Activities of Sigrid FRIIS
Plenary speeches (7)
State of the Energy union (debate)
The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)
The extreme wildfires in Southern Europe, in particular Portugal and Greece and the need for further EU climate action on adaptation and mitigation (debate)
UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) (debate)
Outcome of COP 29 and challenges for international climate policy (debate)
Right to clean drinking water in the EU (debate)
Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
Institutional motions (3)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia
Oral questions (1)
The Commission’s plans to include the revision of the outstanding proposals on animal welfare in its work plan for 2025
Written questions (2)
Blatant disregard of International Criminal Court decisions by the Hungarian Prime Minister
Potential downgrade of the protection status of the wolf
Amendments (21)
Amendment 294 #
2024/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that an expanded European Research Council (ERC) and European Innovation Council (EIC) should be at the heart of the part of FP10 dealing with a European competition of ideas a; recommends that this part should receive half of the FP10 budget; recommends thatcross-border collaboration should be encouraged and these programmes be designed so that they create a European, bottom-up funnel for innovation to develop quickly from fundamental science to innovation scale- up; as well as innovative ecosystems, consisting of universities, research and technology organisations, industry, startups, SMEs and investors, to translate results of research and development into the market in terms of products and value creation; considers that the EIC can only succeed if it can both offer blended finance as a single project and act with the same speed and agility as private actors on the venture capitalist market through a tailor-made legal entity for implementation; underlines that the strengthened autonomy and self- governance of both the ERC and the EIC are crucial to achieving this;
Amendment 20 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that gender balance in the composition of the top management of our agencies and institutions must be a guideline; notes that the Agency's senior management is currently composed of 67% men and 33% women, according to the figures communicated; calls on the Agency to take this into consideration in future recruitments;
Amendment 23 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Welcomes the fact that the ECDC has adopted its charter on diversity and inclusion in 2023;
Amendment 43 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses that gender balance in the composition of the top management of our Agencies and institutions must be a guideline; notes that the Agency's senior management is currently composed of 73% men and 27% women, according to the figures communicated; calls on the Agency to take this into consideration in future recruitments;
Amendment 56 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that gender balance in the composition of the top management of our Agencies and institutions must be a guideline; welcomes the fact that the Agency's senior management is currently composed of 50% men and 50% women, according to the figures communicated;
Amendment 78 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that gender balance in the composition of the top management of our Agencies and institutions must be a guideline; notes that the EFSA's senior management is currently composed of 63% men and 38% women, according to the figures communicated; calls on the Agency to take this into consideration in future recruitments;
Amendment 99 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that gender balance in the composition of the top management of our agencies and institutions must be a guideline; notes that the Agency's senior management is currently composed of 60% men and 40% women, according to the figures communicated; calls on the Agency to take this into consideration in future recruitments;
Amendment 21 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of proper scrutiny of climate and biodiversity expenditure in the Union budget, and holds the Commission accountable for the implementation of a robust and reliable methodology, in line with the commitments undertaken in the MFF agreement and paragraphs 16d and 16e, respectively, of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources2 ; calls on the Commission to follow the Court’s recommendations in the relevant reports to better estimate climate and biodiversity spending under current and future funding instruments, to ensure adequate design of the existing policies and their implementation, including revised CAP Strategic Plans Regulation, to guarantee that the environmental ambition is not lowered in comparison to the originally adopted Regulation, as committed to by the European Commission, and ensure future funding instruments that are to support the climate and, biodiversity and wider environmental objectives and targets, to enhance the performance of green transition measures and to ensure comprehensive, consistent, reliable and transparent reporting on climate and biodiversity spending under the RRF; _________________ 2 OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 28, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2 020/1222/oj
Amendment 26 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes with concern the conclusions of the Court of Auditors that the Strategic Plans, implementing the Common Agricultural Policy, do not match the EU’s ambitions for the climate and the environment, and that key elements for assessing green performance are missing1a; Calls for a balanced representation of different types of land management and farming in the European Board on Agriculture and Food to be established in early 2025 to inform the Vision for Agriculture and Food, with the aim to ensure a dialogue on true solutions for resilient farming models, supported by a fair and just transition, where nobody and no rural region is left behind; _________________ 1a Special report 20/2024: Common Agricultural Policy Plans – Greener, but not matching the EU’s ambitions for the climate and the environment
Amendment 34 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Attributes great importance to a pluralistic and vibrant civil society, vital to enabling a balanced policy dialogue in a democratic society; stands behind the continuation of the support to capacity building of civil society organisations and their involvement in the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of EU legislation and policy through EU funding programmes via transparent and competitive process, including via LIFE operating grants;
Amendment 36 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Commission to revise the guidelines1a, reassuring the applicants of operating grants of the eligible expenditure pursuant to the applicable Regulation and confirming their vital position in the decision making process, while paying full regards to the transparency provisions applicable to them; _________________ 1a Guidance on funding for activities related to the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of Union legislation and policy
Amendment 33 #
2023/0454(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Directive 2011/65/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) information on possible suitable alternatives and their availability;
Amendment 33 #
2023/0454(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Directive 2011/65/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) information on possible suitable alternatives and their availability;
Amendment 40 #
2023/0454(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 2011/65/EU
Article 24 – paragraph 2a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2a (new)
(4 a) In Article 24 , the following paragraph is added: “(2 a). The Commission shall monitor the situation regarding the resources of the European Chemicals Agency and tasks, workload and remit of the scientific committees of the European Chemicals Agency and present, where necessary, a legislative proposal to reflect any needs of the Eureopan Chemicals Agency stemming from tasks introduced by this Regulation and to improve governance of its scientific committees. "
Amendment 40 #
2023/0454(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 2011/65/EU
Article 24 – paragraph 2a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2a (new)
(4a) In Article 24 , the following paragraph is added: “(2 a). The Commission shall monitor the situation regarding the resources of the European Chemicals Agency and tasks, workload and remit of the scientific committees of the European Chemicals Agency and present, where necessary, a legislative proposal to reflect any needs of the European Chemicals Agency stemming from tasks introduced by this Regulation and to improve governance of its scientific committees. "
Amendment 144 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) While the ECHA should identify and develop the technical functionalities of the common data platform in stages, certain dedicated services should be defined by this Regulation. As such, the common data platform should, in addition to providing access to chemicals-related data made available by the Agencies and the Commission, provide access to the chemicals data and information made available through its dedicated services. These dedicated services should be integrated into the common data platform and consist of the existing Information Platform for Chemical Monitoring (‘IPCHEM’), a repository of reference values, a database of study notifications, a database with information on regulatory processes, a database with information on applicable legal obligations, a repository of standard formats and controlled vocabularies, a database on environmental sustainability related data, a database on substances in articles and their available alternatives, as well as a dashboard of indicators on chemicals.
Amendment 222 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48 a) As this Regulation expands the tasks and workload of the European Chemicals Agency, it shall be provided with appropriate and stable resources and stable governance of the scientific committees should be ensured. In this respect, it is appropriate that the Commission takes account of any developments and reflects needs of the Agency to allow fullfillment of its tasks and potential.
Amendment 243 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
10. ‘chemicals data’ means any representation of facts or information relating to chemicals and any compilation of such facts or information, including information on physico-chemical properties, hazard properties, use, exposure, risk, occurrence, emissions and manufacturing process of the chemicals, information on availability of sustainable alternatives, as well as environmental sustainability related information, including climate change related information, on those chemicals, regulatory process-related information on chemicals, standard formats, controlled vocabularies, or any information on applicable legal obligations related to chemicals, including information related to enforcement activities;
Amendment 275 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – point g a (new)
(g a) information on substances in products and their alternatives referred to in Article 10a.
Amendment 377 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article10a Information on substances in articles and their alternatives 1. The ECHA shall establish and operate, as part of the common data platform, a new database containing information on substances in products and their alternatives generated or submitted as part of the implementation of Union chemicals legislation listed in Annex I. This database shall also integrate the information subject to paragraph 2 of Article 3, point (ca). 2. Where Member State competent authorities as referred to in any of the Union acts listed in Annex I hold the information referred to in paragraph 1, they shall make that information available to the Union agency responsible under the respective Union act listed in Annex I without undue delay. 3. Where the ECHA, EEA, EFSA, EU- OSHA or the Commission hold the information referred to in paragraph 1, they shall make that information available to the ECHA for integration in the common data platform in the standard formats provided for in Article 14 without undue delay and, where relevant, once the responsible agency or the Commission has performed the validity assessment. 4. The ECHA shall encourage providers of alternatives referred to in this Article to identify themselves. 5. The database shall include, where available, following information and shall be user-friendly: (a) substance identity; (b) sector of use; (c) alternatives identified for each use; (d) technical function; (e) material article category ;
Amendment 536 #
2023/0453(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a (new)
Article27a Review No later than … [OP: please insert 1 year after the entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall assess workload and further needs of the European Chemicals Agency, stemming among others from the additional tasks related to the establishment of database of information on substances in products and their available alternatives, and where appropriate, provide it with adequate further resources.