1011 Amendments of Mario BORGHEZIO
Amendment 9 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
Amendment 22 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 23 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
Amendment 40 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that, over the years, Turkey's full integration into the EU has lost support which shows that Turkey's accession to the EU is a political and economic imposition by the EU;
Amendment 84 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concern at the shrinking space for civil society and the promotion of fundamental rights and freedoms; notes that a large number of activists, including human rights defenders, were arrested and demonstrations were recurrently banned during the state of emergency; calls on Turkey to protect the fundamental rights of all minorities, such as LGBTI people;
Amendment 113 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 148 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 170 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, taking all of the above into account and in accordance with the Negotiating Framework, to formally suspend the accession negotiations with Turkey; remains, however, committed to democratic dialogue with Turkey; asks the Commission to use, during the formal suspension of negotiations, all funds available under IPA II and the future IPA III to support, through a dedicated envelope directly managed by the EU, Turkey’s civil society, and to increase opportunities for people-to-people contacts, academic dialogue, access for Turkish students to European universities and media platforms for journalists;
Amendment 180 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that while the EU accession process was at its start a strong motivation for reforms in Turkey, there has beenis a stark regression in the areas of the rule of law and human rights during the last few years; recalls that Parliament repeatedly called for the opening of Chapter 23 on Judiciary and Fundamental Rights and Chapter 24 on Justice, Freedom and Security at a time when the Turkish government had pledged to conduct serious reforms; regrets deeply that the accession instruments could not be used to the fullest extent owing to a continued blockage by the Council;
Amendment 194 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 219 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Despite Turkey being considered a strategic business partner, an important growth market for the EU, and that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States, does not consider it necessary to start the preparatory work for the for the upgrade of the Customs Union;
Amendment 220 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Welcomes the progress made in the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, which supplies Russian gas via Turkey to consumers in EU Member States. Notes the importance of the gas pipeline project for energy security and supply diversity of European energy markets. Expresses serious concern about extra-European actors’ threats and blackmail towards EU Member States in relation to their sovereignty and right to choose their own energy suppliers;
Amendment 221 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Calls for more cooperation and coordination between the EU, its Member States and Turkey in order to benefit from the infrastructure projects as part of the Belt and Road Initiative;
Amendment 228 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 247 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls for the visa requirements for the entry of Turkish citizens into the European Union to be maintained and opposes any liberalisation in this area;
Amendment 258 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls the important role played by Turkey in responding to the migration crisis resulting from the war in Syria; takes the view that Turkey’s population has shown great hospitality by offering shelter to more than 3 million Syrian refugees; calls on the EU and its Member States to keep their promise regarding a large-scale resettlement, and to ensure adequate financial resources for the long-term support of Syrian refugees in Turkey;
Amendment 271 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Welcomes Turkey’s efforts in finding peaceful solutions to end the Syrian civil war; welcomes the declarations by the leaders of Turkey, Russia, Germany and Turkey during the Istanbul Summit of 27 October 2018, which call for a lasting ceasefire in Syria, as well as the establishment of a committee to draft a new constitution for Syria. Further welcomes the fact that Turkey, despite having long backed rebels seeking to over throw President Bashar al-Assad, brokered a deal with Russia in September 2018 to create a demilitarized zone in the North west Idlib region;
Amendment 280 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Expresses serious concern about the interference of Turkey, through its diaspora and especially the networks of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the internal affairs and societies of the EU Member States in a way that threatens the fundamental values of European civilization such as democracy and freedom of expression; calls on the Turkish authorities to respect the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of the EU Member States;
Amendment 312 #
2018/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Requests that the Turkish Government to recognises the Armenian genocide;
Amendment 10 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 13 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 20 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to assist with the economic and political development of Kosovo through a clear European perspective, while Kosovo has shown aspiration on its path towards European integration;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas owing to persistent polarisation among its political parties, Kosovo has demonstrated limited progress on EU-related reforms, which are essential for making further progress in the EU accession process;
Amendment 30 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 46 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the long overdue ratification of the August 2015 Border Demarcation Agreement with Montenegro in March 2018; underlines the significance of this step towards visa liberalisation;
Amendment 69 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the initial progress made in strengthening the track record on the investigation and prosecution of high-level corruption and cases of organised crime; calls for sustained efforts under the obligations of the EU accession process;
Amendment 89 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 96 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 107 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. CommendNotes Kosovo’s efforts in stemming the outflow of foreign fighters and tackling terrorist threats; calls for active regional cooperation in countering potential terrorist activities and disrupting financial flows destined for terrorist financing; urges Kosovo to address online radicalisation and external extremist influences; underlines the importance of terrorism prevention, and of the rehabilitation, education and social reintegration of returned fighters and their families; stresses the need to prevent the radicalisation of prisoners;
Amendment 131 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the enforcement of the human rights framework to be prioritised, and backed by sufficient coordination and funding, especially in the field of gender equality, child and labour protection, social exclusion and discrimination against persons with disabilities and minorities, including LGBTI people; underlines the need to reinforce the Agency for Gender Equality and the National Coordinator for the Protection from Domestic Violence and to strengthen prevention;
Amendment 220 #
2018/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Urges Kosovo to fully harness the potential offered by EU programmes; welcomNotes the signing of the agreement on Kosovo’s participation in the Erasmus+ and Creative Europe programmes;
Amendment 24 #
2018/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note the submission of BiH’s answers to the Commission’s questionnaire; calls on BiH to respond to the follow-up questions in a timely manner in order to contribute to the Commission’s opinion on the application for EU membership;
Amendment 33 #
2018/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the marked slowdown in the pace of reforms due to disagreements between parties and the pre- electoral campaign that started very early; stresses that the declared commitment of the BiH authorities to the European path must be matched by consistent implementation of reforms stemming from the Reform Agenda and translated into concrete results, to the benefit of citizens; regretnotes that, apart from the adoption of the countrywide strategies in the field of the environment and rural development, and of some important reform measures, such as the Law on Excise Duties, no substantial progress has been achieved;
Amendment 41 #
2018/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that no compromise has been reached with regard to changes to the electoral legislation required to implement the Constitutional Court decision in the Ljubić case on the election of the members of the Federation House of Peoples; urges all political leaders to show responsibility and amend swiftly the electoral framework in order to ensure smooth implementation of the results of the elections; stresses that holding credible elections and implementing the results is an essential feature of a well-functioning democracy, as well as a requirement for any country aspiring to join the EU;
Amendment 68 #
2018/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the adoption of further countrywide strategies in areas such as energy, employment and public financial management, which will enable consistent implementation of reforms throughout the country, as well as access to further IPA funding; urges the adoption of a national programme for approximation of the country’s laws with the EU acquis, a legal requirement under the SAA and an indispensable means of preparing for EU accession;
Amendment 81 #
2018/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 93 #
2018/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for more effective measures to combat all forms of discrimination, in particular by adopting country-wide human rights and anti-discrimination strategies; regrets that there was no progress in addressing the ‘two schools under one roof’ issue; urges that decisive action be taken at all levels in order to find systemic solutions that will ensure inclusive and non-discriminatory education for all children; calls for more effective implementation of the legal provisions regarding equality between men and women; urges that progress be made towards ensuring that the rights of persons with disabilities are respected, in particular by swiftly addressing the relevant UN recommendations; acknowledges the steps taken towards the legal protection of LGBTI persons but stresses that more needs to be done in order to prosecute violence and hate crimes against them, as well as to promote their social inclusion; is concerned that lack of coordination between different levels of authority and lack of funding continue to hamper effective protection of minorities and vulnerable groups, in particular Roma people;
Amendment 167 #
2018/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes with concern the increasing number of migrants arriving in BiH lately and the lack of coordination between different government levels in responding to this situation; considers that the issue of migration should not be politicised; welcomes the EU humanitarian aid to address the increasing needs of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the country; believes that cooperation with neighbouring countries and the EU is essential in addressing this common challenge;
Amendment 174 #
2018/2148(INI)
20. AcknowledgNotes that some progress has been made by BiH regarding economic development and competitiveness, but notes that the country is still at an early stage of establishing a functioning market economy; strongly believes that advancing socio-economic reforms should be a high priority up to the elections and beyond;
Amendment 7 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 10 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 14 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 16 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 23 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 30 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 31 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the need to strengthen the Albanian Parliament’s oversight capacities, including in the EU accession process; welcomes the Albanian Parliament’s Code of Conduct that will enhance the integrity and transparency of, and public trust in, the institution; underlines the central role of the Committee on EU Integration and the responsibility of the National Council for European Integration as a forum for consultation on accession preparations;
Amendment 60 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 102 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Commends the climate of tolerance and cooperation among the country’s religious communities; calls on the Albanian authorities to effectively combat hate speech and the exclusion and discrimination of minorities, including LGBTI persons;
Amendment 121 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the need to ensure positive convergence in social standards during the accession process; welcomes the adoption of the Sofia Priority Agenda, in particular its focus on socio-economic development and a focus on youth;
Amendment 170 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 175 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Urges the Albanian authorities to make the most effective use of EU funds in all regions of the country; cCalls on the Commission to ensure strict conditionality of Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA) funds and to assess, as part of its country reports, the effectiveness of IPA support for Albania, especially on the key priorities and relevant projects;
Amendment 176 #
2018/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Takes note of the constructive atmosphere at the 12th meeting of the EU- Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC), held in Tirana on 12-13 February 2018; notes the improved cooperation achieved between majority and opposition representatives in the SAPC; underlines the importance of continued cross-party collaboration on the reform path towards EU accession;
Amendment 70 #
2018/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Serbia to progressively align its foreign and security policy to that of the EU, including its policy on Russia; wWelcomes Serbia’s important contribution and continued participation in international peacekeeping operations;
Amendment 79 #
2018/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Commends Serbia’s constructive approach in managing the effects of the migration and refugee crisis, and the substantial efforts the country has made to provide shelter and humanitarian supplies, primarily with EU support; urges Serbia to progressively align its visa policy with that of the EU;
Amendment 113 #
2018/2146(INI)
10. Stresses that the Serbian parliament still does not exercise effective oversight of the executive, and that the transparency, inclusiveness and quality of the legislative process need to be enhanced; welcomes the declining use of urgent procedures to adopt legislation; stresses, however, that the still- frequent use of urgent procedures undermines parliamentary and public scrutiny; stresses that actions that limit the ability of the Serbian parliament to conduct an effective debate on, and scrutiny of, legislation should be avoided; welcomes the Serbian parliament’s continued efforts to improve transparency through debates on Serbia’s negotiating positions on EU accession chapters, and through exchanges with the core negotiating team and with the National Convention on the European Union; stresses that the role of independent regulatory bodies, including the country’s Ombudsman, needs to be fully acknowledged and supported;
Amendment 129 #
2018/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the presentation of the draft constitutional reform of the country’s judiciary submitted to the Venice Commission for opinion; stresses the importance of fully implementing the recommendations of the Venice Commission; calls for a comprehensive public consultation before the final draft is submitted to the Serbian parliament;
Amendment 142 #
2018/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the legislative and institutional framework for upholding human rights is in place; stresses that consistent and efficient implementation across the whole country is needed; notes that further sustained efforts are necessary to improve the situation of persons belonging to vulnerable groups, including children, persons with disabilities, persons with HIV/AIDS, and LGBTI persons; calls on Serbia to actively pursue investigations, prosecutions and convictions of hate-motivated crimes;
Amendment 187 #
2018/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that Vojvodina’s cultural diversity contributes to Serbia’s identity; stresses that the autonomy of Vojvodina shouldmust be preserved and that the law on Vojvodina’s financing resources shouldmust be adopted without further delay, as provided for in the Constitution;
Amendment 193 #
2018/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 19 #
2018/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas all political parties and state institutions have a duty to contribute to a more inclusive and open political atmosphere, enabling further progress in the EU accession processtability process in the Western Balkans;
Amendment 24 #
2018/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 26 #
2018/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 62 #
2018/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 76 #
2018/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 160 #
2018/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 9 #
2018/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 29 #
2018/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomNotes the efforts made to improve the transparency of public administration and information sharing but would encourage steps towards establishing a more citizen-friendly, professional and de- politicised public administration; calls for improved regulatory impact assessments and inclusive public consultations;
Amendment 36 #
2018/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomNotes the moderate progress made towards increasing the independence, transparency, accountability, professionalism and efficiency of judicial institutions; calls for safeguards against political interference and for a coherent application of codes of ethics and disciplinary measures; welcomes the fact that new judges and prosecutors have been appointed for the first time using the new recruitment system;
Amendment 76 #
2018/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. WelcomNotes the ongoing legislative alignment on fundamental rights; urges that the institutional framework enabling effective rights protection be strengthened, including in the event of ill-treatment by law enforcement, intimidation and physical attack; calls for updates to the law on freedom of religious beliefs;
Amendment 85 #
2018/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Montenegrin authorities to continue to improve the climate of societal inclusion and tolerance and to take effective measures against hate speech, social exclusion and the discrimination of minorities, including LGBTI people;
Amendment 133 #
2018/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 138 #
2018/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 40 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU’s aspirational global leadership has been undermined as a result of the financial crisis, rising Euroscepticism, the proliferation of crises on our doorstep and rising scepticism of European public opinion on the projection of force abroad, which has given rise to a tendency to respond to events rather than to shape them;
Amendment 48 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Western democracies have become more protectionist and inward- looking, and are swinging to the extremes at a time when multilateral cooperation is the only way to respond to global challenges effectively; whereas this power vacuum is being filled by other powers such as China or Russia;
Amendment 69 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the time has come for the European Union to take its destiny into its own hands; tTakes the view that the EU should embrace its role as a fully- fledged, sovereign political power in international relations that helps to resolve conflicts worldwide and shapes global governance;
Amendment 84 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that no single EU Member State can respond effectively to today’s global challenges on its own; believes that, by pulling their weight together within the EU, the Member States can exert an influence on the world stage that they would not otherwise possess; is convinced that 28 Member States together, representing 500 million citizens, have more leverage in international negotiations and in setting international regulations and standards; believes, moreover, that under the protection of the EU, globalisation can represent an opportunity for EU citizens and not a threat;
Amendment 98 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the fact that the Member States all too often prioritise their national interests, regardless of the possible consequences at a European level, thereby undermining the EU’s credibility as a global player; cCalls for a greater division of responsibilities and enhanced coordination between the EU and its Member States; believes that good cooperation among the Member States is essential to safeguard our democracy, our freedom, and our social and environmental standards;
Amendment 119 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
- a commitment to multilateralism, with the support of the UN system and regional organisations at its core;
Amendment 135 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is of the view that Europe’s power lies in its ability to build a community of values and culture that binds together all Europeans;
Amendment 157 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is of the view that, in an international environment that is increasingly conflict-ridden and unstable, only a joint soft power with credible hard power can confront major security challenges, notably the refugee crisis, terrorism, conflicts in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods, proxy wars and hybrid warfare; takes the view that it is necessary to tackle the root causes of instability and of forced and irregular migration, namely poverty, the lack of economic opportunities, armed conflicts, bad governance and climate change;
Amendment 161 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for sufficient financial resources to be made available for the EU’s external action under the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) (2021-2027); takes the view that the growing challenges in the EU’s neighbourhood and beyond call for significantly higher appropriations for external action;
Amendment 198 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Understands that proximity to threats determines policy priorities; calls, nevertheless, on all Member States to respect the principle of solidarity enshrined in the Treaties (Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) and to take the necessary steps to respond to the migration crisis, just as all Member States have responded with solidarity to the challenges posed by a resurgent and assertive Russia;
Amendment 205 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recognises the importance of selective engagement and, where possible, dialogue with Russia so as to ensure accountability and to maintain the possibility of future cooperation on resolving global crises where there is a clear EU interest;
Amendment 218 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights that transatlantic relations are indispensable for the security and prosperity of both sides of the Atlantic; regrets the US’s progressive retreat from the multilateral, rules-based world order, namely its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement;
Amendment 231 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that investing in the stability and prosperity of the Western Balkans also means investing in the security and future of our Union; reiterates the European perspective for the countries in the Western Balkans; highlights that the enlargement process is merit-based and must depend on nothing other than the concrete results achieved by each individual country; reiterates the importance, throughout this process, of the rule of law, reconciliation and good neighbourly relations, security and migration, socio-economic development, transport and energy connectivity and the digital agenda;
Amendment 249 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that a new approach to the EU’s relations with its Eastern neighbours is needed; considers that it is in the shared interest of the EU and Russia to build better relations, subject to compliance with international law; considers it also appropriate to lift the sanctions imposed on Russia, which are achieving nothing aside from an economic crisis hitting exporters and increased instability in foreign policy and defence;
Amendment 271 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for stronger support for the neighbours of our neighbours, in particular in Africa, where close cooperation between European and local small and medium-sized enterprises and support for African countries in building democratic, transparent and effective institutions are needed; considers international cooperation and development policies to be fundamental instruments for achieving such objectives and urges the need for improved, more transparent, more efficient and effective allocation and use of EU funding and for greater synergies with other international organisations; emphasises the need to address the major security threats in the Sahel, Sahara, Lake Chad, Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions with a view to eradicating the terrorist threat posed by IS/Da’esh, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram, or any other affiliated terrorist groups;
Amendment 288 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that, despite their importance, soft power and institution building alone are not sufficient to exert influence in a world where power politics and hard power are increasingly significant; believes that the effectiveness of the EU’s foreign policy will ultimately depend, to a large extent, on the resources and capabilities that support it;
Amendment 328 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 337 #
2018/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 1 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. AcknowledgNotes the increase in commitment appropriations for Heading 4, although notend regrets that most of that increase is due to the larger contribution toward the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRiT); calls for the termination of the proposed 2019 contribution to the FRiT;
Amendment 8 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 17 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. SupportRecognizes the reduction in the amount allocated to Turkey and the reorientation toward civil society; notes with concern the substantial increase for HUMA and IPA; proposes that funding for Turkey is terminated in view of the continuing backsliding on the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 31 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 38 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 51 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for Union supportfunding for the Middle East Peace Process, the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA to be strengthened.ceased to avoid the financing of terrorist groups such as Hamas;
Amendment 57 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes the substantial increase in the 2019 budget for humanitarian aid; stresses that Member States themselves should decide whether humanitarian and/or emergency aid is provided and to which countries; proposes that humanitarian aid is excluded from the 2019 EU budget;
Amendment 79 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to redouble efforts to reform the UNSC in particular, notably though a limitation of the use of the right to veto and a change in the composition of its membership to better reflect today’s world, inter alia through a permanent seat for the European Union;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) to support a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council monitoring more seriously and effectively the abnormal impact of staff costs;
Amendment 122 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i d (new)
(id) to insist that counter-terrorism should become a key element of the UN’s prevention agenda;
Amendment 123 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i e (new)
(ie) to take, at every level, all possible measures to control recruitment and fight terrorist propaganda conducted not only through social media platforms but also through networks of radicalised hate preachers, paying special attention to preaching in mosques and Islamic centres; to support counter-radicalisation and de-radicalisation policies;
Amendment 171 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN to ensure gender analysis as well as gender and human rights mainstreaming in all UN activities; to develop indicators and to implement monitoring tools to measure progress on the participation of women in peace and security building and to ensure accountability;
Amendment 181 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) to strengthen the operational side of EU and UN priorities for conflict prevention, including by ensuring the availability of experienced mediators and mediation advisers, including women envoys and senior officials;
Amendment 217 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s e (new)
(se) to continue to advocate freedom of religion or belief; to call for greater efforts to protect the rights of religious and other minorities; to call for greater protection of religious minorities against persecution and violence; to call for the repeal of laws criminalising blasphemy or apostasy, which serve as a pretext for the persecution of religious minorities and non-believers, in particular when implementing‘ sharia’ law;
Amendment 242 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u c (new)
(uc) to reiterate clearly and firmly that all human rights – and first and foremost freedom of expression – agreed under UN conventions are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and that respect for these rights must be enforced;
Amendment 254 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u k (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u k (new)
(u k) to actively work for UN recognition of the genocide of religious and other minorities committed by ISIL/Daesh, and for referral to the ICC of cases of suspected crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide;
Amendment 271 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to ensure that human rights are put at the core of the Global Compacts; to pay specific attention to migrants in situations of vulnerabilityvulnerable categories, such as children, women at risk, victims of human trafficking or persons with disabilities;
Amendment 284 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) to call for a strengthening of the global response to migration on how to address large movements of refugees and migrants and addressing the challenges and security concerns that arise, such as illegal migration and human trafficking;
Amendment 287 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point y b (new)
(yb) to call on the UN to promote action by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to punish anyone who organises, promotes, finances or engages in the international trafficking of illegal immigrants;
Amendment 300 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 8
Paragraph 1 – subheading 8
Amendment 301 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
Paragraph 1 – point z
Amendment 311 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Amendment 320 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab
Paragraph 1 – point ab
Amendment 105 #
2018/2017(INI)
(ga) to recommend the allocation of more financial and material aid to better equip the Libyan Coast Guard so that it can step up its combating of illegal migrant flows by taking back to Libya illegal migrants who are rescued at sea;
Amendment 121 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) to address the issue of migration in Libya, bearing in mind the need to find long-term, effective and viable solutions, which should include addressing the root causes of migration in Africa and establishing legal channels of migration to Europe; to promote in the international community the need to take appropriate measures to resolve the multifaceted development and security challenges of Libya and the Sahelo- Saharan region, including effective means to counter the trafficking of human beings and smuggling of migrants;
Amendment 135 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) to recommend the blocking of any type of illegal traffic from the coast of north Africa to European coasts, with the aim of reducing to zero the commercial activities of criminal gangs (task entrusted by the EU to the EUNAVFOR Med naval mission back in 2015, but not yet completed);
Amendment 137 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
(jb) to recommend the adoption of assisted refoulements in order to send back to Libya illegal migrants who are rescued at sea, thus discouraging new exoduses from the Sahel and from Asian countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, from where illegal migrants travel to Tripoli on charter flights, and then set out for Italy by sea;
Amendment 138 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
(jc) to commit the UN agencies in Libya to speeding up and promoting returns of illegal migrants present in Libya;
Amendment 160 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to investigate allegations of migrant smuggling and any responsibility on the part of certain NGOs and to intensify efforts to combat this crime and bring the perpetrators to justice; to continue and intensify the work of EUNAVFOR Med in order to prevent the loss of life at sea and to fight against smuggling;
Amendment 181 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of IPA III for the period 2021-2027 shall be remain the same as for IPA II (EUR 14 51 700 000 000 in current prices).
Amendment 218 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The Commission shall submit all the programming documents to the European Parliament in sufficiently good time, i.e. before the start of the programming period. These documents must contain detailed and transparent information about the allocations for each field, broken down by country, and must include the expected results and the arrangements for assistance.
Amendment 243 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The annual appropriations must be authorised by the European Parliament and the Council within the limits of the multiannual financial framework for the period from 2021 to 2027.
Amendment 244 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) The development and implementation of this Regulation shall be the subject of a regular exchange of views in the European Parliament and in the Council.
Amendment 248 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Suspension of assistance Where a beneficiary does not respect the principles of democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms or is in breach of the commitments entered into with the Union, the Commission, after consulting the European Parliament, shall be empowered to suspend pre-accession assistance in whole or in part. In the event of partial suspension, the programmes to which the suspension applies must be indicated. If the assistance is suspended in whole or in part, Annex I shall be amended.
Amendment 259 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall involve the European Parliament, and arrange for its participation, with regard to any issue relating to the planning and implementation of pre-accession assistance measures. The Commission shall submit the mid-term and final evaluation reports to the European Parliament and the Council. These reports shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 299 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The European Parliament shall appoint an observer for any State interested in accession, [who shall] attend the meetings of the IPA Committee and report to the European Parliament.
Amendment 309 #
2018/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027.
Amendment 57 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a robust EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter hybrid threats, including in countering misinformation and disinformation with facts;
Amendment 185 #
2017/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 50 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the EU-US relationship is the fundamental guarantor for global stability and has been the cornerstone of our efforts to ensure peace and stability for our societies since the end of the Second World War, and stronger multilateral economic cooperation and trade; believes that the ‘America first’ policy will harm the interests of both the EU and the US;
Amendment 76 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the diverging views on addressing global issues and regional conflicts that have appeared since the election of President Trump; seeks clarity as to whether the transatlantic relationship, which was defined over decades, stillconsiders that transatlantic relations should continue to hasve the same relevance today; stresses that the values-based overarching framework of our partnership is essential to securing the architecture of the global economy and security;
Amendment 110 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 132 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that both in the EU and the US, our societies are strong because they are built on a plurality of actors, including among others our governments, parliaments, various political institutions, civil society organisations, media and religious groups; highlights that we should foster links across the Atlantic to promote the merits of our transatlantic partnership, including by allocating appropriate funding, at different levels and not only focusing on the East and West Coasts;
Amendment 147 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Insists that the EU and the US should continue playing key constructive roles by jointly addressing regional conflicts and global challenges; recalls the importance of multilateralism in tackling global issues and insists that these should be addressed in the relevant international forums; is therefore concerned that recent decisions of the US – disengagement from key international agreements, disenrollment from international forums and the fomenting of trade tensions – may diverge from these common values and put strain on the relationship;
Amendment 164 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes note that other major world powers, such as Russia and China, have robust political and economic strategies, many of which may go against our values, and it is therefore essential to foster the EU-US partnership, to continue to promote our common values, including compliance with international law, and to set up a joint sanctions policy;
Amendment 204 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU to strengthen and speed up the European Defence Union with a view to creating more synergies in defence spending; insists that more defence cooperation at EU level strengthens the European contribution within the NATO alliance and reinforces our transatlantic bond; supports, therefore, the recent efforts to step up the European defence architecture, including the European Defence Fund and the newly established Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO);
Amendment 250 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that enhanced cooperation regarding the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing is crucial, with particular reference to the financing networks of Islamic terrorist organisations;
Amendment 275 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EU and the US to play a more active and effective role in the resolution of the conflict on Ukraine’s territory and to support all efforts for a lasting peaceful solution which respects the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine;
Amendment 293 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that the EU is determined to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran as a key pillar of the international non- proliferation architecture, with relevance also for the North Korean question, and as a crucial element for the security and stability of the region; reiterates the need to address more critically Iranian activities related to ballistic missiles and regional stability that are separate from the JCPOA, in the relevant formats and forums; stresses that transatlantic cooperation in addressing this issue is key; criticises strongly President Trump's decision to leave the JCPOA unilaterally and to put extraterritorial measures on EU companies which are active in Iran;
Amendment 313 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is concerned about US security and trade policy in East and Southeast Asia, including the political vacuum resulting from its TPP withdrawal, and wWelcomes the active trade policy of the EU in this part of the world, also for sake of political balance;
Amendment 365 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Insists that migration issues should be addressed through cooperation, partnership and protection of human rights, but also by managing migration routes and pursuing a global approach at UN level;
Amendment 379 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 58 #
2017/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 i (new)
Paragraph 9 i (new)
9i. Supports the statement by President Serzh Sargsyan who stated that Turkey has not taken any steps to ratify and implement the Zurich protocols in which the Republic of Armenia expressly requires Turkey to recognize the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 and in Western Armenia and that caused about 1.5 million deaths;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2269(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 j (new)
Paragraph 9 j (new)
9j. Calls on the European Commission and the Council to support Armenia in its legitimate commitment to ensure that Turkey recognizes the Armenian genocide;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 35 #
2017/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 1 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament recommendation to the European Council and the Council on combating the financing of terrorism (2005/2065(INI),
Amendment 24 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas money laundering, through credit institutions acting in collusion or investment in tax havens, helps to fund international terrorist organisations;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the largest source of financing of international terrorism is international drugs and arms trafficking;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas one of the main transit areas for drugs from Colombia is the coast of the Horn of Africa, with links to and through Libya and therefore in areas where there is a strong jihadi presence;
Amendment 29 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas — as reported in November 2013 by the Italian Foreign Minister, Emma Bonino — trafficking in human beings finances criminal organisations with links to Islamic State and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and makes it possible to infiltrate jihadi fighters into Europe;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2203(INI)
I. whereas ISIS/Da’esh is attempting to channel i, according to the Italian Guardia di Finanza, oil imports mconey out of its diminishing territory in Syria and Iraq via oil exports, investment in businesses, illegal fund transfers and compulsory exchanges of foreigntrolled by terrorist organisations may also use as terminals large Italian refineries and whereas tankers from Turkey and Russia are mysteriously disappearing in waters south of Malta, as are small tankers sailing illicitly from Libya whose smuggled crude oil is transhipped into large tankers at sea, after which this load is cuarrency for ISIS/Da’esh currencyied on to various ports; whereas ISIS/Da’esh is laundering the proceeds of its criminal activities by buying businesses and assets of all kinds; whereas these sources could allow ISIS to continue funding future criminal acts after its military defeat;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas, as recalled by the FATF, judicial authorities all over the world are concerned about the use of virtual currencies by terrorist organisations, as there has been an enormous growth in the use of websites linked to them to promote the use of Bitcoins and in contacts between extremists concerning virtual currencies, while a blog linked to Isis has come to light which proposed using Bitcoins to finance extremists;
Amendment 109 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Addresses the following recommendations to the Commission (particularly the European Commissioner for the Security Union, Julian King), the Council and/or the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy:
Amendment 166 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) calls on the Member States to take the legislative measures necessary to guarantee that banks monitor closely debit cards closelyissued to people linked to terrorism or to Islamic extremist circles so as to ensure that they can only be reloaded via bank transfers from accounts held by the cardholder;
Amendment 168 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) calls for the development of systems that automatically monitor transfer operations which are suspect because they involve higher than average amounts or because of their frequency or the particular identity and geographical location of senders and recipients, so as to safeguard the official money transfer system against the real risk of involvement in illicit activities and in particular in financing terrorist activities; calls for new rules on bank transfers to be drawn up, without, however, losing sight of the balance between free movement of capital and identification of suspicious transfers of money;
Amendment 188 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States, in cooperation with Eurojust and Europol, to draw up a list of individuals and entities operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions;
Amendment 201 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring system to ensure thadopt: serious and concrete measures to prevent and control activities at mosques, cultural associations andor similar entities provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to befor fund-raising purposes, including those stated to be for religious or social welfare purposes, in order to confirm that they are genuinely being used for these purposes and to exclude their use for terrorist financing, and recorded them in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees in relation to all transactions made by those sending funds; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;
Amendment 229 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) calls on the Commission to propose the legislation required to preventcompel e-money issuing companies and their intermediaries fromto take measures to prevent the uncontrolled circulation of such money, under cover of complete anonymity, allowing funds to be converted for users who are not fully identified, as can be the case with users of public networks or anonymous browsers; in this respect, exchanging encrypted money for actual money and vice versa must, as a compulsory requirement, be done using an identifiable bank account;
Amendment 241 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 254 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) calls on the Commission to use all or part of funds seized in the context of the fight against international terrorism to pay compensation to the families of victims of terrorist attacks;
Amendment 281 #
2017/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council, the Commission, - and in particular the Commissioner for the Security Union, Julian King - the European External Action Service and the Member States.
Amendment 30 #
2017/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 70 #
2017/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Amendment 83 #
2017/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Amendment 126 #
2017/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
(p) to ensure that the outcomes of the November 2017 Summit also address, where possible, the security threats, including and above all from Islamic terrorism, that affect the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity and political, social and economic development of the partners and of the region as a whole;
Amendment 134 #
2017/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point q
Amendment 180 #
2017/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
Amendment 189 #
2017/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point u
Amendment 224 #
2017/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ad
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ad
(ad) to welcome the Commission proposals to provide the partners withinsist, when it comes to macro- financial assistance while insisting, on strict and effective conditionality attached to the proposals, notably in terms of upholding the rule of law (including an independent judiciary), ensuring good governance (including combating corruption effectively) and defending human rights; to call on the Commission to make systematic provision for this conditionality in future proposals for such assistance; to provide Parliament and the Council with a detailed and transparent written report every six months on the progress made in these three areas for partners already benefiting from such assistance;
Amendment 29 #
2017/2123(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that Islamic terrorist and criminal organisations are proliferating and instability is spreading in the South, as fragile and disintegrating states throw up large ungoverned spaces; stresses that in the East Russia’s war against Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea continue; is deeply concerned that hybrid tactics, including cyberterrorism and information warfare, are destabilising the Eastern Partnership countries and the western Balkans, as well as targeting Western democracies and increasing tensions within them; is concerned that the security environment surrounding the EU will remain highly volatile for years to come;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2123(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose a specific programme for defence research, with a dedicated budget and own rules, under the next MFF; underlines that Member States should make additional resources available to that programme, as requested in Parliament’s resolution of 5 July 2017; renews its previous calls on the Commission to provide for Union participation in defence research and development programmes undertaken by Member States, or jointly with industry where appropriate, as referred to in Articles 185 and 187 TFEU;
Amendment 155 #
Amendment 159 #
2017/2123(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 168 #
2017/2123(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 175 #
2017/2123(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 14 #
2017/2121(INI)
1. Emphasises that Member States must change their mentality from a national to a European perspective, as the most effective solution to protect Europe from increased threats is common EU action; is concerned about the EU’s security architecture, which remains fragile in the face of continued and fresh challenges every day and in which a ‘hybrid peace’ has become an unsatisfactory reality; urges the Member States to take action and fulfil the wishes of those European citizens who have repeatedly stressed that EU foreign and security policy is the most important and most necessary of all EU policies;
Amendment 75 #
2017/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the view that, in an international environment that is increasingly conflict-ridden and unstable, only a joint soft power with credible hard power can confront major security challenges, notably the refugee crisis, terrorism, conflicts in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods, proxy wars and hybrid warfare, and challenging assertive behaviour by Russia and China; takes the view that it is necessary to tackle the root causes of instability and of forced and irregular migration, namely poverty, the lack of economic opportunities, armed conflicts, bad governance and climate change;
Amendment 144 #
2017/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 157 #
2017/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly bBelieves that a new approach to the EU’s relations with its Eastern neighbours is needed; believes that supporting those countries that wish to have closer ties to the EU must be a top priority for EU foreign policy; welcomes the prolongation of sanctions against Russia and continues to see full implementation of the Minsk agreements as the basis for a sustainable political solution to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine; reiterates its commitment to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders; stresses that Russia’s decision of 21 March 2014 to incorporate Crimea into the Russian Federation remains illegal, and deplores the subsequent decision of the Russian authorities to give all inhabitants of Crimea Russian passports;considers that it is in the shared interest of the EU and Russia to build better relations, subject to compliance with international law; considers it also appropriate to lift the sanctions imposed on Russia, which are achieving nothing aside from an economic crisis hitting exporters and increased instability in foreign policy and defence,
Amendment 183 #
2017/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises the importance of selective engagement and, where possible, dialogue with Russia so as to ensure accountability and to maintain the possibility of future cooperation on resolving global crises where there is a clear EU interest;
Amendment 192 #
2017/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates the need for a strategic refocus on the Western Balkans, giving a fresh impetus to EU enlargement policy and strengthening the rule of law and the resilience of state institutions; is convinced that regional reconciliation and integration through the transatlantic institutional architecture is the best means to address the dangers stemming from destabilising foreign interference, organised crime, disinformation and hybrid threats;
Amendment 220 #
2017/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for stronger support for the neighbours of our neighbours, in particular in Africa, where close cooperation between European and local small and medium- sized enterprises and support for African countries in building democratic, transparent and effective institutions are needed; considers international cooperation and development policies to be fundamental instruments for achieving such objectives and urges the need for improved, more transparent, more efficient and effective allocation and use of EU funding and for greater synergies with other international organisations; emphasises the need to address the major security threats in the Sahel, Sahara, Lake Chad, Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions with a view to eradicating the terrorist threat posed by ISIL/Daesh, al- Qaeda and Boko Haram, or any other affiliated terrorist groups;
Amendment 285 #
2017/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the view that Europe’s power lies in its ability to build a community of values and culture that binds together all Europeans; believes in that context that the EU plays a major role as a promoter of democracy and should continue to promote its values outside the EU; highlights that cultural diplomacy should become a substantial part of the EU’s external action and urges the Commission to foster the development of ambitious science diplomacy;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 42 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU’s security environment is increasingly unstable and volatile owing to a large number of longstanding or newly emerging challenges, including violent conflicts, terrorism, organised crime, and unprecedented waves of migration and climate change, which are impossible to address at national level and require regional and global responses;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph a
Paragraph a
(a) to continue to call for the full respect of internationally recognised borders and the territorial integrity of Eastern European and South Caucasus countries, including Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, in light of the violations of international law in these areas; to support and reinvigorate diplomatic efforts for a peaceful settlement of these ongoing and frozen conflicts; to urge the international community to implement fully the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea; to actively increase pressure on Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, in order to resolve the conflict in Ukraine;
Amendment 63 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph b
Paragraph b
(b) to push for stronger multilateral commitments to find sustainable political solutions to current conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Syria, Yemen and Libya; to continue to support UN special envoys’ work, actions and initiativesall for more active and assertive intervention by UN special envoys, aimed at solving these conflicts; to call for continued humanitarian, financial and political assistance from the international community in order to address the humanitarian situation and to work towards the immediate cessation of violence; to support effortreview the hitherto inadequate initiatives deployed by the UN to find a sustainable resolution to the conflict in Syria and to continue to back the EU’s role in the humanitarian field and make the EU’s regional initiative; to support visible and consistent; to support much more effectively the UN peace plan initiative in Yemen and to tackle the ongoing humanitarian crisis as a matter of urgency; to call for stronger support for the UN-backed government in Libya;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph f
Paragraph f
(f) to call on the international community to join efforttake appropriate measures to manage the current political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and to prevent state collapse in the country;
Amendment 84 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph g
Paragraph g
(g) to draw the attention of the UN members, and in particular the members of the Security Council, to the increase in tensions between some countries in the Western Balkans; to urge their leaders to show restraint in their regional policies and for to the situation in the Western Balkans and to urge the EU and the UN to remain fully involved in seeking lasting solutions to bilateral differences, including by acting as mediators when necessary;
Amendment 87 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph h
Paragraph h
(h) to further encourage the UN’s effort to take more targeted and effective measures to bring about peace in Afghanistan and to overcome the fragile security environment in the country;
Amendment 125 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph m
Paragraph m
(m) to support the UN in makinginsist that counter-terrorism should become a key element of ithe UN’s prevention agenda in line with the EU’s engagement in preventive measures to combat terrorism and counter violent extremism; to strengthen joint EU-UN efforts in combating the root causes of terrorism, particularly in countering hybrid threats and developing research and capacity-building in cyber defence; to rely on the existing initiatives set up by local partners to devise, implement, and develop approaches to counter radicalisation and terrorist recruitment;
Amendment 129 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph n
Paragraph n
(n) to step up efforts to clamp down ontake, at every level, all possible measures to control recruitment and fight terrorist propaganda conducted not only through social media platforms but also through networks of radicalised hate preachers; to support actions strengthening the resilience of communities vulnerable to radicalisation, paying special attention to preaching in mosques and Islamic centres; to support counter-radicalisation and de- radicalisation policies in line with the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism; to support an enhanced EU contribution to UN capacity-building initiatives concerning the fight against foreign terrorist fighters and violent extremism;
Amendment 144 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph s
Paragraph s
(s) to call for a strengthening of the global response to migration, by building on the successful UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on how to Aaddress Llarge Mmovements of Rrefugees and Mmigrants of 19 September 2016 and addressing the challenges and security concerns that arise, such as illegal migration and human trafficking;
Amendment 149 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph t
Paragraph t
Amendment 163 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u – point 1 (new)
Paragraph u – point 1 (new)
(1) to call on the UN to promote action by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to punish anyone who organises, promotes, finances or engages in the international trafficking of illegal immigrants;
Amendment 167 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph v
Paragraph v
(v) to reiterate clearly and firmly that all human rights – and first and foremost freedom of expression – agreed under UN conventions are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and that respect for these rights must be enforced;
Amendment 179 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph w
Paragraph w
(w) to continue to advocate freedom of religion or belief; to call for greater efforts to protect the rights of religious and other minorities; to call for greater protection of religious minorities against persecution and violence; to call for the repeal of laws criminalising blasphemy or apostasy, which serve as a pretext for the persecution of religious minorities and non-believers, in particular when implementing ‘sharia’ law; to support the work of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief; to actively work for UN recognition of the genocide of religious and other minorities committed by ISIL/Daesh, and for referral to the ICC of cases of suspected crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide;
Amendment 219 #
Amendment 220 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ab
Paragraph ab
Amendment 241 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ad
Paragraph ad
(ad) to support actively a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council on the basis of a broad consensus; to promote the revitalisation of the work of the General Assembly, and improved coordination and coherence of the action of all UN institutions, which should enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, legitimacy, transparency, accountability, capacity and representativeness of the system, also by monitoring more seriously and effectively the abnormal impact of staff costs;
Amendment 10 #
2017/0328(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RegDeplorets that the European Parliament - and ultimately the representatives of the Union’s citizens - were not fully involved ine fact that the conclusion of the procedure to select the new seat of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which was eventually concluded by was left to chance through the drawing of lots, despite it being such an important decision; decisions in relation to the location of bodies and agencies need, and legally should, be taken under the ordinary legislative procedure, fully respecting the European Parliament's prerogatives, whereby the European Parliament and the Council are equal co- legislators;
Amendment 20 #
2017/0328(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the budgetary authorities and the Commission to ensure that the costs relating to the change in the seat of EMA will be fully covered by the current host countrygeneral budget of the Union;
Amendment 26 #
2017/0328(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the budgetary authorities and the Commission to ensure that theany unexpected additional costs relating to the double transfer of the seat of EMA, first to a temporary location, and then to the Vivaldi Building, will be fully covered by the Dutch government and thus will not adversely affect the general budget of the Union;
Amendment 33 #
2017/0328(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the budgetary authorities and the Commission to ensure that the double transfer will not jeopardise the normal operational needs of EMA, and will guarantee business continuity and EMA’s smooth functioning, without disruption, beyond March 2019;
Amendment 39 #
2017/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the United Kingdom's notification on 29 March 2017 of its intention to leave the Union, pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, the other 27 Member States, meeting on 20 November 2017 in the margins of the General Affairs Council (‘Article 50’), selected Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as the new seat of the European Medicines Agency. However, the Executive Director was subsequently forced to acknowledge1a that the Amsterdam headquarters would not enable the Agency to become fully operational on schedule. The new seat should therefore be located in Milan (Italy), which was initially unsuccessful purely as a result of a random draw but fully satisfies all the logistic requirements
Amendment 48 #
2017/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Article 71a
Article 71a
The Agency shall have its seat in Amsterdam, the NetherlandsMilan, Italy.
Amendment 53 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Currently, Member States are entitled to make access to the occupation of road transport operator subject to requirements additional to those specified in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009. This possibility has not proven to be necessary in order to respond to imperative needs and has led to divergences in respect of such access. It should therefore be abolished.
Amendment 174 #
2017/0123(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation 1071/2009/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 60 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the consideration of BiH’s EU membership application by the Council and looks forward to the Commission’s opinion on the merits of the application for membership; calls on competent BiH authorities at all levels, but in accordance with their respective constitutional remits, to cooperate and coordinate in participating in the Commission’s Opinion process by providing a single set of replies to the Commission’s inquiries;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the agreement on setting upestablishing a coordination mechanism for EUuropean matters; calls on both the state and entities to ensure effective cooperation and communication between all leveltiers of government and with the EU, in order to facilitate the alignment and implementation of the acquis, and to provide satisfactory replies to the Commission’s inquiries throughout the Opinionassessment process; calls for the role and capacities ofon the Directorate for European Integration to be further enhanced with a view to it assuming fully its coordinating functions within the implementation of the SAA and, overall, in the accession processand all bodies in BiH and in entities responsible for integration to play their part in the accession process in accordance with the coordination mechanism;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the Rules of Procedure of the SAPC have still not been adopted and it therefore could annot be properly constituted; calls for the adoption of procedural rules compatible with the constitutional structure of BiH;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 132 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that a high number of constitutional court decisions are not being implemented, including in particular the decision on the RS day, which was contested in the referendum held on 25 September 2016; emphasises that respect for the rule of law and the country’s constitutional framework is of paramount importance for advancing on the EU path;
Amendment 145 #
2016/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes satisfactory cooperation on war crimes cases with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and encourages more regional cooperation with regard to processing war crimes cases; welcomes the fact that the backlog of domestic war crimes cases is being tackledn the country has been overcome and that some further progress was achieved in the successful prosecution of war crimes involving sexual violence; strongly condemns the decision of the RS National Assembly in October 2016 to express appreciation to former leaders of the RS convicted ofcalls on the Prosecutor's Office of BiH to avoid absolutely any ethnic discrimination in the prosecution of suspects for all war crimes; calls, as a matter of urgency, for respect for victims of war crimes and for reconciliation to be promoted;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
Amendment 19 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the statement of the Venice Commission of March 2017, as requested by the Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, which maintains that in Turkey a serious deterioration of the functioning of the democratic institutions is under way and calls for Turkey to be monitored once again;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
Amendment 23 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
Amendment 44 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that 2016 was a difficult year for Turkey’s population as a result of the continuing war in Syria, the high numbers of refugees, and a string of heinous terror attacks, and a violent coup attempt in which 248 people were killed; reiterates its strong condemnation of the coup attempt of 15 July and expresses its solidarity with the people of Turkey; recognises the right and the responsibility of the Turkish government to take action in bringing the perpetrators to justice;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the strategic importance of good EU-Turkey relations for both sides; recognises that both Turkey and the EU have gone through their own internal transformation processes since the accession negotiations were opened in 2004; regrets that the accession instruments have not been used to the fullest extent and that, over the years, Turkey’s full integration into the EU has lost public support on both sides; remains committed to cooperating and maintaining an open dialogue with the Turkish Government, in order to address common challenges; recommends that the Council urgently invite the Turkish Government to a summit to discuss the obvious crisis in EU-Turkey relations that we are faced withat, over the years, Turkey’s full integration into the EU has lost public support on both sides, which proves that Turkey's accession to the EU is only a political and economic imposition, by the EU, above all;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to suspendhalt the accession talks with Turkey if the constitutional package is implemented unchangedonce and for all;
Amendment 158 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns strongly the violations of freedom of expression and the serious infringements of media freedom, including the disproportionate bannings of media sites and social media; notes with concern the closure of around 170 media outlets - including almost all Kurdish-language outlets - and the jailing of more than 150 journalists; recalls that a free and pluralistic press is an essential component of any democracy and urges the Turkish government to release all journalists immediately; condemns the grave fact that an Italian journalist was arrested and detained in isolation for several days without any legal justification;
Amendment 190 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 207 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Endorses the statement of Commissioner Hahn to the effect that Christians and other non-Muslim religious minorities are still facing problems in Turkey and calls on the Commission to intervene;
Amendment 216 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomNotes the deepenserious problems besetting of EU- Turkey relations in key areas of joint interest, such as counter-terrorism, migration, energy, the economy and trade; believes EU-Turkey cooperation in these areas to be an investment in the stability and prosperity of both Turkey and the EU;
Amendment 229 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, andDoes not therefore supports the Commission’s proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Union; reiterates that the EU is Turkey’s main trading partner and that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; considers the involvement of social partners in negotiations as crucial; calls on the Commission to include political benchmarks on human rights and fundamental freedoms in the upgraded Customs Union;
Amendment 254 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 268 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to take into account the latest developments in Turkey when conducting the mid-term review of the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA) funds in 2017, and to suspend all pre-accession funds if Turkey no longer sufficiently complies with the EU’s Copenhagen criteria; calls on the Commission to use those funds to support Turkish civil society and to invest more in people-to-people exchange programmes, such as Erasmus+ for studentsend definitively all pre-accession funding for Turkey;
Amendment 303 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Commends the engagement by the Turkish Government and the hospitality shown by the population in hosting around 3 million refugees; notes the EU- Turkey statement on migration, and urges the Member States to initiate the voluntary resettlement scheme for the most vulnerable refugees in Turkey; calls on the Commission to ensure long-term investment in both refugees and their host communities in Turkey; eEncourages the Turkish Government to grant work permits to all Syrian refugees; calls on Ankara to keep up its patrolling efforts in the Aegean and to implement fully the bilateral readmission agreements signed with Bulgaria and Greece;
Amendment 328 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Condemns strongly the recent statements by President Erdogan repeatedly accusing some EU leaders of ‘Nazi practices’ and warns that the continuation of such unwarranted statements undermines Turkey’s credibility as a political partner; notes with concern the reports of alleged pressurecondemns the pressure being brought to bear on members of the Turkish diaspora living in the Member States, and condemns the Turkish authorities’ surveillance of citizens with dual nationality living abroad; is concerned at the revocation of a large number of passports, leaving people stateless;
Amendment 339 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to condemn and forcefully reject any attempts by President Erdogan to blackmail the Member States, particularly with regard to the problem of immigrants and refugees;
Amendment 373 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges the Turkish Government to acknowledge the Armenian genocide;
Amendment 397 #
2016/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign and Security Policy, and the Member States and the Turkish Government.
Amendment 3 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that voluntary, inclusive and consensus-oriented standardisation processes have been effective; considers it vital to retain voluntary national standards;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the strategic importance of ICT standardisation and calls on the Commission to support an EU and Member State presence in international ICT fora;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the ICT priority areas as the essential technology building blocks on which equally important areas such as eHealth, smart and efficient energy use, intelligent transport systems and advanced manufacturing will rely;
Amendment 54 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission and the Member States to rationalise the number of platforms and coordination mechanisms;
Amendment 81 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of agile standardisation processes, with appropriate involvement of manufacturing industries, SMEs, trade unions and NGOs;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. UrgesCalls for the Joint Initiative to better align research and innovation with standard-setting priorities;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the fact that timelyit is crucial to delivery is crucialmmediately;
Amendment 101 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the CommissionMember States to develop with international partners an agenda for closer cooperation based on specific areas of common interest;
Amendment 124 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the CommissionMember States to ensure the efficient settlement of disputes, to support return on investment and to ensure wide access to standardised technology;
Amendment 128 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. AsksInsists that the Commission to update Parliament regularly on the progress of ICT standardisation.
Amendment 131 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that the Armenian Genocide, in other words the deportation and extermination of Armenians, for the most part a Christian population, perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and 1916, claimed a death toll of millions; points out that in addition to the EU, 29 countries in the world have officially recognised the above events as genocide (Argentina; Armenia; Austria; Belgium; Bolivia; Brazil; Bulgaria; Canada; Chile; Cyprus; the Czech Republic; France; Germany; Greece; Italy; Lithuania; Lebanon; Luxembourg; the Netherlands; Paraguay; Poland; Russia; Syria; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; Uruguay; the Vatican; and Venezuela) and that, furthermore, the US Congress adopted a resolution in March 2010 calling upon President Obama to recognise this tragedy;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Notes that on 12 April 2015, at a centenary mass at St Peter’s basilica, Pope Francis spoke explicitly of genocide in connection with the events, citing a declaration by Pope John Paul II and the Armenian patriarch dating back to 2001, and pointed out that the Armenian Genocide was generally ‘considered the first ... of the 20th century’; notes that the Pope has spoken out against genocide in another way, describing it as one of the many forms of persecution inflicted on Christians;
Amendment 141 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Notes that the Turkish Government remains opposed to formal recognition of the Armenian Genocide and is continuing to question whether genocide ever occurred; also notes that according to the practice of the Turkish courts, the act of mentioning the Armenian Genocide in public, which is considered tantamount to ‘insulting Turkishness’, is punishable by arrest and up to three years’ imprisonment; calls on the Commission and its Vice- President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to take steps without delay to make Turkey recognise the genocide and, for as long as that has not happened, to refrain from proposing the opening of any chapters concerning Turkish accession to the EU;
Amendment 145 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Draws attention to what the Dalai Lama calls the cultural genocide of the Tibetan people, who to this day are still being oppressed by the violations of their human rights, right to life, and right to self-determination being perpetrated by the Chinese Government, which for years has been wiping out every rite, custom, and symbol belonging to Tibetan culture and destroying monasteries, thereby reinforcing the ban on professing religious faith;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas human rights and democracy support policies should be mainstreamed across all other EU policies with an external dimension, such as development, migration, security, counter- terrorism, enlargement and trade;
Amendment 152 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas violence against LGBTI people continues in many places around the world, and discrimination in health care, education, employment and other sectors is widespread, especially in many countries in the Islamic world;
Amendment 178 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 357 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 365 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 373 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 388 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that criminal networks are taking advantage of the lack of safe migration channels, and of the vulnerability of women, girls and children, in order to subject them to trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 413 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 432 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 k (new)
Paragraph 36 k (new)
36k. Points to the need to set up hot spots, in other words identification centres, in North Africa, and especially in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Morocco, and to involve the UN in that process;
Amendment 435 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Highlights the dramatic situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs), especially of the enormous number of IDPs in Iraq and Syria; stresses that programmes on refugees in a region needs to acknowledge and incorporate the potential fate of IDPs as well; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the international community to take steps to improve their situation on the ground;
Amendment 454 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Notes the persistent financing gap with regard to humanitarian aid and the shortcomings in the World Food programme resulting in cutting food; calls on the member states of the United Nations, and on the European Union and its Member States, at a minimum, to honour their financial pledat the failure to monitor, and/or inadequate monitoring of, the use of European financial aid result in food shortages;
Amendment 583 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
Amendment 590 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
Paragraph 65
Amendment 597 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
Amendment 777 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 a (new)
Paragraph 90 a (new)
90a. Notes that terrorist organisations and individual terrorists are making use of the internet for various purposes, not only to damage or compromise the IT systems of a particular country or to conduct all the activities involved in the management and continuing existence of terrorist organisations, such as propaganda, fund-raising, communication, organisation and the recruitment of new members, but also, through the action of hackers, for the purposes of counter-information, destabilisation and/or espionage;
Amendment 778 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 b (new)
Paragraph 90 b (new)
90b. Encourages the EU and its institutions to monitor the situation and use all available means to counter the risk of any action or operation being intercepted by terrorist groups and thereby associated with money-laundering and/or the funding of terrorism;
Amendment 779 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 c (new)
Paragraph 90 c (new)
90c. Deplores the fact that, having adopted a strategy on cyber-security and proposed a directive on intelligence services to enhance security in 2013, the European Union has since failed to fast- track implementation, despite evidence that various internet sites have been hacked;
Amendment 819 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 105
Paragraph 105
Amendment 826 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106
Paragraph 106
Amendment 841 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 108
Paragraph 108
Amendment 4 #
2016/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
— having regard to its resolutions of 21 May 2015 on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy1, of 21 May 2015 on the impact of developments in European defence markets on the security and defence capabilities in Europe2, of 11 June 2015 on the strategic military situation in the Black Sea Basin following the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia3, of 13 April 2016 on the EU in a changing global environment – a more connected, contested and complex world4 , and of 7 June 2016 on Peace Support Operations – EU engagement with the UN and the African Union5, _________________ 1 2 3Texts 4 5Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0213. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0213. 2 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0215. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0215. adopted, P8_TA(2015)0232. 4 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0120. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0120. 5 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0249. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0249.
Amendment 45 #
2016/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that Islamic terrorism has brought guerrilla warfare to European streets; underlines that, consequently, security of the individual has become paramount, eroding the traditional distinction between its external and internal dimensions;
Amendment 105 #
2016/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, equally, that the CSDP should be based on a strong collective defence principle, and efficient financing and full coordination with NATO;
Amendment 155 #
2016/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Observes that, to this effect, cooperation with similar NATO activities and an increased exchange of intelligence and information between the Member States areis indispensable;
Amendment 233 #
2016/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 3 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
Amendment 8 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
Amendment 29 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU is now surrounded by an arc of instability, as large parts of the Middle East and North Africa are engulfed in ethno-religious conflicts and proxy wars and terrorist groups such as ISIS and the Jabhat al-Nusra Front proliferate throughout the region, while an aggressive, revisionist Russia continues to violate its neighbours’ sovereignty and openly challenges the European security order;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these conflicts have direct and serious consequences for the security and well-being of European citizens, as they increasingly spill over into the EU, be it in the form of terrorism, or of massive refugee flows, or disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing our societief migrants often infiltrated by potential terrorists, as has been reported by the European Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Gilles de Kerchove, among others;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls what many seem to have forgotten, namely that the European Union is one of the greatest achievements in European history and that the transformative power of the EU has brought peace, stability and prosperity to its citizens; eEmphasises that the EU remains the largest economic power, the most generous donor of humanitarian and development assistance, and a frontrunner in global diplomacy on issues such as climate change, non-proliferation and human rights;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the current crisis is also an opportunity for the EU if it is used to make the EU work better; recalls that European citizens see an effective common foreign and security policy as a priority area of action for the EU and that this is one of the areas where European cooperation can yield most value added; emphasises, therefore, that Member States must change their mentality since nowadays thinking about foreign policy and security in a narrow minded national perspective is obsolete; is convinced that no single Member State alone is able to tackle any of the challenges we face today; urges Member States to finally show sufficient levels of political will and trust in one another to make it possible to use the tools at hand in a concerted manner in order to pursue our interests and values; reiterates that the EU can only be a strong global player on an equal footing with other major powers if all Member States speak with one voice and act together in the framework of a strong EU foreign policy;
Amendment 121 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the intention of devising an implementation plan on security and defence; underlines that this implementation plan should be complemented by a White Book process, which would specify the level of ambition, tasks, requirements and capability priorities for European defence; calls on the VP/HR, in close cooperation with Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission, to start working on such a White Book as a matter of priority in order to deliver first results in the first semester of 2017;
Amendment 132 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that the Global Strategy should be revised regularly, in synchrony with the electoral cycle and the entry into office of each new Commission, in order to check if its objectives and priorities still fit with the challenges and threats;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 257 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Warsaw Summit Declaration, particularly the Joint Declaration on NATO-EU cooperation; fully supports deepened cooperation between NATO and the EU in the areas of cybersecurity, migration, and the response to hybrid threats; invites the VP/HR to present specific proposals for the follow-up to the Warsaw Joint Declaration by the end of 2016; is convinced that NATO is crucial for the collective security of Europe;
Amendment 272 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that the security of EU Member States is undividable and that in line with Article 42(7) TEU all Member States must enjoy the same level of security; believes it is crucial to strengthen the European security architecture, which is based on the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 and which has been severely damaged by Russia’s illegal military interventions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine;
Amendment 284 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Takes the view that it is time to define a new, more realistic strategy for the EU’s relations with Russia, based on credible deterrence but also on dialogue in areas of common interest; stresses that sanctions have proven to be the most effective means for deterring Russian aggression; recalls that the full implementation of the Minsk agreement is a prerequisite for the suspension of sanctions; insists that the EU shouldbelieves it is in the common interest of the EU and Russia to achieve a better relationship, provided international law is applied; considers imposing furt advisable to revoke ther sanctions in caseagainst Russia continues to violate intwhich have done nothing but exacernbational law; believes it is in the common interest of the EU and Russia to achieve a better relationship, provided international law is appliede the economic crisis in the export sector and cause greater instability in foreign and defence policy;
Amendment 307 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes it is important to engage in dialogue with Russia in order to identify measures aimed at reducing the risk of dangerous misunderstandings and miscalculations; underlines the importance of increased transparency in military activities in order to avoid air and maritime incidents with Russia and the need to develop common standards for the management of possible accidents and incidents;
Amendment 371 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the EU must pay particular attention to improving the living conditions in its neighbourhood, using all available policy tools, including trade, development aid and diplomacy, as well as crisis management capabilities; welcomes in this regard the EU’s new migration partnerships and the External Investment Plan; underlines the need to develop a new approach towards Africa, providing better opportunities for trade, investment and economic growth and supporting African countries in building democratic, transparent and effective institutions; is convinced that the EU should review its development and trade policies to make sure that they contribute to these goals and not to financing corruption and tribal wars; calls on the EU, and in particular the Member States, to significantly increase their financial commitments to the region, including through the Africa Trust Fund and the European Development Fund;
Amendment 401 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the importance of finding a sustainable solution to the conflict in Syria; supports the UN-led efforts to facilitate negotiations between all parties to the Syrian conflict on an inclusive political settlement; calls on the EU to use its leverage over key actors such as the United States, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Russia to ensure that they take a constructive position; emphasises that the use of sanctions should be considered in case some of the actors involved do not deliver on their commitments;
Amendment 419 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recognises Turkey’s role as an important partner in solving the Syrian conflict and the fight against Da’esh; strongly condemns the attempted military coup against the democratically elected government of Turkey; encouragesprovided that it eschews its current ambiguity and attacks on Kurds and that it fights against Da’esh; believes that the Turkish government toshould protect the constitutional order, while underlining the importance of respect for the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in the aftermath of the coup, in cooperation with the Council of Europe;
Amendment 435 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the EU plays a prominent role in the conflict in Syria, and not merely at the humanitarian level;
Amendment 484 #
2016/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Recalls the importance of Europe’s normative power, and calls for the further strengthening of the EU’s cultural and science diplomacy in order to project and promote European strengths and values beyond our borders; also points out the power of economic diplomacy, and in particular sanctions, as a tool for enforcing EU polices;
Amendment 121 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concern the processing, including the acquisition of agricultural technologies and machinery used by farmers, collectively or otherwise, marketing and/or development of agricultural products covered by Annex I to the TFEU or cotton, except fishery products; the output of the production process may be a product not covered by that Annex; where support is provided in the form of financial instruments for the use of beneficiaries, whether individuals or groups, the input may also be a product not covered by Annex I to the TFEU on condition that the investment contributes to one or more of the Union priorities for rural development;
Amendment 128 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 283/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay define upper and lowthe lower threshold and/or the upper thresholds per beneficiary for allowing access to support under points (a)(i) and (a)(iii) of paragraph 1. The lower threshold for support under point (a)(i) of paragraph 1 shall be higher than the upper threshold for support under point (a)(iii) of paragraph 1. Member States which have set such thresholds shall annually notify any changes to the Commission. Support shall be limited to holdings coming under the definition of micro and small enterprises.
Amendment 154 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point i
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point i
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds and income insurance premiums, providing compensation to farmers of all sectors for a severe drop in their income.;
Amendment 160 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point ii
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds and income insurance premiums, providing compensation to farmers of a specific sector for a severe drop in their income.;
Amendment 173 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 174 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c a (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 186 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – Heading
Article 39 – Heading
Article 39 Income stabilisation tool for farmers of all sectorsArticle 39Income stabilisationand insurance tool for farmers of all sectors
Amendment 188 #
2016/0282(COD)
(aa) in Article 39, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Support under point (c) of Article 36(1) shall only be granted where the droploss of income or revenue exceeds 320% of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of point (c) of Article 36(1) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments by the mutual fund to farmers shall compensate for less than 70 80% of the income lostloss incurred in the year the producer becomes eligible to receive this assistance." For the purposes of calculating the real income or revenue loss incurred by each farmer, the indices or indicators used may also relate to revenue, prices, quantities, and costs; indicators may be determined on a regional basis." Or. it (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305- 20150523&qid=1490017184167&from=EN)
Amendment 191 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a b (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
(ab) in Article 39, in paragraph 4, point (b) is replaced by the following: "(b) the amounts paid by the mutual fund as financial compensation to farmers. in the event of loss or in connection with the annual contribution to the fund, In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis. No contribution by public funds shall be made to initial capital stock." (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1305&rid=1)" Or. it
Amendment 195 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 196 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point ba (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point ba (new)
(ba) In Article 39, in paragraph 4, the following point is inserted: "(ba) insurance contracts."
Amendment 199 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39a – Heading
Article 39a – Heading
Article 39a Income stabilisation tool for farmers of a specific sectorArticle 39aIncome stabilisationand insurance tool for farmers of a specific sector
Amendment 206 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 39a – paragraph 1
Article 39a – paragraph 1
1. Support under point (d) of Article 36(1), for insurance contracts and mutual funds, shall only be granted in duly justified cases and where the drop of income exceeds 20 % of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three- year average based on the preceding five- year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of point (d) of Article 36(1) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments by the mutual fund to farmers shall compensatFor the purposes of calculating the real income for less than 70 % of the income lost in the year the producer becomes eligible to receive this assistance. revenue loss incurred by each farmer, the indices or indicators used may also relate to revenue, prices, quantities, and costs; such indices or indicators may be determined on a regional basis.
Amendment 228 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 60 – paragraph 2
Article 60 – paragraph 2
With the exception of general costs as defined in Article 45(2)(c), in respect of investment operations under measures falling within the scope of Article 42 TFEU, only expenditure which has been incurred after an application has been submitted to the competent authority shall be considered eligible. However, Member States may provide in their programme that expenditure which is related to emergency measures due to natural disasters, catastrophic events or adverse climatic events or a significant and sudden change in the socio-economic conditions of the Member State or region, including significant and sudden demographic changes resulting from migration or reception of refugees, and which has been incurred by the beneficiary after the event occurs, is also eligible.
Amendment 257 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
4b. In Article 54(3), in point a, the point i is replaced by the following: "(i) the amount to be recovered from the beneficiary in the context of an individual payment for an aid scheme or support measure, not including interest, does not exceed EUR 10250; or" (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1306&rid=1)Or. en
Amendment 270 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/213
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k – subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k – subparagraph 1a (new)
-1. In Article 4, paragraph 1, point k, a second subparagraph is inserted: “This definition also covers poplars grown on land parcels with a maximum harvest cycle of 15 years;”
Amendment 280 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 9 – paragraph 7
Article 9 – paragraph 7
Amendment 287 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Amendment 312 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
3a. In Article 44, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. Without prejudice to the number of crops required pursuant to paragraph 1, the maximum thresholds set out therein shall not apply to holdings where grasses or other herbaceous forage or land lying fallow or cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year or for a significant part of the crop cycle cover more than 75 % of the arable land. In such cases, the main crop on the remaining arable area shall not cover more than 75 % of that remaining arable land, except where this remaining area is covered by grasses or other herbaceous forage or land lying fallow.” Or. it (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&qid=1490089118167&from=EN)
Amendment 364 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Amendment 377 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Article 52 – paragraph 5
5b. In Article 52, paragraph 5 is deleted
Amendment 386 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EU) N° 1307/2013
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6a. in Article 53, the introductory phrase in paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: “6. Member States may, by 31 AugustMarch 20168, review their decision pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 4 and decide, with effect from 20178: (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307-Or. it 20150603&qid=1490030239392&from=EN)
Amendment 411 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point f
f) crisis prevention and management, including providing coaching to other producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, producer groups or individual producers, actions and activities aimed at diversifying and consolidating markets for exports to third countries;
Amendment 416 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – introductory part
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
b) In paragraph 3, the following point (i) is inserted: e i a):
Amendment 422 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point ia (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point ia (new)
Amendment 434 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 34 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 34 – paragraph 4 – point b
b) actions related to coaching of other producer organisations, producer groups or individual producers from Member States referred to in Article 35(1), or related to actions and activities aimed at diversifying and consolidating export markets in third countries as referred to in Article 33(1)(f).
Amendment 463 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 64 – paragraph 2 – point h
3b. In Article 64, paragraph 2, point h is replaced by the following: “h) areas to be newly planted in the framework of increasing the size of small and medium-sized holdings. wine- producing holdings. Or. it (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308- 20160731&qid=1490028670338&from=EN)
Amendment 470 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Amendment 475 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 64 – paragraph 3a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 3a (new)
3c. In Article 64, the following paragraph is inserted: “3a. Member States may set a ceiling on the surface area for applications for each individual beneficiary.
Amendment 479 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 172 – paragraph 2 –introductory part
Article 172 – paragraph 2 –introductory part
3d. In Article 172, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be subject to the existence of a prior agreement between the parties in the geographical area referred to in point (c) of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. 1151/2012. Such an agreement shall be concluded, after consultation with pig producers in the geographical area, between at least two thirds of the processors of that ham representing at least two thirds of the production of that ham in the geographical area referred to in point (c) of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and, if considered to be appropriate by the Member State, at least two thirds of the pig producers in the geographical area referred to in point (c) of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-Or. it 20160731&qid=1490036316886&from=EN)
Amendment 8 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
– noting that security and defence are matters relating to the national sovereignty of each Member State, it seems vital to operate on the basis of multilateral agreements validated via referendum in each Member State,
Amendment 19 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is resolved to frame a common defence policy leading to a common defence which reinforces its European identity and autonomy in order to promote peace, security and progress in Europe and in the world, noting that this objective can be achieved efficiently with the assistance of the armies of the Member States, some of which are already effectively committed internationally;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Title V of the Treaty on European Union clearly defines the objectives in the area of the CSDP and the mechanisms and framework for their achievement; whereas very limited progress has been achieved in fulfilment of these objectives;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the development of the CSDP requires shared values and common interests, and political will from the Member States, as well as the setting-up of robust institutional cooperation structures; whereas the CSDP should be a common policy and not a mere sum of the national policies of the Member States;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU now has competence to define and implement a common security and defence policy that includes the progressive framing of a common Unionmust not under any circumstances render foreign and defence policy; whe procedureas the Union should use this competence to coordinate and supplement the actions of the Member States, without thereby prejudicing or superseding their competence in defencemore cumbersome, as that would hamper the effectiveness of the Member States concerned;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU now has competence to define and implement a common security and defence policy that includes the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy; whereas the Union should use this competence tocould coordinate and supplement the actions of the Member States, without thereby prejudicing or superseding their competence in defence, with due respect for the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 72 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 84 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Parliament actively supports the European Defence Union and will continue to make appropriate proposals to that end; whereas the interparliamentary conference on the CFSP and CSDP should become the forum for the implementation of effective and regular interparliamentary cooperation on the CSDP and the progressive framing of a common Union defence policyforeign affairs and defence policies are related to issues involving the national sovereignty of each Member State; whereas this is not about forming a ‘pseudo’ army that would have neither the know-how nor the networks required to respond to the challenges of today, let alone those of tomorrow;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 100 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 104 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 111 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the European Parliament represents the European citizens and exercises legislative and budgetary functions as well as political control and consultation functionssubject to the sovereign powers of each Member State;
Amendment 112 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereasemphasising that the European Parliament represents the European citizens and exercises legislative and budgetary functions as well as political control and consultation functions and that it reflects the representative and democratic foundations of the Union;
Amendment 116 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 122 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 124 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the EU Global Strategy should serve as a very clear and valuable strategic framework for the future development of the CSDPmust be developed in full agreement with the Member States that take the lead in the matters concerned;
Amendment 131 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the CSDP, as provided for in the Treaty on European Union (TEU), includes the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy that will lead to a future common defence when the European Council, acting unanimously, so decides; calls on the Member States to commit as a matter of priority to the provisions of the TreaPoints out that the Member States enjoy national sovereignty and that historically there has not been equality among the CSDP, and to ensure tangible progress in the achievement of the objectivm in terms of armed forces asnd defined in those provisionsence;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the CSDP, as provided for in the Treaty on European Union (TEU), includes the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy that will lead to a future common defence when the European Council, acting unanimously, so decides; calls on the Member States to commit as a matter of priority to the provisions of the Treaty on the CSDP, and to ensure tangible progress in the achievement of the objectives as defined in those provisions;
Amendment 141 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 142 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the reform and innovation that the Lisbon Treaty brings to the CSDP does not constitute a sufficient and coherent framework and should set the path for a truly common policy, based on shared resources and capabilities as well as on coordinated planning at Union level; stresses that the progress of the CSDP within the current institutional and legal framework is dependent more on the political will of Member States than on legal considerations, but merely lays down the arrangements for cooperation among the countries concerned;
Amendment 150 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, therefore, on the VP/HR, the Council andPoints out that the Member States tomay, if they wish, use all the possibilities provided for in the Treaty, especially the mechanisms contained in Article 42(6) TEU and Article 46 TEU on Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), and in Article 44 TEU on the implementation of a CSDP task by a group of Member States, in order to achieve a faster, more efficient and more flexible deployment of missions and operations;
Amendment 151 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, therefore, on the VP/HR, the Council and the Member States to use all the possibilities provided for in the Treaty, especially the mechanisms contained in Article 42(6) TEU and, Article 46 TEU on Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), and in Article 44 TEU on the implementation of a CSDP task by a group of Member States, in order to achieve a faster, more efficient and more flexible deployment of missions and operations;
Amendment 158 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 170 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 179 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 183 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 189 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 198 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 203 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 216 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is convinced that the Union’s security and defence will be stronger as we stand united; tTakes the view that the EU needs to develop an effective system for European burden-sharing for its own security and defence, which is not yet the case;
Amendment 218 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is convinced that the Union’s security and defence will be stronger as we stand united behind the Member States with the armed forces and know-how that are needed; takes the view that the EU needs to develop an effective system for European burden-sharing for its own security and defence, which is not yet the case;
Amendment 223 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises thate importance of the security and defence constitute an area where European added value can be easily demonstrated, in terms of economic and efficiency gains, by giving Member States increased and more cost-effective capacity, through greater coherence, coordination and interoperabiof the Member States for increased cooperation as regards coordination and interoperability, but above all as regards helping consolidate solidarity and cohesion within the EU, on condition that this politcy in security and defence, as well as s pursued in a clear manner using terms of contributing to consolidating solidarityhe armed forces of the Member States that have the necessary infrastructure, know-how and cohresipon within the Unionse capabilities;
Amendment 226 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that security and defence constitute an area where European added value can be easily demonstrated, in terms of economic and efficiency gains, by giving Member States increased and more cost-effective capacity, through greater coherence, coordination and interoperability in security and defence, as well as in terms of contributing to consolidating solidarity and cohesion within the Union;
Amendment 238 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the reinforcement of the CSDP in line with the Treaties will not impinge on national sovereignty as this policy is driven by the Member States; is convinced that there is no greater respect for sovereignty than defending the territorial integrity of the European Union through a common defence policy;
Amendment 240 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the reinforcement of the CSDP in line with the Treaties will not impinge on national sovereignty as this policy is driven by the Member States; is convinced that there is no greater respect for their sovereignty than defending the territorial integrity of the European Union through a common defence policy;
Amendment 243 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 250 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the projected increase in national defence expenditure to 2 % of EU GDP; highlights that this would mean extra expenditure of nearly EUR 100 billion on defence by the end of the coming decade; considers that this boost should be used to launch more strategic cooperative programmes within and through the Union, by better structuring the demand and supply sides and making both sides more efficient and more effective;
Amendment 264 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is convinced that the experience gained by Member States' armed forces, in particular France's, and the Union’s investment in defence should ensure that all Member States can participate in a balanced, coherent and synchronised improvement of their military capabilities; considers that this constitutes a strategic opportunity for the Union to improve its security and defence;
Amendment 274 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the continued need for the establishment of a Council format of Member State Defence Ministers, in order to provide sustained political leadership and coordinate the implementation of the CSDP with the armed forces concerned;
Amendment 277 #
Amendment 279 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 285 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 289 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 292 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 295 #
Amendment 296 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 303 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 307 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 324 #
Amendment 325 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 328 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. EncouragesNotes that, under Article 46 TEU, the Member States tocan establish and join PESCO within the Union framework, with a view to sustaining and improving their military capabilities through doctrine and leadership development, personnel development and training, defence material and infrastructure development, and interoperability and certification;
Amendment 338 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 345 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 352 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that the EU Battlegroup system should be brought under PESCO, alongside the creation of a European-level headquarters; considers that other European multinational structures such as the European Air Transport Command, Eurocorps and OCCAR should also be brought under PESCO; considers that the EU’s privileges and immunities should apply to those multinational structures being part of PESCO;
Amendment 358 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 367 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the European Parliament should play a prominent role in the supervision of implementation and in the evaluation of the CSDP; insists that Parliament must be consulted on major decisions in the area of the CSDP, including regarding military missions and strategic defence operation conjunction with the Member State parliaments;
Amendment 376 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls in this regard on the VP/HR to give full effect to Article 36 TEU, by ensuring that the views of Pparliaments' views are duly taken into consideration in the framework of the consultation of Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the CSDP as part of the CFSP; calls for more information to be provided to Parliament on a more regular basis, with a view to strengthening the available parliamentary and political control mechanisms;
Amendment 380 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for reinforced cooperation between the European Parliament and national parliaments, as a crucial element for developing concrete results in the area of the CSDP and for its legitimation; notes that such cooperation should not undermine the implementation of the CSDP and the achievement of its objectives as a Union policy;
Amendment 383 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 386 #
Amendment 388 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 405 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 409 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 414 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Supports the proposal for a Coordinated Annual Review on Defence, in the context of which Member States would coordinate their defence spending and capability plans, in an open process involving both the European Parliament and the national parliaments;
Amendment 419 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 429 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Notes the European Defence Action Plan put forward by the Commission in November 2016; calls in this regard on the Commission to further clarify the governance and financing of the possible European Defence Fund; considers that the effective implementation of that plan requires strong support and political commitment from the Member States and the EU institutions; regrets in this regard that the Commission, the EDA and the Member States have not yet delivered on all the tasks resulting from the European Council meetings on defence of 2013 and 2015can be handled only by the Member States and, more specifically, by the leading Member State in the area;
Amendment 438 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. ConsiderStresses that the adoptionpossible drafting of an EU White Book on Security and Defence should build on the Global Strategy’s Implementation Plan on Security and Defence, in order to drive the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy; stresses that this document should not only reflect the current military capabilities of Member States, but alsoPaper on Security and Defence should analyse the type of cooperation necessary and the means to achieve it, the kind of operations that the EU may conduct, and the required capabilities and funds, while also contributing to coordination and cooperation between NATO and the EU;
Amendment 447 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Underlines the need for deeper discussions on the future relation between the Union and the United Kingdom in CSDP matters, and in particular in the field of military capabilities, should the UK decide towith reference to the UK's triggering of Article 50 TEU; considers that new command arrangements need to be found with regard to the Northwood Operational Headquarters for Operation Atalanta;
Amendment 456 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Considers that the views expressed by the European Parliament through this resolution constitute recommendations to the Council and to the VP/HR as referred to in Article 36 TEU; considers that these recommendations shouldmust be duly taken into consideration by the VP/HR in any proposals for development of the CSDP, and by the Council when adopting such proposals, as a good practice of mutual sincere cooperation among the Union institutions;
Amendment 458 #
2015/2343(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the governments of the Member States, the European Council, the Council, the Commission, and the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Secretary- General of the United Nations, the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the EU agencies in the space, security and defence fields, and the national parliaments.
Amendment 65 #
2015/2324(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. urges the Commission to provide "calls" of specific, directly managed, Programs (eg. HORIZON 2020, LIFE etc..) for each macro-regional strategy, beginning with EUSALP;
Amendment 140 #
2015/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal forPoints out that Tunisia has received a macro-financial assistance of EUR 500 million and calls for a swift, in adopdition byto the Council and ParliamentEUR 300 million previously granted;
Amendment 175 #
2015/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. While it is aware that, because of the terrorist attacks, the crisis and instability situation in Tunisia must be resolved, deplores the action taken by High Representative Federica Mogherini to ease the way for the import into Europe of an additional 70 000 tonnes of Tunisian oil duty-free, at the expense of some Member States (Italy, Spain, Greece and, in part, France)
Amendment 44 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Commends the country's development and growth rate and calls for a rapid increase in cooperation and industrial and commercial trade between the Philippines and the EU;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 10 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point i
Paragraph 2 - point a - point i
i. to ensure the highest level of transparency in the negotiations, in particular by allowing access to documents and by organising a consultation with Pnational parliaments and civil society, including by means of a referendum;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point ii
Paragraph 2 - point a - point ii
ii. to ensure that before considering the removal of barriers, the agreement seeks to create a level playing field in the services sectorand fair competition, and has as its main objective to highlight and maintain the high level of protection of consumers, workers and the environment enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
Amendment 31 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii
iii. to ensure that the TiSA provides reciprocal access, notwithstanding the right of countries to adopt regulations which are duly justified on public policy and strategic grounds;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii a (new)
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii a (new)
iiia. to oppose, therefore, any attempt to establish a mechanism for settling disputes between private investors and states;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point ii
Paragraph 2 - point b - point ii
ii. to maintain the Member States'’ freedom to regulate those services at all levels and to provide, commission and fund public services in compliance with the Treaties;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point i
Paragraph 2 - point c - point i
i. to ensure that an exhaustive positive list of services ready to be placed on the market is presented by the Union in order to protect those services not explicitly referred to from being opened up to competition;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point ii
Paragraph 2 - point c - point ii
ii. to ensure that the negotiations comply with the new directives on public procurement and concessions, on an absolutely reciprocal basis, in particular as regards the definition of public-public cooperation, exclusions and SME access;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iii
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iii
Amendment 96 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point d - point ii
Paragraph 2 - point d - point ii
ii. to maintain the exclusion of audiovisual and cultural services, cultural, energy, transport, education and health services and of all aspects of public services in general;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
having regard to the Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of 22 June 2015,
Amendment 36 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the level of development aid was increased from EUR 750 million in 2007 - -2013 to EUR 1 028 million in 2014- 2020, i.e. by 56 %, and whereas said aid is focused on promoting education, regional security, sustainable management of natural resources, and social and economic development;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the region is becoming the new frontier of the Islamic State;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas on 15 April 2015, the Council of the European Union appointed Peter Burian as the EU Special Representative for Central Asia, and whereas his mandate will expire in April 2016;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the 5 countries are members of the Istanbul Process, established to encourage political cooperation between Afghanistan, its neighbours and regional partners, which aims to implement reinforcement measures to secure the borders and promote the development of Afghanistan;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas the five countries belong to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a defensive alliance signed on 15 May 1992 by six nations belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States, which recently held a summit in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. supports EU engagement in the countries of Central Asia, provided that the differences between and uniqueness of these countries are given due consideration;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. shares the view that a differentiated and conditional approach should be applied in order to achieve better results both bilaterally and regionally; believes that regional programmes, such as those for border management, drugs and trafficking, transport and energyincluding of weapons, transport and energy, corruption, management of water resources, proliferation of Islamic terrorism, authoritarianism, slow progress in democratisation, should be tailor-made so as to target interested parties, and could therefore benefit from participation in them being confined to a limited or flexible number of countries of the region, possibly also including Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia and Azerbaijan;
Amendment 104 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. calls on the European Commission to present a detailed draft budget showing the individual funding allocated to each country, so as to ensure optimum levels of effectiveness and transparency, with a subsequent, detailed financial report to be presented to the European Parliament;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. urges the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice fostering foreign policy coherence and coordination in this region, and to introduce joint programming of aid and projects with Member States in order to achieve a full impact and synergy; welcomes closer involvement and ownership on the part of Member States in terms of implementing the strategy;
Amendment 149 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 164 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. is concerned at the wave of legislation in the region restricting freedom of the media, expression, assembly and association, aimed against civil society funding (the ‘foreign agents laws’), and the LGBTI community (the so-called ‘LGBTI propaganda laws’);
Amendment 175 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. calls on the authorities to make further efforts to protect ethnic and religious minorities and LGBTI persons in Central Asian societies and to end discrimination against them;
Amendment 261 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Regional cooperation, security challenges, Islamic terrorism and border management
Amendment 269 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. recognises that the main threats and challenges identified in the Strategy for Central Asia remain relevant; is, however, acutely aware of the additional external pressures stemming from the current security challenges in Afghanistan, as well as the opaque foreign policy of Russia aimed at reintegration of former Soviet space, triggered by the crisis in Ukraine;
Amendment 273 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. points out that Central Asia is a region affected by both national and international terrorism, and is surrounded by countries that have been deeply unsettled by extremist attacks;
Amendment 283 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. points out that Central Asian governments appear to be the most aware of the imminent threat posed by ISIS, to the extent that they have all increased monitoring and repression of Islamic movements, especially in light of an international situation which risks facilitating the advance of the Jihadists;
Amendment 285 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26 c. expresses concern about the fact that radicalised groups of Islamic extremists pose a serious threat to the countries of Central Asia, and that many citizens of these nations have joined such organisations to fight in the Middle East and in Afghanistan, and could play a crucial role in internal destabilisation of the region on their return;
Amendment 290 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26 d. recalls that according to a recent report from the International Crisis Group, between 2 000 and 4 000 citizens from Central Asia are fighting for ISIS in the Middle East;
Amendment 291 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 e (new)
Paragraph 26 e (new)
26 e. stresses that the authorities in Central Asia have reacted strongly to the expansion of ISIS’ Russian-speaking propaganda channels, blocking access to social networks used by extremists and revoking the citizenship of those who have joined the ranks of ISIS;
Amendment 293 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. is concerned that poverty, population growth, stalled and uneven socio-economic development, poor governance and a weak institutional framework, lack of respect for rule of law; unresolved ethnic issues and lack of prospects, including in terms of employment, for orderly succession in the countries of Central Asia are sources of potential instability, and provide a breeding ground for terrorism, including Islamic fundamentalism;
Amendment 330 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. underlines that the following country- specific paragraphs address only prioritygeneral issues and are therefore not all- encompassing;
Amendment 335 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. emphasises that deeper political and economic relations must be based on shared values and correspond to anmore active and concrete engagement by Kazakhstan on political and democratic reforms, stemming from its international obligations and commitments;
Amendment 338 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. recalls that, by the end of 2015, Kazakhstan will have officially become the 162nd member of the WTO;
Amendment 339 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33 b. points out that Kazakhstan have bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2017 - 2018;
Amendment 340 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 c (new)
Paragraph 33 c (new)
33 c. welcomes the fact that Kazakhstan will host the next International Exposition (Expo) in 2017;
Amendment 341 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 d (new)
Paragraph 33 d (new)
33 d. recalls that Kazakhstan has previously been granted the chairmanship of the OSCE;
Amendment 342 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 e (new)
Paragraph 33 e (new)
33 e. stresses that the President of Kazakhstan recently proposed to President Putin that an international forum entitled ‘Islam against terrorism’ be established, a proposal welcomed by the Russian President;
Amendment 343 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 f (new)
Paragraph 33 f (new)
33 f. welcomes the fact that Kazakhstan has launched the most effective counter- attack against ISIS as part of the country’s new anti-terrorism strategy, namely reforming and modernising the law enforcement agencies undertaking anti-terror operations, as well as involving civil society;
Amendment 344 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 g (new)
Paragraph 33 g (new)
33 g. welcomes the fact that 19 terrorist and extremist organisations have been banned in Kazakhstan;
Amendment 345 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 h (new)
Paragraph 33 h (new)
33 h. stresses that Kazakhstan is not only focused on clamping down on terrorism, but also on effective action to prevent radicalisation and on rehabilitation programs for those who have been involved in terrorist activity;
Amendment 349 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. regrets, in this regard, the increasing deterioration in the fields of freedom of the media, freedom of expression, and freedom of association and assembly;
Amendment 362 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. points out that, as regards the economy, the government and parties in Bishkek are not in agreement, either amongst themselves or with foreign investors, about how to manage the country’s most prized and only significant natural asset: the Kumtor gold mine;
Amendment 370 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. regrets the lack of genuine internal reconciliation in Tajikistan following the civil war of 1992-1997; expresses, in this regard, its deepest concern at the decision not to ban the Islamic Renaissance Party, following a worrying trend aimed at suppressing legitimate political forces and silencing critical voices; calls on the Tajik authorities to adopt the necessary measures to guarantee freedom of expression, pluralism and a free and open political environment;
Amendment 372 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. calls on the Tajik authorities to adopt the necessary measures to guarantee freedom of expression, pluralism and a free and open political environment;
Amendment 375 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36 b. expresses concern at the presence of the Islamic Renaissance Party on the country’s political landscape;
Amendment 376 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 c (new)
Paragraph 36 c (new)
36 c. notes that the next meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) will take place on 27 May 2016 in Tajikistan;
Amendment 379 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. stresses that the main international indexes give Turkmenistan a very low ranking as regards respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and list it among the most authoritarian and repressive countries in the world;
Amendment 381 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. points out that in the annual report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Turkmenistan was named among the countries which ‘have engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom’;
Amendment 382 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37 b. notes that the situation relating to fundamental freedoms is characterised by the systematic persecution of dissidents, journalists and human rights defenders, the constant use of torture and generalised violation of the freedom of expression, association and assembly;
Amendment 383 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 c (new)
Paragraph 37 c (new)
37 c. deplores the fact that Turkmen government officials recently ordered thousands of families living in the Choganly district of the capital city Ashgabat to demolish their homes, which would otherwise be destroyed by the authorities, to make way for the construction of infrastructure for the upcoming Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, to be held in Ashgabat in 2017, and for a redevelopment project that aims to replace old housing with modern apartment blocks; notes that thousands of homes have already been knocked down, and estimates that if the demolition project is completed, a total of 18 000 houses will be destroyed;
Amendment 384 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 d (new)
Paragraph 37 d (new)
37 d. points out that the President of Turkmenistan owns most of the State media, and censorship of news is extensive, especially due to the fact that many websites are blocked and, in some regions, there is no access to the Internet at all;
Amendment 385 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 e (new)
Paragraph 37 e (new)
37 e. supports reinforced controls on shared borders with Afghanistan and military support from Kyrgyzstan to help create a security system in the region to oppose Taliban militants, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and any other terrorist group;
Amendment 386 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 f (new)
Paragraph 37 f (new)
37 f. due to widespread corruption, calls on the European Commission to present a detailed draft budget showing the individual funding allocated to Turkmenistan, to ensure optimum levels of effectiveness and transparency, with a subsequent, detailed financial report to be presented to the European Parliament;
Amendment 396 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. regrets that the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan continues to be a force that could collaborate with ISIS;
Amendment 403 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39 b. notes that only five parties, all of which support the government, are legally recognised, while opposition groups are not permitted to participate in political processes or elections;
Amendment 405 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c (new)
Paragraph 39 c (new)
39 c. regrets that the principal international organisations involved in the protection of human and civil rights consider Uzbekistan to be one of the most authoritarian and repressive countries in the world;
Amendment 406 #
2015/2220(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 d (new)
Paragraph 39 d (new)
39 d. points out that women are not spared from exposure to serious human rights violations such as the system of forced labour, bordering on slavery, organised by the government every year, specifically during the cotton-picking season, where citizens are forced to work in terrible conditions for little or no pay;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that according to 2014 estimates by the Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs there are 1 750 000 child labourers in the country who began work at the age of 12 years old; whereas 55% of children in the workforce, around 962 500 children, have never attended school and whereas 32% work for more than 42 hours per week and more than six hours per day;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Deplores the entry into force on 1°January 2013 of Decree on Religions 92/2012 ND-CP which regulates registration of religious groups and lays down that before representatives of these groups may operate, they have to have practised their faith for some 20 years in complete accord with the government;
Amendment 93 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Notes that the 2013 World Watch List report by the organisation Open Doors ranked Vietnam 18th amongst the countries in which Christianity is most persecuted;
Amendment 105 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 120 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Expresses concern over the employment and economic repercussions the European rice sector could suffer following any liberalisation of imports of Vietnamese rice onto the EU market;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the persistent instability and conflicts in the EU’s neighbourhood have a serious impact on the mass influx of migrants; believes that a genuine response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean will come only from tackling the root causes, namely poverty, instability, wars, persecution, violations of human rights and, natural disasters, human trafficking and organised crime;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that one of the underlying causes of migration that cannot be overlooked is widespread corruption in many third-world countries, which nullifies the effects of EU aid for the populations of those countries;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean and supports the reinforcement of the management of the Union’s external borders; insists, however, on the need for sustained, coordinated search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean to save lives and for an EU policy on asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary protection which fully comply with binding obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and respect the non-refoulement principle;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the adoption of rules laying down stiffer penalties for individuals and organisations directly or indirectly involved in international migrant trafficking;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on international humanitarian organisations to set up, under UN auspices, centres for the reception and identification of asylum seekers in the Mediterranean countries of departure;
Amendment 130 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the UN to conduct a far- reaching spending review and to cut officials' pay, allowances and privileges, so that the money thus saved may be used to provide support to third-world countries;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recommends that the EU’s approach to Turkmenistan strike a balance between the promotion of democracy and the pursuit of EU’s strategic interests; underlines that the ratification of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) will contribute to the achievement of EU objectives in these areas;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends aWelcomes the more ambitious and coherent EU engagement in the country and in Central Asia, as reflected in the current review of the EU Strategy for Central Asia, whilst taking into accountprovided that account is taken of the differences between, and the uniqueness of each of, the countries in the region;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 43 #
2015/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises the timid legal, political, social and economic reforms introduced by the current government since 2012 as an encouraging sign of a renewed climate of openness, most notably with regard to prison reform, laws on internet, public assembly and public association; notes that the state of democracy, the rule of law and the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms remain weak in TurkmenistanNotes that the situation in Turkmenistan in terms of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms leaves much to be desired, given the systematic persecution of dissidents, journalists and human rights activists, the constant use of torture and the generalised infringements of freedom of expression, association and assembly;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that Turkmenistan government officials recently ordered thousands of families living in the Choganly district of Ashgabat, the capital city, to demolish their homes, which will otherwise be demolished by the authorities, make way for the installation of facilities for the forthcoming Asian indoor games and the 2017 martial arts championships and a redevelopment project to replace the old houses with modern apartment blocks; notes that thousands of homes have already been demolished and that the total number destroyed will be 18 000 if the project is completed;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the ratification by Turkmenistan of a number of international treaties on human right, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, forbidding forced evictions;
Amendment 111 #
2015/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes note of some limited improvements regarding freedom of the media, includNotes that the President of Turkmenistan owns most of the state media and that the news is heavily censured, especially as a result of website blocking and, in certaing a new law adopted in 2013reas, the blocking of internet; calls on the Turkmen authorities to fully guarantee freedom of speech, to lift any state controls on print and electronic media and to allow foreign media outlets access to the country and to information;
Amendment 120 #
2015/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes the recent lowering of the membership threshold for registration of religious communities and groups; notes that the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has published its annual report, indicating that Turkmenistan is among the countries in which particularly serious infringements of religious freedom are perpetrated or tolerated;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission, in view of the problem of rampant corruption, to present a detailed estimate of individual appropriations for Turkmenistan to ensure maximum effectiveness and transparency and a subsequent detailed statement to Parliament;
Amendment 173 #
2015/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Advocates measures to strengthen control of its common borders with Afghanistan and military support for Kyrgyzstan, so as to create a security perimeter to protect region from Taliban militants, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) or any other terrorist group;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the fight against terrorism, and therefore also against radicalisation and recruitment, is a priority objective for the European Union;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that, under the Stockholm Programme for the period 2010-2014, the European Council confirmed its counterterrorism strategy, which comprises four main strands – prevent, protect, pursue, respond – and calls for prevention to be enhanced;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that the Stockholm Programme 2010-2014 stresses the importance of action to counter violent extremism, proselytising on the internet and the funding of terrorism, and calls on the Member States to strengthen the operational capacity of the relevant competent authorities and cooperation at local level between public institutions and civil society;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considering that estimates suggest that more than 4 000 western Europeans have already gone to fight in the Middle East;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes the creation of the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network to raise awareness of the problem of radicalisation and to share experiences, knowledge and good practices in order to increase awareness of the problem of radicalisation and improve communication methods to counter terrorist discourse;
Amendment 60 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considering that the European Union has been unable to stem the flow of European recruits to radical Islamic groups in Syria and Iraq, as revealed by the European Union’s head of counterterrorism;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that the number of Europeans ready to join Islamic State militia and other similar extremist organisations has ‘stabilised’ in some EU countries, such as Belgium and the UK, but that the departure of jihadist militants from other Member States, including France and Germany, is continuing unstemmed;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that some foreign fighters are now being approached in prison, while others are being recruited through more elusive channels and using ‘less traditional’ means of identification;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to take action to prevent recruitment and the proselytising of terrorism in prisons because, as the European counterterrorism coordinator has pointed out, putting thousands of fighters returning from Syria in prison would encourage their radicalisation;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Encourages the EU and its institutions to monitor and use all available means to prevent the risk of an action or operation being intercepted by terrorist groups and therefore being connected with money- laundering and/or the funding of terrorism;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Notes that terrorist organisations and individual terrorists are not only making use of the internet for various purposes, either to damage or compromise the IT systems of a particular country or to conduct all the activities involved in the management and continuing existence of terrorist organisations, such as propaganda, fund-raising, communication, organisation and the recruitment of new members, but also, through the action of hackers, for counter-information, destabilisation and/or espionage;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Deplores the fact that, despite having adopted a strategy on cyber-security and proposed a directive on intelligence services to enhance security in 2013, the European Union has failed to fast-track implementation, even though there is evidence that various internet sites have been hacked;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Member States have agreed on the need to develop a European market for defence equipment and services; whereas the European Council has even called for the establishment of an EU-wide security of supply regime; whereas adequate capabilities and supply of equipment and the strategic autonomy of the EU are of crucial importance for the security of the Union and that of its neighbourhood;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the lack of consolidation in European defence markets means that external dependencies in the European defence sector are increasing at a dangerous rate, at a time of multiple and direct threats to European security, in particular from Islamic terrorist organisations, which are unprecedented since the end of the Cold War;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the years of underfunded defence budgets in Europe must be offset by increased cooperation among Member States, including through the articulation of defence budget policies and the coordination of strategic choices concerning the acquisition of military and dual-use equipment; reiterates its call for demand consolidation across the EU, this being the only means of reaching critical mass in order to sustain a competitive and independent EDTIB; stresses that maintaining a strong and autonomous EDTIB is a key element for Europe’s ability to protect its citizens, interests and values, in line with the objectives of the Treaty and to fulfil its responsibilities as a global security provider, as highlighted by the Vice-President of the Commission / High-Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR);
Amendment 76 #
2015/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the need for greater convergence between national defence planning processes and welcomes, in this context, the adoption of the Policy Framework for Systematic and Long-Term Defence Cooperation; finds regrettable, however, its non-binding nature and the fact that it has not introduced a clear and structured process;
Amendment 90 #
2015/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Warns that European defence companies are increasingly compensating for their reduced turnover in Europe through extra-EU exports at the cost of engaging in ruinous competition, transferring sensitive technologies and intellectual property rights to their future competitors and moving production outside the EU, thus compromising Europe’s security of supply and increasing the risks of violating the Common Position on Arms Exports and fostering armed violence and conflict in other regions; believes that exposing the EU to the risk of the EDTIB being dependent on customers in third powers with different strategic interests constitutes a serious strategic mistake;
Amendment 99 #
2015/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 1 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
on the strategic military situation in the Black Sea Basin following the illegal annexreunification of Crimea bywith Russia
Amendment 2 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- in the light of the United Nations charter,
Amendment 5 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 16 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Black Sea Basin is one of the world’s most strategic regions, of key importance both to the EU and its Member States and to Russia, in particular with regard to ensuring their security and defence, and to the EU Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership; whereas all existing protracted conflicts in the Republic of Moldova (Transnistria), Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia) and between Armenia and Azerbaijan (Nagorno- Karabakh) are located in the Black Sea Basin;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Council has strongly condemned the Russian Federation’s annexaincorporation of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation, while the Crimean people, through the decisions of the institutions of Crimea and Sevastopol and will not recognise itits independent Republic, elected democratically and in accordance with Ukrainian legislation, confirmed by the referendum of 16 March 2014, in accordance with the United Nations charter, exercised their right of self- determination; whereas restrictions on trade between the EU and Crimea have been imposed as a consequence;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the Ukrainian Government has in de facto terms acknowledged this incorporation by not breaking off its diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation, by voluntarily evacuating its armed forces from this territory, by establishing a migratory and customs border with Crimea and by maintaining its economic and financial relations, including in the defence sector, with Russia;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas NATO has condemned the Russian Federation’s military escalation in Crimea, its illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea and its continued and deliberate destabilisation ofis the cause of the military escalation with the Russian Federation in Crimea, through destabilisation operations led by the United States of America, in particular through its private military companies, in eastern Ukraine in violation of international law;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the military balance in the Black Sea Basin has shifted following the illegal annexation of Crimea, with Russia now unlawfully controllingNATO's Sea Breeze manoeuvres in the territory of Crimea from 2004 to 2010, which were perceived by the local population, the local Crimean institutions and Russia as real provocations; whereas Russia now provides security for the hundreds of kilometres of the Crimean coastline and the adjacent waters facing NATO and EU maritime borders; whereas Russia has fuelled aggressive actions on Ukrainian territory;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas prior to the illegal annexationreunification of Crimea with Russia, Russian land and air forces in Crimea were minimalsubstantial (as many as 25 000 troops) and concerned mainly with the defence of Sevastopol – main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet – and two adjacent naval bases; whereas through a military build-up in Crimea and in the Black Sea Basin following the annexation, Russia has moved to create an of defensive joint striking force comprising the navy and land and air forces;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Russia has acceleratplanned the expansion and modernisation of theits Black Sea Fleet following the annexreunification; whereas the Black Sea Fleet modernisation plan is one of the most ambitious parts of the Russian State Arms Procurement programme for 2011-2020; whereas in December 2014 the Russian Government approved a new military doctrine which considers NATO as a main security threat to Russia; whereas this document was signed following the decisions of the NATO summits in Chicago and Newport, where it was resolved, in particular, to create an anti-missile barrier covering the whole of the European part of Russia and following resolutions S 2277 and H.S. 758, adopted in July and December 2014 by the United States Congress, which depict Russia as an ‘aggressor country’ which had invaded Ukraine, and which call for preparation for a war against Russia, proposing the militarisation of Eastern Europe and of the Baltic States;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Turkey is a NATO ally, a naval power, an active regional foreign policy player and a key partner for the EU, not least in matters concerning energy and border security; whereas it has illegally occupied northern Cyprus since 1974; whereas Turkey’'s strategic locsituation is also of high relevance to the other major thenables the countries of NATO and the EU to overlook this serious breach of international order relat facing both NATO and the EU, the self-proclaimed Daesh (Islamic State)ing to a Member State of the European Union;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU, NATO and the US have condemned the ‘treaty’ signed in November 2014 between Russia and the sReparatist authorities inublic of Abkhazia and have reaffirmed their support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas since the occupation by Russian forces,for 23 years Crimea hwas been, under Ukrainian sovereignty, the scene of human rights abuses, affecting in particular Crimean Tatarin particular in the field of linguistic rights, of which both the Tatars and the 101 ethnic groups comprising the people of Crimea were victims;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Firmly supports the non-recognition of Russia’s annexfree determination of the people of Crimea; reiterates its commitment to the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine and to the non- violability of borders; fully supportsdoes not accept the European Council’s conclusions that the EU will not recognise the illegal annexation offact that Crimea and Sevastopol belong to the Russian Federation;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the annexation of Crimea has precipitated a significant change in the strategic landscape of the Black Sea Basin and the adjacent arethat the new status of Crimea has seen the strategic landscape of the Black Sea Basin and the adjacent area find a position of balance between Russian power, Turkish power and the presence of the United States of America; warns that by occupycontrolling the entire peninsula, Russia has gained a very important launching pad facing both west (Transnistria and the Danube Mouths), the Balkans and south (the Eastern Mediterranean), where it has establishehad a permanent naval task force, and that the illegal annexation of since 1783 and the creation of the Russian Black Sea Fleet; notes that Crimea offers Russia a ‘southern Kaliningrad’, another outpost directly bordering on NATO, this time at sea. Notes that this new situation is the result of NATO's offensive policy in the region, inaugurated by the illegal bombings against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the change in the strategic landscape, and the evolving military situation in the Black Sea Basin, are indicative of broader, systemic challenges to European security; believes that the EU and the Member States must have a security response to these challenges, engage in negotiation with Russia and the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation on the subject of a new European security architecture, as was proposed by the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in 2008, and engage in negotiation in relation to a free trade area between the Eurasian Economic Union, Ukraine and the European Union, as Vladimir Putin proposed in his article in Izvestia of 3 October 2011, a plan which the Commission rejected out of hand;
Amendment 107 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is deeply concerned aboutNotes the current defensive and offensive military build-up of Russia in the Black Sea, and the planned expansion and modernisation of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, involving the addition of six new modern diesel submarines of the Rostov-on-Don type and six new frigates of the Admiral Grigorovich type; notes that the positioning of ofdefensive air force assets, and the upgrading of Crimean military infrastructures, will enhance Russia’s offensive military posture and its ability to project power beyond its territory;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that Russia has considerably bolstered its air and naval defences in the Black Sea Basin, deploying new naval defence (anti-ship) missiles (with a range of 600 km, able to reach the Bosphorus) and ensuring that Russian fighter planes control about three quarters of the Black Sea Basin airspace (by practically tripling the number of airports in Crimea); notes, in this regard, that Russia has bolstered its capabilities in both strategic and tactical terms: strategically, long-range bombers, capable of carrying cruise missiles, and reconnaissance aviation operating close to the western shores of the Black Sea, can penetrate deep into Central Europe; tactically, two naval infantry brigades – potentially supported by Mistral-type helicopter carriers – pose a significant potential landing threat;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that potential Russian deployment of dual-capable weapon systems in Crimea place in doubt Russia’s good intentions when it comes to achieving progress on the multilateral nuclear disarmament agenda in the forthcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty review, undermining the efforts already made in that direction, this policy being merely the result of the United States of America's exit from the ABM Treaty and the deployment in Europe of NATO's anti-missile shield, directed against Russia;
Amendment 127 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regards the recent close overflights by Russian fighter aircrafts of NATO warships and exploration platforms in the Black Sea as a clear indication of a more aggressive Russian posture in the Black Sea Basin and warns of a heightened risk of escalation;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is deeply concerned by the extremely serious situation in eastern Ukraine – where war is leading to the destabilisation of Ukraine and, caused by a failure to comply with the agreements of 21 February 2014 signed by the heads of the then opposition parties, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Poland, by the bregion as a whole – including the apparent move to establish a land corridor linking Russian territory with Crimea through separatist-controlled territory alongach by the Rada of Articles 108, 110, 112 and 126 of the Ukrainian Constitution in its decisions of 22 February 2015 (overthrow of President Yanokovich) and of 24 February 2015 (overthrow of the judges of the Constitutional Court), and by the refusal, in March and April 2014, by the Kiev Government, to negotiate a suitable status for the political, economic, social and cultural features of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, led to the wdestern shore of the Azov Sea (Mariupol)abilisation of the country and the entire region;
Amendment 144 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. CondemnEndorses the fact that Russia is providing direct and indirect support to the separatist actions, thereby facilitating the continuation of war;local populations, in particular through the acceptance of 1 200 000 refugees in its concerned by the reports of war crimes committed in the region controlled by Russia-backed separatists; urges Russiterritory and the despatch of 14 humanitarian convoys to the conflict zone; urges Russia and the United States of America to use itstheir influence to halt the hostilities;
Amendment 149 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Condemns the direct support provided by the Ukrainian Government and by the regional authorities of Dnipropetrovsk to the armed militias, consisting of openly nationalistic and extremist militants called the special ‘Donbas’ battalion, the special ‘Aidar’ battalion, the special ‘Sytch’ battalion, the special ‘Azov’ regiment, the special ‘Dnipro-1’ battalion, the special ‘Dnipro-2’ battalion, the ‘Pravy Sektor’ Ukrainian volunteer corps and 40 other bands of this type; condemns the repeated breaches of human rights and the war crimes committed by these armed bands against the civilians of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, and in particular those highlighted in Report EUR 50/040/2014 of 8 September 2014 by the NGO Amnesty International; demands that the Ukrainian Government dissolve and disarm these armed bands which have no place in a democracy, where only the police and armed forces legally established and controlled by the civil power can legally bear arms, make arrests and undertake police operations;
Amendment 151 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Urges the Commission and the IMF to block the financial aid given to Ukraine, since it is being used to finance the war conducted by this country against the populations of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, a war which is falsely called an ‘antiterrorist operation’;
Amendment 156 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the relationship with Russia, being a major actor in the international system, should be cooperative rather than conflictual in the long run; is of the view, however, that in the short and medium term, owing to a lack of trust following Russia’s latest actions, any resumption of cooperation should continue to rely, firstly, on the strong strategic reassurance offered by NATO to its eastern members and, secondly, on the fact that there can be no political solution based on accepting the illegal annexation of Crimeaany resumption of cooperation should continue to rely on NATO's withdrawal from eastern Europe;
Amendment 164 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses hope that the Minsk ceasefire agreement reached on 12 February 2015 will hold and thereby provide the time for a negotiated political solution with the de facto authorities of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions in the political and economic context given by the Minsk agreements;
Amendment 172 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that, in the event that Russia does not honour the Minsk ceasefire agreement, and continues the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea, the sanction regime should be continued and even strengthen Russia will honour this agreement, as shown by the OSCE observer mission's reports, which noted the withdrawal of the heavy weapons by the insurgents, together with a general cessation of hostilities, except for a few very localised incidents; the sanction regime must consequently be lifted;
Amendment 184 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the implementation of the EU energy policy aimed at promotingcontribution of Russia to energy security for all Member States; urges the Member States to take the steps needed to ensure the security of oil and gas exploitation and transportation activities in the Black Sea region, particularly by negotiating the restart of the ‘South Stream’ project;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned that the benefits of oil and gas exploitation and transportation in the Black Sea are increasingly dependent on the level of militarisation triggered by the illegal annexAmerican provocation ofs in Crimea by Russia and the subsequentagainst Russia, leading to a build-up of its capabilities in the area;
Amendment 201 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Ccalls on Russia to continue to respect the rights of the local population in Crimea, especially the native Crimean Tatars, thousands of whom have left their homeland for fear of persecution and have sought refuge iGreeks, Armenians and Germans, of whom the Russian Government has recognised, by Presidential Decree No 268 of 21 April 2014, the status of unjustly oppressed people and has consequently taken measures for their total rehabilitation, together with compensation measures which the Ukrainian Government had until now never implemented; is very content that the Crimean Tatars have had their language recognised as an official language of the Crimean Republic by Article 10 of the Constitution of ther regions in Ukraine Crimean Republic of 11 April 2014, which gives it a status of official language in this territory pursuant to Article 68 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation;
Amendment 210 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Ukrainian Government to use all means at its disposal to investigate and prosecute war crimes committed on its territory, specifically the massacres committed by the pro-government militants in Odessa on 2 May 2014, and by the members of the special ‘Azov’ Battalion in Mariupol on 9 May 2014;
Amendment 218 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Ukrainian Government to cease the attacks on freedom of expression, and the pressures against the independent press, particularly against the newspaper ‘Vesti’, which was the subject of two vexatious searches in May and September 2014, and two attacks on its premises in July 2014; calls for the lifting of the administrative sanctions adopted by the Ukrainian State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting against the ‘Inter’ and ‘112’ television channels and against the ‘Vesti’ radio channel, together with the prohibition of broadcasting of the television channel of the CIS, ‘Mir’, and of 15 Russian television channels in Ukrainian territory in July 2014;
Amendment 232 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the critical importance ofat coordinating with NATO and the United States is counter- productive as the Black Sea Basin is a key component of Euro-Atlantic security; welcomes the commitment of NATO to support regional efforts of Black Sea littoral states aimed at ensuring security and stabilpean and Eurasian security; calls on the OSCE to enlarge the scope of its efforts related to Black Sea security;
Amendment 239 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 248 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that NATO should preserve it’s general naval and air superiority in the Black Sea Basin and maintain its capacity to monitor the areby its nature exacerbates tensions with Russia;
Amendment 104 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the main terrorist threats originate from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; whereas the province of Xinjiang, which lies on the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan, is viewed as a high-risk area, as it is home to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), and whereas, were ISIS to provide ETIM with support, the situation could become extremely dangerous; whereas large numbers of Turkish nationals involved in the trafficking of false passports used to gain access to ISIS-occupied areas have been arrested in the province;
Amendment 107 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas some 300 Chinese nationals have travelled through Malaysia to join up with ISIS forces, and whereas it is to be deplored that China has not yet designated ISIS as a terrorist organisation;
Amendment 204 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, in connection with online sales that according to an OHIM-Europol study China is the country of origin of more than 73% of all goods seized;
Amendment 205 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
16b. Urges, in connection with trade-mark and industrial-design piracy, the use of the Enforcement Database (EDB) in support of authorities with responsibility for the identification of counterfeit products, with a view to safeguarding the intellectual property rights of businesses;
Amendment 327 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that the Chinese Mafia now has an international presence, in the form of the so-called Triads in Chinese communities in Europe, America and Australia, which oversee clandestine emigration from China by supplying forged documents or using ones belonging to Chinese nationals who have emigrated and whose deaths abroad have been concealed;
Amendment 331 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Highlights China’s strategy in the field of IT, which consists of setting up teams of experts not only to defend against cyberattacks, but also to carry these out;
Amendment 345 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points to the presence in the United States of the Tongs, which take the form of legal organisations but which harbour criminal elements that run drug, prostitution and gambling rackets, and traffick adolescents and organs for transplantation;
Amendment 379 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Draws Beijing’s attention to the indispensable role of the US and the EU with regard to China’s modernisation goals, given its support for Putin against the West;
Amendment 397 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that a strong contradiction exists between the official Chinese aspiration to the universality of human rights and the worsening human rights situation; emphasises the Commission’s concern at the systematic arrest by Chinese security forces of several lawyers and human rights defenders and stresses that the Chinese authorities should abide by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and respect the rights of all citizens, which are enshrined in the Chinese Constitution itself;
Amendment 426 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Regrets that in Zhejiang, which has a Christian community that makes up 15% of the local population of 9 million people, many churches have been stripped of their crosses because the Chinese authorities claim that they breach planning rules and are even preparing a draft act under which crosses in Catholic and Protestant churches must be resized, covered up and in some cases not installed;
Amendment 438 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Protests against the marginalisation of Tibetan culture by the CPC and urges the Chinese authorities to respect the freedom of expression, association and religion of the Tibetan people; deplores the continuing repression of the Tibetan people and views this policy as clearly tending towards their cultural genocide;
Amendment 449 #
2015/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the European Union to appoint an ad hoc special envoy for Tibet, with the aim of safeguarding the human rights of the Tibetan people;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the neighbourhood is currently in a state of flux and is less stable and less secure than when the ENP was launched; of the sixteen countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in Eastern Europe and Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia in the Middle East and North Africa) 11 are currently affected by conflicts; the ENP should also take account of the fact that these countries have the structures and services necessary to manage such conflict situations;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas developments in the region since 2004, but in particular in the last few years, have shown the ENP to be unable to respond adequately and promptly to the rapidly changing and challenging circumstances; or to the conflicts in which some of them are currently involved;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Commission has tried to reshape the ENP so as to address its flaws, in particular after the Arab Spring; whereas this was reflected in the new financing instrument for the ENP for 2014-2020 – the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI), amounting to € 15,4 billion;
Amendment 77 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the resources available to the EU for its action as a ‘global player’ until 2020 within the multiannual financial framework only amount to 6 % of the total budget and cover all related programmes, including development and cooperation assistance;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 120 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. . Believes in the continued value of its initially stated objective of creating an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, based on the founding values and principles of the Union, through a deep structural transformation in the neighbouringwhile guaranteeing the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality for each individual countriesy; stresses therefore the need to go back to basics and bring this objective back to the top of the agenda;
Amendment 209 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 227 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU to improve its coordination with other donors and international financial institutions and calls for joint programming with its Member States; considers that better coordination with the Member States is necessary in order to achieve a common approach to the short- and medium-term goals of the EU’s cooperation with neighbouring countries;
Amendment 276 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to focus on sectorstrategic sectors for all ENP countries, identified together with its partners, in which progress and universal added value can be achieved, and to gradually expand cooperation based on progress and ambitions;
Amendment 288 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that enlargement and neighbourhood policies are separate policies with different objectives; reiterates, however, that Europepoints out that, in any countries within the ENP can apply for membership if they satisfy the criteria and conditions of admission under Article 49 TEUase, the Commission announced in July 2014 that no further EU accessions were being envisaged for the next five years;
Amendment 375 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need to implement conditionality in relation to reform processes; emphasises that the EU cannot compromise its fundamental values and should, which must avoid creating double standards; stresses that countries that are making progress in implementing reforms and following European policy should be granted more substantial support;
Amendment 405 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that security and stability are basic concerns in the neighbourhood and that current developments in the region call for a strong security component in the ENP, which has regrettably been missing to date;
Amendment 539 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the EU to take advantage of the expertise of the regional organisations to which the neighbours belong, such as the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the African Union and the League of Arab States, which are important fora in which to engage partners in carrying out reforms, to address concerns on human rights and to foster democratisation;
Amendment 547 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the EU to explore and identify, together with its partners, priorities for integration in different policy fields, such as economic development, infrastructure and regional development, the environment, competition policies, SMEs, illegal immigration, security, combating terrorism, organised crime and trafficking in human beings, energy and energy efficiency, with the aim of creating an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, meanwhile however guaranteeing the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality for the benefit of every single country;
Amendment 567 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the importance of free movement of people, and supports enhancing visa facilitation and visa liberalisCalls, in the field of visa facilitation within the neighbourhood, particularly for students, athletes, young people and researchers; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to further enhance mobilit, for careful control over the issuing of visas, whether they partnerships within the neighbourhood and develop possibilities for circular migration schemes, which would encourage and reward regular migrante for short, medium or long stays;
Amendment 614 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission to explore and offer to the ENP countries different levels of participation, cooperation and engagement in its policies, programmes and agencies, such as in EUROPOL, customs management and the Energy Community, taking into account the specificities of the individual country;
Amendment 625 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Emphasises that for the ENP to be a successful policy, it should also ensure that there is ownership by the Member States; cCalls on the Commission, therefore, to reinforce policy coordination and joint programming of financial assistance, and to provide mechanisms to foster consultation between the Member States, EU structures and neighbouring countries;
Amendment 633 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. EmphasiStresses that the action plans, established in close partnership with the authorities of the partner countries, should focus on a limited number of priorities to be implemented and that their implementation should be assessed on a regular basis, with policy options which could be commonly agreEU’s policy, actions and funding in relation to ENP countries must be determined on the basis of local requirements, so that the funds donated are not wasted and/or misused;
Amendment 638 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Calls on the Commission to supply detailed estimates of the expenditure required on the various items in the sectors of the 16 countries of the ENP, with a view to ensuring that the results are as effective and transparent as possible, and to present a detailed report to Parliament after the event;
Amendment 648 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
Amendment 13 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in reaction to and despite Russia’s aggression against the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia headed by the Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini and funded by the European Union established in September 2009 that the Georgian and violation of its territorial integrity in 2008, the EUuthorities were responsible for triggering the conflict by initiating bombardments of civilian targets in the capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, on the night of 7 to 8 August 2008; whereas, despite that conflict, Russia and Georgia opted for an increased cooperation model as a way to appease Russia; whereas, in line with this, rather than takimposing restrictive measures,ciprocal sanctions, they launched or deepened a series of generous initiatives for deeper cooperation –, such as the common spaces, the Partnership for Modernisation, the negotiations on a New EU-Russia Agreement, and the Human Rights dialogue – have been launched or deepened; ;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Russia has – by illegally annexing Crimea and waging an undeclared war against Ukraine, with the direct participation of Russian military units, and by deliberately destabilising this neighbouring sovereign and independent country – profoundly and for a long time damaged its relationship with the EU by jeopardising the basic principles of Europe’s security order and by breaking its international commitments, notably under the United Nations Charter, the Helsinki Final Act and the Budapest Memorandumthe attachment of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation was the result of a sovereign and democratic referendum vote by the people of Crimea, through the decisions of the institutions of their Autonomous Republic whose members were elected democratically and in accordance with Ukrainian legislation; whereas that attachment was also confirmed by the referendum procedure of 16 March 2014, which accorded with the United Nations Charter, particularly with regard to the right of self- determination; whereas restrictions on trade between the EU and Crimea were subsequently imposed;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Russiathe United States, particularly through the lever of NATO, is the instigator of and, directly or indirectly, party to a number of ‘frozen conflicts’ in its neighbourhood – in Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhasia, and Nagorno Karabakh – that constitute serious impediments to the development and stability of the neighbouring countries concerned;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in reaction to Russia’s covert military invasion of Ukrainethe armed conflict raging in Ukraine following the attachment of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation, the EU has adopted a stage-by-stage series of restrictive measures; whereas similar sanctions have been adopted by a number of other countries in reaction to Russia’s aggression;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas these restrictive targeted measures are, even if their initial aim was not to directed againsly target the Russian people but aim, are having at stimulating a change in Russian policy towards, and actions in, the common neighbourhood; whereas the sanctions could be lifted, partially or fully, as soon as Russia commits itself to implementing, fully and honestly, the provisions of the Minsk agreements and the return of Crimea to Ukraine; whereas the sanctions will be strengthened should Russia chose to do otherwise and refrain from taking any positive step to change its policyevere impact on the everyday life of the population; whereas, furthermore, it is often the most vulnerable people, such as women and children, who pay the price for this policy which the European Union is conducting towards Russia; whereas the sanctions are also having adverse repercussions, both for citizens of the Russian Federation and for those of the Member States of the European Union, although the Minsk accords should have led to a stage-by- stage lifting of the sanctions;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU has firmly supported Russia’s accession and participation in different international organisations and fora, such as the G8, the G20 and the WTO; whereas this strategy of including Russia in international decision-making bodies has not had the results expected but instead created tensions owing to Russia’s habit of breaching rules, e.g. its non- compliance with WTO standards and obligations (by introducing a number of discriminatory measures against individual EU Member States and other countries in its neighbourhood), its failure to implement more than a thousand judgements of the European Court of Human Rights, etc.the habit adopted by the United States and the European Union of calling into question Russia’s sovereignty, for example by failing to respect its strategic choices in the field of trade or the decisions taken by Russian judicial institutions, in which respect Western States seem to be abandoning the principle of the independence of the administration of justice;
Amendment 125 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas Russiathe United States has developed policies and instruments for, and became an active user of, a new type of hybrid warfare, particularly in the actions carried out in Nicaragua between 1979 and 1989, for which it was condemned by the International Court of Justice on 27 June 1986, deliberately blurring the lines between military/paramilitary activity and political activism, employing a mix of weaponised information (information deliberately altered and aired to inflict damage to societal, political and institutional structures), using professional instigators of insurgency in foreign countries, targeting local minority- language groups abroad for destabilisation, controlling information space and combining cyber warfare with military means;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the intrusions of RussUkrainian jet fighters into the airspace of EU and NATO members states jeopardise the safety of civilian flights, as may have been the case on 17 July 2014 with the possible destruction by the Ukrainian army of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (Boeing 777- 200ER);
Amendment 142 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the World Media Freedom Index 2014 ranks the Russian FederationUnited States at 14846th place out of 180; whereas the financing of state-controlled medi, an abrupt fall of 13 places, which, for a State aspiring to the rank of the greatest power in the world and a coutlets has been significantly widened and increasedntry of liberty, is relatively worrying;
Amendment 166 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that, in the light of Russia’s direct and indirect involveits commitment into the war in Ukraine, amounting to a deliberate violation of the core of the democratic principles and values sustained by the EU and widely shared intfundamental principle of self-determination of peoples, the EU can only note the attachment of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federnationally, the EU cannot; accordingly, the EU has no alternative but to envisage a return to ‘business as usual’ in its strategic relations with Russia; calls for a critical re-assessment by the EU of its relations with Russia, and for the drafting, as promptly as possible, of a soft-power contingency plan to counter the aggressive and divisive policies conducted by Russia against the EU andneighbourhood policy, particularly the aggressive and bellicose positions that it has adopted towards Russia, which, in a multipolar world, its partnersa major pole of influence;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that at this point, Russia, because of its actions, can no longer be treated as, or considered,Russia must remain a ‘strategic partner’ for the EU; points out that strategic partnerships are only conceivable with countriorganisations and/or States that do not jeopardise the international order, which is based on democracy,as NATO is currently doing by seeking to destabilise all opponents of American strategic imperialism; reminds the United States and NATO Member States therefore that they have undertaken to respect state sovereignty (including the choice of internal constitutional order and foreign policy orientation), the inviolability of state borders, respect for the rule of law and the principles of international trade, and mutual trust;
Amendment 219 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned by the fact that Russia now openly positions itself, and acts, not as a partner of, but as a rival to the international democthe United States and the European Union are now banishing from the international scene anyone who does not approve without debate their political, economic and strategic communityapproaches, seeking to challenge the current international order, and is in the process of redrawing borders within Europewhich is supposedly based on multilateralism, and that they are in the process of redrawing borders within Europe to the detriment of all their statements of principles, as the borders claimed for Ukraine were established in 1954 in violation of the internal legislation of the USSR; is extremely worried by the tendency of the RussiaWestern authorities to systematically denigrate liberal democracy and to consider democratic neighbouring countri(in the United States and the European Union) to systematically denigrate States which do not make the same political choices as a threat to their own ruley advocate;
Amendment 237 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that EU-Russia relations must henceforth be based on the rule of law and on preconditionedrespect for the principle of sovereign equality between States and on dialogue, whereby the EU would be ready to relaunch cooperation with the authorities in Moscow on the condition that Russia unambiguously and without pretence ich complies with the principle of reciprocity, which ought to encourage the EU to relaunch cooperation with the authorities in Moscow, which will agree to engage in dialogue only on the condition that NATO Member Staktes its share of responsibility and fullyand Ukraine implements the Minsk Agreements in good faith; stresses that in order to ensure that such athe dialogue –with Russia ifs renewed (for which the return of Crimea to Ukraine would be a prerequisite) – is not conducted at the expense of European values, standards and intauthorities of the European Union and its Member States would have to note the attachment of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federnational commitments), it would be necessary to specify very clearly the EU’s expectations of RussiaUkraine, along with the retaliatory measures it would take should RussiaUkraine not keep to its commitments;
Amendment 268 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Commends thNotes that the efforts to achieve solidarity and the unity mademonstrated by the Member States in the context of RussiaUkraine’s undeclared war against Ukraine, allowing the adoption and further extension of responsive measures; calls on thRussia must not lead to a negation of the principle of pluralism, which is fundamental to any organisation which claims to be Mdember States to consider as an absolute priority the preservation of this unity; reiterates that unity and solidarity amongst the Member States, as well as between the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries, is essential for ensuring the effectiveness of the EU’s policies and its ability to withstand external challenges and pressurocratic, and that the Union and its institutions must therefore respect the freedom of opinion and expression of all those who do not share its views on the Ukraine conflict; reiterates that efforts to achieve unity and solidarity amongst the Member States must not be to the detriment of respect for the principle of sovereignty of the Member States with regard to their foreign policies and diplomatic approaches;
Amendment 297 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, in this regard, that the strengthening of internal policies, notably through closer integrestoration of the sovereignty of States, notably through the priority assigned to intergovernmental cooperation, is the keystone of an efficient and successful EU external policy; calls, therefore, on the Member States to carry on with, and intensify theirEuropean Union to initiate efforts towards, the effective elimination of decision-making bottlenecksany federalist temptation and theo consolidation of common policie the competences of the Member States, with the aim of minimisrestoring the vulnerabilities of these policies and maximising their resilienclegitimacy of the European Communities in so far as possible, in particular in the areas of trade, financial services and transactions, migration, energy, external borders management, information and cyber security;
Amendment 308 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Firmly supports the swift creation of a robust European Energy Union, specifically the interconnection of national energy networks in order to reduce considerably the dependence of individual Member States on external energy suppliers; is of the firm conviction that the challenges to and vulnerability of European solidarity, and the exposure of individual Member States, to the illegitimate use of energy as a political and diplomatic bargain chip can only be combatted efficiently through the full implementation of the Third Energy package and the completion of a transparent, integrated, synchronised and resilient European internal energy marketidea that Member States should remain responsible for the field of energy, each State having its own needs in this regard; is of the firm conviction that the challenges to and vulnerability of European solidarity, its lack of legitimacy and the challenges of energy security which Member States must meet can only be combatted efficiently through respect for that sovereignty;
Amendment 332 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the total irrelevance of the suspension of cooperation with Russia in the defence sector, and calls on the Member States to refrain from taking any decisions that could jeopardise this united posiUnion to respect the sovereignty of the Member States with regard to their foreign policies and diplomatic relations; is therefore of the view that, notwithstandbearing in mingd their undisputable bilateral nature, agreements in the field of defence cooperation between some Member States and Russia should not be assessed carefully at EU levelby the EU, with a view to definensuring an appropriatach which respects the aind consistent approach; calls for the EU’s cooperation with NATO to be consolidated further; ependence of Member States; considers that it is a matter for each Member State to determine its strategic approach to defence, particularly its place inside or outside NATO, which it should do in the light of the specific concerns and the respective interests of each sovereign nation;
Amendment 351 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is deeply concerned by the ever growing restrictions on free media, the tightening of online media control, the use of coercion to curb impartial reporting and the erosion of journalistic standards in Russiathe Member States of the European Union, as well as the increasing monopoly on the information made available to Russian-language audiences abroad by state-owned media outlets; deplores that Russian state- controlled mediapublic opinion by media outlets controlled by Atlanticist propaganda concerning the Ukraine crisis; deplores that European media controlled by American orthodoxy have become players in the EU information sphere without keeping to the norms of independent journalism, including the rejection of hate speech;
Amendment 373 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Renews its call for the development of EU reconnaissance capabilities of weaponised information and the preparation of information contingency plans, including the strengthening of analytical and monitoring capabilities, especially in the Russian language, in order to be able to identify, and respond swiftly and appropriately to, purposefully biased information; calls on the Commission to earmark without delay adequate funding for concrete projects aimed at countering RussiAmerican propaganda within the EU and abroad; calls on the Commission and the Member States to devise as well a mechanism for the collection, monitoring and reporting of financial, political or technical assistance provided by Russiathe United States to political parties and other organisations within the EU, with a view to assessing its involvement in, and influence over, political life and public debate in the EU;
Amendment 386 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU to provide support to grass-roots projects aimed at developing high journalistic standards, freedom of the media, and unbiased and trustworthy information in Russiathe territory of its Member States, and at deconstructing Atlanticist propaganda within the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries; supports the initiative to develop Russian- languageindependent media channels, with a view to providing a credible and accessible alternative to biased information for Russian-speaking minorities in the EUcitizens of the EU Member States and in the Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 400 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates that uncompromising respect for the rule of law is a core and founding principle of the EU, and rejects past attempts to put forward pragmatic interpretations of the rules to accommodate Russiathe United States or Ukraine as a trade partner; calls, therefore, on the strict, swift and unconditional application of the rule of law – in the event of any breach of the rules – and of the principle of free and fair competition, including in the proceedings against Gazpromthe Privat group;
Amendment 420 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its deep concern for the state of human rights and the rule of law in RussiaUkraine, and strongly condemns the crackdown on independent civil society and the persistent and multiform repression of activists, political opponents and critics of the regime, which has in some cases led to their murder (Anna Politkovskaya, Natalya Estemirova, Boris Nemtsov, Sergey Magnitsky, Alexander Litvinenko, and othersthe demonstrators who responded to the murder of Paulina, a young girl crushed by a Ukrainian armoured vehicle in Konstantynivka on 16 March 2015); demands that all assassinations of political activists, journalists and whistle blowers be investigated properly and independently; reiterates its call on the Council to deliver on its commitment to defend these principles, and to adopt restrictive measures for the officials involved in the well-documented Magnitsky casein response to the opaque financial movements observed around the circle of Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, but also of President Poroshenko, whose commercial organisations are profiting amply from the war as suppliers of the Ukrainian armed forces;
Amendment 446 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importanceat it is not the role of the European Union to finance Atlanticist propaganda in Russia by means of ‘continued political and financial support’ to independent civil society activists, media and NGOs; encourages the EU to reach out to Russian officials and civil society organisations that are inclined to develop an alternative vision of political and diplomatic relations with the EUensure that civil society organisations within the territory of the Member States are genuinely independent;
Amendment 28 #
2015/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and the resulting military conflict have had damaging effects on Ukraine's already precarious economic and financial stability. Ukraine is facing a difficult balance of payments and liquidity position linked to receding confidence and concomitant capital flight, as well as a worsening fiscal situation as a result of the direct budgetary cost of the conflict, a deeper than expected recession and the loss of fiscal revenues from the areas controlled by the separatists. At the same time, pre-existing structural weaknesses and budgetary and external- financial vulnerabilities have also contributed to the deterioration of the economic situation.
Amendment 3 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Union’s macro-financial assistance should bemust be considered an exceptional financial instrument of untied and undesignated balance-of-payments support, which aims at addressing the beneficiary’s immediate external financing needs and shouldmust underpin the implementation of a policy programme containing strong immediate adjustment and structural reform measures designed to improve the balance-of- payments position in the short term.
Amendment 6 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The determination of the amount of the Union's macro-financial assistance is based on a complete quantitative assessment of Ukraine's residual external financing needs, and takes into account its capacity to finance itself with its own resources, in particular the international reserves at its disposal. The Union's macro- financial assistance shouldmust complement the programmes and resources provided by the IMF and the World Bank. The determination of the amount of the assistance also takes into account expected financial contributions from multilateral donors and the need to ensure fair burden sharing between the Union and other donors, as well as the pre-existing deployment of the Union's other external financing instruments in Ukraine and the added value of the overall Union involvement.
Amendment 7 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The Union's macro-financial assistance should support the Union's external policy towards Ukraine. Commission services and the European External Action Service shouldmust work closely together throughout the macro- financial assistance operation in order to coordinate, and to ensure the consistency of, Union external policy.
Amendment 8 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The Union's macro-financial assistance shouldmust support Ukraine's commitment to values shared with the Union, including democracy, the rule of law, good governance, respect for human rights, sustainable development and poverty reduction, as well as its commitment to the principles of open, rule- based and fair trade.
Amendment 9 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A pre-condition for granting the Union's macro-financial assistance shouldmust be that Ukraine respects effective democratic mechanisms – including a multi-party parliamentary system – and the rule of law, and guarantees respect for human rights. In addition, the specific objectives of the Union's macro-financial assistance should strengthen the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the public finance management systems in Ukraine and to promote structural reforms aimed at supporting sustainable and inclusive growth, employment creation and fiscal consolidation. Both fulfilment of the preconditions and the achievement of those objectives should be regularly monitored by the Commission and the European External Action Service.
Amendment 11 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A pre-condition for granting the Union's macro-financial assistance should be that Ukraine respects effective democratic mechanisms – including a multi-party parliamentary system – and the rule of law, and guarantees respect for human rights. In addition, the specific objectives of the Union's macro-financial assistance should strengthen the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the public finance management systems in Ukraine and to promote structural reforms aimed at supporting sustainable and inclusive growth, employment creation and fiscal consolidation. Both fulfilment of the preconditions and the achievement of those objectives shouldmust be regularly monitored by the Commission and the European External Action Service.
Amendment 13 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure that the Union’s financial interests linked to the Union’s macro-financial assistance are protected efficiently, Ukraine shouldmust take appropriate measures relating to the prevention of, and fight against, fraud, corruption and any other irregularities linked to the assistance. In addition, provision shouldmust be made for the Commission and OLAF to carry out checks and for the Court of Auditors to carry out audits.
Amendment 14 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The amounts of the provision required for macro-financial assistance shouldmust be consistent with the budgetary appropriations provided for in the multi- annual financial framework.
Amendment 15 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Union's macro-financial assistance shouldmust be managed by the Commission. In order to ensure that the European Parliament and the Council are able to follow the implementation of this Decision, the Commission shouldmust regularly inform them of developments relating to the assistance and provide them with relevant documents.
Amendment 17 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The Union's macro-financial assistance shouldmust be subject to economic policy conditions, to be laid down in a Memorandum of Understanding. In order to ensure uniform conditions of implementation and for reasons of efficiency, the Commission should be empowered tomust negotiate such conditions with the Ukrainian authorities under the supervision of the committee of representatives of the Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Under that Regulation, the advisory procedure shouldmust, as a general rule, apply in all cases other than as provided for in that Regulation. Considering the potentially important impact of assistance of more than EUR 90 million, it is appropriate that the examination procedure must be used for operations above that threshold. Considering the amount of the Union's macro-financial assistance to Ukraine, the examination procedure shouldmust apply to the adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding, and to any reduction, suspension or cancellation of the assistance,
Amendment 21 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The Union shall make macro-financial assistance available to Ukraine ("the Union's macro-financial assistance") of a maximum amount of EUR 1.8 billion, with a view to supporting Ukraine's economic stabilisation and a substantive reform agenda. The assistance shall contribute to covering Ukraine's balance of payments needs as identified in the IMF programme.
Amendment 22 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The full amount of the Union's macro- financial assistance shall be provided to Ukraine in the form of loans. The Commission shall be empowered on behalf of the Union to borrow the necessary funds on the capital markets or from financial institutions and to on-lend them to Ukraine. The loans shall have a maximum maturity of 150 years.
Amendment 30 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The detailed financial terms of the Union's macro-financial assistance shall be laid down in a Loan Agreement to be agreed between the Commission and the Ukrainian authorities. The European Parliament and the Council, in their capacity as the budgetary authority, shall be notified of that agreement.
Amendment 31 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall verify at regular intervals that the conditions in Article 4(3) continue to be met, including whether the economic policies of Ukraine are in accordance with the objectives of the Union's macro-financial assistance. In so doing, the Commission shall coordinate closely with the IMF and the World Bank, and, where necessary, with the European Parliament and the Council in their capacity as the budgetary authority.
Amendment 34 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The Union's macro-financial assistance shall be disbursed to the National Bank of Ukraine. Subject to provisions to be agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding, including a confirmation of residual budgetary financing needs, the Union funds may be transferred to the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance as the final beneficiary.
Amendment 35 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Where the circumstances permit, and if Ukraine so requests, the Commission may take the steps necessary to ensure that aAn early repayment clause ishall be included in the loan terms and conditions and that it is; it must be matched by a corresponding clause in the terms and conditions of the borrowing operations.
Amendment 37 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 39 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) ensuring that Ukraine, in consultation with the Commission and OLAF, regularly checks that financing provided from the budget of the Union has been properly used, takes appropriate measures to prevent irregularities and fraud, and, if necessary, takes legal action to recover any funds provided under this Decision that have been misappropriated;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that because of its great fragmentation, Afghanistan has turned out to be the country in that area in which conditions are the most favourable for the growth of the caliphate, while local security forces are unable to control the entire territory;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that militia groups have recently begun recruiting members and that they can also count on the fact that throughout the country – especially in the west and north – there are areas which have always been a no-man’s land, even during NATO’s ISAF mission;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out that the leaders of ISIS in Afghanistan have made contact with all the Islamic groups in the country, suggesting that they unite under a single new command and seize power from the Taliban, particularly in the western region, in the village of Khak-e Sefid, on the border between the provinces of Herat and Farah, where, despite all efforts, nobody has ever managed to maintain control and it is precisely in this area that ISIS is organising its presence in the region, in coordination with all the tribal groups and criminals operating there;
Amendment 97 #
2014/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Notes the need to make every possible effort to achieve greater cyber security through cooperation, including police and judicial cooperation, and the exchange of and access to information among Member States, the EU and Afghanistan, both in order to defend human rights and to combat and prevent all forms of misuse of information and communications technology in terms of propaganda, disinformation and counter-information, proselytism and the planning of terrorist and/or criminal acts;
Amendment 98 #
2014/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Stresses the need to make every possible effort to improve cooperation with Afghanistan regarding ICT monitoring to safeguard human rights, coupled with investigation of Internet use by terrorist and criminal organisations, with a view to taking targeted action to prevent incitement to commit terrorist offences, recruitment and training for terrorism and crime, corruption, trafficking in drugs, human beings and arms, the exploitation of illegal immigration, cybercrime and the laundering of the proceeds of crime;
Amendment 126 #
2014/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Regrets and condemns the continued persecution of Christians and attacks on them; expresses its concern at the continued acts of destruction or vandalism directed at their churches; urges, therefore, that action be taken to protect the members of the Christian community and their places of worship;
Amendment 192 #
2014/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Notes that ISIS control of opium cultivation would remove all remaining obstacles to funding by the caliphate for its jihad;
Amendment 42 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
Citation 25
– having regard to the limited influence of the European Union in the region and the decliningEuropean Union’s regrettable lack of influence ofin the Member Statesregion; whereas political and economic stability in the MENA region is of fundamental strategic importance to the Union; whereas the Union accordingly has a major role to play in the region;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26
Citation 26
– whereas EU aid to MENA countries has in the past been too fragmented and too slow to adapt to the political and economic needs of the countries concerned, thereby undermining and whereas the EU has failed properly to monitor the use made of that aid; whereas these failings have undermined the EU's capacity to play a majorn effective role in the region;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27
Citation 27
– whereas EU aid to the MENA countries, particularly under the European Neighbourhood Instrument, has in the past too often adopted the same indiscriminate strategic approach, failing to distinguish sufficiently between the specific situations in the countries concerned and, in particular, to take account of the aid’s social and economic impact in those countries;
Amendment 98 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the emergence of ISIS is a symptom of the economic, political, social proof of the enormous influence that jihadist propaganda cultural crisis afflicting the regionan have, in particular on young people, when not properly controlled; calls on the EU, together with the Arab world, to assess the root causes and adopt a global approach through an approach based on security, political, economic, social and cultural considerations;
Amendment 111 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the allocation of EUR one billion under the EU strategy entitled 'Elements of an EU Regional Strategy for Syria and Iraq as well as the Da'esh threat' , under which EUR 400 million has been earmarked for humanitarian aid; calls on the Commission to supply detailed estimates of the expenditure required on the various items, with a view to ensuring that the aid is as effective and transparent as possible, and to present a detailed report to Parliament after the event; calls for special attention to be given to Jordan and Lebanon; is concerned that, as a result of extreme poverty and deprivation, refugee camps may become a hotbed of radicalisation; welcomes the funds for host populations under the new strategy and under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP);
Amendment 130 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the involvement of the countries of the Arab Peninsula in the international coalition against ISIS; urges their governments to redoublestep up their efforts to prevent the financing of international terrorism, for example through including increased surveillance of waqfs and private donors; stresses the urgent need to introduce an efficient system of penalties coordinated with the LAS so as to put an end to ISIS financing by the Arab world; stresses also the urgent need for a decryption system to deal with clandestine oil sales by ISIS;
Amendment 155 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises the need to urge Turkey to act in a clear and consistent manner, without equivocation, and to take all possible steps to prevent and combat the provision of support ISIS and, in particular, the use of Turkey as a country of transit by foreign fighters;
Amendment 247 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses its deep concern at the situation in Libya; stresses the need to maintain its territorial integrity and national unity, but also to seal the borders with Libya in order to halt arms trafficking and the passage of returning combatants; stresses that the Libyan crisis can only be resolved by means of dialogue that is as inclusive as possible;
Amendment 289 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is convinced that cultural cooperation is essential in combating terrorism and any form of radicalism; stresses the utmost importance of promoting cultural and academic exchanges; urges partner countries to participate in EU cultural programmes; calls on the Commission to act on the European Parliament’s proposal for the creation of an ambitious Euro-Mediterranean Erasmus programme distinct from the Erasmus+ programme;
Amendment 329 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that strategic dialogue between the EU and the MENA countries should be given further impetus in the direction of sustainable economic development, helping to iron out inequalities and creating youth opportunities; stresses the importance of facilitating access to the EU single market for the MENA countries, while providing all necessary protection; stresses the importance of encouraging European investments in MENA countries;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the United States is the EU’s key strategic partner; stresses that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant recent EU-US project and will reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership as a whole, beyond its trade aspects; emphasises that its successful conclusion is of high geopolitical importance at a moment when the US is pivoting to Asia and concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership; underlines that the TTIP will have a positive impact on jobs and growth for the two economies, which have both been hit by the crisisstresses, however, that the positive impact the TTIP is likely to have on real jobs, which is a matter of key importance at this time of economic crisis, has not been looked into in sufficient detail, not even in the study on which the Commission's assessment is principally based, namely that carried out by the CEPR, which puts the resulting growth in EU GDP at no more than 0.48% over a 13-year period;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the TTIP’s strategic importance in strengthening and shaping global trade and economic governance based on the values shared by the EU and the US, particularly in an increasingly multipolar world; notstresses that its impact wcould go beyond the bilateral implications by facilitating the establishment of common regulations and rules that could later be adopted at global leveland that it is essential for it to be ensured during the negotiations between the EU and the US that the EU’s legal system, which is based inter alia on the principle of subsidiarity between the EU and its Member States, is safeguarded;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the conclusion of the TTIP creates the prospect of a broad economic space, which would include third countries with which the EU and the US have close trade and economic relations; points out, however, that, in itself, this cannot be sufficient grounds for regarding that space as an optimum currency area for the purpose of introducing a common currency;
Amendment 68 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the EU’s energy supply largely depends on foreign sources; emphasises the considerable contributionhas major doubts as to whether the TTIP couldan make a major contribution to the EU’s energy supply diversification and to its energy security by, inter alia,despite the lifting of licensing requirements for US gas exports; draws attention to the study entitled 'TTIP impacts on European energy markets and manufacturing industries' which was commissioned by Parliament's ITRE committee and which states that, with the exception of LNG, the TTIP is unlikely to result in an increase in energy supplies and that, anyway, ‘it seems unlikely to assume that there would be a direct security mechanism involved in the agreement’;
Amendment 97 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is taking steps aiming to improve the transparency of the negotiations, but believes that the discussions on key aspects of the agreement should be opened up more to business and civil society.
Amendment 7 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, under Article 208 TFEU, the primary objective of EU development cooperation is to reduce and eradicate poverty; highlights the fact that development cooperation must be guided by that objective and not by geostrategic or economic interests; refuses to accept that development cooperation should be subordinate tomust take external and security policy into account;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that reducing poverty is not the primary objective of the private sector, by its very nature, and that that is therefore a task for the public sector; rejects public- private partnerships, blending and the focus on microcredit, since they finance corporate profits, above all, and do not reduce povertyPublic-private partnerships, blending and initiatives relating to microcredit can be encouraged in return for genuine guarantees about their implications in terms of development and the employment of local residents;
Amendment 42 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is dismayedPoints out that because of public procurement contract awards and debt servicing, inter alia, 61 % of official development assistance goes back to donor countries1; calls for an increase in real aid and for sustainable building of regional/local value chains; __________________ 1 ActionAid.
Amendment 44 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU, with the aim of developing an efficient, transparent and tangible spending policy, to make the best use of available funds by coordinating measures;
Amendment 52 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned at the devastating consequences of land grabbing, inter alia, for human rights, the economy and the environment; calls for binding international rules for firms on compliance with human rights, labour law and environmental standards;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the EU to focus its activities, and thus its financial instruments, on strategic sectors for the development of the country in question, such as agriculture, education, health and development for private investment;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises the importance of providing and ensuring favourable conditions for private European companies in developing countries and of stimulating investment, thus contributing to the development of the private sectors in those countries;
Amendment 59 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to assist and support European micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the various developing countries;
Amendment 62 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU and its Member States to support developing countries in garnering their resources, e.g. through national tax systems, and in combating illicit financial flows and corruption, as a result of which developing countries lose at least € 660-870 billion a year2; calls for the ownership principle to be resolutely acted on; calls for effective international rules against tax avoidance and evasion; calls, moreover, for a strong and tangible commitment to curbing illegal migration flows, trafficking in human beings and organs and contraband, which are all sources of illegal funding; __________________ 2 Eurodad. Eurodad.
Amendment 68 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the EIB, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to review their programmes and financial instruments concerning developing countries and to make it easier for the latter to gain access to them;
Amendment 70 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission, in addition, to provide a detailed estimate of individual items of expenditure, with a view to ensuring that the financial instruments used are as effective and transparent as possible, and subsequently to present a detailed report to Parliament, as the budgetary authority;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls, likewise, for tangible measures to be taken regarding the large and growing financial flows determined by remittances, in relation to which a reduction in transfer costs is requested, given that remittances, if well managed, can be a source of funding for local development;
Amendment 73 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Emphasises the potential to create business opportunities for local entrepreneurs through support programmes that take market-based approaches, for instance by working with local enterprises as implementing partners or suppliers of works and services, or in social programmes by opting for cash transfers rather than support in kind, as the former have the additional benefit of stimulating purchasing power and hence demand among low-income populations;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 49 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that a European standard generally replaces 28 national standards and, twhereby underpinning the single market and cutting down on bureaucracy effective, can have an impact on the single market and on the reduction of red tape, without prejudice to the division of competences between the Member States and the EU, as set out in the Treaty of Lisbon;
Amendment 95 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that there should be stronger involvement on the part of regional and local authorities in EU policy making, in particular by involving Member State expertise and experience at regional and local levels at an early stage in the preparation of legislation; notes that the Committee of the Regions is an important mouthpiece for these levels of representation;
Amendment 162 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Commission’s clear commitment to further improving the SME test, particularly in view of the extremely large number offact that small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the cornerstone of economic activity and employment; supports consideration of adapted agreements and more flexible SME impact assessment rules, provided that it can be shown that they do not undermine the effectiveness of legal provisions and that exemptions or more flexible provisions do not encourage fragmentation of the internal markeare meant for specific production sectors and not for hamper access to itindividual businesses in particular;
Amendment 197 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Acknowledges that, in most cases, it is the prerogative of the Member States to decide whether to adopt higher social and environmental standards at national level than those agreed upon at EU level, and welcomes any decision to do so; calls, however, on the competent national authorities to be aware of the possible consequence of the so-called practice of ‘gold plating’, by which unnecessary bureaucratic burdens are added to EU legislation, since this may lead to a misconception of the legislative activity of the EU, which in turn might foster EU scepticism; recommends, for the sake of transparency and user-friendliness, that any additional innovations introduced at national level be clearly identified as such;
Amendment 215 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 220 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 42 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the 1933 US Glass-Steagall Act on banking separation helped to provide a way out of the worst global financial crisis to have occurred before the present crisis and whereas since the Act was repealed in 1999, there has been a considerable increase in speculative bank investment and financial failures;
Amendment 224 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to come forward with a proposal for mandatory separation of banks’ retail and investment activitiecommercial banks and merchant banks, safeguarding the financial deposit- taking and credit activities forming part and parcel of the real economy, as distinct from activities linked to investment and speculation on national and international financial markets;
Amendment 242 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to come forward with a proposal for such mandatory separation through the establishment of a thorough, transparent and credible ‘ring fence’ around bank activities that are vital for the real economy, such as those relating to credit functions, payment systems and deposits; takes the view twhereby: (a) commercial banks, that is to say, banks which accept deposits from the public, would be prohibited from carrying out activities related to securities trading and brokerage, and commercial bank functions would be separated from merchant in the event of a bank failure, the ring fence must ensure that the retail entity continues business unaffected by operational problems, financial losses, funding shortages or reputational damage resulting from the resolution or insolvency of the investment entitybank functions; (b) commercial banks would be prohibited from holding interests in, or entering into business cooperation agreements of any kind with, the following: merchant banks, investment banks, securities brokerage firms, and, in general, finance companies which accept deposits from the public;
Amendment 462 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the Commission and the Member States to work together to promote greater diversification of the EU’s banking sector by encouraging and facilitating more consumer-oriented banking, for example through cooperative, building society, peer-to-peer lending and saving bank models; calls also for commercial banks and investment banks to be treated differently for tax purposes, favouring banks in the former category, taking into account their activities in support of the real economy and of small and medium- sized enterprises in particular;
Amendment 1 #
2013/0115(NLE)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GDeclines to gives its consent to conclusion of the Framework Agreement;
Amendment 34 #
2013/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Under Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, according to which the policies of the Union relating to border checks, asylum and immigration and their implementation are governed by the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility between the Member States, binding rules need to be introduced to ensure that migrants who reach the shores of Mediterranean countries are divided equally among the 28 EU Member States in the name of the principle of solidarity and burden sharing.
Amendment 40 #
2013/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Bilateral agreements between the Member States most affected by migrant landings and third countries of origin are essential in order to prevent illegal crossings of external maritime borders, with the aim, inter alia, of avoiding tragedies at sea and trafficking in human beings.
Amendment 72 #
2013/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – point 1 a (new)
1a. ‘Bilateral agreements’ means agreements drawn up between countries of origin and destination, which provide for programmed and controlled migration flows;
Amendment 44 #
2013/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 111 #
2013/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24
Article 24
After finalisation of research or studies in the Member State, third-country nationals shall be entitled tomay stay on the territory of the Member State for a period of 12 months in order to look for work or set up a business , if the conditions laid down in points (a) and (c) to (f) of Article 6 are still fulfilled. In a period of more than 3 and less than 6 months, third-country nationals mayshall be requested to provide evidence that they continue to seek employment or are in the process of setting up a business. After a period of 6 months, third-country nationals mayshall additionally be requested to provide evidence that they have a genuine chance of being engaged or of launching a business.
Amendment 113 #
2013/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25
Article 25
Amendment 150 #
2013/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28
Article 28
Amendment 472 #
2013/0025(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 3
Article 45 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of credit and financial institutions and providers of gambling services, the bankruptcy court offices, the competent authorities, shall have enhanced supervisory powers, notably the possibility to conduct on-site inspections.
Amendment 26 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in the absence of harmonisation and with due regard to the principle of subsidiarity, the Member States maintain a margin of discrehave full competence and are in the best position to regulate online gambling in accordance with their own values and pursued objectives of general interest and in keeping with the principles laid down in the Treaties;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas currently, on account of the specific nature of gambling activities and in keeping with the subsidiarity principle, the supply of online gambling services is currently not subject to sector- specific regulation at European Union level, remaining – nevertheless – subject to a number of EU secondary legislative acts;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed that the provision of games of chance or gambling is an economic activity, which consequently falls within the scope of fundamental freedoms of the TFEU, notably the free movement of services, and any restrictions imposed thereto need to comply with those provided for by the TFEU, notably under Articles 51 and 52 special kind of economic activity;
Amendment 64 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the risks involved in terms of consumer protectionconsumer protection, the public service costs generated by the social and health impact of gambling- related problems, fraud prevention and, law enforcement against illegal activities, such as money laundering, illegal gambling- related activities, and match fixing, are issues that require coordinated action at EU uropean Union level;
Amendment 95 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that the Member States have the right to determine how the offer of online gambling services is to be organised and regulated at the national level, while observing the basic EU Treaty principlto take steps to combat the supply of illegal online gambling services and to guard against the risk of problem gambling, in particular among vulnerable consumers, in accordance with the principles laid down in the Treaties;
Amendment 117 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 132 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to continue to carry out effective checks on compliance with EU law of national laws and practices, and to takwith due lregal action against gambling monopolies that do not reduce gambling opportunities or limit promotional activities for gambling in a consistent manner, in line with CJEU case-lawrd for the subsidiarity principle and the fact that online gambling is a special kind of economic activity;
Amendment 149 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the expert group on gambling services to draw up coordinated measures and strategies, including exchanges of best practice, with a view to looking into and addressing the problem of tax avoidance by authorised operators who provide online gambling services on the EU market but have their registered offices in a tax haven within or outside the EU;
Amendment 156 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the risks associated with a general prohibition of online– in particular for vulnerable consumers – associated with the recent increase in the availability of gambling services and with excessive restrictions for consumers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to weigh, as part of the work of the group of experts on gambling services, the social costs of permitting regul; stresses how important it is for Member States to evaluate the social and health costs generated by gambling activities against- related problems and the harmful effects of consumers resorting to illicit markets;
Amendment 166 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that Member States that open up their online gambling market must provide for a transparent procedure for granting permits or licences that is based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria, in full compliance with EU law;
Amendment 181 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the expert group on gambling services and on the Commission to facilitate, as much as possible, the pooling of information and best practice and the flow of data between regulators in the Member States in order to allow for the establishment of a common system for identifying players and of measures to combat the supply of illegal gaming services and to make self- exclusion mechanisms applicable throughout the EUnion;
Amendment 202 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Member States, in the context of the expert group, to work in close cooperation with the Commission and with each other to coordinate steps to combat the unauthorised supply of cross- border gambling services and to implement the action plan of the Communication on online gambling;
Amendment 209 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance for the expert group to work towards removing unnecessary administrative burdens within national licensing systems that prevent legal online operators from offering their services to consumers;
Amendment 226 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes thatCalls on national regulators should be able to agree on equivalence clauses that wouldto exchange information and best practice in order to facilitate the application of national licenseces and permits, including agreements on basic technical standards for the certification of gaming equipment;
Amendment 240 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Agrees with the Commission that a fair offer of gambling services is necessary for consumer protection, because in its absence consumers are more likely toand responsible advertising that warns people of the risk of developing gambling-related problems which can be extremely harmful, are necessary in order to protect consumers – in particular those who are the most vulnerable – and to prevent them from turning to unreliable gambling websites;
Amendment 259 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to continue to explore measures at the EU level to protect vulnerable consumers, including formalised cooperation between regulators, and the introduction of an online trustmark for legal operators;
Amendment 278 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the unquantifiable scope of compulsive gambling and gambling- related problems points to the need for additional research and data, and therefore calls on all Member States to carry out further studies to understand problem gambling and its social costs;
Amendment 294 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to consider legislation, in cooperation with the Member States, where appropriate through the expert group, to look into the possibility of adopting measures to create an EU-wide self- exclusion register, accessible by national authorities and licensed gambling operators, so that any customer who chooses to exclude him- or herself from one gambling operator has the opportunity to be automatically self-excluded from all other licensed gambling operators;
Amendment 312 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the workshop agreement published in February 2011 by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)1an assessment of all self- regulation schemes currently in place could serve as a basis for identifying the content of common standards;
Amendment 327 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that common standards for online gamblingthe recommendations on online gambling shortly to be issued by the Commission should address the rights and obligations of both the service provider and the consumer, including by means ofas well as action to combat the supply of illegal online gambling services, and should include measures to ensure a high level of protection for players, particularly minors and other vulnerable persons,; and the prevention of misleading advertisementsks for those recommendations also to cover provisions allowing only advertising that is responsible, is not misleading and warns people of the risk of developing gambling problems which can be extremely harmful, as well as an outright ban on advertising by unauthorised operators;
Amendment 351 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends the introduction of uniform and pan-European common standards for electronicplayer identification and cross border e- verification services; notes that the different registration procedures across the EU undermine regulated operators, and can push consumers into the hands of illegal operators; calls, therefore, for registration and identification procedures to be streamlined and made more efficientcalls, accordingly, for registration and identification procedures to be optimised and made more efficient, without this resulting in consumers being burdened with excessive administrative requirements, which could make the services offered by illegal operators appear more attractive;
Amendment 378 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to extend the scope of the Anti- Money Laundering Directive to cover gambling, with a view to ensuring that more effective action is taken at EU level against this form of crime;
Amendment 382 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the expert group on gambling services to draw up coordinated measures and strategies, including exchanges of best practice, for looking into, and taking effective action against, infiltration of the online gambling industry by organised criminal gangs;
Amendment 85 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 90 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 9 – point 1 (new)
(1) Whereas the Commission, in the context of the Community actions under the Integration Fund (IF) and the European Refugee Fund (ERF) has made EUR 4.9 million available for projects aimed at unaccompanied minors;
Amendment 91 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 9 – point 2 (new)
(2) Whereas the Commission has also launched a call for a new pilot project for unaccompanied minors with a budget of EUR 1 million;
Amendment 92 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 9 – point 3 (new)
(3) Whereas the Asylum and Migration Fund (2014-2020) will continue to be used to address the needs of unaccompanied minors in the context of the system of asylum procedures, reception conditions, integration measures, repatriation procedures and resettlement incentives;
Amendment 93 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point 4 (new)
Paragraph 9 – point 4 (new)
(4) Whereas the initiatives funded by the Commission establish effective systems for the protection of children, guarantee them access to education and legal and social assistance, improve the protection and reintegration of minors who have been victims of human trafficking and prevent unsafe migration.
Amendment 139 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on Member States, as soon as a minor arrives within their territory and until a lasting solution has been found, to appoint a person responsible for accompanying, assisting and representing him in all procedures; calls furthermore for this person to have specific training in the problems associated with unaccompanied minors and to act completely independently; calls on the CommissionMember States to establish common standards concerning the mandate, functions, qualifications and skills of this person;
Amendment 184 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Condemns the very precarious circumstances with which these minors are suddenly confronted when they reach the age of majority; calls on States to institute procedures for assisting these minors in their transition to adulthood; welcomes the work of the Council of Europe on this subject and calls on the Commission to propose common standards for the planning of ‘individualised life projects’ for, and with, the minor;
Amendment 37 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive lays down rules concerning the taking-up and pursuit of the activities of insurance and reinsurance mediation, including professional management of claims and loss adjusting, by natural and legal persons which are established in a Member State or which wish to be established there.
Amendment 42 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) ‘insurance mediation’ means the activities of advising on, proposing or carrying out other work preparatory to the conclusion of contracts of insurance, concluding such contracts or assisting in the administration and performance of such contracts, in particular in the event of a claim, and the. These activities shall be considered activityies of professional management of claims and loss adjusting. These activitiesadvising on, proposing or carrying out other work preparatory to the conclusion of contracts of insurance, or of concluding such contracts, shall also be considered to be insurance mediation also if carried onut by an employee of an insurance undertaking in direct contact with the client without the intervention of an insurance intermediary.
Amendment 44 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘'tied insurance intermediary’' means any person who carries on the activity of insurance mediation for and on behalf of one or more insurance undertakings or insurance intermediaries,in the case of insurance products which are not in competition and who acts under the full responsibility of those insurance undertakings for insurance intermediaries, provided that the insurance intermediaries under whose responsibility the person acts do not themselves act undthe products which concern them responsibility of another insurance undertaking or intermediary;ectively.
Amendment 112 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) if the intermediary will receive a fee or a commission of any kind, the full amount of the remuneration concerning the insurance products being offered or considered or, where the precise amount is not capable of being given, the basis of calculation of all the fee or commission or the combination of both;whether in relation to the insurance contract, the source of remuneration is: (i) the policyholder; (ii) the insurance undertaking; (iii) another insurance intermediary; (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii).
Amendment 115 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 117 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Amendment 121 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Amendment 123 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Amendment 131 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. When the insurance intermediary or the insurance undertaking inform the customer that it gives its advice on the basis of a fair analysis, it is obliged to give that advice on the basis of an analysis of a sufficiently large number of insurance contracts available on the market, to enable it to make a recommendation, in accordance with professional criteria, regarding which insurance contract would be adequate to meet the customer's needs.
Amendment 144 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Chapter 7 – title
Chapter 7 – title
Amendment 145 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Chapter applies additional requirements to insurance mediation, when carried on in relation toreplaces Articles 15 to 18 of Chapter VI for the sale of insurance investment products by:
Amendment 158 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking and its services. When advice is provided, information shall specify whether the advice is provided on an independent basis and whether it is based on a broad or on a more restricted analysis of the market and shall indicate whether the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking will provide the customer with the on-going assessment of the suitability of the insurance product recommended to the customer;
Amendment 160 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) insurance products and proposed investment strategies. This should include appropriate guidancewhether advice is provided independently on the basis of a fair analysis in the market or on the basis onf and warnings of the risks associ analysis of the products offered by an insurance undertaking. The information shall indicated wihether the investments in those products or in respect of particular investment strategies; andsurance intermediary or insurance undertaking will provide the customer with the on- going assessment of the suitability of the insurance product recommended to the customer;
Amendment 161 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) costs and associated chargeinsurance products while taking into account the complexity of the insurance product and the type of customer (whether consumer or not). This should include appropriate guidance on and warnings of the risks associated with investments in those products.
Amendment 163 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. When the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking informs the customer that insurance advice is provided on an independent basis, the insurance intly, the appropriate information refermrediary or insurance undertaking shall to in paragraph 3 shall include the following which shall be provided before the insurance advice:
Amendment 164 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) assess a sufficiently large number of insurance products available on the market. The insurance products should be diversified with regard to their type and issuers or product providers and should not bethe range of insurance products on which the recommendation will be based and, in particular, whether the range is limited to insurance products issued or provided by entities having close links with the insurance intermediary or insurance undertakingwho represents the customer; and
Amendment 168 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) not accept or receive fees, commissions or any monetary benefits paid or provided by any third party or a person acting on behalf of a third party in relation to the provision ofwhether a fee is payable by the customer for the seradvice to customers.;
Amendment 170 #
2012/0175(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(b a) whether the insurance intermediary receives any fees or commissions from third parties in relation to the insurance contract.
Amendment 33 #
2012/0036(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The main motive forOne decisive outcome of cross-border organised crime is financial gain. In order to be effectivethat it generates substantial financial gain. In order to provide the necessary counterweight to this criminal strategy, law enforcement and judicial authorities shouldhave to be given all means to trace, freeze, manage and confiscate the proceeds of crime.
Amendment 56 #
2012/0036(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Property frozen with a view to later confiscation should be managed adequately in order not to lose its economic value or jeopardise existing employment levels. Member States should take the necessary measures including sale or transfer of the property to minimise such losses. Member States should take relevant measures, such as the establishment of national centralised Asset Management Offices or equivalent mechanisms (for example where such functions are decentralised), in order to properly manage the assets frozen before confiscation and preserve their value, pending judicial determination.
Amendment 62 #
2012/0036(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Reliable data sources on the freezing and confiscation of the proceeds of crime are scarce. In order to allow for the evaluation of this Directive, it is necessary to collect a comparable minimumproper set of appropriate comparable statistical data on asset tracing, judicial and asset disposal activities.
Amendment 110 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 111 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 119 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 134 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 150 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 167 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the principles of human dignity and equality before the law are foundations of democratic society; deems incomprehensible the current blockage of Council negotiations on the Commission’s proposal for a horizontal directive extending comprehensive protection against discrimination on all grounds, including religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, and urges efforts to ensure adoption as soon as possible;
Amendment 193 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that the situation of stateless persons permanently resident in Member States needs to be addressed and calls on all the Member States concerned to ratify the relevant United Nations conventions;
Amendment 198 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 206 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on Member States to provide an effective response to Roma exclusion by developing integrated policies in cooperation with representatives of the Roma population and ensuring their full participation, and by making use of all available EU financial resources;
Amendment 210 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on Member States to document the results of action taken to protect the right of members of linguistic minorities to use their own language;
Amendment 220 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls for proper recognition of the right of members of ethno-linguistic minorities to produce and broadcast radio and television programmes in their own languages on both regional and national channels;
Amendment 227 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Stresses the need for swift, targeted action to be taken to help ethno-linguistic minorities to halt the disappearance of their precious cultural, literary, historical and artistic heritage;
Amendment 262 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on Member States to register and investigate hate crimes against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) and adopt criminal legislation prohibiting incitement to hatred on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity;
Amendment 263 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 268 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on Member States to adopt the national legislative framework to address discriminations experienced by LGBT people and same-sex couples on grounds of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and urges them to guarantee effective implementation of the existing EU legal framework and CJEU case-law;
Amendment 272 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 290 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 299 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the decision to make 20123 the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations; calls on the Member States to enhance the quality of elderly people’s lives by providing adequate social services, combating abuse against them and promoting their independence by supporting the renovation and accessibility of housing;
Amendment 346 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States to focus on effective legal migration policies and to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families;
Amendment 363 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Stresses its commitment to ensuring full parliamentary scrutiny of the EU’s JHA Agencies, notably Europol, Frontex, Cepol, Eurojust, and the Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems; calls on those agencies to enhance the fundamental rights dimension of their activities;
Amendment 369 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 373 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 431 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
Amendment 17 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Treaty requires that Member States' regard their economic policies as a matter of common concern and that their budgetary policies are guided by the need for sound public finances and that their economic policies do not risk jeopardising the proper functioning of Economic and Monetary Union.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The amendments to the Stability and Growth Pact increase both the guidance, and, for the Member States whose currency is the euro, incentives for the setting and the implementation of a prudent budgetary policy, while avoiding excessive government deficits. These provisions have created a more robust framework at the level of the Union for the surveillance of national economic policies.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Strong public finances are best ensured at the planning stage and gross errors should be identified as early as possible. Member States shcould benefit not just from the setting of guiding principles and budgetary targets but also from a synchronised monitoring of their budgetary policies.
Amendment 29 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 32 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) There is strong evidence showing the effectiveness of rules-based fiscal frameworks in supporting sound and sustainable fiscal policies. The introduction of national fiscal rules that are consistent with the budgetary objectives set at Union level should be a crucial element to ensure the respect of the Stability and Growth Pact provisions. In particular, Member States should put in place structural balanced budget rules which transpose into national legislation the main principles of the Union fiscal framework. This transposition should be effective through binding rules preferably of a constitutional nature so as to demonstrate the strongest commitment of national authorities in relation to the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 37 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 40 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Member States whose currency is the euro and which are subject to an excessive deficit procedure should be monitored more closely to secure a full and timely correction of the excessive deficit. A closer monitoring should ensure early correction of any deviations from the Council recommendations to correct the excessive deficit. Such monitoring should complement the provisions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1467/97observed more closely. The modalities of this closer monitoring should be graduated depending on the stage of the procedure the Member State is subject to, as provided for in Article 126 of the Treaty.
Amendment 43 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The closer monitorobserving for Member States subject to an excessive deficit procedure should allow the identification of risks in the compliance of a Member State's deadline to correct the excessive deficit. In the event of such risks being identified, the Commission should issue a recommendation to the Member State for measures to be taken within a given timeframe that should be presented to the Parliament of the Member State concerned at its request. This assessment should allow rapid correction of any developments putting at risk the correction of the excessive deficit within the established deadline. Assessment of compliance with this Commission recommendation should be part of the continuous assessment made by the Commission of effective action to correct an excessive deficit. When deciding whether effective action to correct the excessive deficit has been taken, the Council should also base its decision on whether or not the Member State complied with the Commission recommendation.
Amendment 48 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) complementing the multilateral surveillanceobservation system of budgetary policies as established by Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 with additional monitoring requirements in order to ensure that Union policy recommendations in the budgetary area are appropriately integrated in the national budgetary preparations;
Amendment 52 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall make publicdefine annually their medium-term fiscal plans in accordance with their medium-term budgetary framework based on independent macroeconomic forecast together with their Stability Programmes, no later than 15 April.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 54 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Budget laws for the general government shall be adopted and made public annually no later than 31by December.
Amendment 59 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 61 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 62 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The draft budgetary plan shallcan contain the following information for the forthcoming year:
Amendment 67 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the projections at unchanged policies for expenditure and revenue as a percentage of GDP for the general government and their main components.;
Amendment 68 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 69 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) a detailed description and a well- documented quantification of the measures to be included in the budget for the year to come in order to bridge the gap between the targets referred to in point (c) and the projections at unchanged policies provided in accordance with point (b). The description may be less detailed for measures with a budgetary impact estimated to be lower than 0.1% of GDP. Particular attention shall be paid toof the major fiscal policy reform plans with potential spillover effects for other Member States whose currency is the euro.
Amendment 71 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point f
Amendment 80 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shallmay make an overall assessment of the budgetary situation and prospects in the euro area as a whole. The assessment shall be made public.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Eurogroup shallmay discuss opinions of the Commission on the national budgetary plans and the budgetary situation and prospects in the euro area as a whole on the basis of the overall assessment made by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3. The assessment shall be made public.
Amendment 84 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Amendment 88 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – point a
Amendment 96 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 80 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) To ensure the sustainable development of rural areas, it is necessary to focus on a limited number of core priorities relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, the competitiveness of all types of agriculture and farm viability, food chain organisation, short supply chains and risk management in agriculture, restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems dependant on agriculture and forestry, resource efficiency and the shift towards a low carbon economy in the agricultural, food and forestry sectors, and promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and the economic development of rural areas. In doing so account must be taken of the diversity of situations that affect rural areas with different characteristics or different categories of potential beneficiaries and the cross-cutting objectives of innovation, environment and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation action should relate to both limiting emissions in agriculture and forestry from key activities such as livestock production, fertilizer use and to preserving the carbon sinks and enhancing carbon sequestration with regard to land use, land use change and the forestry sector. The Union priority for rural development relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas should apply horizontally in relation to the other Union priorities for rural development.
Amendment 87 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure the immediate start and efficient implementation of rural development programmes, support from the EAFRD should be based on the existence of sound administrative framework conditions. Member States should therefore assess compliance with certain ex ante conditionalities. Each Member State should prepare either a national rural development programme for its entire territory or a set of regional programmes. Each programme should identify a strategy for meeting targets in relation to the Union priorities for rural development and a selection of measures. Programming should comply with Union priorities for rural development, while being adapted to national and regional contexts and complement the other Union policies, in particular the agricultural market policy, cohesion policy and the common fisheries policy. If a Member States which opts for a set of national and/or regional programme should be able to also prepare a ns, the National fFramework, without a separate budgetary allocation, in order to facilitate co-ordination among the regions in addressing nation-wide challeng should comprise common elements to ensure coherence and links between the national strategy and regional strategies.
Amendment 90 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States should be able to include in their rural development programmes thematic sub-programmes to address specific needs in areas of particular importance to them. Thematic sub- programmes should concern among others young farmers, women in agriculture, small farms, mountain areas and the creation of short supply chains. Thematic sub-programmes should also be used to provide for the possibility to address restructuring of agricultural sectors which have a strong impact on the development of rural areas. As a means to increase the efficient intervention of such thematic sub- programmes Member States should be allowed to provide for higher support rates for certain operations covered by them.
Amendment 114 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Union or national quality schemes for agricultural products and food provide consumers with assurances on the quality and characteristics of the product or the production process used as a result of the participation of farmers in such schemes, achieve added value for the products concerned and enhance their market opportunities. Farmers should therefore be encouraged to participate in these schemes. Given that it is at the moment of entering such schemes and in the early years of their participation that additional costs and obligations imposed on farmers as a result of their participation are not fully remunerated by the market, support should be limited to new participation and cover a period of no more than five years. Given the special characteristics of cotton as a farm product, quality schemes for cotton should also be covered. In order to ensure the efficient and effective use of EAFRD budgetary resources, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the Union quality schemes that may be covered by this measure.
Amendment 127 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The creation and development of new economic activity in the form of new farms, new businesses or new investments in non-agricultural activities is essential for the development and competitiveness of rural areas. A farm and business development measure should facilitate the initial establishment of young farmers and of women in agriculture and the structural adjustment of their holdings after initial setting up, diversification of farmers into non-agricultural activities and the setting up and development of non- agricultural SMEs in rural areas. The development of small farms which are potentially economically viable should also be encouraged. In order to ensure the viability of new economic activities supported under this measure, support should be made conditional on the submission of a business plan. Support for business start up should cover only the initial period of the life of a business and not become operating aid. Therefore, where Member States opt to grant aid in instalments these should be for a period of no more than five years. In addition in order to encourage the restructuring of the agricultural sector, support in the form of annual payments should be provided for farmers participating in the small farmers scheme established by Title V of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 who commit to transfer their entire holding and the corresponding payment entitlements to another farmer who does not participate in that scheme.
Amendment 153 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Agri-environment-climate payments should continue to play a prominent role in supporting the sustainable development of rural areas and in responding to society's increasing demands for environmental services. They should further encourage farmers and other land managers to serve society as a whole by introducing or continuing to apply agricultural practices contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and compatible with the protection and improvement of the environment, the landscape and its features, natural resources, the soil and genetic diversity. In this context the conservation of genetic resources in agriculture and the additional needs of farming systems that are of high nature value should be given specific attention. Payments should contribute to covering additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments undertaken and should only cover commitments going beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements, in accordance with the "polluter pays" principle. In many situations the synergies resulting from commitments undertaken jointly by a group of farmers multiply the environmental and climate benefit. However, joint action brings additional transaction costs which should be compensated adequately. In order to ensure that farmers and other land managers are in a position to correctly implement the commitments they have undertaken, Member States should endeavour to provide them with the required skills and knowledge. Member States should maintain the level of efforts made during the 2007-2013 programming period and have to spend a minimum of 25% of the total contribution from the EAFRD to each rural development programme for climate change mitigation and adaptation and land management, through the agri- environment-climate, organic farming and payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints measures.
Amendment 181 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Farmers are exposed today to increasing economic and environmental risks as a consequence of climate change and increased price volatility. In this context, effective management of risks has an increased importance for farmers. For this reason a risk management measure should be set up to assist farmers in addressing the most common risks faced by them. This measure should therefore support farmers to cover the premiums they pay for crop, animal and plant insurance as well as the setting up of mutual funds and the compensation paid by such funds to farmers for losses suffered as a result of the outbreak of animal or plant diseases, adverse climatic events or environmental incidents. It should also cover an income stabilisation tool in the form of a mutual fund to support farmers facing a severe drop in their income. In order to ensure that there is equal treatment among farmers across the Union, that competition is not distorted and that the international obligations of the Union are respected, specific conditions should be provided for the granting of support under these measures. In order to ensure the efficient use of EAFRD budgetary resources the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining the minimum and maximum duration of commercial loans to mutual funds.
Amendment 237 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point t
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point t
(t) "short supply chain": a supply chain involving a limited number of economic operators, who have direct relations with consumers or are committed to co- operation, local economic development, and close geographical and social relations between producers and consumers;
Amendment 247 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u
(u) "young farmer": farmer who is less than 40 years of age at the moment of submitting the application, possesses adequate occupational skills and competence and is setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding as head of the holding and/or who possesses adequate occupational skills and competence;
Amendment 256 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(xa) "associations of producer organisations”: associations of producer organisations as defined in Article 107 of the proposal for a regulation on the single CMO.
Amendment 257 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
(xb) “agricultural service-providers”: agromechanical entrepreneurs who provide, and are qualified to provide, professional agricultural services in rural areas and who, for hire or reward, perform work relating to field crops, livestock farming or management of woodland and green areas belonging to public authorities, where the use of large and technically advanced equipment and machinery is required.
Amendment 258 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x c (new)
(xc) "agricultural services": performance by agricultural service-providers, for public and private procurers, of work in fields, such as that relating to field crops, livestock farming and the management of woodland and green areas.
Amendment 339 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) facilitating restructuring of farms facing major structural problems, notably farms with a low degree of market participation, market-oriented farms in particular sectors and farms in need of agricultural diversificationand modernisation of farms;
Amendment 385 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
(b) supporting farm risk management:the management of farm risk generated by economic, environmental and social factors.
Amendment 460 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may submit either a single programme for its entire territory or a set of regional programmes, a set of regional programmes or a set of national and regional programmes. If a Member State opts for a set of national and regional programmes, each measure or type of operation shall be programmed at national or regional level.
Amendment 466 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States with regional programmes may also submit for approval a national framework containing common elements for these programmes without a separate budgetary allocation. If a Member State opts for a set of national and regional programmes, the national framework shall contain the common elements so as to ensure consistency and linkage between its national and regional strategies.
Amendment 475 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) young farmers and women in agriculture;
Amendment 505 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the development and promotion of agricultural products, including organic products, bearing official quality labels.
Amendment 597 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 636 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Each rural development measure shall be programmed to contribute specifically to the achievement of one or more Union priorities for rural development. An indicative list of measures of particular relevance to the Union priorities is set out in Annex V.
Amendment 758 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall cover new participation by farmers, also through producer group associations and agri-food companies, cover new participation by farmers or previous participation during the 2007-2013 programming period in:
Amendment 794 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted as an annual incentive payment, the level of which shall be determined according to the level of the fixed costs arising from participation in supported schemes, for a maximum duration of five years. Payments shall be made annually on presentation of the necessary documentation. However, the producer shall make a single application covering a five-year period.
Amendment 798 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this paragraph, 'fixed costs' means the costs incurred for entering a supported quality scheme and the annual contribution for participating in that scheme, including, where necessary, expenditure on checks required to verify compliance with the specifications of the scheme. The costs of the checks incurred by producer group associations which have submitted an application for recognition of a quality label shall be admissible from the commencement of the transitional period, that is to say while the documents are being forwarded by the Member State to the Commission.
Amendment 835 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) concern infrastructure related to the development and adaptation of agriculture, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, energy supply and, water management and hydro storage to sustain farming and in particular crop systems; or
Amendment 848 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) are non productive investments linked to the achievement of agri- and forest- environment commitments, biodiversity conservation status of species and habitat as well as enhancing the public amenity value of a Natura 2000 area or other high nature value area to be defined in the programme.
Amendment 875 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Support under paragraph 1(a) shall be granted to agricultural holdings. In the case of investments to support farm restructuring, only farms not exceeding a certain size, to be defined by the Member States in the programme based on the SWOT analysis carried out in relation to the Union priority for rural development “enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancing farm viability”, shall be eligibleindividual or combined agricultural holdings and agricultural service providers.
Amendment 892 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Support under this measure shall be limited to the maximum support rates laid down in Annex I. These maximum rates may be increased for young farmers, women in agriculture, collective investments and integrated projects involving support under more than one measure, investments in areas facing significant natural constraints as referred to in Article 33(3) and operations supported in the framework of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability in accordance with the support rates laid down in Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
Amendment 894 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Paragraph 3 shall not apply to investments referred to in paragraph 1(c) and non- productive investments referred to in paragraph 1(d).
Amendment 911 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Support shall be granted to farmers or groups of farmers and undertakings engaged in the processing and/or marketing of products listed in Annex 1 of the Treaty. Support may also be granted to public entities where a link between the investment undertaken by such entities and agricultural production potential is established.
Amendment 922 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) young farmers and women in agriculture;
Amendment 929 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) non-agricultural activities and provision of agricultural services in rural areas;
Amendment 938 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in non-agricultural activities and provision of agricultural services;
Amendment 962 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) shall be granted to young farmers and women in agriculture.
Amendment 979 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Support under paragraph 1(a)(ii) shall be granted to farmers or members of the farm household diversifying into non- agricultural activities and to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterprises and the provision of agricultural services in rural areas.
Amendment 993 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterprises in rural areas and to farmers or members of the farm household and micro- and small- enterprises providing agricultural services.
Amendment 1012 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 1062 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) investments by public and private bodies in recreational infrastructure, tourist information and sign-posting of touristic sites;
Amendment 1077 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Investments under paragraph 1 shall be eligible for support where the relevant operations are implemented in accordance with plans for the development of municipalities in rural areas and their basic services, where such plans exist and shall by are consistent with any local development strategy, where one exists.
Amendment 1120 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(a) shall be granted to private land-owners and tenants, to other land managers, and to municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of agricultural income foregone and maintenance, including early and late cleanings, for a maximum period of ten years.
Amendment 1142 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(b) shall be granted to private land public owners, tenants, other land managers and municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance for a maximum period of threeseven years.
Amendment 1188 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In the case of preventive actions concerning pests and diseases, the risk of a relevant disaster occurrence must be supported by scientific evidence and acknowledged by scientific public organisations. Where relevant, the list of species of organisms harmful to plants which may cause a disaster must be provided in the programme.
Amendment 1204 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. Support under paragraph 1(d) shall be subject to the formal recognition by the competent public authorities of Member States that a natural disaster has occurred and that this disaster, or measures adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest has caused the destruction of at least 3015% of the relevant forest potential. This percentage shall be determined on the basis of either the average existing forest potential in the three-year period immediately preceding the disaster or on the average of the five-year period immediately preceding the disaster, excluding the highest and the lowest entry.
Amendment 1213 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(d) shall be granted to natural persons, private forest owners, private law, public and semi- public bodies, municipalities and their associations. In the case of state forests support may also be granted to bodies managing such forests, which are independent from the state budget.
Amendment 1228 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(e) shall be granted to private forest owners, municipalitieand public land-owners and tenants and to otheir associationland managers and to SMEs for investments enhancing forestry potential or relating to processing and marketing adding value to forest products. In the territories of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary islands, the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 and the French overseas departments support may also be granted to enterprises that are not SMEs.
Amendment 1296 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Agri-environment-climate payments shall be granted to farmers, groups of farmers or groups of farmers and other land-managers who undertake, on a voluntary basis, to carry out operations consisting ofwhich correspond to one or more agri- environment-climate commitments on agricultural land. Where duly justified to achieve environmental objectives, agri- environment-climate payments may be granted to other land- managers or groups of other land- managers.
Amendment 1301 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Agri-environment-climate payments cover only those commitments going beyond the relevant mandatory standards established pursuant to Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012 and other relevant obligations established under Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012, relevant minimum requirements for fertiliser and plant protection products use as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national legislation. All such mandatory requirements shall be identified in the programme.
Amendment 1313 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall endeavosure to providehat persons undertaking to carry out operations under this measure withhave the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and information required to implement them, including by setting up commitment-related expert advice and/or by making support under this measure conditional to relevant trainingsory services.
Amendment 1333 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6
Article 29 – paragraph 6
6. Payments shall be granted annually and shall compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary they may also cover transaction costs to a value of up to 20% of the premium paid for the agri- environment-climate commitments. Where commitments are undertaken by groups of farmers and/or by other land managers, the maximum level shall be 30%.
Amendment 1336 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Where commitments under this measure include the implementation of greening measures in preparation for meeting other commitments under the measure, these greening measures may be compensated within the measure. In that case they may not receive support as 'non- productive investments' under Article 18(1)(d).
Amendment 1397 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Payments to farmers in mountain areas and other areas facing natural or other specific constraints shall be granted annually per hectare of UAA in order to compensate farmers for additional costs and income foregone related to the constraints for agricultural production in the area concerned, and to avoid the risk of those areas being abandoned owing to their low profitability.
Amendment 1430 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
In order to be eligible for payments under Article 32, mountain areas shall be characterized by a considerable limitation of the possibilities for using the land as well as low profitability and by an appreciable increase in production costs due to:
Amendment 1519 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) joint action undertaken with a view to mitigating or adapting to climate change, such as measures relating to water management and storage to sustain farming and in particular agricultural systems;
Amendment 1570 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions toa mutual funds, to providinge compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income.
Amendment 1648 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1655 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Support under Article 37(1)(c) may take the form of a financial contribution towards farmers’ payments into the mutual fund. Member States shall lay down rules governing farmers’ contributions to the fund.
Amendment 1678 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1686 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1715 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, onlynew investments that lead to a reduction of previous water use by at least 25% shall be considered as eligible expenditure. By way of derogation, in the Member States that adhered to the Union from 2004 onwards investments in new irrigation installations can, including measures to sustain farming and crop systems and/or to modernise existing systems for the improvement of water use efficiency, shall be considered as eligible expenditure in cases where an environmental analysis provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impact.
Amendment 1729 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of this Regulation the Managing Authority"rural area" shall be define "rural area" at programmd at Member State level.
Amendment 1889 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. EIP operational groups shall form part of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability. They shall be set up by interested actors such as farmers, collective entities, land and irrigation managers, researchers, advisors and businesses involved in the agriculture and food sector.
Amendment 1994 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
Article 66 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2000 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4
Article 67 – paragraph 4
4. PExcept for forms of support under Article 57(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EU) [CSF/2012], payments by beneficiaries shall be supported by invoices and documents proving payment. Where this cannot be done, payments shall be supported by documents of equivalent probative value, except for forms of support under Article 57(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EU) [CSF/2012].
Amendment 440 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to assist farms whose activities are mostly seasonal, such as fruit and vegetables, or wine, for which more staff are employed at certain times of the year, and to facilitate employment for workers who are considered to be at risk of social exclusion, a system of work vouchers for the payment of casual labour should be introduced, along the lines of the system provided for under Italian legislation.
Amendment 510 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85 a (new)
Recital 85 a (new)
(85a) Data collected by the Farm Accountancy Data Network should be taken into consideration when formulating studies and research with the aim of preventing crises in the various agricultural sectors, given that they reflect the performance of farms. These data should be a useful tool for crisis prevention and management.
Amendment 530 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 94 a (new)
Recital 94 a (new)
(94a) However, the implementation of international agreements should not depart from the principle of reciprocity, particularly with regard to tariffs, plant health and the environment, and it should be carried out so as to ensure strict compliance with the mechanisms for entry prices, specific additional duties and compensatory levies.
Amendment 655 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) common and durum wheat, barley and maize;
Amendment 721 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for common and durum wheat, barley, maize, paddy rice, sorghum and skimmed milk powder shall be equal to the respective reference prices fixed in Article 7 in the case of buying-in at a fixed price and shall not exceed the respective reference prices in the case of buying-in by tendering;
Amendment 728 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The public intervention prices referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be without prejudice to price increases or reductions for quality reasons for common and durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum and paddy rice. Moreover, taking into account the need to ensure that production is orientated towards certain varieties of paddy rice, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to fix increases and reductions of the public intervention price.
Amendment 744 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Aid for private storage mayshall be granted in respect of the products referred to in Article 1(2) and the following products, subject to the conditions set out in this Section and to requirements and conditions to be adopted by the Commission, by means of delegated and/or implementing acts, pursuant to Article 17 to 19:
Amendment 817 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, where necessary in order to provide for market transparency to lay down the conditions under which it may decide to grant private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16, taking into account average recorded Union market prices and, the reference prices forand production costs of the products concerned or the need to respond to a particularly difficult market situation or economic developments in the sector in one or more Member States.
Amendment 835 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. To implement the measure for the products referred to in point (g) of Article 1(2), in relation to specific areas of production, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts: (a) link the granting of aid to respective gross margins; (b) limit the placing of the stored product on the market to the period of February to August, to prevent any overlapping with the start of the new marketing year; (c) incentivise the placing of the stored product on third-country markets, through measures – such as a targeted promotion campaign together with the supply of a 'service package' – designed to facilitate the placing of the product on the markets of 'developing countries'. The measure shall be limited to the first three months of storage.
Amendment 878 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the conditions according to which it may be decided that products covered by private storage contracts may be re- marketed or disposed of, seeking to avoid re-marketing in certain periods in order to eliminate problems of supply surpluses;
Amendment 967 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the dissemination of information on measures carried out by operators’ organisations and on traceability and certification systems to improve the quality of olive oil and table olives;
Amendment 978 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 7590 % for activities in the areas referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1;
Amendment 981 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 7590 % for fixed assets investments and 560 % for other activities in the area referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1;
Amendment 1037 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
f) support for the administrative costs of setting up and maintaining mutual funds.
Amendment 1070 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34a 1. Member States may establish a national fruit and vegetable network that unites the organisations, associations and authorities involved in implementing the national strategy. 2. The network shall be financed by a maximum levy of 0.5% of the Community share of the financing of the operational funds and its aim shall be: to manage the network, examine transferable good practices and gather the relevant information, organise conferences and seminars for those involved in managing the national strategy, conduct programmes to monitor and assess the national strategy and carry out other activities identified by the national strategy.
Amendment 1106 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) use of concentrated grape must in accordance with Article 49(a);
Amendment 1107 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, Member States may grant national aid in accordance with the relevant Community rules on State aid for the measures referred to in Articles 43, 47 and 48.
Amendment 1116 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. Support under this Article shall cover information or promotion measures concerning Union wines in third countries and on the internal market, thereby improving their competitiveness in those countries.
Amendment 1123 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 43 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) information campaigns, in particular on the Union systems covering designations of origin, geographical indications and organic production; to that end it would be desirable for agreements to be concluded with major retail chains in third countries to ensure that the information given to consumers about these products in sales outlets is as clear as possible;
Amendment 1135 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. Support for green harvesting shall contribute to improving the quality of the grapes and restoring the balance of supply and demand in the Union wine market in order to prevent market crises.
Amendment 1139 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. Support for the setting up and consolidation of mutual funds shall provide assistance to producers seeking to insure themselves against market fluctuations.
Amendment 1142 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2
Article 46 – paragraph 2
2. Support for the setting up and consolidation of mutual funds may be granted in the form of temporary and degressive aid to cover the administrative costs of the funds.
Amendment 1160 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support may be granted for tangible or intangible investments, including the registration of collective marks, in processing facilities, winery infrastructure, distilleries and marketing of wine which improve the overall performance of the enterprise and concern one or more of the following:
Amendment 1193 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 a (new)
Article 49 a (new)
Article 49a Use of concentrated grape must 1. Support may be granted to wine producers who use concentrated grape must, including rectified concentrated grape must, to increase the natural alcoholic strength of products, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex XVa. 2. The amount of the aid shall be fixed per % volume potential alcoholic strength and per hectolitre of the must used for enrichment. 3. The maximum applicable aid levels for this measure in the different wine growing zones shall be fixed by the Commission.
Amendment 1233 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 3
Article 56 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1235 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57
Article 57
Amendment 1240 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Fruit and vegetables that are intended to be sold to consumers as fresh products may be marketed only if they are of sound, fair and marketable quality and if the country of origin is indicated.
Amendment 1242 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1
Article 59 – paragraph 1
1. Taking into account the expectations of consumers and the need to improve the economic conditions for the production and marketing of agricultural products as well as their quality, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on marketing standards referred to in Article 55, at all stages of the marketing, as well as derogations and exemptions from such standards to adapt to the constantly changing market conditions, to the evolving consumer demands, to developments in relonly for a limited time and in exceptional cases, or in the evaent international standards and avoid creating obstacles to product innovationof market crises.
Amendment 1244 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The marketing standards referred to in paragraph 1 may cover one or more of the following requirements, determined on a sectoral or product basis, and based on the characteristics of each sector, on the need to regulate the placing on the market and on the conditions laid down in paragraph 3:
Amendment 1274 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, including the place of farming to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical levelby providing for the indication of the place of production;
Amendment 1283 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) the standard recommendations adopted by international bodies in Annex V.
Amendment 1284 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) the possible risk of consumers being misled due to their expectations and habits, having regard to the availability and feasibility of informational means to exclude such risks;
Amendment 1285 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Place of farming, in accordance with paragraph 3(c), shall mean the place of cultivation or breeding, namely the country from which the non-processed agricultural product, or product used in the preparation or production of a food, originates.
Amendment 1296 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3
Article 60 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1299 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Taking into account the specificity of each sector, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on tolerancerough the ordinary procedure a tolerance may be adopted for each standard beyond which the entire batch of products shall be considered as not respecting that standard.
Amendment 1300 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In exceptional cases, or in the event of market crises and for a limited period of time, the Commission may adopt, by means of delegated acts, a tolerance for each standard beyond which the entire batch of products shall be considered as not respecting that standard.
Amendment 1308 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1311 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may allow the experimental use of unauthorised oenological practices in accordance with the conditions specified by the Commission, by means of delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 4.
Amendment 1312 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
Article 66 – paragraph 1
Taking into account the specificities in trade between the Union and certain third countries and the special character of some agricultural products, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to defineensuring that consumers are not being misled due to their expectations and habits, the conditions under which imported products are considered to have an equivalent level of compliance with the Union marketing standards and conditions allowing derogation from Article 58 and determinemay be defined, through the ordinary procedure, and the rules concerning the application of the marketing standards to products exported from the Union may be determined.
Amendment 1336 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) include the name of the vine variety together with the geographical reference.
Amendment 1350 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 1361 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 80 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall take the steps necessary to stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications within the meaning of paragraph 2.
Amendment 1377 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point a
Amendment 1391 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 86 – paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 1414 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) an indication of the sugary substances used to increase the alcohol content of the wines.
Amendment 1415 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By way of derogation from point (ga) of paragraph 1, the indication may be omitted in the following cases: (a) for sparkling and semi-sparkling wines obtained from cuvées produced without the addition of any sugary substances; (b) for all grapevine products for which added sugary substances have been used, where the latter derive solely from grapes.
Amendment 1616 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) concentration of supply and the direct placing on the market of the products produced by its members;
Amendment 1645 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii a (new)
(viia) taking action to improve quality, especially at the market placement stage;
Amendment 1650 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii b (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii b (new)
(viib) implementing policies designed to strengthen producer organisations and associations of producer organisations from an organisational, commercial and financial point of view.
Amendment 1656 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1828 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 1
Where rules of a recognised producer organisation, a recognised association of producer organisations or a recognised interbranch organisation are extended under Article 110 and the activities covered by those rules are in the general economic interest of persons whose activities relate to the products concerned, the Member State which has granted recognition may decide that individuals or groups, in addition to processors and merchants, which are not members of the organisation but which benefit from those activities shall pay the organisation all or part of the financial contributions paid by its members to the extent that such contributions are intended to cover costs directly incurred as a result of pursuing the activities in question.
Amendment 2179 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part IX – product line (new)
Annex I – Part IX – product line (new)
0714201 Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, and intended for human consumption.
Amendment 2204 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Part I – point I – paragraph 2 – point B – introductory part
Annex VI – Part I – point I – paragraph 2 – point B – introductory part
B) Category Z: bovine animals aged from 8 months to lessno more than 12 months
Amendment 133 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to take into account specific new elements and to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of laying down further definitions regarding the access to support under this Regulation, establishing the framework within which Member States shall define the minimum activities to be carried out on areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as well as the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area in– the state suitable for production and the criteria to detat is, any area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland and pasture or permiane the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grasslandnt crops – in the state suitable for production.
Amendment 179 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90 % of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the UnThe redistribution of direct payments should comply with the basic principles of Europa 2020, while highlighting the need to use Union resources for economic growth. To that end, direct payments should be redistributed on the basis of appropriate, objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as the value of agricultural production, averagedded value, labour and purchasing power. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 201922 in a Member State or in a region should haveapproximate to or reach a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmeproductive sectors, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distributionmay retain an element of differentiation in relation to direct support in order to take account of differecnt support across the European Union during that periodtypes of land use.
Amendment 233 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory "greening" component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practisces should take the form of simple, generalised, non- contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and pastures, of perennial crops associated with appropriate agronomic practices and of ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practisces should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in "‘Natura 2000"’ areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practisces are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the "‘greening"’ component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the "greening" compThe same should apply to farmers who sign up for agri-environmental programmes as an aspect of rural development or take part in a national certification scheme of recognised environmental value, or who comply with the environment should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR]al guidelines applicable to sustainable operational programmes under the Single CMO, or who adhere to agri-environmental schemes approved at national level.
Amendment 256 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent grassland and permanent crops is maintained as such by the farmers, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules concerning the application of the measure.
Amendment 270 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to promote the sustainable development of agriculture in areas with specific natural constraints and abandoned areas, Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual area-based paymentpayment based on new criteria such as gross marketable output, added value or the number of workers employed, on top of the basic payment, to all farmers operating in such areas. That payment should not replace the support given under rural development programs and should not be granted to farmers in areas which were designated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) but have not been designated in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of …. on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].
Amendment 277 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 342 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) a payment for young farmers who commence their agricultural activity and for women in farming;
Amendment 550 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, whereMember States shall decide to grant direct payments to farmers in one of the following applicases:
Amendment 588 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the annual amount of direct payments is lessmore than 5 % of the total receiptsincome they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year; or
Amendment 610 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States in accordance with Article 4(1)(c).;
Amendment 621 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) they are identified in a national public register, on the basis of objective criteria, as are farmers;
Amendment 626 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) they devote a substantial amount of their working time to agricultural activities and earn a significant part of their income from such activities, in accordance with criteria established by the Member State.
Amendment 644 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR 52 000 of direct payments for the previous year, to holdings in mountain areas affected by natural constraints or to holdings which restore abandoned areas.
Amendment 655 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Entities such as transport companies, airports, real estate companies, companies managing sport grounds, motorway companies, campsites and mining companies shall not receive direct payments. After having notified the Commission, the Member States may decide to add other types of entity to those listed in paragraph 2a.
Amendment 776 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and deccost of labour (salaries, wages and vouchers), calcularted by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social on a flat-rate basis per labour unit used, also taking into accountributions related to employment work done by family members, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.
Amendment 835 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Before 1 August 2013, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom may decide to increase by a maximum of 10 points the percentage of their annual ceilings referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 852 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Should Article 20 of this Regulation be applied, the Member States may make available to the regions the amount referred to in the first subparagraph, in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 897 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States in which certain types of livestock farms are particularly important for economic and/or social reasons may retain their special entitlements until 31 December 2020.
Amendment 1263 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. FarmersMember States shall grant an annual payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shallwhen they observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) the following agricultural practises beneficial for the c, and in respect of which a greening applimcate and the environment: ion has been made, the following practices:
Amendment 1288 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threewo different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 and up to 20 hectares, and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the yearthree different crops where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 50 hectares;
Amendment 1323 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grassland and pasture on their holding; and
Amendment 1330 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to maintain existing permanent crops on their farms, together with specific agronomic practices; or
Amendment 1332 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) more than 70% of which is cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, or a combination of these.
Amendment 1424 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter when they come within the following categories: – farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No° 834/2007 as regards organic farming shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter, or – beneficiaries of agri-environment- climatic payments established pursuant to Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and/or Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No [...] [RDR]; – farmers who comply with the environmental guidelines applicable to sustainable operational programmes under the single CMO or with national agri-environmental guidelines.
Amendment 1452 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply only to the units of a holding that are used for organic production in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 or are covered by agri-environment- climate measures in accordance with Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and/or Article 29 of Regulation (EU) N° [...] [RDR] or by measures/actions provided for in the environmental guidelines applicable to sustainable operational programmes under the single CMO.
Amendment 1469 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1493 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 1508 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the yearup to 50 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least two different crops. None of those crops shall cover less than 10 % of the arable land. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 50 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those threeThe main crops shall not cover lessmore than 570 % of the arable land and the two main one shall not exceed 70crops together shall not cover more than 95 % of the arable land.
Amendment 1557 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: – where the arable land is mainly used for grass production or other forage, mainly left fallow, mainly cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, or a combination of these, or – where the arable land of the farmer covers up to 50 hectares and more than 80% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by permanent grassland and historical pastures, or by permanent crops.
Amendment 1574 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. For the purposes of this article, “crop” means a crop of one of the genera defined in the botanical classification of crops or a crop of one of the species in the Brassicaceae, Solonaceae and Cucurbitaceae families, as well as land left fallow. However, autumn/winter crops and spring/summer crops shall be deemed to differ from each other even where they are of the same genus.
Amendment 1585 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down the definition of 'crop' andin order to add other crops to those listed in paragraph 1b and to establish the rules concerning the application of the precise calculation of shares of different crops.
Amendment 1705 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. FWhere the agricultural area, excluding areas under permanent grassland, covers more than 15 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 73 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer stripland under permanent crops, terraces, landscape features such as hedges or stone walls, buffer strips, land cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, land under soil-improving crops such as pulses and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1908 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Payments for young farmers and women in farming
Amendment 1935 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and to women engaged in farming and contributing to the rural economy who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 1993 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 36, Member States shall use a percentage of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II which shall not be higher than 24 %. They shall notify the Commission, by 1 August 2013, of the estimated percentage necessary to finance that payment.
Amendment 2000 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to the maximumfigure of 24 % set under paragraph 1, where the total amount of the payment applied for in a Member State in a particular year exceeds the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 4, and where that ceiling is lower than 24 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II, Member States shall apply a linear reduction to all payments to be granted to all farmers in accordance with Article 25.
Amendment 2025 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch pot referred to in Annex I to the Treatoy, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppicewith the exception of fisheries products.
Amendment 2251 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) a level equal to the amount to which the farmer would be entitled in respect of the number of hectares declared for the 2014 calendar year.
Amendment 2288 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II
Annex II
[The breakdown of resources among the Member States that is put forward in Annex II should be reviewed on the basis of objective criteria, as provided for in Recital 21.]
Amendment 19 #
2011/0242(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The creation of an area in which the free movement of persons across internal borders is ensured is one of the main achievements of the European Union. In such an area without controls at internal borders, iIt is necessary to have a common response to situations seriously affecting the public policy or internal security of the European Union or of one or more Member States by allowing for the reintroduction of border control at internal borders in exceptional circumstances, but without jeopardising the principle of the free movement of persons. A common Union response is therefore needed, given the impact that such measures of last resort may have on all persons having the right to circulate within this area without border control at internal borders.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0242(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Free movement within the area without internal border controls is a key Union achievement. As free movement is affected by the temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders, any decision to do so should be taken at the Union level. In any case, reintroduction of border control at internal borders should only take place as a measure of last resort, for a strictly limited scope and period of time, based on specific objective criteria and on an assessment of its necessity which should be made at Union level. In cases where the serious threat to public policy or internal security requires immediate action, a Member State should be able to reintroduce border control at its internal borders for a period not exceeding five days, any prolongation of which needs to be decided at Union level.
Amendment 34 #
2011/0242(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Before any decision is taken on the temporary reintroduction of certain controls at internal borders, the possibility of resorting to measures aimed at addressing the underlying situation, including assistance by Union bodies such as Frontex or Europol, and technical or financial support measures at the national and/or Union level, should be swiftly and fully explored. Moreover, any decision to reintroduce internal border control should be based on substantiated information, which mayust be provided by the Member State requesting the reintroduction, or come from other sources, including inspection visits.
Amendment 78 #
2011/0242(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 562/2006
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Where a serious threat to public policy or internal security in a Member State demands immediate action to be taken, the Member State concerned may exceptionally and immediately reintroduce border control at internal borders, for a limited period of no more than fiveten days.
Amendment 89 #
2011/0242(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 562/2006
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall decide, in agreement with the Member State concerned, on the prolongation of border control at internal borders. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 33a(2).
Amendment 57 #
2011/0023(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The costs incurred by transferring to national law enforcement agencies and competent authorities PNR data held by passenger airlines in their reservation systems should be borne by the airlines.
Amendment 101 #
2011/0023(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i – introductory part
(i) ‘'serious transnational crime’' means the offences under national law referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA if they are punishable by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years under the national law of a Member State, and if:
Amendment 104 #
2011/0023(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i – point -i (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i – point -i (new)
(-i) They are activities relating to terrorism and the financing of terrorist organisations;
Amendment 200 #
2011/0023(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The application of this Directive shall be subject to the independent review, evaluation and oversight of the European Parliament and the Committee referred to in Article 14. Such oversight shall be manifested through the findings and recommendations of public reports, public hearings, codes of practice and analyses.
Amendment 209 #
2011/0023(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) undertake a review of the operation of this Directive and submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council within fourone years after the date mentioned in Article 15(1). Such review shall cover all the elements of this Directive, with special attention to the compliance with standard of protection of personal data, the length of the data retention period and the quality of the assessments. It shall also contain the statistical information gathered pursuant to Article 18.
Amendment 25 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas terrorism is not a recent phenomenon; whereas counter-terrorism has always been part of regular law enforcement action; whereas 9/11 led to a fundamental change in the methods and instruments used to fight terrorism; whereas terrorism became a matter of national security, with a very different legal framework,
Amendment 41 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the aim of counter-terrorism policies should be to undermine the objectives of terrorism, which are to destroy the fabric of our free, open and democratic society; whereas the aim of counter-terrorism must be to protect and strengthen that fabric of democratic society and the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policies must be measured against this aim; whereas in this logic, strengthening civil liberties and democratic scrutiny is not an obstacle to such policies, but their prime objective,
Amendment 79 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly welcomes the Commission Communication; regrets, however, that the scope is rather narrow, limited to the implementation of agreed policy measures, and not national counter- terrorism policies or national measures that transpose policies agreed at European or international level;
Amendment 113 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that a proper evaluation of ten years of counter-terrorism policies must provide the basis for an evidence-based, needs-driven, coherent and comprehensive EU counter-terrorism strategy by means of an in-depth and complete appraisal to be carried out by a panel of independent experts;
Amendment 129 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c
Paragraph 5 – point c
Amendment 141 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e
Paragraph 5 – point e
e. identify where further law enforcement powers are needed or, inversely, where the powers granted are excessive and go beyond what is necessary;
Amendment 147 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 163 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 171 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point c
Paragraph 11 – point c
Amendment 184 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to investigate and rectify any unlawful action and violations of international law and human rights;
Amendment 205 #
2010/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 6 #
2010/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 30 #
2010/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the promotion of workers’ mobility based on European law has to be complemented by EU legal provisions capable of protecting newcomers and those already operating on the new market and which foresee effective sanctions, remedies and redress in cases of violations of workers’ rights and unfair competition resulting from a distorted interpretation of EU rules in force ;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Member States to strengthen the implementation of Directive 91/533/EEC concerning the minimum information that workers should receive from their employer on their employment relationship, including all relevant provisions concerning their employment situation in the host Member State;
Amendment 45 #
2010/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 50 #
2010/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Member States to control more strictly the work of employment agencies in order to ensure that the rights of EU migrant workers are respected., as well as monitoring and seeking to prevent social dumping and unfair competition, which increased in 2004 following the entry of eastern European countries into the EU and are affecting a number of economic sectors, not least the road haulage sector;
Amendment 10 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In July and August 2010, following heavy monsoon rains, devastating floods affected extensive regions of Pakistan, notably the areas of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh and Gilgit- Baltistan. According to United Nations sources, the flooding affected some 20 million people and 20 per cent of Pakistan's land, equivalent to at least 160,000 square kilometres, and leaving up to 12 million people in need of urgent humanitarian aid. However, the textile producing areas are situated outside the areas hit by the floods and there was no direct damage caused to plant or machinery.
Amendment 11 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
Amendment 12 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) In November 2010, serious floods, caused by torrential rains, hit the Veneto Region, in Italy, and in particular the provinces of Vicenza, Verona and Padua, where there is a strong presence and concentration of textile and leather SMEs and industries. Some 293 municipalities were affected over an area of 140 hectares and the floods caused around EUR 1 billion’s worth of direct damage to land, homes, people, factories and machinery in these areas.
Amendment 14 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The autonomous trade preferences instrument is not an appropriate way of dealing with and resolving humanitarian emergency situations.
Amendment 15 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The effects of the application of the trade instrument would only be felt years after the floods and would mostly benefit international exporters and industrial groups in the sector, increasing their profits. Such measures would in no way mitigate the destruction of farmlands, the damage to civilian infrastructure and homes and the population’s dramatic health conditions resulting from the floods.
Amendment 16 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 c (new)
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) The European Union addressed Pakistan’s humanitarian emergency by providing some EUR 150 million in humanitarian aid and the international community as a whole swiftly and effectively supplied Pakistan with EUR 500 million in humanitarian aid.
Amendment 18 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It will be important to use all available appropriate means to support Pakistan's recovery from this emergency and progress towards future development.
Amendment 24 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘Trade, Growth and World Affairs – Trade Policy as a core component of the EU's 2020 strategy’ (COM(2010)612/4) states that in 2011 the Commission will assess the application of international trade as a standard aid instrument for third countries hit by natural disasters.
Amendment 29 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is therefore not appropriate to extend autonomous trade preferences to Pakistan by suspending for a limited period of time all tariffs for certain products of export interest to Pakistan. The provision of these trade preferences would not cause any meaningfulhave significant adverse effects on the domestic market of the Union and would not affect, especially on the markets of Member States with a strong presence and concentration of textile and manufacturing sectors, and would negatively affect least developed Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in competition with Pakistan for products in respect of which it is being proposed that customs duties be suspended.
Amendment 33 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The suspension of customs duties for Pakistan in respect of the textile and manufacturing sectors would be an unfair and inappropriate measure in the light of the similar floods which have recently hit the Veneto Region and Vicenza, Verona and Padua provinces in Italy, manufacturing areas with a high concentration of textile and leather producers. These events directly hit and flooded not only homes and extensive areas under crops, but also thousands of businesses, laboratories, factories and machines, causing a halt in production, the closure of many production plants and the loss of thousands of jobs. The trade measure involving the suspension of customs duties for Pakistan would cause a further deterioration in the situation of people living in the textile and manufacturing areas of the Veneto Region hit by the floods.
Amendment 34 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) The Commission has not carried out any impact assessment on the measures to suspend customs duties for Pakistan as regards EU textile and manufacturing products. Such measures would cause direct and serious damage to the EU industry at an extremely critical juncture, characterised by a fall-off in orders, plant closures and steadily rising unemployment.
Amendment 35 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 c (new)
Recital 7 c (new)
(7c) Pakistan’s territory is characterised by the presence of high hydro-geological risk levels and has already experienced many floods of a similar magnitude in the past. The problems posed by Pakistan’s territory could be significantly reduced through engineering and environmental operations to make risk areas secure. The proposed trade instrument cannot enable the Pakistani Government to implement the necessary civil and environmental protection work, which would be the only means of ensuring that there is no recurrence of such disasters. The suspension of customs duties would provide benefits only for a few international trade operators.
Amendment 37 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 e (new)
Recital 7 e (new)
(7e) The suspension of customs duties in respect of the textile and leather sectors would cause serious damage to the equivalent EU manufacturing and industrial sectors, which are already in a state of grave crisis.
Amendment 38 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 f (new)
Recital 7 f (new)
(7f) European textile and leather production is based and concentrated in specific manufacturing and industrial areas within only a few Member States. The textile sector is the main economic and social asset of such areas. The harmful economic effects of the suspension of customs duties for Pakistan would hit such areas not only in terms of loss of earnings and increased unemployment, but would also have adverse repercussions on their entire social fabric, worsening situations of social distress resulting from the sector’s economic crisis.
Amendment 41 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 42 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Humanitarian aid is the most suitable and appropriate instrument for bringing relief to the flood victims in Pakistan and for humanitarian crisis situations in general. The trade instrument is not in this case an effective and appropriate instrument for urgent and efficacious action against the effects of the flooding.
Amendment 43 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) It would be better if the Commission implemented a strategy to support and revive Europe’s industrial and manufacturing textile sector. The Pakistani flood victims will not be helped by aid being granted to strong global competitors and private industrial groups, which will damage the European textile sector, employment and the European Union’s strategy for growth.
Amendment 44 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) EU citizens in textile regions look to the EU institutions for protection and strategies for economic revival and development. Granting trade measures to assist the Pakistani textile sector would harm the textile regions of the Union, with economic damage, lack of growth, a drop in orders, rising unemployment and the spread of social unrest as a consequence. Decisions made by the EU institutions to which EU citizens look for protection and development would instead be inflicting economic damage on them.
Amendment 54 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 61 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure an immediate and sustainable impact on the economic recovery of Pakistan in the aftermath of the floods it is recommended to limit the duration of the trade preferences until 31 December 2013the granting of humanitarian aid is recommended as the better solution.
Amendment 65 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
Amendment 66 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Parliament rejects the Commission’s proposal and calls on it to apply the humanitarian aid instrument, increasing its scope, as this would seem in this case to be more suitable and effective in view of the urgent and needy conditions prevailing in the Pakistani humanitarian crisis.
Amendment 67 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Amendment 68 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Amendment 92 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Safeguard clause 1. Where a product cited in Annex I and originating in Pakistan is imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause serious difficulties to a Union producer of like or directly competing products, Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be reintroduced at any time by the European Commission. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may reject or amend the Commission's proposal. 2. At the request of a Member State or a national trade association or on the Commission's own initiative, the Commission shall take a formal decision to initiate an investigation within a reasonable period of time. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the investigation. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received, and state that any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period, which shall not exceed four months from the date of publication of the notice, within which interested parties may make their views known in writing. 3. The Commission shall seek all information it deems necessary and may verify the information received with Pakistan and any other relevant source. It may be assisted by officials of the Member State on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests. 4. In examining whether there are serious difficulties, the Commission shall take account, inter alia and where the information is available, of the following factors concerning Community producers: – market share, – production, – stocks, – production capacity, – capacity utilisation, – employment, – imports, – prices. 5. The investigation shall be completed within four months after the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 2. 6. The Commission shall take a decision within one month of the investigation being concluded, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8(2). This decision shall enter into force one month after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. 7. Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make an investigation impossible, the Commission may, after informing the Committee, take any preventive measure which is strictly necessary.
Amendment 93 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 b (new)
Article 9 b (new)
Revoking the measures If Pakistan adopts measures restricting human rights and workers’ rights, gender equality or religious rights or if it provides terrorist organisations of any kind with backing or support, the Commission shall immediately revoke the measures in this Regulation.
Amendment 116 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Amendment 117 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
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Amendment 118 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Amendment 119 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Amendment 120 #
2010/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
CN Code Description FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER, PLASTICS OR COMPOSITION LEATHER AND UPPERS OF LEATHER, WITH IN-SOLES OF A LENGTH OF 24 CM OR MORE, WHICH CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED AS MEN'S OR WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR, OTHER THAN SPORTS FOOTWEAR AND 64039993 FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING A PROTECTIVE METAL TOECAP, NOT COVERING THE ANKLE, NOT MADE ON A BASE OR PLATFORM OF WOOD (NOT HAVING AN INNER SOLE), OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR WITH A VAMP MADE OF STRAPS OR WHICH HAS ONE OR SEVERAL PIECES CUT OUT, OTHER THAN SLIPPERS FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER, PLASTICS OR COMPOSITION LEATHER AND UPPERS OF LEATHER, WITH IN-SOLES OF A LENGTH OF 24 CM OR MORE, FOR MEN, OTHER THAN SPORTS FOOTWEAR AND FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING A PROTECTIVE METAL TOECAP, NOT 64039996 COVERING THE ANKLE, NOT MADE ON A BASE OR PLATFORM OF WOOD (NOT HAVING AN INNER SOLE), OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR WITH A VAMP MADE OF STRAPS OR WHICH HAS ONE OR SEVERAL PIECES CUT OUT, OTHER THAN SLIPPERS FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER, PLASTICS OR COMPOSITION LEATHER AND UPPERS OF LEATHER, WITH IN-SOLES OF A LENGTH OF 24 CM OR MORE, FOR WOMEN, OTHER THAN SPORTS FOOTWEAR AND FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING A PROTECTIVE METAL 64039998 TOECAP, NOT COVERING THE ANKLE, NOT MADE ON A BASE OR PLATFORM OF WOOD (NOT HAVING AN INNER SOLE), OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR WITH A VAMP MADE OF STRAPS OR WHICH HAS ONE OR SEVERAL PIECES CUT OUT, OTHER THAN SLIPPERS deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted
Amendment 74 #
2010/0210(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Activities dependent on the passing of the seasons are typically to be found inSeasonal work is typical of sectors such as agriculture and horticulture, during the planting or harvesting period, or tourism, during the holiday period.
Amendment 85 #
2010/0210(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Directive shouldmust provide for a flexible entry system based on demand and objective criteria, such as a valid work contract or a binding job offer that specifies the level of remuneration applicable to seasonal workers in the sector concerned.
Amendment 135 #
2010/0210(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point c
Article 3 – point c
c) ‘activity dependent on the passing of the seasonsseasonal work’ means an activity that is tied to a certain time of the year by an event or pattern during which labour levels are required that are far above those necessary for usually ongoing operations;
Amendment 152 #
2010/0210(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) a valid travel document, as determined by national law. Member States mayust require the period of the validity of the travel document to cover at least the duration of the residence permit;
Amendment 174 #
2010/0210(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States mayshall verify whether the vacancy concerned could not be filled by national or EU, or by third-country nationals lawfully residing in the Member State and already forming part of its labour market by virtue of EU or national law and reject the application.
Amendment 178 #
2010/0210(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States mayshall reject an application if the employer has been sanctioned in conformity with national law for undeclared work and/or illegal employment.
Amendment 193 #
2010/0210(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States mayshall reject an application on the grounds of volumes of admission of third-country nationals.
Amendment 59 #
2010/0209(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As intra-corporate transfers consist of temporary migration, the applicant should provide evidence that the third-country national will be able to transfer back to an entity belonging to the same group and established in a third country at the end of the assignment. That evidence mayust consist of the relevant provisions under the work contract. An assignment letter shouldmust be produced providing evidence that the third- country national manager or specialist possesses the professional qualifications needed in the Member State to which they have been admitted to occupy the post or the regulated profession.
Amendment 63 #
2010/0209(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Third-country nationals who apply to be admitted as graduate trainees should provide evidence of the higher education qualifications required, namely of any diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications attesting the successful completion of a post-secondary higher education programme of at least three years. In addition, they must present a training agreement, including a description of the training programme, its duration and the conditions in which the trainees will be supervised, proving that they will benefit from genuine training and not be used as normal workers.
Amendment 67 #
2010/0209(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Unless this condition conflicts with the principle of Union preference as expressed in the relevant provisions of the Acts of Accession, no labour market test should be required, since this criterion would be in contradiction with the purpose of setting up a transparent and simplified scheme for admission of intra- corporate transferees, no labour market test should be required.
Amendment 193 #
2010/0209(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States mayshall reject an application on the grounds of volumes of admission of third-country nationals.
Amendment 235 #
2010/0209(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from the last subparagraph of Article 4(1) and from Article 7(2) of Directive 2003/86/EC, the integration measures referred to therein mayust be applverified by the first Member State only afterbefore the persons concerned have been granted family reunification.
Amendment 59 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In the interests of a correct recognition of those persons in need of protection as refugees within the meaning of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention or as persons eligible for subsidiary protection, every applicant should have an effective access to procedures, the opportunity to cooperate and properly communicate with the competent authorities so as to present the relevant facts of his/her case and sufficient procedural guarantees to pursue his/her case throughout all stages of the procedure. Moreover, the procedure in which an application for international protection is examined should normally provide an applicant at least with the right to stay pending a decision by the determining authority, access to the services of an interpreter for submitting his/her case if interviewed by the authorities, the opportunity to communicate with a representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and with organizations providing advice or counselling to applicants for international protection , the right to appropriate notification of a decision, a motivation of that decision in fact and in law, the opportunity to consult a legal adviser or other counsellor, and the right to be informed of his/her legal position at decisive moments in the course of the procedure, in a language he/she can reasonably be supposed to understands and, in the case of a negative decision, the right to an effective remedy before a court or tribunal.
Amendment 68 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Where an applicant makes a subsequent application without presenting new evidence or arguments, it would be disproportionate to oblige Member States to carry out a new full examination procedure. In these cases, Member States should be able to dismiss an application as inadmissible in accordance with the res judicata principle.
Amendment 74 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Member States should examine all applications on the substance, i.e. assess whether the applicant in question qualifies for international protection in accordance with Directive […/../EC] [the Qualification Directive] except where the present Directive provides otherwise, in particular where it can be reasonably assumed that another country would do the examination or provide sufficient protection. In particular, Member States should not bare obliged to assess the substance of an application for international protection where a first country of asylum has granted the applicant refugee status or otherwise sufficient protection and the applicant will be readmitted to this country.
Amendment 77 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Member States shouldare also not be obliged to assess the substance of an application for international protection where the applicant, due to a sufficient connection to a third country as defined by national law, can reasonably be expected to seek protection in that third country, and there are grounds for considering that the applicant will be admitted or re-admitted to that country. Member States should only proceed on this basis where this particular applicant would be safe in the third country concerned. In order to avoid secondary movements of applicants, common principles for the consideration or designation by Member States of third countries as safe should be established.
Amendment 79 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Since the objective of this Directive, namely to establish minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection, cannot be sufficiently attained by the individual Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at CommunityUnion level, the CommunityUnion may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this objective.
Amendment 80 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point c
Article 2 – point c
(c) "applicant" or "applicant for international protection" means a third country national or stateless person who has made an application for international protection in respect of which a final decision has not yet been taken;Does not affect English version.
Amendment 84 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point p
Article 2 – point p
Amendment 122 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they shall be informed in a language which they may reasonably be supposed to understand of the procedure to be followed and of their rights and obligations during the procedure and the possible consequences of not complying with their obligations and not cooperating with the authorities. They shall be informed of the time-frame, as well as the means at their disposal for fulfilling the obligation to submit the elements as referred to in Article 4 of Directive […./../EC] [the Qualification Directive ]. This information shall be given in time to enable them to exercise the rights guaranteed in this Directive and to comply with the obligations described in Article 12;
Amendment 124 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) they shall receive the services of an interpreter for submitting their case to the competent authorities whenever necessary. Member States shall consider it necessary to give these services at leastonly when the determining authority calls upon the applicant to be interviewed as referred to in Articles 13, 14, 15, 16 and 30 and appropriate communication cannot be ensured without such services. In this case and in other cases where the competent authorities call upon the applicant, these services shall be paid for out of public funds if the applicant cannot pay for them;
Amendment 126 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) they shall be informed of the result of the decision by the determining authority in a language that they may reasonably be supposed to understand when they are not assisted or represented by a legal adviser or other counsellor. The information provided shall include information on how to challenge a negative decision in accordance with the provisions of Article 10(2).
Amendment 129 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) applicants have to hand over all documents in their possession relevantnecessary to the examination of the application, such as their passports;
Amendment 130 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) applicants are required to inform the competent authorities of their current place of residence or address and of any changes thereof as soon as possible. Member States mayshall provide that the applicant shall have to accept any communication at the most recent place of residence or address which he/she indicated accordingly;
Amendment 155 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that free legal assistance and/or representation be granted on request, subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, if the applicant cannot pay for it. To that end, Member States shall:
Amendment 173 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
With respect to the procedures provided for in Chapter V, Member States may choose to only make free legal assistance and/or representation available to applicants insofar as such assistance is necessary to ensure their effective access to justice. Member States shall ensure that legal assistance and/or representation granted pursuant to this paragraph is not arbitrarily restricted after having verified that the applicants cannot pay for it.
Amendment 190 #
2009/0165(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 2 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
Amendment 5 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
Amendment 14 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas according to the Commission Report, the overall transposition of Directive 2004/38/EC is rather disappointing, as not one Member State has transposed the Directive effectively and correctly in its entirety and, moreover, not one article of the Directive has been transposed effectively and correctly by all Member States, and whereas, particularly as in at least twenty Member States the incorrectness of the transposition concerns crucial provisions of the DirectiveMember States have failed to transpose Directive 2004/38/EC fully and accurately,
Amendment 24 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S - indent 1
Recital S - indent 1
– restrictivthe interpretation by Member States of the notion of "family member" (Article 2), of "any other family member" and of "partner" (Article 3), particularly in relation to same sex partners, and their right to free movement under Directive 2004/38/EC,
Amendment 25 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation S - indent 1 - footnote
Citation S - indent 1 - footnote
Amendment 28 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation S - indent 2 - footnote
Citation S - indent 2 - footnote
Amendment 34 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation S - indent 4 - footnote
Citation S - indent 4 - footnote
Amendment 35 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S - indent 5
Recital S - indent 5
- Union citizens are often required to submit to the authorities of the host Member State unjustified additional documents not provided for in Directive 2004/38/ECdocuments providing evidence of lawful employment and, thereby, that their resources were lawfully obtained, identity papers, an application for registration with the authorities and a certificate from the criminal records office,
Amendment 38 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S - indent 5 - footnote
Recital S - indent 5 - footnote
Amendment 47 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out, nonetheless, that under the provisions of Articles 18 and 64 of the EC Treaty the Member States retain the right to exercise their responsibilities with regard to the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of internal security;
Amendment 54 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to fully implement the rights granted under Article 2 and Article 3 of Directive 2004/38/EC not only to different sex spouses, but also to registered partners, members of the household and partners, including same- sex couples and irrespective of nationality, on the basis of the principles of mutual recognition, equality, non- discrimination, dignity, private and family life; in this regard, calls the Commission to issue strict guidelines, in addition drawing on the analysis and conclusions contained in the Fundamental Rights Agency report;
Amendment 61 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the situation of registered partners covered by the directive is not always clear, in particular in countries where registered partnerships are not recognised, and points out that family law is the exclusive preserve of the Member States;
Amendment 63 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Notes the lack of legal certainty in the large number of cases of abuses of rights, forced marriages and marriages of convenience that have arisen;
Amendment 67 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States, while implementing the right to free movement, not to place unjustifiedthe fewest possible administrative burdens on Union citizens and their family members that are not expressly provided for in Directive 2004/38/EC, as these are contrary to EC law and an unjustified obstacle to the exercise of a freedom conferred directly by the EC Treaty, which is not dependent on their having completed administrative procedures; reminds Member States of their duty to facilitate; reminds Member States of the need to simplify, in cooperation with applicants, administrative practices linked to the exercise of the right to free movement;
Amendment 76 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States not to introduce legislation that imposes disapproportionate or discriminatoryriate sanctions on Union citizens, such as imprisonment in the event of expulsion from the territory of the host Member State, providing that it is an aggravating circumstance in relation to a criminal offence committed by a Union citizen if that citizen had previously been illegally staying in another Member State or providing that the automatic consequence of a criminal conviction is expulsion;
Amendment 82 #
2008/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8