Activities of Saïd EL KHADRAOUI
Plenary speeches (139)
Residue levels of pesticides in plant and animal products
Medicinal products
Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services (recast) - Common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator - Common rules for access to the international road haulage market (recast) (debate)
Action Plan on Urban Mobility (debate)
The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (debate)
The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (continuation of debate)
Action Plan on Urban Mobility (debate)
Impact of aviation security measures and body scanners on human rights, privacy, personal dignity and data protection (debate)
Amendment of Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (debate)
Rules for the operation of air services in the Community (recast) (debate)
Towards a new culture of urban mobility (debate)
Protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users (debate)
Conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator - International carriage of passengers by coach and bus (recast) - International carriage of goods by road (recast) (debate)
Commission Question Time
Common rules in the field of civil aviation security (debate)
Accomplishment of the internal market in Community postal services (debate)
Airport charges (debate)
EC-USA air transport agreement (debate)
Airport capacity and ground handling (debate)
Green Paper on urban transport (debate)
Development of the Community's railways - Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community - Rail passengers' rights and obligations (debate)
Single European Sky (debate)
Explanations of vote
Community postal services (debate)
Multilateral Agreement on the Establishment of a European Common Aviation Area: Commission statement and report (debate)
Common rules in the field of civil aviation security (debate)
EU-USA Air Services Agreement (debate)
EU restrictions on liquids that passengers can carry on aircrafts (debate)
Development of the Community’s railways – Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community – International rail passengers’ rights and obligations (debate)
Common rules in the field of civil aviation security (debate)
Deployment of the European rail signalling system (debate)
Question Time (Commission)
Measure to enhance road safety (SAFETY) and security measures in the transport sector, including the financing thereof (SECURITY) (debate)
WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong (debate)
Market access to port services
Developing the agenda for the Community’s external aviation policy – EU-Russia and EU-China relations in the field of air transport
Charging of heavy goods vehicles
Community railways
Doha Development Agenda
Short sea shipping
Scheme of generalised tariff preferences (continuation)
Situation in Cuba
Question Time (Commission)
Conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator (Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009) (debate)
European long-term investment funds (debate)
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate)
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate)
Union programme in the field of financial reporting and auditing 2014-2020 (debate)
Information accompanying transfers of funds - Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (debate)
Implementation of the Single European Sky - Aerodromes, air traffic management and air navigation services (debate)
Domestic passenger transport services by rail - Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings - European Union Agency for Railways - Single European railway area - Railway safety - Interoperability of the rail system (debate)
Domestic passenger transport services by rail - Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings - European Union Agency for Railways - Single European railway area - Railway safety - Interoperability of the rail system (continuation of debate)
Compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights (debate)
Compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights (A7-0020/2014 - Georges Bach) (vote)
Programme of activities of the Greek Presidency (debate)
Tachographs and social legislation relating to road transport (debate)
Call for a measurable and tangible commitment against tax evasion and tax avoidance in the EU (debate)
Connecting Europe Facility - Trans-European transport network (debate)
Technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations (debate)
Technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations (debate)
Situation in Syria (debate)
Situation in Egypt (continuation of debate)
Registration documents for vehicles - Inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles - Roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers (debate)
Credit institutions and prudential supervision - Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (debate)
Situation in Egypt (debate)
'One carry-on bag' rule imposed by certain airlines (debate)
Credit rating agencies - Undertakings of collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and alternative investment funds managers (debate)
Authorised dimensions and weights of certain road vehicles (debate)
Introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at European Union airports - Groundhandling services at European Union airports - Allocation of slots at European Union airports
Shadow banking (short presentation)
European Venture Capital Funds - European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (debate)
Situation in Syria (debate)
Financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks (debate)
Situation in Syria (debate)
Situation in Egypt (debate)
Single European railway area (debate)
Single European railway area (debate)
Recording equipment in road transport (debate)
Latest developments in the Middle East, including the situation in Syria (debate)
Maritime piracy (debate)
Situation in Syria (debate)
Annual tax report (short presentation)
European Maritime Safety Agency (debate)
Single European transport area (debate)
Situation in Syria (debate)
Modernisation of VAT legislation in order to boost the digital single market (debate)
Single European railway area (debate)
System of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States - Compatibility of the German and British tax agreements with Switzerland with the EU Savings Tax Directive (debate)
The future of VAT (debate)
Security scanners (debate)
Security scanners (debate)
Ministerial week’s activity at the UN General Assembly, in particular the Middle East peace process and North Africa (debate)
Situation in Syria (debate)
Situation in the Arab world and North Africa - Situation in Yemen - Situation in Syria (continuation of debate)
Cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences
Cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences
Aviation security with a special focus on security scanners - Liquids (LAG) ban on aircrafts (debate)
Prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances - Implementation of excessive deficit procedure - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of Member States - Budgetary surveillance in euro area - Surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies - Enforcement measures to correct excessive macroeconomic imbalances in euro area (continuation of debate)
Charging of heavy goods vehicles (debate)
Charging of heavy goods vehicles (debate)
EU-US air transport agreement - EU-Canada air transport agreement - EU-Vietnam air services agreement (debate)
Situation in Egypt (debate)
Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate)
Situation in the Mediterranean, in particular in Tunisia and Egypt (debate)
Control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (debate)
Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate)
Integrated Maritime Policy (debate)
Integrated Maritime Policy (A7-0266/2010, Gesine Meissner) (vote)
Transatlantic relations: USA travel fee (debate)
Inclusion of aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (debate)
Postal services
The Belgian Presidency’s programme of activities (debate)
Remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector (A7-0208/2010, Saïd El Khadraoui) (vote)
Capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations, and the supervisory review of remuneration policies - Remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector (debate)
Capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations, and the supervisory review of remuneration policies - Remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector (debate)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport - Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway (debate)
A sustainable future for transport (debate)
EU-US air agreement (debate)
Implementation of the first railway package directives (debate)
The organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (debate)
European rail network for competitive freight (debate)
Security and prevention measures on offshore oil platforms in the EU (debate)
Volcanic ash crisis (debate)
Passenger Name Record (PNR) (debate)
Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate)
Air safety: EU airline blacklist (debate)
Aviation security charges (debate)
Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (recast) (debate)
Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (recast) (debate)
Strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 (debate)
Implementation of the first railway package directives (debate)
Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate)
Body scanners - Operation of intelligence services in the context of counter-terrorism strategies (debate)
Outcome of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change (debate)
A political solution with regard to the piracy off the Somalian coast (debate)
Preparation of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change (debate)
Passenger compensation in the event of airline bankruptcy (debate)
Restructuring of the European car industry, in particular the Opel case (debate)
Reports (7)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures PDF (426 KB) DOC (626 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a decision of the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting with the Council, on the conclusion of the Air Transport Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and the United States of America, on the other hand PDF (144 KB) DOC (74 KB)
REPORT on developing the agenda for the Community's external aviation policy PDF (146 KB) DOC (83 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area, as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure PDF (653 KB) DOC (799 KB)
REPORT on Shadow Banking PDF (182 KB) DOC (98 KB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures PDF (259 KB) DOC (360 KB)
REPORT Report on remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector PDF (198 KB) DOC (123 KB)
Shadow reports (9)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Long-term Investment Funds PDF (403 KB) DOC (224 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways as regards conferring delegated and implementing powers upon the Commission for the adoption of certain measures PDF (209 KB) DOC (317 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a Union programme to support specific activities in the field of financial reporting and auditing for the period of 2014-2020 PDF (264 KB) DOC (381 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement on certain aspects of air services between the European Union and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka PDF (140 KB) DOC (61 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Social Entrepreneurship Funds PDF (366 KB) DOC (325 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Venture Capital Funds PDF (312 KB) DOC (200 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on certain aspects of air services PDF (139 KB) DOC (57 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft decision of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council on the conclusion of the Protocol to Amend the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part PDF (160 KB) DOC (83 KB)
REPORT Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union on certain aspects of air services PDF (134 KB) DOC (62 KB)
Opinions (2)
OPINION on follow-up on the delegation of legislative powers and the control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers
Shadow opinions (4)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in view of the implementation by 2020 of an international agreement applying a single global market-based measure to international aviation emissions
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific requirements regarding statutory auditing of public-interest entities
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on derogating temporarily from Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community
Written declarations (4)
Amendments (437)
Amendment 881 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Is of the opinion that the option of a Treaty change allowing for the extension of the scope of the present Art. 143 TFEU to all Member States, instead of being restricted to non-euro Member States, should be explored ; similarly, takes the view that the option of a Treaty change to create a European Monetary Fund within the Community framework as an alternative to the IMF should also be explored; further considers that other issues to be evaluated include the current institutional framework of the Troika and the possibility of dissolving it, the involvement of the ECB in the review of the programmes and the mandatory involvement of the IMF in euro area financial assistance programmes as enshrined in the ESM treaty;
Amendment 91 #
2013/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that securitisation can play an important role in financial intermediation; encourages efforts to securitise high- quality assets while avoiding structures of high complexity; notes that there is scope for provided there is more standardisation and transparency on the underlying risks; calls on the Commission and the ECB to follow closely the activities of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions-Financial Stability Board working group on securitisation and to develop a definition of ‘high-quality securitisation and standardisation and transparency requirements’;
Amendment 169 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Invites the EC to transpose the recommendations of the different workstreams of the FSB on shadow banking, in particular the proposals on repo transaction and security lending.
Amendment 235 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. underlines that keeping both entities in one single bank holding will not entirely eliminate the risk of spillover effects, as in stress situations, reputational risk may spread within the banking group thus reducing the potential benefits of separation.
Amendment 295 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – introductory part
Paragraph 12 – introductory part
12. Urges the Commission to ensure that separation results in: (a) separate legal entities, with separate sources of funding for the bank's retail and investment entities; (b) limits on the extent to which the two entities are reliant on each other for funding and/or resources; in particular, there should be no legal basis for shifting capital and liquidity between from ring- deposit-taking and investment banking entities to other entities in the group. Strict firewalls are required between individual business entities. The group can still take advantage of synergies and scale economies, including a common technology platform, but without unwanted financial contamination of the banking affiliates' balance sheet. (c) the application of adequate, thorough and separate capital, leverage and liquidity rules to each entity, including separate balance sheets; (d) net and gross large exposure limits for intra-group transactions between ring- fenced and non-ring-fenced activities the commercial banking entity and the trading / investment banking entity, which are at least as strict as those for third- party exposure, including strict limits on the exposure of ring-fenced activities to the investment entity's riskier activities
Amendment 372 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. In order to ensure a consistent treatment across the EU, the EBA in cooperation with competent authorities, including the ECB, should play a key role in this context by developing relevant binding standards, including the calibration of the appropriate thresholds for mandatory separation to be applied by competent authorities.
Amendment 387 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
1a. In order to avoid circumvention of these structural measures, strict monitoring should take into account possible movement of activities outside the perimeter of regulation and supervision or lead to the relocation of activities to jurisdictions that are less stringent.
Amendment 565 #
2013/0264(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 87 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where a third party service provider relies on the authentication method of the account servicing payment service provider, it shall redirect the payment service user in a secure manner to the account servicing payment provider for authentication.
Amendment 584 #
2013/0264(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 94 a (new)
Article 94 a (new)
Article 94a Single European interface 1. EBA shall create a panel under Article 41 of Regulation (EU) 1093/2010 to develop a single European payments interface focused in achieving a maximum security level for all payments services in the Union and to allow third party payment services providers to access the information necessary to authorise a payment on behalf of the payer without disclosing all the account data or involving the transmission of all the payer's credentials.
Amendment 105 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Investments in real assets require patient capital due to the absence of liquid secondary markets. Investment funds represent an essential source of financing for assets that require large capital expenditure. For these assets, capital pooling is often necessary to achieve the desired level of funding. Such investments require long periods of time due to the generally long economic cycle attached to these assets. It generally takes several years to amortize the investment in large real assets. In order to facilitate the development of such large assets, ELTIFs should be able to invest directly in real assets with a value of more than €10 million. In practice this would include assets such as infrastructure, real estate, ships, aircraft or rolling stock. For these reasons it is necessary to treat direct holdings in real assets and investments in qualifying portfolio undertakings in like manner.
Amendment 132 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (7) "infrastructure" means basic physical and intangible organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise
Amendment 181 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) has signed an agreement with the home Member State of the manager of the ELTIF and with every other Member State in which the units or shares of the ELTIF are intended to be marketed to ensureprovided that the third country fully complies with the standards laid down in Article 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital and ensures an effective exchange of information in tax matters, including any multilateral tax agreemis a country - where there are no or nominal taxes, - where there is a lack of effective exchange of information with foreign tax authorities, - where there is a lack of transparency in legislative, judicial or administrative provisions, - where there is no requirement for a substantive local presence, - which acts as an offshore financial centsre.
Amendment 220 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Investors shall not be able to ask for redemption of their units or shares before the end of life of the ELTIF. Redemption to investors shall be possible as of the day following the date defining the end of life of the ELTIF. Retail investors shall only be able to redeem before the end of the life of the ELTIF as long as the contribution of retail investors is not more than 10% of the total capital of the project. ESMA will elaborate further the conditions under which such early redemption can take place.
Amendment 235 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
ESMA shall submit those draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by […].2015
Amendment 264 #
2013/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
ESMA shall submit those draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by […]2015.
Amendment 219 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay take all necessary measures to ensure that the provision of air traffic services is separated from the provision of support services. ThisSuch a separation shall include the requican only be done after a full and compremhent that air traffic services and support services are provided by separate undertakingssive i) social impact assessment and ii) safety assessment.
Amendment 121 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In accordance with Protocol 26 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the provisions of this Regulation in no way affect the competence of the Member States to provide or organise the services covered by it as non-economic services of general interest. Consequently, the Member States and competent authorities retain the power to organize these activities and services on economic or non-economic lines.
Amendment 122 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) This Regulation does not impose a specific port management model assigning a specific status, role or mission to the port management body. Provided that rules relating to market access and transparency are respected, existing port management models established at national level in the Member States may be retained, including arrangements under which port management rights and responsibilities are delegated to (other) authorities responsible for safeguarding public interests in this respect.
Amendment 123 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 c (new)
Recital 6 c (new)
(6c) Under certain port management models, the port management bodies are assigned (specific) rights and responsibilities as the competent authority. The Regulation applies regardless of whether the competent authority is the Member State itself or a port management body authorized to act in this capacity.
Amendment 132 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Each service provider and especially new market entrants should demonstrate their ability to serve a minimum number of vessels with their own staff and equipment. They should apply the relevant provisions and rules including applicable labour laws, applicable collective agreements and quality requirements of the port.
Amendment 154 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Member States should retain the power to ensure an adequate level of social protection for the staff of undertakings providing port services. This Regulation shallould not affect the application of the social and labour rules of the Member States and it should fully respect Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In cases of limitation of the number of port service providers, where the conclusion of a port service contract may entail a change of port service operator, it should be possible for the competent authorities to askshould require the chosen service operator to apply the provisions of Council Directive 2001/23/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses11. __________________ 11 OJ L 82, 22.3.2001, p. 16.
Amendment 156 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In many ports, the market access for providers of cargo-handling and terminal passenger services is granted by means of public concession contracts. This type of contracts will be covered by the Directive ..../…[concessions]. Consequently, Chapter II of this Regulation should not apply to the provision of cargo-handling and passenger services, but Member States should remain free to decide to apply nevertheless the rules of this Chapter to these two services. For other types of contracts used by public authorities for granting market access to cargo handling and terminal passenger services, the Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed that the competent authorities are bound by the principles of transparency and non-discrimination when concluding these contracts. These principles are fully applicable as regards the provision of any port service.
Amendment 177 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) PFor port service charges applied by providers of port services which are not designated in accordance with an open, transparent and non-discriminatory procedurarrangements should be enstail a higher risk of price abuse given their monopolistic or oligopolistic situation and the fact that their market cannot be contested. The same is true for charges levied by internal operators in the meaning of this Regulation. For those services, in the absence of fair market mechanisms, arrangements should be established to ensure that the charges they levy reflect the normal conditions of the relevant marketblished to ensure that the charges they levy are proportional to the economic value of the service provided and are set in a transparent and non- discriminatory way.
Amendment 207 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
Amendment 213 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. This Regulation shall apply to the provision of the following categories of port services, either inside the port area or on the waterway access to and from the ports, if they are organised as economic activities.
Amendment 238 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. "cargo handling services" means the organisation and handling of cargo between the carrying waterborne vessel and the shore be it for import, export or transit of the cargo, including the securing and release, processing, transporting and temporary storage of the cargo on the relevant cargo handling terminal and directly related to the transporting of the cargo, but exincluding warehousing, stripping, repackaging or any other value added services carried out at the seaport related to the handled cargo;
Amendment 258 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
13. „"provider of port services" means any natural or legal person providing, or wishing to provide, for remuneration, one or more categories of port services lorganisted in Article 1(2)as an economic activity;
Amendment 273 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. TWithout prejudice to the possibility of imposing public service obligations under Article 8, the managing body of the port may require that providers of port services comply with minimum requirements to perform the corresponding port service.
Amendment 288 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) the good repute of the applicant regarding the respect of social and labour rights, including the application of laws and the agreement to protect health and safety;
Amendment 334 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the availability of the service to all users, where appropriate on equal terms;
Amendment 344 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. In the event of a disruption of port services for which public service obligations are imposed or when an immediate risk of such a situation occurs, the competent authority may take an emergency measure. Collective actions are not included amongst the disruptions for which emergency measures can be taken. The emergency measure may take the form of a direct award so as to attribute the service to a different provider for a period up to one year. During that time period, the competent authority shall either launch a new procedure to select a provider of port service in accordance with Article 7 or shall apply Article 9.
Amendment 354 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. If, without prejudice to Article 8(3), a competent authority decides to apply paragraph 1 in all the seaports covered by this Regulation in a Member State, it shall inform the Commission.
Amendment 406 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The charges for the services provided by an internal operator as referred to in Article 9 and the charges levied by providers of port service, in cases of limitation of the number of providers which have not been designated on the basis of procedures which are open, transparent and non- discriminatory, shall be set in a transparent and non-discriminatory way. These charges shall reflect the conditions on a competitive relevant market and shall not be disbe proportionatel to the economic value of the service provided.
Amendment 456 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The managing body of the port shall regularly consult stakeholders such as undertakings established in the port, providers of port services, operators of waterborne vessels, cargo owners, land transport operators and, public administrations and representatives of the workforce operating in the port area on the following:
Amendment 533 #
2013/0157(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Amendment 69 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In its policy orientations on road safety 2011-20207 , the Commission set out measures to make vehicles safer and better protect vulnerable road users. The importance of visibility for vehicle drivers was also underlined in the Commission’s report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Directive 2007/38/EC on the retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles registered in the Community8 . A new cab profile will also contribute to improving road safety by reducing the blind spot in the drivers'’ vision, including under the windscreen and to the side of the vehicle, which should help save the lives of many vulnerable road users such as pedestrians or cyclists. This new cab profile could also incorporate energy absorption structures in the event of a collisionshould therefore, after an appropriate transitional period, become mandatory. This new profile should also incorporate energy absorption structures in the event of a collision and should be streamlined to deflect other road users in case of collisions to avoid overruns. It is essential that new cab designs benefiting from the length exceedances comply with improved direct vision requirements, energy absorption criteria and pedestrian protection requirements. The potential gain in the volume of the cab would also improve the driver'’s comfort and safety, which in turn would also impact on the safe driving of vehicles, particularly heavy goods vehicles. In the interests of improving the drivers fitness to drive safer and thereby road safety, it is also essential that the new cab designs improve the size, safety and comfort of the driver’s cabin. __________________ 7 COM(2010) 389 8 COM (2012) 258
Amendment 203 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 – point iii
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 – point iii
these devices can be easily folded, retracted or removed by the driver.folded and unfolded automatically
Amendment 243 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/537ec
Article 9 –paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 –paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) The safety requirements referred to in article 9.2 and the cabin design requirements referred to in article 9a (new) shall become mandatory for all new N2 and N3 vehicles from 1st January 2020.
Amendment 253 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Amendment 288 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
After the expiry of a period of two years from the date of entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall measure the weight of vehicles or combination of vehicles in circulation. The purpose of these pre-selection measures is to identify vehicles that are likely to have committed an offence and that should be checked manually. These measures may be taken with the aid of automatic systems set up on the infrastructure, or onboard systems installed in vehicles in line with paragraph 6 below. The automatic systems must enable the identification of the vehicles suspected of exceeding the maximum authorised weights. As these automatic systems are only to be used for pre- selection purposes, and not to define an offence, they do not have to be certified by the Member StateThe Commission shall come forward with common procedures and specifications to make the on board weight sensor a reliable device, suitable for the enforcement of the provisions of this Directive. The Commission shall also assess whether the weight sensor, when interconnected to the digital tachograph, can be useful to enforce other road transport legislation. The Commission shall, if appropriate, come forward with the necessary legislative proposals.
Amendment 122 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In order to improve the level of protection, passengers may not be denied boarding because they failed to travel on the previous leg of the journey by a different mode of transport, such as bus or train, using the same ticket.
Amendment 206 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004
Article 2 – point o a (new)
Article 2 – point o a (new)
In Article 2, the following point shall be inserted: (oa) ‘previous leg of the journey’ means a journey made using another mode of transport, such as train or bus, which, under the terms of a single transport contract, has the purpose of conveying the passenger to a transfer point where he can catch a flight;
Amendment 255 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall also apply to return tickets where the passenger isssengers may not be denied boarding at the return journey on the grounds that he/s, while holding a return ticket, they did not take the outward journey or did not pay an additional charge for this purpose or because they failed to travel on the previous leg of the journey by a different mode of transport, such as train or bus, for which they held a ticket. If passengers are nonetheless denied boarding on such flights against their will, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall apply.
Amendment 479 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
For each year, at the latest at the end of April of the following calendar year, the National Enforcement Bodies shall publish statistics on their activity, including on sanctions applied. The National Enforcement Bodies shall at the same time publish, on the basis of data which air carriers and airport managing bodies are required to keep and supply, statistics concerning the number and nature of complaints, the number of delays and their duration and data on lost, delayed or damaged baggage.
Amendment 509 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 16b – paragraph 2
Article 16b – paragraph 2
Member States shall provide annually a report on their activities, including the statistics referred to in Article 16(5), to the Commission, at the latest at the end of April of the following calendar year. The Commission may decide on the issues to be addressed in these reports via implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 16c.
Amendment 564 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – point ii
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – point ii
Amendment 148 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Infrastructure managers should cooperate in case of incidents or accidents with an impact on cross-border traffic to share any relevant information in order to avoid negative spill-over effects;
Amendment 149 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 b (new)
Recital 20 b (new)
(20b) The regulatory body should have the competence of monitoring infrastructure maintenance works to ensure they are not undertaken in a way that leads to discrimination between railway undertakings.
Amendment 150 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 c (new)
Recital 20 c (new)
(20c) The infrastructure manager within a vertically integrated undertaking should have the possibility to offer its staff certain social services in premises that are used by other entities of the vertically integrated undertaking.
Amendment 151 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 d (new)
Recital 20 d (new)
(20d) The infrastructure manager within a vertically integrated undertaking should be allowed to cooperate with other entities of the vertically integrated undertaking as regards the development of IT systems, subject to the approval of the regulatory body.
Amendment 152 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 e (new)
Recital 20 e (new)
(20e) The conditions for offering tickets, through tickets and reservations throughout the Union as provided for in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 should be considered fulfilled once the common travel information and ticketing scheme is set up by 12 December 2020, in line with the provisions of this Directive.
Amendment 165 #
Amendment 324 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 b – paragraph 4
Article 7 b – paragraph 4
4. For a period of three years after leaving the infrastructure manager, members of the Supervisory Board or management board and senior staff members of the infrastructure manager shall not be entitled to hold any senior position with any other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking. For a period of three years after leaving those other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking, their supervisory or management boards' members and senior staff members shall not be entitled to hold any senior position with the infrastructure manager. Senior staff members may be transferred between the different entities of a vertically integrated undertaking subject to prior approval of the regulatory body referred to in Article 55 which shall verify the absence of conflicts of interest and the absence of risk that sensitive information are passed on between them.
Amendment 331 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
5. The infrastructure manager shall have its own staff and be located in separate premises from the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking. Access to information systems shall be protected to ensure the independence of the infrastructure manager. Internal rules or staff contracts shall clearly limit contacts with the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking to official communications connected with the exercise of the functions of the infrastructure manager which are also exercised in relation to other railway undertakings outside the vertically integrated undertaking. Transfers of staff other than those referred to under point (c) between the infrastructure manager and the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking shall only be possible if it can be ensured that sensitive information will not be passed on between them. Notwithstanding this obligation, the infrastructure manager may offer to its staff social services, such as those provided in schools, kindergartens, sport centres and restaurants, in premises used by the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking.
Amendment 443 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Railway undertakings shall be granted, under equitable, non-discriminatory and transparent conditions, the right of access to railway infrastructure in all Member States for the purpose of operating all types of rail passenger services. Railway undertakings shall have the right to pick up passengers at any station and set them down at another. That right shall include access to infrastructure connecting service facilities referred to in point 2 of Annex II. Without prejudice to international passenger services, this provision shall not require a Member State to grant the right of access to railway undertakings and their directly or indirectly controlled subsidiaries, licensed in a Member State where access rights of a similar nature are not granted.
Amendment 479 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 13 a – paragraph 1
Article 13 a – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice toAll timetabling data shall be considered public data and be made available accordingly. Notwithstanding Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 and Directive 2010/40/EU, Member States mayshall require railway undertakings to cooperating domestic passenger servicese in setting up by 12 December 2020 a common travel information and ticketing scheme for the supply of tickets, through-tickets and reservations for all passenger services operated on their territory, or shall decide to empower relevant authorities to establish such a scheme. The scheme shall not create market distortion or discriminate between railway undertakings, and shall be managed by a public or private legal entity or an association of all railway undertakings operating passenger services. The relevant infrastructure manager shall contribute to the scheme as far as this is necessary in order to obtain information on train movements. Member States may also require railway undertakings and providers of passenger transport by other modes of transport to participate in a common interoperable travel information and integrated ticketing scheme for the supply of tickets, through- tickets and reservations or decide to give the power to competerelevant authorities to establish such a scheme. If such a scheme is established, Member States shall ensure that it does not create market distortion or discriminate between railway undertakings and other providers of passenger transport and that it is managed by a public or private legal entity or an association of all railway undertakings operating passenger services.
Amendment 516 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 54 – paragraph 1
Article 54 – paragraph 1
In Article 54 – paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 1. In the event of disturbance to train movements caused by technical failure or accident the infrastructure manager shall take all necessary steps to restore the situation to normal. To that end, it shall draw up a contingency plan listing the various bodies to be informed in the event of serious incidents or serious disturbance to train movements. In case of disturbance which has a potential impact on cross-border traffic the infrastructure manager shall share any relevant information with other infrastructure managers whose network and traffic may be affected by that disturbance. The infrastructure managers concerned shall cooperate to restore the cross-border traffic to normal.
Amendment 519 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 c (new)
Article 1 – point 8 c (new)
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 56 – paragraph 1 - points ga and gb (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 1 - points ga and gb (new)
In Article 56, paragraph 1, the following points are added: '(g a) scheduled infrastructure maintenance work; (g b) unscheduled infrastructure maintenance work;'
Amendment 526 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 c (new)
Article 1 – point 8 c (new)
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 56 – paragraph 2
Article 56 – paragraph 2
In Article 56 – paragraph 2 is amended as a follows: 2. Without prejudice to the powers of the national competition authorities for securing competition in the rail services markets, the regulatory body shall have the power to monitor the competitive situation in the rail services markets and shall, in particular, control points (a) to (g b) of paragraph 1 on its own initiative and with a view to preventing discrimination against applicants. It shall, in particular, check whether the network statement contains discriminatory clauses or creates discretionary powers for the infrastructure manager that may be used to discriminate against applicants.
Amendment 565 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1371/2007
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 1 a Regulation (EC) 1371/2007 is amended as follows: Article 2, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: On the entry into force of this Regulation Articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20(1) and 26 shall apply to all rail passenger services throughout the Community.
Amendment 575 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The provisions of this Directive shall not require a Member State to grant, before that date, the right of access referred to in Article 10, paragraph 2 of Directive 2012/34/EU to railway undertakings and their directly or indirectly controlled subsidiaries, licensed in a Member State where access rights of a similar nature are not granted.
Amendment 115 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 – point c
Article 2 – point c
“competent local authority” means any competent authority whose geographical area of competence is not national and which covers the transport needs of an urban agglomeration and/or a rural districtarea;
Amendment 189 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In establishing public transport plans, competent authorities shall have regard in particular to applicable rules regarding passenger rights, social, employment standards and employment conditions, including the applicable representative collective agreements, and environmental protection.
Amendment 239 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 6 – point a
compliance of the assessment and of the procedure set out in this Article shall be ensured by the regulatory body referred to in Art 55 of Directive 2012/34/EU includingupon request by any relevant stakeholder as referred to in Article 2a (1) last paragraph or on its own initiative.
Amendment 254 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 6 – point b
the maximum annual volume of a public service contract in terms of train-km shall be the higher value of either 10 million train-km or one third of the total national public rail passenger transport volume under public service contract. For member states with a network not larger than 100 million train-km, and not smaller than 10 million train-km, there will be at least two public service contracts of which one shall not be less than one third of the total national public rail passenger transport volume under public service contract.
Amendment 262 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – point 3 – point b b (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
(bb) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: Without prejudice to national and Community law, including representative collective agreements between social partners, competent authorities shall require the selected public service operator to grant staff previously taken on to provide services the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Directive 2001/23/EC. Tender documents and public service contracts shall list the staff concerned and give transparent details of their contractual rights and the conditions under which employees are deemed to be linked to the services.
Amendment 268 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 1 – point 3 – point c
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Amendment 277 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point –a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point –a (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
4. Article 5 is amended as follows: (-a) the following paragraph 1a. is inserted: 1a. Any competent authority, whether or not it is an individual authority or a group of authorities, including from more than one Member State, can award public service contracts in accordance with the rules laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 291 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a c (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a c (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 - paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 - paragraph 3 a (new)
The following paragraph 3 a is inserted: “3a. Member States may exclude railway undertakings, and their directly or indirectly controlled subsidiaries, licensed in a Member State where rights of a similar nature are not granted, to take part in tendering procedures on its territory. Member States may exclude railway undertakings, and their directly or indirectly controlled subsidiaries, licensed in a third country where rights of a similar nature or not granted, to take part in tendering procedures on its territory.”
Amendment 307 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point b
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point b
where they concern the annual provision of less than 300 000 kilometres of public passenger transport services or less than 15 000 000 kilometres in the case of a public service contract including public transport by rail.
Amendment 321 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
When the competent authority decides to award a public service contract directly, it shall justify before awarding the contract that the viability, efficiency and quality objectives of the public service will be achieved by the chosen award procedure, subject to the approval of the regulatory body as referred to in Article 55 of Directive 2012/34/EU. This provision shall not apply to a direct award under Article 5(2), 5(4) and 5(5).
Amendment 129 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new
Paragraph 13 a (new
13a. A company has to pay corporate tax in the Member State where their management and control operations are primarily located;
Amendment 142 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Companies and individuals which take part in failed tax avoidance schemes should be banned from being awarded public procurement contract. Companies and individuals bidding for a public procurement contract will also be required to disclose if they have been convicted for tax related offences or have been subject to a penalty for civil fraud or evasion. Public authorities will be enabled to include a clause in public procurement contracts that allows them to terminate an agreement if a supplier subsequently breaches these new tax compliance obligations;
Amendment 171 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Request the European Commission to review the rules on transfer pricing, in particular in relation to the shift of risks and intangibles, the artificial splitting of ownership of assets between legal entities in a group, and transactions between these entities that would rarely take place between independents;
Amendment 176 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Corporations should be limited to offset foreign tax credits on income only from the country in which it is earned;
Amendment 181 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Auditors are not allowed to provide prohibited non audit services. Tax advisory services relating to structuring transactions and tax consulting have to be considered as prohibited non audit services;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) Recalls that rule-making in the European Union also takes place below the legislative level, in acts developing and implementing legislative acts and that it is necessary to ensure the correct application of the Treaty to guarantee a sufficient level of democratic legitimacy for these acts as well;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
(4b) Recalls that according to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty, delegated acts and implementing acts are answering different needs and therefore cannot be substituted by one for another;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
(4c) Believes that, in order to strengthen the position of its rapporteurs in legislative negotiations, more recourse should be made to the possibility of requesting an opinion from JURI under Rule 37a of the Rules of Procedure;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
(4d) Calls on the Commission to ensure that the same level of information and transparency is provided to both national experts and Parliament’s experts;
Amendment 16 #
2012/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
(4e) Considers that the correct exercise of Parliament’s scrutiny in relation to delegated acts may be difficult without an adequate follow-up of their preparatory phase and the necessary expertise to assess their content, given the limited time given for their scrutiny at Committee level;
Amendment 17 #
2012/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
(4f) Underlines the importance of Parliament’s involvement in the preparatory phase of delegated acts both to influence, if possible, their content at an early stage and to be in a good position to scrutinise the content after their transmission, given the limited period given to Parliament for scrutiny;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
(4g) Insists that, in the context of the post- Lisbon alignment of a legislative act, those measures previously subject to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny should become delegated acts rather than implementing acts, unless exceptionally justified;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the current revision of the air passenger rights and supports a strong and profoundly consumer-friendly European legislation;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that the Commission missed opportunities to strengthen and harmonise legislation in the aviation sector, as this would be one of the key elements for the Union to successfully interact with third countries;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Takes the view that European regulatory convergence is a key element for a strong European position on the global market and for interactions with third countries;
Amendment 16 #
2012/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines that the constantly fast growing position of the Middle and Far East in the global aviation sector is partly based on subsidies and major national investments;
Amendment 17 #
2012/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that extremely low ticket prices offered by some European low-cost carriers are compensated by the companies via unfair practices regarding working conditions, such as poor social and labour law standards for staff; notes also that minimal investments in safety standards and unjustified regional subsidies seem to play a role in this ticket pricing;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Is concerned that, as a result of heavy inter-European competition, the Union's external position has been weakened;
Amendment 36 #
2012/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to provide a framework that would harmonise different aspects of bilateral agreements including the liberalisation of ownership and control, the maintenance ofo ensure obligatory minimum standards in bilateral agreements regarding labour and environment standards, passenger rights and, respect foring international conventions and agreements;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Takes the view that a possible future Trade and Investment Agreement between the EU and the US would also affect the aviation sector; considers, therefore, that the Commission should provide sufficient information so that the upcoming negotiations can be closely monitored by the European Parliament;
Amendment 53 #
2012/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Calls on the Commission to be aware of the current unlevel playing field between the EU and the US regarding for example investment limits and protectionism and hence calls on the Commission to take action to enhance a balanced partnership;
Amendment 55 #
2012/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Council to finally conclude a position on the European Parliament's legislative resolution of 5 May 2010 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on aviation security charges1 which was adopted with a large majority of 96% in the European Parliament and is still blocked in the Council; 1 COM(2009)0217 – C7–0038/2009 – 2009/0063(COD)
Amendment 76 #
2012/2298(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Advocates making freely available data on timetables and any delays in public transport, so that all manner of telematics applications can be developed by third parties to further improve passenger convenience, such as real-time information for a specific route using different modes of transport or a comparison of the ecological footprints of different modes of transport on a particular route;
Amendment 55 #
2012/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses, further, the need to obtain a fuller overview of risk transfers by financial institutions, in order to determine who has purchased what from whom and how the transferred risks are supported; invites the Commission, therefore, to undertake a study (in early 2013) and submit a report (by mid-2013) regarding the feasibility of setting up a public non-profit utility as a central registry for risk transfers, which should be able to capture and monitor risk transfer data in real time; Underlines that over the past few years, various measures have been introduced to increase financial sector transparency. In particular, measures requiring incremental derivative trade reporting and the use of central counterparties have been launched along with further, granular reporting requirements for loan securitisations. Considers however that these measures fail to capture key prudential data. Most notably, there are data gaps on interconnectedness within the financial network. Similarly, more timely and accurate data on credit risk transfers within and across borders as well as between regulated and non-regulated financial institutions are needed. Stresses therefore, in order to gain better oversight of the financial market's evolving systemic risks, we must develop a richer and more timely monitoring capability. This may be achieved by registering and analysing key risk transfer data, regardless of whether the transaction participants are regulated or shadow banks. This is particularly critical for loan securitisations since improved securitisation market transparency will support banking sector flexibility as well as lending growth. Invites therefore the Commission together with the ECB to examine the feasibility of developing by half 2013 a system to track these key data in a timely manner while fully respecting the relevant transaction participants' confidentiality concerns.
Amendment 56 #
2012/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses, further, the need to obtain a fuller overview of risk transfers byetween regulated and unregulated financial institutions, in order to determine who has purchased what from whom and how the transferred risks are supported; invites the Commission, therefore, to undertake a study (in early 2013) and submit a report (by mid-2013) regarding the feasibility of setting up a public non- profit utility as a central registry for risk transfers, which should be able to capture and monitor risk transfer data in real time;
Amendment 82 #
2012/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes further that the proposed extension of CRD IV to non-deposit-taking finance companies not covered by the definition in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) is necessary; keeping into consideration that some provisions may be adjusted to the specificities of these entities;
Amendment 126 #
2012/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises the benefits Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) provide by giving retail investors access to a wider range of assets (such as commodities, in particular), but stresses the risks ETF carry in terms of complexity, counterparty risk, liquidity of products and possible regulatory arbitrage; also notes that increased investments in ETFs have led to the creation of asset bubbles which negatively impact the underlying market; invites the Commission, therefore, to submit a legislative proposal at the beginning of 2013 to tackle these potential structural vulnerabilities;
Amendment 85 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for a European data bank to be set up to enable information to be exchanged on infringements of passenger rights and ways of dealing with themon the Commission to oblige the Member States to gather statistical data on infringements of passenger rights and ways of dealing with all complaints, and on the number of delays, the length of these delays and data on lost, delayed or damaged baggage; calls on the Commission to analyse these statistical data from the Member States, to publish the results and to set up a data bank for the exchange of information; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and the national enforcement bodies, to take the necessary steps;
Amendment 19 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In a global economy, there is a nea global accounting language is a legitimate aim. The G20 has repeatedly called for a global accounting languagstandards and convergence. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are adopted and used in manya number of jurisdictions around the world. S, often with qualifications or limitations, but are not used by the United States or Japan. In any event, such international accounting standards need to be developed under a transparent and democratically accountable process. To ensure that the interests of the Union are respected and that global standards are of high quality and compatible with Union law, it is essential that the interests of the Union are adequately taken into account in that international standard-setting process.
Amendment 24 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) was founded in 2001 by European organisations representing issuers, investors and the accountancy profession involved in the financial reporting process. In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002, EFRAG provides the Commission with opinions on whether an accounting standard issued by the IASB or an interpretation issued by the IFRS Interpretations Committee, which is to be endorsed, complies with the endorsement criteria set out in that Regulation. EFRAG is also taking up the role of the ‘single European accounting voice’ in the global arena. In that capacity, EFRAG provides input to the IASB's standard-setting process.
Amendment 26 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The role of single European accounting voice can only be given to EFRAG, provided all interactions with the IASB are made fully transparent and any decisions taken by EFRAG should be made in full consultation with national standard-setters.
Amendment 27 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Taking into account EFRAG's keysingle role in supporting internal marketensuring that IFRS are compliant with the requirements of Union company law and policy, and in representing European interests in the standard-setting process at international level, it is necessary for the Union to ensure EFRAG's stable financs laid out in the IAS Regulation 2002, it is necessary for the Union to ensure EFRAG's stable financing and thus contribute to its funding provided its board structure and working rules are reformed and its mission is clarified. Such financing arrangements should be further reassessed in the light of any decision taken to give EFRAG more responsibilities in terms of influencing the IASB in addition to fulfilling the basic task required by the IAS Regulation 2002. The European Commission is invited to come forward at the latest by beginning 2014 with a legislative proposal taking into account the conclusions of Philippe Maystadt, whose mission will focus on a review of the governance of EU bodies in the field of financial reporting and thus accountribute to its funding. ing (the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) and the Accounting Regulatory Committee).
Amendment 34 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Experience has shown that Union co- financing ensures that beneficiaries benefit from clear, stable, diversified, sound and adequate funding and it contributes to enabling the beneficiaries to accomplish their public interest mission in an independent and efficient manner. Therefore, sufficient funding should continue to be provided by means of a Union contribution towards the functioning of international accounting and auditing standard-setting, and in particular to the IFRS Foundation, EFRAG and the PIOB provided the necessary structural reforms are undertaken.
Amendment 39 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In addition to changing their funding patterns, the IFRS Foundation and EFRAG have undergone governance reforms to ensure that through their structure and processes they accomplish their public interest mission in an independent, efficient, transparent and democratically accountable manner. In relation to the IFRS Foundation, the Monitoring Board was created in 2009 to ensure public accountability and oversight, the effectiveness of the Standards Advisory Council has been enhanced, transparency has been improved and the role of impact assessments has been formalised as part of the due process of the IASB. The same kind of structural governance reforms have to be undertaken on the EFRAG level.
Amendment 41 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The co-financing programme to be established by this Regulation is expected to contribute to the objectives of ensuring comparability and transparency of company accounts throughout the EU, to making the needs of Europe heard in the global harmonization of financial reporting standards by. Speaking with one European voice would help promotinge the international acceptance of IFRS and to promoting convergence and high quality international standards for auditing in all Member States. This programme also contributes to the Europe 2020 strategy by reinforcing the single market of financial services and capital, and contributes to the strategy's external dimension as well.
Amendment 43 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Union funding is proposed for a well- defined and limited number of the most important bodies in the field of financial reporting and auditing. Within the current institutional framework, the funding arrangements should ensure stable, diversified, sound and adequate funding to enable the relevant bodies to carry out their Union-related or public interest mission in an independent and efficient manner. The bodies can only benefit from European funding provided they report annually to the European Commission and the European Parliament in a fully transparent way about other funding sources.
Amendment 44 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 48 #
2012/0364(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the financial envelope specified in the legislative proposal constitutes only an indication to the legislative authority and cannot be fixed until agreement is reached on the proposal for a regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020; stresses the need, therefore, to create close linkage between the financing programme and the objectives of the reform of the recipient bodies, in the interests of the Union;
Amendment 49 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The actual Programme covers the activities of devethe follopwing or providing input to the development of standards, applying, assessing or monitoring standards or overseeing standard-setting processes in supporganizations: - IASCF, which develops high quality accounting standards, - EFRAG, which assesses whether or not an IFRS is compliant with EU accounting directives as part of the implementation of Union policies in the field of financial reporting and auditing, and - PIOB, which assesses whether or not an ISA and ethical standards for auditors are compliant with the public interest of the implementation of Union policies in the field of financial reporting and auditing.
Amendment 55 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The objective of the Programme is to improve the conditions for the functioning of the internal market and to strengthen corporate governance by supporting transparent and independent development of international financial reporting and auditing standards.
Amendment 62 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 65 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 66 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Any new beneficiary shall be a non- profit making legal person pursuing an objective forming part of and supporting the Union policy in the field of financial reporting and auditing and shall be a direct successor of one of the beneficiaries listed in paragraph 1The Commission shall come forward with a legislative proposal if it wants to select a new beneficiary for the Programme.
Amendment 67 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Financing under the Programme shall be provided in the form of operating grants. Financing shall be awarded on an annual basis, and its renewal shall be conditional on compliance with criteria relating to the objectives and content of the standards, and with criteria concerning developments in European governance and the IFRS Foundation. The criteria relating to the objectives and content of the standards shall be based on the following principles: - the requirement that IFRS standards must take account of European needs; - the requirement to comply with the European interest and true and fair view criteria referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002, and not only to scrutinise the quality of the standards on the basis of the IASB’s own criteria; - the requirement that IFRS standards must take account of their impact on the economy and financial stability, on the basis of an impact assessment; - the requirement that IFRS standards should call into question all bias towards the short term, whether it arises from (a) the emphasis placed on ‘fair value’, i.e. the market value and its relevance from the viewpoint of an investor; or (b) more generally, the ‘balance sheet approach’, which gives more weight to accounting for assets and liabilities on the basis of sui generis concepts, which users have identified as sources of complexity; - the requirement to reincorporate, without limitations, into the conceptual framework now being amended, the principles of prudence and reliability, combined with changes to the standards to reflect the revisions to the conceptual framework. The criteria relating to developments in European governance shall be based on the following principles: - the requirement to take account, on duly substantiated grounds, of the European interest, on the basis of European needs; - the requirement to base new European governance on the expertise and resources of national standard-setting bodies in the accounting sphere; - the requirement to take account of the diversity of views in Europe, which reflects the diversity of European accounting traditions. The criteria relating to the IFRS Foundation shall be based on the following principles: - while exchanges with countries which do not apply the IFRS are clearly useful, their role in the non-advisory bodies of the IASB must be reviewed in the light of the fact that they do not use the standards; - the granting of funding cannot be enough to compensate for not applying the standards nationally whilst persons from the country in question occupy key positions in the organisation; - the co-financing programme must highlight spending aimed at encouraging the adoption of and promoting IFRS standards in third countries.
Amendment 69 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Financing under the Programme shall be provided in the form of operating grants, renewed annually after the Commission have conducted an assessment approved by the European Parliament whether the beneficiaries have achieved the goals laid out in the Programme.
Amendment 70 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Any beneficiary of funding awarded under the Programme shall indicate in a prominent place, such as a website, a publication or an annual report, that it has received funding from the budget of the European Union as well as a detailed overview of the other funding from alternative sources.
Amendment 75 #
2012/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. In order to implement the programme, the Commission shall adopt annual work programmes, to be approved by the European Parliament. They shall set out the objectives pursued, the expected results, the method of implementation and their total amount. They shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action and an indicative implementation timetable. They shall include for grants the priorities, the essential evaluation criteria and the maximum rate of co-financing.
Amendment 34 #
2012/0344(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 35 #
2012/0344(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In relation to aid for transport by rail, road and inland waterways, Article 93 of the Treaty states that aid meeting the needs of coordination of transport or representing reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the concept of a public service shall be compatible with the Treaties. Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road12 currently exempts from the prior notification requirement laid down in Article 108(3) of the Treaty public service compensations for the operation of public passenger transport services or for complying with tariff obligations that are established through general rules and paid in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007. In order to harmonize the approach to block exemption regulations in the field of State aid, and in accordance with the procedures foreseen in Articles 108(4) and 109 of the Treaty, aid for the coordination of transport or reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the concept of a public service as referred to in Article 93 of the Treaty should be brought under the scope of Regulation (EC) No 994/98. Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 should be therefore be deleted with effect from six months after the entry into force of a regulation adopted by the Commission concerning this category of State aid.
Amendment 48 #
2012/0344(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 994/98
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint xi
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint xi
Amendment 49 #
2012/0344(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 994/98
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint xi
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – subpoint xi
Amendment 54 #
2012/0344(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 17 #
2012/0328(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The temporary derogation may not apply for longer than one year. If no global system of market-based measures applicable to aviation emissions is agreed at the ICAO negotiations within that period, including a feasible deadline for implementation, all flights from and to airports outside the Union shall again fall under the EU ETS as provided for in Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 27 #
2012/0328(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a The Commission shall systematically communicate with the European Parliament and the Member States concerning the progress of the ICAO negotiations with regard to the development of a global market-based measure and shall regularly submit a report to the European Parliament on the results achieved.
Amendment 109 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The European Council conclusions of 29 June 2012 invited the President of the European Council to develop a road map for the achievement of a genuine Economic and Monetary Union. This road map can only be developed on condition that at the same time strict, binding minimum agreements are reached on social affairs in the EU, particularly concerning European minimum wages and the approach to poverty and fiscal harmonisation within the EU. On the same day, the Euro area Heads of State or Government Summit pointed out that when an effective single supervisory mechanism is established involving the ECB for banks in the euro area, the ESM could, following a regular decision, have the possibility to recapitalize banks directly which would rely on appropriate conditionality, including compliance with state aid rules.
Amendment 402 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation confers on the ECB specific tasks concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions, with a view to promoting the safety and soundness of credit institutions and the stability of the financial system, with due regard for the unity and integrity of the internal market and for the development of binding minimum social standards and fiscal harmonisation at EU level.
Amendment 79 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Odometer fraud is considered to affect between 5% and 12% of used carsdomestic used cars sales and between 30% and 40% of cross border sales, resulting in a very important cost to society of several billions Euros yearly and in an incorrect evaluation of a roadworthiness condition of a vehicle. With a view to combat odometer fraud, the recording of mileage in the roadworthiness certificate combined with the obligation to present the certificate of the previous test would facilitate the detection of tampering or manipulation of the odometer. Odometer fraud should also be more systematically considered as an offence liable to a penalty. Member States should take all necessary measures to ensure the accuracy of the odometer reading during the entire lifetime of a vehicle. This can be done by gathering in a mileage registration database information on the vehicle's mileage that is already being recorded by the various actors of the automobile sector, such as official dealers, repairers, or testing centres.
Amendment 166 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – indent 1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – indent 1 (new)
- 'mileage registration data base' means a data base set up by a Member State in which the odometer readings of the vehicles registered in that Member State are stored
Amendment 233 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
– when the vehicle has reached a mileage of 160 000 km.
Amendment 247 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – indent 1 (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – indent 1 (new)
– The testing centres shall communicate the mileage readings recorded during every roadworthiness test to the mileage registration data base, if applicable.
Amendment 284 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall examine the feasibility, costs and benefits of themost efficient and effective way to establishment of an electronic vehicle information platform with a view to exchange information on data related to roadworthiness testing and odometer readings between the competent authorities of Member States responsible for testing, registration and vehicle approval, the testing centres and the vehicle manufacturers.
Amendment 296 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
It shall, on the basis of that examination, put forward and evaluate different policy options, including the possibility to remove the requirement of a proof of test as provided for in Article 10 and the establishment of a dedicated mileage information exchange system between the national mileage data bases in the Member States. Within two years after the date of application of this Regulation, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the results of the examination, and accompany it with a legislative proposal, if appropriate.
Amendment 314 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the manipulation or tampering of an odometer is regarded as an offence and is punishable by effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory penalties and to ensure the accuracy of the odometer reading during the entire lifetime of a vehicle.
Amendment 211 #
2012/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘investment product’ means an product through which a person can make a financial investment where, regardless of the legal form of the investment the amount repayable to the investor is exposed to fluctuations in reference values or in the performance of one or more assets which are not directly purchased by the investorand regardless whether the amount repayable is fixed or variable;
Amendment 275 #
2012/0169(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
The key information document shall be written in the official languages, or in one of the official languages used in the part of the Member State where the investment product is soldistributed, or in a language accepted by the competent authorities of that Member State, or where it has been written in a different language, it shall be translated into one of these languages.
Amendment 164 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to avoid settlementminimise risks due to the insolvency of the settlement agent, a CSD participant should settle, whenever practical and available, the cash leg of theits securities transactions through accounts opened with a central bank. If this option is not practical and available, a CSD should be able for the CSD participant, a CSD may offer to settle through commercial bank accounts opened with a credit institution established under the conditions provided in Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions and subject to a specific authorisation procedure and prudential requirements provided in Title IV of this Regulation. The latter, when acting as settlement agent, should be ableis only allowed to provide to the CSD's participants the services set out in this Regulation, which are covered by the authorisation, and may otherwise provide other services not covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 170 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Considering that Directive 2006/48/EC does not address specifically intraday credit and liquidity risks resulting from the provision of banking services ancillary to settlement, credit institutions providing such services should also be subject to specific enhanced credit and liquidity risk mitigation requirements that should apply to each securities settlement system in respect of which they act as settlement agents. In order to ensure full compliance with specific measures aimed at mitigating credit and liquidity risks, the competent authorities should be able to require CSDs to designate more than one credit institution whenever they can demonstrate, based on the available evidence, that the exposures of one credit institution to the concentration of credit and liquidity risks is not fully mitigateda CSD authorised as credit institution, or a designated credit institution providing such services should also be subject to specific enhanced credit and liquidity risk mitigation requirements.
Amendment 173 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The requirement that the settlement ofA CSD that intends to settle the cash leg of the securities transaction be carried out by a separate legal entity acting as settlement agent is an important measure to incres in commercial bank cash accounts hase the safety and resilience of CSDs. Such a separation between core services of CSDs and banking services ancillary to settlement appears indeed indispensible for eliminating any danger of transmission of the risks from the banking services, such as credit and liquidity risks, to the provision of core services of CSDs. There are no less intrusive measures available for eliminating those credit and liquidity risks in order to ensure the envisaged level of safety and resilience of CSDs. However, in order to secure the efficiencies resulting from the provision of both CSD and banking services within the same group of undertakings, the requirement that banking services be carried out by a separate credit institution should not prevent that credit institution from belonging to the same group of undertakings as the CSD. If both CSD option to either designate a separate credit institution as settlement agent, or to act as settlement agent itself. The settlement agent should be authorised as a credit institution and follow all relevandt banking services are provided within the same group of undertakings, in order to increase the safety and efficiency of the services provided, the activities of the credit institution providing banking services should be limited to the provision of banking services ancillary to settlement. Furthermore, a derogation to the obligation to separatlaws and regulations. To ensure that the related credit and liquidity risk are limited, the settlement agent is only authorised to perform those banking services that support the provision of CSD core banking services ancillary to settlement from core CSD services should be available in d ancillary services. The settlement agent should also comply withe absence of any danger of transmission of credit and liquidity risks from the banking services to the provision ofdditional rules on management of its credit and liquidity risk (that corme services of CSDs. In order to ensure a consistent application of the possibility to derogate from the obligation on CSDs not to provide any banking type of ancillary services, the Commission should be empowered to decide, at the request of a national competent authority, whether any such derogationon top of the regular banking laws and rules). As market infrastructure, the CSD shall establish recovery plans that ensure continuity of its permitted in view of the absence of systemic risk incurred by the provision of both CSD core and banking services by the same legal entity. In any case, the activities of a CSD benefiting from any such derogation and authorised as a credit institution should be limited exclusively to the provision of banking services ancillary to settlementcritical operations including its banking services. It should also provide more transparency on its intraday credit and liquidity risk.
Amendment 524 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1
Article 52 – paragraph 1
1. A CSD shall not provide itself any banking type of ancillary services set out in Section C of the Annex. that intends to settle the cash leg of all or part of its securities settlement system in accordance with Article 37(2) of this Regulation shall either : (i) designate for this purpose an authorised credit institution as provided in Title II of Directive 2006/48/EC in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 5a, or (ii) undertake directly those banking services in accordance with paragraphs 2a to 5a.
Amendment 533 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Amendment 552 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
A CSD shall be able to obtain authorisation to undertake limited banking services. It should therefore – in addition to its authorisation as CSD: (i) be authorised as a credit institution as provided in Title II of Directive 2006/48/EC. It shall comply with all laws and regulations applicable to credit institutions; (ii) have in place adequate recovery plans aiming at continuity of its critical operations including the activity authorised under its banking licence; (iii) publicly report in its annual Pillar 3 disclosure, as required under Directive 2006/48/EC, an overview of its intraday credit and liquidity risks and how these risks are managed.
Amendment 559 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
3. A CSD which has not requested or obtained an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 2a and that intends to settle the cash leg of all or part of its securities settlement system in accordance with Article 37(2) of this Regulation shall obtain authorisation to designate for this purpose an authorised credit institution as provided in Title II of Directive 2006/48/EC, unless the competent authority referred to in Article 53(1) of this Regulation demonstrates, based on the available evidence, that the exposure of one credit institution to the concentration of risks under Article 57(3) and (4) of this Regulation is not sufficiently mitigated. In the latter case, the competent authority referred to in Article 53(1) may require the CSD to designate more than one credit institution. The designated credit institutions shall be considered as settlement agents. The designated credit institution is subject to the requirements in paragraphs 5 and 5a.
Amendment 564 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 4
Article 52 – paragraph 4
Amendment 576 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Article 52 – paragraph 5
5. Whenever the CSD and the designated credit institution belong to a group of undertakings ultimately controlled by the same parent undertaking, the authorisation as provided in Title II of Directive 2006/48/EC of such designated credit institution shall be limited exclusively to the provision of the banking type of ancillary services that it is authorised to provide in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article. The same requirement applies in respect of a CSD that has been granted a derogation under paragraph 2 of this ArticleThe authorisation granted in accordance with Title II of Directive 2006/48/EC of a CSD authorised according to paragraph 2a or of a credit institution designated in accordance with paragraph 3 shall be limited exclusively to the provision of the banking type of ancillary services supporting core and ancillary CSD services as included in Sections A and B of the Annex. Therefore, for purposes of the previous paragraph, the activities listed in Annex 1 of Directive 2006/48/EC, Sections 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 (b) and 7(e), may only be performed within the limits set out under Section C of the Annex. The activities listed in Annex 1 of Directive 2006/48/EC in Sections 3, 5, 7 (except (b) and (e)), 9, 10, 11, 13 and 15 may not be performed unless indicated in Section C of the Annex.
Amendment 581 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Any CSD that has been authorised as a credit institution according to paragraph 2bis and any credit institution designated in accordance with paragraph 3 shall be subject to the fulfilment of the prudential and supervision requirements provided in Articles 42, 57 and, in case of a credit institution, 58.
Amendment 12 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current economic and financial crisis has led to a significant rise in public debt in Europe; in this context, the welfare state remains more relevant than ever to ensure growth and social cohesion;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas comprehensive and sustained fiscal consolidation is necessary to restore fiscal credibility, and the reduction of debt requires both expenditure restraint and tax increases, whilalong with fairer and more targeted distribution of the tax burden is necessary to restore fiscal credibility and in that sense growth- oriented tax changes must be given priority;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas sustainable exit from the fiscal crisis and enhancing of EU growth require not only rationalising of public expenditure by targeting it to investments of high added value , but also a progressive shift of tax burden from labour and productive investments to sectors with important negative externalities;
Amendment 28 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes that the essential role of taxes is to raise revenue in order to make available goods and services to citizens and to further pursuit social objectives by internalizing externalities, modifying harming behaviours and redistributing income and wealth in accordance with the citizens’ preference for the size of their public sector;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that taxation is still a matter for national sovereignty and that the different structures of threflects voters' preferences and that in this sense Member States'’ (MS) tax systems should therefore be respected; notes, that Treaty changes would be necessary erefore, that an increase of scrutiny order for decision-making on tax policies to be transferred from the national to the EU levelf budgetary procedures by the European Commission should be mirrored by higher democratic scrutiny of the European Parliament;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes a lack of coordination of tax policies in the EU thatimplies non negligible public revenue losses and also can lead to significant costs and administrative burdens for citizens and businesses operating cross-border within the EU;
Amendment 41 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that both EMU and the internal market require a stronger shift towards tax harmonisation. Believes such a move to be critical in the current context, in which Member States need to consolidate their budgets; notes that tax competition is acceptable only as long as it does not jeopardise the capacity of Member States to collect revenue;
Amendment 61 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the 'six pack' is over focussing on the expenditure side; underlines the need to focus on the revenue side. In this respect underlines the crucial role of new sources of income. Reiterates therefore the necessity of a strong FTT and energy tax in order to redesign the tax system and try as much as possible to shift taxation from labour to other factors of production in accordance with the union’s growth and employment strategy. Asks the EC to evaluate efforts in this respect of the different MS in this field in the framework of the EU semester; Recalls that indirect taxation, although less noticeable for the taxpayer, hence easier to implement is less progressive and more distorting than direct taxation; Recalls that, especially during the crisis we are experiencing since 2008, ensuring the adequate funding of the welfare state is of outmost importance to maintain social cohesion but also to ensure long term growth by maintaining health and education systems which increase the human capital of the population;
Amendment 77 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to put forward proposals on corporate taxation, green and consumption taxation, good governance and double taxation; in line with the proposals made by the EP in its initiative reports on these subjects;
Amendment 121 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Strongly opposes to the initiatives taken by the German and the British Governments to sign bilateral tax agreements with Switzerland The EC should take on behalf of the EU a strong initiative to conclude EU treatments with secrecy jurisdictions in order to close tax loopholes;
Amendment 125 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Invites the EC further to take the proposals of the EP in the vat report on board, e.g. in guaranteeing a same vat treatment for different transport modes as well as for e-books and physical books;
Amendment 133 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Believes that EU fund distribution should take into account the taxation strategy of Member States and their willingness to cooperate in combating tax evasion and promoting tax harmonisation;
Amendment 143 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – point 5
Paragraph 28 – point 5
· finally conclude the reform of the Savings Tax Directive, which has been blocked for some time in the Council, in order to ensure fair and appropriate taxation of savings in the EU; stresses that the all affected jurisdictions must offer automatic information exchange in full and this must be extended to companies and trusts and not just be applied to individuals;
Amendment 145 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – point 5 a (new)
Paragraph 28 – point 5 a (new)
· reconsider, if they have eliminated taxes on wealth, their reintroduction especially considering the information losses that its elimination has caused, and the consequences for tax evasion;
Amendment 150 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 1 a (new)
Paragraph 29 – point 1 a (new)
· tackle tax fraud more seriously, by taking the initiative to negotiate on behalf of the EU strict agreements with tax havens starting from the principle of an automatic data exchange between states;
Amendment 151 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 1 b (new)
Paragraph 29 – point 1 b (new)
· underline the need to set up a European tax authority, in charge of the collection and automatic exchange of fiscal data in the EU;
Amendment 154 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 2 a (new)
Paragraph 29 – point 2 a (new)
· to tackle tax fraud stricter, by criminal prosecuting;
Amendment 156 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 2 b (new)
Paragraph 29 – point 2 b (new)
· to define clearly tax havens as secrecy jurisdictions which create intentionally regulation for the primary benefit and use of those not resident in their geographical domain. This regulation is designed to undermine the legislation or regulation of another jurisdiction. Tax havens also create a deliberate, legally backed veil of secrecy that ensures that those from outside the jurisdiction making use of its regulation cannot be identified to be doing so;
Amendment 157 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 2 c (new)
Paragraph 29 – point 2 c (new)
· conclude anti-fraud and tax information exchange agreements with Andorra, Monaco and San Marino and a new agreement with Switzerland;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Observes that a considerable number of regional airports are confronted by an airline with a virtual monopoly which can exploit this position to exert pressure by making more and more demands of the airport concerned and of local and/or regional authorities, inter alia with regard to airport charges and aviation safety levies;
Amendment 49 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee the correct application of European and national legislation on airlines’ social conditions and terms of employment, so that staff employed at a regional airport do not become victims of social dumping and so that fair competition and a level playing field can be ensured in the aviation sector;
Amendment 147 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes the tendency of certain air carriers, especially low cost carriers (LCCs), to add unavoidable charges on to the headline price of air tickets, such as charges for the use of debit or credit cards, and considers that this makes it more difficult to compare fares between airlines; is concerned that, as a result, some passengers may be deterred from using regional air services; wishes to seeurges that special attention be paid to the impact of this practice on regional air services during the revision of air passenger rights;
Amendment 150 #
2011/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that, while in some aircraft the stowage can be limited, there are no common guidelines for hand or hold baggage size or weight on EU flights; suggests that the Commission encourage industry to set common upper limits for restrictions, as this would give passengers greater certainty when travelling; believes that, for such an arrangement to work in a global market, the ICAO must be involved in this process;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CStresses that uniform handling of complaints in the Member States is necessary in order to create a level playing field and calls on the Commission to promote uniform application of the Regulations and develop better cooperation amongst the EBs, including via exchange of best practice and formalisation of a European network of EBs;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that there is a need for a better definition of the EBs’ role, that EBs should have no conflict of interest with air carriers or airports and that national sanctions applicable to air carriers in case of breach of EU rules should be made more effective; considers that EBs should be obliged to publish details of the complaints they receive on a yearly basis and that the Commission should publishstresses the importance of sound statistics in order to be able to make regular thorough assessments of the impact of passengers' rights in Europe and therefore considers that EBs should be obliged to publish details of the complaints they receive on a yearly basis and that airlines and/or airports should be required to collect the data on the number and length of delays, both to passengers and to their luggage; considers that the Commission should analyse these statistics and then publish them, as well as publishing a league table based on air carriers’ performance;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. recognising that in urban areas a strategy of modal shift to public transport, cycling and walking is essential in order to tackle congestion and reduce pollution levels,
Amendment 55 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission should, as soon as possible, submit a coherent, quantitative analysis of the present situation with respect to the level of infrastructure, the density of the transport network and the quality of transport services in all EU Member States, which will provide an overview of the present situation in EU27, the main outputs from this analysis being appended to the White Paper;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Requests that, by 2013, the Commission come with a proposal on social and working conditions, in order to facilitate the creation of a genuinely integrated European transport market and, at the same time, stimulate the attractiveness of the sector for employees; these proposals should be based on an in- depth analysis of the current situation of social and working conditions in all transport modes, the level of harmonisation between the legislation in the Member States, and on an impact assessment of the development of the transport labour market in 2020;
Amendment 195 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the behaviour of transport users is decisive and calls for the creation of incentives to choose sustainable means of transport, where proposals should be made by 2013 to develop infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists in towns, to double the number of passengers on public transport, which mainly uses alternative sources of energy, and to establish e- tickets, including integrated pricing management systems, for multi-modal travel, and where pricing policy should be considered as an incentive;
Amendment 208 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the basic rules on passenger rights should be laid down in a Charter of Passengers’ Rights for all forms of transport, and therefore expects, by 2013, such a proposal which takes into account the specific characteristics of carriers and past experience, while the rights of disabled passengers should be covered by a separate chapter in the Charter;
Amendment 221 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
11. Calls for a research and development programme which is specifically aimed at sustainable and safe mobility to be established and financially supported, with the aim of:
Amendment 229 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 2
Paragraph 11 – indent 2
– creating intelligent, interoperational and linked systems for transport guidance, supporting SESAR, Galileo, ERTMS, PIDS, SafeSeaNet, River Information Services, LRIT und ITS and providing the required funding;
Amendment 252 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the fact that direct improvementchanges to, and the standardisation of, loading units and the dimensions of transport vehicles wshould optimisedemonstrate benefits in terms of fuel savings, emission reductions and increased road safety while facilitating multi- modal transport;
Amendment 316 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
– continuing support for the NAIADES programme, with an assessment of its success to be carried out in 2013, following its expiry, and its retention to be considered, if appropriatea proposal by the Commission on a new action programme on inland waterway transport in order to ensure the continuation of the current NAIADES programme as of 2014;
Amendment 349 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
Amendment 6 #
2011/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reaffirms its commitment to making a reality of the Single European Railway Area, where non-discriminatory access to the rail network is crucial; calls on the Member States to speed up liberaunderlines the importance of public service oblisgation of the railway transport sector and to guarantee fair competitions, working conditions and the quality of services delivered;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to speed up the implementation of the 3rd Postal Directive, andbut encourages the Commission to examine with due attention compensation for services of genclosely examine and report on the social consequences of the liberalisation of the postal market and the universal economic interest (SGEI)service obligation in this field;
Amendment 44 #
2011/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Respects the right of the Member States to draw on a wide variety of repressive measures against illegal online gambling offers; supports, to increase the efficiency of the fight against illegal online gambling offers, the introduction of a regulatory principle whereby a gambling company can only operate (or bid for the required national licence) in one Member State if it does not operate in contravention of the law in any other EU Member State;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the OECD recognises the presence of a global trend indicating a shift from direct to indirect taxation, with an increasing role for VAT systems; whereas Parliament also recognises this trend but at the same time stresses the need to introduce fairer direct taxes such as a financial transaction tax and an energy tax; whereas the OECD also notes a broad variation in VAT efficiency in OECD countries, indicating a broad scope for increasing VAT efficiency, but whereas this should be accompanied by measures to tackle fraud,
Amendment 17 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls upon Member States to move towards a ‘broad based’ VAT system; stresses, however, at the same time that a shift from direct to indirect taxation is not a sustainable way out of the crisis; therefore also calls for fairer alternative sources of income to be sought by means of a financial transaction tax and an energy tax;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that one of the key features of VAT is the principle of neutrality, and that since VAT is a final consumption tax, businesses should not bear the burden of the VAT; points out that Member States should ensure that in principle all commercial transactions are taxed as far as possible and that any exemptions are construed narrowly, whilst also ensuringsince VAT is a guiding policy instrument, considers that Member States should retain the right to grant exemptions, e.g. for social or cultural reasons; takes the view that the abolition of a large number of exemptions that present no obstacle to the internal market would only impose additional administrative obligations on service providers; the services in question include those provided by notaries, lawyers and bailiffs, the medical and certain paramedical professions, hospitals and similar establishments, certain old age and child care institutions, certain sports establishments, recognised educational establishments and certain social and cultural establishments (such as libraries and theatres); agrees that similar goods and services arshould be subject to the same VAT treatments; therefore takes the view that different cross-border transport services should be given identical VAT treatments irrespective of the mode of transport used;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 31 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that in order to ensure neutrat must be possible to restrict the deductibility of VAT on certain goods and services that are used for taxed economic activities must be fully deductible; notes that at present the rules on input tax deduction are complex and cause problems for businesses due to issues arising from the type of company (scope), type of service (exemptions) or nature of services (deductibility)for environmental and budgetary reasons; takes the view that allowing full deductibility significantly undermines VAT as a guiding policy instrument;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Agrees therefore with the Commission to recognise the status quo and move towards a destinaconsumption principle; considers that a VAT system based on the place of establishment of the custoonsumer, for both goods and services, appears to be a promising route that should be further analysed and needs to be accompanied by the introduction of well-functioning one- stop-shops (OSS) by Member States; emphasises that the introduction of VAT OSS by 1 January 2015 should continue to be a key priority for the EU;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls upon Member States to further narrow the standard rate band to 18-25%, in consideration of the convergSupports the converging trend in the area of VAT, but considers that Member States must remain free to set the VAT rate ing trend of VAT standard rateshe light of VAT’s importance as a guiding budgetary policy instrument;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines that non-profit-making organisations play a vital and very beneficial role for democracy, growth and prosperity in Europe; calls on the Commission to propose a mechanism allowing Member States wishing to strengthen civil society to generally exempt from VAT all or most of the activities and transactions carried out by these organisations; stresses that at least the smaller non-profit-making organisations should be covered by such a mechanism;
Amendment 45 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls upon Member States to harmonise administrative practices by focusing on best practices and to implement the measures proposed by the Commission in 2009 to reduce the administrative burdens from EU legislation in the aStresses the importance of administrative simplification in VAT matters; takes the view that such simplification could be modelled on pilot projects undertaken in connection with the Blue Belt pilot project; considers, however, that administrative taxation in the context of VAT must be reasonable and proportional; stresses, however, that such administrative obligations have a purpose; given the priority naturea of VAT, notably by abolishing fraud prevention, opposes the abolition of the annual summarising VAT return and intra-EU acquisition listings, reducing the frequency of the periodic VAT returns, simplifying the proof required for the VAT export exemption, abolishing ‘nil’ intra-EU sales listings, increasing the use of e-government solutions – in particular for the electronic submission of VAT returns and lists – and abolishing interest and penalty payments on VAT related to errors of form if the individual legal entity has not caused the Member State in question to suffer any shortfall in VAT revenue; Calls, on the other hand, upon Member States to harmonise administrative provisions in order to improve the operation of the internal market by introducing a single VAT reimbursement procedure and a single VAT identification number for the whole EU and by creating an electronic storage system for VAT reimbursement for the whole EU; considers that these principles ought to improve the prevention of VAT fraud;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a Standard European Invoice based on a linguistically neutral template so as to facilitate cross-border transactions; notes that a Standard European Invoice may contain the following information: full name and address, date of registration and closure of a VAT number; additional information such as irregular submission and group VAT information;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to look carefully into the issue of further reducing VAT red tape for non-profit- making organisations; underlines that there should be a higher degree of flexibility in the VAT system for Member States wishing to take ambitious measures in order to ease the VAT administration burden for these organisations;
Amendment 58 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Agrees with the Commission that the efficiency of VAT collection needs to be improved in order to reduce the VAT gap and limit the possibility of fraud, as well as to protect bona fide traders against VAT fraud; takes the view that combating fraud must be an absolute priority, and that consequently there is also a need for clear terms and definitions, such as ‘country of consumption’ instead of 'country of establishment’;
Amendment 59 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers, however, that the discussion of VAT collection methods is secondary that the highest priority of the Green Paper on VAT must be to eliminate this stage to solving the underlying shortcomings and problems inherent in the current rules and procedurese system’s susceptibility to fraud, since fraud leads to the loss of very large sums in income every year; considers that efforts must also be made towards further harmonisation at EU level, and fin particular the lack of harmonisationally that consideration must be given to the most efficient VAT collection methods;
Amendment 67 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 4
Paragraph 17 – indent 4
Amendment F #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Contests the Commission’s decision to review downwards, from EUR 500 million to EUR 113.5 million, the budget for the 2012 food distribution programme for the most deprived persons in the European Union; deeply deplores this situation, coming as it does at a time of serious economic and social crisis, which the austerity measures currently being taken by the European Union under the 'Euro Pact' and the 'governance package’ will exacerbate; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Council to find a way of continuing the MDP scheme for the remaining years of the funding period (2012 and 2013) and the new funding period 2014 - 2020 on a legal basis that cannot be contested by the CJEU, maintaining the EUR 500 million annual financial ceiling so as to ensure that people dependent on food aid will not suffer from food poverty; Note: A citation referring to the resolution will be added by oral amendment.
Amendment 189 #
2011/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Contests the Commission’s decision to review downwards, from EUR 500 million to EUR 113.5 million, the budget for the 2012 food distribution programme for the most deprived persons in the European Union.
Amendment 1 #
2011/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that cross-border living wills should be legally enforceable; is of the opinion this is an important step in an appropriate cross border insolvency framework within the financial sector; underlines however that, more generally, a European crisis management framework needs to be created, with a common minimum set of rules and ultimately a common crisis resolution and insolvency law system, applicable to all banking institutions operating in the Union;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the opinion that objectives should include building a roadmap for the achievement of fully harmonised cross- border insolvency across the EU and actively pursuing an international consensus, at least in the case of large conglomerates.; considers that this harmonised framework should focus inter alia on – setting up an administrative liquidation procedure for banks to facilitate a faster and more orderly liquidation than the standard court-based procedure; – setting up priority rankings and rules on claw-back actions; – the coordination and efficient administration of international financial group insolvencies;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out, however, that legal harmonisation is only one (and in fact probably the easier) part of the process towards ensuring orderly international resolutions in future; observes that harmonisation alone is not a sufficient precondition to an orderly international resolution and that, ultimately, this depends on countries agreeing to more effective mechanisms for procedural coordination.
Amendment 42 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) SA social undertakings include a large r is an enterprise the primary objective of which is to achieve social impact rather than ge of undertakings, taking various legal forms, that provide social services or goods to vulnerable or marginalised personsnerate profit for owners and shareholders. It operates in the market through the production of goods and services in an entrepreneurial and innovative way, and uses surpluses mainly to achieve social goals. It is managed in an accountable and transparent way, in particular by involving workers, customers and stakeholders affected by its business activity. Such services include access to housing, healthcare, assistance for elderly or disabled persons, child care, access to employment and training as well as dependency management. Social undertakings also include undertakings that employ a method of production of goods or services with a social objective, but whose activities may be outside the realm of the provision of social goods or services. Those activities include social and professional integration by means of access to employment for people disadvantaged in particular by insufficient qualifications or social or professional problems leading to exclusion and marginalisation.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) By their nature, EuSEFs do not participate in systemically important banking activities outside the usual prudential regulatory framework (so- called 'shadow banking'). Neither do they follow typical private equity strategies, such as leveraged buyouts, since their core focus is instead on providing finance to social undertakings through primary investments. This Regulation therefore focuses on allowing such typical core activities of EuSEFs. It follows that activities such as 'shadow banking' and leveraged buyouts are not permitted.
Amendment 48 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Where a EuSEF manager intends to delegate functions to third parties, the manager's liability towards the EuSEF and its investors should not be affected by the fact that the EuSEF manager has delegated functions to a third party. Moreover, the EuSEF manager should not delegate functions to the extent that, in essence, it can no longer be considered to be the EuSEF manager and has become a letter-box entity. The EuSEF manager should remain responsible for the proper performance of delegated functions and compliance with this Regulation at all time. The delegation of functions should not undermine the effectiveness of supervision of the EuSEF manager, and, in particular, should not prevent the EuSEF manager from acting, or the EuSEF from being managed, in the best interests of its investors.
Amendment 57 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘European Social Entrepreneurship Fund’ (EuSEF) means a collective investment undertaking that invests at least 70 percentover the whole investing period at least on a rolling average of 70 of its aggregate capital contributions and uncalled committed capital in assets that are qualifying investments;
Amendment 74 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph k a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph k a (new)
(ka) 'social enterprise' means an enterprise whose primary objective is to achieve social impact rather than generate profit for its owners and shareholders, operating in the market through the production of goods and services in an entrepreneurial and innovative way, using surpluses mainly to achieve social goals, and being managed in an accountable and transparent way, in particular by involving workers, customers and stakeholders affected by its business activities.
Amendment 89 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
EuSEF managers shall market the units and shares of the EuSEFs under management exclusively to investors which are considered to be professional clients in accordance of Section I of Annex II of Directive 2004/39/EC, or may, on request, be treated as professional clients in accordance with Section II of Annex II of Directive 2004/39/EC, or to other investors where: (a) t. Those other investors shall commit to invest a minimum of EUR 100.000; (b) those other investors state in writing, in a separate document from the contract that is concluded for the commitment to invest, that they are aware of the risks associated with the envisaged commitment; (c) the EuSEF manager undertakes an assessment of the expertise, experience and knowledge of the investor, without presuming that the investor has the market knowledge and experience of those listed in Section I of Annex II of Directive 2004/39/EC; (d) the EuSEF manager is reasonably assured, in light of the nature of the commitment envisaged, that the investor is capable of making his own investment decisions and understanding the risks involved, and that a commitment of this kind is appropriate for such an investor; (e) the EuSEF manager confirms in writing that he has undertaken the assessment referred to in point (c) and has reached the conclusion referred to in point (d)50 000. The fund manager shall provide key investor information (KII) in the form of a simple document setting out key facts to investors in a clear and understandable manner, in order to assist investors in making an informed investment decision.
Amendment 99 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) conduct of their business activities so as to promote the best interests of the EuSEFs they manage, the investors in those EuSEFs, they manage and the integrity of the market; treat the investors equally;
Amendment 113 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the positive social impact being targeted by the investment policy of the EuSEF based on objective measurable indicators, including where relevant, projections of such outcomes as may be reasonable, and information on past performance in this area;
Amendment 116 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) a description of how the remuneration of the EuSEF manager is calculated; as well as a disclosure of the profits of the venture capital fund;
Amendment 124 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Article 17
ESMA shall maintain a central database, publicly accessible on the internet, listing all EuSEFventure capital fund managers registered in the Union as well as the countries in which they operate, in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Venture capital provides finance to undertakings that are generally very small, in the initial stages of their corporate existence and display a strong potential for growth and expansion. In addition, venture capital funds provide these undertakings with valuable expertise and knowledge, business contacts, brand-equity and strategic advice. By providing finance and advice to these undertakings, venture capital funds stimulates economic growth, contribute to the creation of jobs, boost innovative undertakings, increase their investment in research and development and foster entrepreneurship, innovation and competitiveness in the Union. In order to boost investment into small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), this Regulation on European venture capital funds should be integrated in the investments to be made by the Commission in the context of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The Commission should put forward an integrated strategy on financial instruments for SMEs and evaluate the impact of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II)1, Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business credit institutions2 and Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions3, on the availability of risk capital. ________ 1 OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p. 1. 2 OJ L 177, 30.6.2006, p. 1. 3 OJ L 177, 30.6.2006, p. 201.
Amendment 41 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Defining the quality requirements for the use of the designation ‘European Venture Capital Fund’ in the form of a Regulation would ensure that those requirements will be directly applicable to the managers of collective investment undertakings that raise funds using this designation. This would ensure uniform conditions for the use of this designation by preventing diverging national requirements as a result of the transposition of a Directive. This Regulation would entail that managers of collective investment undertakings that use this designation would need to follow the same rules in all of the Union, which would also boost confidence of investors that wish to invest in venture capital funds. A Regulation would also reduce regulatory complexity and the managers' cost of compliance with often divergent national rules governing venture capital funds, especially for those managers that want to raise capital on a cross-border basis. A Regulation should also contribute to eliminating competitive distortions. The Commission should put forward, by the end of 2012, a report on the tax barriers confronting venture capital funds in the different Member States and should continue to work towards a fiscal level playing field.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Where managers of collective investment undertakings do not wish to use the designation ‘European Venture Capital Fund’, this Regulation should not apply. In these cases, existing national rules and general Union rules should continue to apply. However, in order to support the use of this pan-European designation, the European Investment Fund (EIF) should be encouraged to invest in European venture capital funds.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In line with the aim of precisely circumscribing the collective investment undertakings which will be covered by this Regulation and in order to ensure their focus on providing capital to small undertakings in the initial stages of their corporate existence, the designation ‘European Venture Capital Fund’ should be restricted only to those funds that dedicate at leastduring the whole investing period at least, on a rolling average, 70 percent of their aggregate capital contributions and uncalled committed capital to investments in such undertakings in the form of equity or quasi equity instruments.
Amendment 70 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The European Investment Bank and the Commission as main shareholders of the EIF shall ensure, where the EIF invests in venture capital funds, that it gives priority to investments into European venture capital funds.
Amendment 77 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point a
Article 3 – point a
(a) ‘qualifying venture capital fund’ means a collective investment undertaking that invests at least 70 percentover the whole investing period at least, on a rolling average, 70 % of its aggregate capital contributions and uncalled committed capital in assets that are qualifying investments;
Amendment 84 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point c – introductory part
Article 3 – point c – introductory part
(c) ‘qualifying investments’ means equity or, quasi equity instruments or subordinated debt that are:
Amendment 112 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point a
Article 6 – point a
(a) those other investors commit to invest a minimum of EUR 100.00050 000 and the fund manager provides them with key investor information (KII) in the form of a simple document giving key facts to investors in a clear and understandable manner in order to assist them in making an informed investment decision;
Amendment 117 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point b
Article 6 – point b
Amendment 120 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point c
Article 6 – point c
Amendment 122 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point d
Article 6 – point d
Amendment 125 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point e
Article 6 – point e
Amendment 131 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – point c
Article 7 – point c
(c) conduct their business activities so as to promote the best interests of the qualifying venture capital funds they manage, the investors in those qualifying venture capital funds they manage and the integrity of the market; treat the investors equally;
Amendment 139 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) a description of how the remuneration of the venture capital fund manager is calculated as well as a disclosure of the profits of the venture capital fund;
Amendment 141 #
2011/0417(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Article 16
ESMA shall maintain a central database, publicly accessible on the internet, listing all venture capital fund managers registered in the Union and indicating the countries in which they operate, in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 85 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Ambiguity exists as to whether It should be clarified and ensured how Member States may require, without any ambiguity, the takeover of staff upon a change of provider for groundhandling services to which access is limited. Discontinuity of staff can havehas a detrimental effect on the quality of groundhandling services. It is therefore appropriate to clarifyurgently necessary to clarify and, if need be, amend the rules on the takeovransfer of staff beyond thevia the correspondent application of Directive 2001/23/EC on transfers of undertakings, in consultation with the social partners, enabling Member States to ensure adequate employment, safety and working conditions as well as the protection of employees' rights and high labour standards. Dismissal on economic, technical or organisational grounds shall not be permitted.
Amendment 122 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) 'integrator' means an undertaking that offers door-to-door transport, being a contractually governed service guaranteeing the transportation of freight and/or mail from origin until final destination and where the transport operations, groundhandling, sorting and delivery services form an integral and seamless part of that service.
Amendment 145 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
For integrators, self-handling shall be possible for groundhandling services performed for all aircraft in the integrators' transport network, whether owned or leased and whether operated by an air carrier owned by the integrator or by third parties. The undertaking providing the groundhandling services in this regard does not have to be an airport user, but shall be affiliated with the integrator.
Amendment 157 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
However, Member States shall not limit this number to fewer than two suppliers for each category of groundhandling services or, for airports whose annual traffic has been not less than 5 million passengers or 100 000 tonnes of freight for at least the previous three years, to fewer than three suppliers for each category of groundhandling services.
Amendment 164 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
At airports where the number of suppliers is limited to two or more suppliers in accordance with paragraph (2) of this Article, or Article 14(1)(a) and (c), at least one of the authorised suppliers shall not be directly or indirectly controlled by:
Amendment 167 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Where the number of authorised suppliers is restricted pursuant to paragraph (2), Member States may not prevent an airport user, whatever part of the airport is allocated to him, from having, in respect of each category of groundhandling service subject to limitation, an effective choice, under the conditions laid down in paragraphs (2) and (3), between at least: two groundhandling services suppliers.
Amendment 171 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – indent 1
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – indent 1
Amendment 176 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – indent 2
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – indent 2
Amendment 212 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(c a) decent employment and working conditions, including upholding workers' rights in the context of a transfer of staff in accordance with Article 12 of this Regulation;
Amendment 112 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Statutory auditors and audit firms are entrusted by law to conduct statutory audits of public-interest entities with a view to enhancing the degree of confidence of the public in the annual and consolidated financial statements of such entities. The public-interest function of statutory audit means that a broad community of people and institutions rely on the quality of a statutory auditor's work. Good audit quality contributes to the orderly functioning of markets by enhancing the integrity and efficiency of financial statements. Thereby, auditors fulfil a particularly important societal role. To fulfil this important role in the best way, it should be guaranteed that the statutory auditors have a high level of expertise and independence when they execute this mission. The best guarantee to achieve this objective of high level audit expertise and independence consists in imposing that the majority of the fees of the auditor and the audit company, are generated by missions of statutory audits.
Amendment 116 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The provision of services other than statutory audit to audited entities by statutory auditors, audit firms or members of their networks may compromise their independence. Therefore, it is appropriate to require the statutory auditor, the audit firm and the members of their network not to provide non-audit services to their audited entities which could affect their independence. The provision of non-audit services by an audit firm to a company would prevent that audit firm from carrying out statutory audit of that company, thus resulting in a reduction of the audit firms available to provide statutory audit, in particular with regard to the audit of large public-interest entities where the market is concentrated. As a result, in order to secure that a minimum number of audit firms is able to provide audit services to large public-interest entities, it is appropriate to request that audit firms of significant dimension focus their professional activity on the carrying out of statutory audit, by imposing that the majority of their fees should be generated by the audit mission, and are not allowed to undertake other services unconnected to their statutory audit function such as consultancy or advisory services which could affect their independence.
Amendment 155 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A statutory auditor or a key audit partner who carries out a statutory audit of a public-interest entity on behalf of an audit firm shall not, before a period of at least twofive years has elapsed since he or she resigned as a statutory auditor or key audit partner from the audit engagement, take up any of the following duties:
Amendment 156 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Employees of a statutory auditor or an audit firm carrying out a statutory audit of a public-interest entity as well as any other natural person whose services are placed at the disposal or under the control of such auditor or firm shall not, when such employees or other natural persons are personally approved as statutory auditors, before a period of at least onthree years has elapsed since he or she was directly involved in the statutory audit activities, take up any of the duties referred to in points (a), b) and (c) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 158 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, contingent fees means fees for audit engagements calculated on a predetermined basis relating to the outcome or result of a transaction or the result of the work performed. Fees shall not be regarded as being contingent if a court or a competent authority has established them. In order to guarantee the necessary independence as well as the expertise, every auditor or audit firm, should generate the majority of its fees from statutory audit missions.
Amendment 165 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. When the statutory auditor or audit firm provides to the audited entity related financial audit services, as referred to in Article 10(2), the fees for such services shall be limited to no more than 105 % of the fees paid by the audited entity for the statutory audit.
Amendment 179 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
A statutory auditor or an audit firm carrying out statutory audit of public- interest entities may provide to the audited entity, to its parent undertaking and to its controlled undertakings statutory audit services and related financial audit services as far as they do not affect its independence.
Amendment 180 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
A statutory auditor or an audit firm carrying out statutory audit of public- interest entities may provide to the audited entity, to its parent undertaking and to its controlled undertakings statutory audit services and related financial audit services, as far as they do not affect its independence.
Amendment 275 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
When a member of the network to which the statutory auditor or the audit firm carrying out statutory audit of a public- interest entity belongs provides non-audit services to an undertaking incorporated in a third country controlled by the audited public-interest entity, the statutory auditor or the audit firm concerned shall assess whether his, her or its independencecompetent authority shall assess whether the independence of the statutory auditor or the audit firm concerned would be compromised by such provision of services by the member of the network.
Amendment 282 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
The provision of the services referred to in points (i) and (iv) to (viii) of paragraph 3(a) shall be presumconsidered to affect such independence.
Amendment 359 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) a list of public-interest entities for which the statutory auditor or audit firm has carried out statutory audits during the preceding financial year and a list of the entities from which the statutory auditor or audit firm receives more than 5% of its annual revenue generated by fees coming from statutory audit and non audit services;
Amendment 361 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
A statutory auditor or audit firm shall provide annually to his, her or its competent authority a list of the audited public-interest entities by revenue generated from them. This list concerns revenues generated by audit and non audit services.
Amendment 364 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
At least onll the members of the audit committee shall have competence in auditing and another member in accounting and/or audiin accounting. The committee members as a whole shall have also competence relevant to the sector in which the audited entity is operating.
Amendment 389 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the audited entity shall be free to invite any statutory auditors or audit firms to submit proposals for the provision of the statutory audit service on the condition that Article 33(2) is respected and that at least onthree of the invited auditors or firms isdo not one who received more than 15% of the total audit fees from large public-interest entities in the Member State concerned in the previous calendar year;
Amendment 407 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a (new)
Amendment 438 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The maximum duration of the combined two engagements shall not exceed 67 years.
Amendment 445 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Where throughout a continuous engagement of 67 years two statutory auditors or audit firms have been appointed, the maximum duration of the engagement of each statutory auditor or audit firm shall not exceed 914 years.
Amendment 457 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
3. 3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, on an exceptional basis the public- interest entity may request the competent authority referred to in Article 35(1) to grant an extension to re-appoint the statutory auditor or audit firm for an additional engagement. In case of appointment of two statutory auditors or audit firms, this third engagement shall not exceed threeseven years. In case of appointment of one statutory auditor or audit firm, this third engagement shall not exceed two years.
Amendment 486 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the risks arising from high concentration, including the demise of audit firms with significant market share, the disruption in the provision of statutory audit services whether in a specific sector or across sectors, the further accumulation of risk in the market and the impact on the overall stability of the financial sector; in case such risks arise, the competent authority has to report immediately to the EC.
Amendment 487 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the need to adopt legally binding measures to mitigate those risks.
Amendment 404 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) connecting railway transport infrastructure to inland port infrastructure.
Amendment 424 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) rivers, canals and lakes comply with the minimum requirements for class IV waterways and continuous bridge clearance as laid down in the European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) on the new classification of inland waterways and ensure continuous bridge clearancein full compliance with the provisions laid down in Articles 41 and 42 of this Regulation.
Amendment 634 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 17 paragraph 3 (a), at the request of a Member State, the Commission may grant an exemption to go beyond the level of safeguards of the EU nature protection legislation, as described in Article 41 and 42, as long as the proportionality of the exemption can be demonstrated and the implementation of the core network is ensured.
Amendment 187 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 74 – paragraph 3
Article 74 – paragraph 3
3. Competent authorities shall collect information on the number of individuals per institution in pay brackets of at least EUR 1 million, including the business area involved and the main elements of salary, bonus, long-term award and pension contribution. That information shall be forwarded to EBA, which shall publish it on an aggregate home Member State basis in a common reporting format. EBA may elaborate guidelines to facilitate the implementation of this paragraph and ensure the consistency of the information collected. Invites the Commission, together with the EIB and EIF, to elaborate an appropriate European investment instrument in which individuals of a financial institution, making more than EUR 1 million salary in total are encouraged to invest in, in order to realise the EU2020 objectives. Every financial institution will publish in its annual report the information on the investment policy of these individuals.
Amendment 365 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a
The Commission shall come forward by the end of 2012 with a legislative proposal setting a fixed workable ratio between the fixed and variable components of the remuneration in the financial sector.
Amendment 699 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 123 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 706 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 123 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Exposures with particularly high risks might include investments in venture capital firms.
Amendment 112 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to ensure coherence between the different exemptions set out in Article 13 ofcreate a level playing field and to improve road safety, social standards and working conditions, the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No 561/2006, and to reduce the administrative burden on transport undertakings whilst respecting the objectives of that Regulation,3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport should be extended to all commercial vehicles, regardless their maximum permissible distances set out in its Articles 13(d), (f) and (p) should be revisedmass. To ensure coherence, Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport should be amended accordingly.
Amendment 165 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Recording equipmentTachographs shall be installed and used in all commercial vehicles registered in a Member State which are used for the carriage of passengers or goods by road falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.
Amendment 171 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Specifications 1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 39 to adopt the detailed specifications necessary to amend and supplement the Annexes to this Regulation to ensure that the tachograph, the tachograph cards and software used by control officers for the analysis and interpretation of data stored in the tachograph comply with the principles and requirements set out in this Regulation, in particular in Chapter I and Chapter II. 2. The Commission shall adopt the detailed specifications referred to in paragraph 1, two years after the entry into force of this Regulation. 3. Where relevant, and depending on the area covered by the specification, the specification may include one or more of the following types of provisions: (a) functional provisions that describe the roles of the various users and the information flow between them; (b) technical provisions that provide for the technical means to fulfil the functional provisions and requirements set down in this Regulation; (c) organisational provisions that describe the procedural obligations of the various stakeholders; (d) service provisions that describe the various levels of services and their content. 4. The specifications shall, where appropriate, be based on standards and shall guarantee the interoperability and compatibility between the various versions and generations of vehicle units, tachographs cards and equipment of enforcement authorities. 5. The Commission shall conduct an impact assessment including a cost- benefit analysis prior to the adoption of the specifications referred to in Chapter II.
Amendment 177 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation No 3821/85
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 182 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation No 3821/85
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. As regards the connection of the tachograph to a global navigation satellite system (GNSS), as referred to in paragraph 1, use shall be made only of satellite positioning service connections that exploit a positioning service free of charge.
Amendment 196 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation No 3821/85
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The data exchanged during communication shall be limited to the data necessary for the purpose of targeted roadside checks. Such data shall relate to the following events or data recorded by the tachograph: - The latest security breach attempt - The longest power supply interruption - Sensor fault - Motion data error - Vehicle motion conflict - Driving without a valid card - Card insertion while driving - Time adjustment data - Calibration data including the dates of the two latest calibrations - Vehicle Registration Number - Driver activities Data concerning the identity of the driver, driver activities and speed shall not be communicated.
Amendment 320 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point (d), (f), (p)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point (d), (f), (p)
Amendment 333 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 2 paragraph 1 point (a)
Article 2 paragraph 1 point (a)
Article 2 (1) point (a) is replaced by: "by all vehicles or combination of vehicles used for commercial carriage of goods"
Amendment 21 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Directive 2003/96/EC obliges Member States to exempt from taxation fuel used for navigation in Community waters as well as electricity produced on board a craft, including while at berth in a port. Moreover, Member States may extend this favourable tax treatment to inland waterways. In some harbours a cleaner alternative exists with the use of shore-side electricity which, however, is taxable. In order to set a first incentive for the development and application of this technology, pending the adoption of a more comprehensive framework in the matter, Member States should exempt the use of shore-side electricity by ships while at berth in a port from energy taxation. This exemption should apply during a period long enough in order not to discourage port operators from making the necessary investments but at the same time be time- limited in such a way that its maintenance, in full or in part, is made subject to a new decision in due time.
Amendment 34 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point iii
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) until 31 December 2020, electricity directly provided to vessels berthed in ports.
Amendment 19 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the failure of some financial institutions and supervisors to appreciate that the nature and scale, scale and complexity of the risk they had incurred contributed to the financial crisis; believes that effective risk governance is a major essential element to preventing future criseis;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the establishment in all financial institutions of an effective governance system, with adequate risk management, compliance, internal audit functions (and in case of insurers actuarial functions), strategies and policies, processes and procedures;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the operational risk management should be pre-approved by the supervisor;
Amendment 36 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underlines that the CRO should have direct access to the board of the company. In order to ensure his independence and objectivity is not compromised, his appointment and dismissal will be decided by the whole board. The CRO should be compensated independently of the performance of the company;
Amendment 47 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on national supervisors to develop objective criteria for a ‘fit and proper person’ test to assess the suitability of individuals to be added to an ‘approved persons’ list for supervised funcaking into account the nature, complexity and size of the financial institutions; supervisors must perform their assessments and approvals procedure in a timely and efficient manner;
Amendment 52 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for regular, formal external assessments to be carried out of the board and its performance, on the basis of objective criteria to be approved by the relevant national supervisor, and for summaries of these assessments to be included in annual reports for the benefit of investors, shareholders and national supervisors with a scope that covers not just the contribution of individual directors and committees but is also broad enough to show how the board as a whole is performing against its objectives and whether it is functioning as a group able to take collective decisions and oversee risk; the annual report should describe the scope of the evaluation for the benefit of investors, shareholders and national regulators and confirm that recommendations have been acted upon;
Amendment 58 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that there should be a basic assumption that the roles ofe role of the CEO and cChairman should be separate; notes that there are circumstances in which a combined role could be beneficial;d.
Amendment 60 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that all non-executive members of unitary orf supervisory boards should be of high calibre, that every board should have non-executive members who possess recent and relevant financial industry expertise, whose role should be complemented by other non-executives with other areas of experpossess recent and relevant professional qualifications, knowledge and experience, including financial, for jointly piloting the financial undertaking; requires all economically significant financial institutions to have non-executisve and experience rboard members, believant to the work of the board,es however that every financial institution should have a board with a diversity of experience, expertise and character so as to provide sound and prudent management and that appointments should be made on merit;
Amendment 96 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses that non-executive board members' compensation should only consist in fixed pay and should not include performance- or share-based pay;
Amendment 100 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Believes that negative performance by a firm should lead to a considerable reduction of total variable remuneration payouts, in terms both of current compensation and of payouts of amounts previously earned, including through malus or clawback arrangements;
Amendment 104 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Is of the opinion that quality-linked performance criteria should be taken into consideration in order to determine the level of the variable compensation; proposes therefore that the 'social added value of companies' performance' should be taken into consideration as one essential criterion, as well as 'sustainability' criteria when applicable;
Amendment 107 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Believes supervisors should be responsible for the oversight of the correct application of the corporate governance principles by the financial institutions;
Amendment 112 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Believes that an enhanced three-way dialogue between supervisors, auditors (both internal and external) and institutions would make it possible toenable the early detection of substantial or systemic risk at an early stage; encourages supervisors, auditors and institutions to engage in open discussions and to increase the frequency of meetings; believes therefore the frequency of dialogues and meetings between the three parties should be increased in order to facilitateaid prudential supervision;
Amendment 127 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that significant transactions above a setdefined size, with the benchmark of which should to be decided by ESMA, should require specific shareholder approval or be subject to a requirement to inform shareholdersbefore the transaction can take effect; below this benchmark, the shareholders should be informed before the transaction can take effect;
Amendment 143 #
2010/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for mandatory annualevery two years elections of each member of the board at the AGM, with a view to making the board more accountable and encouraging a culture of greater responsibility;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the EIB to provide more support for the building of the TEN-T network, with the aim of generating a leverage effect for more investment, from both the public and the private sector; considers that, here too, ‘project bonds’ can act as a complementary investment instrument alongside the budget in the TEN-T fund; urges that future investment be concentrated on cross-border sections of the TEN-T network in order to optimise the European added value generated;
Amendment 49 #
2010/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that, as part of its activities in the accession countries, the EIB should increase its focus on TENs, such as the TEN-T and TEN-Es, and PPPs;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Proposes that the office of EU Road Safety Coordinator should be created by 2014;, in order to coordinate road safety policy measures within the Commission and in relation with the Member States.
Amendment 30 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 a (new)
a 50% rate based reduction in the number of pedestrians and cyclists killed in road accidents
Amendment 84 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to prepare by 2012 a proposal for a Directive concerning the enforcement of alcolocks in all professional and commercial vehicles;
Amendment 87 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 130 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls into consideration of feasibility to introduce a chip with information of driver blood group to be integrated in driving license;
Amendment 183 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 202 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to lay down within two years common rules and standards for technical checks to be performed on all vehicles and, in particular, on vehicles which have been involved in serious accidents;
Amendment 207 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission to lay down a proposal that obliges manufacturers of light commercial vehicles to ensure that all new light commercial vehicles are equipped with speed limitation devices for which the maximum speed is set at 120 km/h;
Amendment 238 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls for the carrying of warning jackets for all vehicle occupants and the wearing of warning jackets by cyclists, as a means of improving their visibility, to be made compulsory;
Amendment 246 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Calls on the Commission to lay down a proposal introducing minimum requirements for cycle lighting;
Amendment 120 #
2010/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Believes that such protection can be better achieved when a standard figure isonly stick figures should be used, and that the use ofno body images should be permitted only with the appropriate guarantees and on an exceptional basis;taken.
Amendment 132 #
2010/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that images should not be stored for longer than is necessary to ensure aviation securitystick figures must not be stored, and can only be used for the amount of time necessary for the screening process, that they shouldmust be destroyed once they are no longer necessary for the intended purposedirectly afterwards, and that they should not be used for purposes other than to detect prohibited objects;
Amendment 141 #
2010/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that the operating rules must ensure that people area random process of selection is applied and passengers must not be selected to pass through a security scanner on the basis of discriminatory criteria;
Amendment 150 #
2010/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses that the technology used must not have the capabilities to store or save data;
Amendment 168 #
2010/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Urges the Council to immediately adopt a position on aviation security charges at first reading as soon as possible, due to the fact that legislation on aviation security and legislation on aviation security charges are intertwined;
Amendment 170 #
2010/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Reiterates and upholds its standpoint that the ban on carrying liquids should come to an end in 2011 and 2013 if the technological effectiveness of the tools provided for the purpose of preserving security is confirmed, aerosols and gels in hand luggage must end in April 2013 for all passengers, in line with Regulation No 297/2010;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the provision of increased opportunities for smaller firms by preventing internal audit services being carried out by the sameTakes the view that there should be a ban on services other than auditing being provided to the audited company, as the external audit; notes that areas of audit services which are deemed to incur a conflict of interis would pose a risk to the auditor’s independence; takes the view, furthermore, that under no circumstancest should be carried out by different companies, inclinternal and external auditing evaluations of complex structured productsservices be provided simultaneously;
Amendment 37 #
2010/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that statutory auditing has a social function and is in the public interest, as it is a fundamental component of the social, economic and political model and is a key tool for companies to access financing and for corporate governance;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes companies should conduct a compulsory open tendering process for statutory appointments of external auditors every eight years, on a renewable basis; notes that for SIFIs this should be reduced to every four yearsthat, in order to guarantee the independence of audits, auditing contracts should run for no longer than eight years; takes the view that an initial contract should be concluded for four years, renewable only once for a further period of four years, followed by a period of at least four years – eight years for public interest entities – during which the audit firm concerned cannot audit the same company again; considers that there would be a need, at the end of the initial four-year period, for a new team to be appointed from within the audit firm;
Amendment 64 #
2010/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for enhanced, two-way communication between auditors and financial supervisors of SIFIs, especially in relation to specific areas of concern, including the interaction between different financial productsTakes the view that national and European auditors should be subject to an obligation to alert supervisors or the relevant authorities when they spot problems that might jeopardise the future of the entity being audited;
Amendment 34 #
2010/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the operational risk management arrangements set up by a firm should therefore be pre- approved by the supervisor;
Amendment 51 #
2010/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that a procedure should be set up andfirms should establish an internal procedure, appliroved by the supervisor in order to solve any, to address conflicts which may occur between the risk management and the operational units;
Amendment 64 #
2010/0303(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Agency has established itself as the authoritative provider of maritime traffic data at EU level which are of interest and relevance in other EU activities. Through its activities, in particular regarding port state control, the monitoring of maritime traffic and shipping routes as well as assistance for tracking possible polluters, the Agency should contribute to reinforce synergies at EU level regarding certain coastguard operations. In addition, the Agency's data monitoring and collection should also gather basic information, for example on potential threats to maritime transport and the marine environment from offshore oil and gas exploration and production and on piracy.
Amendment 67 #
2010/0303(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to counter the growing risk of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Western Indian Ocean, EMSA must forward to the EUNAVFOR operation Atalanta detailed information about the position of EU-flag vessels transiting through this area, which is classified as very dangerous. Hitherto, not all Member States have given permission for this. This regulation should compel them to do so, in order to enhance the role of EMSA in combating piracy.
Amendment 111 #
2010/0303(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
(aa) in exchanging information with the EUNAVFOR operation Atalanta to protect EU-flag vessels against piracy when transiting through this area, which is classified as very dangerous, particularly using its Automatic Identification System (AIS) on the basis of satellite images. Member States shall be required to authorise the Agency to do this, at the latest, three months after this regulation enters into force;
Amendment 102 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The scoreboard should consist of a limited set of economic and financial indicators relevant to detection of macroeconomic imbalances, with corresponding indicative thresholds. The composition of the scoreboard may evolve in time, inter alia due to evolving threats to macroeconomic stability or enhanced availability of relevant statistics. These indicators should take full account of and should in no way undermine the diverse national systems for adapting wages to the cost of living which have been established as a social balancing instrument in order to preserve the purchasing power of the citizens;
Amendment 238 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall adopt, by means of delegated acts, pursuant to Article 12a and subject to the conditions set out in Articles 12b and 12c, measures determining the list of relevant indicators which should be included in the scoreboard. This list shall include all of the following indicators: (a) internal imbalances, including private debt/public debt and their evolution; internal income inequalities; and the unemployment rate and the evolution of asset prices, with particular attention to property and the financial markets; These indicators shall take full account of and shall in no way undermine the diverse national systems for adapting wages to the cost of living which have been established as a social balancing instrument in order to preserve the purchasing power of the citizens; (b) external imbalances, including the composition, present state and evolution of the current account balance; and the evolution of the market share of exports on EU and third-country markets and the net state of external assets; (c) the evolution of the internal market, including a mobile average of comparative real growth over a five-year period; and an indicator of growth and employment trends, including product energy consumption, public and private R & D investment, and the flow of foreign direct investment in the EU and third countries.
Amendment 145 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In order to complete a European railway area, complete interoperability of the rail system at European level is necessary. The European Railway Agency should be assigned the appropriate powers and resources to attain this objective more quickly, inter alia as regards the development of common standards for certification of rolling stock and safety and signalling systems.
Amendment 145 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In order to complete a European railway area, complete interoperability of the rail system at European level is necessary. The European Railway Agency should be assigned the appropriate powers and resources to attain this objective more quickly, inter alia as regards the development of common standards for certification of rolling stock and safety and signalling systems.
Amendment 244 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
Amendment 244 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
Amendment 302 #
Amendment 302 #
Amendment 307 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 307 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 311 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. TIn order to ensure full transparency of infrastructure costs, the accounts for the different areas of activity referred to in paragraphs 1, 2a and 3 shall be kept in a way that allows monitoring of the prohibition on transferring public funds paid to oneincome from infrastructure charges, surpluses from other commercial activities of and public funds paid to the infrastructure manager to another area of activity to another.
Amendment 311 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. TIn order to ensure full transparency of infrastructure costs, the accounts for the different areas of activity referred to in paragraphs 1, 2a and 3 shall be kept in a way that allows monitoring of the prohibition on transferring public funds paid to oneincome from infrastructure charges, surpluses from other commercial activities of and public funds paid to the infrastructure manager to another area of activity to another.
Amendment 323 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 323 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 329 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 329 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 335 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. When the provisBy the date of transpositions of Chapter IV, Sections 2 and 3 refer to essential functions of an infrastructure manager, they shall be understood as applying to the charging body or the allocation body for their respective competenciesthis Directive, Member States shall report to the Commission on how the obligations of Annex I a have been implemented. The Commission shall then report to the European Parliament and to the Council on this implementation.
Amendment 335 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. When the provisBy the date of transpositions of Chapter IV, Sections 2 and 3 refer to essential functions of an infrastructure manager, they shall be understood as applying to the charging body or the allocation body for their respective competenciesthis Directive, Member States shall report to the Commission on how the obligations of Annex I a have been implemented. The Commission shall then report to the European Parliament and to the Council on this implementation.
Amendment 340 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Without prejudice to the criteria laid down in Annex Ia transfer of staff shall be allowed between infrastructure managers and railway undertakings under the condition that the prohibition on transferring commercially sensitive information related to the essential functions is duly respected. The transfer of such staff shall respect the relevant national law and regulatory provisions on health, safety, social conditions and the rights of workers and shall not lead to any deterioration of the social and working conditions of workers.
Amendment 340 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Without prejudice to the criteria laid down in Annex Ia transfer of staff shall be allowed between infrastructure managers and railway undertakings under the condition that the prohibition on transferring commercially sensitive information related to the essential functions is duly respected. The transfer of such staff shall respect the relevant national law and regulatory provisions on health, safety, social conditions and the rights of workers and shall not lead to any deterioration of the social and working conditions of workers.
Amendment 388 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall instruct the European Railway Agency to prepare a comparative analysis of the setting of the amounts of the levies in the Member States in order to establish a uniform method of calculation to determine the amount of the levies.
Amendment 388 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall instruct the European Railway Agency to prepare a comparative analysis of the setting of the amounts of the levies in the Member States in order to establish a uniform method of calculation to determine the amount of the levies.
Amendment 463 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. In this context, the Commission shall closely involve representatives of the Member States, including representatives of the regulatory bodies, and of the sectors concerned in its work, including usthe railways sector's social partners and customers, so that they are able better to monitor the development of the railway sector and the evolution of the market, to assess the effect of the measures adopted and to analyse the impact of the measures planned by the Commission. The Commission shall, if necessary, also consult the European Railway Agency.
Amendment 463 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. In this context, the Commission shall closely involve representatives of the Member States, including representatives of the regulatory bodies, and of the sectors concerned in its work, including usthe railways sector's social partners and customers, so that they are able better to monitor the development of the railway sector and the evolution of the market, to assess the effect of the measures adopted and to analyse the impact of the measures planned by the Commission. The Commission shall, if necessary, also consult the European Railway Agency.
Amendment 642 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57 a (new)
Amendment 642 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57 a (new)
One year after the transposition of this Directive, the Commission shall submit a report on cooperation by the national regulatory bodies in accordance with this article and shall instruct the European Railway Agency to establish a regulatory body at European level with a remit to supervise freight corridors as laid down in Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight, with special reference to monitoring the functioning of the one- stop shop. The European Railway Agency shall organise itself in such a way that this task is performed completely independently of the other activities already assigned to it. On the basis of the experience gained by this regulatory body for freight corridors, the Commission shall, if desirable, submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a general European regulatory body.
Amendment 654 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Amendment 654 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Independence and transparency criteria to be fulfilled by the infrastructure manager: (referred to in Article 3(2)) (a) Compliance with the independence and transparency criteria shall be monitored by the regulatory body referred to in Article 55. Any applicant shall have the right to appeal to the regulatory body if it believes that those independence requirements are not adequately fulfilled; (b) Statutory and/or contractual independence provisions shall be set in the relationship between the controlling structure or holding and the infrastructure manager, between the infrastructure manager and other companies of the group, or other entities which are controlled by the holding, including in particular the shareholders’ meeting of the infrastructure manager; (c) The board members of the holding and/or of other companies of the holding shall not be in the board of the infrastructure manager and shall not exercise any voting rights in the board of the infrastructure manager; (d) The board members of the infrastructure manager and senior staff members dealing with essential functions shall, for a period of three years, be barred from accepting any senior position with the holding or with other entities under its control after they leave the infrastructure manager. (e) The management board, the administrative board, the supervisory board of or bodies legally representing the infrastructure manager shall not be appointed by any controlling structure or holding the infrastructure manager is part of in order to ensure full independence of the infrastructure manager. It shall be appointed and dismissed under the control of the regulatory body referred to in Article 55. (f) The infrastructure manager shall define and adopt its business plan as referred to in Article 8 independently from any controlling structure or holding and from any railway undertaking. (g)The infrastructure manager shall have the necessary organisational capacity to perform its functions independently from any railway undertaking and shall not be allowed to delegate the operation of its functions to bodies or firms which directly or indirectly exercise control, hold any interest in or exercise any right over a railway undertaking. (h) The infrastructure manager shall have its own staff and be located in separate premises or with protected access. Access to the information systems shall be protected. The internal rules or staff contracts shall clearly limit the contacts with the holding and other companies under its control to the official communications connected with the exercise of the essential functions. In particular, commercially sensitive information related to the functions of the infrastructure manager defined in Article 3(2) held by the infrastructure manager shall not be transferred to any railway undertaking. (i) Remuneration systems for the staff of the infrastructure manager shall only be based on the performance of the infrastructure manager.
Amendment 43 #
2009/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that a European Road Transport Agency could promote such harmonised approaches to checks and takAsks the Commission to perform a study on the creation of a European Road Transport Agency. This study should assess the demand for such an Agency and the tasks it should perform. Based on the regsulatory action so as to remove obstacles to the European single marketts of this study, the Commission should decide if it is necessary to draft a legislative proposal to set up such an Agency;
Amendment 50 #
2009/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for this Agency to be made responsible foron the Commission to drawing up European minimum standards for the training of inspection bodies and for coordinating cooperation between the inspection bodies; also considers that this Agency should contributesks the Commission to improvinge the collection of statistical information so as to enable more meaningful analysis of the effectiveness of enforcement and promote a harmonised approach by the Member States to enforcement issues;
Amendment 56 #
2009/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that more frequent and thorough checks must be made both at the roadside and at the premises of undertakings; calls on the Commission to inform the European Parliament of the further sensure that the Member Stateps it intends to take with regard to therespect the amount of checks to be organised by the Member States, as referred to in Article 2(3) of Directive 2006/22/EC; calls on the Commission to inform the European Parliament of the further steps it intends to take with regard to these checks;
Amendment 68 #
2009/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that all available technology should be used to inform lorry drivers in real time about the relevant social rules and the penalties applicable to infringements in the various Member States, for example with the use of GPS or other tools available;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the economic, social and financial consequences of the implementation of measures to combat climate change in the transport sector are still not adequately known or anticipated, like the effects of the reorganisation of this sector (for example, under the impact of modal shift); stresses that, in the light of the contribution expected to be made by the transport sector to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Commission should develop the collecting of data regarding the development of this sector, and define vulnerability indicators for its various component parts (road, rail, air and maritime transport) and specify by 2011 the costs and benefits of options for adapting this sector;
Amendment 8 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to invest in research for adapting transport to the effects of climate change and, at the same time, for green car programmes, intelligent transport systems and traffic management;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that the Commission should evaluate the effectiveness of different modes of transport for the distribution of goods and ways of increasing intermodality between different modes in our cities in a new sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for European cities, based on adapting our cities to the effects of climate change;
Amendment 21 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the technologies and engineering of the transport sector need to be adapted to be able to respond to extreme climate events; asks, therefore, that the Commission invests in research to address these problems;
Amendment 31 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, with regard to instruments and financing, the action proposed in the White Paper is very vague; stresses that companies in the transport sector are already heavily taxed and that users of modes of transport also make a large contribution to the necessary financial outlay; calls on the Commission, therefore, to favour modes of financing which would not increase the costs on transport companies or the costs for usersare in line with the "polluter pays" principle, for all modes of transport;
Amendment 58 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph - 1a (new)
Paragraph - 1a (new)
-1a. Is convinced of the imperative need for a clear and coherent vision of the future of transport as a sector at the core of the single market, guaranteeing free movement of persons and goods and ensuring territorial cohesion throughout Europe. While continuing to generate a significant part of Europe’s sustainable growth and competitiveness, the transport sector must develop within consistently high social and environmental standards;
Amendment 69 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that population growth, in particular in cities, will give rise to challenges for transport in terms of safety and capacity, and that the basic right to mobility and the applicability of this right are crucial in this regard and that the transport safety must be priority in ensuring sustainable mobility; stresses that, in this context, multimodal transport chains and collective transport, inter alia, are the way ahead for urban areas;
Amendment 73 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. In the light of current and upcoming challenges faced by European cities, such as increasing congestion and pollution linked to the urbanization trend in Europe, a strategy for the future of transport should be promoting a modal shift from modes responsible for pollution and congestion, towards more sustainable modes of transport, including soft modes (cycling and walking) in urban areas; this approach can be combined with comodality when it comes to the rest of the transport network;
Amendment 82 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that decarbonising transport is one of the main challenges of future EU transport policy and that all available, sustainable means should be used in order to achieve this, such as an energy mix, price formation measures and internalising external costs of all modes of transport, provided that the ensuing revenue is used to improve the sustainability of mobility; underlines that, to this end, the priority development of financial incentives, ruling out any distortions of competition in the process, should be preferred to the imposition of sanctions;
Amendment 115 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Finds that the development of passenger and freight transport ais a whole raises the issue not of the transfer of traffic but rather of the effective use of the various modes of transport, and that the goal of European transport policy should therefore be effective comodalitylargely dependent on the effective use of the various modes of transport, with emphasis on the most sustainable modes. Together with effective comodality, advancing a shift towards the most sustainable modes constitutes the prime goal of European transport policy. The most optimal combination of transport alternatives will depend on interoperability both within different transport modes, and among them, making for sustainable transport chains and modal choices. This efficiency must be closely connected with the objective of decarbonising transport;
Amendment 128 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that effective comodality should be measured not only in terms of cost- effectiveness but also according to criteria of environmental protection, social and employment conditions and, safety, with attention also being paid to the different possibilities and starting positions of the different modes of transport on the one hand and of the countries and regions on the other and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 155 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Finds that transport plays an essential role in completing the European Single Market and the freedom of movement of people and goods, and that regulated market opening should be achieved, primarily in rail transport; this complete market opening should be accompanied by measures safeguarding the quality of public services and other measures aimed at avoiding distortions of competition, inter alia in the social, fiscal and environmental fields;
Amendment 169 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the imperative goal of completing the internal market can not be reached without better involvement of stakeholders and strengthened social dialogue at European level;
Amendment 174 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that transport impacts on social, health and security policy and that, in the context of creating a single transport area, employment conditions and education and training must be harmonised andt a high level and continually improved; stresses that the creation of, inter alia, European training centres and EU centres of excellence in the relevant Member States can contribute to promoting the quality of training and the status of transport sector employees, as well as to the mutual recognition of training courses;
Amendment 189 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is of the view that technical interoperability, European certification and mutual recognition are essential elements of an effectively functioning single market, and that the enforcement of these should figure more prominently in the tasks of the various agencies; underlines that all the Agencies should strive for, and shortly attain, a similarly high level of responsibility and competence; encourages in particular the development of the full potential of the European Railway Agency, including progressively assuming responsibility for certifying all new rolling stock and railway infrastructure, and for regular audits of national safety authorities or equivalent bodies in the Member States, as laid down in Directive 2004/49/EC of 29 April 2004;
Amendment 216 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that intelligent systems in transport organisation, such as Galileo and ITS, need support in terms of research as well as in their application, since they lead to considerable environmental improvements due to a reduction in exhaust gases and traffic noise, improve safety by creating solutions to infrastructure bottlenecks and, not least, result in increased energy independence; calls on the Member States to ensure swift implementation of ITS applications, so as to extend their benefits to all citizens across the Union;
Amendment 308 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 introductory part
Paragraph 20 introductory part
20. Calls for compliance with clearer, more measurable targets to be achieved in 2020 with reference to 2010, and therefore proposes the following:
Amendment 313 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 1
Paragraph 20 - indent 1
- a 450% reduction in deaths and serious injuries on the roads from 2010 to 2020,
Amendment 338 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 4
Paragraph 20 - indent 4
- a 20% reduction in the electricity used by rail vehicles compared with 2010target for use of energy from renewable sources by rail vehicles, and a 40% reduction in diesel use in the rail sector, to be achieved through targeted investments in rail infrastructure electrification,
Amendment 355 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 6
Paragraph 20 - indent 6
-a 230% reduction in pollution caused by aircraft throughout EU airspace by 2020, with growth of air transport being carbon- neutral,
Amendment 361 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 7
Paragraph 20 - indent 7
- a 30% growth in financial support for the optimisation and, where needed, creation of multimodal connections (platforms) forto and from sea and inland waterway transports, and a 20% increase in the number of such platforms, by 2020in view of facilitating effective and sustainable comodality, with rail in particular,
Amendment 50 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) Whereas the beneficial effects of speed limitation devices with regard to the protection of the environment, energy consumption, the wear and tear of the motor and tyres and road safety will help in attaining the objectives of this Regulation;
Amendment 52 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The speed of road vehicles has a strong influence on their fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. In addition, in the absence of speed limitation for light commercial vehicles, it is possible that there is an element of competition as regards top speed which could lead to oversized powertrains and associated inefficiencies in slower operating conditions. It is therefore appropriate to investigate the feasibility of extending the scope of Council Directive 92/6/EEC on the installation and use of speed limitation devices for certain categories of motor vehicles in the Community, with the aim of including light commercial vehicles covered in this Regulation.
Amendment 100 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Amendment 35 #
2009/0005(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Access to these electronic systems must be regulated in order to protect commercial and confidential information. The introduction of these systems must not result in uncontrolled processing of economically sensitive information belonging to market operators. A reliable access control system is necessary, including an obligation to provide thorough justifications.
Amendment 3 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, as far as greening transport is concerned, the Commission has put forward a number of suggestions aimed at combating climate change, but and, when it comes to taking the necessary action, it has produced no more than a communication on the internalisation of external costs, a communication on rail noise abatement, and one specific legislative proposal revising the tolls applicable to heavy goods vehicles,
Amendment 6 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Article 11, third paragraph, of the Eurovignette Directive stipulated back in 2006 that: ‘No later than 10 June 2008, the Commission shall present, after examining all options including environment, noise, congestion and health- related costs, a generally applicable, transparent and comprehensible model for the assessment of all external costs to serve as the basis for future calculations of infrastructure charges. This model shall be accompanied by an impact analysis of the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transport and a strategy for a stepwise implementation of the model for all modes of transport’,. The report and the model shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals to the European Parliament and the Council for further revision of this Directive'.
Amendment 9 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Commission has convincingly described the public health nuisance caused by rail noise, but and, by way of a cornerstone to its rail noise abatement initiative, is merely setting out a requirement for freight wagons to be retrofitted with low- noise brakes,
Amendment 12 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on greening transport as a first tentative partial step towards a more comprehensive approachn important first step towards a coherent policy making for environment-friendlier transport in its many and varied modes;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. RegretObserves that the Commission has failed to produce a plan to galready taken the following first initiatives which should ultimately lead to a comprehen transport, that is to say, every transport sector, and has instead,sive strategy for the internalisation of external costs in all modes of transport:
Amendment 25 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point a
Paragraph 5 – point a
(a) adopting a piecemeal approach, submitted guidelinesdrawn up a Handbook for estimating the external costs of transport and for their internalisation in individual sectors,
Amendment 28 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
(b) again opting for a partial solution, confined its specific proposals to higher road tolls forhas submitted a proposal to amend Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles, and even for the use would apply only in Member States that so wished, andof certain infrastructures, which is intended to permit Member States to charge for the external costs arising from heavy goods vehicles, in line with Article 11 of the said Directive,
Amendment 44 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. RegretNotes that in its communication on the strategy for the internalisation of external costs, the Commission has failed to fulfilled the obligation imposed on it by Parliament and the Council, under the third paragraph of Article 11 of the Eurovignette Directive, since it has not – on its own admission – devised and put forward a generally applicable, transparent, and comprehensible model for the assessment of external costs as a whole, given that it has not analysed the impact on every mode of transport and, at the practical level, has not produced anythe beginnings of a strategy for the stepwise implementation of the model for all modes;
Amendment 46 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with dismay that the Commission communication did not makmakes copious references to the Hany substantive statementsdbook published in January 2008 regarding the calculation of external costs for the different modes of transport, but merely referred to a ‘Handbook on estimation of external costs in the transport sector’, which, given the disparate nature of its contributions, is more likely to cause confusion than to shed light on unanswered questions, which brings together the most recent scientific knowledge concerning the calculation of external costs in the transport sector;
Amendment 51 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is disappoinNoteds that the Commission, in its communication, has failed to put forward any scientifically coherent justifications for the charging of individual external costs to various modes of transport, confining itself instead toand has adopted what it terms a ‘pragmatic approach based on the average cost’
Amendment 54 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is disappointed in addition that in its communication the Commission, narrowing down this ‘pragmatic approach’ still further, has reduced it toNotes that in its communication and in the proposal for a directive amending Directive 1999/62/EC (Eurovignette) the Commission explicitly takes account of the ‘polluter/user pays’ principle and that, as regards the contributions – broken down by Member State – already made by individual modes of transport in the formlaid down in Article 175(5) of the Treaty; calls on the Commission, however, in further steps with regard to the internalisation of genexternal taxation, vehicle and oil taxes, and road tolls to balance costs, to take account real infrastructure building and maof all forms of internance costs and, moreover, external costs, it has not even listed them, let alone set them off against the costs incurredlisation of external costs which already exist, such as oil taxes and road tolls;
Amendment 60 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Deplores the factNotes that the Commission has not so much as attempted in its communication to gauge, assess, and describe, in its communication and in the accompanying impact assessment SEC(2008)2208, already made a start on assessing the impact that its proposed method for internalising external costs might have on competition among the various modes of transport;
Amendment 67 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 72 #
2008/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Agrees with the Commission that, in view of the newly adopted arrangements to incorporate aviation into the emissions trading scheme and of the rules on airport charges, there is no need at present for proposals to internalise external costs where civil aviation and airports are concerned; cCalls on the Commission, however, to take steps without delay firstly to produce specific proposals for rail, sea, and inland waterwayall modes of transport and secondly to perform the task deriving from Article 11, third paragraph, of the 2006 Eurovignette Directive by submitting a comprehensive plan for calculating and charging external costs and assessing their impact on the basis of a comprehensible model;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas urban centres are in many ways extremely important for the life of Europe’s citizens; whereas Europe’s cities face similar problems and challenges with regard to pollution, congestion, noise and road safety as a consequence of urban traffic, in spite of the differences in their structure,
Amendment 11 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas urban mobility is a major contributor to climate change and pollution; whereas these problems need to be tackled if any EU strategy to combat climate change and other environmental problems is to be successful;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas European towns and cities should be able to choose from a wide range of flexible instruments so as to put together a tailor- made policy mix in order to solve their specific trafficmobility problems; whereas better logisticals and mobility management solutions must be sought in all transport areas (passenger and freight transport), and in all transport modes, including walking and cycling,
Amendment 33 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Europe's population is ageing rapidly, creating demographic shifts and new mobility needs that have to be taken into account in any EU urban mobility policy;
Amendment 41 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas a growing number of European towns and cities are making use of instruments such as green zones, low emission zones and urban road charging; whereas a solution to the problem of cross-border enforcement of all traffic offences is urgently needed in the interest of fairness,
Amendment 63 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. believes that the European Union should define an overall strategy on urban mobility leading to a reduction in the high use of private cars and promote modal shift towards sustainable modes of transport, to support the EU's commitments on environmental protection and on cutting greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 79 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 1 a (new)
- comprehensive Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, to be designed and implemented by each city of a certain size;
Amendment 80 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 1 b (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 1 b (new)
- clear targets for the reduction of congestion, pollution and safety problems in cities;
Amendment 92 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 3 a (new)
- a "European Platform for Urban Mobility" or any other efficient forum that brings together all data, best practices and policy information on urban mobility in a comprehensible way to allow citizens and policymakers easy access to vital information needed to develop urban mobility policies; stresses that such a platform should draw as much as possible from existing databases, resources and institutions, in order to avoid red tape and bureaucracy;
Amendment 105 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4 a (new)
- action to ensure the effective cross- border enforcement of all road traffic offences, whether criminal or administrative;
Amendment 132 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 - Introductory part
Paragraph 5 - Introductory part
5. Calls for specific European rules and/or guidance for the standardisation and harmonisation of the following to be drawn up:
Amendment 138 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 - Indent 1
Paragraph 5 - Indent 1
- the introducdesign and operation of green zones and road charging,
Amendment 152 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 - Indent 4
Paragraph 5 - Indent 4
- road safetylegal and other measures aiming to improve road safety, such as the highway codes, road infrastructure standards and product safety standards for the construction of vehicles;
Amendment 181 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - Indent 7
Paragraph 6 - Indent 7
- promotion of the use of alternative means of transport such as walking and the bicycle,
Amendment 186 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - Indent 9
Paragraph 6 - Indent 9
- measures to avoid using or ease the load on transportoptimize mobility management and to avoid unnecessary mobility, such as teleworking or flexible starting times at workplaces and schools;
Amendment 189 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - Indent 9 a (new)
Paragraph 6 - Indent 9 a (new)
- integrated ticketing and billing systems that simplify access to, and the co-modal use of, different transport modes;
Amendment 191 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - Indent 9 b (new)
Paragraph 6 - Indent 9 b (new)
- parking policies and practices,
Amendment 198 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the broadest possible dissemination of data on issues relevant for urban mobility, such as the statistics of Eurostat and CARE; calls for new and standardized data-gathering on such lesser studied issues such as pedestrian and cyclist behaviour and citizens' motivations for making use of certain transport modes and not others;
Amendment 203 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title between paragraphs 6 and 7
Title between paragraphs 6 and 7
Amendment 207 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to promote technological progress in the development of cleaner vehicle technologies; calls on the Commission and the Council to invest in clean, more efficient, consumer oriented and safe urban transport systems, and to take measures to create a market for such systems;
Amendment 215 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it necessary to encourage citizens to assess their behaviour as road users critically; believes that every citizen should be given the opportunity to change his/her habits, for example regarding private car use, and thereby make an individual contribution to improving cleanliness and quality of life in urban areas; calls on European, national, regional and local authorities to take immediate action to increase education and information campaigns to make citizens more aware of their traffic behaviour, with a focus on safety and energy efficiency; suggests to include efficient driving techniques and similar elements into the tutorial programmes of driving schools and other institutions that provide traffic education;
Amendment 57 #
2008/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to undertake a study of the funds provided by public authorities to European commercial ports so as to identify possible distortions of competition, but considers thand calls on the Commission, in its guidelines on State aid given to port authorities, to develop their port infrastructures, curb congestion and reduce road freight should not be seen as state aidistinguish clearly between: 1. basic infrastructure which must be financed by the State (e.g. dams and locks); 2. commercial infrastructure which may be partially financed by the State (e.g. docks and quay walls); 3. suprastructure which is purely commercial and is not financed either wholly or partially by the State (e.g. cranes and warehouses);
Amendment 68 #
2008/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges that a social dialogue committee be set up and considers that it should deal with subjects related to ports, including workers’ rights, concessions and the 1979particularly in the event of transfer of concessions; calls on this social dialogue committee also to ensure the proper implementation and full ratification of International Labour Organisation Convention C 152 of 1979 on occupational safety and health (dock work), ILO Convention C 137 on dock work and ILO Convention C 145 of 1976 on the continuity of employment of seafarers;
Amendment 22 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In the light of the Commission report and the impact assessment, sSelf-employed drivers should be exincluded fromin the scope of Directive 2002/15/EC.
Amendment 26 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) With a view to keeping the administrative burden in connection with this Directive to a minimum and in order to adapt enforcement to technological progress, it is desirable to make use of various ITS applications.
Amendment 27 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 c (new)
Recital 12 c (new)
(12c) In order to further improve road safety, consideration should be given as to whether social legislation, in particular Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, should apply to all road transport situations, namely including vehicles under 3.5 tonnes used for business purposes.
Amendment 28 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 d (new)
Recital 12 d (new)
(12d) In order to avoid imposing unnecessary administrative burdens on self-employed drivers it is deemed appropriate for self-employed drivers to limit their recording obligation to records made with the use of a tachograph.
Amendment 29 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 e (new)
Recital 12 e (new)
(12e) Not complying with the definitions in Article 3(d) and Article 3(e) of this Directive, should be considered as a most serious infringement according to the provisions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009.
Amendment 32 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 - point 2 - point a
Article 1 - point 2 - point a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point a - subparagraph 2
Article 3 – point a - subparagraph 2
(a) point (a) 2, first sentence is deletedamended as follows:. 2. in the case of self-employed drivers, the same definition shall apply to the time from the beginning to the end of work – including a fixed period of working time calculated for points (iv) and (v) taken together – during which the self-employed driver is at his workstation, at the disposal of the client and exercising his functions or activities other than general administrative work that is not directly linked to the specific transport operation under way.
Amendment 36 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 - point 5 a (new)
Article 1 - point 5 a (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 9 – point b
Article 9 – point b
(5a) Article 9 paragraph b) is amended as follows: (b) without prejudice to Article 2(1), the working time of mobile workers shall be recorded. Records shall be kept for at least two years after the end of the period covered. Employers shall be responsible for recording the working time of mobile workers. Employers shall upon request provide mobile workers with copies of the records of hours worked.
Amendment 37 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 - point 5 b (new)
Article 1 - point 5 b (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 9 – point c (new)
Article 9 – point c (new)
(5b) The following paragraph c) is inserted in Article 9: (c) the working time of self-employed drivers shall be recorded in accordance with the provisions of Articles 14(2) and 15(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85.
Amendment 38 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 - point 5 c (new)
Article 1 - point 5 c (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
(5c) The following article 10a is inserted: Article 10a: Liability of transport undertakings Undertakings, consignors, freight forwarders, tour operators, principal contractors, subcontractors and driver employment agencies shall ensure that persons performing mobile road transport activities fully respect the provisions of this Directive.
Amendment 49 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) With a view to improving the exchange of data, a European information exchange system should be developed. This could lead to the possibility in future of roadside controls on working time also being carried out in another Member State.
Amendment 50 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) In order to further improve road safety, it needs to be considered whether social legislation, in particular Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, should apply to all road transport situations, namely including vehicles under 3.5 tonnes used for business purposes.
Amendment 51 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 c (new)
Recital 12 c (new)
(12c) In order to avoid imposing unnecessary administrative burden on self-employed drivers it is deemed appropriate for self-employed drivers to limit their recording obligation to records made with use of a tachograph.
Amendment 52 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty in respect of the frequency and modalities of the monitoring and control of working time.
Amendment 59 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint a
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Amendment 61 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint b
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint b
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraphs 2 and 3
Article 2 – paragraphs 2 and 3
Amendment 62 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint c
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint c
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Amendment 64 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
a) point (a) 2, first sentence is deleted. amended as follows:. "in the case of self-employed drivers, the same definition shall apply to the time from the beginning to the end of work – including a fixed period of working time calculated for points iv and v taken together – during which the self- employed driver is at his workstation, at the disposal of the client and exercising his functions or activities other than general administrative work that is not directly linked to the specific transport operation underway".
Amendment 79 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint d
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint d
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 89 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive2002/15/EC
Article 4 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – point b a (new)
3a) The following point (ba) is inserted in Article 4: the fixed period of working time referred to in Article 3 (a) (2) shall be one hour per week.
Amendment 94 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive2002/15/EC
Article 9 – point b
Article 9 – point b
(5a) Article 9 point b) is amended as follows: b) without prejudice to Article 2(1), the working time of mobile workers is recorded. Records shall be kept for at least two years after the end of the period covered. Employers shall be responsible for recording the working time of mobile workers. Employers shall upon request provide mobile workers with copies of the records of hours worked.
Amendment 103 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a (new) – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 a (new) – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall be given the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU as regards the frequency and modalities of the monitoring and controls referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 104 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 2
Article 11 a – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission detaildraw up statistics ofn the mconitoring and controls arrangements set uptrols referred to in paragraph 1 and report to the Commission on these statistics every two years.
Amendment 110 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 c (new)
Article 1 – point 6 c (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b (new)
(6c) The following Article 12b is inserted Article 12b Exercise of delegation 1. The power to adopt the delegated acts referred to in Article 11(1a) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 6 years following the entry into force of this Directive. The Commission shall make a report in respect of the delegated powers at the latest six months before the end of the six-year period, accompanied, where relevant, by a legislative proposal to extend the duration of the delegation of powers. 2. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 3. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 12c and 12d.
Amendment 111 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 d (new)
Article 1 – point 6 d (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 12 c (new)
Article 12 c (new)
(6d) The following Article 12c is inserted: Article 12c Revocation of the delegation 1. The delegation of power referred to in Article 11(1a) may be revoked by the European Parliament or by the Council. 2. The institution which has commenced an internal procedure for deciding whether to revoke the delegation of power shall endeavour to inform the other institution and the Commission, stating the delegated powers which could be subject to revocation. 3. The decision of revocation shall state the reasons for the revocation and shall put an end to the delegation of the powers specified in that decision. It shall take effect immediately or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 112 #
2008/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 e (new)
Article 1 – point 6 e (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 12 d (new)
Article 12 d (new)
(6e) The following Article 12d is inserted: Article 12d Objections to delegated acts 1. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act within a period of three months from the date of notification. At the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council this period shall be extended by one month. 2. If, on expiry of that period, neither the European Parliament nor the Council has objected to the delegated act, it shall be published in the Official Journal and shall enter into force at the date stated therein. 3. If the European Parliament or the Council objects to a delegated act, it shall not enter into force. The institution which objects shall state the reasons for objecting to the delegated act.
Amendment 85 #
2008/0127(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 549/2004
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) procedures and responsibilities for collection, validation, examination, evaluation and dissemination of data related to performance of air navigation services and network functions from all relevant parties, including airport operators, airport coordinators, air navigation service providers, airspace users, national supervisory authorities, professional staff organisations, Member States and Eurocontrol;
Amendment 50 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Specific emissions limits With effect from 1 January 2015, the national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to emissions or fuel consumption, to grant EC type approval or national type approval for new types of vehicle which exceed the average specific emissions of CO2 by 50 percent.