Activities of Monica FRASSONI

Plenary speeches (254)

Reports (12)

A5-0313/2003

2016/11/22
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2003/2131(ACI)
Documents: PDF(198 KB) DOC(83 KB)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council regulation adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty - Committee on Constitutional Affairs PDF (131 KB) DOC (46 KB)

A5-0250/2003

2016/11/22
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2001/0314(COD)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(46 KB)

A5-0033/2003

2016/11/22
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2001/0313(AVC)
Documents: PDF(259 KB) DOC(84 KB)

A5-0032/2003

2016/11/22
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2001/0316(CNS)
Documents: PDF(170 KB) DOC(72 KB)

A5-0031/2003

2016/11/22
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2001/0315(CNS)
Documents: PDF(189 KB) DOC(84 KB)

A5-0030/2003

2016/11/22
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2001/0314(COD)
Documents: PDF(175 KB) DOC(75 KB)

A5-0021/2000

2016/11/22
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 1999/2202(ACI)
Documents: PDF(96 KB) DOC(60 KB)

A6-0245/2009

2016/11/22
Committee: JURI
Dossiers: 2008/2337(INI)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(84 KB)

A6-0108/2008

2016/11/22
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2008/2027(REG)
Documents: PDF(123 KB) DOC(81 KB)

A6-0107/2008

2016/11/22
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2008/2002(ACI)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(78 KB)

A6-0462/2007

2016/11/22
Committee: JURI
Dossiers: 2006/2271(INI)
Documents: PDF(178 KB) DOC(96 KB)

A6-0089/2006

2016/11/22
Committee: JURI
Dossiers: 2005/2150(INI)
Documents: PDF(281 KB) DOC(209 KB)

Opinions (5)

JURI_AD(2009)418257

2016/11/22
Committee: JURI
Documents: PDF(95 KB) DOC(74 KB)

JURI_AD(2009)418254

2016/11/22
Committee: JURI
Documents: PDF(134 KB) DOC(436 KB)

JURI_AD(2009)416458

2016/11/22
Committee: JURI
Documents: PDF(179 KB) DOC(470 KB)

JURI_AD(2008)409793

2016/11/22
Committee: JURI
Documents: PDF(95 KB) DOC(74 KB)

JURI_AD(2008)409792

2016/11/22
Committee: JURI
Documents: PDF(92 KB) DOC(70 KB)

Written declarations (5)

2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(68 KB) DOC(26 KB)
Authors: Thierry CORNILLET, Monica FRASSONI, Jo LEINEN, Mariotto SEGNI, Diana WALLIS

2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(61 KB) DOC(25 KB)
Authors: Jo LEINEN, Alain LAMASSOURE, Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, Monica FRASSONI, Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS

2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(71 KB) DOC(32 KB)
Authors: Generoso ANDRIA, Francesco FIORI, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK, Monica FRASSONI, Fiorella GHILARDOTTI

2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(75 KB) DOC(37 KB)
Authors: Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Monica FRASSONI, Christopher BEAZLEY, Daniel DĂIANU, Adamos ADAMOU

2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(79 KB) DOC(36 KB)
Authors: Vittorio AGNOLETTO, Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, Monica FRASSONI, Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU, Sir Graham WATSON

Legal basis opinions (3)

2008/0231(CNS)

Committee: JURI

2008/0223(COD)

Committee: JURI

2008/0142(COD)

Committee: JURI

Amendments (79)

2009/2012(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a recommendation
Citation 13 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission Communication of 20 November 2008 on confiscation of assets and properties of criminal organisations (COM(2008)0766),

2009/03/16
Committee: LIBE

2009/2012(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital W a (new)

Wa. whereas mafias and organised crime in general have become a transnational phenomenon having a social, cultural, economic and political impact on Member States and neighbouring countries, needing to be combated also at the social level, in cooperation with civil society and democratic institutions,

2009/03/16
Committee: LIBE

2009/2012(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point a - indent 4 a (new)

- take measures to act as prime mover and supporter of civil society and institutions in their effort to combat mafias and take action in view of the adoption of a legislative instrument on confiscation of financial assets and property of international criminal organisations and on their re-use for social purposes,

2009/03/16
Committee: LIBE

2008/2337(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory sentence

8. Asks the Commission in particular whether the lack of resources in the Member States and the few complaints received by some Member States are not 1 ‘The Commission will describe and explain its action on these priorities in its annual reports, from 2008’. 2 COM(2008)0777, p. 9. 3 COM(2008)0777, p. 9. is not a worrying signs that there may be genuine problems in monitoring the application of Community law; calls on the Commission, moreover, in its assessment of the project, to check the following issues and report to Parliament on them:

2009/03/12
Committee: JURI

2008/2337(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 3

– that the Commission has not shown any indulgence with Member States as regards compliance with the deadlines set by the Commission ~~in order to find a~~(10 weeks) and that, on expiry of that period, the Commission has provided the Member State concerned with clear-cut information and time- frames regarding its future action in order to find an early definitive solution for the citizen;

2009/03/12
Committee: JURI

2008/2337(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Asks the Commission whether the EU PILOT project has affected the conduct of the meetings that it holds for Member States involved in the project and for the other non-participating Member States, bearing in mind that such meetings are considered the main means of dealing with and resolving infringement procedures;

2009/03/12
Committee: JURI

2008/2337(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Reminds the Commission that any correspondence which may contain a complaint about a genuine breach of Community law must be registered as a complaint unless it is covered by the exceptional circumstances referred to in point 3 of the annex to the above-mentioned communication of 20 March 2002; notes that the Commission has declared that a fundamental directive such as Directive 2004/38/EC has essentially not been properly transposed in any Member State; notes that the Commission has received more than 1 800 individual complaints in relation to this directive, registering 115 of them as complaints and opening five cases of infringement on the grounds of failure to apply the directive properly; expresses grave concern over the Commission’s ability to perform its role as ‘guardian of the Treaty’ and the opportunity Parliament has to check the complaint registration policy implemented by the various Commission departments1; 1 ‘In the thirty months since the Directive has been applicable, the Commission has received more than 1800 individual complaints, 40 questions from the Parliament and 33 petitions on its application. It has registered 115 complaints and opened five infringement cases for incorrect application of the Directive.’ – Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States (COM(2008)0840), p. 9.

2009/03/12
Committee: JURI

2008/2337(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

~~1 ‘In the thirty months since the Directive has been applicable,~~10a. Notes that the Commission has declared that a fundamental directive such as Directive 2004/38/EC has essentially not been properly transposed in any Member State; notes that the Commission has received more than 1 800 individual complaints~~, 40 questions from the Parliament and 33 petitions on its application. It has~~ in relation to this directive, registereding 115 of them as complaints and openeding five cases of infringement ~~cases for incorrect application of~~on the grounds of failure to apply the Ddirective.’ – Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States (COM(2008)0840), p. 9. properly;1 recognises that the Commission has worked with Parliament to useful effect and in a spirit of openness where this directive is concerned; endorses the Commission’s proposed approach, whereby the directive is to be kept under continuous and exhaustive review, support, in the form of guidelines to be published in the first half of 2009, is to be provided to help Member States apply the directive fully and properly, and infringement proceedings are to be instituted against Member States whose legislation does not conform to the directive; expresses grave concern, however, over the Commission’s ability to perform its role as ‘guardian of the Treaty’ and the opportunity Parliament has to check the complaint registration policy implemented by the various Commission departments;

2009/03/12
Committee: JURI

2008/2184(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)

A. whereas consideration is to be given to the draft interim report of the ‘Comparative study on the application of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States’ requested by the Committee on Legal Affairs and delivered by European Citizen Action Service (ECAS),

2009/01/28
Committee: JURI

2008/2063(INI)

Hélène FLAUTRE, Angelika BEER, Andrew DUFF, Monica FRASSONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that both in the formulation and implementation of CFSP, the High Representative/Vice-President of the Commission is not only required to respect the principles enounced in Articles 2, 3 and 21 TEU but also fully respect the Charter of Fundamental Rights;

2008/05/30
Committee: AFET

2008/2063(INI)

Hélène FLAUTRE, Angelika BEER, Andrew DUFF, Monica FRASSONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Resolves to put the respect of the principles in article 2, 3 and 21 TEU and the full application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in CFSP as one of its foremost imperatives; charges its responsible committee to monitor that they are effectively adhered to;

2008/05/30
Committee: AFET

2008/2046(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the principle of equality before the law requires that European citizens should enjoy equality in respect not only of European Union legislation but also of the national legislation transposing it. It would therefore be highly expedient if, on expiry of the deadlines for transposing the European law, the Member States not only included an explicit reference in the transposition provisions, but also indicated in their Official Journals which national provisions are intended to apply the law in question and which national authorities are responsible for their implementation,

2008/07/11
Committee: DROI

2008/2046(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)

1a. Points out that the Commission has not yet responded to or acted upon Parliament's resolution of 21 February 2008 on monitoring the application of Community law - 23rd Annual Report - in which Parliament calls on the Commission to provide specific information on various aspects of the implementation of Community law, with particular reference to the development of the new working method initiated in the 2007 Communication;

2008/07/11
Committee: DROI

2008/2046(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2a (new)

2a. Is deeply concerned that under the new working method, which provides for complaints received by the Commission to be referred back to the Member State concerned (which is the party responsible for the incorrect application of Community law in the first place), the Commission may be failing to meet its institutional responsibility for ensuring the application of Community law as 'guardian of the treaties', in accordance with Article 211 of the EC Treaty; notes that the Commission is frequently the only remaining body to which citizens can turn to complain about the failure to apply Community law; urges the Commission to submit to Parliament as soon as possible a specific report on the procedures followed and results obtained in recent months under the new working method;

2008/07/11
Committee: DROI

2008/2046(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2b (new)

2b. Urges the Commission to apply across the board the principle whereby any correspondence which may contain a complaint about a genuine breach of Community law must be registered as a complaint unless it is covered by the exceptional circumstances referred to in point 3 of the annex to the communication on 'relations with the complainant in respect of infringements of Community law'; calls on the Commission to provide Parliament with details of how this principle is observed, including in cases where the new method is applied; urges the Commission to inform and consult Parliament on any changes to the exceptional criteria for failure to register complaints;

2008/07/11
Committee: DROI

2008/2046(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to apply Article 228 of the Treaty establishing the European Community with greater firmness and transparency in order to ensure due compliance with judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; notes that in 2006 there were two cases in which penalty payments were imposed on Member States;

2008/07/11
Committee: DROI

2008/2046(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4a (new)

4a. Commends the efforts made by some Commission Directorates General, particularly DG Environment, to improve the conformity checks on the relevant directives, but is not satisfied with the Commission's reply regarding the confidentiality of the conformity studies; calls once more on the Commission to publish on its website the studies requested by the various Directorates- General on the evaluation of the conformity of national implementation measures with Community legislation;

2008/07/11
Committee: DROI

2008/2046(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Recognises that Parliament’s standing committees should play a more active role in monitoring the application of Community law; is convinced that the committees should be given adequate administrative support to enable them to play this role effectively; calls on the Working Party on Parliamentary Reform, the Committee on Budgets and other relevant Parliament bodies to examine the feasibility of a special task force within each committee’s secretariat so as to ensure the continuing and effective monitoring of the application of Community law;

2008/07/11
Committee: DROI

2008/2046(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Points out that, under the protocol on the role of the national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam, policies concerning the area of freedom, security and justice should entail special involvement by the national parliaments and COSAC. This involvement should take place during both the decision-making phase and the implementation of European legislation to enable European and national legislators to adopt amendments and revisions which become necessary in sectors which are and will remain subject to shared competence; therefore invites the competent parliamentary committees at national and European level to establish permanent contacts on individual pieces of legislation, pooling all useful information in the interests of a more transparent and efficient legislative process at European and national level; welcomes the holding of special meetings between European legislators, such as the one recently held with national parliaments to review the framework decision on combating terrorism (6 April 2008), during which it was possible to assess not only the problems of implementing European legislation in force but also the relevance of proposed amendments under consideration by the Council;

2008/07/11
Committee: DROI

2008/2026(BUD)

Helga TRÜPEL, Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Regrets, in that context, that it was necessary to reduce the financial envelope of the Stability Instrument by EUR 170 million over two years;

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2025(BUD)

Helga TRÜPEL, Monica FRASSONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)

55a. Points out that the Commission has indicated that, in 2006, 833,65 administrators and 244,78 assistants, spread over 10 Directorates General, the Legal Service and the Secretariat General, were working on the management and enforcement of Community law; regrets that the Commission has not been able to give details as regards the number of officials working specifically on infringement procedures; notes, furthermore, the reply by the Secretary General of the Commission that the Commission is not in a position to give an overview of spending on "better regulation" because expenditure related to impact assessment, simplification, quality of legislation and evaluation is spread throughout the whole budget both in operational and administrative lines and no posting criteria exist in the Commission's accounting system; points out nevertheless that in its screening report of 24 April 2007 the Commission has indicated that 0,5 % of staff work on evaluation; looks forward to receiving updated and more detailed information from the Commission; furthermore, draws attention to policy area 25 of the budget and observes that the Commission proposes the same amount of expenditure as in 2008 for the impact assessment board ( EUR 0,2 million ), and the "frais de contentieux" (EUR 4,2 million), but a cut of 35,5 % on the line for codification of Community law (2 million as against 3,1 million in 2008);

2008/06/09
Committee: BUDG

2008/2002(ACI)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a decision
Article 13

~~13. Calls on the Commission, also to take into account elections to the European Parliament in relation to the transmission of documents.~~deleted

2008/03/06
Committee: AFCO

2008/0224(CNS)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3

Regulation (EEC) nr. 31, (EAEC) nr. 11
Chapter 3 – Article 131 – paragraph 1

1. The contracts of parliamentary assistants shall in principle be concluded for a ~~fixed period~~n indefinite period, except in justified cases to be laid down in the provisions adopted under Article 125(3). Without prejudice to Article 140, the contracts shall expire at the latest by the end of the parliamentary term during which they were concluded.

2008/11/21
Committee: JURI

2008/0224(CNS)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3

Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 5 – Article 134 – table

Grade 1 deleted 2 3 4 5 6 7 Full-time basic salary ~~1 193,00~~deleted 1 389,85 1 619,17 1 886,33 2 197,58 2 560,18 2 982,61 Grade 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Full-time basic salary 3 474,74 4 048,07 4 716,00 5 494,14 6 400,67 7 456,78 8 687,15

2008/11/21
Committee: JURI

2008/0211(COD)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – point 6

~~(6) higher education or training;~~deleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – introductory phrase

1. Endangered species listed in Annex A to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/9731 shall not be used in procedures~~, with the exception of those procedures meeting the following conditions:~~.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a

~~(a) the procedure has one of the purposes referred to in points (2)(a), (3) or (5) of Article 5;~~deleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b

~~(b) there is a scientific justification that the purpose of the procedure cannot be achieved by the use of species other than those listed in that Annex.~~deleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2

~~2. This article shall not apply to any species of non-human primates.~~deleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that only those animals belonging to the species listed in Annex II may ~~only~~ be used in the procedures ~~where those animals have been bred for use in procedures.~~ , and only where they have been born and bred in captivity and come from a breeding establishment or supply authorised by the competent national authority or from the country where they originated.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 11

1. Stray and feral animals of domestic species shall not be used in procedures. 2. Animals shall not be used for school- teaching, higher-education and training purposes in general. 3. Animals shall not be used in procedures for testing arms and warfare systems. 4. Animals shall not be used for toxicological tests such as LD50 and LC50. 5. Animals shall not be used for producing monoclonal antibodies through the induction of ascites save where this is obligatory according to legislation or national or international pharmacopoeias.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

~~The competent authority may grant an exemption from the first subparagraph on the basis of scientific justification.~~deleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure, as their first priority, that a procedure is not carried out if another scientifically satisfactory method or testing strategy of obtaining the result sought, not entailing the use of an animal, is recognised by Community l~~egislation~~aw or the national law of a Member State. In the absence of such as method, a procedure may not be carried out if scientifically satisfactory method or testing strategy for obtaining the result sought, including computer supported, in vitro and other methodologies, not entailing the use of an animal, is reasonably and practicably available.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. The activities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are screened by the national laboratories referred to in Article 46.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 a (new)

-2a. The sharing of data during procedures is guaranteed by the setting up of the national online database, with an EU- wide network, for collecting data on the use of animals in projects for scientific or technological purposes. The collected information shall include: a) the number of projects authorised and refused, reported on a yearly basis; b) information and publications (collected nationally and internationally) on the use of alternative methods; c) details of re-homing schemes as referred to in Article 28; d) a list of the validated alternative methods and those undergoing validation; e) a list of the user establishments; f) a list of the establishments used for rearing/farming and supplying; g) a list of the re-homing facilities; h) a list of user establishments, rearing/farming facilities and suppliers in the Member States.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 b (new)

-2b. The competent authority shall check the accuracy and deal with the updating of the data as referred to in paragraph 3, and shall guarantee the protection of personal data.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF, Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. This Directive does not limit the right of Member States to apply or adopt stricter measures for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes, or to control or limit the use of animals for experiments.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0090(COD)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)

(18a) The institutions should ensure that the development of information technology makes it easier to exercise the right of access and does not reduce the amount of information available to the public.

2008/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2008/0090(COD)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point a

(a) «“document»” means any content whatever its medium (written on paper or stored in electronic form or as a sound, visual or audiovisual recording) ~~drawn-up by an institution and formally transmitted to one or more recipients or otherwise regist~~concerning a matter relating to the policies, activities and decisions falling within the institution's sphered, orf re~~ceived by an institution; data~~sponsibility; information contained in electronic storage, processing and retrieval systems ~~are~~(including external systems used for the institution's work) shall constitute a document or documents if it~~hey~~ can be extracted in the form of aone or more printouts or electronic-format copyies using ~~the~~any reasonably available tools for the exploitation of the system;

2008/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2008/0090(COD)

Monica FRASSONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

1. The institutions shall develop good administrative practices in order to facilitate the exercise of the right of access guaranteed by this Regulation. The institutions shall organise and maintain the information in their possession in such a way that the public can be granted access to the information without additional effort.

2008/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)

– having regard to the Declaration of the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe adopted at the European Conference on Sex Work, Human Rights, Labour and Migration held on 15-17 October 2005 in Brussels,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, for sexual as well as other forms of exploitation, is one the most egregious violations of human rights, and whereas trafficking in human beings is growing globally as a result of the increase in organised crime and its profitability,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

Oa. whereas the term “violence against women” is to be understood as any act of gender-based violence, which results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Defines violence against women as 'any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life' in accordance with the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1993;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)

-1c. Calls on the Commission and the Council to create a clear legal basis for combating all forms of violence against women and to take a decision on the full communitarisation of a European policy;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)

-1d. Calls on the EU Member States and all other States to address the structural problems involved (poverty, political instability/war, gender inequality, unequal opportunities, lack of education and training), including in prostitutes' countries of origin, as the case may be, to prevent people from being 'forced' into prostitution by circumstances;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that social, legal, interpersonal and epidemiological factors create the conditions in which HIV and STDs rapidly spread; calls for an effective targeted response in order to promote safer behaviour, to improve access to effective health and social services and to address the underlying structural and occupational dimensions of vulnerability;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Refers to the report by the German Government on the impact of the Prostitution Act, pointing out that recent scientific evidence shows that prostitutes are not the main group affected by HIV/AIDS;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2253(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas Parliament has repeatedly expressed its view that the Commission should ~~promote~~establish a stable legal framework, both in the media and in the information society as a whole, aimed at guaranteeing an equivalent level of protection of pluralism in the Member States and enabling operators to benefit from the opportunities created by the single market,

2008/04/07
Committee: LIBE

2007/2253(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas, as Parliament has been warning since 1995, the variations in national law regarding media concentration have adverse consequences for the workings of the single market, and those consequences need to be eliminated via a directive for the harmonisation of national provisions within the meaning of Article 95 of the EC Treaty,

2008/04/07
Committee: LIBE

2007/2253(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to commit itself to promoting a stable legal framework with a guaranteed high standard of protection of pluralism in all the Member States;

2008/04/07
Committee: LIBE

2007/2253(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in the interests of a system of pluralist competition, to adopt concrete measures to prevent abuses by ~~monopolies in the areas of~~companies enjoying monopolies or dominant positions in the cable and satellite TV and analogue or digital broadcasting markets, and to consolidate an objective framework for granting broadcasting licenses on a basis of transparent and fair criteria;

2008/04/07
Committee: LIBE

2007/2253(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to draw up forthwith a proposal for a directive setting limits on media ownership, ensuring pluralism, encouraging and preserving cultural diversity, as defined in the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, signed in Paris on 20 October 2005, and safeguarding access for all media companies to the technical elements that can enable them to reach the public in its entirety;

2008/04/07
Committee: LIBE

2007/2253(INI)

Monica FRASSONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Member States to support high-quality public broadcasting services which can offer a real alternative to the programmes of the commercial channels and can, without necessarily having to compete for ratings or advertising revenue, occupy a more visible place on the European scene as pillars of the preservation of media pluralism, democratic dialogue and access to quality content for all citizens;

2008/04/07
Committee: LIBE

2007/2124(REG)

Johannes VOGGENHUBER, Monica FRASSONI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 45 – paragraph 2

2. Motions for resolutions contained in own-initiative reports shall be examined by Parliament pursuant to the short presentation procedure set out in Rule 131a. Amendments to such motions for resolutions shall not be admissible for consideration in plenary unless tabled by the rapporteur to take account of new information, but alternative motions for resolutions may be tabled in accordance with Rule 151(4). This paragraph shall not apply where the subject of the report qualifies for a key debate in plenary, where the report is drawn up pursuant to the right of initiative referred to in Rule 38a or 39, or where the report can be considered a strategic report according to the criteria set out by the Conference of Presidents.

2009/03/12
Committee: AFCO

2007/2124(REG)

Johannes VOGGENHUBER, Monica FRASSONI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 131 a

At the request of the rapporteur or on a proposal of the Conference of Presidents, Parliament may also decide that an item not needing a full debate be dealt with by means of a short presentation in plenary by the rapporteur. In that event, the Commission and one speaker per political group shall have the opportunity to intervene ~~and any Member shall have the right to react by handing in an additional written statement pursuant to Rule 142(7)~~.

2009/03/12
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to the opinion of the legal service,

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas lobbying in the European Parliament has grown remarkably as the competencies of the Parliament have expanded, and lobbying the European institutions generally is growing constantly in terms of the amount of lobbying and the development of the sector,

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas lobbying is not only aimed at influencing policy and legislative decisions, but also at the allocation of Community funds and the monitoring and enforcement of legislation,

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas Parliament has had its own register for lobbyists1 from as long ago as 1996, as well as a Code of Conduct2 which ~~obliges~~includes a commitment for lobbyists to act according to high ethical standards,

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Strongly recommends that all lobby documentation provided to MEPs during a procedure be sent by the lobbyists concerned to a central contact point within Parliament that will make them available on Parliament's website in a easy-to-use database;

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Invites its Quaestors to draw up a ~~plan on how to~~nd submit for Parliament's approval a plan for improveing the implementation and control of Parliaments' rules whereby a Member must declare any support which he or she receives, whether financial or in terms of staff or materials12; ;

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for clarity on Intergroups, i.e. a list of registered and non-registered Intergroups on Parliament~~'s website,~~s' website, with detailed information on membership and external funding including declarations of the financial interest of their respective chairs;

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Emphasises that all actors falling within that definition and frequently influencing the European institutions should be considered as lobbyists and treated in the same way: professional lobbyists, companies' in- house lobbyists, NGO's, think-thanks, trade associations, trade unions and employers' organisations ~~and lawyers when their purpose is to influence policy rather than case-law~~, profit-making and non-profit organisations and lawyers;

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Believes that a credible and effective registration and reporting system in all EU institutions, including financial disclosure as well as transparency for all documents sent to Members of the institutions, must be mandatory for all lobbyists and must be linked to a common code of ethical behaviour;

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Proposes that a joint working group ~~of officials be set up as soon as possible~~be set up swiftly, with representatives from both Parliament and the Commission to ~~consider the implications~~enable the development of a common register;

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is aware of the arguments in favour of both voluntary and compulsory registration of lobbyists; notes the Commissions' decision to start with a voluntary register and evaluate the system after one year; recalls that Parliaments' register is already de facto mandatory, because registering is a prerequisite for gaining access to Parliament;deleted

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Notes the Commission's draft Code of Conduct for Interest Representatives; r~~Reminds the Commission that Parliament has already had such a Code for over 10 years ~~and asks the Commission to negotiate with Parliament for the establishment of a common Code~~; considers however that the system should be improved and sanctions strengthened; is of the opinion that any code should ensure rigorous monitoring of lobbyists and provide for the withdrawal of nominative passes and the creation of a public blacklist of unethical lobbyists;

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Recalls that Parliament's current Rules of Procedure already provide that any breach of the Code of Conduct may lead to the withdrawal of the nominative pass, which entails deletion from the register;deleted

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Insists that the decision to ask for financial disclosure by interest representatives should apply only over a minimal threshold of financial turnover; emphasises that sufficiently detailed financial disclosure is a key benchmark of a credible EU transparency initiative and recalls that, in addition to financial figures, details of the names of the persons acting as lobbyists are also required;

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. A detailed disclosure system should set bandwidths of EUR 10,000 as maximum ranges for financial reporting, with a minimum threshold of EUR 5,000 to qualify for registration at all;

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/2115(INI)

Monica FRASSONI, Claude TURMES, Gérard ONESTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Reminds the Commission that financial figures are not always the best way of providing information on the scale of lobbying activities;~~deleted

2008/03/07
Committee: AFCO

2007/0297(COD)

Monica FRASSONI, Gabriele ALBERTINI, Gianni DE MICHELIS, Romano Maria LA RUSSA, Vincenzo LAVARRA, Pia Elda LOCATELLI, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Vittorio PRODI, Patrizia TOIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title and paragraph 1

~~Specialist d~~Article 9 Article 9 Derogation for small -volume ~~independent~~specialised manufacturers 1. An application for a derogation from the specific emissions target calculated in accordance with Annex I may be made by a manufacturer which: (a) is responsible for less than 10,000 new passenger cars registered in the Community per calendar year; and if (b) ~~is not connected to another manufacturer~~the passenger cars for which it is responsible belong to a category whose specific characteristics are such that the target cannot be met.

2008/06/17
Committee: ITRE

2007/0022(COD)

Monica FRASSONI, Diana WALLIS, Aloyzas SAKALAS, Dan JØRGENSEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point a

(a) “unlawful” means infringing Community legislation or a law, an administrative regulation or a decision taken by a competent authority in a Member State aiming at the protection of the environment and public health.

2008/03/14
Committee: JURI

2007/0022(COD)

Monica FRASSONI, Diana WALLIS, Aloyzas SAKALAS, Dan JØRGENSEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point a a (new)

(aa) “protected wild fauna and flora species” means (i) for the offence relating to possession/taking/killing/destruction, those listed in: – Annex IV to Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora1; – Annex 1 to, and referred to in Article 4(2) of, Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds2 and (ii) for the trade-related offence, those listed in: – Annexes A or B to Council Regulation 338/97/EC of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein3; ________________________________ 1 OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/105/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 368. 2 OJ L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/105/EC. 3 OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1332/2005 (OJ L 215, 19.8.2005, p. 1).

2008/03/14
Committee: JURI

2007/0022(COD)

Monica FRASSONI, Diana WALLIS, Aloyzas SAKALAS, Dan JØRGENSEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point a b (new)

(ab) “habitat within a protected site”, means any habitat of species for which an area is classified as a special protection area pursuant to Article 4(1) or (2) of Directive 79/409/EEC, or any natural habitat or a habitat of species for which a site is designated as a special area of conservation pursuant to Article 4(4) of Directive 92/43/EEC.

2008/03/14
Committee: JURI

2007/0022(COD)

Monica FRASSONI, Diana WALLIS, Aloyzas SAKALAS, Dan JØRGENSEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point g

(g) the unlawful possession, taking, damaging, processing, killing or trading of or in specimens of protected wild fauna and flora species or parts or derivatives thereof;

2008/03/14
Committee: JURI

2007/0022(COD)

Monica FRASSONI, Diana WALLIS, Aloyzas SAKALAS, Dan JØRGENSEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point h

(h) the unlawful significant deterioration of a protected habitat within a protected site;

2008/03/14
Committee: JURI

2007/0022(COD)

Monica FRASSONI, Diana WALLIS, Aloyzas SAKALAS, Dan JØRGENSEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point i

(i) the unlawful trade in, or the manufacture, placing on the market, distribution or use of ozone -depleting substances;

2008/03/14
Committee: JURI