Activities of Dino GIARRUSSO
Plenary speeches (70)
Statement by the candidate Commission President (debate)
International day to end impunity for crimes against journalists (debate)
Measures to address the impact on European agriculture of the WTO ruling on the Airbus dispute (debate)
A social Europe in a Digital world (topical debate)
Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas (debate)
Use of contact tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus (debate)
Conclusions of the extraordinary European Council meeting of 17-21 July 2020 (continuation of debate)
The European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward (debate)
Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations (debate)
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 10-11 December 2020 (debate)
Transitional provisions for support from the EAFRD and EAGF in the years 2021 and 2022 (debate)
Fisheries control (debate)
Multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean (debate)
Climate-resilient EU fisheries and aquaculture (debate)
Conclusions of the special meeting of the European Council on 24 and 25 May 2021 (debate)
European Citizens’ Initiative ‘End the cage age’’ (debate)
European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (debate)
EU contribution to transforming global food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)
Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)
Outcome of Global Summit Nutrition for Growth (Japan, 7-8 December) and increased food insecurity in developing countries (debate)
Implementation report on on-farm animal welfare (debate)
Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
EU action plan for organic agriculture (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
EU response to the increase in energy prices in Europe (debate)
Ecological Disaster in the Oder River (debate)
COVID-19 – Sustaining EU preparedness and response: looking ahead (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1614 of 15 September 2022 determining the existing deep-sea fishing areas and establishing a list of areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur (debate)
The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)
A long-term vision for the EU's rural areas (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate) (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order (debate)
Small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Availability of fertilisers in the EU (debate)
Deaths at sea: a common EU response to save lives and action to ensure safe and legal pathways (debate)
European Citizens’ Initiative "Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment" (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations (debate)
The role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector (continuation of debate)
European Citizens' Initiative "Stop Finning – Stop the trade" (debate)
Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries - Agreement of the IGC on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (High Seas Treaty) (debate)
Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)
Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)
Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture (debate)
The need for EU action on search and rescue in the Mediterranean (debate)
EU-Tunisia Agreement - aspects related to external migration policy (debate)
Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup (debate)
European Media Freedom Act (debate)
The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) (debate)
The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (debate)
Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future (debate)
Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need for the release of hostages and for an immediate humanitarian truce leading to a ceasefire and the prospects for peace and security in the Middle East (debate)
EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis (topical debate)
Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28) (debate)
Fight against the resurgence of neo-fascism in Europe, also based on the parade that took place in Rome on 7 January (debate)
Empowering farmers and rural communities - a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture (debate)
War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region (debate)
The murder of Alexei Navalny and the need for EU action in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society in Russia (debate)
The extradition and prosecution of Julian Assange and implications on freedom of the press (debate)
The immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries
EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip (debate)
Institutional motions (8)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on patenting of essentially biological processes
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the patentability of plants and essentially biological processes
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on children’s rights on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on measures to address the impact on European agriculture of the WTO ruling on the Airbus dispute
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law in Malta following the recent revelations surrounding the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 31 October 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the assassination of the Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and his entourage
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Pandora Papers: implications for the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance
Oral questions (2)
Waiver of patent protection to speed up vaccine production in the EU
An EU Commissioner for Animal Welfare
Written explanations (11)
EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence (B9-0224/2019, B9-0225/2019, B9-0226/2019)
Measures to address the impact on European agriculture of the WTO ruling on the Airbus dispute (RC-B9-0197/2019, B9-0197/2019, B9-0198/2019, B9-0201/2019, B9-0203/2019, B9-0204/2019, B9-0206/2019, B9-0208/2019)
Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD (A8-0200/2019 - Peter Jahr)
Ho votato in favore della proposta finale perché SERVE agire contro il caporalato in maniera intelligente: l'imprenditore agricolo e il lavoratore devono essere messi nella condizione di avere lo stesso interesse ad un accordo regolare, con vantaggi per chi ben si comporta e inserendo la condizionalità sociale: si taglino i pagamenti a chi non rispetta i lavoratori.La nuova PAC dovrà servire a cambiare in meglio, non a perpetuare problemi sociali e culturali che limitano il decollo della nostra agricoltura: ne abbiamo tutte le possibilità.A tal proposito sono soddisfatto per l'estensione del diritto d'impianto per le viti e per l'inserimento della canapa nei "market standard ", ma mi auguro che lo standard arrivi allo 0,5% e che tutti gli Stati membri, a partire dall'Italia, siano obbligati da regolamenti europei a spezzare il pregiudizio culturale verso questo settore che porterà enormi vantaggi ambientali, sociali, economici e culturali: è una battaglia che va vinta insieme e sulla quale non arretreremo di un millimetro.
Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations (A8-0198/2019 - Eric Andrieu)
Oggi e domani andremo a votare la riforma della PAC, la politica agricola comune: potremmo fare la storia, perché NIENTE come l'agricoltura può far ripartire l'Europa dilaniata dalla pandemia di COVID, creare sviluppo e lavoro, migliorare l'ambiente, promuovere le eccellenze nostrane.Purtroppo il Parlamento dovrebbe osare di più, e vincere la ritrosia di alcuni Stati membri che al Consiglio sono sempre conservatori quando si parla di greening , sostenibilità, innovazione.Serve una posizione chiara sugli eco-schemi, con percentuale adeguata obbligatoria, ed essere più ambiziosi sugli allevamenti intensivi e il benessere animale, inserire il biologico e l'agricoltura di precisione. Dobbiamo promuovere la digitalizzazione affinché l'agricoltura europea riduca le emissioni aumentando la qualità dei prodotti, e dobbiamo lavorare per un sistema di etichettature onesto che promuova tutto questo, abbandonando il disastroso nutriscore .
EU/Senegal Fisheries Partnership Agreement: implementation of the Agreement. Protocol (A9-0180/2020 - Izaskun Bilbao Barandica)
Ho votato a favore dell'accordo consapevole dell'importanza che possano ricoprire gli accordi di pesca, nonostante questo accordo lascia un po' a desiderare sul rispetto delle marinerie locali a volte, con l'auspicio che il Parlamento possa finalmente iniziare a partecipare attivamente ai protocolli sin dal negoziato con il paese terzo.
EU/China Agreement: cooperation on and protection of geographical indications (A9-0199/2020 - Iuliu Winkler)
Abbiamo votato a favore dell'accordo perché siamo riusciti ad inserire le indicazioni di origine protetta di molti prodotti italiani; nonostante ciò continuiamo a chiedere per il prossimo protocollo di intesa, l'introduzione di altri prodotti IGP e DOP, soprattutto del Sud Italia, che per ora sono rimasti fuori dell'accordo.
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Croatia and Poland in relation to a natural disaster and advances to Croatia, Germany, Greece,Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Spain in relation to a public health emergency (A9-0221/2020 - Olivier Chastel)
Strengthening media freedom: the protection of journalists in Europe, hate speech, disinformation and the role of platforms (A9-0205/2020 - Magdalena Adamowicz)
Abbiamo appoggiato questa risoluzione perché nel testo si esprime preoccupazione per lo stato del giornalismo in Europa, in particolare di quello investigativo, anche alla luce delle uccisioni avvenute in Slovacchia e a Malta, se ne ricorda il ruolo fondamentale nel combattere il crimine organizzato e nell'assicurare lo stato di diritto e in generale, il buon funzionamento di un sistema democratico.Nella risoluzione si chiede l'istituzione di un quadro giuridico per tutelare correttamente i giornalisti al fine di fornire loro un'adeguata protezione contro violenze, minacce e intimidazioni. Abbiamo chiesto inoltre alle persone che ricoprono incarichi ufficiali e pubblici e ai rappresentanti delle autorità di astenersi dall'utilizzare un linguaggio denigratorio nei confronti dei giornalisti. Vi è inoltre un capitolo dedicato alla disinformazione e al ruolo delle tecnologie digitali e i social media nel diffondere la disinformazione e i messaggi di odio. Si chiede in questo contesto una maggiore collaborazione tra le piattaforme e le autorità di contrasto. Ottima risoluzione.
Written questions (117)
Protection of European agri-food products in response to customs tariffs
Calabria regional operational programme 2014-2020: delays in the implementation of the strategy for the development of rural inland areas
Failure to appoint a Commissioner with specific responsibility for scientific research and education
Failure by Italian regions to protect the Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) and Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
EU-China agreement on the protection of PGI and PDO products; better protection of products from southern Italy
Climate change responsible for drop in olive oil production in Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria
Products derived from hemp
Disproportionately high air fares
Capture, sterilisation and release of species included on the list of invasive alien species of Union concern
Front-of-pack labelling schemes
Memorandum of understanding of 27 November 2019 between Turkey and Libya’s Government of National Accord
Products derived from industrial hemp plants
Abuses of transhumance in order to secure EU funding
Revitalising the development of rail infrastructure along the Adriatic coast
Commission’s non-renewal of the approvals of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl
Judgment on varieties constituted through mutagenesis, new GMOs and the case of the almond tree
Derogation for cadmium limits in inorganic fertilisers
Environmental impact assessment for the cement plant in Tavernola Bergamasca (BG)
Failure to suspend the zero-duty import regime for rice from Cambodia
Financial compensation payments for regenerated lubricating oils
Coronavirus epidemic
The illegal transportation of tigers across EU Member States
Request for information concerning the possible recovery of fraudulently obtained funds in the agriculture sector
Urgent measures to protect businesses and jobs in the face of the Coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus outbreak
Emergency eurobonds
The Commission’s decision to award a contract to BlackRock to oversee the development of ESG factors in the EU banking sector and corporate investment policies
Impact of sanctions on third countries during the COVID-19 crisis
Suspension of the Services Directive in the beach resort sector
Creating a better internet for children to protect them from online threats during the current lockdown
Unequal treatment of economic operators stemming from the application of the new Union Customs Code
Relocation and honouring of international obligations on provision of assistance in the Mediterranean
European Court of Auditors report on the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail link
Potential conflict of interests for Commissioner Hogan
Turin-Lyon high-speed rail link: possible distortion of competition and conflict of interests for TELT
Seizure of Mazara del Vallo fishing vessels in Libya
Commission action plan on corporate taxation for a fairer taxation of multinationals
The dispute between Treofan and Jindal
Protecting the huge numbers of ‘new poor’: separated fathers
Protection of agri-food products from imitations thereof
Allocation of EAFRD funding over the two transitional years 2021 and 2022
Solvay plant in Rosignano (Livorno) and the risk of greenwashing
Clarification concerning the COVID-19 vaccine supply cuts in the EU
Commission’s plans to strengthen European public health and ensure a level playing field for SMEs in the industrial hemp sector
Indiscriminate sale of derivatives in Europe: the case of Deutsche Bank in Spain
Outsourcing of emergency medical services and possible breaches of European public procurement rules
AstraZeneca vaccine production and black market in vaccines
The EU vaccine certificate proposal
Alitalia and ITA: state of play and Commission decisions
Alitalia, unfair incentives for carriers and allocation of slots at Linate airport
Zolgensma gene therapy for SMA
Deterioration of human rights in Egypt: the case of Sanaa Seif
The political situation in Zimbabwe and the expulsion of democratically elected parliamentarians of the MDC-Alliance
Attempted censorship by a public service
New crisis in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine
The situation in Colombia in the light of the recent wave of protests
Situation in Tigray
Third-country acquisition of Verisem and threat to European food sovereignty
Increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorders
Authorisation of tax exemptions for new employees
Rule of law and freedom of the press in Italy
Effectiveness of CureVac vaccine and purchase commitment by Member States
Application for the protection of the term ‘prosěk’
Discontinuity in care and services for adults with autism spectrum disorder
Attack on freedom of expression
Mass slaughter of dolphins and whales in the Faroe Islands and the role of Danish authorities
Commission measures to ensure the fair application of the carbon border adjustment mechanism and a level playing field between EU and foreign companies
Mutual recognition of boating licences
Crimes against humanity and war crimes in Libya
Italian issue of revolving doors
Israel’s decision to designate six Palestinian human rights NGOs as terrorist organisations
Lai Đại Hàn
Concession and extension of A22 motorway by the Italian Government
Russia’s interference in the freedom of the press
Bahri ships transporting weapons to Saudi Arabia through Europe
Does the Martucci landfill comply with the rules?
Pushbacks and the deterioration of migration
Self-determination of the individual in the European Union
Effectiveness of the EURES platform for the specific needs of people with disabilities and their carers
Taliban crackdown on journalism – the case of two TV reporters detained in Afghanistan
Extraordinary measures to combat swine fever
Unpaid traineeships in EU institutions
The exclusion of trainees in EU institutions from Erasmus grants
Nutrinform Battery and accurate information for consumers
Request for an extraordinary fund to be set up to protect European SMEs affected by the sanctions against Russia
Including microenterprises in analyses carried out using the Digital Economy and Society Index
Cargo airport in Parma
Adaptation of the Social Climate Fund following the war in Ukraine
Extension of exemptions under the Temporary Framework
Redundancies at Catania Pfizer plant
Erasmus4Ukraine
Recognition of the professional qualifications of Ukrainian refugees
Recognition of domestic work and of the role of households as employers
Discrimination between EU countries in the issue and renewal of licences for Rally H drivers with disabilities
Court of Justice judgment in case C-719/20 and in-house companies
Cancer survivors’ right to be forgotten versus discrimination in access to insurance or social security services and loans
Recrudescence of the situation in Nagorno‑Karabakh through words and actions
Cable way project in Trieste
The Kremlin’s investments in EU political parties
The case of Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi and human rights violations in Iran
Aid for earthquake victims in Syria
Syrian regime forces blockade of aid convoys of the Kurdish Red Crescent (KRC) directed to the North-West
Issuing of visas for Iranian women and girls
The situation of Turkish and Syrian children orphaned by the earthquake
Violation of the rule of law in the occupied Palestinian territories
Importation of non-human primates into the EU for research and toxicity testing purposes and Commission plans for a phase-out
EU response to the arrest of peaceful protesters in Hong Kong
Malamocco-Marghera canal works project in Venice
Removing the minimum liver weight requirement for foie gras production
Law on the culling of wolves in the province of Bolzano
Arrest and detention of Khaled El Qaisi
Imbalance between sales prices and production costs of durum wheat in Italy
Damage caused by the pointless high-speed railway project between Verona and Padua
Government interference in the freedom of public media in Italy
Compatibility of Ministerial Decree No 161/23 with Directive (EU) 2019/790 and Directive (EU) 2019/1024
‘Gag law’ in Italy
Prison town in Egypt
Individual motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on banning the production of tea bags containing plastic
Amendments (237)
Amendment 25 #
2021/2048(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 214 – interpretation – paragraph 1
Rule 214 – interpretation – paragraph 1
Non-attached Members do not constitute a political group within the meaning of Rule 33 and they cannot therefore designate coordinators, who are the only Members entitled to attend coordinator meetings.
Amendment 26 #
2021/2048(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 214 – interpretation – paragraph 2
Rule 214 – interpretation – paragraph 2
In all cases, in order to guarantee that non-attached Members must be guaranteedhave access to information, in accordance with the principle of non- discrimination, through the supply of information and the presence of a member ofey may appoint one non-attached member as an observer. The Chair can give the non- attached Members’ secretariat at coordinator meetings acting as an observer the opportunity to express his or her view.
Amendment 14 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. regrets the refusal, in the framework of the ongoing negotiations for the modernisation of the EU-Chile Association Agreement, of granting exclusive protection to flagship EU geographical indications, in particular in the wine sector; calls on the Commission to further enhance the protection of Intellectual Property Rights, notably Geographical Indications, in all EU trade agreements;
Amendment 108 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Union's common commercial policy shall be guided by the principles and pursue the objectives set out in the general provisions on the Union's external action, laid down in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). For that purpose, the Union should ensure that its commercial policy is conducted in close coordination with other external policies, and that regular contact with partner countries foreseen in the framework of the various instruments of the external action duly follow up on the obligations and issues identified in the implementation of the Union's trade relations and trade-related instruments.
Amendment 111 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Union's common commercial policy is to be consistent with and to consolidate the objectives of the Union policy in the field of development cooperation, laid down in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in particular the eradication of poverty and the promotion of human rights, sustainable economic, social, and environmental development and good governance in the developing countries. It is to comply with World Trade Organisation (‘WTO’) requirements, in particular with the Decision on Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries (the ‘Enabling Clause’), adopted under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (‘GATT’) in 1979, under which WTO Members may accord differential and more favourable treatment to developing countries.
Amendment 114 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The general objectives of the GSP are to support eradication of poverty in all its forms, in line with Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goal 17.12, to encourage exports diversification from GSP beneficiary countries and to promote the sustainable development agenda, while averting harm to EU industry’s interests. The 2018 GSP Mid- term Evaluation and the 2021 supporting Study for the Impact Assessment underpinning this Regulation concluded that the GSP framework under Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 has delivered on these main objectives, which were at the core of the 2012 overhaul of Council Regulation (EC) No 732/200815 . _________________ 15 Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences from 1 January 2009 and amending Regulations (EC) No 552/97, (EC) No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007 (OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 1).
Amendment 123 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Those objectives remain relevant in the current global context and they are consistent with the analysis and perspective of the recent Commission Communication Trade Policy Review “An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy”16 (‘TPR’). According to the TPR, the Union has a “strategic interest to support the enhanced integration into the world economy of vulnerable developing countries” and it “must fully use the strength provided by its openness and the attractiveness of its Single Market” to support multilateralism and to ensure adherence to universal values. For GSP specifically, the TPR notes its important role in “promoting respect for core environment, human and labour rights” and sets the objective for the GSP “to further increase trading opportunities for developing countries to reduce poverty and create jobs based on international values and principles”. Moreover, the scheme should assist beneficiaries in recovering from the COVID-19 impact and in re- building their economies in a sustainable and diversified manners, including with respect to international human rights, labour, environmental and good governance standards. Coherence should be ensured between the GSP and its objectives and the assistance provided to beneficiary countries, in line with Union’s Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), which constitutes a key pillar of Union’s efforts to enhance the positive impact and increase effectiveness of development cooperation17 . _________________ 16 COM(2021) 66 final, 18 February 2021 17 Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU concerning PCD reads: “The Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries”.
Amendment 131 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) By providing preferential access to the Union market, the scheme should assist developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty and achieve and promote good governance and sustainable development by helping them to generate additional revenue through international trade, which can then be re-invested for the benefit of their own development and, in addition, to diversify their economies. The scheme's tariff preferences should focus on less competitive products originating from those developing countries that have greater development, trade and financial needs.
Amendment 146 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (GSP+) is based on the integral concept of sustainable development, as recognised by international conventions and instruments such as the 1986 UN Declaration on the Right to Development, the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the 1998 International Labour Organisation (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the 2000 UN Millennium Declaration, the 2002 Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work of 2019, the Outcome Document of the UN Summit on Sustainable Development of 2015 "Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Consequently, the additional tariff preferences provided for under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should be granted to those developing countries which, due to a lack of diversification, are economically vulnerable, have ratified core international conventions on human and labour rights, climate and environmental protection and good governance, and commit to ensuring the effective implementation and to collaborate on the monitoring thereof. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should help those countries to assume the additional responsibilities resulting from the ratification and effective implementation of these conventions. The list of conventions relevant for GSP should be updated to better reflect the evolution of core international instruments and standards and take a proactive approach to sustainable development in keeping with the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 203018 . In this regard, the following conventions are added: the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (2015) – replacing the Kyoto Protocol; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OP-CRC-AC); ILO Convention No 81 on Labour Inspection; ILO Convention No 144 on Tripartite Consultation; and the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; the Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention of 1930, the Occupational Safety and Health convention No 155, and the Promotional Framework for Occupational safety and health convention No 187. _________________ 18 United Nations (2015). Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015, Transforming our World: the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1), available at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post 2015/transformingourworld
Amendment 180 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The reasons for temporary withdrawal of the arrangements under the scheme should include serious and systematic violations of the principles laid down in international conventions concerning core human rights (including certain principles of international humanitarian law enshrined in those conventions), labour rights, climate and environmental protection, and good governance,so as to promote the objectives of those conventions. Tariff preferences under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should be temporarily withdrawn if the beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertaking to maintain the ratification and effective implementation of those conventions or to comply with the reporting requirements imposed by the respective conventions, or to maintain the effective implementation of the plan of action provided in its request to benefit from the arrangement; or if the beneficiary country does not cooperate with the Union's monitoring procedures as set out in this Regulation. The temporary withdrawal should continue until the reasons justifying it no longer apply. In situations characterised by an exceptional gravity of the violations, the Commission should have the power to respond rapidly by adopting measures within a shorter timeline. Under the Union’s zero tolerance approach for child and forced labour the reasons for temporary withdrawal should include exports of goods made by internationally prohibited child and forced labour, as well as forced labour including slaveryinvoluntariness, slavery, under threats and prison labours, as identified in the relevant Conventions in Annex VI.
Amendment 184 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) Temporary withdrawal of the arrangements should be considered as a last-resort measure. Whenever the record of compliance with the relevant obligations set out in this Regulation seriously deteriorates, the Commission and the EEAS should step up dialogue with the beneficiary countries and launch a process of enhanced engagement where countries commit to actions through the implementation of targeted roadmaps leading to discernible progress generally in the short term or, whenever issues are more complex and sensitive, over the medium term. After the launch and during the overall duration of the withdrawal procedure, beneficiary countries should be given the possibility to start engaging anytime. Whenever the enhanced engagement is extended into a second year, the Commission should add the country onto a public list, with a view to providing predictability and maximising leverage.
Amendment 199 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9 a) ‘sensitive products’ means goods whose excessively-high utilisation rate by standard GSP beneficiary countries referred to in Article 1(2) could negatively impact the market for basic primary and processed goods and affect the ability and capacity of Union industries to manufacture or process them in the medium and long-run; processed agri- food products, such as rice and sugar, considered for the purposes of this definition are products obtained with basic raw materials whose origin or place of origin is in one of the Member States;
Amendment 213 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12 a) 'directly competing products' means a product which, after or prior to an industrial transformation, can be compared to another product;
Amendment 305 #
2021/0297(COD)
Where an EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils the economic, environment and social conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex I in order to remove the country from the EBA arrangement following a transitional period of three years as from the date on which the EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils the economic, environment and social conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 309 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) may be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products and/or sectors originating in a beneficiary country, for any of the following reasons:
Amendment 313 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) failure to ratify the conventions listed in Annex IV following the obligation to present a reasonable timetable for those ratifications,
Amendment 316 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) serious shortcomings in customs controls on the export or transit of drugs (illicit substances or precursors), or related to the obligation to readmit the beneficiary country’s own nationals or serious failure to comply with international conventions on antiterrorism or anti-money laundering;
Amendment 343 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall provide the beneficiary country concerned with every opportunity to cooperate during the monitoring and evaluation period of six months from the date of publication of the noticmonitoring and evaluation period will be of six months from the date of publication of the notice. During this period, the Commission shall provide the beneficiary country concerned with every opportunity to cooperate.
Amendment 350 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Within sixtwo months from the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 4, point (b), the Commission shall decide:
Amendment 367 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Where a product originating in a beneficiary country of any of the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) is imported in volumes or at prices which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to Union producers of products obtained in the Union in like or directly competing products, normal Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be wholly or partially reintroduced.
Amendment 369 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. 'Products obtained in the Union' means the primary basic products, processed products and other goods of Union producers. Processed agri-food products are products obtained with raw materials whose origin or place of origin is ascertained in one of the Member States of the European Union.
Amendment 371 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. For the purpose of this Chapter, 'directly competing products' means a product which, after or prior to an industrial transformation, can be compared to another product.
Amendment 379 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
On duly justified grounds of urgency relating to deterioration of the economic or financial situation of Union producers of products obtained in the Union, and where delay might cause damage which would be difficult to repair, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39(4) to reintroduce normal Common Customs Tariff duties for a period of up to 12 months.
Amendment 383 #
2021/0297(COD)
II Safeguards in the Textile, Footwear, Leather Agriculture and Fisheries Sectors
Amendment 387 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Section I of this Chapter, on 1 January of each year, the Commission, on its own initiative and in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2), shall adopt an implementing act in order to remove the tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 12 with respect to the products from GSP sections S-11a8a, S-8b, S-11a, S-11b and S-11b2a or to products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 1701, 2207 10 00, 2207 20 00, 2909 19 10, 3814 00 90, 3820 00 00, 38249956, 38249957, 38249992, 38248400, 38248500, 38248600, 38248700, 38248800, 38249993, and 38249996 and 43021980 where imports of such products, originate in a beneficiary country and their total value:
Amendment 394 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 2207 10 00, 2207 20 00, 2909 19 10, 3814 00 90, 3820 00 00, and 38249956, 38249957, 38249992, 38248400, 38248500, 38248600, 38248700, 38248800, 38249993, and 38249996 exceeds the share referred to in point 1 of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I, columns A and BC, during a calendar year
Amendment 398 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 and 1701 exceeds the share referred to in point 2 of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I, column C, during a calendar year;
Amendment 407 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to EBA beneficiary countries, nor shall it apply to countries with a share for the relevant products referred to in paragraph 1 not exceeding 6 % of total Union imports of the same products.
Amendment 422 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – subheading 1
Annex IV – subheading 1
Modalities for the application of Article 8 and Article 29
Amendment 428 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1
Annex IV – point 1
1. Article 8 and Article 29 shall apply when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of thatose Articles exceeds 470 %.
Amendment 430 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2
Annex IV – point 2
2. Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-2a, S-3 and S-5 of Annex III, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 17,5 %.0 %. Article 29 shall apply for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 and 1701 when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 10%
Amendment 437 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 3
Annex IV – point 3
3. Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-11a8a, S-8b, S-11a, S-11b and S-11b2a of Annex III, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 372 %.
Amendment 53 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Whilst the ultimate objective of the CBAM is a broad product coverage, it would be prudent to start with a selected number of sectors with relatively homogeneous products where there is a risk of carbon leakage. Union sectors deemed at risk of carbon leakage are listed in Commission Delegated Decision 2019/70842 . _________________ 42Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/708 of 15 February 2019 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the determination of sectors and subsectors deemed at risk of carbon leakage for the period 2021 to 2030 (OJ L 120, 8.5.2019, p. 2).
Amendment 54 #
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, pesticides and fertilisers.
Amendment 56 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) The Commission should foresee an immediate application of CBAM after the transitional period for sectors, included in this Regulation, having a higher expositions to carbon leakage and impacts on climate, namely cement, steel, iron and pesticides, bypassing the phasing out of the EU ETS schemes.
Amendment 57 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 b (new)
Recital 31 b (new)
(31b) The scope of the CBAM should be extended to agricultural products after the phasing-in period. Meanwhile, the Commission should monitor the stability of the Union agricultural markets and foresee the viability of agricultural production as effect of the implementation of the CBAM certificates for the sectors involved
Amendment 61 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Cement should have a priority in the CBAM phasing-in because of its high exposition to carbon leakage compared to the other sectors involved.
Amendment 69 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The embedded declared emissions should be verified by a person accredited by a nationalEuropean accreditation body appointed in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council43 or pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/206744 . _________________ 43 Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30). 44Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067 of 19 December 2018 on the verification of data and on the accreditation of verifiers pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC ofby the European Commission in accordance with the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 334, 31.12.2018, p. 94).
Amendment 72 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In order to give the authorised declarants flexibility in complying with their CBAM obligations and allow them to benefit from fluctuations in the price of EU ETS allowances, the CBAM certificates should be valid for a period of two years from the date of purchase. The authorised declarant should be allowed to re-sell to the national authorityEuropean Commission a portion of the certificates bought in excess. The authorised declarant should build up during the year the amount of certificates required at the time of surrendering, with thresholds set at the end of each quarter.
Amendment 91 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55 a (new)
Recital 55 a (new)
Amendment 111 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘competent authority’ means the authority, designated by each Member Stateor established by the European Commission in accordance with Article 11 of this Regulation;
Amendment 117 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member StateThe European Commission shall designate or establish the competent authority to carry out the obligations under this Regulation and inform the Commission thereofin consultation with the Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 119 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 122 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall require that cthe Competent aAuthoritiesy exchanges any information that is essential or relevant to the exercise of their functions and duties.
Amendment 127 #
Amendment 129 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 133 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority of each Member State shall establish a national registry of declarants authorised in that Member State in the form of a standardised electronic database containing the data regarding the CBAM certificates of those declarants, and to provide for confidentiality in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 13.
Amendment 136 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. If irregularities are identified as a result of the controls carried out under paragraph 2, the Commission shall inform the Member State or Member States concerned for further investigation in order toand correct the identified irregularities.
Amendment 151 #
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 goods other than those listed in Annex I, including agricultural and food sectors, and develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on environmental footprint methods.
Amendment 154 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain, in particular the effects of the measures on the Union market and in particular SMEs, the depth analysis of Union competitiveness, the volume of Union imports as results of the application of this Regulation, the assessment of the possibilities to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, including agriculture and food sectors, as well as an assessment of the governance system and . It shall also contain the assessment of the possibility to further extend the scope to embedded emissions of transportation services as well as to goods further down the value chain and services that may be subject to the risk of carbon leakage in the future.
Amendment 171 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) Articles 32 to 345 shall apply until 31 December 2025.
Amendment 172 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 179 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
Pesticides CN CODE 380891 insecticide carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide
Amendment 4 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that EU trade policy has a major role to play in the transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems from an environmental, social and economic point of view, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal; is of the view that trade policy is an integral part of the implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy and that it is necessary in order to protect the quality of European products, enabling European producers to compete with the global supply of food products;
Amendment 27 #
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 29 #
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 sdetermine the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the precautionary principle, environmental protection, respect for human rights, combating food waste, and animal welfare;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 35 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 19 June 2020 on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis,
Amendment 38 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
- having regard to the Commission guidelines of 16 July 2020 on seasonal workers,
Amendment 40 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 e (new)
Citation 5 e (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 12 October 2020 on seasonal and mobile workers,
Amendment 49 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that sustainable production should become a key characteristic of EU agri-food products, expanding the concept of qualitypromoting to that end the role that the concept of quality of European production systems plays in relation to socialety and the environmental aspects, guaranteeing producers proper recognition of their work, including on overseas markets, by means of an active promotion policy on the part of the Union;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to pursue the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy through the development of Green Alliances in all relevant bilateral, regional and multilateral forums, including the UN Food Systems Summit 2021;
Amendment 92 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the importance of ambitious and enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in trade agreements to promote biodiversity, foster more sustainable agri-food production and stop EU-driven global deforestation; urges support for developing countries to promote food security and alignment with European standards for sustainability and respect for human rights; stresses the importance of using an effective system of sanctions in the event of non-compliance with those standards;
Amendment 102 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that European production standards must be complied with in trade and when importing agri- food products from third countries; stresses that agri-food products that do not comply with the main EU standards in terms of environmental and health protection and animal welfare should not be allowed onto the internal market; takes the view that the Commission should establish clear and common compliance rules for importers and, in the event of non-compliance, provide for import duties;
Amendment 106 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Emphasises the importance of the traceability of the entire production process in order to provide consumers with detailed information on the provenance of agricultural products through an effective sustainability labelling system and the use of new digitalisation systems, including the use of tools such as blockchain in order to certify traceability; considers it essential, to that end, that the Commission ensure uniform customs controls on food products at all points of entry into EU territory;
Amendment 110 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses the importance of providing effective support to small farmers to enable full compliance with sustainability standards, taking into account the possible impact of those standards on food losses and waste, and to make it easier for them to gain access to overseas markets;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Stresses the importance, moreover, of the agri-food sector and geographical indications (GIs) in trade agreements, which require a necessary reform process in the light of the sustainability criteria set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy, but which must also be protected and supported on overseas markets;
Amendment 113 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls on the Commission to include, in existing trade agreements and in those under negotiation, the chapter on the sustainability of food systems so as to commit to and establish a resilient and sustainable food system with all its trading partners;
Amendment 126 #
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 impact assessment of the targets envisaged in the Strategy, as well as proportionate measures to maintain the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector and ensure reciprocity of standards, a level playing field and effective monitoring;
Amendment 155 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 39 a (new)
Citation 39 a (new)
- having regard to Decision 5.COM 6.41 of 16 November 2010 inscribing the Mediterranean Diet on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,
Amendment 162 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 40 a (new)
Citation 40 a (new)
- having regard to the water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC),
Amendment 164 #
Amendment 201 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system shouldagri-food and fishing system delivers food and nutrition security in a way that, contributesing to social well- being and maintainsing and restoresing ecosystem health; whereas cuirrently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human andgular eating patterns and unhealthy lifestyles lead to a range of impacts on human health; whereas intensive and unsustainable production damages animal health and on, the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform in orderevolve to continue to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, working conditions, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmersof the entire food chain, particularly in relation to small farmers and fishermen;
Amendment 251 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas working conditions in the European agriculture sector can be extremely challenging and precarious, characterised by poor wages, long working hours, a significant proportion of undeclared work, an high rate of accident s and illness and sub-standard housing conditions with workers falling often prey to widespread exploitation, including gang master practices and other forms of modern slavery;
Amendment 305 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural-food sector, driven mainly by family farms, continues to ensure safe, quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
Amendment 330 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the multifunctional agricultural model also ensures that age- old traditions and culture with a high intangible value are passed on; whereas this has enormous economic and employment potential, for example in the field of rural tourism and social agriculture that generate opportunities for disadvantaged categories with low contractual power;
Amendment 366 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is important thessential to educate consumers are informed and enabled to take responsibility foritizens as early as primary school about proper nutrition and healthy lifestyles, making them aware of the consequences of their choice of food stuffs on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requires a healthy and sound food environment which ensures that thransparency and correct display of information to facilitate healthy and, sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choices, and fosters and encourages consumption patterns that support human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resourcesresources, respect for fundamental human and labour rights throughout the agri- food chain, and animal welfare;
Amendment 422 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European agri-food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers, fishers, workers, processors and retailers wormaking togethera crucial contribution under difficult conditions, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment;
Amendment 430 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in 2010 the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage approved the inscription of the Mediterranean Diet on the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, thereby recognising the traditional practices, knowledge and skills that have been passed down from generation to generation in many Mediterranean countries, providing communities with a sense of belonging and continuity;
Amendment 511 #
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;
Amendment 587 #
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; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy 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, improving employment rates and working conditions throughout the production chain and strengthening its resilience to ensure food security, quality and quantity in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of an agri-food or multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies 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, achievable and transparent objectives that can be monitored; 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 687 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Building the food chain that works for consumitizens, workers, producers, climate and the environment
Amendment 709 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WHighlights the fact that the primary function of the agri-food sector is to provide high-quality, healthy and nutritious food to the greatest possible number of people in an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable way; 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 target or precision agriculture; insists that quantitative reduction targets must be based on suitable, thorough impact assessments, founded upon solid scientific data and that they must be sustainable in economic, social and environmental terms, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets, putting farmers in a position to use fewer products, or to optimise their use, through greater development both in terms of capacity for investment and knowledge in the areas of research, innovation and precision agriculture tools and techniques; 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;
Amendment 804 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. 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, collective bargaining, social protection is crucial to tackle social dumping;
Amendment 820 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Emphasises the need to place greater attention to the protection of workers’ health and safety in future EU legislative initiatives linked to the use of pesticides, which can cause various and serious health problems; recalls the importance of ensuring all workers to receive adequate protective equipment as well as comprehensive information and training about the use and the associated hazards and risks related to the use of pesticides; underlines that in order to achieve these targets it is crucial to revise Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work, as well as the Plant Protection Product Regulation 1107/2009 to adopt stricter hazard-based cut-off criteria and improve pesticide exposure assessment for workers;
Amendment 847 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls that workers employed along the whole food chain are at risk of contracting Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) diseases; calls on the need to revise Directive 2000/54/EC on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work in order to take appropriate measures to contain this serious occupational health hazard and minimise its potential impact on worker health; calls on regulatory agencies to recognise antimicrobial resistant pathogens as a work-related disease;
Amendment 909 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of unsustainable production practices in agriculture, and especially animalimal farming and food 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; acknowledges that healthy animals require less natural resource inputs like feed and water and that effective management practices of livestock can lead to a 30% decrease in GHG emissions; recognises anaerobic digestion and composting as an effective solution to recycle organic waste materials and prevent GHG emissions, while producing renewable energy, enabling reuse of nutrients and carbon, thus improving soil fertility; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors;
Amendment 1083 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewardingefforts made by European farmers and producers, especially SMEs, to reduce their climate and environmental impact and stresses the importance of rewarding production models that improve carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture andshould be assisted in the transition to more sustainable farming models, with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivisedhilst avoiding the funding of farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1240 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new, innovative, digital and ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production, as well as adopting innovative cultivation techniques with the aim of reducing inputs per unit of product and restoring soil fertility;
Amendment 1316 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European foodagri-food and fisheries 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 to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeans;
Amendment 1332 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that robust and reliable legal frameworks for the fisheries and aquaculture sector should provide the basis for better protection measures with subsequent increases in fish populations and more clarity regarding the use of space and licenses in aquaculture, allowing for greater predictability for investments; stresses that good traceability mechanisms and high sustainability standards for all products sold on EU markets are essential to ensure transparency for consumers, the sector and the different administrations, and to achieve the targets of the Green Deal and the SDGs; calls for strategic management that includes both a substantial awareness campaign for operators designed to create the basis for a new waste management culture at sea and in port, and the development of projects able to incentivise the collection of maritime waste by fishers, by recognising the strategic role they already play and could play further in terms of cleaning up the sea. Initiatives should be supported by strategies to improve the economic conditions for fishers through policies to support, protect and maximise the value of fishery products, so as to enable them to support environmental policies;
Amendment 1365 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), wWhich is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systems and by the importing of agri-food products from third countries that do not apply the same high standards in terms of quality, safety, environment, labour and human rights required for producers in the EU;
Amendment 1511 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Supports the Commission in its efforts to combat food fraud, which misleads consumers and distorts competition in the internal market; regards it as essential to make the penalties imposed on fraudsters more dissuasive, to earmark adequate resources so that checks can be stepped up and to establish a legal definition at EU level of the concepts of ‘food fraud and crime’ and ‘counterfeiting’;
Amendment 1527 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the funding dedicated to the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages and class hours about the importance of healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates; in a balanced and varied dietary regime, with the aim of reducing obesity rates; stresses the need for legal action at retail level to show consumers food prices that include environmental external costs (true pricing), to make them aware and ultimately let them pay all costs, including fair living wages in the food chain and all external environmental costs;
Amendment 1558 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates from primary school onwards;
Amendment 1657 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed tostresses that a robust set of initiatives must be developed to promote healthier diets by enhanced consumer food and nutrition education, and restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatoryharmonised EU-wide front- of- pack nutrition labelling system based on independent scienceable to provide exhaustive and nutrient-specific information, based on independent science and on the reference intakes of the average consumer, without misleading and influencing purchasing choices, as provided by Regulation (EU)1169/2011;
Amendment 1748 #
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 environmenteducation and correct food information 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 consumersstresses the need to use appropriate instruments (brands, promotions, communication, etc.) to promote the ethical consumption of products from social farming that, in accordance with European Directives and national rules, involves categories of disadvantaged workers ( unemployed, disabled, asylum seekers, victims of violence, prisoners and ex-prisoners, etc.);underlines that, too often, low food prices hide many factors including the deplorable employment and working conditions of those who produce it; considers that fair and equitable food prices, reflecting the true cost of production to the environment and society, are the only way to bring about sustainable and equitable food systems in the long term; emphasises the need to increase transparency and raise consumer awareness on the costs and profits involved in each stage of the production chain; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one; affordable, taking into account, too, the economic sustainability of producers and production costs;
Amendment 1871 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ dietsBelieves that all citizens should be educated from an early arge not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in 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 environmenton balanced diets and healthy lifestyles, promoting eating patterns that lead to the adoption of varied, balanced and sustainable diets that are adapted to the specific needs of each consumer, while recognising and protecting the heritage of the different eating habits, traditions, preferences and production methods of EU countries, informing consumers through a mandatory labelling system that highlights the country of origin of all foods; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would 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 advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based dietsand varied diets that meet the needs of each consumer;
Amendment 1914 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Urges the Commission to present legal or fiscal instruments by 2022 to translate this principle into practice, like a zero VAT tax for healthy and sustainable food products (e.g., organic vegetables and fruits), recalling the fact that already 10 European countries apply 0-5% VAT taxes on vegetables and fruits, including Italy, Spain and Ireland;
Amendment 1935 #
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 and reducing Europe’s current dependence regarding its supply of plant proteins;
Amendment 1976 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organic and local food production of traditional and typical foods with geographical indications, from short supply chains and via direct sales, and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
Amendment 2080 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Expresses its concern on the dynamics resulting from the process of concentration and the increasing dominant power of financial investors in the food supply chain, which lead to lower food quality and worsening of working conditions;
Amendment 2157 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers the allocated budget to achieve the ambitions of the EU Green Deal and the Just transition mechanism to be insufficient to deal in a socially sustainable manner with the consequences of the expected transformation; calls for the Just transition mechanism to cover as well agricultural regions that may be adversely affected;
Amendment 2230 #
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 setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all farm, food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and the Union’s high social, environmental and safety 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 2245 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines that Free Trade Agreements should never expose the EU agriculture, and food sectors to unfair competition with negative consequences on working conditions and employment and feeding social dumping; stresses the need to ensure coherence between the ambitious environmental goals of the EU Green Deal and the farm to fork strategy and the potential consequences of Free Trade Agreements; recalls that the respect of labour rights should constitute an essential element of all trade and investment agreements, including possible suspension of the agreement in case of sustained breaches; recalls that any bilateral agreement should foresee the ratification and implementation of the eight ILO Core Labour Standards;
Amendment 2265 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Believes that environmental, social and economic sustainability must be at the heart of the future EU trade policy and every bilateral trade agreement in order to give substance to the farm to fork strategy;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that, while there are a number of dynamic middle income countries on the African continent, its economic development is still relatively weak in comparison to other parts of the world; stresses that many of its countries will therefore face almost insurmountable challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis and the effects of climate change; calls on the Commission to plan and enable strong and effective health diplomacy towards African countries in order to facilitate the export of medical devices and personal protective equipment and to support the easy exchange of doctors and health operators among the countries;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement from the G20 on a temporary moratorium on debt repayments for the weakest developing countries; acknowledges that more needs to be done as huge sums are owed by poor countries to developed countries' private banks and investors; stresses the need to work for cancelling the debts by enforcement and not leaving it to any voluntary action;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that while the European Union still has important economic ties with African states, and that China hasremains the largest investor in Africa, China is remaining a strong systemic rival and keeping on intensifiedying its economic engagement in Africathe region and creating a difficult investment climate and business environment for EU companies;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to reform its current version of its strategy entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa’ with a view to addressing the needs of the African regions in the wake of this health and economic crisis in particular in the infrastructure sectors such as renewable energy, windmills and solar panels where EU has expertise and better standards than China; points out the role of digitizing food and agriculture to face the current Covid-19 pandemic in the continent and underlines the need to support investments in order to make smallholder crops and livestock more productive, improve nutrition and help empower women farmers;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2041(INI)
6. Calls on the Commission to support Africa in its ambitions for a cWelcomes the African Continental fFree tTrade area by making the necessary adjustments in order to implement its Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and make them fit the project of the Continental Free Trade AreaAgreement, in force since May 2019, which created a significant momentum for the continental integration; stresses the importance to increase intra- African trade, diversify exports, improve sustainability, product safety and quality, and a kevel playing field;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a concrete proposal that establishes common initiatives on a renewable energy supply on the African continent reminding the need to ensure easy access to electricity, to focus on resilient infrastructures, clear, sustainable and secure energy access;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 83 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the need for substantial sustainable investments that enable leapfrogging in the African states; reminds the role played by a value-adding private sector to stimulate PP investments and economic diversification, recalls the need to help SMEs which are suffering from a lack of public and political support, transparent regulatory framework, lack of level-playing field and rising of unauthorized companies; in this regard, underlines the role of European Business organisations to work closely with their African counterparts through ad-hoc platforms and initiatives to increase trade fair and exhibition systems;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that empowering civil society, organizations, academia and think tanks and thereby including a social counterpart in investment and sustainable development, is a vital aspect of EU policies and intensifying cooperation towards and with the African states.;
Amendment 48 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways20 provides a strong scientific basis for tackling climate change and illustrates the need to step up climate action. It confirms that greenhouse gas emissions need to be urgently reduced, and that climate change needs to be limited to 1.5 °C, in particular to reduce the likelihood of extreme weather events. The Intergovernmental Science- Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (IPBES) 2019 Global Assessment Report21 showed worldwide erosion of biodiversity, with climate change as the third most important driver of biodiversity and eco-systems loss.22 _________________ 20IPCC, 2018: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, H.-O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma- Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J.B.R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M.I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, and T. Waterfield (eds.)]. 21IPBES 2019: Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. 22European Environment Agency’s The European environment – state and outlook 2020 (Luxembourg: Publication Office of the EU, 2019).
Amendment 55 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement sets out a long-term goal to keep the global temperature increase to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5 °C above pre- industrial levels23 , and stresses the importance of adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change,24 affecting strategic sectors such as agriculture and food systems, and making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate- resilient development25 . _________________ 23 Article 2.1.a of the Paris Agreement. 24 Article 2.1.b of the Paris Agreement. 25 Article 2.1.c of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 64 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union’s and the Member States’ climate action aims to protect people and the planet, welfare, prosperity, health, food systems, rural areas, forestry, the integrity of eco- systems and biodiversity against the threat of climate change, in the context of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and in pursuit of the objectives of the Paris Agreement, and to maximize prosperity within the planetary boundaries and to increase resilience and reduce vulnerability of society to climate change.
Amendment 74 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Achieving climate neutrality should require a contribution from all economic sectors, including agriculture as both carbon emitter and carbon sink, to reduce their emissions. In light of the importance of energy production and consumption on greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to a fully renewable-based, sustainable, affordable and secure energy system relying on a well-functioning internal energy market is essential. The digital transformation, technological innovation, eco-farming practices and research and development are also important drivers for achieving the climate-neutrality objective.
Amendment 81 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Union has been pursuing an ambitious policy on climate action and has put in place a regulatory framework to achieve its 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target. The legislation implementing this target consists, inter alia, of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council26 , which establishes a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union, Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council27 , which introduced national targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council28 , which requires Member States to balance greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry. _________________ 26Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275 of 25 October 2003, p. 32). 27Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26). 28 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 86 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The Union has, through the ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package29 been pursuing an ambitious decarbonisation agenda notably by constructing a robust Energy Union, which includes 2030 goals for energy efficiency and deployment of renewable energy in Directives 2012/27/EU30 and (EU) 2018/200131 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and by reinforcing relevant legislation, including Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council32 . _________________ 29COM(2016) 860 final of 30 November 2016. 30Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1) 31Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 32Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13).
Amendment 96 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Union is a global leader in the transition towards climate neutrality, and is determined to help raise global ambition and to strengthen the global response to climate change, using all tools at its disposal, including climate diplomacy and transparency.
Amendment 102 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union by 20540. The Union-wide 20540 climate-neutrality objective should be pursued by all Member States domestically and collectively, and; the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective.
Amendment 114 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Adaptation is a key component of the long-term global response to climate change. Therefore, Member States and the Union should enhance their adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, as provided for in Articles 2 and 7 of the Paris Agreement, as well as maximise the co- benefits with other environmental policies and legislation taking into account sensitive sectors, such as agriculture and forestry directly suffering the adverse impacts of climate change in terms of their growth, employment and production. Member States should adopt comprehensive national adaptation strategies and plans.
Amendment 127 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the well- being and health of citizens, the prosperity of society and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordability; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances, rural and mountain areas, and the need for convergence over time; the need to make the transition just and socially fair; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost- effectiveness and technological neutrality in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; progression over time in environmental integrity, eco-farming systems and level of ambition.
Amendment 132 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The transition to climate neutrality requires changes across the entire policy spectrum and a collective effort of all sectors of the economy and society, as illustrated by the Commission in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’. The European Council, in its Conclusions of 12 December 2019, stated that all relevant Union legislation and policies need to be consistent with, and contribute to, the fulfilment of the climate- neutrality objective while respecting a level playing field, and invited the Commission to examine whether this requires an adjustment of the existing rules. including those on the Emission Trading System, on land change and forestry, and the setting of a carbon border adjustment mechanism.
Amendment 142 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission, in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’, announced its intention to assess and make proposals for increasing the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 to ensure its consistency with the climate-neutrality objective for 2050. In that Communication, the Commission underlined that all Union policies should contribute to the climate-neutrality objective and that all sectors should play their part. By September 2020, the Commission should, based on a comprehensive impact assessment and taking into account its analysis of the integrated national energy and climate plans submitted to the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , reviewGiven the Union goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2040 at the latest, it is essential that climate action and all relevant sectorial legislation are further strengthened, and particularly that the Union’s 2030 target for climate and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared with 1990 levels. Where it considers necessary to amend the Union’s 2030 target, it should make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council to amend this Regulation as appropriate. In addition, the Commission should, by 30 June 2021, assess how the Union legislation implementing that target would need to be amended in order to achieve emission reductions of 50 to 55 % compared to 1990. _________________ 36 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1)is raised to a reduction in emissions of 65 % compared with 1990 levels. Consequently, the Commission should, by 30 June 2021, assess how the Union legislation implementing that higher target would need to be amended accordingly.
Amendment 165 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to provide predictability and confidence for all economic actors, including businesses, farmers, workers, investors and consumers, to ensure that the transition towards climate neutrality is irreversible, to ensure gradual reduction over time and to assist in the assessment of the consistency of measures and progress with the climate- neutrality objective, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the CommissionCommission should present a legislative proposal to the Parliament and the Council aiming to set out a trajectory for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the Union by 2050. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and relevant stakeholders, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making37 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 37 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 175 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for the irreversible and gradual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of removals by natural or other sinks in the Union.
Amendment 183 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Regulation sets out a binding objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050 in pursuit of the long-term temperature goal set out in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, and provides a framework for achieving progress in pursuit of the global adaptation goal established in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 195 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Union-wideDomestic emissions and Union- wide removals of greenhouse gases regulated in Union law shall be balanced at the latest by 20540, thus reducing emissions to net zero by that date.
Amendment 202 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall take the necessary measures at Union and national level respectively, to enable the collective and national achievements of the climate- neutrality objective set out in paragraph 1, taking into account the necessity to immediately phase out direct and indirect fossil fuels, to maintain the natural sink of water, agricultural lands and wetlands, the importance of promoting fairness and solidarity among Member States.
Amendment 217 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By September 2020, the Commission shall review the Union’sIn light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), the 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in light of the climate- neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55% emission reductions compared to 1990. Where the Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriateshall correspond to an emission reduction of at least 65% compared to 1990.
Amendment 232 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how the relevant Union legislation implementings aiming to reach the Union’s 2030 target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 50 to 565 % emission reductions compared to 1990 and to achieve the climate-neutrality-objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider taking the necessary measures, including the adoption ofadopt, where appropriate, legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties.
Amendment 254 #
2020/0036(COD)
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9 to supplement this Regulation by settingshall submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council that sets out a trajectory at Union level to achieve the climate-neutrality objectives set out in Article 2(1) until 2050and in Article 2(3) after finalising the assessment procedures defined in Article 2(4). At the latest within six months after each global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall review the trajectory.
Amendment 283 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) competiveness of the Union’s economy, societal transformation, growth and employment;
Amendment 305 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) climate-efficient farming systems;
Amendment 308 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) the need to ensure environmental effectiveness and progression over timesustainability, to reverse biodiversity and progression over time, to restore natural ecosystems;
Amendment 311 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) food security, food affordability and production exposure;
Amendment 317 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
(ga) the need to provide environmental public goods in the fields of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and of the protection and improvement of the environment, including farming, land use and forestry;
Amendment 322 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h
(h) the need to ensure a just and socially fair transition and to avoid disruption between urban and rural areas;
Amendment 348 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall adopt a roadmap for domestic Union-wide emission reductions and removals by natural sinks broken down for each sector of the Union economy which shall include, but not be limited to, agriculture and global food security;
Amendment 349 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Each sectorial roadmap should indicate the earliest date for each sector to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to close to zero, identify obstacles, opportunities, technological solutions and investments needed for that end. Both the Union and the sectorial roadmaps shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 358 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 30 SeptemberJune 20231, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall assess, together with the assessment foreseen under Article 29(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999:
Amendment 364 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the collective progress made by all Member States towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objectives set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 369 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall submit the conclusions of that assessment, together with the State of the Energy Union Report prepared in the respective calendar year in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, to the European Parliament and, to the Council and make them publicly available.
Amendment 373 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 30 SeptemberJune 20231, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall review:
Amendment 378 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the consistency of Union measures with the climate-neutrality objectives set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 386 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Where, based on the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission finds that Union measures are inconsistent with the climate-neutrality objectives set out in Article 2(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, or that the progress towards either the climate-neutrality objectives or on adaptation as referred to in Article 4 is insufficient, it shall take the necessary measures and remedies in accordance with the Treaties, at the same time as the review of the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1).
Amendment 412 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective and national progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, it mayshall issue recommendations to that Member State. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available.
Amendment 417 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the Member State concerned shall take due account of the recommendation and notify, as soon as possible, the Commission of the measures it intends to adopt in a spirit of solidarity between Member States and the Union and between Member States;
Amendment 420 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the Member State concerned shall set out, in its first progress report submitted in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, in the year following the year in which the recommendation was issued, how it has taken due account of the recommendation and the measures adopted. If the Member State concerned decides not to address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, that Member State shall provide the Commission its reasoning;
Amendment 441 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall engage and interact with all parts of society to enable and empower them to take action towards a climate- neutral and climate-resilient society. The Commission shall publish a record of those interactions in the spirit of transparency. The Commission shall facilitate an inclusive and accessible process at all levels, including at national, regional and local level and with social partners, citizens and civil society, for the exchange of best practice and to identify actions to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation. In addition, the Commission may also draw on the multilevel climate and energy dialogues as set up by Member States in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 112 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Therefore, in order to ensure that support can be granted to farmers and other beneficiaries from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in 2021, the Union should continue to grant such support for onetwo more years under the conditions of the existing legal framework, which covers the period 2014 to 2020. The existing legal framework is laid down in particular in Regulations (EU) No 1303/20137 , (EU) No 1305/20138 , (EU) No 1306/20139 , (EU) No 1307/201310, (EU) No 1308/201311, (EU) No 228/201312 and (EU) No 229/201313 of the European Parliament and of the Council. In addition, to facilitate the transition from existing support schemes to the new legal framework which covers the period starting on 1 January 2022, rules should be laid down to regulate how certain support granted on a multiannual basis will be integrated into the new legal framework. __________________ 7Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006. 8 Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487). 9Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549).'. 10Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 637/2008 and (EC) No 73/2009 (See page 608 of this Official JournalCouncil Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608). 11Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 12Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 (OJ L 78, 20.3.2013, p. 23). 13Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 (OJ L 78, 20.3.2013, p. 41).
Amendment 158 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 163 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 208 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For programmes supported by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), Member States that risk, due to the lack of financial resources, not to be able to undertake new legal commitments for one or more measures in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, may extend the period laid down in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 to 31 December 20212.
Amendment 216 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States that decide to make use of the possibility provided in the first subparagraph shall notify the Commission of their decision within 130 days after the entry into force of this Regulation. Where Member States have submitted a set of regional programmes in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, that notification shall also contain information on which of the regional programmes are to be extended and on the corresponding budgetary allocation within the annual breakdown for the year 2021 and 2022 as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
Amendment 224 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 230 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The notification referred to in the second subparagraph shall be without prejudice to the need to submit a request to amend a rural development programme for the years 2021 and 2022 as referred to in Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. Such an amendment shall aim at maintaining at leastguarantee the same overall level of the EAFRD expenditure for the measures referred to in Article 59(6) of that Regulation. The extension of the plan for the measures indicated by the Member State shall be deemed valid from the 30th day after the date of notification to the Commission.
Amendment 234 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The notification referred to in the second subparagraph shall be without prejudice to the need to submit a request to amend a rural development programme for the years 2021 and 2022 as referred to in Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. Such an amendment shall aim at maintaining at least the same overall levelpercentage of the EAFRD expenditure for the measures referred to in Article 59(6) of that Regulation.
Amendment 242 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For Member States that do not decide to make use of the possibility provided in paragraph 1 of this Article, Article [8] of Regulation (EU) …/…[Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027] shall apply to the allocation not used for the years 2021 and 2022 as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
Amendment 248 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States which, during the 2014-2020 period, have not fully used the resources of the EAFRD allocation laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, and where, as at 31 December 2020, those financial resources have not been assigned to any legal commitments in respect of beneficiaries, may carry them over to the 2021-2027 programming period under the corresponding budgetary allocation.
Amendment 249 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. For programmes for which Member States decide to extend the 2014–2020 period in accordance with Article 1(1) of this Regulation, the references to time periods or deadlines in Articles 50(1), 51(1), 57(2), 65(2) and (4), and the first paragraph of Article 76 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 shall be extended for onetwo years.
Amendment 254 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. For Member States that decide to extend the 2014–2020 period in accordance with Article 1(1) of this Regulation, the Partnership Agreement drawn up for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 shall continue to be used as a strategic document by Member States and the Commission with regard to the implementation of support granted by the EAFRD for the year 2021 and 2022.
Amendment 262 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) such expenditure is provided for in the respective rural development programmes for 2021 and 2022;
Amendment 266 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 269 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Payment entitlements allocated to farmers before 1 January 2020 shall be considered legal and regular as from 1 January 2021. The value and amount of those entitlements to be considered legal and regular shall be the valueequal to the value and amount for calendar year 2020 valid on 31 December 2020. This is without prejudice to the relevant articles of Union law concerning the value of payment entitlements for calendar years 2021 onwards, in particular Article 22(5) and 25(12) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.
Amendment 321 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a
For new commitments to be undertaken from 2021 Member States shall determine a shorter period of one to threfive in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual extension of commitments after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, from 2021 the extension shall not go beyond one year. As from 2021, for new commitments directly following a commitment performed in the initial period, Member States shall determine a period of one year in their rural development programmes. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305-20190301)Or. it
Amendment 334 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a
For new commitments to be undertaken from 2021, Member States shall determine a shorter period of one to threfive years in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual extension for the maintenance of organic farming after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, from 2021 the extension shall not go beyond one year. As from 2021, for new commitments concerning maintenance that directly follow the commitment performed in the initial period, Member States shall determine a period of one year in their rural development programmes. Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305-20190301)
Amendment 410 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 43 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(12a) in Article 43 the following paragraph is inserted: “3a. Member States may make aid available to support farmers in their adoption of practices entailing a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The practice of digital farming (precision farming) shall be regarded as an appropriate crop management practice for purposes of equivalence of measures providing for conditionality/greening or as a more virtuous practice compared to equivalent practices providing for ‘greening’. In that case, an additional payment shall be granted to farmers who adopt this practice.” Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307- 20190301&from=EN)
Amendment 442 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 68 – paragraph 1
Article 68 – paragraph 1
(2a) in Article 68, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Planting rights granted to producers in accordance with Article 85h, Article 85i or Article 85k of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 before 31 December 2015 which have not been used by those producers and are still valid by that date may be converted into authorisations under this Chapter as from 1 January 2016. Such conversion shall take place upon a request to be submitted by those producers before 31 December 2015. Member States may decide to allow producers to submit such a request to convert rights into authorisations until 31 December 20207. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-" Or. it 20190101&from=EN)
Amendment 445 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 68 – paragraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 2
(2b) in Article 68, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Authorisations granted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall have the same period of validity as the planting rights referred to in paragraph 1. If these authorisations are not used, they shall expire at the latest by 31 December 2018, or, where a Member State has taken the decision referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, at the latest by 31 December 2023. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-30. Or. it 20190101&from=EN)
Amendment 19 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The system established by Regulation (EC) No 182/2011 has, overall, proven to work well in practice and struck an appropriate institutional balance as regards the roles of the Commission and the other actors involved. That system should therefore continue to function unchanged except for certain targeted amendments concerning specific aspects of procedure at the level of the appeal committee. These amendments are intended to ensure wider political accountability and ownership of politically sensitive implementing acts, in particular taxation, animal health and welfare, food security, environmental protection and climate change, without, however, modifying the legal and institutional responsibilities for implementing acts as organised by Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
Amendment 22 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In a number of specific cases, Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 provides for referral to the appeal committee. In practice, the appeal committee has been seized in cases where no qualified majority, either in favour or against, was attained within the committee in the context of the examination procedure and thus no opinion was delivered. In the majority of cases this happened in relation to genetically modified organisms and genetically modified food and feed, animal health and welfare and plant protection products with regard to which the precautionary principle should be applied.
Amendment 31 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) While the Commission is empowered to decide in such cases, due to the particular sensitivity of the issues at stake, Member States should also fully assume their responsibility in the decision- making process. This, however, is not the case when Member States are not able to reach a qualified majority, due to, amongst others, a significant number of abstentions or non-appearances at the moment of the vote.
Amendment 39 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The voting rules for the appeal committee should be changed in order to reduce the risk of no opinion being delivered and to provide an incentive for Member State representatives to take a clear position. To this end only Member States which are present or represented, and which do not abstain, should be considered as participating Member States for the calculation of the qualified majority. In order to ensure that the voting outcome is representative a vote should only be considered valid if a simple majority of the Member States are participating members of the appeal committee. If the quorum is not reached before expiry of the time-limit for the committee to take a decision, it will be considered that the committee delivered no opinion, as is the case today.
Amendment 46 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Transparency on the composition of the appeal committee and on the votes of Member State representatives at the appeal committee levelwithin it should be increased and, making public the individual Member State representatives' votes should be made public.
Amendment 53 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(1a) In paragraph 4(2), point (a) is amended as follows: ‘(a) that act concerns taxation, financial services, the protection of the health or, welfare and safety of humans, animals orand plants, or and definitive multilateral safeguard measures; or the granting of an authorisation for a product or substance;’ Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32011R0182&from=fr#d1e399-13-1)
Amendment 57 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
"However, only members of the appeal committee who are present or represented at the time of the vote, and do not abstain from voting, shall be considered as participating members of the appeal committee. The majority referred to in Article 5(1) shall be the qualified majority referred to in Article 238(3) (a) TFEU. A vote shall only be considered to be valid if a simple majority of the Member States are participating members."; (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32011R0182&from=fr)Or. it
Amendment 63 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(-a) in paragraph 1, the introductory part is replaced by the following: "1. The Commission shall keep a public register of committee proceedings which shall contain: Or. it (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32011R0182&from=fr#d1e557-13-1)
Amendment 137 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objectives of 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 treatment of operators and 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 Union.
Amendment 139 #
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 952/20135of 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 150 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In the light of the overall policy objective of the Union to support small and medium-sized enterprises, this Regulation should also not apply to tenders submitted by SMEsautonomous SMEs, as defined by Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC, established in the Union and in engaged in substantive business operations entailing a direct and effective link with the economy of at least one Member State.
Amendment 154 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) On the contrary, this Regulation should also apply to tenders where SMEs established in the Union are committed to subcontract more than 10% of the total value of the contract to economic operators originating in a third country.
Amendment 160 #
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 country, the Commission should examine to what degree laws, rules and measures on public procurement and concessions of the country concerned ensure transparency and access in line with international standards in the field of public procurement and preclude any discrimination against Union goods, services and economic operators. In addition, it should examine to what degree individual contracting authorities or contracting entities maintain or adopt discriminatory practices against Union goods, services and economic operators.
Amendment 163 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In view of the fact that the access of third country goods and services to the public procurement market of the Union falls within the scope of the common commercial policy, Member States and their contracting authorities and contracting entities should not be able to restrict the access of third country goods or services to their tendering procedures by any other measure than those, whether the related country is not respecting social and environmental standards and conventions, to their tendering procedures in full respect of measures provided for in this Regulation.
Amendment 169 #
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 the European Parliament or of other 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 .
Amendment 180 #
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 confirmed, the Commission should invite the country concerned to enter into consultations with a view to eliminating any restrictive, discriminating measures or practices and improving the tendering opportunities for Union economic operators, goods and services in respect of public procurement in that country.
Amendment 184 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) It is of the utmost importance that the investigation is carried out in a transparent, coherent and non- discriminatory manner. A report on the main findings of the investigation should therefore be publicly available.
Amendment 186 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) If the consultations with the country concerned do not lead to sufficientthe removal of restrictive measures, along with the effective implementation of international social and environmental standards, having as effect a sufficient and a fair improvements to the tendering opportunities for Union economic operators, goods and services within a reasonable timeframe, the Commission should be able to adoptdecide, where appropriate, price adjustment measure applying to tendersthe exclusion of tenders (IPI measures) submitted by the economic operators originating in that country and/or including goods and services originating in that country.
Amendment 207 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 209 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Price adjustmentIPI measures should not have a negativedirect impact on on-going trade negotiations with the country concerned. Therefore, where a country is engaging in substantive negotiations with the Union concerning market access in the field of public procurement, the Commission may suspend the measures duringafter the conclusion of the negotiations.
Amendment 212 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 220 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Member States are best placed to identify the contracting authorities or contracting entities, or categories of contracting authorities or contracting entities, which should apply the price adjustmentIPI measures. To ensure that an appropriate level of action is taken and that a fair distribution of the burden among Member States is achieved, the Commission should take the final decision, based on a list submitted by each Member State. Where necessary, the Commission may establish a list on its own initiative.
Amendment 226 #
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 adjustmentthe measures limiting access of non-covered goods and services in case there are no Union and/or covered goods or services available which meet the requirements of the contracting authority or contracting entity to safeguard essential public needs, for example in the fields of public health and public safenational security, or where the application of the measure would lead to a disproportionate increase in the price or costs of the contract.
Amendment 230 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In case of misapplication of the 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 Council Directive 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 entities in violation of price adjustmentIPI measures limiting access of non-covered goods and services should be ineffective. _________________ 20Council 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). 21Council 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 234 #
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 adjustmentIPI measure.
Amendment 239 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
Amendment 246 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
It provides for the possibility of applying price adjustment measures tofor the Commission to exclude, by means of implementing acts, certain tenders for contracts for the execution of works or a work, for the supply of goods and/or the provision of services and for concessions, on the basis of the origin of the economic operators, goods or services concerned. .
Amendment 254 #
2012/0060(COD)
3. This Regulation shall apply to the award of contracts for the supply of goods and/or services and to the award of works and services concessions. It shall only apply where the goods or services are procured for governmental purposes. It shall not apply where the goods are purchased with a view to commercial resale or with a view to use in the production of goods for commercial sale. It shall not apply where the services are purchased with a view to commercial resale or with a view to use in the supply of services for commercial sale or in case of pre-commercial procurements.
Amendment 257 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. This Regulation shall apply only with regard to restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures, rules or practices implemented by a third country in respect of purchases of non- covered goods and services. The application of this Regulation shall be without prejudice to any international obligations of the Union.
Amendment 266 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States and their contracting authorities and contracting entities may apply restrictive measures in respect of third country economic operators, goods and services if the country is not respecting international social and environmental standards and conventions. The Commission shall create and update a list of third countries having restrictive measures in their public procurements and concessions listing their adoption and implementation of International social and environmental standards and Conventions for the disposal of Members States and their contracting authorities and contracting entities.
Amendment 289 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement 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 andbreach of international social and environmental standards and conventions and leading to recurrent impairment of access of Union goods, services and/or economic operators to the public procurement or concession market of that country.
Amendment 305 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) 'sub-contracting' means delegating the part execution of a contract by a third party;
Amendment 306 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. 'IPI measure' means a measure adopted by the Commission under the terms of this Regulation, by means of implementing acts, excluding the access of third country economic operators and/or goods and services into the Union procurement market; IPI measure may apply to economic operators and/or goods and services originating in countries not implementing international social and environmental standards and conventions as indicated by the Commission;
Amendment 317 #
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;
Amendment 342 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Tenders submitted by SMEs28 established in the Union and engaged in substantive business operations entailing a direct and effective link with the economy of at least one Member State, shall be exempted from this Regulation. unless they are committed to subcontract more than 10% of the total value of the contract to economic operators originating in a third country adopting or maintaining restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices; _________________ 28As defined in the Commission recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
Amendment 346 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – title
Chapter 3 – title
Investigations, consultations and price adjustmentIPI measures
Amendment 353 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where the Commission considers it to be in the interest of the Union, it may at any time, on its own initiative or upon application of the European Parliament or of relative interested parties or a Member State, initiate an investigation into alleged restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices.
Amendment 371 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. When the Commission has concluded its investigation, it shall make publicly available a report recording its main findings and advise possible actions.
Amendment 378 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where it is found as a result of an investigation that restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices have been adopted or maintained by a third country and the Commission considers it to be in the Union interest, the Commission s hall invite the country in question to enter into consultations. Those consultations shall aim at ensuring that Union economic operators, goods and services can participate in tendering procedures for the award of public procurement or concession contracts in that country on conditions no less favourable than those accorded to national economic operators, goods and services, in conformity with the international social and environmental standards and conventions, of that country and also with a view to ensuring the application of the principles of transparency, fair and equal treatment.
Amendment 379 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 - point ii
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 - point ii
ii) decide, by implementing act, to impose a price adjustment measureexclude tenders from the related countries pursuant to Article 8.
Amendment 381 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 - point a a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 - point a a (new)
(aa) adoption and implementation of satisfactory remedial and/or corrective measures;
Amendment 382 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 - point c
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 - point c
Amendment 383 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The consultations may also be terminated in cases where the restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices are still in place at the time these commitments are undertaken, as long as they include detailed provisions relating to the phasing-out of such measures or practices within a reasonable period of timethree months.
Amendment 391 #
Amendment 395 #
2012/0060(COD)
Tenders more than 50 % of the total value of which is made of goods and/or services originating in a third country, may be subject to a price adjustment measureshall be excluded where the third country concerned adopts or maintains restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices.
Amendment 397 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Tenders made of goods and/or services originating in a third country, may be excluded where the third country concerned does not adopt and implement international social and environmental standards and conventions.
Amendment 399 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 405 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The price adjustment measure shall specify the penalty of up to 20% to be calculated on the price of theIPI measure shall be applied to tenders concerned. It shall also specify any restrictions to the scope of application of the measure, such as those related to:
Amendment 415 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Contracting authorities and contracting entities on the list adopted pursuant to Article 9 shall apply the price adjustmentIPI measure to the following:
Amendment 445 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – title
Article 10 – title
Withdrawal or suspension of price adjustmentIPI measures
Amendment 446 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may decide, by implementing act, to withdraw the price adjustmentIPI measure or suspend its application for a period of time if the country concerned takes satisfactory remedial or corrective actions or undertakes serious commitments to end the measure or practice in question.
Amendment 447 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the remedial or corrective actions taken by the third country concerned are rescinded, suspended or improperly implemented, the Commission may reinstate the application of the price adjustmentIPI measure, at any time, by means of an implementing act.
Amendment 452 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Application of price adjustmentIPI measures
Amendment 453 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Contracting authorities and contracting entities on the list adopted pursuant to Article 9 shall apply price adjustmentIPI measures to the following:
Amendment 458 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 –subparagraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 1 –subparagraph 3
Amendment 459 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. When cContracting authorities and contracting entities shall not conduct a procurement or a concession procedure that is subject to a price adjustment measure they shall include that information in the contract notice they publish pursuant to Article 49 of Directive 2014/24/EU or Article 69 of Directive 2014/25/EU or in the concession notice they publish pursuant to Article 31 of Directive 2014/23/EU. The Commission may adopt implementing acts in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 14(3) adapting the standard forms for contract or concession notices adopted under Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, and 2014/25/EUIPI measure.
Amendment 460 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 462 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Where a price adjustment measure isIPI measures are applied, contracting authorities and contracting entities shall require tenderers to provide information on the origin of the goods and/or services contained in the tender, and on the value of the goods and services originating in the third country concerned as a percentage of the total value of the tender. They shall accept self- declarations from tenderers.
Amendment 469 #
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 decide not to apply the price adjustmentIPI measure with respect to a procurement or a concession procedure if:
Amendment 472 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) there are no alternative Union and/or covered goods or services supplier available which meet the requirements of the contracting authority or contracting entity; or
Amendment 490 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Where a contracting authority or contracting entity intends not to apply a price adjustmentIPI measure , it shall indicate its intention in the contract notice that it publishes pursuant to Article 49 of Directive 2014/24/EU or Article 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 notice.
Amendment 500 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) the ground on which the decision not to apply the price adjustmentIPI measure is based, and a detailed justification for the use of the exception;
Amendment 506 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In the event that a contracting authority or contracting entity conducts a negotiated procedure without prior publication, under Article 2 of Directive 2014/24/EU or under Article 50 of Directive 2014/25/EU and decides not to apply a price adjustmentIPI measure , it shall indicate this in the contract award notice it publishes pursuant to Article 50 of Directive 2014/24/EU or Article 70 of Directive 2014/25/EU or in the concession award notice it publishes pursuant to Article 32 of Directive 2014/23/EU and notify the Commission no later than ten calendar days after the publication of the contract award notice.
Amendment 516 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Contracts concluded with an economic operator in violation of price adjustmentthe IPI measures adopted or reinstated by the Commission pursuant to this Regulation shall be ineffective.