigns on the PEGI system so that more parents know about its existence, improve and to adapt the rating system to facilitate parental choice;
Amendment 234 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to assess how PEGI systems are being implemented in the different types of games available on the market and across the Union and to propose concrete actions to ensure they are being used effectivelyconsistently and used effectively for all online games, by developers, platforms and app stores; stresses that PEGI and age rating should be consistent with privacy policies, data practices and terms of service;
Amendment 244 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to develop a unique identity verification system that allows a player’s age to be verified; minimum standards for privacy- preserving, secure and inclusive age assurance systems, and their use to ensure access to games is age-appropriate; calls for the swift adoption of the Amending Regulation (EU) 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity;
Amendment 249 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to develop and implement common labelling, harmonised across all EU countries, which sets out different recommended minimum age categories, video game theme, possibility of purchase during the game, the appearance of targeted ads and all the necessary information for consumers in a transparent, understandable and accessible manner;
Amendment 252 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. WStresses that online video games must provide a safe digital environment for users; welcomes the recent political agreement reached on the Digital Services Act to update content moderation rules in Europe in order to better tackle illegal online content, including for video games; calls for it to be adopted and implemented swiftly;
Amendment 257 #
2022/2014(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member states consumer protection authorities to ensure that consumer law is fully respected and enforced also in the video game sector by conducting sectorial SWEEPs or by launching a coordinated enforcement action, under Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws, when necessary;
Amendment 6 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Identifies trade policy as a strategic geopolitical tool for the transatlantic agenda; highlights the need to identify joint actions based on shared interests and values in order to contribute to a global sustainable and inclusive economic recovery; stresses that ‘workers and wages’ and more resilient and responsible supply chains should be at the core of such an agenda; in this regard encourages both sides to design similar tools to ban forced labour and exploitative labour conditions and to cooperate on improving respect for workers' rights and environmental standards in trade agreements including by building on each other's experience to enforce these provisions more efficiently; encourages both sides to join forces in promoting human rights, environmental and workers' rights also at the multilateral level;
Amendment 19 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the US support for the new Director-General of the WTO, the US’s return to the Paris Agreement, the WTO tariff rate quota agreement and, the temporary suspension of Airbus Boeing tariffs, the announcement to start discussions to address global steel and aluminum excess capacity as well as the US willingness to engage in discussions on a potential TRIPS waiver;
Amendment 30 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises at the same time that some diverging interests remain; in this regard, urges both sides to resolve bilateral disputes; urges the US to remove unilateral trade measures and refrain from taking further ones; urges the removal of section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium; calls for a rapid and lasting solution on aircraft subsidies; calls for the suspension of announced trade retaliation on economic sectors such as footwear in Member States that have implemented a Digital Services Tax (DST) while negotiations are ongoing in the OECD framework; expects both sides to address the EU's concerns regarding the US Buy American Act and the Jones Act;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for enhanced cooperation on WTO reform, including reinstating the appellate body,the reform of its 3 core functions which entails reforming and reinstating the appellate body as well as reinforcing the monitoring and deliberative function among others by making sure open plurilateral agreements can be included; urges both sides to cooperate on regulating trade in health products, setting an ambitious environmental agenda, and agreeingmong others by relaunching the negotiations on the Environmental Goods Agreement; expects both sides to agree on concrete deliverables for the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12); encourage including an agreement on fisheries, a declaration on trade and health, a work programme for reform of the dispute settlement system, a work programme on industrial subsidies and state owned enterprises as well as substantial progress on e-commerce negotiations; encourages both sides to update WTO rules on state owned enterprises, industrial subsidies and overcapacity as well as technology transfer to efficiently address the challenges posed by China: in this regard also supports expanding the trilateral initiative with Japan; expects both sides to stick to multilateral agreements;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates, wherever possible, a joint strategic approach towards China, addressing the roots of unfair trade practices and tackling industrial subsidies, state-owned enterprises and human rights concerns by including a discussion on the US phase one agreement with China and the EU's CAI;
Amendment 69 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on both sides to use trade as a mean to fight climate change and achieve upward convergence; in this regard urges both sides to cooperate on pricing carbon and in particular to coordinate on the development of a carbon border adjustment mechanism;
Amendment 71 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Advocates a joint approach on tackling the COVID-19 crisis among others by increasing the availability and affordability of vaccines; in this regard calls on both sides to refrain from any export restricting measures, enhance production capacity, ensure the proper functioning of supply chains and engage constructively on a potential TRIPS waiver; encourages both sides to increase regulatory cooperation to facilitate essential access to medicines.
Amendment 90 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages both sides to find a framework for joint action and look for selective agreements via the relaunch of a high-level strategic dialogue; calls for a stronger regulatory, green and digital partnership through the Trade and Technology Council and; calls for a coordinated approach to critical technologies, a carbon border adjustment mechanism ands well as to digital and global taxes.
Amendment 96 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a continued and enhanced transatlantic parliamentary dimension on trade including within the framework of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue; calls more specifically for the establishment of a sub- committee on Trade & Technology within the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue to complement the executive part of the Trade & Technology Council and to exercise democratic control thereof;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Urges the Commission, as common practice, to be transparent in its cooperation with the United States among others by publishing all proposals that are sent to the United States as well as by guaranteeing the involvement of the European Parliament and civil society in the development of these proposals so as to enhance consumers' and citizens' trust;
Amendment 26 #
2021/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the EU should use all instruments at its disposal, including trade agreements and strategic partnerships, in order to create the conditions to facilitate EU joint ventures in third, resource-rich countries, especially from Africa and South America, while always taking account of responsible sourcing and best practice in business conducts; integration of the Western Balkans’ countries in the EU supply chain is also of vital importance;
Amendment 24 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The electoral procedure related to municipal elections falls within the competences of the Member States that organise them reflecting their specific traditions and in accordance with international and European standards. In line with International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as the law of the European Convention on Human Rights, Member States should not only recognise and respect the right of Union citizens to vote and to stand as a candidate but also ensure easy access to their electoral rights by removing as manyll obstacles to their participation in elections as possible.
Amendment 29 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to facilitate the exercise by Union citizens of their right to vote and to stand as a candidate in their country of residence, such citizens should be entered on the electoral roll in sufficient time in advance of polling day. Union citizens that have expressed their wish to vote in the municipal election of their Member State of residence should be entered on the electoral roll automatically upon their registration for residence. The formalities applicable to their registration should be as simple as possible. It should be sufficient for the Union citizens concerned to produce a valid identity card and a formal declaration that include elements evidencing their entitlement to participate in the elections. Once registered, non- national Union citizens should remain on the electoral roll under the same conditions as Union citizens who are nationals of the Member State concerned, for as long as they satisfy the conditions for exercising the right to vote. Additionally, Union citizens should provide the competent authorities with contact information, enabling those authorities to keep them informed on a regular basis.
Amendment 42 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to improve the accessibility of electoral information, such information should be made available, where possible in the native language of the non- national, or in at least one other official language of the Union than that or those of the host Member State, broadly understood by the largest possible number of Union citizens residing on its territory. Member States may use different official languages of the Union in specific parts of their territory or their regions depending on the language understood by the largest group of Union citizens residing therein.
Amendment 47 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The Member States, by ratifying, and the Union, by concluding25 , have committed themselves to ensure compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities including on Article 29 on Participation in political and public life. In order to support inclusive and equal electoral participation for persons with disabilities, arrangements for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals to exercise the right to vote and to stand as a candidate there in municipal elections should have due regard to the needs of citizens with a disability and older citizens. Furthermore, Member States should ensure that persons with disabilities receive, at their request, assistance in voting by a person of their choice. _________________ 25 Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 concerning the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OJ L 23, 27.1.2010, p. 35).
Amendment 52 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States where voting is not compulsory mayshall provide for the automatic registration of voters pursuant to Article 3 on the electoral roll. The automatic registration shall require the consent of the non-national Union citizen.
Amendment 56 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Voters pursuant to Article 3 who have been entered on an electoral roll in the Member State of residence shall remain thereon, under the same conditions as voters who are nationals, until such a time as they are removed because they no longer satisfy the requirements for exercising the right to vote. Where Member States provide for the notification of nationals of their removal from the electoral roll, those provisions shall apply equally to voters pursuant to Article 3. This notification shall be provided, where possible in the native language of the non-national, or in at least one other official language of the Union other than that or those of the host Member State, broadly understood by the largest possible number of Union citizens residing on its territory
Amendment 68 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The designated authority shall inform the Union citizens entitled to vote and to stand as candidates in municipal elections pursuant to Article 3 on the history, features and peculiarities of the relevant municipal elections of the Member State.
Amendment 70 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The information referred to in the first subparagraph shall, in addition to being communicated in one or more of the official languages of the host Member State also be accompanied by a translation where possible in the native language of the Union citizen, or in at least one other official language of the Union that is broadly understood by the largest possible number of European Union citizens residing on its territory, in accordance with the quality requirements in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council28 . _________________ 28 Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 1–38)
Amendment 71 #
2021/0373(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that information on conditions and detailed rules for registration as a voter or candidate in municipal elections and information referred to in paragraph 2 is made accessible to persons with disabilities and older persons by using appropriate means, modes and formats of communication. applying accessibility requirements laid down in Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/8821a and by using appropriate means, modes and formats of communication, such as sign language, Braille or easy-to-read format, in Union official languages understandable to them. Member States may ensure that persons with disabilities receive, at their request, assistance in voting by a person of their choice. _________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services (OJ L 151, 7.6.2019, p. 70).
Amendment 74 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) Global warming already reached 1.18°C in December 2020, leading to world wide draughts, floods, storms and heatwaves. If we continue at the current trend, global warming will reach 1.5°C in 2034. The outcome of the COP 26 in Glasgow, lacks the needed ambition and stronger commitments to turn the tide. The new announcements and updates of the NDCs after Glasgow will reduce temperature rises only by 0.1%, still leading to a disastrous estimated temperature rise between 1.8°C and 2.9°C by 2100;
Amendment 80 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The initiative for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (‘CBAM’) is a part of the ‘Fit for 55 Package’. That mechanism is to serve as an essential element of the EU toolbox to meet the objective of a climate-neutral Union by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement by addressing risks of carbon leakage resulting from the increased Union climate ambition. The CBAM should serve as one element in the EU’s comprehensive strategy towards global sustainable trade and the ambition to reduce global carbon emissions;
Amendment 84 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) It is necessary to come forward with a holistic and comprehensive impact assessment of the entire fit for 55 package. Stakeholders, both within and outside of the EU borders, will not only feel the consequences of the separate proposals, but will also experience combined effects of the various proposals together, as they are all interlinked. Therefore, aside from the 13 separate impact assessments already carried out, an impact assessment of the entire package as a whole should be performed.
Amendment 87 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However, free allocation under the EU ETS and indirect cost compensation systems weakens the price signal that the system provides for the installations receiving ithem compared to full auctioning and thus affectselectricity pricing without compensation and thus lower the incentives for investment into further abatement of emissions. Therefore, to promote further emission reductions in the industrial and power sectors, free allocation and indirect cost compensation shall be phased out as soon as possible and following at least the same pattern as the gradual phase in of CBAM certificates, in order to respect WTO legal principles of non-discrimination and not to distort existing trade patterns to the Union's advantage;
Amendment 106 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) The gradual phase out of free allowances for the products covered by the CBAM would occur by applying a factor reducing the free allocation for these products (CBAM factor). The CBAM factor shall be equal to 100% for the period during the entry into force of this Regulation and the end of 2024, 90% in 2025, 80% in 2026, 65% in 2027, 50% in 2028, 30% in 2029 and will reach 0% by the end of 2030. The phase in of CBAM certificates will follow the same mirroring pattern;
Amendment 109 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) While the objective of the CBAM is to lower global carbon emissions by preventing the risk of carbon leakage, this Regulation would also encourage the use of more GHG emissions-efficient technologies by producers from third countries, so that less emissions per unit of output are generated. Special attention, intensive dialogue, administrative, technical and financial support is needed regarding LDCs, empowering them to reach the green transition in a sustainable and fair way and enabling them to be full- fledged participators in global sustainable trade;
Amendment 115 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) To meet the Union objectives and international commitments, such as those under WTO agreements and the Paris agreement and in line with the principle of CBDR, the Commission should come forward with a proposal and sufficient funding to support LDCs in complying with the various CBAM requirements. This should entail, amongst others, the necessary administrative and technical assistance and financial support to facilitate LDC’s adaptation to the new obligations established by this regulation as well as support the help them cut emissions and accomplish the green transition.
Amendment 117 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12 b) In the transitional phase, producers of LDCs in the sectors covered by the CBAM should be supported in complying with the administrative requirements of the CBAM and assisted in mapping the real emissions of their production processes. At the same time, possible environmental and energy improvements in the production process (such as regarding raw material use, circular economy aspects, energy efficiency and use of renewable energy) should be proposed, technical and knowledge transfers should take place and best practices should be shared.
Amendment 118 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 c (new)
Recital 12 c (new)
(12 c) During the implementation phase, when revenues will be generated from the sale of CBAM certificates and the financial consequences of the CBAM will be sensed in third countries, sufficient support and funding should be attributed to helping LDCs in implementing the environment, climate, energy and resource related improvements to help them lower emissions, cut CBAM costs and accomplish the green transition.
Amendment 120 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 d (new)
Recital 12 d (new)
(12 d) As the sole aim of the CBAM is to reduce global carbon emissions, the revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, should be channeled towards global climate funding. Sufficient funding should be made available to realize the support for LDCs as stipulated above;
Amendment 141 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The GHG emissions to be regulated by the CBAM should correspond to those GHG emissions covered by Annex I to the EU ETS in Directive 2003/87/EC, namely carbon dioxide (‘CO2’) as well as, where relevant, nitrous oxide (‘N2O’) and perfluorocarbons (‘PFCs’). The CBAM should initiaapply to direct emissions as welly applys to indirect emissions of those GHG from the production of goods up to the time of import into the customs territory of the Union, and after the end of a transition period and upon further assessment, as well to indirect emissions, mirroring the scope of the EU ETS.mirroring the scope of the EU ETS and leading to as equal carbon costs as possible for domestic production and imports;
Amendment 166 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The use of the first criterion allows listing the following industrial sector in terms of cumulated emissions: iron and steel, refineries, cement, organic basic chemicals and polymers, and fertilisers.
Amendment 172 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 178 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Similar tTechnical constraints apply to refinery products, for which it is not possible to unambiguously assign GHG emissions to individual output products. At the same time, the relevant benchmark in the EU ETS does not directly relate to specific products, such as gasoline, diesel or kerosene, but to all refinery output.
Amendment 179 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) However, aluminium products should be included in the CBAM as they are highly exposed to carbon leakage. Moreover, in several industrial applications they are in direct competition with steel products because of characteristics closely resembling those of steel products. Inclusion of aluminium is also relevant as the scope of the CBAM may be extended to cover also indirect emissions in the futureThe scope of the CBAM shall cover also indirect emissions related to electricity consumption, heating and cooling, used to produce CBAM products. To eliminate risks of carbon leakage due to resource shuffling, indirect emissions shall be calculated based on the average marginal or other price-setting power generation unit in the relevant electricity market. Where such data are not available, average CO2 intensity of the relevant power market supplying the producing installation shall be used instead.
Amendment 206 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) The Commission should evaluate the application of this Regulation before the end of the transitional period and report to the European Parliament and the Council. The report of the Commission should in particular focus on possibilities to enhance climate actions towards the objective of a climate neutral Union by 2050. The Commission should, as part of that evaluation, initiate collection of information necessary to possibly extend the scope to indirect emissions, as well as to other goods and services at risk of carbon leakage, such as all sectors covered by ETS and downstream sectors, and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on the environmental footprint methods47 . _________________ 47 Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 213 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) In light of the above, an extensive dialogue with third countries should continue and t, trade partners, EU’s and third country’s industries, federations, international organisations, NGO’s, think tanks and all other involved stakeholders should continue in order to boost global climate action and maximize engagement and the chances of the CBAM succeeding. There should be space for cooperation and solutions that could inform the specific choices that will be made on the details of the design of the measure during the implementation, in particular during the transitional period.
Amendment 219 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) As the CBAM aims to encourage cleaner production processes, and in line with the CBDR principle, the EU stands ready to work with low and middle- income countries towards the de- carbonisation of their manufacturing industries. Moreover, the UnCommission should support less developed countriecome forward with a proposal and sufficient funding to support LDCs with the necessary technical and financial assistance in order to facilitate their adaptation to the new obligations established by this regulation. In the transitional phase, producers of LDCs in the sectors covered by the CBAM should be supported in complying with the administrative requirements of the CBAM, assisted in mapping the real emissions of their production processes and supported to determine production process improvements. During the implementation phase, when the CBAM has financial consequences, LDCs should be supported to cut emissions and thus CBAM costs and accomplish the green transition.
Amendment 233 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the ‘CBAM’) for addressing greenhouse gas emissions embedded in the goods referred to in Annex I, upon their importation into the customs territory of the Union, in order to reduce global carbon emissions by preventing the risk of carbon leakage.
Amendment 271 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15 a) ‘indirect emissions’ mean emissions from the production of electricity, heating and cooling, which is consumed during the production processes of goods.
Amendment 274 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘embedded emissions’ mean direct emissions released during the production of goods and inputs of CBAM products into those goods, as well as indirect emissions from the production of electricity, heating and cooling consumed during the production of goods, calculated pursuant to the methods set out in Annex III;
Amendment 278 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28
Amendment 287 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Embedded emissions in goods other than electricity shall be determined based on the actual emissions in accordance with the methods set out in Annex III, points 2 and 3. When actual emissions cannot be adequately determined, the embedded emissions shall be determined by reference to default values in accordance with the methods set out in Annex III, point 4.1. In determining indirect emissions from the consumption of electricity, heating and cooling embedded in goods other than electricity, the annual average emissions intensity of the marginal or other price- setting generator in the relevant electricity market shall be used. Where such data are not available, the average emissions intensity of fossil fuel-based generation plants in the relevant power market supplying the producing installation shall be used instead;
Amendment 291 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementdelegated acts, ing actscordance with Article 28, concerning detailed rules regarding the elements of the calculation methods set out in Annex III, including determining system boundaries of production processes, emission factors, installation-specific indirect emissions related to electricity, heating and cooling consumption, installation-specific values of actual emissions and default values and their respective application to individual goods as well as laying down methods to ensure the reliability of data on the basis of which the default values shall be determined, including the level of detail and the verification of the data. Where necessary, those acts shall provide that the default values can be adapted to particular areas, regions or countries to take into account specific objective factors such as geography, natural resources, market conditions, prevailing energy sources, or industrial processes. The implementing acts shall build upon existing legislation for the verification of emissions and activity data for installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC, in particular Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/2067.
Amendment 292 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Amendment 397 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a Revenues from the sale of CBAM certificates In line with the Union objectives and international commitments, such as those under WTO agreements, the Paris agreement and the CBDR principle, the Commission should come forward with a proposal and sufficient funding to support LDCs. This should entail, amongst others, the necessary administrative and technical assistance and financial support to facilitate LDC’s adaptation to the new obligations established by this regulation and the accomplishment of a sustainable transition. In the transitional phase, producers of LDCs in the sectors covered by the CBAM should be supported in complying with the administrative requirements of the CBAM and assisted in mapping the real emissions of their production processes. At the same time, possible environmental and energy improvements in the production process (such as regarding raw material use, circular economy aspects, energy efficiency and use of renewable energy) should be proposed, technical and knowledge transfers should take place and best practices should be shared. During the implementation phase, when revenues will be generated from the sale of CBAM certificates and the financial consequences of the CBAM will be sensed in third countries, sufficient support and funding should be attributed to helping LDCs in implementing the environment, climate, energy and resource related improvements to lower emissions, cut CBAM costs and accomplish the green transition.
Amendment 401 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 b (new)
Article 24 b (new)
Article 24 b To ensure that the sole aim of the CBAM is to reduce global carbon emissions, the revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shall be channeled towards global climate funding. Sufficient funding shall be made available to accomplish the goals set out in the previous paragraph.
Amendment 458 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. This committee of experts shall be inclusive and consist of people who, together, are knowledgeable of all the various effects of the CBAM, representing the interests of all affected stakeholders and society as a whole.
Amendment 468 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall collect the information necessary with a view to extending the scope of this Regulation to indirect emissions and goodgoods and services other than those listed in Annex I, such as all the sectors covered by the ETS and downstream sectors, and develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on environmental footprint methods.
Amendment 490 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Before the end of the fourth year following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall conduct a review of the carbon leakage risks posed to EU ETS installations producing products listed in Annex I of this Regulation for export beyond the customs territory of the Union. This review shall take into account relevant risk factors, including the extent to which third countries have adopted equivalent carbon pricing or regulatory policies to the Union, the ability of EU ETS installations to deduct carbon prices already paid in the EU or pass on emission costs in third country markets, and the prospects for global cooperation on carbon leakage protection.
Amendment 492 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. If the remaining risk of carbon leakage to exporters determined by the review referred to in paragraph 4 is deemed to place into question the effectiveness of the Union’s climate policy of pricing emissions for EU ETS installations, the Commission shall propose legislative amendments to eliminate this risk. If necessary, any such legislative proposals shall respect the WTO legal principles of non- discrimination and shall not distort existing trade patterns to the Union’s advantage.
Amendment 497 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. The CBAM certificates to be surrendered in accordance with Article 22 shall be adjusted to reflect the extent to which EU ETS allowances are allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC to installations producing, within the Union, the goods listed in Annex I. The CBAM certificates to be surrendered in accordance with Article 22 shall be adjusted to reflect the extent to which EU ETS allowances are allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC to installations producing, within the Union, the goods listed in Annex I. The gradual phase out of free allowances and mirroring phase in of CBAM certificates will occur by applying the “CBAM factor”, reducing the free allocation to installations producing these products within the Union. The CBAM factor shall be equal to 100% for the period during the entry into force of this Regulation and the end of 2024, 90% in 2025, 80% in 2026, 65% in 2027, 50% in 2028, 30% in 2029 and will reach 0% by the end of 2030.
Amendment 531 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point i (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point i (new)
i) Organic chemicals and polymers
Amendment 536 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – introductory part
Annex III – point 2 – introductory part
2. Determination of actual direct embedded emissions for simple goods
Amendment 537 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For determining the specific actual embedded emissions of simple goods produced in a given installation, only direct emissions shall be accounted for. For this purpose, the following equation is to be applied:
Amendment 538 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
‘Attributed emissions’ mean the part of the installation’s direct emissions during the reporting period that are caused by the production process resulting in goods g when applying the system boundaries of the process defined by the implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 7(6). The attributed emissions shall be calculated using the following equation:
Amendment 539 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 5 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the damage to the planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point of no return and that biodiversity loss is a driver of zoonotic pathogens such as COVID-19; highlights the scientific evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity loss, in particular with regard to trade in minerals, biomass and certain agricultural commodities, and biodiversity loss due to land-use changes, invasive alien species, overexploitation of resources and pollution; underlines that the contribution of trade to the dramatic biodiversity loss is very inadequately addressed both by the structure of the existing FTAs and the current WTO rules; stresses that the precautionary principle must be the guiding principle with regard to the protection of biodiversity;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity dimension to all sustainableility impact assessments (SIAs) that must follow a more robust methodology than previously, as suggested by available Commission studies, and to consistently factor in biodiversity issues; requests that the Commission secure adequate funding for carrying out such analyses on biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched as part of the scoping exercise phase on future free trade agreements and for them to be regularly updated as negotiations develop in order to adequately identify and address possible risks to biodiversity in the region concerned as well as in the EU as early as possible, and to shape relevant bilateral commitments outlined in the negotiations; stresses the importance of systematically conducting regular ex post sustainableility evaluations and impact assessments to ensure consistency with the EU’s international commitments on biodiversity; calls for trade and sustainable development chapters to include time-bound roadmaps that provide verifiable commitments and objectives, which are to be regularly monitored by, evaluated and adjusted by and in accordance with ex post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- )tariff barriers be made conditional thereon; invites the Commission to update existing chapters of FTAs accordingly at the earliest convenience;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to use the indicators developed in the search for possible risks to biodiversity to formulate short-, mid- and long-term goals for the protection of biodiversity; requests annual updates from the Commission to the European Parliament on the status of implementation of said goals;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Asks the Commission to evaluate the existing FTAs as well as texts currently in legal scrubbing with regard to their effect on biodiversity and to present the results and planned adjustments to the European Parliament;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Amendment 37 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to use a different approach in its trade negotiations with the goal of facilitating preferential access to the EU market only for those trade partners that successfully implement all multilateral environmental agreements relevant to the protection of biodiversity or to keep up tariffs on raw materials, goods and services that are considered harmful to biodiversity in accordance with the SIA and scoping exercises; asks the Commission to develop a swift snap-back option in case of violations or non-implementation under which tariffs are re-established towards the trading partner in violation;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. asks for an independent in depth- analysis of the effects of the remaining ISDS and ICS-provisions in trade agreements as well as the energy charter on biodiversity and requests swift adaptations in case negative effects are proven;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums; create a link between the proven implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and the lowering of tariffs in current and future agreements; invites the Commission to show leadership in relevant international forums especially in the WTO, in this multilateral context; asks the Commission to strive for the creation of possibilities of raising tariffs on products and services that have a scientifically proven region- specific negative effect on biodiversity; underlines the necessity of creating a legal framework within the WTO that enables the creation of non-tariff barriers and trade bans on raw materials, goods and services that endanger biodiversity in order to disincentivize trade in- and production of such raw materials, goods and services;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In this context, asks the Commission to investigate the necessity of prohibiting trade in certain products in order to protect biodiversity;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Requests that the Council in its draft mandate of future agreements and, on the occasion of the review of existing agreements, make the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), together with the Paris Agreement, an essential element of free trade agreementhe Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) together with the Paris Agreement, an essential element of free trade agreements, since the EU must set a high standard and produce incentives and enforcement mechanisms for Conventions and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) that do not have direct access to remedies and redress;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the placing of products whose production processes are associated with deforestation or forest degradation from the EU market; calls on the Commission to adopt a moratorium on imports of wild animals or any other species from reported emerging infectious disease hotspots; asks the Commission to ensure better implementation of the customs provisions at border inspections in order to improve the preventive measures on the inflow of invasive species;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to prioritise capacity building for beneficiary countries to implement the CBD, the CITES and other Conventions and Agreements essential to the protection of biodiversity under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument and Aid for Trade.; underlines in this context also the necessity for supporting the restructuring in third countries whose entire development model relies on exports of goods and services harmful to biodiversity;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights,
Amendment 31 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use this position to set the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the respect of human and labour rights, the precautionary principle, environmental protection and animal welfare;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis adopted on 19 June,
Amendment 47 #
2020/2260(INI)
3. Believes that sustainable production should become a key characteristic of EU agri- food products, expanding the concept of quality to social and environmental aspects, on top of their worldwide reputation for being safe and healthy; stresses, in this regard, that EU quality production and Geographical Indications, combined with an ambitious EU promotion policy, should be considered as an asset with regard to the objective to foster sustainable trade;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to pursueensure consistency and coherence between the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Common Commercial Policy, and to pursue these objectives through the development of Green Alliances in all relevant forums, including the UN Food Systems Summit 2021;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need, also highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, to develop a EU open strategic autonomy, with the aim of ensuring access to key markets and critical goods, as well as protecting economic assets; reiterates that food security must be acknowledged as a crucial aspect of the open strategic autonomy, in order to secure the functioning of food supply systems during future crisis;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights the importance of transparency in the food supply-chain and of traceability of all production and distribution processes; notes that innovative digital tools and mandatory origin labelling of food products have the potential to significantly increase transparency and traceability, thus improving consumer confidence;
Amendment 120 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the risk of putting the EU agri-food sector at a competitive disadvantage in the absence of global convergence of standards, and of leading to increased costs for consumers; calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive and cumulative impact assessment of the targets envisaged in the Strategy, as well as proportionate measures, adequate time- frame for adaptation and compensation mechanisms to maintain the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector and, in particular by ensureing reciprocity of standards; for all agri-food and forestry products imported into the EU;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to strengthen customs checks in order to prevent food frauds, enhance protection of IPRs, notably Geographical Indications, and avoid the possible entry of plant and animal pests into the EU thus ensuring the highest level of sanitary and phytosanitary protection;
Amendment 140 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises the importance of granting access to technological and scientific innovations, including sustainable bio-technologies able to foster the diversity of genetic resources and food production systems, with special attention for local breeds and varieties; stresses that building strong relationships with trading partners in terms of research and development of these innovations could be a key factor in fostering more sustainable agri-food production while safeguarding agricultural productivity;
Amendment 356 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas it is necessary to ensure consistency and coherence amongst the measures envisaged by the farm to fork strategy and the CAP and CFP, the Trade Policy, the EU biodiversity strategy , as well as other related EU policies and strategies;
Amendment 412 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers and their cooperatives or producers organisations, workers employed along the food value chain, processors and retailers working together under difficult conditions and sanitary risks, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment;
Amendment 491 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, decent working conditions, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible, involving not only farmers but all actors in the food chain, including consumers;
Amendment 543 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to develop a contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security in order to coordinate a common European response to crises affecting food systems ; insists that a prevention approach is needed to avoid panic movements and overreactions by people, firms or Member States; considers that it will be an adequate response to the growing expectations about food security that are to be addressed at European level; urges the Commission to consider strategic food stock issues in the way that it does for strategic petroleum stocks across European Union;
Amendment 548 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Urges the Commission to integrate food aid issues in the farm to fork strategy since 33 millions of Europeans suffer from lack of food, especially single parent families and students, and the social and economic consequences of the pandemic will increase that figure; recognises the unique role of the food aid associations across the European Union that need to be more supported because of the growing number of people who need help; considers that the resilience of our food system need to increase the connections between food policies and agricultural policies at every level from the local to the European level;
Amendment 574 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems that should be based on transparent data and take into account the latest scientific knowledge; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy in which all actors make their contribution, aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional and competitive agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policdifferent EU policies and strategies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives that respond to rational criteria based on the best scientific knowledge; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 634 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the Commission should, for the remaining legislative proposals announced in the strategy, rely on scientifically sound ex-ante impact assessments describing the calculation methods for each target and the baselines and reference periods for each of them, taking into account the cumulative effects of the legislative proposals and the need to adapt them to the reality of each Member State;
Amendment 666 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that the social dimension must be fully integrated in all future initiatives of the farm to fork strategy along with the economic and environmental dimensions to achieve a much-needed policy coherence for sustainable development; insists that improvement of working conditions, in line with the 8 ILO core Convention, collective bargaining, social protection, investment in public services, inclusive governance and fair taxation should be included as sustainability criteria;
Amendment 689 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Building the food chain that works for consumers, workers, producers, climate and the environment
Amendment 738 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets, whilst taking into account different starting points of Member States and setting more ambitious targets for those Member States who have not made enough progress until now, taking into account that targets for each Member State shall be set based on the national average values;
Amendment 928 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors; recalls that in order to meet new environmental targets, the balance of plant and animal production should be maintained, which will ensure sufficient amount of nutrients and organic matter in the soils in the EU, and will help to improve biodiversity;
Amendment 1110 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivisregardless of the type or the size of the farm all sustainable practices such as precision farming, applied research and development, or new carbon sequestration technologies should be incentivised and supported; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1281 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the explicit recognition of a safeguard of the social rights of workers in the food chain; recalls that this has been endorsed by the European Parliament with the introduction of the social conditionality for the CAP basic payment in its position on the national strategic plans Regulation;
Amendment 1298 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European food system delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainable food to people at all times and underlines that increasing the economic, environmental and social sustainability of food producers will ultimately increase their resilience; encourages the Commission and Member States to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeans; and to ensure that working and social protection conditions throughout the EU food supply chain meet national, EU and international standards for all workers;
Amendment 1457 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges the Commission to propose mechanisms that support cooperation between the various links in the chain, for example, by prioritizing stable market- oriented trade relations; considers that collaboration between the different segments of the food chain will be essential in the future, as it has been during the worst months of the covid-19 crisis;
Amendment 1513 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals for better cooperation between farmers, already allowed under competition rules, and to support investment in improving production and marketing structures to make them more robust, stable, secure and profitable for farmers as means of helping strengthen their position in the chain;
Amendment 1521 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls for the recognition of the food distribution system, based on the proximity of retail outlets to consumers, both in urban and rural areas, as essential to ensure access to food to all European citizens, avoiding the so-called food deserts that occur in the USA;
Amendment 1616 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the need to promote effective Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), enabling all food chain actors to become sustainably productive by speeding up innovation and accelerating knowledge transfer; recalls, in addition, the need for a farm sustainability data network to set benchmarks for farm performance and document the uptake of sustainable farming practices, while allowing for the precise and tailored application of new production approaches at farm level by providing farmers with access to fast broadband connections;
Amendment 1710 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the EU single market and provide clarity and simplicity for all players in the food sector, offering a more harmonised and science-based approach, which is currently lacking, in areas such as front-of-pack labelling, origin labelling, waste management, food donations, to name but a few, so that Europe can uphold sustainability standards in the food chain at the international level;
Amendment 1738 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM); reiterates its call to revise the legislation on FCM in line with the regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), as well as classification, labelling and packaging regulations, and to insert, without further delay, specific provisions to substitute endocrine disrupting chemicals (based on scientifically proven methods);
Amendment 1759 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one;
Amendment 1894 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not always in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in dietary consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; acknowledges that the healthy choice may not always be the most sustainable and affordable choice and vice-versa; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets wshould bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advicee science-based and take into account the cultural and regional diversity of European foods and diets, as well as consumer needs and preferences ; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based diets;
Amendment 1950 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU;
Amendment 1986 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public and private procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other publicpublic and private institutions to encourage organic and local food productionsourcing and to promote more healthysustainable diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to maketch their healthy choices with availability of supply;
Amendment 2132 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainably productive, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States;
Amendment 2226 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in contributing to the world food production and in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and standards and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account;
Amendment 168 #
2020/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that, in order to build up a sustainable hydrogen economy fast enough to reach our climate goals, low-carbon hydrogen can play an important transitional role; calls on the Commission to assess for how long and how much of this hydrogen would be needed approximately for decarbonisation purposes until solely clean hydrogen can play this role;
Amendment 178 #
2020/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Notes that the European hydrogen market can hardly cover the needs of hydrogen production based on renewable hydrogen alone; encourages the Commission to increase efforts in the EU’s renewable energy capacities and massively encourage research into electrolysis, storage and transport technologies;
Amendment 228 #
2020/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility of repurposing existing gas pipelines for the transport of pure hydrogen in order to maximise cost efficiency and minimise investment costs and levelised costs of transmission; underlines that the re-use of existing natural gas pipelines could lead to an increase in social welfare by mitigating the risk of stranded assets, allowing Members State to act faster and prepare the infrastructure that can be used for clean hydrogen in the future;
Amendment 245 #
2020/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to assess the maximum blending levels of hydrogen in gas grids, planning the possibility of an EU-wide basis for injection of hydrogen into the natural gas grid based on common technical rules and standards; calls to identify and remove legal and administrative barriers;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by the EU in 2010, and by all Member States, and Article 29 thereof on participation in political and public life,
Amendment 5 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
— having regard to Commission Communication (2021)101 of 3 March 2021 entitled "Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030",
Amendment 218 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that funding of European political parties from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source may be used to finance campaigns conducted by the European electoral entities in the context of elections to the European Parliament in which they or their members participate; considers that funding and possible limitation of election expenses for all political parties, candidates and third parties in the national constituencies, in addition to their participation in elections to the European Parliament, should be governed in each Member State by its national provisions;
Amendment 381 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 10
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 10
(10) ´Funding from the Union budget´ means a grant awarded in accordance with Title VIII or a contribution awarded in accordance with Title XI of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council ('the Financial Regulation'). (To add the reference to the Regulation): "Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013,(EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013,(EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJL 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1–222).
Amendment 384 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 3 – first paragraph
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 3 – first paragraph
Amendment 385 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 3 – second paragraph
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 3 – second paragraph
Those national provisions, which may, if appropriate, take account of the specific situation in each Member State, shall not affect the essentially proportional nature of the voting system.
Amendment 400 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 5
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 5
Member States shall ensure that all citizens of the Union, including those living or working in a third country and those who are homeless or who are serving a prison sentence in the EU, are entitled tohave and are able to exercise their right to vote in elections to the European Parliament, and, with regard to those citizens serving a prison sentence, without prejudice to national law or court decisions handed down in accordance with national law.
Amendment 708 #
2020/2220(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 28
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 28
Amendment to Regulation (EU, Euratom) Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 is amended as follows: in Article 21, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. Subject to the second subparagraph, the funding of European political parties from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source may be used to finance campaigns conducted by the European electoral entities in the context of elections to the European Parliament in which they or their members participate. In accordance with Article 16 of Council Regulation ... on the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, the funding and possible limitation of election expenses for all political parties, candidates and third parties in the national constituencies, in addition to their participation in elections to the European Parliament, is governed in each Member State by national provisions.”rticle 28 deleted No 1141/2014
Amendment 26 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the process of setting up Digital hubs for agriculture, which are expected to have an important role in the introductions and implementation of AI and digital solutions, has started in several Member States;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas some sectors of agriculture already apply AI technologies with potential for growth to a larger scale for the sector; notes that in numerous others the use of such technologies remains absent limited;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas education and training is crucial for the smooth and successful introduction of AI technologies in the agricultural sector, both among the newer generation, but also among the current members of the agricultural community;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas information about good AI practices should be available to broader range of experts and stakeholders in order to increase awareness and create opportunities for the sector across the whole EU, but also on regional and local level, where applicable;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
C e. whereas the agricultural sector, its digitalisation and the application of AI in the sector depend on reliable data and stable infrastructure from other sectors such as aero-spatial and meteorological tools as well as tools for soil testing and measuring animal indicators, among others; whereas this might imply the need for a technological upgrade and improvement in some regions and Member States;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
C f. whereas AI technologies and digitalisation have the potential of improving the agricultural performance in areas with natural constraints (ANC), which often suffer from access to limited resources and considerable seasonal variations; whereas because of their constraints they often remain out of the scope of the main research;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
C g. whereas AI research and work in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry has the potential of increasing the attractiveness of the sector for younger people and thus contribute to solving the issue of generational renewal;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C h (new)
Recital C h (new)
C h. whereas the demonstration or use of not fully functional AI technologies in the agri-food sector, or of studies, which are not fully completed, risks jeopardizing the trust of the agri-food community in the AI;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C i (new)
Recital C i (new)
C i. whereas agri-food start-ups play an important role for the sector in terms of introduction of new technologies and techniques, which can benefit and facilitate the introduction of AI technologies in it;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C j (new)
Recital C j (new)
C j. whereas AI has the potential of contributing to collecting more accurate and up-to-date data with regards to animal welfare, which on the other hand can improve the quality of sectoral research and respectively the decision making processes;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Strongly believes that the AI achievements and digitalisations should be accessible to all agricultural producers and breeders irrespective of the size or location of their farm or facilities;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the responsible authorities in the Member States to prepare and implement smooth transition to any new AI-based model of agriculture by including socially responsible and just policies and solutions for the workers in the sector;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls on the EC to facilitate and guarantee within its remits the fair and equal funding, access and distribution of AI achievements among the various sectors such as agriculture with the aim of avoiding new divisions and a two-speed EU on issues such as AI;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Believes that the competent national authorities should prepare and publish analyses on the impact of introduction of AI technologies on work places and workers in short-, mid- and long-term with the aim of helping the labour market adjust accordingly and avoid social and economic exclusion;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Underlines the role which the social partnership and dialogue with employers, employees and their unions or representatives has to play in the area of designing socially responsible and just transition to AI in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Urges the Member States to include all sectoral partners, including workers' representatives and syndicates of agricultural workers, should such exist, in the discussions and the development of sectoral AI plans and strategies;
Amendment 118 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Member States to foresee resources for technological and material upgrade and renewal in the scientific bases, which work on or with AI, such as agricultural institutes, universities or other specialised bodies, with the aim of collecting more up-to-date and accurate data about the effect of AI on the plants, animals, soils, water among others;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Member States to consider inclusion of more AI trainings and courses both as part of their general but also specialised agri-food focused higher education, but also any other appropriate level of education, as part of both formal and informal education in their respective constituencies;
Amendment 129 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls the Member States with ANC to provide sufficient resources for research on use of AI in these areas in order to facilitate farmers there to make better use of the available resources;
Amendment 130 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the European Commission to design and put in place a digital platform or a website dedicated to the AI developments in the EU agri-food sector;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the EC to conduct thorough analyses on the use of data collecting and measuring and magnetic- and wave-based devices on the most commonly bred agricultural animals such as cattle, sheep, goat, pigs, poultry and bees, which will be crucial for the design and use of AI on EU level.
Amendment 15 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
— having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted on 25 September 2015 and entered into force on 1 January 2016, and in particular to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, 5 and 16, and the related indicators,
Amendment 21 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
— having regard to CEDAWto the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms od Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its General Recommendations No. 21 (1994), No. 24 (1999), No. 28 (2010), No. 33 (2015) and No. 35 (2017),
Amendment 77 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 a (new)
Citation 38 a (new)
Amendment 78 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 b (new)
Citation 38 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2020 on abortion rights in Poland,
Amendment 79 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 c (new)
Citation 38 c (new)
- having regard to IPPF EN/BZgA Report on Sexuality Education in Europe and Central Asia,
Amendment 80 #
2020/2215(INI)
- having regard to the IPPF EN partner survey Abortion legislation and its implementation in Europe and Central Asia,
Amendment 81 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 e (new)
Citation 38 e (new)
- having regard to European Parliament Study The gendered impact of the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis,
Amendment 82 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 f (new)
Citation 38 f (new)
- having regard to the report of the European Institute for Gender Equality of 22 November 2019 on Beijing +25 – The 5th Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States,
Amendment 83 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 g (new)
Citation 38 g (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),
Amendment 84 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 h (new)
Citation 38 h (new)
- having regard to the report by UN Women entitled ‘The Impact of COVID- 19 on Women’, published on 9 April 2020,
Amendment 85 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 i (new)
Citation 38 i (new)
- having regard to the report by UN entitled “COVID-19 and Human Rights: We are all in this together”, published in April 2020,
Amendment 86 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 j (new)
Citation 38 j (new)
- having regard to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) report entitled ‘Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender- based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage’, published on 27 April 2020,
Amendment 87 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 k (new)
Citation 38 k (new)
- having regard to the statement by UNFPA entitled ‘Millions more cases of violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation, unintended pregnancy expected due to the COVID 19 pandemic’, published on 28 April 2020,
Amendment 88 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 l (new)
Citation 38 l (new)
- having regard to the European Women’s Lobby policy brief entitled ‘Women must not pay the price for COVID-19!’,
Amendment 89 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 m (new)
Citation 38 m (new)
- having regard to the study by Professor Sabine Oertelt-Prigione entitled ‘The impact of sex and gender in the COVID-19 pandemic’, published on 27 May 2020,
Amendment 90 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 n (new)
Citation 38 n (new)
- having regard WHO`s Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems,
Amendment 91 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 o (new)
Citation 38 o (new)
- having regard to WHO`s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer,
Amendment 92 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 p (new)
Citation 38 p (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 13 November 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 measures on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights,
Amendment 93 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 q (new)
Citation 38 q (new)
- having regard to the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network research andreport entitled “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights during the COVID-19 pandemic”, published on 22nd April 2020,
Amendment 96 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to all aspects of sexuality and reproduction, not merely the absence of dysfunction, infirmity or mortality, and whereas all individuals have a right to make decisions governing their bodies8 , free from discrimination, coercion and violence, and to access SRH services that support that right and give a positive approach to sexuality and reproduction, as sexuality is an integral part of human existence; _________________ 8 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary
Amendment 113 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity, privacy and personal autonomy respected; definhave their sexual orientation and gender identity fully respected; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; have safe sexual experiences, decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9 ; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary and how many children; have access over their lifetime to the information, resources, services and support necessary to achieve all of the above free from discrimination, coercion, exploitation and violence;
Amendment 124 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are recognisprotected as human rights in international and European human rights law10 ; _________________ 10Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europe. such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the European Convention on Human Rights,and constitute an essential element of comprehensive healthcare provision; whereas the realisation of SRHR is an essential element of human dignity and intrinsically linked to the achievement of gender equality and combatting gender-based violence;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas gender-based violence is widespread and has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic; whereas an estimated 25 percent of women experience some form of gender based violence in their lifetimes and countless women experience sexual assault and harassment in the context of intimate partnerships and public life due to entrenched gender stereotypes and the resulting social norms;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violations of SRHR constitute breaches of human rights, specifically the right to life, physical and mental integrity, equality, non- discrimination, health and education, education, dignity, privacy and freedom from inhumane and degrading treatment; whereas violations of women’s SRHR are a form of violence against women and girls; and hinder progress towards gender equality;
Amendment 146 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas although the EU has some of the highest SHRHR standards in the world, there are still challenges, a lack of access, gaps and inequalities and some Member States have implemented policies and programmes that uphold SRR, there are still challenges, a lack of access and affordability, gaps, disparities and inequalities in the realisation of SRHR, both across the EU and within Member States, based on age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, religious affiliation or belief, marital status, socio-economic status, disability, HIV (or sexually transmitted infections, STIs) status, national or social origin, legal or migration status, language, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 150 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefsuniversal access to high-quality and affordable SRHR services, a lack of comprehensive and evidence-based sexuality education, denial of access to information and education, a lack of available modern contraception methods, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, legal restrictions and practical barriers in accessing abortion services, denial of abortion care, forced abortion, gender- based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortalityforced sterilisation, intimidation, cruel and degrading treatment, disparities in maternal mortality rates, gaps in maternal mental health support, increasing caesarean section rates, a lack of access to treatment for cervical cancer, which causes the largely preventable deaths of over 25.000 European women per year, limited access to medically assisted reproduction and fertility treatments, high rates of STIs and HIV, especially in certain marginalised groups and/or regions, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings, outdated or ideologically driven legal provisions limiting SRHR;
Amendment 166 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the unavailability of scientifically accurate informand evidence-based information and education violates the rights of individuals to make informed choices about their own SRHR; and undermines healthy approaches to sexuality, family planning and gender equality;
Amendment 173 #
2020/2215(INI)
H. whereas the essential package of SRH measuresSRH services are essential healthcare services that should be available to all and they includes: comprehensive sexuality education; information, confidential and unbiased counselling and services for sexual and reproductive health and well-being; counselling and access to a wide range of modern contraceptives; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and newborn care; safe and legal abortion services and care and post- abortion care including treatment of complications of unsafe abortion; the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender- based violence; prevention, detection and treatment for reproductive cancers; and fertility services, especially cervical cancer; fertility care and fertility treatment;
Amendment 182 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas comprehensive sexuality education facilitates informed reproresponsible sexual behaviour, including reduced risk-taking, and increased use of condoms and other forms of contraception ; whereas according to the UNESCO International technical guidance on sexuality education, curriculum-based programmes on comprehensive sexuality educative choices; on (CSE) enables children and young people to develop accurate knowledge, attitudes and skills, including respect for human rights, gender equality, consent and diversity that contribute to safe, healthy, and respectful relations; whereas such education empowers children and young people as it provides with evidence and age-appropriate information on sexuality, addressing sexual and reproductive health issues, including, but not limited to: sexual and reproductive anatomy and physiology; consent, puberty and menstruation; reproduction, modern contraception, pregnancy and childbirth; STIs, including HIV and AIDS; andharmful practices such as child early and forced marriage (CEFM) and femalegenital mutilation (FGM); whereas still most adolescents do not have access to CSE ; whereas age-appropriate CSE, in this regard, is key to building children’s and young peoples’ skills to form healthy, equal, nurturing and safe relationships, notably by addressing gender norms, gender equality, power dynamics in relationships, consent, respect for one own’s and others’ boundaries;
Amendment 187 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas SRH includes menstrual hygiene and sanitation as well as systemic and socio-economic factors of stigmatisation,discrimination linked to menstruation; whereas period poverty, which refers to the limited access to sanitary products, affects about 1 in 10 women in Europe, and is exacerbated by a gender-biased taxation on menstrual hygiene products in the EU; whereas shame, untreated menstrual pain and discriminatory traditions lead to school drop outs and lower attendance rates of girls at school and women at work; whereas existing negative attitudes and myths surrounding menstruation influence reproductive health decisions; whereas understanding the links between menstrual hygiene and maternal morbidity, mortality and infertility, STI/HIV and cervical cancer can support early detection and safe lives;
Amendment 189 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas modern contraception plays a key role in achieving gender equality and preventing unintended pregnancies as well as realising the right of individuals to make decisions about their family choices by proactively and responsibly planning the number, timing and spacing of their children; whereas certain methods of modern contraception also reduce incidence of HIV/STIs, whereas access to it is still hindered by practical, financial, social and cultural barriers, including myths surrounding contraception, outdated attitudes towards female sexuality and contraception, as well as a stereotypical perception of women being the only ones responsible for contraception;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas some Member States still have highly restrictive laws prohibiting abortion except in strictly defined circumstances, forcing women to seek clandestine abortions, to travel to other countries or to carry their pregnancy to term against their will, which is a violation of human rights and a form of gender- based violence; affecting women’s and girls’ rights to life, physical and mental integrity, equality, non-discrimination, health, and freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment;
Amendment 201 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas even when abortion is legally available, there are often barriers to accessing it; range of legal, quasi-legal and informal barriers to accessing it, including: limited time periods and grounds on which to access abortion, medically unwarranted waiting periods, lack of trained and willing healthcare professionals and denial of medical care based on personalbeliefs, biased and mandatory counselling, deliberate misinformation or third party authorization, medically unnecessary tests, distress requirements, costs and lack of reimbursement;
Amendment 208 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas no woman should die in childbirth; and access to evidence-based, quality and affordable maternity care is a human right and must be ensured without any discrimination in all healthcare settings;
Amendment 212 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas infertility and subfertility are affecting one in six people in Europe, are a global public health issue and there is a need to reduce inequalities in access to fertility information and treatments, and prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender, sexual orientation, health or marital status;
Amendment 218 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas SRHR issues are often instrumentalised by opponents of reproductive rights who appeal to national interests in order to achieve demographic objectives, thus contributing to the erosion of democracy and personal freedomopponents of sexual and reproductive rights often instrumentalise issues such as the national interest or demographic change in order to undermine SRHR, thus contributing to the erosion of personal freedoms and democracy; whereas all policies addressing the demographic change must be rights-based, people-centered, tailor- made and evidence-based, and must uphold sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 221 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is a need to strengthen the resilience of health systems to such crises, with a specific focus on ensuring that SRH services continue to be fully available, that Member States do not instrumentalize the crisis to deprioritize or purposefully undermine access to these services;
Amendment 228 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas progress has been made in the areas of women’s rights and SRHR, but opponents of reproductive rights have nonetheless had an influence on national law and policyopponents of sexual and reproductive rights and women’s autonomy have had a significant influence on national law and policy with retrogressive initiatives taken in several Member States, seeking to undermine SRHR, as noted by the Parliament in its resolutions on experiencing backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU and Abortion Rights in Poland, and by the European Institute for Gender Equality in its report of 22 November 2019 on Beijing +25 – The 5th Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States; whereas these initiatives and backsliding obstruct the realisation of people’s rights, countries’ development and undermines European values, fundamental rights;
Amendment 230 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas the current COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the population’s health as a whole, women are not only affected by the direct health threat but also adversely through the reallocation of resources and priorities, including SRH services and this reversion of resources may result in increased rates of unintended pregnancies, higher maternal mortality and morbidity rates, as well as a spike in sexually transmitted disease and HIV;
Amendment 239 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
N b. whereas numerous reports show that, during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, SRHR services were limited and/or revoked, and there is a disruption in access to essential medical services such as contraception and abortion care, HIV and STI testingand reproductive cancer screenings, and respectful maternal healthcare;
Amendment 242 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
Recital N c (new)
N c. whereas there is a persisting effort to instrumentalize the COVID-19 health crisis as a pretext to adopt further restrictive measures in SRHR and that has a broad and long-term negative effect on the exercise of the fundamental right to health, gender equality andfight against discrimination and gender-based violence and is putting the well-being, health and lives of women and girls at risk;
Amendment 254 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote access to SRHR services and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range of SRHR, and to remove all barriers impeding full accessIn accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in line with national competences, calls upon the Member States to safeguard the right of all persons to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHR;
Amendment 267 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in line with national competences, calls upon the Member States to safeguard the right of all persons to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHRCalls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote full access to SRHR services by creating a culture of equality, respect for personal autonomy, accessibility, respect, informed choice and consent, non-discrimination and non-violence andcalls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range of SRHR, and to remove all legal, policy, financial and other barriers impeding full access to SRHR for all persons, without discrimination on any ground;
Amendment 272 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Reaffirms that SRHR are key for gender equality, the elimination of gender-based violence, economic growth and development, child protection, elimination of human trafficking and poverty;
Amendment 274 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls upon the Member States to address the persisting challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR and ensure that no persin Europe and globally and to ensure that all persons have access to high-quality and affordable SRH services and that no one is left behind by being unable to exercise their right to health; Stresses that equal access to SRHR must be ensured for all persons, regardless of age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, caste, religious affiliation and beliefs, marital status, socio- economic status, disability, HIV (or STI) status, national and social origin, legal and migration status, language, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 280 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges the importance of public information on SRHR; Recalls that all policies relating to SRHR should be founded on reliable and objective evidence from organisations such as WHO, other UN agencies and the Council of Europe;
Amendment 287 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights call on its member states11 to guarantee sufficient budgetary provision for SRHR and ensure the availability of adequate human resources across all levels of the health system, in both urban and rural areas; identify and address legal, policy and financial barriers that impede access to good quality SRH care and integrate SRHR services into existing public health insurance, subsidisation or reimbursement schemes in order to achieve Universal Health Coverage; _________________ 11Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europe
Amendment 288 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the negative effects of the so-called “tampon tax” on gender equality; Calls upon the Member States to eliminate the so-called “tampon tax” by applying a 0% VAT rate on menstrual hygiene products and ensuring that this tax cut is effectively benefitting the consumers;
Amendment 292 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses that in the time of the COVID-19 induced health crisis, it is essential that universalaccess to SRHR is guaranteed, in line with international human rights standards;
Amendment 311 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the Member States to collect reliable, disaggregated and robust statistics on all SRHR services so as to ensure that all women are getting the same access to high-quality services and to detect and address possible differences in outcomes;
Amendment 312 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Amendment 314 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that all medical interventions related to SRHR must be undertaken with fully informed consent; Calls on the Member States to combat gynaecological and obstetrical violence by reinforcing procedures that guarantee respect for free and prior informed consent and protection from inhumane and degrading treatment in healthcare settings, including through training of medical professionals; calls on the European Commission to tackle this specific form of gender-based violence in its activities;
Amendment 334 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to ensure universal access to scientifically accurate, evidence-based, age-appropriate, non- judgemental and comprehensive sexuality education and information for all primary and secondary school children in line with WHO standard, as well as children out of school, in line with WHO standards for Sexuality Education and its Action Plan on Sexual and Reproductive Health; without discrimination on any ground; Urges the Member States to ensure comprehensive education about menstruation and its links to sexuality and fertility; Calls upon the Member States to establish well-developed, well- funded and free of charge youth-friendly services;
Amendment 358 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls upon the Member States to ensure access to contraceptive methods, thereby safeguarding the fundamental right to healthuniversal access to high-quality and affordable modern contraceptive methods, contraceptive supplies, family planning counselling and the provision of online information on contraception for all, thereby safeguarding the fundamental right to health; and to address all barriers impeding access to contraception such as financial and social barriers;
Amendment 367 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls upon the Member States to ensure that contraception is covered under national reimbursement schemes and healthcare policies andinsurance, and at least covered by reimbursement and subsidisation schemes and healthcare policies and ensure that these schemes are evidence- and research- based, taking into account efficiency and success rates in the long term; to recognise that this coverage should be extended to all people of reproductive age;
Amendment 370 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that Member States and public authorities have a responsibility to provide evidence-based, accurate information about contraception and establish awareness-raising programmes and strategies to tackle and dispel barriers, myths, stigma and misconceptions;
Amendment 378 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reaffirms that abortion must always be a voluntary decision based on a womaperson’s request, given of their own free will, in accordance with medical standards and availability, accessibility, affordability and safety based on WHO guidelines and calls upon the Member States to ensure universal access to safe and legal abortion and the respect of the right to freedom, privacy and highest attainable healthcare;
Amendment 399 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to regulmove and combate obstacles to legal abortion and recalls that they have a responsibility to ensure that women have access to the rights affordconferred to them by law;
Amendment 412 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure that all women have access to affordable, evidence-based maternity careaccess without discrimination to high-quality, affordable, evidence-based and respectful maternity care for all; including midwifery, antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care, and maternal mental health support in accordance with current WHO standards and evidence; and consequently, reform laws, policies and practices that exclude certain groups of women from access to maternity care, including by removing legal and policy restrictions that apply on grounds of nationality, ethnicity or migration status;
Amendment 426 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls upon the Member States to strongly condemn and combat physical and verbal abuse, including gynaecological and obstetric violence, whichinformal payments and bribes in antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care, which violate women’s human rights and may constitute forms of gender- based violence;
Amendment 428 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Access to fertility treatments
Amendment 429 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 1 (new)
- Provision of SRHR services during the COVID-19 pandemic and in all other crisis related circumstances
Amendment 432 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls upon Member States to encourage and ensure that healthcare providers have training in women’s human rights and principles of free and informed consent and informed choice in antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care;
Amendment 437 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls upon Member States to ensure that all persons of reproductive age have access to fertility treatments regardless of their marital status or sexual orientation;
Amendment 440 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Insists that SRH services are essential services; Calls upon Member States to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not affect the right of all individuals to SRHR services and to ensure they are secured through the public health systems, and combat all efforts directed on using the pandemic as an pretext to further restrict SRHR;
Amendment 442 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Recognizes the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has on the supply and access to contraceptives and reiterates projections of UNFPA from April 2020 which states that some 47 million women in 114 low and middle-income countries are projected to be unable to use modern contraceptives if the lockdown or supply chain disruption continues for 6 months;
Amendment 443 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Amendment 444 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 g (new)
Paragraph 16 g (new)
16g. Stresses that access to safe and legal abortion continues to be limited during the COVID-19 pandemic, with examples of efforts to fully ban it under the pretence of less priority service; Urges the Member States to additionally implement safe, free and adjusted access to abortion during the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, such as the abortion pill, and to recognize abortion care as urgent and medically necessary, thus also rejecting all limitation in accessing it;
Amendment 445 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 h (new)
Paragraph 16 h (new)
16h. Stresses the negative consequences for maternity healthcare, labour and birth care as health systems focus on tackling COVID-19 and emphasises that unacceptable changes are being made to the provision of pregnancy and birth care which are not based on scientific evidence, WHO guidelines or guidelines of relevant European professional organisations and are not proportional to the response required to the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 446 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 i (new)
Paragraph 16 i (new)
16i. Urges the Member States to ensure adequate resources for quality maternity care and guarantee that policies relating to maternity healthcare during the COVID pandemic are based on evidence and facts, not fears, and respect women’s human rights;
Amendment 448 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 k (new)
Paragraph 16 k (new)
16k. Calls on the European Commission to address the impact of COVID-19 on access to SRHR in the EU in its COVID-19 response, including by supporting actions by Member States and SRHR civil society organisations to guarantee full access to SRHR services, including through the EU4Health Programme and the European Social Fund Plus;
Amendment 449 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 l (new)
Paragraph 16 l (new)
16l. Stresses that all above mentioned COVID-19 related notes and calls should apply for any other crisis related circumstances and calls upon Member States to ensure prioritization of SRHR services in all instances, without any discrimination;
Amendment 454 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls upon the Member States to exercise their competence in SRHR by striving to fully protect, respect and fulfil human rights, specifically the right to health, and implement a wide range of SRH services,in regards to SRHR, to guarantee a wide range of available, accessible, affordable, high-quality and non- discriminatory SRH services available for all without discrimination, to ensuringe that the principle of non- retrogression is respectedunder international human rights law is respected; condemns any attempt to limit access to SRHR through restrictive laws; strongly affirms that the denial of access to SRHR is a form of gender based violence;
Amendment 471 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls upon the Commissioner for Democracy and Demography to take an evidence and human-rights-based approach to tackling demographic challenges in the EU, ensuring that every EU resident can fully realise their SRHR, and to take special note and confront those who instrumentalise SRHR in order to undermine EU values and democracy;
Amendment 473 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls upon the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU public health strategy; s a vital part of achieving the right to health, safety and gender equality, to monitor and promote the full implementation of SDG 3 including target 3.7 in the EU, using the UN global indicator framework; in partnership with Member States, to collect systematic, comparable, disaggregated data and conduct studies to better measure gender inequalities in health and unmet needs in access to SRH services in the EU with an intersectional perspective; to promote health information and education including on SRH; to support and harmonise national health systems and policies in order to reduce health inequalities within and between Member States; to include SRHR interventions in the EU4Health Programme, to support actions of Member States and SRHR civil society organisations in achieving full access to SRHR services through this Programme;
Amendment 490 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to uphold the European Consensus on Development and the SDGs, in particular targets 3.7,5.6 and 5.16, to ensure that SRHR remain a development priority in all EU external activities and relations, welcomes the strong language on SRHR in the new Gender Action Plan III, emphasises the need to prioritize the removal of all barriers in the access to SRHR services; calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to strongly condemn the ‘global gag’ rule;
Amendment 493 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls upon the Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life to ensure that the new Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief be dedicated to a human-rights based approach, thus respecting sexual and reproductive health and rights and dedicated to jointly working on guaranteeing the right to health for all, in the EU and globally, without any discrimination;
Amendment 494 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls upon the Commissioner for Crisis Management to include a gender equality perspective in the EU and Member States ’humanitarian aid response, and a perspective on sexual and reproductive health and rights, as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is a basic need for people in humanitarian settings;
Amendment 496 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls upon the Commission to strengthen its actions to counter the backlash against women’s rights; ongly condemn the backsliding in women’s rights and strengthen its actions to counter it; calls on the Commission and Member States to step up their support for women’s rights and SRHR organisations in the EU, which are key actors for gender-equal societies, and crucial providers of SRH services and information; and notably their financial support through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme, the funding of which should be significantly increased as asked by the European Parliament;
Amendment 502 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls upon the Commission to implement gender budgeting throughout all the instruments of the MFF 2021- 2027, including the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values, the European Social Fund + and the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument;
Amendment 503 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls upon the Commission to take concrete steps in protecting SRHR, starting with the establishment of an EU Special Envoy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Right and the addition of a designated chapter on the State of play of SRHR in the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that global value chains are the key feature of the global economy and that trade policy must contribute to a transparent production process throughout the value chain, including subcontracting chains, and demonstrate compliance with environmental, human rights, social and safety standards;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Acknowledges the recent European Commission study on directors’ duties and sustainable corporate governance that current corporate decision-makers focus on short-term shareholder value maximisation rather than on the long-term interests of the company, and its stakeholders, who aim for long-term environmental and social sustainability of European businesses1a; _________________ 1ahttps://op.europa.eu/fr/publication- detail/-/publication/e47928a2-d20b-11ea- adf7-01aa75ed71a1
Amendment 23 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that sustainable corporate governance can help the EU to build a more resilient and sustainable economy, improve the level playing field and protect EU businesses and citizenworkers, and is therefore hugely beneficial to EU trade policy;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Stresses the importance of coherence between corporate governance structures of EU businesses and EU efforts in dialogue with third countries on responsible business conduct through Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in Free Trade Agreements; notes that a sustainable long-term holistic approach is needed
Amendment 27 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Notes that a balanced composition of the Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs) as well as lessons learnt from their experience as an inclusive structured dialogue could be used as a model for EU corporate structures that takes civil society on board;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2137(INI)
3. Notes that the COVID-19 crisispandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of unregulated global supply chains, andwhich showed that the voluntarily rules are insufficient; especially in the garment sector where production was disrupted during the crisis with negative effects throughout the supply chain; notes that businesses with better environmental, social and governance practices and risk mitigation processes weather the crisises better;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that directors’ duties should encompass an obligation to develop, disclose and implement a corporate sustainability strategy for all aspects of the company’s operations, including its supply chains; based on international social, environmental and human rights standards; underlines that consultation with local communities is important;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the requirement to disclose information on how sustainability issues affect the company and how the company affects society and the environment should include the sharing of all relevant information on all actors throughout the entire supply chain; notes that sharing this information is based on the reporting system Non-Financial Reporting Directive (‘NFRD’)
Amendment 65 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Underlines the importance of the new taxonomy regulation also in regard to the supply chain; stresses that tackling tax avoidance is a fundamental part of sustainable corporate governance;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that sustainable corporate governance cannot reach its full potential without due diligence legislation that requires companies to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for human rights abuses and environmental damage in their global value chains; underlines that sustainable corporate governance should not be limited by the present or lack of proper due diligence legislation; asks the Commission to add the sustainable corporate governance and corporate due diligence into the ongoing Trade Policy review.
Amendment 4 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU economy; underlines that the proper functioning of the internal market and the creation of a capital market union remains an absolute priority for SMEs; highlights that due regard should be given to the innovation cycle and market deployment of newly available technologies; stresses that the wellbeing of EU single market depends on the ability of EU SMEs to adapt to the impending revolution in information technologies; recognizes the role of micro enterprises and startups in the process of deployment of new and disruptive technologies of tomorrow. Therefore, sufficient support must be given to them; recognizes the importance of maintaining strong and predictable intellectual property rights framework;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the Commission to fully support SMEs in overcoming all barriers that prevent their access to third- country markets; calls on the Commission to reduce administrative and regulatory burden for SMEs and facilitate surpassing of red tape; calls on the Commission to support SMEs focusing on green technologies and innovations that are already exporting goods and services to third countries and thereby, foster conditions for level playing field; requests the inclusion of an SME chapter in every trade agreement; underlines the need for the effective enforcement of trade agreements as a priority task of the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer; clear and strong efforts should be made in order to re-start International cooperation and revive a functioning multilateral dispute settlement system.
Amendment 36 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to be more active in its support of national and regional export agencies in order to allow SMEs to overcome the information gap and take better advantage of trade agreements; opines, in this respect, that the Commission could set up an SME internationalisation platform to monitor progress; notes that this platform could include circular economy proofing, whereby Commission could clearly indicate whether imported products into the EU satisfy EUs recyclability standards;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to take greater account of the role of SMEs when it comes to negotiating public procurement chapters in trade agreements; welcomes the announcement from the Commission that it will launch a new information portal on customs procedures and formalities; calls on the Commission to deliver on its objective of launching a self-assessment tool for rules of origin to help SMEs assess whether a product benefits from preferences under a given trade agreement; reiterates the importance of clear rules on cross border data flows in achieving EUs digital strategy objectives; reiterates that SMEs will play a pivotal role in scaling up data driven technologies and businesses; underlines the need to promote interoperability and access to data internationally in order optimize various processes in international trade;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that access to financing is essential for SMEs; asks the European Investment Bank to pay particular attention to SMEs when defining its policies; draws particular attention to SMEs, which need funding and technical assistance to comply with the Green Deal and digitalisation objectives in order to remain competitive; recalls that this also includes making progress on investment facilitation agreement, e-commerce directive and continued work on multilateral services agreement;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2131(INI)
6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the EU’s safeguard and trade defence instruments in order to better protect European industry, in particular when it affects sectors with a majority of SMEs.; recognizes that the world is facing unprecedented and unforeseeable challenges, which is why a smart re- shoring and an EU wide strategy for protection of EU strategic sectors should be part of the EU SME strategy in order to improve the self-sufficiency of the European Union. Including, ensuring level playing field via the imposition of carbon border adjustment mechanism. Underlines that improving the resilience of various strategic supply chains and reducing reliance of EU industry on third countries should be a key element in the new SME strategy;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses that the EU is experiencing an economic and social shock resulting in rapidly rising unemployment rates as well as sinking of the EU GDP in the second quarter of2020 by 12.1%; reminds that different regions in the EU are more adversely impacted than others; stresses the need for strong social safeguards and social inclusion in the SME strategy in order to balance this stark reality; recalls that this crisis is also an unprecedented opportunity to shift our priorities towards a more social and sustainable modus operandi; underlines that eliminating tax competition within the EU would significantly contribute towards social stability in the EU and could also contribute towards upskilling and reskilling of workers;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to support MSMEs, with specific focus on, and measures for women-led MSMEs; calls on the EU and its Member States to pay particular attention to the special circumstances of women-led MSMEs when establishing export help-desks, to take advantage of the possibilities created by FTAs and to strengthen services, technologies and infrastructures (such as access to internet) that are of particular importance to the economic empowerment of women and women-led MSMEs; calls on the Commission to help set up partnerships between female entrepreneurs in the EU and their counterparts in developing countries.
Amendment 50 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a unique opportunity to set the agenda for sustainable growth; calls on the Commission, therefore, to presentspeed up its review of the 15-point action plan on TSD chapters without delayso it can be implemented in all ongoing negotiations without exception; expects the review to address the enforceability of TSD commitments as a matter of urgency, as it is not currently included; recalls, in this regard, the non- paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development11 ; suggests that, as a minimum, recent advances in enforceability should be applied to EU trade policy, namely the ability to tackle any non-compliance by partners through unilateral sanctions, including the introduction of tariffs or quotas on certain products or the cross- suspension of other parts of an agreement; __________________ 11 Non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development, accessed at ‘the Netherlands at International Organisations (permanentrepresentations.nl)’.
Amendment 66 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that high up-front costs, which will only repay themselves over time, and a lack of know-how and equipment are currently preventing developing countries from ‘going green’; demands that the Commission use all trade instruments and development cooperation policies at its disposal to increase financial support, technical assistance, technology transfers and digital penetration in order to empower developing countries and enable them to achieve sustainable resilience and to better implement due diligence across the supply chain;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that transparency and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups must be clearly defined in the EU’s international agreements and that financial assistance must be accompanied by capacity-building measures to enable it to function effectively; while asking the Commission to cooperate more intensively with the European civil society represented in the EESC;
Amendment 139 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical goods and services, especially for medical and pharmaceutical goods; insists that the EU should overcome these undesirable dependencies via a mix of policies to incentivise companies to stockpile, diversify sourcing strategies and promote nearshoring, - which could create new trading opportunities for partners in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods - and reshoring where necessary;
Amendment 171 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Welcomes the proposal by several government leaders for an international treaty on the pandemic response and calls for this to include a strong trade pillar; underlines that the international trade framework must foster cooperation and put into place both structural and rapid response mechanisms to help governments overcome the challenges associated with health emergencies; maintains that progress needs to be made in the areas of transparency on available stocks, global supply networks, production capacities and product pricing of essential health products, the implementation and development of exemptions for public health security in the intellectual property rights framework, increasing the global mobility of essential services, protecting and fostering the resilience of SMEs, and developing an intersectional approach to tackle the negative impact of health crises on gender equality, income equality, and the position of minorities;
Amendment 172 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls to establish a new Committee on Trade and Health on the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in order to prepare guidelines on how governments can implement existing exemptions and flexibilities in international trade law to increase public health security, which mechanisms must be put in place to improve the global response to health emergencies and to lay the groundwork for a trade pillar for the negotiations on a future international treaty on the pandemic response;
Amendment 174 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises, in this connection, the detrimental effects of unilateral measures such as export restrictions and prohibitions and the lack of transparency on global stocks and the subsequent price speculation on scarce essential goods, not least for low and middle-income countries; calls, therefore, for the adoption of the WTO trade and health initiative by the end of 2021 and for greatera new regulation to be drawn up that is much more demanding on transparency on the supply and, production and cost of essential medical products and services;
Amendment 176 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for a review of the European Directive on Intellectual Property Rights to ensure that patents do not hinder access to vaccines for COVID-19, to demand the necessary transparency from the industry and a cost-benefit analysis per product that allows for a fair and reasonable patent term and the necessary flexibility in exceptional situations for public health reasons;
Amendment 177 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the European Commission to make efficient use of its power of centralized public purchasing of vaccines to demand the necessary transparency and contract compliance from suppliers;
Amendment 182 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned about the recent rise in export restrictions on vaccines by the main manufacturing countries such as the US, the UK, China and India and by, to a lesser extent, the EU, and emphasises that this endangers the rapid global scaling up of vaccine production capacity; urges the Commission to engage with producing countries to swiftly eliminate export barriers and to replace the export authorisation mechanism with an export and import notification requirement; insists on having timely and comprehensive access to such data;
Amendment 189 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that the vaccines against COVID-19 and its variants are a global public good and that multilateral efforts should be focused on the equitable distribution of vaccines across the world, ramping up global production capacities and technology transfers, including in low and middle- income countries; strongly welcomes, in this regard, the Global C19 Vaccine Supply Chain and Manufacturing Summit held on 8 and 9 March 2021 and calls for the establishment of structural platforms to rapidly scale up vaccine production in more countries; calls for more international efforts to speed up the delivery of vaccines to COVAX;
Amendment 198 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel, solving supply chain problems and revisiting the global framework for intellectual property rights for future pandemics; insists, in this regard, on a constructive dialogue about a temporary waiver of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in order to ensure that countries do not face retaliation over COVID-19 related patent infringements during the pandemic; calls on the Commission to re-evaluate the TRIPS+ commitments in EU trade agreements in light of lessons learned, and to improve the work on increasing the effectiveness of IPR flexibilities such as, but not limited to, compulsory licensing in the context of bilateral negotiations and dialogue;
Amendment 232 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises that reviving the WTO negotiating function will play a key role in any substantial reform of the organisation; highlights, in particular, the need to address competitive distortions caused by industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises; calls for the Commission to actively pursue a solution to the mismatch between the level of development and the number of commitments undertaken within the international trading system; is convinced that EU leadership is crucial for any meaningful WTO reform to succeed; considers essential that the next WTO ministerial conference address the debate on intellectual property rights, the role of international trade in protecting the world from health threats, and also address the sanctions regime to prevent that the consequences of breaching international trade rules by some members, are paid by sectors not responsible for non- compliance;
Amendment 245 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Supports thea new, forward-looking wide transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values; urges the Commission and the, giving impulse and priority to the development of the EU relations with all the Americas, based on common interests and shared values, aiming to counterbalance the development of the economic and trade cooperation in the Pacific, to achieve meaningful WTO reform and to find common solutions to common problems; in the new political context invites the new US administration to closely cooperate closely in orderwith the EU institutions to secure a level playing field and to agree on ambitious social, labour and environmental standards and build on each other’s experience to enforce these more efficiently enforce them; calls for joint efforts to overcomeget out of the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in vaccines and essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and find common solutions to common problems;
Amendment 264 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the TPRrade Policy Review’s engagement towards Africa and the Eastern and Southern Nneighbourhoods and looks forward to concrete steps tofor deepening the EU’s relations with these partners; reiterates the importance of a strategic and sustainable partnership with Southe-East Asia, and India and Latin America; calls on all the EU institutions to maintain as a priority in a higher rank of our trade and development cooperation, the generation of greater resilience in front of pandemics and health emergencies;
Amendment 274 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Stresses that the EU needs to actively support the diversification of inner-African value chains;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that trade policy is an essential tool for implementing the circular economy andadvancing the transition to the circular economy globally and supporting the EU’s sustainability agenda globally; underlines that increased re-using, repairing, remanufacturing and recycling can reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials, and points to the need to decouple economic growth from resource use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability and resilience of global value chains;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the lack of international and European standards on waste quality as this hinders a viable trade policy that is conducive to the circular economy; calls on the Commission to present harmonised standards on waste quality and a legal definition of recyclable waste, and to include these in future FTAsdefinitions and standards and European standards and labelling on circular economy. The lack of these is particularly problematic when it comes to waste quality and secondary raw materials, recycled, remanufactured and repaired goods as this hinders a viable trade policy that is conducive to the circular economy; calls on the Commission to present harmonised standards and legal definitions on waste quality, recycled material, recyclability and reparability, and to include these in future FTAs; Stresses the need for eco-design and labelling to be brought to a global level to enhance the global circular economy and create level playing field;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant and where the EU’s dependence on unreliable sources of raw materials is particularly high;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to identify and abolish barriers that prevent or restrict market access for circular products and services from outside the EU and to investigate the possibilities and benefits of reducing tariffs and non-tariff barriers on certain products and services in order to encourage the development of the circular economy;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to ensure that FTAs reflect the objectives of the circular economy by including strong, binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross-cutting manner in all relevant FTA chapters; stresses the opportunity to use the cooperative mechanisms of TSD chapters to work together with third countries on promoting the circular economy;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Commission to engage with the EU’s trading partners to further support the objectives of the circular economy; stresses that particular attention must be given to how less developed partner countries can participate in and benefit from the circular economy; calls for an assessment of the impact of increased intra-EU recycling rates on countries strongly relying on waste imports; calls on the commission to use Aid for Trade and GSP+ to help developing countries adopt circular economy practices, including product standards.
Amendment 70 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights that when waste streams are exported from the EU in a socially just, clean and manageable way, opportunities can be created for third countries and economic efficiency gains can arise when manufacturing hubs are in close proximity to recycling plants, leading to recycling “champions” with top notch sorting and processing infrastructure, boosting global recycling volumes and quality;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses that, as long as the quality of EU’s waste exports cannot be guaranteed and there is uncertainty whether the exported waste is recycled in third countries respecting high social, health and environmental standards, improving waste recycling within EU borders should remain a priority;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission to implement the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials in a coordinated and mutually reinforcing manner; stresses that improving Europe’s recycling rates for the metals and minerals required in green and digital technologies will give Europe a sustainable domestic supply source, helping to improve its resilience versus more polluting imports from unreliable third countries;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Emphasizes that circular economy and sustainable production require transparent and traceable value chains. In order to improve circularity of all the materials and to keep track of chemicals and hazardous elements, it is essential to foster the availability of data related to product's content, materials, carbon footprint and recyclability. Special efforts should be made to integrate and develop work on the digital product passports that would collect structured and standardised data from all phases of the product and enable better circularity, promote extended producer responsibility (EPR) as well as sustainable consumer choices.
Amendment 78 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Emphasizes the risk of environmental dumping when secondary raw materials or second-hand goods are traded because of higher environmental standards in Europe than in a third country, which would undermine global climate and environmental actions and hinder sustainable transition in third countries.
Amendment 79 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Stresses that a distinction should be made between waste for material recovery and waste intended for energy production as to safeguard valuable materials and avoid dumping; highlights that the Basel Convention ban on plastic waste exports from OECD to non-OECD countries, with the exception of material that is “non-hazardous, clean, unmixed and uncontaminated" and purposed for recycling, not for energy-recovery, is very relevant in this regard and that this international legislation could speed up international negotiations on waste standards and definitions;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2076(INI)
1. Takes note of the Commission’s initiatives to support European SMEs’ access to international markets; stresses, however, that SMEs have to deal with too many regulations and burdens and excessive bureaucracy; stresses that SMEs are kept at a competitive disadvantage bywhich might cause extra red tape or administrative burdens; stresses that support is needed for those SMEs which investing in climate neutrality to comply with the Green Deal while tryingand might face difficulties in short term to remain competitive and thrive on export markets;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to adopt a strong holistic approach in its work on the new industrial strategy; emphasizes that social rights, digitalisation, transport, trade and environmental policies are interlinked within the European industry;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Expresses concerns that, since the covid-19 outbreak, which has imposed closing of a large number of factories, many industrial sectors have suffered and continues to suffer colossal losses. World trade is set to plummet by between 13% and 32% in 2020 and estimates of expected recovery in 2021 are still uncertain;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to focus on domestic productivity within Europe, in order to establish less dependence ondiversify vulnerable supply chains in core industry sectors such as the tech and telecommunications, medical products and pharmaceuticals sectors, especially in times of global crisis, and to remain competitive on the global markets;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Recognises that the competitiveness of European industry is strongest if the EU maintains its leading role as the most innovative and most climate and environmentally friendly trade partner; calls on the Commission to include innovation and sustainable development goals into the core of EU trade, as well as the core of the industrial policy, and to apply the European Green New Deal as a guiding principle;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new)
(2) Recognises the significant impact the next industrial revolution and automation can have on international trade; notes that with anticipated optimisation of production also the international supply chain will be restructured, which will have a significant impact on the labour market and consequently will have an adverse effect on future job creation and the market as a whole; calls on the Commission to integrate strong social safeguards in its policy;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports, in principle, the initiative to reinforcCalls on the Commission to work with the other WTO members to carry forward an ambitious reform to ensure a trule-based multilateral trading system; expresses its concern, however, about the functioning of the WTO, owing to some international actors abusing their market powere level playing field for trading companies and to fully incorporate social and environmental standards, in line with the new Green Deal; urges the Commission, in this respect, to negotiate new rules to fight trade - distortive practices, including non-market policies and practices, SOEs and industrial subsides, leading to overcapacity, and forced technology transfer policies and practices;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to work towards effective and opuncil for a rapid and swift agreement on the International pProcurement that allows the EU to take swift, targeted and compelling measures and increase leverage to negotiate reciprocity and market openingInstrument in order to provide legal security, reciprocity and a level playing field to EU operators. Calls for the inclusion of a global catalogue of essential emergency products to avoid abuses by third country providers' in international trade during a global pandemic;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a swift adoption of the reienforcement of the safeguard instruments in order to make them more efficient and better adapted to protect European industry and to tackle market distortions effectivelyregulation, which will protect EU’s rights under international agreements against illegal measures adopted by third countries, including through the use of retaliation, provided the new regulation is extended to intellectual property and services;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls onUrges the Commission to consider the urgentensure effective enforcement of intellectual property rights and the involvement of all actors in the fight against infringement and counterfeitingo tackle the trade of counterfeit and pirated goods throughout the international supply chain, in cooperation with all relevant actors, as key objectives of the intellectual property action plan;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the CommMember States to swiftly implement all provission to strengthes of the Regulation on the screening of foreign direct investment and to protect access to strategic industries,in order to defend strategic industries from hostile takeover, notably in the areas of healthcare and other crucial infrastructures, key enabling technologies, orand any other assets in the interests of security and cybersecurity.; calls on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal strengthening the EU antitrust rules in order to prevent and to tackle hostile takeovers by third country companies heavily subsidised by their governments, in particular in light of the COVID-19crisis and EU recovery;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to continue negotiations on e-commerce, which is one of the few sectors that has been thriving despite the pandemic, to reach a deal by MC12; recalls that cross border data flows are vital for the digital economy; calls on the Commission to integrate strong safeguards on data transfer; recalls that EU still suffers from a lack of interoperability in domestic privacy laws and consumer protection laws;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls on the Commission to continue its work towards a comprehensive and binding supply chain law; expresses a need for obligatory corporate due diligence that ensures more sustainability and crisis resistance of the value creation process in order to create more resilient value chains;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the issuance of federal debt by Next Generation EU and the creation of new own resources (pan- European forms of taxation);
Amendment 12 #
2020/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls urgently on the Commission to closely integrate the European Pillar of Social Rights and environmental objectives into the economic governance of the Union, in accordance with the EU's climate, environmental and sustainable development commitments;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights that in light of the current crisis it is important to pay attention to rising unemployment and the level of inequality in Europe in the context of the Union's economic framework. One of the best ways to combat these negative trends is to step up efforts to create more and better jobs in Europe;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the importance of a correct and consistent implementation of the framework in all member states;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Notes that a deeper, more resilient EMU requires less complexity and more transparency, rules should not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives.
Amendment 36 #
2020/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the suspension of the famous convergence criteria which prohibited having government debt above 60% of GDP and a general government deficit above 3% of GDP made possible the essential public investment for responding to the health, social and economic crisis; welcomes the speed with which it was possible to apply the general escape clause; calls for a review of the Stability and Growth Pact in the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Welcomes the decision on the creation of own new resources; regrets however, that so far only six member states have ratified this decision.
Amendment 51 #
2020/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the establishment of an Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is inseparable from consolidation of the rule of law and the completion of the banking union; welcomes the agreement on a regulation for a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of an economic governance debate with citizens, civil society organizations and social partners as part of the Conference on the Future of Europe; calls for the conclusions of that conference to be properly taken into account, even if they mean amending the Treaties. including changes to the Treaties in order to improve economic governance and completing the EMU.
Amendment 59 #
2020/2075(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for the strengthening of Parliament’s democratic role in the economic governance framework and for an Interinstitutional Agreement on Sustainable European Governance;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 14 November 2017 on the deployment of cohesion policy instruments by regions to address demographic change,
Amendment 10 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the demographic changes and depopulation issues are severely burdening rural, peripheral, sparsely populated areas and islands, as well as impacting the challenge of ageing, generational renewal and agriculture development;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas one of the main issues affecting rural economies is the declining share of agriculture; whereas data has shown that only 10,7% of EU farmers are below 40 years old and the farming population is ageing, which will have an impact on the agricultural sector;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the ongoing depopulation of rural areas is not only having serious economic and social consequences but also hampering our chanccreating challenges ofin achieving the Green Deal’s ambitious objectives;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls the Commission to ensure that priority is given to creating opportunities for the labour market, supporting energy transition and developing transport and broadband infrastructure, in order to address structural challenges that are the main causes for migration from rural areas;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses the need to foster and develop projects to promote the return of young people to rural areas by supporting youth employment, digital connectivity and entrepreneurship using best practices from member states;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores the fact that the agreement on the multiannual financial framework is not ambitious enough to meet the challenges of demographic change; criticiseregrets the cuts to the EU’s two main instruments designed to promote sustainable development in rural areas: cohesion policy and the CAP.
Amendment 22 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 26 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that agro-tourism represents an important additional source of income for many farms and offers a wide range of opportunities to maintain the attractiveness of rural areas and create jobs through the entire tourism value chain;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the significance of the involvement of all regional and local actors as well as social and economic actors in the development of guidelines to ensure the appropriate balance between tourism and conservation of biodiversity, agriculture and cultural traditions;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the production processes and the wide range of services of general interest provided by agriculture, as well as the diversity of certain activities and facilities, make farms places of discovery and experiences, where people of all ages can discover the cultural and natural heritage safeguarded by the rural communities and experience farming first hand and gain a better understanding of the responsibilities inherent in dealing with animals and natural resources;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that tourism in rural areas should promote sustainable and responsible consumption and production (SDG 12), especially in relation to water, food, energy and plastic usage;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Outlines the necessity to strongly and decisively counter the counterfeiting market of food and wine products, marked by the PDO, PGI, TGS and GI in general;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Asks to carefully evaluate the crucial role of “wine and food” tourism, conveying investments in this sector, which turns out to be of vital importance to revive rural tourism;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2038(INI)
4. Considers that the integration and interlinking of sustainable local production, processing and marketing with tourist accommodation and the gastronomy sector promotes European cultural heritage and customs, as well as local traditions and food culture and gastronomy as a unique experience;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that accessibility and other requirements to increase competitiveness can be supported by the CAP Strategic Plans, the EAFRD funds and LEADER measures to promote targeted local development strategies and boost innovative approaches which because of their very nature are linked to rural communities and contribute to sustainable tourism.;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines the urgent necessity to invest funds on the architectonic preservation of historically and culturally relevant villages, as well as to encourage the conversion of abandoned agricultural structures to family-run accommodation activities;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points out the importance of the broadband extension, considering that cottages and farms are not always located in easily accessible points: proposes the creation of assistance services for touristic businesses operating in rural areas, guaranteeing free business consultancy and distributing material to prevent environmental impact.
Amendment 4 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the demographic old-age developments have different impacts in the European regions, affecting more severely rural and remote areas, areas which are also experiencing a decline in their population; whereas population decline may have a negative impact in the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the EU;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas employed workers, in the 55-64 age group, represented 59,1% of the labour force in the EU in 20191a; whereas, in 2016, around one third of the managers of family farms were aged 65 or over and the majority (57%) were at least 55years old or more; whereas only one in ten farm managers were under the age of 40; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.dot ab=table∈it=1⟨uage=en&pcode=tesem050 &plugin=1
Amendment 14 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the current situation of older people on the labour market and more broadly in society shows that vast and decisive investment is needed in areas such as equal opportunities, lifelong learning and health, and more generally, employment assistance and health provision, in order to tackle the growing economic and social inequalities within the EU;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas older people in rural or remote areas, may face higher risks of age-related risks, including poverty, poorer access to quality health care and services, less social support or opportunity for social interaction, and lack of access to public transport services;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the currenta political approach, based on a limited and damaging vision (‘any job at any cost’), should be phased out so that is essential based on a vision of employment and work can be seen inas a longer-term perspectivecomponent of the individual’s working life;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers that creating opportunities for intergenerational dialogue is important to enrich the social life of rural older people, counteracting the risk of social isolation, and, at the same time, helping younger generations through the knowledge of the past and traditional practices to contributing for cultural and heritage preservation as well as a more cohesive society;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that sustained efforts will still be required from the social partners and the European and national institutions and the society in general, to create a truly positive ‘culture’ of active ageing and non- discriminatory recruitment;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that family workers still represent the vast majority of agricultural labour in Europe, but notes that this type of labour has been steadily declining for years and is expected to decline further in the near future, due to ageing and out- migration of young people from rural areas;;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of supporting the rural areas in their diversity, encouraging investments in projects that support local economies, including better transport accessibility and digital connectivity; Considers it important to recall that maintaining agricultural employment has direct implications for keeping rural economies alive; believes in addition that the challenge faced by all farmers, in understanding the role of, and engaging with, modern technology and innovation in agriculture should not be underestimated; stresses therefore stresses the importance of lifelong vocational training, advisory services and knowledge exchange, both within and outside the framework of the CAP.
Amendment 76 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that an ageing population, in particularly in agricultural and rural areas, is an unavoidable trend that must be taken into account when designing economic and social policies; considers that the issue of an ageing population requires a multidimensional approach, and stresses the importance of promoting a wider complementarity and synergy between policy areas and support instruments; reminds that adequate resources and services are essential to provide older people with an age-friendly environment;
Amendment 87 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Highlights the role of the European structural and investment funds, in combination with other EU funds, in addressing the demographic challenges in rural areas, namely through the promotion of economic development and social inclusion;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Highlights the role and importance of the CAP in encouraging generation renewal in the agricultural sector; Calls on Member States to favour actions to increase numbers of young farmers in their Strategic Plans and to promote the articulation with other instruments available at national and EU level;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that sustainable forest management is essential not only from environmental but also from the social and economic points of view, as the sector employs at least 500 000 people directly1a and 2,6 million indirectly1b in the Union, and respectively 13 million and 41 million people worldwide1c; _________________ 1aEurostat database on forestry https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/forestry/ data/database 1bEuropean Parliament fact sheet of May 2019 on the European Union and forests 1chttp://www.fao.org/rural- employment/agricultural-sub- sectors/forestry/en
Amendment 50 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 55 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that improving traceability and transparency can help to ensure that only sustainably sourced goods are consumed; but only in combination with common and widely recognised labelling and certification systems, and calls for due diligence obligations to be part of public procurement rules;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages forest planting and re- planting activities and projects, especially planting of native and wildlife friendly species, as efficient afforestation and protection and restoration of forests help to increase carbon sequestration, reduce the risk and extent of forest fires, complement organic farming and agroforestry and promote biodiversity; stresses the important role of riverside forests in stabilising riverbanks, thereby reducing flood risk, maintaining water temperatures which protect biodiversity, and improving water quality by filtering run-offs from adjacent agricultural land; notes that newly planted forests cannot replace primary forests which are essential in biodiversity and environmental terms;
Amendment 98 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a more holistic approach in which the Union provides direct support to local authorities for greening, afforestation and sustainable forest management practices; believes, in particular, that poverty-induced use of forest wood as heating fuel must be addressed, including by financing clean alternatives;
Amendment 111 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the unsustainable level of consumption in the EUnion, and that, for example, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) contains insufficient sustainability criteria, which both causes and intensifies land-use change; stresses that the Union funding mechanism should promote sustainable forest management and land-use;
Amendment 118 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of an observatory system for deforestation, forest degradation and changes in the world’s forest cover; encourages the increased use of the Copernicus satellite system to monitor forests;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for a stronger role of the Union in helping local authority enforcement of forest protection regulations in force;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 16, aiming at the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development 14a _________________ 14a https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg 16
Amendment 22 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a new arms race in the world is growing and the major military powers no longer rely on arms control and disarmament to reduce international tensions and improve the global security environment;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in an increasingly unstable multipolar world, where nationalist, xenophobic and anti- democratic forces are on the rise, it is vital for the European Union to become an influential player on the world stage and to keep its leading role as a global “soft power” committed to the disarmament of conventional and nuclear weapons, investing in conflict prevention, crisis management and mediation before military options are considered;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Amendment 36 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas military transparency measures such as reporting on arms export contributes to cross-border trust- building;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that Member States use very different information in order to generate data on the value of licences, which renders the annual report considerably less consistent and usable as a comparative data set and serves to diminish its transparency and accountability before citizens and parliaments; urges France, in particular, to refrain from submitting data on the value of licences at pre-contract stage and broad values for global licences, which undermines the comparability of the report;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the renewed extension of the moratorium on arms exports towards Saudi Arabia by Germany until the end of 2020 as well as the decisions by several Member States to enforce full restrictions when it comes to arms exports towards Saudi Arabia; reiterates its call of 13 September 2017 regarding the urgent need to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Condemns the increasing arms race in the world and calls on the world major military powers, largest producers and exporters of weapons to foster dialogue, multilateralism and disarmament of conventional and nuclear weapons;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Amendment 127 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that the ambition to increase the competitiveness of the European defence sector must not undermine the application of the Common Position’s eight criteria as they take precedence over any economic social, commercial or industrial interests of Member States;
Amendment 128 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Emphasises that arms exports must not be carried out for economic reasons but for foreign and security policy objectives. Respect for human rights, good governance and the prohibition on supplying arms to conflict regions are essential in the case of granting export licences. Arms exports have to be assessed against the sustainable development of a country;
Amendment 141 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the EU activities aiming at supporting the universalisation of the Arms Trade Treaty(ATT), in particular the assistance to third countries in improving and implementing effective arms control systems in line with the Common Position; calls the major arms exporting countries, such as the USA, China and Russia, to sign and ratify the Treaty;
Amendment 185 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that under the EPF, Member States and the European External Action Service (EEAS) will work on creating an EU-level system for arms transfers to third countries; asks for a detailed list of equipment transferred to third countries under the Facility to be published;
Amendment 216 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point a
Paragraph 19 – point a
a) to add the following additional categories in a revised reporting template in order to implement the recent September 2019 Council conclusions: the exact type of weapon and the quantity exported, denomination of the munitions, the lot size and the specific end-user, revoked licences, and the value and duration of contracts regarding post-delivery services such as training and maintenance; to align the EU definition of small arms with the broader UN definition so that, for example, pistols and sniper rifles are also included in this category;
Amendment 222 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point c
Paragraph 19 – point c
c) to clarify definitions such as licensed value and actual exports so as to facilitate the comparability of data between Member States; Licences for production in third countries should no longer be granted if this would allow the eight criteria of the Common Position or other EU arms export directives to be circumvented;
Amendment 225 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 19 – point c a (new)
c a) to extend the post-shipment controls to all arms exports, including large military equipment; Member States are to submit a regular post-shipment report;
Amendment 248 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point b
Paragraph 21 – point b
b) to follow the example of the UK in this regard by publishing risk assessments in the annual reports; and to publish all final arms export licences on the Internet; the validity of export licences should be limited to two years in order to be able to react to changing political situations;
Amendment 253 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point c
Paragraph 21 – point c
c) to undertake a joint assessment of country situations or potential export recipients in the light of the principles and criteria of the Common Position within the framework of the CFSP and in consultation with external stakeholders, including Parliament; to regularly update list of third countries complying with the criteria as led down in the Common Position;
Amendment 260 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the EU institutions should organise peer reviews with a view to encouraging authorities to share best practices on the collection and processing of data, fostering a better understanding of different national approaches, identifying differences as regards the interpretation of the eight criteria, and discussing ways to improve harmonisation and consistency;
Amendment 266 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Strongly believes that a more consistent implementation of the EU Common Position is essential for the EU credibility as a value-based global actor and that much higher level of convergence as regards the strict application of the criteria will strengthen human rights, international law and the CFSP, and bolster the EU’s strategic security interests and strategic autonomy;
Amendment 276 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that effective end-use controls are crucial for a responsible export policy and for lowering the risk of diversion in particular; calls on the Council, the Member States, the EEAS and the Commission to set up a large-scale training and capacity-building programme for national and EU officials on arms export controls; stresses the need to use EU funding to ensure that sufficient staff resources are available at national and EU levels and at delegations and embassies in importing countries for the purposes of implementing viable end-use controlrisk assessments, end-use controls and post-shipment verifications; calls on the EEAS and COARM to report on iTrace any identified diversion of EU- origin goods as part of the annual report;
Amendment 284 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that the increasing Europeanisation of arms production, the recent Council conclusions on convergence in arms exports and the establishment of the EPF should be complemented by a mechanism for EU-level monitoring and control based on strict compliance with the eight criteria; calls on steps to be taken for the setting-up of an EU mechanism of sanctions for Member States infringing the Common Position;
Amendment 290 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Believes that “pooling and sharing” and more cooperation in arms policy and procurement policy are only possible if strict export controls, mutual information and regular parliamentary scrutiny, as well as strong sanction mechanisms in the event of non- compliance with common rules, are binding. Further demands that the European Parliament - alongside the national parliaments - be able to guarantee parliamentary control over the EU’s common security and defence policy and its budget;
Amendment 298 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that regular consultations with the European Parliament, national parliaments, arms export control authorities, industry associations and civil society are central to meaningful transparency; calls on national parliaments to exchange best reporting and oversight practices in order to enhance the scrutinising role of all national parliaments in the decisions on arms control exports; calls on COARM to enhance dialogue with civil society and consultations with Parliament and arms export control authorities; encourages civil society and academia to exercise independent scrutiny of the arms trade and calls on the Member States and the EEAS to support such activities, including by financial means;
Amendment 5 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas almost half of the land area in Honduras is covered by forests, half of which is tropical rainforest; whereas Honduras has lost about 12.5 % of its forest area since 2015 due mainly to climate change,a pest infestation, most likely caused by climate change, while some forest area has been lost due to forest fires, deforestation and illegal logging, and suffered a pest infestation in 2016;
Amendment 9 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the share of the forest sector in Honduras’ economy has decreased over the years owing to stricter requirements on the legality of timber in Honduras’ export markets and to forest destruction; whereas the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) process, which emphasises legality and good governance, is helping the forest sector to increase its share, provide quality rural jobs and generate income for Hondurans;
Amendment 17 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in 2013, Honduras became the first Latin American country to start negotiations with the EU on a FLEGT VPA, resulting in the initialling of a draft agreement in 2018; whereas Honduras shall ensure that the implementation and monitoring of this agreement involves the relevant stakeholders, irrespective of their gender, age, location, religion or beliefs, ethnic origin, race, language, disability or any other condition, so fostering the participation of the private sector, civil society, local communities, Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples of Honduras and others dependent on forests1a. _________________ 1a Article 16 of the EU-Honduras FLEGT VPA.
Amendment 47 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the success of the FLEGT also depends on tackling fraud and corruption throughout the timber supply chain; urges the Government of Honduras to work to stop widespread corruption and address other factors fuelling illegal logging and forest degradation, with particular regard to customs and other authorities, such as the Honduras Forest Authority and the ministries dealing with forests and land rights, that will play a pivotal role in the implementation and enforcement of the VPA; stresses the need to end impunity in the forest sector by ensuring that infractions are prosecuted;
Amendment 65 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Asks the Commission to report to Parliament regularly on the implementation of the agreement, including on the work of the Joint Implementation Committee, and invites the Commission to actively engage with the European Parliament regarding its participation in this committee;
Amendment 121 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Article 191 TFEU provides that the Union should contribute to protecting human health through a Union policy on the environment.
Amendment 122 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) On 11 March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared, due to an exponential increase of cases, declared COVID-19 (the disease resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19SARS-CoV-2) outbreak a global pandemic. That pandemic hase COVID-19 pandemic and more specifically the moderate to severe cases of the disease that need intermediate and intensive medical care pushed several health systems to breaking point within and outside Union, caused an unprecedented worldwide health crisis with severe socio- economic consequences and human suffering, particularly affecting people with chronic conditions and hitting the most vulnerable, patients, women, carers and the elderly the hardest. The world continues the fight against this unprecedented health crisis, which has led to lock downs and restrictions on the circulation of people, animals, food, medicines and others.
Amendment 135 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) While Member States are responsible for their health policies, they are expected to protect public health in a spirit of European solidarity8 . Experience from the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated that there is a need for a further firm action at Union level to support cooperation and coordination among the Member States in order to improve the prevention andto support rights- and evidence-based approaches that have a high impact in order to improve preparedness for, prevention and a timely and effective control of the spread of severe human infections and diseases across borders, to develop and guarantee the availability and accessibility of products for the prevention and treatment of diseases, to combat other serious cross- border threats to health and to safeguard and improve the health and well-being of people in the Union. __________________ 8 Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Central Bank, the European Investment Bank and the Eurogroup on coordinated economic response to the COVID-19 outbreak, COM(2020)112 final of 13.03.220.
Amendment 152 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The pandemic has revealed the importance of public health policies, and their benefits for citizens, communities and the economy. Such policies are cost- saving and offer returns in the long term of 14:1, meaning that for each euro invested in public health policies, we have economic return of 14 euros.
Amendment 153 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) While the Union´s action in the field of health is limited, the Union should follow a coherent public health strategy in order to flexibly respond to existing epidemics taking into consideration local specificities and having the capacity to face future worrying realities and health threats, such as pandemics and cross- border threats, including antimicrobial resistance and the health impacts of the climate crisis. The Union should support Member States in reducing health inequalities and in achieving universal health coverage, addressing the challenges of an ageing population, of chronic diseases, of disease prevention, in promoting a healthy lifestyle and preparing their health systems for emerging technologies.
Amendment 155 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 c (new)
Recital 6 c (new)
Amendment 156 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is therefore appropriate to establish a new Programme for the Union's action in the field of health, called EU4Health Programme ('the Programme') for the period 2021 -2027. In line with the goals of the Union action and its competences in the area of public health the Programme should place emphasis on actions in relation to which there are advantages and efficiency gains from collaboration and cooperation at Union level and actions with an impact on the internal market. The EU regulates products relevant to health and health outcomes including, amongst others, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, tobacco, alcohol, food and chemicals, therefore the Programme should take into consideration regulation in such areas to improve the health outcomes in the EU. A holistic approach is needed to improve health outcomes, and EU policy-makers should ensure that the principle of 'health in all policies' is applied in all policy- making.
Amendment 159 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In accordance with Regulation [European Union Recovery Instrument] and within the limits of resources allocated therein, recovery and resilience measures under the Programme should be carried out to address the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Such additional resources should be used in such a way as to ensure compliance with the time limits provided for in Regulation [European Union Recovery Instrument] and ensure that resilient healthcare and health systems are in place in preparation for future pandemics, improve the health status in societies and to ensure that people are healthier and therefore less susceptible to health threats. Such additional resources should be used in such a way as to ensure compliance with the time limits provided for in Regulation [European Union Recovery Instrument]. Preparedness is the key to improving resilience to future threats, and Member States, given their responsibility for the provision of healthcare, should carry out stress tests on their healthcare systems to identify weaknesses and verify that they are prepared for a possible future health crisis, through the support of the Commission and its coordination action to establish common acceptable parameters.
Amendment 166 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) COVID-19 has demonstrated the inter-dependencies between human health and the health of our planet and our vulnerabilities. The emergence of zoonotic diseases which are transmitted from animals to humans is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity and environmental degradation. Due to the serious nature of cross- border health threats, the Programme should support coordinated public health measures at Union level to address different aspects of such threats. With a view to strengthen the capability in the Union to prepare for, respond to and manage health crisis the Programme should provide support to the actions taken in the framework of the mechanisms and structures established under Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council10 and other relevant mechanisms and structures established at Union level. This could include strategic stockpiling of essential medical supplies or capacity building in crisis response, preventive measures related to vaccination and immunisation, strengthened surveillance programmes. In this context the Programme should foster Union-wide and cross-sectoral crisis prevention, preparedness, surveillance, management and response capacity of actors at the Union, national, regional and local level, including contingency planning and preparedness exercises, in keeping with the “One Health” approach. It should facilitate the setting up of an integrated cross-cutting risk communication framework working in all phases of a health crisis - prevention, preparedness and response. __________________ 10Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 2119/98/EC (OJ L 293, 5.11.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 186 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) With a view to protect people in vulnerable situations, including those suffering from mental illnesses and chronic diseases, the Programme should also promote actions which address the collateral impacts of the health crisis on people belonging to such vulnerable groups. such as the elderly, children, Roma, migrants, and people living in a socioeconomically precarious situation, amongst others, including those suffering from non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, diabetes and mental illnesses amongst others, the Programme should also promote actions which address the collateral impacts of the health crisis on people belonging to such vulnerable groups. The crisis has revealed that e-health and telemedicine have room to increase and improve the healthcare services and health coverage in a more efficient way. The programme should increase the e-skills of patients and health professionals, improve e-health infrastructures and services, allowing for more competences to be given to patients for the management of their own health and disease treatment, lightening the burden on the healthcare services and increasing their efficiency and availability in responding to demands.
Amendment 195 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The right to physical and mental health is a fundamental human right. Every person, without discrimination, has the right to access modern and comprehensive healthcare. The EU4Health programme should guarantee that universal health coverage is provided, in line with the international commitments made through SDGs and with WHO policies, and ensure that everyone can use the health services they need without experiencing financial hardship. To continue being a global leader in health and to provide a high standard healthcare across the Union, the Commission should propose a Directive on minimum standards for quality healthcare with a set of criteria that should be reported by Member States, such as hospital beds per capita, critical care capacities, numbers of doctors and nurses per capita, rate of health expenditure and access and affordability of healthcare for all, including for vulnerable people. This would improve patient safety and result in better conditions in healthcare for patients and professionals.
Amendment 203 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted many challenges in ensuring the supply of medicines, medical devices as well as personal protective equipment needed in the Union during the pandemics. The Programme therefore should provide support to actions, which foster the production, procurement and management of crisismedical and care relevant products to mitigate the risk of shortages, especially in times of health crises, ensuring complementarity with other Union instruments.
Amendment 205 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to minimise the public health consequences of serious cross- border threats to health it should be possible for actions supported under the Programme to cover coordination of the activities which strengthen the interoperability and coherence of Member States’ health-systems through benchmarking, cooperation and exchange of best practices and ensure their capability to respond to health emergencies, that includes contingency planning, preparedness exercises and the upskilling of health care and public health staff and the establishment of mechanisms for the efficient monitoring and needs-driven distribution or allocation of goods and services needed in time of crisis. The benchmarking, cooperation and exchange of best practices should be equally promoted in periods where there are no crises.
Amendment 219 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Experience from the COVID-19 crisis has indicated that there is a general need for the support to structural transformation of and systemic reforms of health systems across the Union to improve their effectiveness, accessibility, sustainability and resilience. In the context of such transformation and reforms, the Programme should promote, in synergy with the Digital Europe Programme, actions which advance digital transformation of health services and increase their interoperability, contribute to the increased capacity of health systems to foster (primordial, primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary) disease prevention and health promotion, to provide new outcome -based care models and to deliver integrated services, from the community and primary health care to the highly specialised services, based on people's needs enhancing citizens’ levels of health literacy and digital health literacy and ensure an efficient public health workforce equipped with the right skills, including digital skills, regularly updated in the light of scientific and technological progress, as provided for by Directive 2005/36 on the recognition of professional qualifications . This synergy between European Health Programme and Digital Europe Programme should contribute to the implementation and expansion of e-health, as telemedicine, reducing unnecessary travel and unmet healthcare needs. The development of a European health data space and of a European Electronic Health Record would provide health care systems, researchers and public authorities with means to improve the accessibility, affordability, availability and quality of healthcare, increasing the amount of data available to patients and health workers therefore improving the quality of healthcare and the patient´s freedom of movement around the Union. . Given the fundamental right to access to preventive healthcare and medical treatment enshrined in Article 35 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in view to the common values and principles in European Union Health Systems as set out in the Council Conclusions of 2 June 200612 the Programme should support actions ensuring the universality and inclusivity of health care, meaning that no- one is barred access to health care, and those ensuring that patients’ rights, including on the privacy of their data, are duly respected. The programme needs to guarantee access to and sharing of personal health data while applying the GDPR rules meticulously and increase the digital skills of patients. __________________ 12Council Conclusions on Common values and principles in European Union Health Systems (OJ C 146, 22.6.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 228 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The value of health data is essential for having more reliable information to improve healthcare services, health policy-making and to evaluate the implementation of actions and policies in our society. The European Health Data Space will represent a strong pillar of health in the Union and should be constructed involving all sectors and stakeholders, taking into account the needs of health professionals and patient. The Programme should capacitate and enlarge the competence of the ECDC to improve the capacity of surveillance of NCDs. The European Health Data should collect data on healthcare use, health behaviour and health problems, including information on rare diseases, vaccination, allergies and others.
Amendment 238 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Health is an investment and the Programme should have this concept at its core. Keeping people healthy and active longer and empowering them to take an active role in managing their health through health literacy in order to take well informed decisions, will have positive effects on health, health inequalities, health iniquities, quality of life, productivity, competitiveness and inclusiveness, while reducing pressures on national health systems and budgets. The Commission has committed to help Member States to reach the sustainable development targets set in the 'UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ in particular Sustainable Development Goal 3 "Ensure healthy lives and promote well- being for all at all ages"13. The Programme therefore should contribute to the actions taken towards reaching the SDGse goals, consequently will improve the social determinants of health and enhance the health of the Union. __________________ 13 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Next steps for a sustainable European future. European action for sustainability COM (2016) 739 final of 22.11.2016.
Amendment 242 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The Programme should provide for equal and fair access to healthcare. “Health inequalities” cover situations ranging from unequal access to treatment, fragmented access across regions, differences in health status origin, and to the distribution of health determinants between different population groups. Health inequalities and inequities are avoidable by reasonable means, and thus preventable, and the Programme should improve the knowledge on health inequalities and inequities to tackle them.
Amendment 247 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Non-communicable diseases are a result of commercial determinants of health a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors. Such non- communicable diseases as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes and mental health illnes,s represent major causes of disability, ill-health, health- related retirement, and premature death in the Union, with non- communicable diseases (NCDs) were responsible for 87% of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) in the EU in 2017, resulting in considerable social and economic impacts. To decrease the impact of non-communicable diseases on individuals and society in the Union and reach goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly but not exclusively Target 3.4, to reduce premature mortality from non- communicable diseases by one third by 2030, it is key to provide an integrated response focusing on prevention across sectors, specialities and policy -fields, taking into account the interrelated nature of most non- communicable diseases, combined with efforts to strengthen health systems and societies.
Amendment 264 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Mental and psychological well- being is crucial for good mental health. The Programme should be aimed at improving the mental health of individuals and society, including the promotion of mental well-being, the prevention of mental disorders, the protection of human rights and the care of people affected by mental disorders and neurological diseases.
Amendment 267 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) Early detection and screening plays a crucial role in prevention strategies and in timely treatment and health outcomes. Prevention is key in achieving sustainable health systems by ensuring that citizens live disease-free longer and by reducing the pressure of preventable diseases, especially of non- communicable diseases, on health systems. In order to enhance the health status, well-being, and quality of life of Union citizens, primary care healthcare professionals, including community pharmacists, local authorities and citizens should be involved in raising public health awareness, participating in disease prevention and control. The Programme should support Union actions and support Member States in developing and implementing prevention, early diagnosis and screening strategies. This includes disease prevention services as part of primary healthcare services.
Amendment 271 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The Programme therefore should contribute tohave a holistic approach to individual health and the link with all the health determinants: socio-economic, environmental, health system, commercial and individual determinants of health. To achieve the best health status possible, the Programme should tackle all the determinants. Health promotion, health protection and disease prevention throughout the lifetime of an individual and to healshould be at the core of the promotiongramme by addressing health and mental risk factors, such as the use of tobacco and related products and exposure to their emissions, the harmful use of alcohol, and the consumption of illicit drugharmful drugs and other addictive behaviours. The Programme should also contribute to the reduction of drugs-related health damage, unhealthy dietary habits and, lack of physical inactivity that can lead to a person becoming overweight and suffering from obesity, and exposure to environmental pollution, and foster supportive environments for healthy lifestyles in order to complement Member States action in these areas. The Programme therefore should contribute to a high level of human health promotion and protection, throughout the entire lifetime of an individual, including through the promotion of physical activity, nutritional care and promotion of health education and health literacy. The Programme should also strengthen and support Health in All Policies and support the implementation of health assessment of EU policies. The Programme should also therefore contribute to the objectives of the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity Strategy and these policies should take into account the Programme objectives.
Amendment 288 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Given that health needs differ during a person's lifetime, the Programme should also support Member States to create and implement health programmes that are aligned with the needs of population, and should work to achieve a minimum standard in health programmes that tackle specific populations, such as children's health, maternal health and ageing-related health, as programmes that are horizontal to the lifetime as mental health and reproductive and sexual health.
Amendment 293 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 b (new)
Recital 18 b (new)
(18b) The burden of chronic diseases is still significant in the Union. Chronic diseases develop slowly, are long-lasting and often incurable. Chronic diseases are, in many cases, associated with more than one comorbidity, which makes them even more difficult to treat and manage. They have caused great human suffering and placed an enormous burden on health systems, as well. However, many chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and type 2 diabetes, could be prevented through access to prevention services, affordability of healthy nutrition and healthy lifestyle, while other illnesses, for instance neurological diseases, can be managed to slow their onset if detected early, or helping patients feel their best and remain active for longer. The Union and Member States can therefore greatly reduce the burden of Member States by working together to achieve a better and more effective management of diseases, including prevention, and the Programme should support actions in this area. The Programme should support the development of specific European Diseases Management Guidelines in the area of both communicable and non- communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases and diabetes.
Amendment 295 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 c (new)
Recital 18 c (new)
(18c) The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) considered classified diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans. The Programme should make sure that the health impacts and costs of air pollution are integrated into the Union action against cancer, while ensuring full coherence with the European zero emission strategy.
Amendment 300 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality in the Member States after cardiovascular diseases. It is also one of several non-communicable diseases that share common risk factors. Addressing the prevention of cancer along with other NCDs in a coordinated fashion and the prevention and control of which would benefit the majority of citizens. In 2020 the Commission announced the ‘Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan’ which would cover the entire cycle of the disease starting from prevention and early diagnosis to treatment and quality of life of patients and survivors also improving palliative care and pain management. The measures should benefit from the Programme and from Horizon Europe’s Mission on Cancer and should endeavour to include cancer action into a broader NCD framework to move away from a disease-centred approach and towards a patient-focused approach.
Amendment 307 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Under Article 153 TFEU, the Union is to support and complement the activities of Member States concerning improvement of the working environment, and protection of workers' health, safety and working conditions. Considering the large amount of time that the workers spend in their workplaces and the possible risk they could have, such as exposure to health hazard substances and carcinogens and to repeated movements, leading to a high burden of incapacity and number of work days lost, which in turn has consequences for the individual, family and society. The Programme should also reflect the importance of occupational health and its impact on health workers and societies. The Commission should work with Member States to create new legislation to improve workers health conditions, improve their working conditions, the balance between work and life, promote wellbeing and better mental health, prevent early-retirement due to ill health and poor health management.
Amendment 320 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) While the Union currently has a strong focus on cancer as expressed in ‘Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan’ and Horizon Europe’s Mission on Cancer, the Programme should ensure that patients living with other major chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes and mental health conditions benefit from it in a proportionate manner.
Amendment 322 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 c (new)
Recital 19 c (new)
(19c) A crucial part of treatment of diseases is rehabilitation, including counselling, medical treatment, exercise and psychological support. These programmes help prevent recurrence, optimise quality of life, reintegrate patients into the job market and reduce the burden on health services by reducing hospital readmissions. Although there are considerable benefits for patients, as well as the wider society, the access to and uptake of quality rehabilitation is patchy in most of the Member States and is considered an underutilised resource. The Programme should support increased uptake of rehabilitation and secondary prevention reducing the burden of diseases.
Amendment 329 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) The programme should support vulnerable population groups that have more difficulty in accessing healthcare, due to their socio-economic or geographic characteristics. Synergies between the Programme and ESF+ and ERDF are crucial, and the Commission should take into account the particularity of remotes areas and more concretely, the outermost regions based on Article 349 TFEU.
Amendment 334 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In accordance with Article 114 TFEU, a high level of health protection should be ensured in the legislation adopted by the Union for the establishment and the functioning of the internal market. On the basis of Article 114 TFEU and point (c) of Article 168(4) TFEU, a considerable body of Union acquis was developed which guarantees the high standards of quality and safety for medicinal products and medical devices. Given the rising healthcare demand, Member States’ healthcare systems face challenges in the availability and affordability of medicines and medical devices. To ensure a better public health protection as well as the safety and empowerment of patients in the Union, it is essential that patients and health systems have access to sustainable, efficient, equitable and high quality healthcare products and can fully benefit from them.
Amendment 341 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The Programme should therefore support actions to monitor shortages of medicines, medical devices and other healthcare products and to ensure greater availability and affordability of those products while limiting the dependency of their supply chains on third countries. In particular, in order to address unmet medical needs, the Programme should provide support to clinical trials so as to speed up the development, authorisation and access to innovative and effective medicines, promote incentives to develop such and medical devices, promote research and the development of new medicinal products as antimicrobials and foster the digitial transformation of healthcare products and platforms for monitoring and collecting information on medicin, with particular attention to antimicrobials and vaccines to tackle AMR and vaccine-preventable diseases, boost the production of essential medicines and the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), develop such medicinal products as transformation of healthcare products and platforms for monitoring and collecting information on patients health, increasing self-management of their health, and information about the use of healthcare services, medicines and medical devices.
Amendment 363 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) As the optimal use of medicines and antimicrobials in particular yields benefits for individuals and health systems, the Programme should promote their prudent and efficient use. In line with the European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance14 , adopted in June 2017 following the request from Member States, and given the experience with the bacterial secondary infections related to COVID 19, it is essential that the Programme supports actions aimed at the prudent use of antimicrobials in humans, animals and crops, in the framework of an integrated policy on patient safety and prevention of medical errors. The Programme should support the ECDC monitoring and surveillance programmes concerning usage of antimicrobials and AMR, and the support to the implementation of local, regional and national plans to fight against AMR, supported by evidence-based strategies and the sharing of good practices within the Union. __________________ 14Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament ‘A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)’, COM(2017)0339 final of 29.6.2017.
Amendment 373 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Since environmental pollution caused by human and veterinary pharmaceutical substances is an emerging environmental problem that can impact on public health, the Programme should foster measures to strengthen the assessment and appropriate management of environmental risks associated with the production, use and disposal of medicinal products, in line with the European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment15 . The Programme will reinforce the need to have health impact assessments in the EU policies and should promote health promotion and protection in all EU policies, taking into account the European Green Deal, The Farm to Fork Strategy, The Biodiversity Strategy and the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe and others. __________________ 15Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European economic and Social Committee ‘European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment’, COM(2019)128 final of 11.03.2019.
Amendment 375 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Union health legislation has an immediate impact on public health, the lives of citizens, the efficiency and resilience of the health systems and the good functioning of the internal market. The regulatory framework for the recognition of professional qualifications, medical products and technologies (medicinal products, medical devices and substances of human origin), as well as for tobacco legislation, patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare and serious cross- border threats to health is essential to health protection in the Union. The Programme therefore should support the development, implementation and enforcement of Union health legislation and provide high quality, unbiased, comparable and reliable data to underpin policymaking and monitoring. Union health legislation needs to be based on current scientific evidence-based data, that should be collected locally across Europe, through a well-defined homogeneous methodology. The legislation and its implementation and consequences should be evaluated and reported, resulting in a cycle of quality improvement of health in the Union.
Amendment 389 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The ERNs, established pursuant to Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and the Council16 are virtual networks involving healthcare providers across Europe. They aim to facilitate discussion on complex or rare diseases and conditions that require highly specialised treatment, and concentrated knowledge and resources. As the Networks can improve the access to diagnosis and the provision of high-quality healthcare to patients with rare conditions and can be focal points for medical training and research and dissemination of information, the Programme should contribute to the upscaling of networking through the ERNs, and other transnational networks. It should consider the extension of ERNs beyond rare diseases to communicable and non- communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes and mental health conditions and other major chronic diseases, which require extensive knowledge sharing due to the complexity of cases and co-morbidities, and their increasing prevalencer. __________________ 16 Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45).
Amendment 412 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In order to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of actions at Union and international level, cooperation should be developed with the Member States and with relevant international organisations such as the United Nations and its specialised agencies, in particular the WHO, the World Bank, as well as with the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to implement the Programme. Pursuant to Article 94 of Council Decision 2013/755/EU20 , persons and entities established in Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) are eligible for funding subject to the rules and objectives of the Programme and possible arrangements applicable to the Member State to which the relevant OCTs are linked. __________________ 20Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ( ‘Overseas Association Decision’ ) (OJ L 344, 19.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 420 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Given the nature and potential scale of cross-border threats to human health, the objective of protecting people in the Union from such threats and to increase crisis prevention and preparedness cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States acting alone. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union, action at Union level can also be taken to support Member States’ efforts in the pursuit of a high level of protection of public health, to improve the availability, sustainability, acceptability, accessibility and affordability in the Union of medicines, medical devices and other crisishealth relevant products, to support innovation and to support integrated and coordinated work and implementation of best practices among Member States, and to address inequalities and inequities in access to health throughout the EU in a manner that creates efficiency gains and value-added impacts that could not be generated by action taken at national level while respecting the Member States’ competence and responsibility in the areas covered by the Programme. 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 those objectives.
Amendment 424 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘health crisis’ means any crisis or serious incident arising from a threat of human, animal, plant, food or environment, chemical, biological, environmental, nuclear or unknown origin, having a health dimension and which requires urgent action by authorities;
Amendment 426 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘crisis relevant products’ means products and; substances and tools necessary, in the context of a health crisis, to prevent, diagnose or treat a disease and its consequences, includedto the monitoring and the epidemiological surveillance of the diseases and infections, including but not limited to: medicinal products - including vaccines - and their intermediates, active pharmaceutical ingredients and raw materials; medical devices; hospital and medical equipment (such as ventilators, protective clothing and equipment, diagnostic materials and tools); personal protective equipment; disinfectants and their intermediary products and raw materials necessary for their production); training; infrastructure and technology to increase the availability of data;
Amendment 429 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘One Health approach’ means an approach which recognises thate interconnection between the human and, animal health are interconnectedand environmental spheres, that diseases may be transmitted from humans to animals and vice versaone pillar to another and must therefore be tackled in both, and that the environment links humans and animalsa holistic approach;
Amendment 433 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘serious cross-border threat to health’ means a life- threatening or otherwise serious hazard to health of biological, chemical, radiological, nuclear, environmental or unknown origin which spreads or entails a significant risk of spreading across the national borders of Member States, and which may necessitate coordination at Union level in order to ensure a high level of human health protection;
Amendment 453 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) protect people in the Union from serious cross-border threats to health; implement better preparedness and coordination within and between Member States as regards health emergencies;
Amendment 460 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) support existing and future Union health legislation, improve the availability in the Union of medicines, vaccines, medical devices and other crisismedical relevant products, contribute to their affordability, and support innovation and e-health solutions, contribute to their accessibility, sustainability and affordability, and support research, innovation and development in health and healthcare;
Amendment 476 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) strengthen health systems and the healthcare workforce, including by digital and green transformation, and by increased integrated and coordinated work among the Member States, sustained implementation of best practice and comparable data sharing, to increase the general level of public health and health literacy of the population.
Amendment 486 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) support systematic health impact assessment of other EU policies ensuring a comprehensive, Health in All Policies approach;
Amendment 492 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
(3b) support health promotion, health protection and disease prevention, reduce health inequalities and inequities, improve physical and mental health, addressing in particular the key lifestyle related risk factors with a focus on the Union added value and scale up to healthier and more resilient societies;
Amendment 502 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) strengthen the capability of the Union for prevention, preparedness and response to serious cross-border threats to health, and the management of health crises, including through coordination, provision and deployment of emergency health care capacity, data gathering and, surveillance and health risk assessment;
Amendment 515 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ensure the availability in the Union of reserves or stockpiles of crisismedical relevant products, and a reserve of medical, healthcare and support staff to be mobilised in case of a crisis, improving the training of health professionals and updating their knowledge;
Amendment 520 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) support actions to ensure appropriate availability, accessibility, sustainability and affordability of crisis relevant productmedicines, vaccines, medical devices and other necessary health supplies, stimulate the development of the health production industry within the Union;
Amendment 528 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) support the research and development of new medicines, medical devices and health products, enhance clinical trials and research based on real world data;
Amendment 530 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) strengthen the effectiveness, accessibility, sustainability and resilience of health systems, including by supporting green and digital transformation, the uptake of digital tools and services, systemic reforms, implementation of new care models leading to person-centred systems and universal health coverage, and address inequalities in healthand inequities in health and promote a set of minimal health services standards and ensure that the right to affordable preventive and curative health and care as set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights is respected;
Amendment 536 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) support the digitalization of health, increasing the skills of citizens and health workers and services, the interoperability of systems and availability of data, ensuring data comparability, to improve the knowledge and evidence on health, support the creation and implementation of a European Health Data Space while respecting citizens´ data protection rights and the Union data protection framework;
Amendment 545 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) support actions aimed at addressing health inequalities and strengthening health system’s ability to foster protection, disease prevention and health promotion, early diagnosis and screening, and implement health promotion inclusive of mental health, patient rights and safety and cross-border healthcare, and promote the excellence of medical and healthcare professionals as well as their education, enhance their fixation and mitigate the consequences of the 'brain drain' phenomenon, scale up the occupational health of all workers and address the protection and safety of healthcare professionals;
Amendment 556 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) support action for the surveillance, prevention, diagnosis and treatment and care of non-communicable diseases, and notably of cancerincluding cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes and mental health conditions, with the aim of reducing the prevalence and improving the quality of life of patients, by providing a European strategic chronic disease framework to support Member States' action addressing the commercial determinants of health;
Amendment 574 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) strengthen the programmes to fight against communicable diseases and health threats, as AMR, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, influenza, sexually transmitted infections among others, promoting healthy lifestyles, premature detection, access to treatment and long- life care;
Amendment 578 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) foster and support the informed, prudent and efficient use of medicines, and in particular of antimicrobials, and more environmentally friendly production and disposal of medicines and medical devicesinvest in the protection of the environment and sustainability in the whole value chain of all medicines, vaccines, medical devices and other medical products, from the production to the disposal, guaranteeing that an environmental risk assessment for such products is carried out;
Amendment 590 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) support integrated work among Member States, and in particular their health systems, including the implementation of high-impact prevention practices, the identification of health technologies meant to benefit from a European assessment, and scaling up networking through the European Reference Networks and other transnational networks aiming to increase the coverage of patients and the response to more diseases and health problems;
Amendment 652 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The interim evaluation of the Programme shall be performed once there is sufficient information available about their implementation, but not later than four years after the start of the implementation and before any decision is taken on future work programmes. The results of the interim evaluation shall be made public.
Amendment 659 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point a – point ii
Annex I – point a – point ii
(ii) Critical health infrastructure relevant in the context of health crises, tools, structures, processes, production and laboratory capacity, including tools for surveillance, modelling, forecast, prevention and management of outbreaks and relevant medical products.
Amendment 680 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point c – point iii
Annex I – point c – point iii
(iii) Expert groups and panels providing advice, data and information to support health policy development and implementation, including the follow-up evaluation of the implementation of health policies;
Amendment 699 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point c – point iv a (new)
Annex I – point c – point iv a (new)
(iva) Development and operation of databases and digital tools and their interoperability of health data, including where appropriate with other sensing technologies, such as space-based technology and to support access to and analysis of data from real world healthcare settings; support the implementation of artificial intelligence and other tools in order to improve the quality of health data;
Amendment 711 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point d – point i
Annex I – point d – point i
(i) Implementation, enforcement, monitoring of Union health legislation and action for the protection and promotion of health; and technical support to the implementation of legal requirements;
Amendment 736 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point d – point xi a (new)
Annex I – point d – point xi a (new)
(xia) Systematic health impact assessment of other Union policy actions;
Amendment 745 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point e – point ii
Annex I – point e – point ii
(ii) Establishment and management of EU reserves and stockpiles of crisisof medically relevant products in complementarity with other Union instruments;
Amendment 753 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point e – point v
Annex I – point e – point v
(v) Establishment and operation of a Union health response mechanism coordinated by the ECDC and with the assistance of other health-related agencies (EMA, EFSA, ECHA, EEA) of a Union reserve of medical and healthcare staff and experts and of a mechanism to deploy such staff and experts as necessary to prevent or respond to a health crisis throughout the Union; establishment and operation of a Union Health Emergency team to provide expert advice and technical assistance on request by the Commission in the case of a potential health crisis or health threat;
Amendment 755 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point e – point v a (new)
Annex I – point e – point v a (new)
(va) Strengthening mechanisms that ensure the availability of blood components, organs, tissues and cells at European level;
Amendment 762 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point f – point iv
Annex I – point f – point iv
(iv) Preventive actions to protect all citizens, taking into consideration and paying special attention to vulnerable and risk groups from health threats and actions to adjust the response to and management of crisis to the needs of those vulnerable groups; the health crisis in view of the ensuing needs, and ensure that those vulnerable groups receive uninterrupted basic care and avoid their health status being degraded;
Amendment 767 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point f – point v
Annex I – point f – point v
(v) Actions to address and manage the collateral health consequences of a health crisis, in particular those on mental health, on patients suffering from chronic diseases and other vulnerable groups, such as people living with addiction, with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis or in socially vulnerable situations;
Amendment 771 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point f – point v a (new)
Annex I – point f – point v a (new)
(v a) Actions to support e-health, the transition to telemedicine, the use of digital health tools, enabling patients to use e-health solutions and implement self- care plans, empowering citizens and patients to self-manage as regards their health;
Amendment 776 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point f – point vi
Annex I – point f – point vi
(vi) Actions to strengthen surge capacity, research, development, laboratory capacity, production and deployment of crisis-relevant niche products;
Amendment 778 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point f – point vii a (new)
Annex I – point f – point vii a (new)
(viia) Establishment and operation of a mechanism responsible for procurement and development of countermeasures against biological threats, including bioterrorism, and chemical, nuclear and radiological threats;
Amendment 784 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point f – point viii a (new)
Annex I – point f – point viii a (new)
(viii a) Support action regarding epidemiological surveillance, focusing on national health entities, thus contributing to assessment of factors that affect or determine the health of citizens;
Amendment 789 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point f – point viii b (new)
Annex I – point f – point viii b (new)
(viiib) Support actions aimed at preventing the risks for individual and collective health that are associated with human organ trafficking and human trafficking for the purpose of organ procurement;
Amendment 792 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – introductory part
Annex I – point g – introductory part
(g) Strengthen national health systems, promote and protect health and prevent diseases:
Amendment 793 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point i
Annex I – point g – point i
(i) Support knowledge transfer actions and Union level cooperation to assist national reform processes towards improved effectiveness, accessibility, sustainability and resilience, in particular to address the challenges identified by the European Semester and to strengthen primary care, reinforce the integration of care and aim at universal health coverage and equal access to healthcare, regarding citizens' biopsychosocial needs, and harmonise minimum standards for quality healthcare;
Amendment 801 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point iii
Annex I – point g – point iii
(iii) Support toactions to address the decision of qualified health workers to leave their Member State of origin to work elsewhere, improve the geographical distribution of healthcare workforce, and avoidance of ‘medical deserts’void ‘medical deserts’ and the phenomenon of ‘brain drain’, and promote and implement retention policies in the healthcare sector as well in the health investigation and development sector;
Amendment 805 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point iv
Annex I – point g – point iv
(iv) Support the establishment and coordination and deployment of Union Reference Laboratories and Centres, and of Centres of excellence of excellence, improve the access of and the coverage to all citizens that need it , and support the establishment of Union disease-specific platforms for the exchange, comparison and benchmarking of best practices between Member States;
Amendment 806 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point v
Annex I – point g – point v
(v) Audit of Member States preparedness and response arrangements (such as crisis management, antimicrobial resistance, vaccination), and implementation of health programmes that address health promotion and disease prevention and tackle communicable and non-communicable diseases;
Amendment 817 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point ix
Annex I – point g – point ix
(ix) Support the establishment and implementation of programmes assisting Member States and their action to improve health promotion and disease prevention (for communicable and non-communicable diseases) and mitigate the main risk factors of chronic diseases;
Amendment 820 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point ix a (new)
Annex I – point g – point ix a (new)
(ixa) Support the development and the implementation of European disease management guidelines in the area of both communicable and non- communicable diseases, such as cancer, paediatric cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, respiratory diseases and diabetes, among others;
Amendment 822 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point x
Annex I – point g – point x
(x) Support Member States’ actions to put in place healthy and safe urban, work and school environments, to enable healthy life choices and promote the regular practice of physical activity and healthy diets taking into account the needs of vulnerable groups;
Amendment 825 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xi a (new)
Annex I – point g – point xi a (new)
(xia) Advance the integration of ERNs into national health systems, by supporting the organisation of national multi-stakeholder workshops on integration to stimulate local discussions, as well as the development and implementation of the set of policies, rules and procedures required to anchor the ERN system to the national level;
Amendment 833 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii a (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii a (new)
(xiiia) Support actions to combat all types of discrimination concerning patients and to ensure that there is equal access for all to health;
Amendment 836 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii b (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii b (new)
(xiiib) Support actions to adopt a common set of health determinants and methodologies, and support Member States to collect, analyse and report these data and improve the knowledge, and support Union actions to mitigate health inequalities and iniquities;
Amendment 838 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii c (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii c (new)
(xiiic) Improve the current monitoring system of the Union to measure the extent of healthcare exclusion, collect data and report publicly on access barriers experienced by patients, and develop more accurate indicators where needed to capture these;
Amendment 839 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii d (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii d (new)
(xiiid) Support Member States’ actions to boost health education and health literacy, creating well-informed societies, enhancing healthier lifestyles;
Amendment 840 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii e (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii e (new)
(xiiie) Support the creation and promotion of a Union platform for reliable and updated health information, available in all official languages of the Union, with food, medicines, health, sports and data on other issues;
Amendment 841 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii f (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii f (new)
(xiiif) Support the development and implementation of guidelines on health promotion and disease prevention in different stages of a person's lifetime and needs; creating quality standards to focus on, inter alia, child health, maternal health, aging health, mental health and reproductive and sexual health;
Amendment 842 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii g (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii g (new)
(xiiig) Support action to reduce health inequalities and inequities and reduce the unmet needs of vulnerable people, people living with chronic diseases, disabilities or incapacities;
Amendment 843 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii h (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii h (new)
(xiiih) Support collaboration between different sectors to improve health determinants and enhance the benefits in health outcomes;
Amendment 844 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii i (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii i (new)
(xiiii) Support the establishment of quality assurance schemes for disease- specific centres;
Amendment 845 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii j (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii j (new)
(xiiij) Actions supporting the quality of life of chronic disease patients, care givers and informal carers;
Amendment 846 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point xiii k (new)
Annex I – point g – point xiii k (new)
(xiiik) Actions supporting continuity of care (integrated care approaches for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care);
Amendment 885 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point h – point v a (new)
Annex I – point h – point v a (new)
(va) Support equal and timely access to truly innovative medicines and therapies;
Amendment 888 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point h – point v b (new)
Annex I – point h – point v b (new)
(vb) Support implementing policies, national programmes and guidelines regarding reducing inequalities in access to essential therapies and medicines, supportive and palliative care of paediatric cancers across Europe, including availability and affordability of such health care and services;
Amendment 929 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point ii a (new)
Annex I – point i – point ii a (new)
(iia) Support tools and platforms to collect real-world data to produce real- world evidence, promote research and evidence on the safety, effectiveness and impact of vaccines, while guaranteeing robust evidence generation in the pre- approval phase;
Amendment 933 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point iii
Annex I – point i – point iii
(iii) Support clinical trials, including those involving increased coordination at Union level and with EMA, to speed up the development, authorisation and access to innovative, safe and effective medicines and vaccines; support publication of all clinical reports (including CSRs) on the day marketing authorisation is granted for such medicines and vaccines;
Amendment 941 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point iv
Annex I – point i – point iv
(iv) Support action to ensure greater availability and affordability in the Union of medicines, vaccines, and medical devices and contribute to their affordability for patients and health systems, using the Union mechanism as joint procurement at the same time enhance the transparency of the process;
Amendment 949 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point v
Annex I – point i – point v
(v) Support action to encourage the development of innovative products andion of less commercially interesting products such as antimicrobial; encourage the development of medicines for rare diseases and making access to them affordable, and investment in the research and development of new antimicrobials and other medicines to fight against communicable diseases;
Amendment 951 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point v a (new)
Annex I – point i – point v a (new)
(va) Support actions to implement models of R&D and IP ownership and management which prioritise the public interest and ensure that there are societal benefits, for example by including binding safeguards to ensure availability, accessibility and affordability of medical products developed with public funds;
Amendment 970 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point viii
Annex I – point i – point viii
(viii) Action to strengthen the environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and medical devices;
Amendment 974 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point ix
Annex I – point i – point ix
(ix) Action to promote the prudent use and disposal of antimicrobials, surveillance of antimicrobial use, antimicrobial resistance and support action to fight against AMR;
Amendment 979 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point x
Annex I – point i – point x
(x) Support action to foster international regulatory convergence on medicines and, vaccines, medical devices. and products and e-health solutions;
Amendment 982 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point x a (new)
Annex I – point i – point x a (new)
(xa) Support the creation of national tools to implement the health technology assessments (HTA);
Amendment 983 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point x b (new)
Annex I – point i – point x b (new)
(xb) action to promote data transparency in the entire value chain of medicines;
Amendment 984 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point x c (new)
Annex I – point i – point x c (new)
(xc) action to create scientific advisory systems at national and Union level that support SMEs, Start-ups and others in the health sector;
Amendment 985 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point x d (new)
Annex I – point i – point x d (new)
(xd) Support actions aimed at strengthening the fight against counterfeiting and piracy of medicines and medical devices;
Amendment 986 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point x e (new)
Annex I – point i – point x e (new)
(xe) Support actions to promote the reinforcement of investment in a joint R&D policy;
Amendment 987 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point x f (new)
Annex I – point i – point x f (new)
(xf) Support the strengthening of investment in instruments for monitoring the commerce and availability of medicines for human use and medical devices, at national and Union level;
Amendment 988 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point x g (new)
Annex I – point i – point x g (new)
(xg) Support research into possible repurposing of existing drugs, exploring new uses and indications of therapies for existing drugs;
Amendment 989 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point j – point i
Annex I – point j – point i
(i) Support for the deployment, operation and maintenance of mature interoperable digital service infrastructures and data security and quality assurance processes for data exchange, access, use and reuse; support for cross border networking, including through theimprovement and better use of electronic health records, registries and other databases;
Amendment 997 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point j – point ii
Annex I – point j – point ii
(ii) Support toinvestments for the digital transformation of health care and health systems including through benchmarking and capacity building for the uptake of innovative tools and technologies; digital upskilling of health care professsionals and citizens;
Amendment 998 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point j – point iii
Annex I – point j – point iii
(iii) Support the deployment and interoperability of digital tools and infrastructures within and between Member States and with Union Institutions, Agencies and bodies; including support for the implementation of an Electronic European Health Record; develop appropriate governance structures and sustainable, interoperable Union health information systems, as part of the European Health Data Space and strengthen citizens’ access to and control over theirwith a view to the safe and efficient deployment of AI in healthcare; strengthen and facilitate citizens’ access to and control over their health data; support uptake and broader implementation of current successful initiatives and projects on person-centred digital health and health data;
Amendment 1002 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point j – point iii a (new)
Annex I – point j – point iii a (new)
(iiia) Support actions to promote a European cohesion and coherence policy for digital health in order to harmonize the legal, organizational, semantic and technical components necessary for a functional and efficient cross-border ecosystem;
Amendment 1003 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point j – point iii b (new)
Annex I – point j – point iii b (new)
(iiib) Support the development of digital tools and digital solutions to increase the use of e-health and improve the sustainability and resilience of healthcare systems;
Amendment 1004 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point j – point iii c (new)
Annex I – point j – point iii c (new)
(iiic) Support action to scale up cross- border information exchange services and commence the implementation of projects such as Patient Summary and ePrescription;
Amendment 1005 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point j – point iv
Annex I – point j – point iv
(iv) Support access to and optimal use of telemedicine/telehealth, including through and other e- health tools, including through boosting the coverage of internet and satellite communications for remote areas, foster digitally-driven organisational innovation in healthcare facilities and promote digital tools supporting citizen empowerment, and person-centred care. and self-management of health; promote the involvement of patients in the co-design and co- development of user-friendly tele- medicine and tele-health solutions;
Amendment 1009 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point j – point iv a (new)
Annex I – point j – point iv a (new)
(iva) Actions to support the involvement of patients and healthcare professionals in the development, design and deployment of user-centred accessible, secure and efficient digital health innovation;
Amendment 1012 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point k – point iii
Annex I – point k – point iii
(iii) Communication to promote disease prevention andand protect health, prevent disease and promote healthy lifestyles, in cooperation with all concerned actors at international, Union and nat, national and regional level.;
Amendment 1013 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point k – point iii a (new)
Annex I – point k – point iii a (new)
(iiia) Communication, information and awareness campaigns on blood, organs, tissues and cells donation, that alert the public to the importance of such donation, in terms of solidarity, health policy and therapeutical benefits;
Amendment 1014 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point k – point iii b (new)
Annex I – point k – point iii b (new)
(iiib) Communication activities aimed at fighting against misinformation and disinformation, such as fake news, regarding medicines, vaccines, health products, causes and treatments of diseases;
Amendment 1015 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point k – point iii c (new)
Annex I – point k – point iii c (new)
(iiic) Communication addressed to citizens on health risks from environmental and food issues;
Amendment 1018 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point II a (new)
Annex II – part A – point II a (new)
IIa. Review existing fast-track flexibilities in the Union approval framework and support pragmatic clinical trials
Amendment 1019 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point III
Annex II – part A – point III
III. Number of actions and best practices directly contributing to the SDG 3.4/Member StateUniversal Health Care (UHC) service coverage index
Amendment 1021 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point IV
Annex II – part A – point IV
IV. Implementation of best practichealth programmes by EU Member States that promote health and prevent diseases
Amendment 1023 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point IV a (new)
Annex II – part A – point IV a (new)
IVa. Unmet needs in terms of the access to centrally authorised medicines, vaccines or medical devices, due to the lack of affordability, availability and time
Amendment 1024 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point IV b (new)
Annex II – part A – point IV b (new)
IVb. Universal Health Care (UHC) service coverage index
Amendment 1026 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 a (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 a (new)
1a. Number of strategic reserves of medicines, vaccines, medical devices and other medical products
Amendment 1027 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 b (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 b (new)
1b. Number of strategic reserves of health professionals with training and preparedness to respond to health threats and health crises
Amendment 1028 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 c (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 c (new)
1c. Unmet needs in terms of medicines, vaccines, medical devices, due to the lack of availability, affordability or time
Amendment 1029 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 d (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 d (new)
1d. The ratio of new medicines or vaccines in the market compared to the number of clinical trials in the Union and per Member State
Amendment 1030 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 e (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 e (new)
1e. Universal Health Care (UHC) service coverage index
Amendment 1031 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 f (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 f (new)
1f. Creation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
Amendment 1032 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 g (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 g (new)
1g. Coverage of citizens with access to their data on the EHDS, per Member State
Amendment 1033 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 h (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 h (new)
1h. Number of breaches of security of the EHDS
Amendment 1034 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 i (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 i (new)
1i. Coverage of health professionals with digital skills, per Member State
Amendment 1035 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 j (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 j (new)
1j. Coverage of citizens having the digital skills necessary to use e-health technology, per Member State
Amendment 1036 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 k (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 k (new)
1k. Number of health promotion programmes implemented per Member State, based on health issues covered, using the WHO International Classification of diseases (ICD10)
Amendment 1037 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 l (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 l (new)
1l. Coverage of workers with access to occupational healthcare services, per Member State
Amendment 1038 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 m (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 m (new)
1m. Ratio of environmental health assessments compared to the number of medicines, vaccines and medical devices that entered into the market
Amendment 1039 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 n (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 n (new)
1n. Vaccination coverage, by vaccine- preventable-disease, age and sex
Amendment 1040 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 o (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 o (new)
1o. Number of Member States that implemented the European Electronic Health Record while providing stronger guarantees for personal data protection
Amendment 1041 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 p (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 p (new)
1 p. Age-standardised five-year net survival of cancer, in total, by type of cancer, gender and age
Amendment 1043 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 r (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 r (new)
1r. Age-standardized DALYs attributable to the NCDs (per 100 000 people), by disease, gender and age
Amendment 1044 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 s (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 s (new)
1s. Age-standardized NCD mortality rate (per 100 000 people), by disease, by gender and age
Amendment 1045 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 t (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 t (new)
1t. Age-standardized deaths attributable to the environment (per 100 000 people) by gender and age
Amendment 1046 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 u (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 u (new)
1u. Number of medical doctors (per 10 000 people), by Member State and region
Amendment 1047 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 v (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 v (new)
1v. Number of nurses (per 10 000 people), by Member State and region
Amendment 1048 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 w (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 w (new)
1w. Number of healthcare professionals (per 10 000 people), by Member State and region
Amendment 1049 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 x (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 x (new)
1x. Age-standardised obesity prevalence, by gender and age
Amendment 1050 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 y (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 y (new)
1 y. Age-standardised prevalence of people who are overweight, by gender and age
Amendment 1051 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 z (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 z (new)
1z. Age-standardised harmful use of alcohol prevalence, by gender and age
Amendment 1052 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 aa (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 aa (new)
1aa. Age-standardised gambling prevalence, by gender and age
Amendment 1053 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 ab (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 ab (new)
1ab. Age-standardised proportion of citizens who do not exercise, by gender and age
Amendment 1054 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 ac (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 ac (new)
1ac. Proportion of HIV/AIDS patients with access to adequate treatment, by gender and age
Amendment 1055 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 ad (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 ad (new)
1ad. Proportion of Tuberculosis patients with access to adequate treatment, by gender and age
Amendment 1056 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 ae (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 ae (new)
1ae. Proportion of viral hepatitis patients with access to adequate treatment, by gender and age
Amendment 1057 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 af (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 af (new)
1af. Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births)
Amendment 1058 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 1 ag (new)
Annex II – part B – point 1 ag (new)
1ag. Infant mortality rate (per 100 000 live births);
Amendment 1071 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 8
Annex II – part B – point 8
8. Smoking prevalencAge-standardised smoking prevalence, by gender and age
Amendment 1091 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B – point 14 a (new)
Annex II – part B – point 14 a (new)
14a. Number of health impact assessments of Union policies
Amendment 1095 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part B a (new)
Annex II – part B a (new)
Ba. Age-standardized QALYs attributable to the NCDs (per 100 000 people), by disease, gender and age
Amendment 17 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The regulatory framework governing the Union’s cohesion policy for the period from 2021 to 2027, in the context of the next multi-annual financial framework, contributes to the fulfilment of the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by concentrating Union funding on green objectives as well as the European Pillar of Social Rights. This Regulation implements one of the priorities set out in the Communication on the European Green Deal (‘the European Green Deal’)11 and is part of the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan12 providing dedicated financing under the Just Transition Mechanism in the context of cohesion policy to address the economic and social costs of the transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy, where any remaining greenhouse gas emissions are compensated by equivalent absorptions. _________________ 11 COM(2019) 640 final, 11.12.2019. 12 COM(2020) 21, 14.1.2020.
Amendment 112 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) Member States should favour the adoption of bottom-up strategies in the preparation and implementation of the territorial just transition plans, ensuring the active participation of the relevant public authorities, economic and social partners from all sectors of activity, and other relevant civil society stakeholders, including from the agricultural sector. For an effective action at local level, the stakeholders at the level of the territories affected should, where feasible, be actively involved in the preparation of the territorial just transition plans.
Amendment 148 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productive investments in SMEs, including start-ups, leading to job creation, economic diversification and reconversion;
Amendment 204 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) the creation and development of social services of general interest;
Amendment 208 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) capacity building to collect, harmonise and disseminate data on labour.
Amendment 259 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) an assessment of the transition challenges faced by the most negatively affected territories, including the social, economic, and environmental impact of the transition to a climate-neutral economy, identifying the potential number of affected jobs and job losses, the development needs and objectives, to be reached by 2030 linked to the transformation or closure of greenhouse gas-intensive activities in those territories and the challenges regarding energy poverty;
Amendment 3 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points to the need to ensure that sufficient resources are allocated in the 2021 budget to allow the Union to rapidly take the concrete actions needed to address the climate and environment emergency; insists that the next budget should help the Union to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement, shoul and be fully aligned with the objectives of limiting global warming to under 1.5 °C, and should contribute to reversing the decline in biodiversity; underlines in this regard also the importance of effective climate and biodiversity proofing of the budget;
Amendment 19 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that in addition to achieving the Union’s climate and environmental ambitions, sufficient resources should be allocated for achieving a just transition; Stresses that the resources for achieving just transition should not be to the detriment of other EU programmes.
Amendment 53 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that all areas of the budget need to contribute to the overall goals of the European Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals; recalls in this context the importance of the introduction of a Just Transition Fund to address societal, socio-economic and environmental impacts on workers and communities adversely affected by the transition from coal and carbon dependence, and. Underlines the need to preserve a fair methodology on the allocation of fund in order to guarantee a geographical balance among the regions and territories; calls for solid financing of the fund;
Amendment 58 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that adequate resources should be allocated in the 2021 budget for the drawing-up and implementation of the future European plan to fight cancer; stresses that sufficient funding should also be allocated to tackle rare and non- communicable diseases, with special focus on research and prevention, as well as on fighting antimicrobial resistance; Stresses that resources allocated to ´A Europe Fit for the Digital Age´ should lead to an efficient, accessible and sustainable digital European Health Data Space where privacy, security, safety and accuracy of health data are guaranteed and where the control of personal health data stays with the European citizens.
Amendment 69 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the latest plans of the Council on the overall spending is not satisfactory and demand an increase of budget in line with the ambitious political goals to manage the climate and digital transition; reiterates the need to reform the EU own resources system, aiming at mitigating the predominance of GNI contributions from member states; stresses the need for an ambitious draft budget, in particular for new programmes such as the Digital Europe Programme, which need to become operational as soon as possible in order to help make the EU more competitive;
Amendment 69 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises the need to ensure sufficient resources for the drawing up and implementation of the zero-pollution action plan for water, air and soil;
Amendment 71 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the importance of ensuring that sufficient financial resources are allocated in the 2021 budget to ensure adequate funding for the Union agencies, enabling them to fulfil their mandate and execute their tasks under the conditions of sustainable and predictable budgetary allocation; recalls in this regard also the current funding structure of ECHA.
Amendment 98 #
2019/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the European Parliament fully supports the efforts of Minsk Group co-chairs to achieve progress in the search for a political, equitable, and lasting settlement of the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh; whereas this process continues to be based on the principles of territorial integrity, non-use of force, non- threat use of force and equal rights and self-determination as enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act;
Amendment 215 #
2019/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) note the significant political changes that have been witnessed in Armenia with the Velvet Revolution in 2018; welcome the strong democratic mandate that the new Government received at the December 2018 elections and its clear agenda against corruption and aimed at improving the rule of law; express concern about the rushed procedure in Armenia to initiate changes in the constitution that might jeopardise the independence of the country’s constitutional court; call on the Armenian authorities to request and consider the opinion of the Venice Commission on this matter; the Commission to take this opportunity to explore ways in which Armenia can pursue its European integration agenda beyond the limits of CEPA;
Amendment 248 #
2019/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) propose for a more comprehensive and enlarged strategic format Trio + 1 with the inclusion of Armenia to be explored - based on the principles and positions reaffirmed in the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership agreement between Armenia and the European Union; acknowledge the importance of ensuring that accommodations are made for Armenia as part of any efforts to create more ambitious platforms for the associated partners, in light of the significant democratic lead that Armenia boasts of the three non-associated partners;
Amendment 338 #
2019/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) extend to other associated partnerEaP countries the approach employed by the EU in its efforts to support the recovery of the Ukrainian economy, including by means of tailored and flexible macro-financial assistance and instruments and engagement and coordination of international financial institutions and donors, and by improving the environment for foreign direct investment (FDI);
Amendment 163 #
2019/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Roma women are particularly affected as regards women’s rights and often face exacerbated forms of verbal, physical, psychological and racial harassment in reproductive health care settings, as has found to be the case in Bulgaria19 ; whereas Roma have also experienced in that Member State, ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities, and are placed in segregated rooms with segregated bathrooms and eating facilities20 ; whereas in some Member States, such as the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic, Roma have been subjected to systematic practices of forced and coercive sterilisation and have been unable to obtain adequate reparations, including compensation, for the resulting violations of their human rights21 ; __________________ 19Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2017, pp. 42-44; Decision of the European Committee of Social Rights of 5 December 2018, European Roma Rights Centre v Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017 ; European Roma Rights Centre, Romani woman harassed by racist hospital staff during childbirth wins case, European Roma Rights Centre, 18 January 2017, http://www.errc.org/press-releases/romani- woman-harassed-by-racist-hospital-staff- during-childbirth-wins-case 20Decision of the European Committee of Social Rights of 5 December 2018, European Roma Rights Centre v Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017. 21 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Slovakia, 18 October 2019, E/C.12/SVK/CO/3, paras. 44-45; Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding observations on the combined twelfth and thirteenth periodic reports of Czechia, 19 September 2019, CERD/C/CZE/CO/12-13, paras. 19-20; Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding observations on the combined eleventh and twelfth periodic reports of Slovakia, 12 January 2018, CERD/C/SVK/CO/11-12, paras. 23- 24; Human Rights Committee, Concluding observations on the fourth report of Slovakia, 22 November 2016, CCPR/C/SVK/CO/4, paras. 26-27.
Amendment 167 #
2019/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Roma women are particularly affected as regards women’s rights and often face exacerbated forms of verbal, physical, psychological and racial harassment in reproductive health care settings, as has found to be the case in Bulgaria19 ; whereas Roma have also experienced in that Member State, ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities, and are placed in segregated rooms with segregated bathrooms and eating facilities20 ; whereas in some Member States, such as the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic, Roma have been subjected to systematic practices of forced and coercive sterilisation and have been unable to obtain adequate reparations, including compensation, for the resulting violations of their human rights21 ; __________________ 19Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2017, pp. 42-44; Decision of the European Committee of Social Rights of 5 December 2018, European Roma Rights Centre v Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017 ; European Roma Rights Centre, Romani woman harassed by racist hospital staff during childbirth wins case, European Roma Rights Centre, 18 January 2017, http://www.errc.org/press- releases/romani-woman-harassed-by- racist-hospital-staff-during-childbirth- wins-case 20Decision of the European Committee of Social Rights of 5 December 2018, European Roma Rights Centre v Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017. 21Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Slovakia, 18 October 2019, E/C.12/SVK/CO/3, paras. 44-45; Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding observations on the combined twelfth and thirteenth periodic reports of Czechia, 19 September 2019, CERD/C/CZE/CO/12-13, paras. 19-20; Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding observations on the combined eleventh and twelfth periodic reports of Slovakia, 12 January 2018, CERD/C/SVK/CO/11-12, paras. 23-24; Human Rights Committee, Concluding observations on the fourth report of Slovakia, 22 November 2016, CCPR/C/SVK/CO/4, paras. 26-27.
Amendment 4 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint Communication on the Global EU response to COVID-19, JOIN(2020) 11 final, of 8 April 2020
Amendment 5 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint Communication “Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa”, JOIN(2020) 4 final of 9 March 2020.
Amendment 6 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the G20 Trade Ministers statements of 30March and 14 May 2020
Amendment 15 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas while significant parts ofthe first Parliament’s resolution of 30 May 2018 on the implementation of the Common Commercial Policy remain valobtained a wid,e some other parts need to be updated due to the new developments and configuration in international trade worldwide;upport on its approach towards a rules, value based and predictable trade system; whereas new developments since 2018, notably the implementation of the EU- Canada trade agreement and most recently the effects of the COVID19 pandemic on trade make necessary a throughout update of the previous report
Amendment 23 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas recent Eurobarometer figures show that around 60 % of the EU citizens believe that the EU’s trade policy brings benefits for them; whereas part of the public opinion is strongly vocal againstparts of the public opinion have different perception on trade policy and trade agreements; whereascalls on the Commission and the Member States must continue to develop a proper communication strategy on trade policy and trade agreements, which aims to tackle fake news on trade and to transmit as much information as possible, while targeting specific stakeholders and raising economic operators’ awareness about trade agreements;
Amendment 29 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas on 30 April the EU together with eighteen WTO members formally notified the ‘Multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement’ (MPIA) to the WTO; whereas this notification marks the start of the application of the MPIA to disputes arising between the participating WTO members in view of the stalemate of the Appellate Body (AB).
Amendment 34 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas on 14 March2020 the Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/402 under an urgency procedure to make the export of personal protective equipment subject to export authorisation in line with Regulation (EU) 2015/479 as a temporary measure that serves to help the EU face the surge in demand and prepare the EU's operational capacity to help out third countries.
Amendment 38 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas many countries impose tariffs on medical devices including patient monitors, diagnostic equipment and common medicines like antibiotics, painkillers, or insulin and virtually all countries charge import tariffs on soap; whereas tariffs have been exacerbated by the United States decision to impose additional duties on USD 370 billion in imports from China which include some aspects of PPE;
Amendment 41 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas G20 Trade Ministers have committed to mitigate the impacts of COVID19 on international trade and investment by continuing to working together to deliver a free, fair, non discriminatory, transparent, predictable and stable trade and investment environment, and by keep our markets open to ensure the continued flow of vital medical supplies and equipment, critical agricultural products, and other essential goods and services across border.
Amendment 43 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas 36 million jobs in the EU depend on exports outside the EU, out of which 13,7 million are occupied by women; whereas women are largely under-represented in extra-EU trade in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors; whereas only one in five exporting companies in the EU is led (i.e.owned and/or managed) by a woman and women account for 30% or less of the total workforce; calls on the EU and its Member States to include in ex-ante and ex-post impact assessments the country- specific and sector-specific gender impact of EU trade policy and agreements; stresses that the results of the gender- focused analysis should be taken into account in trade negotiations – considering both positive and negative impact throughout the whole process, from the negotiation stage to implementation – and should be accompanied by measures to prevent or compensate possible negative effects1a _________________ 1aEuropean Parliament resolution of 13 March 2018 on gender equality in EU trade agreements (2017/2015(INI).
Amendment 47 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that despite the difficult global economic climate, the EU recorded a surplus of €84.6 billion in trade in goods with its trade agreement partners, compared to its overall trade deficit with the rest of the world of about €24.6 billion; recalls that over 36 million jobs being supported by exports to outside of the EU; notes that significant aspects of the global context have been shifting and have proven to be unpredictable in the last two years; reiterates its support for a rules- based, predictable and fair trading system that needs to be safeguarded;
Amendment 54 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that since the Commission adopted its latest trade strategy in 2015, entitled ‘Trade for All’, the EU has concluded and started applying a number of new trade agreements, notably the EU- Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA); the EU-Singapore and the EU-Vietnam FTA's.
Amendment 63 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that EU trade strategy must continue to promote human rights, EU interests and values when contending with new challenges worldwide in order to keep and increase the competitiveness of its industry; considers, therefore, that an ambitious multilateral, plurilateral and plurbilateral agenda, the conclusion of mutually balanced, win-win trade agreements and their effective implementation and the elimination of unjustified trade barriers constitute the best way to make the EU more competitive in a globalised world
Amendment 70 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that choices in our relationship with the two other trade superpowers, China and the USA, which represent approximately 30 % of our trade exchanges, are key when it comes to driving EU trade policy;
Amendment 81 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that it is a critical moment for multilateralism and for the globDeeply regrets the impasse of the WTO and the multilateral trading system;
Amendment 86 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a substantive reform of on the Commission to work with the other WTO, based on members to carry forward an ambitious reform to modernisinge its rule- book in order to make it more effective by providing structural and long-term solutions; encoto ensure a true level playing field for trading companies, respectful of social and environmental standards; urages WTO members to reach an ambitious and balanced agreement on the long-standing issue of fishery subsidies during the ministerial summit in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan and send out a clear signal that the WTO is still able to deliver on its negotiating functionthe Commission, in this respect, to negotiate new rules to fight trade - distortive practices, including non market policies and practices, SOEs and industrial subsides, leading to overcapacity, forced technology transfer policies and practices;
Amendment 90 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges WTO members to reach an ambitious and balanced agreement on the long-standing issue of fishery subsidies during the next ministerial summit and send out a clear signal that the WTO is still able to deliver on its negotiating function new recalls the importance of functional dispute settlement arbitration court for EU industry; regrets the current impasse of the WTO dispute settlement body;
Amendment 92 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the adoption of a global catalogue of essential emergency healthcare products within the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in order to stop price speculation and facilitate their trade; strongly encourages all countries to join the WTO Pharmaceutical Tariff Elimination Agreement (Zero for Zero) and for its scope to be extended to all pharmaceutical and medicinal products to ensure worldwide cross-border trade; calls on WTO members to make this topic a priority on the agenda of the next WTO Ministerial Meeting;1b _________________ 1bEuropean Parliament resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences (2020/2616(RSP))
Amendment 94 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recalls that emergency trade measures designed to tackle COVID-19, if deemed necessary, must be targeted, proportionate, transparent, and temporary, and that they shall not create unnecessary barriers to trade or disruption to global supply chains, are consistent with WTO rules;
Amendment 96 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement (MPIA), a new system that will allow the EU, together with other participating WTO members, to over come the current paralysis of the WTO’s Appellate Body and solve trade disputes amongst themselves;
Amendment 97 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Welcomes the progress on negotiations for the Multilateral Investment Court; notes that the International Court System, ICS, is intended to be a stepping stone towards the MIC; regrets the extremely slow progress of Member States dismantling intra-EUBITs; urges the Commission to take action where appropriate;
Amendment 103 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes note ofDeeply regrets the dramatic change in the US trade strategy over the past three years, which is focused on bilateral trade and often legally questionable unilateral trade measures; takes note of the limited progress made towards implementing the joint US-EU Statement of 25 July 2018; stresses the importance of relaunching the EU-US talks on the basis of the existing negotiating mandates adopted in April 2019 by the Council;
Amendment 109 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that despite recent tensions in transatlantic relations, the EU should continue to work with the USA as a partner, with whom it has to find solutions to trade issues of common interest;, such as the effects of the extra-territorial application of laws adopted by the US, which are contrary to international law.
Amendment 116 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Commission to find negotiated solutions with the USA, which include the issue of civil aircraft subsidies, and to reach a deal to ending the illegal imposition of US steel and aluminium tariffs; recalls the agreement found on the allocation of higher share in the tariff rate quota for high-quality beef with the purpose of reducing tensions in transatlantic relations while safeguarding EU interests in the agricultural sector; recalls its previous calls on the US to withdraw the anti-dumping and countervailing duties on ripe olives from Spain.
Amendment 135 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Commission to negotiate an ambitious investment agreement, with an effective TSD chapter, which removes all barriers to EU investments, and looks forward to a conclusion of the negotiations by the end of 2020 as agreed in the EU-China Summit in 2019; firmly believes, however, that substance of the agreement should be prioritised over the speed of its conclusion;
Amendment 155 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Acknowledges the promising outcome presented in the Commission’s report regarding the implementation of free trade agreements (FTAs), in particular South Korea, Central and Latin America, Canada, Eastern partners, and African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) countries; stresses that EU trade agreements have a clear track record of, in most cases, reaching their primary objective of creating significant opportunities for EU exporters on third- country trade markets;
Amendment 165 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates its concern over the poor use of preference utilisation in the EU’s FTAs; notes, in particular, a large divergence in utilisation by the EU’s exporters in different agreements and little divergence in utilisation between the EU’s importers; calls on the Commission to further analyse preference utilisation; highlights the importance of flexible, streamlined, and easy rules of origin in this regard; calls on the Commission together with the Member States to streamline work towards more effective trade promotion and communication strategies and to use the full potential of the EU Delegations around the world;
Amendment 178 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. CWelcomes the publication of the Joint Communication for a comprehensive EU-Africa Strategy; calls on the European Union to engage more with African countries in order to create an effective and solid partnership that would promote effectivesustainable economic development and growth in the African continent; stresses that the figures of the recent report of 10 February 2020 on the General Scheme of Preferences (GSP) covering the period 2018-2019 show an increase of the utilisation rate of the preferences by the countries benefitting from the scheme; calls on the Commission to increase its technical and economic aid for developing tradesupport via aid for trade measures between the EU and African countries as well as among the African countries themselves; notes in this regard that aid for trade should be a key component in trade relations with Africa in the aftermath of the COVID- 19crisis;
Amendment 197 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the entry into force of the EU-Singapore trade agreement of 21 November 2019; welcomes its consent onprogress towards implementation of the EU- Vietnam agreement and calls for its quick implementacontinued speedy progress, notably in the establishment of joint institutions and the ratification of outstanding core ILO Conventions; views these agreements as a step towards concluding an FTA with the entire Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region;
Amendment 210 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines its determination to establish the closest relationship possible with the United Kingdom, based on the principles regarding trade, investments and competitiveness, as set out in its resolution of 12 February 2020 on the proposed mandate for negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland7 ; notes that the Political Declaration of 17 October 2019 supported by the United Kingdom states that the future economic partnership will be underpinned by provisions ensuring a level playing field for open and fair competition, especially if no agreement if reached before the end of 2020; _________________ 7 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0033.
Amendment 215 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Encourages the Commission to seize the momentum caused by the UK’s withdrawal to streamline our EU-policies, cut red tape and enhance competitiveness for EU companies and small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs); stresses that the FTA should aim to allow for the closest possible market access and trade facilitation in order to minimise trade disruptions and to ensure a level playing field;
Amendment 221 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. WelcomNotes the conclusions of the trade negotiations with Mexico and the MERCOSUR counimportance of strengthening mutually beneficial trade and political relations with Latin America; stries, which have both the potential to deepen our strategic partnership with Latin America and to create additional opportunities in our trade relations with those countries; notes that such opportunses the importance of the recently concluded modernisation of the EU- Mexico Association agreement; notes that the association agreement with the Mercosur countries has not been concluded yet; invities would also give EU companies access to an increasingly growing market;the Commission to clarify its intention concerning future trade and association agreements on the issue of the split of the text.
Amendment 225 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls its position expressed in its previous report on the implementation of the CCP; underlines that the 15-point action plan of 27 February 20188 set out by the Commission services represents a good basis for reflection in order to impropoints out that the new- generation agreements include human rights clauses and sustainable development chapters, to be implemented comprehensively in their entirety in order to safeguard and promote the observance of human rights, the Union’s values and high labour, social and environmental standards; notes the evaluation of the sustainable development chapters included in the Commission report on implementation of FTAs and calls for a timely implementation of existing TSD provisions; asks the Commission to develop a precise and specific methodology of monitoring and evaluating the implementation of these chapters, given the mechanisms in trade andat such an evaluation cannot be made on the basis of quantitative data only; calls on the Commission to present proposals on how to strengthen the enforcement of the sustainable development (TSD) chapters; _________________ 8 https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/inde x.cfm?id=1803 in trade agreements, in light of the initiative launched by DG JUST for mandatory due diligence for EU companies, including the consideration of mandatory due diligence in EU trade agreements and a sanctions- based enforcement mechanism among other options.
Amendment 237 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. BWelievcomes that the current system already demonstrates some efficiency, as seen in the framework of the EU-Korea FTA in which the EU has requested the establishment of a panele establishment of a panel at the request of the EU under the EU-Korea FTA following South Korea’s failure to ratify International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on workers’ rights, notably on freedom of association and collective bargaining;
Amendment 242 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Recalls that the early efforts of the Commission and Parliament in the trade negotiations with Mexico and Vietnam paid off withsuccessfully encouraged the ratification by both countries respectively in November 2018 and July 2019 of the ILO Convention 98 on the right to organise and collective bargaining; congratulates both countries for such an important step;
Amendment 247 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that TSD chapters in trade agreements should drive the external dimension of the European Green Deal, and any new adjustment mechanism should be compatible with WTO rules as well as EU FTAs; stresses that EU companies that are users of intermediate goods should not be put at a competitive disadvantage;
Amendment 248 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on EU leaders and the Commission to take bold decisions regarding the reform of the EU own resources system, including the introduction of a basket of new own resources; reaffirms its position, as set out in the MFF interim report, regarding the list of potential candidates for new own resources: a common consolidated corporate tax base, digital services taxation, a financial transaction tax, income from the emissions trading scheme, a plastics contribution and a WTO compatible carbon border adjustment mechanism;1c _________________ 1cEuropean Parliament resolution of 15 May 2020 on the new multiannual financial framework, own resources and the recovery plan (2020/2631(RSP))
Amendment 252 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Notes that the EU trade and investment policy should be used as leverage towards responsible management of supply chains, which include ensuring that businesses uphold human rightseffective due diligence in supply chains must be central to EU trade and investment policy in order to uphold human rights, labour rights and environmental standards and ensure access to justice; recalls that voluntary measures have been largely ineffective; welcomes commitments from the Commission that it will present a legislative proposal by 2021;
Amendment 267 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recalls that the efforts to keep rules-based trade must play a crucial role in our trade strategy and in this context recalls the adoption on the modernisation of trade defence instruments in 2018, and the new foreign investment screening mechanism; stresses that the new foreign investment screening mechanism should never be a tool for protectionism; ;calls on the Commission for an effective TDIs enforcement to protect European industry from unfair market practices and for the evaluation and reinforcement of the safeguard instruments in order to make them more responsive to extraordinary circumstances and better adapted to protect European industry by effectively anticipating market disruptions from trade flow;
Amendment 275 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Calls on the Council for a rapid and swift agreement on the International Procurement Instrument in order to provide legal security, reciprocity and a level playing field to EU operators; calls for the inclusion of a global catalogue of essential emergency healthcare products to avoid in the future abuses by third country providers' in international trade during a global pandemic;
Amendment 281 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Points out that the share of trade in services in the overall trade picture is underestimated; stresses that the EU is by far the world’s biggest exporter of services and that services represent about 70 % %of the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP); highlights in particular the relative resilience of trade in services during the COVID-19 crisis and underlines its role in the economic recovery in Europe;
Amendment 285 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Underlines the need to facilitate international recovery efforts through open and fair trade including through digital trade which necessitates a permanent moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions and an advancement of WTO e-commerce negotiations;
Amendment 287 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35 b. Underlines that foreign direct investment into the EU and the acquisition of healthcare and other key infrastructure by foreign investors has the potential to harm EU efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe; welcomes in this regard the Communication from the Commission on Guidance to the Member States ahead of the application of the FDI Screening Regulation; urges Member States which have not yet established a screening mechanism to do so urgently; further calls on all Member States to use all available tools to ensure effective mechanisms are in place to assess potential investment and acquisitions for threats to critical health infrastructure in the EU, and to take mitigating or blocking measures as needed;
Amendment 288 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that SMEs account for approximately 30 % of the EU goods exports; supports the idea that a specific chapter on SMEs should be part of all proposed FTAs, as done in the EU-Japan agreement and Mexico, and that they should be included when revising existing FTAs; notes that trade barriers and bureaucracy are especially problematic for SMEs that cannot afford the extra work to overcome them; calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to support MSMEs, with specific focus on, and measures for women-led MSMEs; calls on the EU and its Member States to pay particular attention to the special circumstances of women-led MSMEs when establishing export help-desks, to take advantage of the possibilities created by FTAs and to strengthen services, technologies and infrastructures (such as access to internet) that are of particular importance to the economic empowerment of women and women-led MSMEs; calls on the Commission to help set up partnerships between female entrepreneurs in the EU and their counterparts in developing countries1d _________________ 1dEuropean Parliament resolution of 13 March 2018 on gender equality in EU trade agreements (2017/2015(INI))
Amendment 550 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on EU countries to envisage an introduction of arms embargo to Turkey as long as that threatens the peace and stability of other EU Members States.
Amendment 586 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Strongly condemns the Turkish military interventions in Syria, especially in the northeast and Idlib, which constitute grave violations of international law; Strongly condemns its role in the recruitment and transfer of fighters from jihadist groups located in northern Syria to the other territories, a phenomenon first witnessed in Libya and most recently in the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh;
Amendment 604 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on Turkey to remain committed to the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Libya under the auspices of the UN, and to fully adhere to the arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council; is extremely concerned by, and strongly condemns the threats of military action against Syria, Libya, and most recently, Nagorno-Karabakh; Calls on Turkey to desist in these actions and to promote peace actively;
Amendment 633 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Regrets that, rather than calling for an end to the violence and for a resumption of peaceful negotiations supporting the efforts of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, Turkey instead decided to unconditionally sustain the military actions of one of the sides - Azerbaijan - in the recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh;
Amendment 16 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the responsibilities of the EU States under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD),
Amendment 26 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union makes no reference to a common EU forest policy, and responsibility for forests lies with the Member States, but whereas the EU has a long history of contributing, through its policies, some of which already have implications on the Member States' forestry policies, to sustainable forest management (SFM) and the Member States’ decisions on forests;
Amendment 34 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas approximately 40% of EU's forests are publicly owned, Member States are obliged to set an example for sustainable forest management in their publicly owned forests for the public good;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas European forests absorb and store approximately 10% of EU carbon emissions, contributing thus to climate change mitigation efforts;
Amendment 41 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas forests and the entire forest-based value chain are fundamental to the further development of the circular bioeconomy as they provide jobs, ensure economic welfare in rural and urban areas, deliver climate change mitigation and adaptation services, offer health-related benefits, and protect the biodiversity and prospects of mountainous and rural areas and combat desertification;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas sustainably managed forests are enormously important in guaranteeing jobs in rural areas, representing a benefit for human health, while at the same time making a vital contribution to the environment and biodiversity;
Amendment 67 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas almost 23% of European forests are to be found in Natura 2000 sites, with the share in some Member States exceeding 50%, and almost half of the natural habitats in Natura 2000 areas are forests;
Amendment 73 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas according to the latest estimations, only 26% of forest species and 15% of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/biodive rsity/forests/forest-dynamics-in-europe- and
Amendment 77 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas it is clear that old growth forests, mixed stand forests and agroforestry offer climate, biodiversity and resilience benefits that exceed those of plantation forestry;
Amendment 80 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas agroforestry, defined as land use systems in which trees are grown in combination with agriculture on the same land unit, is a suite of land management systems, which boost overall productivity, generate more biomass, maintain and restore soils and provide a number of valuable ecosystem services;
Amendment 113 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes note of the fact that forests fulfil several, often-conflicting objectives (including regulating water quality, biodiversity protection and providing raw materials for paper, construction and energy), which is why, as a result, many of these forests fall consequently under distinct domains where the EU is competent, such as energy, agriculture, environment, climate and water, and many European Commission Directorates General are engaged in forest related issues1a although forests per se remain outside the realm of EU competences; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Directorates Generals with forest- related competences to work strategically to ensure coherence in any forestry- related work and enhance the sustainable management of forests; as well as to review its organisational structures relevant to forest, agroforestry and the forest-based sector to ensure effective implementation of the strategy; _________________ 1ahttps://www.mdpi.com/1999- 4907/9/3/125/htm#
Amendment 139 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EU’s forests are multifunctional and characterised by great diversity, including differences in ownership patterns, size, structure, biodiversity, resilience and challenges; points out, in addition, that forests offer society a wide variety of ecosystem services including raw materials, improved air quality, absorbing and storing around 10% of EU carbon emissions thereby significantly contributing to climate change mitigation efforts, clean water, erosion control, and protection from droughts, floods and avalanches;
Amendment 157 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that forests and other wooded areas cover at least 43 % of the surface of the EU and that the sector employs at least 500 000 people directly3 and 2.6 million indirectly in the EU4 ; stresses that this workforce is dependent on a well- preserved and sustainably managed forest ecosystem in the long term; _________________ 3 Eurostat database on forestry, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/forestry/d ata/database 4European Parliament fact sheet of May 2019 on the European Union and forests.
Amendment 190 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits of forests and the forest-based sector; highlights the need to increase CO2 sequestration in forests and agroforests, and their soils, carbon storage in wood- based products and the substitution of fossil-based materials and energy;
Amendment 237 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the crucial role of forests, agroforests, the forest-based sector and the bioeconomy in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal; stresses that achieving the EU’s environmental and climate goals will never be possible without multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed forests and viable industries; encourages, in addition, actions tocalls on the Commission, in addition, to consider creating a special budget, outside the Common Agricultural Policy budget, to incentivise Member States to comply with EU-wide targets for increaseing forest cover, especially in areas not suitable for food production and those in proximity to urban areas, in order to mitigate adverse heat effects and pollution, while curbing deforestation;
Amendment 264 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 281 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that the EU Forest Strategy should act as a bridge between national forest and agroforest policies and EU objectives relating to forests and agroforests, recognising both the need to respect national competence and the need to contribute to wider EU objectives, while coherently addressing the specificities of both private forests and publicly owned ones;
Amendment 288 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to improve national legislation to put in place, or strengthen where necessary, protection against illegal logging and loss of biodiversity;
Amendment 289 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the European Commission to encourage the commercialization of felled wood and trimmed wood/roundwood, instead of living trees from publicly-owned forests, as a method to prevent illegal logging and overexploitation, which would give state authorities more control over the volume of cut and commercialized wood, thereby discouraging illegal practices by privately contracted firms;
Amendment 302 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the European Commission to invest supplementary funds - additional to the budget already allocated to the CAP scheme - in an EU- wide action on reforestation, afforestation and to implement specific subsidies for forestry management and environmental protection, to contribute to the Green Deal 2050 climate change mitigation efforts;
Amendment 308 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to take into consideration the links between the forest- based sector and other sectors as well as the importance of digitalisation and investing in research and innovation, which can positively contribute to further solutions for climate change mitigation and job creation; stresses the crucial role of wood-based materials in substituting fossil-based alternatives in industries such as the construction industry, the textile industry, the chemical industry and the packaging industry;
Amendment 320 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognizes the value of wood for energy purposes, but calls on the Commission and Member States to consider introducing binding sustainability criteria for biomass, in order to avoid overexploitation of wood resources and forests;
Amendment 322 #
2019/2157(INI)
16b. Considers that the EU should encourage the use of locally-sourced timber, harvested wood products or forest biomass in order to minimise the carbon footprint created by transport of imports from third countries and to stimulate sustainable local production and jobs;
Amendment 332 #
2019/2157(INI)
17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example by encouraging forest grazing and the conversion of at-risk forests to agroforests, through more research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties sto they can beprotect and restored them;
Amendment 345 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Given the worrying increased risk of forest fires in Europe, calls on the European Commission to include support for silvopasture (forest grazing) within the agroforestry measure and to encourage Member States to implement it in the next Rural Development programme;
Amendment 355 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficientencourages further research into the relationship between biodiversity and resilience; notes, however, that technical advice and fresh financial resources are needed to manage such areas;
Amendment 388 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the crucial importance of the CAP, forestry and agroforestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy; encourages the continuity of forestry and agroforestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well- coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms;
Amendment 394 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Takes note of the challenge for both farmers and administrators in identifying and monitoring the preservation of landscape features, in particular those aiming to protect scarce woody vegetation; calls on the European Commission to reduce and simplify the administrative requirements, in order to boost woody vegetation promotion and preservation linked to landscape features policies associated with Pillar I and Pillar II payments;
Amendment 402 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Takes note of the low uptake of the numerous measures within the 2014-2020 Rural Development Regulations designed to support the deliberate integration of woody vegetation with farming; therefore calls on the European Commission to bundle various agroforestry promotion initiatives in the post 2020 Common Agricultural Policy Reform into a unique “agroforestry” measure, which will promote the use of woody component in agrarian and forestry systems;
Amendment 408 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Notes that no specific funds are allocated to improve the management and restoration of already existing agroforestry lands in a clear way; calls on the European Commission to integrate maintenance payments for agroforestry similar to those of afforested/reforested lands;
Amendment 411 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Calls on the European Commission to support the promotion of the recognition of the high quality products and ecosystem services that agroforestry delivers, by appropriate market promotion and agroforestry identification, or labelling;
Amendment 412 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Acknowledges the lack of knowledge about agroforestry among many farmers; calls, therefore, on the European Commission to promote EU- wide specialised training programmes, in order to make farmers and female farmers aware of the benefits and the practice of integrating woody vegetation with agriculture at local, regional and global scales;
Amendment 414 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Recognizes the significant capacity of agroforestry to boost overall biomass productivity and therefore encourages the European Commission to treat it as a productive measure; underlines that such mixed ecosystems produce more biomass and absorb more atmospheric carbon and therefore encourages promotion of agroforestry systems;
Amendment 415 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 g (new)
Paragraph 21 g (new)
21g. Calls on the European Commission to implement a common maximum EU-wide annual growth quota (excluding the protected areas) for wood harvesting in forests, based on different national criteria;
Amendment 416 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 h (new)
Paragraph 21 h (new)
21h. Calls on the European Commission to consider the implementation of EU-wide binding graduated forestry techniques from non- intervention in strictly protected areas, to limited interventions such as ecological and hygienic clearing in buffer zones; regrets the unsustainable practices and illegal logging taking place in such areas in some Member States; further calls on the Member States to consider stringent penalties for flagrant violations and a more efficient and rapid implementation of such penalties;
Amendment 421 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines the essential role of high-level research and innovation in fostering the contribution of forests, agroforests and the forest-based sector to overcoming the challenges of our time; stresses the importance of the EU’s post- 2020 research and innovation programmes and recognises the role of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research;
Amendment 449 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of science-based, balanced information with socio-economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy; notes that national forest inventories represent a comprehensive monitoring tool for assessing forestry stocks and take into account regional considerations;
Amendment 459 #
2019/2157(INI)
24a. Welcomes the trend toward digitalization in the sector and calls on the European Commission to consider the implementation of an EU-wide digital wood-traceability mechanism for data gathering, consistent transparency, ensuring a level playing field, reducing uncompetitive behaviour and deliberate wrongful action in the wood trade, within and outside the EU, through a verification system; further takes the view that such a verification system would improve compliance, limiting and combating financial fraud, while hampering cartel practices and dismantling illegal logging logistical operations and movement; would further encourage exchanges of good practices with Member States which have already implemented such reforms at national level;
Amendment 7 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in agricultural and food production and how this is dependent on natural resources such as soil, water and forests; recognises the multifunctionality of forests and their interdependence from other ecosystems and their elements;
Amendment 26 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the rolsocial and economic importance of agriculture is expanding as the growing world population requires increased food production of food and agricultural commodities; considers, therefore, that all further actions must address issues such as preventing unsustainable land use and management practices, coping with natural disturbances and mitigating climate change;
Amendment 75 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework, thereby ensuring the coherence of forest-related policies, reducing the pressure on forests by developing more innovative and efficient farming within and outside the EU, and reducing food losses throughout the food chain and the production of agricultural commodities through new technologies; considers that the high demand for food should be addressed through technical assistance, cooperation among agricultural organisations and knowledge transfer;
Amendment 96 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management and education within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring the income of forest owners and farmers practicing agroforestry and in improving the resilience of forests.
Amendment 2 #
2019/0099(NLE)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Refuses to gGives its consent to Solomon Islands’ accession to the agreement;
Amendment 16 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the agreement builds on the investment protection provisions included in the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which was ratified by Parliament on 15 February 2017; emphasises that the new public Investment Court System was integrated into the already finalised CETA agreement by the European Parliament's efforts, thereby replacing the old private ISDS-system.
Amendment 30 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU’s new approach to investment protection and its enforcement mechanism (ICS), which has replaced the investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS); underlines the fact that ICS represents a modern, innovative and reformed investment resolution mechanism; notes that it marks significant change in the level of substantive protection afforded to investors and the manner in which investor-state disputes are resolved; regrets, however, that the scope of application still extends slightly beyond mere non-discrimination between foreign and domestic investors
Amendment 40 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the agreement guarantees that EU investors in Vietnam will get fair and equitable treatment and will suffer no discrimination in relation to Vietnamese investors; notes that the agreement properly protects EU investors from illegitimate expropriation; regrets that protection against discriminatory measures does not go hand-in-hand with obligations for investors to exercise due diligence with regard to sustainable business practices in compliance with human rights and international labour conventions as well as environmental standards.
Amendment 44 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the ICS plans to establish a Permanent Investment Tribunal of First Instance and an Appeal Tribunal, whose members will have to possess comparable qualifications to those held by judges of the International Court of Justice, and will have to demonstrate expertise in public international law and not just commercial law, in addition to satisfying strict rules of independence, impartiality, integrity and ethical behaviour through a binding code of conduct designed to prevent direct or indirect conflicts of interests; stresses that the European Court of Justice sees the ICS in full compliance with EU law as expressed in opinion 1/17 of the Court.
Amendment 31 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Vietnam joined the WTO in 2007 and is now one of the most open and pro-free trade economies in the world, as shown by its 16 trade agreements with 56 countries; recognises that the EU and Vietnam continue to have widely differing stances on political and civil rights, the recommendations of international human rights bodies concerning Vietnam as well as the implementation of said recommendations; recognises that freedom of expression is restricted in Vietnam.
Amendment 137 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets that the efforts to improve the enforceability of the TSD chapter, as repeatedly called for by the European Parliament and also mentioned in the mission letter for the new EU Trade Commissioner, are not yet reflected in this agreement. Calls on the Joint Committee to immediately begin work on strengthening the enforcement of TSD provisions.
Amendment 141 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for the establishment of a Joint Committee of the Vietnamese National Assembly and the European Parliament to improve coordination and review of the measures of the TSD chapter and the implementation of the agreement as a whole, welcomes the favourable position of the Chairperson of the National Assembly of Vietnam towards this call for action and calls for a Memorandum of Understanding between both parliaments to be negotiated rapidly.
Amendment 144 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the concrete steps taken by the Vietnamese Government so far, including amending labour legislation and the legal framework on the minimum age at work, aimed at abolishing child labour and making commitments on non- discrimination and gender equality at work; encourages the Vietnamese National Assembly to finalise these steps as announced at the end of November 2019
Amendment 160 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the central role of implementing decrees in the implementation of the revised labour code and ratified ILO conventions, stresses the European Parliament's willingness to engage in an active dialogue on this issue and calls on the EU to support necessary capacity building measures.
Amendment 164 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the commitment to effectively implement multilateral environmental agreements such as the Paris Agreement on climate change, and to act in favour of the conservation and sustainable management of wildlife, biodiversity and forestry; recalls that the Agreement provides for specific measures to fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) and to promote a sustainable and responsible fishery sector, including aquaculture; recognises in this context the yellow card Vietnam has been given as well as the measures already taken to improve the situation; calls for further action in line with the findings of the November 2019 review mission.
Amendment 192 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the involvement of civil society in monitoring the implementation of the agreement is crucial, and calls for the swift establishment of domestic advisory groups following the entry into force of the agreement and for the balanced representation of civil society therein;therein, including independent organisations from the labour and environmental sectors; supports the efforts of civil society organisations in Vietnam to develop proposals in this regard and will support capacity building efforts; calls on the government of Vietnam to swiftly begin preparations for the establishment of DAGs.
Amendment 201 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Renews its concerns regarding the implementation of the new Cyber security Act, specifically on localisation and disclosure requirements as well as the protection of personal data. Welcomes the willingness to engage in an intensive dialogue, including the commitment of the Chairperson of the National Assembly of Vietnam to include both parliaments in the discussion and deliberation of the implementing decrees.
Amendment 212 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that the agreement has already fostered changes in many areas through dialogue and sees the agreement as the basis for further improvements for the people through dialogue.
Amendment 104 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Amendment 108 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 111 #
2012/0060(COD)
(6) Within the context of the WTO and through its bilateral relations, the Union advocates an ambitious opening of international public procurement markets of the Union and its trading partners, in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit.
Amendment 114 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The plurilateral WTO Agreement on Government Procurement and EU trade agreements that include provisions on procurement provide for market access for Union economic operators only to the procurement markets of third countries that are parties to these agreements.
Amendment 117 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) If thea third country concerned is a Party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement or has concluded a trade agreement with the EU that includes provisions on public procurement, the Commission should follow the consultation mechanisms and/or dispute settlement procedures set out in thatose agreements when the restrictive practices relate to procurement covered by market access commitments undertaken by the country concernedat third country towards the Union.
Amendment 121 #
2012/0060(COD)
(8) Many third countries are reluctant to open their public procurement and their concessions markets to international competition, or to open those markets further than what they have already done. As a result, Union economic operators face restrictive procurement practices in many of the trading partners of the Union. Those restrictive procurement practices result in the loss of substantial trading opportunities.
Amendment 125 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council174 lays down rules and procedures in order to ensure the exercise of the Union's rights under international trade agreements concluded by the Union. No such rules and procedures exist for the treatment of economic operators, goods and services not covered by such international agreements. _________________ 174 Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 concerning the exercise of the Union's rights for the application and enforcement of international trade rules and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 laying down Community procedures in the field of common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Community’s rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 50.)
Amendment 130 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In the interest of legal certainty for Union and third-country economic operators, contracting authorities and contracting entiternational market access commitments undertaken by the Union towards third countries in the field of procurement and concessions require, inter alia, the equal treatment of economic operators from those countries. Consequently, measures adopted under this Regulation can only apply to economic operators, goods or services from countries that are not parties to the plurilateral WTO Agreement on Government Procurement or to bilateral or multilateral trade agreements with the Union that include commitments on access to procurement and concessions markets, or from countries that are parties, the international market access commitments undertaken by the Union towardso such agreements but only regarding procurement procedures for goods, services or concessions that are not covered by those agreements. Irrespective of the application of measures adopted under this Regulation, and in accordance with the Communication from the Commission of 24 July 2019 on ‘Guidance on the participation of third- countries in the field of public procurement and concessions should be reflected in the legal order of the EU, thy bidders and goods in the EU procurement market’ and with Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, economic operators from third countries which do not have any agreement providing for the opening of the Union’s procurement market or whose goods, services and works are not covered by ensuring effective application thereof. such an agreement, do not have secured access to procurement procedures in the Union and could be excluded.
Amendment 136 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objeffectives of application of any measure adopted under this Regulation with a view to improving the access of Union economic operators to the public procurement and concessions markets of certain third countries protected by restrictive and discriminatory procurement measures or practices and of preserving equal conditions of competition within the internal market require to refer to the non-preferential rules of origin established in the EU customs legislation, so that contracting authorities and contracting entities know whether goods and services are covered by the international commitments of the Unionrequires a clear set of rules of origin for economic operators, goods and services.
Amendment 138 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The origin of a good should be determined in accordance with Article 22s 59 to 262 of Council Regulation (EECU) No 2913/199218 952/20135 of the European Parliament and of the Council. _________________ 18Council 5Regulation (EECU) No 2913/1992 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 302, 9.10.1992269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)
Amendment 140 #
2012/0060(COD)
(14) The origin of a service should be determined on the basis of the origin of the natural or legal person providing it. The origin of a legal person should be considered to be the country under the laws of which a legal person is constituted or organised and in the territory of which the legal person is engaged in substantive business operations. The criterion of substantive business operations should not allow the potential circumvention of any measure adopted under this Regulation by the creation of letterbox companies. The term ‘substantive business operations’ is a concept used in the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services. In Union law it is equivalent to the term ‘effective and continuous link with the economy’ and is closely linked to the right of establishment set out in Article 49 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Commission regularly publishes guidelines based on the case law related to the right of establishment, addressing, inter alia, the concept of effective or stable and continuous link with the economy. Article 86 of Directive 2014/25/EU also refers to the concept of “direct and effective link with the economy” which is equivalent to the concept of ‘substantive business operations’.
Amendment 142 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 147 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 158 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) When assessing whether restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices exist in a third countryspecific measures or practices exist in a third country that could result in the impairment of access of Union goods, services or economic operators to the procurement or concession markets, the Commission should examine to what degree laws on public, rules or other measures on procurement and concessions of the country concerned ensure transparency in line with international standards in the field of public procurement, and do not result in serious and preclude any discriminaurring restrictions against Union goods, services andor economic operators. In addition, it should examine to what degree individual contracting authorities or contracting entities maintain or adopt discriminatoryrestrictive practices against Union goods, services andor economic operators.
Amendment 167 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Commission should be able, on its own initiative or at the application of interested parties or a Member State, to initiate at any time an investigation into restrictive procurement measures or practices allegedly adopted or maintained by a third country. . Such investigative procedures should be without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council , if it considers that such an investigation is in the interest of the Union.
Amendment 172 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The determination whether an investigation is in the interest of the Union should be based on an appreciation of all the various interests taken as a whole, including the interests of the domestic industry, users, consumers, workers and social partners. The Commission is in any case responsible of determining the interest of the Union, and should weigh up the consequences of starting an investigation against its impact, and the potential measures that could be adopted under this Regulation on EU’s broader interests. The general objective of opening third-country markets and improving market access opportunities for Union economic operators should be taken into account. The objective of limiting any unnecessary administrative burden for contracting authorities and contracting entities as well as economic operators should also be taken into account.
Amendment 176 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) Given the overall policy objective of the Union to support the economic growth of least developed countries (LDCs) and their integration into global value chains, it would not be in the Union’s interest to start an investigation against such countries under this Regulation, unless there are reasonable indications of circumvention of any adopted IPI measures. Consequently, this Regulation is not intended to apply to LDCs benefitting from the "Everything But Arms" arrangement as defined in Regulation (EU) No 978/2012.
Amendment 183 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) If the existence of a restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measure or practice in a third country is confirmedWhen conducting the investigation, the Commission should invite the third country concerned to enter into consultations with a view to eliminating any restrictive measures or practices and improving the tendering opportunities for Union economic operators, goods and services in respect of public procurementregarding procurement and concessions markets in that country.
Amendment 185 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) If the investigation confirms the existence of restrictive measures or practices and the consultations with the country concerned do not lead to sufficient satisfactory corrective actions that result in improvements to the tendering opportunities for Union economic operators, goods and services within a reasonable timeframe, the Commission, where appropriate, should be able to adopt, where appropriate, price adjustment measure applying to tenders submitted by economic operators originating in that country and/or including goods and services originating in that country under this Regulation measures (‘IPI measures’) in the form of a score adjustment or of exclusion of tenders.
Amendment 193 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) SuchA score adjustment measures should be applied only for the purpose of the evaluation of tenders comprising goods or servicesubmitted by economic operators originating in the country concerned. To avoid circumvention of those measures, it may also be necessary to target certain foreign-controlled or owned legal persons that, although established in the European Union, are not engaged in substantive business operations that have a direct and effective link withIt should not affect the price actually due to be paid under the economy of at least one Member State . Appropriate measures should not be disproportionate to the restrictive procurement practices to which they respondtract to be concluded with the successful tenderer.
Amendment 197 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) IPI measures should apply to procurement procedures falling under the scope of this Regulation, including framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. IPI measures should also apply in the case of specific contracts awarded under a dynamic purchasing system, when those dynamic purchasing systems were subject to an IPI measure. However, they should not apply to such contracts below a certain threshold with a view to limiting the overall administrative burden for contracting authorities and contracting entities. In order to avoid a possible double application of IPI measures, such measures should not apply to contracts awarded based on a framework agreement, once they have already been applied at the stage of concluding that framework agreement.
Amendment 200 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 b (new)
Recital 23 b (new)
(23b) In the light of the overall policy objective of the Union to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Commission and contracting authorities and contracting entities should duly consider the effects of this Regulation, with a view to preventing an overburdening of SMEs. The Commission in cooperation with the Member States should make available guidelines for best practices to achieve this objective, in order to ensure the efficiency of this Regulation and the consistency of its implementation.
Amendment 202 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 c (new)
Recital 23 c (new)
(23c) To avoid possible circumvention of an IPI measure, it will also be necessary to impose additional contractual obligations on any successful tenderer. Those obligations should apply only in case of procurement procedures to which an IPI measure is applicable, as well as to contracts awarded based on a framework agreement where such contracts are equal or above a certain threshold and when that framework agreement was subject to an IPI measure.
Amendment 205 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 213 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 217 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 225 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) It is imperative that contracting authorities and contracting entities have access to a range of high-quality products meeting their purchasing requirements at a competitive price. Therefore contracting authorities and contracting entities should be able not to apply price adjustment, on an exceptional basis, not to apply IPI measures limiting access of non- covered goods and services in casef there are no Union and/or covered goods or services available which meet the requirements of the contracting authority or contracting entity or where such action relates to safeguarding essential public policy needs, for example in the fields of health andregarding public safeecurity, or where the application of the measure would lead to a disproportionate increase in the price or costs of the contractpublic health emergencies.
Amendment 229 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In case of misapplication of IPI measures by contracting authorities or contracting entities of exceptions to price adjustment measures limiting access of non-covered goods and services, the Commission should be able to apply the corrective mechanism of Article 3 of, which negatively affects the chances to participate in the procurement procedure of economic operators having such a right, Council Directives 89/665/EEC20 or Article 8 of Council Directive 92/13/EEC21 . In addition, contracts concluded with an economic operator by contracting authorities or contracting entiti and 92/13/EEC should be applicable. The affected economic operator could therefore initiate a review procedure according to the national law implementing these Directives, in violation of price adjustment measures limiting access of non-covered goods and services should be ineffectivef, for example, a competing economic operator should have been excluded. The Commission should also be able to apply the corrective mechanism according to Article 3 of Council Directive 89/665/EEC19 or Article 8 of Council Directive 92/13/EEC20. _________________ 2019Council Directive 89/665/EEC on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts (OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 33). 2120Council Directive 92/13/EEC coordinating the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of Community rules on the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors (OJ L 76, 23.3.1992, p. 14).
Amendment 233 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The examination procedure should be used for the adoption of implementing acts regarding the adoption, withdrawal, or suspension or reinstatement of a the price adjustment measuren IPI measure and the Commission should be assisted by the Committee set up under the Trade Barriers Regulation. If necessary and for matters affecting the Union’s legal framework on public procurement, the Commission may also seek the advice of the Advisory Committee on Public Procurement established by Council Decision 71/306/EEC.
Amendment 235 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) Information received pursuant to this Regulation should only be used for the purpose for which it was requested and with due respect to the applicable Union and national data protection and confidentiality requirements. Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 as well as Article 28 of Directive 2014/23/EU, Article 21 of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 39 of Directive 2014/25/EU, should apply accordingly.
Amendment 238 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Regular reporting by the Commission should make it possible to monitor the applicaIn line with the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making9a and with a view, inter alia, to reduce administrative burdens, in particular on Member States, the Commission should regularly review the scope, functioning and efficiency of the procedures established by this Regulationis Regulation. The Commission should report on its assessment to the European Parliament and the Council. The review may be followed up by appropriate legislative proposals.
Amendment 241 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
Amendment 242 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) It is also imperative that, in view of an appropriate integration of environmental, social and labour requirements, Member States take relevant measures to ensure compliance with obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law that apply at the place where the works are executed and result from international obligations, laws, regulations, decrees and decisions, at both national and Union level, as well as from collective agreements.
Amendment 244 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation establishes measures intended to improve the access of Union economic operators, goods and services to the public procurement and concessions markets of third countries, in respect of non-covered procurement. It lays down procedures for the Commission to undertake investigations into alleged restrictive and discriminatory procurement measures or practices adopted or maintained by third countrithird country measures or practices against Union economic operators, goods and services, and to enter into consultations with the third countries concerned.
Amendment 248 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 252 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Amendment 256 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Amendment 260 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The application of this Regulation shall be without prejudice to any international obligations of the Union or measures that Member States and their contracting authorities and contracting entities may take in accordance with the acts mentioned in paragraph 2.
Amendment 262 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Amendment 268 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. This Regulation shall apply only to procurement procedures launched after its entry into force. An IPI measure shall only apply to procurement procedures which are covered by the IPI measure and have been launched at any moment between the entry into force of that IPI measure and its expiry, withdrawal or suspension. A reference to the application of this Regulation and any applicable IPI measure shall be included by contracting authorities and contracting entities in the procurement documents for procedures falling within the scope of an IPI measure.
Amendment 269 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that in the performance of public contracts economic operators comply with applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law established by Union law, national law, collective agreements or by the international environmental, social and labour law provisions listed in Annex X of the Directive 2014/24/EU and of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 270 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'economic operator' means any natural or legal person or public entity or group of such persons and/or entities, including any temporary association of undertakings, which submits a tender for the ex economic operator as defined in Direcution of works and/or a work, the supply of goods or the provision of services on the marketves 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU respectively;
Amendment 274 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Amendment 277 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) 'estimated value’ means estimated value as calculated in accordance with Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU respectively;
Amendment 278 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(ac) 'score adjustment measure’ means the relative diminution by a given percentage of the score of a tender resulting from its evaluation by a contracting authority or a contracting entity on the basis of the contract award criteria defined in the procurement documents. For the purposes of contract award criteria, Member States shall integrate environmental, social and labour requirements that apply at the place where the works are executed and result from international obligations, laws, regulations, decrees and decisions, at both national and Union level, as well as from collective agreements. In cases where price or cost is the only contract award criterion, the score adjustment measure means the relative increase, for the purpose of the evaluation of tenders, by a given percentage of the price offered by a tenderer;
Amendment 281 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘contracting authority’ means ‘a contracting authority’ as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/24/EUDirectives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU respectively;
Amendment 282 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘contracting entity’ means a 'contracting entity' as defined in Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU and Article 7 of Directive 2014/23/EU ;
Amendment 284 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 286 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 290 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘restrictive and/or discriminatory procurementthird country measure or practice’ means any legislative, regulatory or administrative measure, procedure or practice, or combination thereof, adopted or maintained by public authorities or individual contracting authorities or contracting entities in a third country, that result in a serious and recurrent impairment of access of Union goods, services and/or economic operators to the public procurement or concession market of that countrys.
Amendment 291 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) ‘IPI measure’ means a measure adopted by the Commission in accordance with this Regulation limiting the access of economic operators and/or goods and services originating in the third country to the Union procurement or concessions market in the area of non-covered procurement;
Amendment 293 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) ‘non-covered procurement’ means procurement procedures for goods, services or concessions regarding which the Union has not undertaken market access commitments in an international agreement in the field of procurement or concessions;
Amendment 296 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
(fc) ‘contract’ means public contracts as defined in Directive 2014/24/EU, concessions as defined in Directive 2014/23/EU and supply, works and service contracts as defined in Directive 2014/25/EU;
Amendment 297 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f d (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f d (new)
(fd) ‘tenderer’ means a tenderer as defined in Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU respectively;
Amendment 301 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 303 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) 'Union interest' means a determination as to whether the Union's interest calls for intervention shall be based on an appreciation of all the various interests taken as a whole, including the interests of the domestic industry and users and consumers. Measures may not be applied where the authorities, on the basis of all the information submitted, can clearly conclude that it is not in the Union's interest to apply such measures. (See mutatis mutandis Article 21 Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (codification))
Amendment 304 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) ‘Evidence’ means any information, certificate, supporting document, statement and other means of proof aimed at proving compliance with the obligations set out in Art. 7.1 (c). This may refer to: (i) certificates of origin, supplier declarations or import declarations for goods originating in third countries; (ii) description of manufacturing processes (including samples, descriptions or photographs) for goods to be supplied; and (iii) extract of relevant registers or of financial statements for the origin of services, including a VAT identification number;
Amendment 308 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of this Regulation, except for Articles 5(3) and 5(7), the execution of works and/or a work within the meaning of Directives 2014/253/EU, 2014/24/EU and Directive 2014/235/EU shall be considered as the provision of a service.
Amendment 310 #
Amendment 312 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Amendment 314 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 315 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) in the case of a natural person, the country of which the person is a national or where hethat person has a right of permanent residence;
Amendment 318 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – point i
(i) if the service is not provided through a commercial presence within the Union, the country under the laws of which the legal person is constituted or otherwise organised and in the territory of which the legal person is engaged in substantive business operations, entailing a direct and effective link with the economy of the country concerned;
Amendment 320 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – point ii
Amendment 322 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 324 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 326 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Where an economic operator is a group of natural or legal persons and/or public entities, and at least one of such persons or entities originates from the third country whose economic operators and goods and services are subject to the IPI measure, the IPI measure shall equally apply to tenders submitted by that group. This shall not apply in cases in which such persons' or entities' participation in a group amounts to less than 15% of the value of the tender in question, unless that person or entity is necessary for fulfilling the majority of at least one of the selection criteria in a procurement procedure.
Amendment 327 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 b (new)
Contracting authorities or contracting entities may at any time during the procurement procedure request the economic operator to submit, supplement, clarify or complete the information or documentation related to the verification of the economic operator's origin within an appropriate time limit, provided that such requests are made in full compliance with the principles of equal treatment and transparency. Tenders from economic operators that fail to provide such information or documentation may be rejected in accordance with the rules applicable to the award procedure.
Amendment 328 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 c (new)
For the application of the additional contractual obligations upon the successful tenderer set out in Article 7, the origin of a good shall be determined in accordance with Articles 59 to 62 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 952/2013, while the origin of a service shall be determined on the basis of the origin of the economic operator providing it.
Amendment 330 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 333 #
Amendment 337 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Tenders shall be exempted from this Regulation where more than 50% of the total value of the tender is made up of goods and/or servicesthey have been submitted by an economic operator originating in least- developed countries listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 978/201227 , and in developing countries considered to be vulnerable due to a lack of diversification and insufficient integration within the international trading system as defined in Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012. _________________ 27Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 341 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
Amendment 344 #
2012/0060(COD)
Investigations, consultations and price adjustment measure, measures and contractual obligations
Amendment 347 #
Amendment 350 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 355 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Upon publication of the notice, the Commission shall invite the third country concerned to submit its views, provide information and enter into consultations with the Commission in order to remove the alleged third country measure or practice. The Commission shall regularly inform Member States, within the Committee set up by Article 7 of the Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1843 (Trade Barriers Regulation), the interested parties and the European Parliament.
Amendment 360 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The assessment by the Commission of whether the alleged restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices have been adopted or are maintained by the third country concerned shall be made on the basisinvestigation and consultations shall be concluded within a period of six months after the date of the publication in the Official Journal of the informitiation supplied by interested parties and Member States, of facts collected by the Commission during its investigation, or both. The assessment shall be concluded within a period of eight months after the initiation of the investigation. In duly justified cases, this period may be extended by four monthnotice. In duly justified cases, the Commission may, before the end of the initial six months, extend that period by three months, by publishing a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union and informing the third country, interested parties and Member States.
Amendment 364 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Upon conclusion of the investigation and consultations, the Commission shall make publicly available a report recording the main findings of the investigation and a proposed course of action. The Commission shall present the report to the European Parliament.
Amendment 368 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission concludes as a result offinds, following its investigation that the alleged restrictive and/or discriminatory procurementthird country measures or practices areis not maintained or that ithey does not result in restrictions toserious and recurrent impairment of access byof Union economic operators or Union goods andor services to the public procurement or concession markets of the third country concerned, the Commission shall terminate the investigation. and publish a notice of termination in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 370 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Amendment 374 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 375 #
Amendment 387 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8
Article 8
Amendment 429 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Amendment 433 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Authorities or entities concerned The Commission shall determine the contracting authorities or entities or categories of contracting authorities or entities, listed by Member State, whose procurement is concerned by the measure. To provide the basis for this determination, each Member State shall submit a list of appropriate contracting authorities or entities or categories of contracting authorities or entities. The Commission shall ensure that an appropriate level of action is taken and that a fair distribution of the burden among Member States is achieved.rticle 9 deleted
Amendment 439 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9a Additional contractual obligations upon the successful tenderer 1. In the case of procurement procedures to which an IPI measure is applicable, as well as in the case of contracts awarded based on a framework agreement where the estimated value of those contracts is equal or above the respective values set out in Article 8 of Directive 2014/23/EU, Article 4 of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 15 of Directive 2014/25/EU and when those framework agreements were subject to the IPI measure, contracting authorities and contracting entities shall also include, among the conditions of the contract with the successful tenderer: (a) a commitment not to subcontract more than 25% of the total value of the contract to economic operators originating in a third country which is subject to an IPI measure; (b) for contracts whose subject matter covers the supply of goods, a commitment that, for the duration of the contract, goods and/or services supplied or provided in the execution of the contract and originating in the third country which is subject to the IPI measure represent no more than 25% of the total value of the contract, whether such goods and/or services are supplied or provided directly by the tenderer or by a subcontractor; (c) an obligation to provide upon request adequate evidence corresponding to points (a) and/or (b)to the contracting authority or the contracting entity at the latest upon completion of the execution of the contract; (d) a proportionate charge, in case of non-observance of the commitments referred in points (a) or (b) of 25% of the total value of the contract. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1(c) it is sufficient to provide evidence that more than 75% of the total value of the contract originates in countries other than the third country subject to the IPI measure. The contracting authority or contracting entity shall request evidence in case of reasonable indications of incompliance with paragraph 1(a) and/or1(b) or if the contract is awarded to a group of economic operators comprising a legal person originating in the country subject to an IPI measure. 3. A reference to the additional conditions laid down in this Article shall be included by contracting authorities and contracting entities in the documents for procurement procedures to which an IPI measure is applicable.
Amendment 443 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Article 10
Amendment 449 #
Amendment 466 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Contracting authorities and contracting entities may, on an exceptional basis, decide not to apply the price adjustmentIPI measure with respect to a procurement or a concession procedure if:
Amendment 470 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 475 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) there are only tenders from economic operators originating in the country subject to an IPI measure, or only such tenders meet the tender requirements; or
Amendment 480 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) this is justified for overriding reasons relating to the public interest, public security or public health emergencies.
Amendment 483 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 486 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Where a contracting authority or contracting entity intenddecides not to apply a price adjustmentn IPI measure , it shall indicate its intention in the contract notice that it publishes pursuant to Article 49 of Directive 2014/24/EU or Arform the Commission, in a manner to be decided by the respective Member State, no later than thirty calendar days after the publication of the contract noticle 69 of Directive 2014/25/EU or in the concession notice pursuant to Article 31 of Directive 2014/23/EU. It shall notify the Commission no later than ten calendar days after the publication of the contract noticethe award of the contract. The Commission may object to a non- application of an IPI measure if the notification lacks sufficient justification. If the Commission intends to object to the non-application of an IPI measure, it shall notify the contracting authority or contracting entity within the aforementioned time period.
Amendment 492 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The notification shall contain the following information: information on the origin of the economic operators that have submitted a tender, due justification of the use of the exception and, where appropriate, any other information deemed useful by the contracting authority or contracting entity.
Amendment 495 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 496 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 498 #
2012/0060(COD)
Amendment 499 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point d
Amendment 502 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point e
Amendment 503 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Commission may ask the contracting authority or contracting entityMember State concerned for additional information.
Amendment 504 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 507 #
2012/0060(COD)
Amendment 508 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 509 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 510 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Amendment 511 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Amendment 512 #
Amendment 514 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 515 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Amendment 518 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Remedies To ensure legal protection of economic operators having or having had an interest in obtaining a particular contract falling under the scope of this Regulation, Council Directive 89/665/EEC and Council Directive 92/13/EEC shall apply accordingly
Amendment 521 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 523 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Amendment 531 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Review No later than three years after the adoption of an implementing act or after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, whichever is the earliest, and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall review the scope, functioning and efficiency of this Regulation, and shall report its findings to the European Parliament and the Council.