920 Amendments of Marielle DE SARNEZ

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

(20) In order to ensure full respect for the principle of family unity and for the best interests of the child, the existence of a relationship of dependency between an applicant and his or her child, sibling or parent on account of the applicant’s pregnancy or maternity, state of health or old age, should become a binding responsibility criterion. When the applicant is an unaccompanied minor, the presence of a family member or relative on the territory of another Member State who can take care of him or her should also become a binding responsibility criterion. In order to discourage secondary movements of unaccompanied minors, which are not in their best interests, in the absence of a family member or a relative, the Member State responsible should be that where the unaccompanied minor ~~first~~is present and has lodged his or her application for international protection, unless it is demonstrated that this would not be in the best interests of the child. Before transferring an unaccompanied minor to another Member State, the transferring Member State should make sure that that Member State will take all necessary and appropriate measures to ensure the adequate protection of the child, and in particular the prompt appointment of a representative or representatives tasked with safeguarding respect for all the rights to which they are entitled. Any decision to transfer an unaccompanied minor should be preceded by an assessment of his/her best interests by staff with the necessary qualifications and expertise.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) In order to guarantee effective protection of the rights of the persons concerned, legal safeguards and the right to an effective remedy in respect of decisions regarding transfers to the Member State responsible should be established, in accordance, in particular, with Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. An effective remedy should also be provided in situations when no transfer decision is taken but the applicant claims that another Member State is responsible on the basis that he has a family member or, for unaccompanied minors, a relative in another Member State, provided that such a transfer is in the interests of the child. In order to ensure that international law is respected, an effective remedy against such decisions should cover both the examination of the application of this Regulation and of the legal and factual situation in the Member State to which the applicant is transferred. The scope of the effective remedy should be limited to an assessment of whether applicants' fundamental rights to respect of family life, the rights of the child, or the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment risk to be infringed upon.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0133(COD)

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Marietje SCHAAKE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42

(42) A network of competent Member State authorities should be set up and facilitated by the European Union Agency for Asylum to enhance practical cooperation and information sharing on all matters related to the application of this Regulation, including the development of practical tools and guidance. This network should be able to collaborate with the authorities of transit countries and countries of origin as well as with international organisations, in particular the United Nations Agencies and non- governmental organisations.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0133(COD)

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Marietje SCHAAKE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52

(52) In order to assess whether the corrective allocation mechanism in this Regulation is meeting the objective of ensuring a fair sharing of responsibility between Member States and of relieving disproportionate pressure on certain Member States, the Commission should review the functioning of the corrective allocation mechanism and in particular verify that the threshold for the triggering and cessation of the corrective allocation effectively ensures a fair sharing of responsibility between the Member States and a swift access of applicants to procedures for granting international protection in situations when a Member State is confronted with a disproportionate number of applications for international protection for which it is responsible under this Regulation. In this regard, the Commission should publish at regular intervals the number of applications for international protection received in each Member State, including the positive response rate, the origin of the applicants and the processing time for each application.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Where necessary for the proper understanding of the applicant, the information shall also be supplied orally, for example in connection with the personal interview as referred to in Article 7. Whenever the applicant is a minor, he or she shall be informed in a child- friendly manner.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0133(COD)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. The best interests of the child shall be assessed on a systematic basis and shall be a primary consideration for Member States with respect to all procedures provided for in this Regulation.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Each Member State where an unaccompanied minor is obliged to be present shall ensure that a representative represents and/or assists the unaccompanied minor with respect to the relevant procedures provided for in this Regulation. The representative shall have the qualifications and expertise to ensure that the best interests of the minor are taken into consideration during the procedures carried out under this Regulation. Such representative shall have access to the content of the relevant documents in the applicant’s file including the specific leaflet for unaccompanied minors. Upon arrival, a well-trained guardian shall be appointed immediately.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0133(COD)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph new5 – subparagraph 1

All applications for international protection and requests for family reunification of unaccompanied minors shall be treated with priority. For the purpose of applying Article 10, the Member State where the unaccompanied minor lodged an application for international protection shall, as soon as possible, take appropriate action to identify the family members or relatives of the unaccompanied minor on the territory of Member States, whilst protecting the best interests of the child.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0133(COD)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph new5 – subparagraph 3

The staff of the competent authorities referred to in Article 47 who deal with requests concerning unaccompanied minors shall have received, and shall continue to receive, appropriate training concerning the specific needs of minors. This includes modules on risk assessment to target care and protection depending on the individual needs of the child, with a specific focus on early identification of victims of trafficking and abuse, and training on good practices to prevent disappearance.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5

5. In the absence of a family member or a relative as referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, the Member State responsible shall be that where the unaccompanied minor ~~first~~is present and has lodged his or her application for international protection, unless it is demonstrated that this is not in the best interests of the minor.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2

2. When there is a significant risk of absconding, Member States may detain the person concerned in order to secure transfer procedures in accordance with this Regulation, on the basis of an individual assessment and only in so far as detention is proportional and other less coercive alternative measures cannot be applied effectively. When the person concerned is a minor, he or she shall not be detained.

2017/03/28
Committee: AFET

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The European Union Agency for Asylum should gather and analyse information on the situation of asylum in the Union, in third countries and in t~~hird~~ransit countries insofar as this may have an impact on the Union. That should enable the Agency to assist Member States in better understanding the factors for asylum-related migration towards and within the Union, as well as for the purpose of early warning and preparedness of Member States.

2016/10/31
Committee: AFET

2016/0131(COD)

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Louis MICHEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The European Union Agency for Asylum should ensure a more structured and streamlined production of information on countries of origin and transit at the level of the European Union. It is necessary for the Agency to gather information and draw up reports providing for country of origin and transit information by making use of European networks on country of origin information so as to avoid duplication and create synergies with national reports. Furthermore, to ensure convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection and the nature and quality of protection granted, the Agency should, together with Member States, engage in and develop a common analysis providing guidance on the situation in specific countries of origin.

2016/10/31
Committee: AFET

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2

2. The Agency may cooperate with the authorities of third countries competent in matters covered by this Regulation with the support of and in coordination with Union delegations, in particular with a view to promoting Union standards on asylum, informing potential migrants of legal entry paths into Europe and communicating the risks of illegal immigration, taking inspiration from the lessons learned from CIGEM (the Centre for Migration Management and Information) in Mali, and assisting third countries as regards expertise and capacity building for their own asylum and reception systems as well as implementing regional development and protection programmes and other actions, such as preventing illegal immigration. The Agency may carry out such cooperation within the framework of working arrangements concluded with those authorities in accordance with Union law and policy. The Agency shall seek the prior approval of the Commission for such working arrangements and it shall inform the European Parliament.

2016/10/31
Committee: AFET

2016/0084(COD)

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Frédérique RIES

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61 a (new)

(61a) The European neighbourhood countries should be given funding to introduce cadmium removal processes, in particular through the Horizon 2020 research programme and EIB external funding projects;

2017/03/07
Committee: INTA

2016/0084(COD)

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Frédérique RIES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 a (new)

Article 40a Annual follow-up reports The Commission shall draw up annual follow-up reports on the development of cadmium removal processes in the European neighbourhood countries and on the trends in phosphate imports from those countries;

2017/03/07
Committee: INTA

2016/0039(COD)

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Bernd LANGE

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Approves the joint statement by Parliament and the Council annexed to this resolution;

2016/04/27
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Recital G

G. whereas ~~further deepening of trade and investment relationship requires considering~~ the conclusion of the EU- Australia and the EU-New Zealand free trade agreements will deepen the trade and investment relationship with these countries;

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the sensitive nature of certain sectors, and particularly the agricultural sector, must be duly taken into account in the future negotiations;

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the full potential of the Union's bilateral and regional co-operation strategies may only be realised by concluding high-quality FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit while under no circumstances undermining or diverting resources and attention away from the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally;

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that Australia and New Zealand each present specific economic and trade characteristics and challenges and that in view of this, the negotiations with each of them should be conducted separately;

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the European Union to adapt its trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand to the specific features of the economies of these two countries;

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Considers that the European Union must give itself the legal means to negotiate with due care the opening and closing of its public procurement markets in the framework of trade talks with partner countries, and considers that putting in place a European instrument for reciprocity in public procurement markets is necessary in this regard;

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Maurice PONGA, Gabriel MATO

Paragraph 8

8. Notes that a balanced outcome in agriculture chapters that takes the interests of European producers, particularly those in the outermost regions, and sensitivities duly into account can boost competitiveness and will be beneficial to both consumers and producers; calls on the Commission to exclude the most sensitive sectors from the negotiations or to foresee transitional periods and appropriate quotas; calls for the inclusion of effective bilateral safeguard measures to prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to producers;

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Paragraph 8

8. Notes that a balanced outcome in agriculture chapters that takes sensitivities duly into account can boost competitiveness and will be beneficial to both consumers and producers; calls for the inclusion of effective bilateral safeguard measures to prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to producers, particularly those in the meat, dairy, sugar and textile sectors;

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Paragraph 9

9. Stresses th~~e importance of~~at the negotiations must result in strong and enforceable provisions covering the protection of intellectual property rights and geographical indications (GIs);

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Charles GOERENS, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the importance of strong and enforceable provisions covering the recognition and protection of intellectual property rights and geographical indications (GIs);

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2932(RSP)

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Maurice PONGA, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gabriel MATO

Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to take account of the interests of the overseas countries and territories in the region during the negotiations on these free trade agreements;

2016/01/13
Committee: INTA

2015/2342(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Expresses concerns regarding the quantitative approach in the new Partnership Framework and the related ‘migration compacts’, which see the ‘measurable increases in the number and rate of returns’ as one of the EU’s main goals, as the number of returns clearly depends on the nature of migration flows and on the situations in the countries of origin; stresses that the short-term objectives of the compacts should focus on how best to address the challenges faced by third countries, including by developing legal migration channels, as a result of which the levels of irregular migration and death tolls in the Mediterranean will decrease; calls, in particular, for concrete initiatives, like multiple entry visas for a limited period of stay

2016/10/20
Committee: AFET DEVE

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for the establishment of an EU- Africa co-development partnership focusing on strategic issues such as energy, sustainable management of natural resources and innovation;

2016/02/22
Committee: INTA

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that trade liberalisation ismust not ~~positive, per se,~~be an end to itself but must in ste~~rms of reducing poverty and could have negative effects on~~ad be regarded as a means of fostering the sustainable development iof ~~it is not accompanied by re-distribution through fair and progressive tax system~~economies and societies;

2016/02/22
Committee: INTA

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that trade agreements negotiated with partner countries, in particular neighbourhood countries, have the clear aim of fostering the economic and social development of those countries;

2016/02/22
Committee: INTA

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of participation through broad and transparent consultations of national parliaments, civil society organisations and trade unions in the negotiation, implementation and monitoring of EU trade and investment agreements and policies;

2016/02/22
Committee: INTA

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to develop a complaint mechanism as a basis for sanctions to channel the voices of those whose human rights are jeopardised by EU trade policies and which will form an essential element of the EU’s role in the implementationmake sure that, before it starts negotiating a free- trade agreement, it always carries out an assessment of the agreement's impact ofn the ~~sustainable development goals~~economic and social development of the partner country concerned;

2016/02/22
Committee: INTA

2015/2317(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the EU and its Member States to actively engage with the UN Human Rights Council in ~~its~~ work towards an international ~~treaty~~framework that would ~~hold transnational~~make it easier for corporations ~~accountabl~~to pursue fcor ~~human rights abus~~porate social responsibility strategies.;

2016/02/22
Committee: INTA

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to conduct thorough impact assessments of all trade agreements to anticipate more effectively their impact on the economy and jobs in the EU. Sectors identified as vulnerable, such as agriculture, should be closely monitored and should benefit from safeguard measures, transitional periods and even exclusion from negotiations. Social partners and Member States with sectors at high risk should be duly informed and assisted in the process of application;

2016/03/30
Committee: INTA

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to lower the threshold for ~~EGF~~ eligibility, which currently stands at 500 redundancies. This has the effect that in practice only large corporations -which are often globally profitable - are eligible. To make sure that employees of smaller companies in sectors that are directly hurt by the effects of globalisation are assisted, the threshold should be lowered to 100 redundancies. Calls on the Commission to support not only employees of companies affected by redundancy plans but all affected sectors, including subcontractors. Calls on the Commission to be more flexible and responsive in using the EGF. Regrets that the amounts earmarked under the fund must too often be advanced by the Member States;

2016/03/30
Committee: INTA

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to reorientate the EGF towards SMEs, which are key players in the dynamism of the European economy;

2016/03/30
Committee: INTA

2015/2284(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to unlock the ~~modernisation of~~regulation to modernise Trade Defence Instruments (TDIs). ~~Updated and strengthened TDIs should be used to ensure that the EGF is not unnecessarily used for redundancies brought on by social, environmental or price dumping by other countrie~~The EU must equip itself with strong and dissuasive Trade Defence Instruments;

2016/03/30
Committee: INTA

2015/2284(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Javier NART, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Michael GAHLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to implement, at the same time, a strategy to support a common industrial and investment policy and to strengthen the EU’s Trade Defence Instruments;

2016/03/30
Committee: INTA

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), otherwise known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, was a notable achievement for European diplomacy in particular, and that Europe is now responsible for not simply ensuring its strict and full implementation, but ~~for maintaining the spirit of negotiations in a way that benefits the peoples of both Iran and the EU~~also should develop a broader agenda of EU- Iran relations addressing human rights, anti-corruption, energy policy, rules- based trade, environmental concerns and cultural relations;

2016/08/10
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the institutional changes made within the European External Action Service (EEAS) to reflect the ~~new period of EU-Iran relations~~results of the JCPOA; welcomes the steps taken by the EEAS for the establishment of an EU Delegation in Tehran, to strengthen the EU presence with the goal of engaging with officials, private sector stakeholders, civil society and citizens alike, based on the EU's broad agenda for its relations with Iran, and to enable better public education within the country about the EU itself, to counter misunderstandings ~~and to build a stronger basis of popular support for growing cooperation between the EU and Iran~~;

2016/08/10
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Recognises that differences exist between the EU and Iran on the use of the death penalty; nevertheless~~Strongly condemns the continued application of the death penalty in high numbers particularly for people convicted of drug smuggling without due process or fair trial; believes cooperation on anti- narcotics programmes and on ~~the question of~~ending juvenile executions~~, in line with Iran’s own commitments, could provide a common agenda for addressing this question~~ should be addressed;

2016/08/10
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Takes note of~~Underlines the fact that eliminating the death penalty for drug- related offences would drastically reduce the number of executions (up to 80 % according to Iranian estimates); calls on the Iranian authorities to put a moratorium on the death penalty; calls for EU-Iran cooperation in the fight against ~~drugs~~illegal drug trade as a way of addressing the issue of executions in the country without directly or indirectly becoming complicit in the arrest of people who face the death penalty; calls on the Commission to provide technical assistance and administrative capacity- building for Iran to enable it to secure its borders with Afghanistan and Iraq while expressing the rights of people and the right to ask for asylum;

2016/08/10
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Takes note of the fact that Iran hosts 3 million Afghan refugees; welcomes the additional EUR 6.5 million of EU funding to support ~~Iran in~~ the education and health care of the Afghan population in the country; believes ~~that EU-Iran cooperation on refugee management can enhance mutual understanding~~international aid organisations are best positioned to receive EU funds and to provide aid; believes that EU-Iran cooperation on refugee management should improve the well-being of refugees in Iran and prevent human traffickers, promote improved respect for international law and the lives of refugees themselves, as well as contributing to conflict resolution in order to reduce the causes of current and future refugee movements;

2016/08/10
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Calls on the judiciary to respect fair trial, due process and to grant suspects access to a lawyer;

2016/08/10
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)

18d. Condemns the systematic torture in Iranian prisons;

2016/08/10
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Javier NART, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on Iranian authorities to fully respect the universal human rights of all people, in particular the right to free expression online and offline;

2016/08/22
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Javier NART, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Calls on Iranian authorities to respect the rights of women and to eliminate any discriminatory measures in family-, criminal-, labour and other laws;

2016/08/22
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Javier NART, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)

26c. Calls for the release of all political prisoners;

2016/08/22
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)

26f. Calls on Iranian authorities to respect LGBTI rights;

2016/08/22
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 g (new)

26g. Calls on Iranian authorities to allow for free and fair elections, and international monitors;

2016/08/22
Committee: AFET

2015/2274(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Michael GAHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. ~~Notes with concern that~~Strongly condemns Iran has the highest level of death-penalty executions per capita in the world; stresses that eliminating the death penalty for drug- related offences would dramatically decrease the number of executions; ~~welcomes, in this regard, the possibility that~~encourages the newly-elected Majlis ~~is considering~~to adopt legislation to exclude some drug- related offences from the list of crimes punishable with the death penalty;

2016/08/22
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

~~— having regard to Tunisia’s ‘Strategic Development Plan, 2016-2020’,~~deleted

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, Ivo VAJGL, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the final report of the EU Electoral observation mission for the legislative and presidential elections in Tunisia in 2014;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, Ivo VAJGL, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)

- having regard to its resolution of March 10 2016, introducing emergency autonomous trade measures for Tunisia (COM(2015)0460 – C8-0273/2015 – 2015/0218(COD))

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, Ivo VAJGL, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas Tunisia has suffered several terrorist attacks in the last year; whereas Tunisia is an essential partner of the European Union in the fight against terrorism;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-Tunisia JPC ~~as a tool for~~which will play a key role, enabling Members of the European Parliament and Tunisians to meet regularly and develop~~ing~~ a structured political dialogue on democracy, the rule of law and any topic of mutual interest, and calls for the launching of specific initiatives of support to the PRA with other Parliament committees, such as the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, Ivo VAJGL, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for the continuation of technical and capacity-building support for civil society groups, since these have proven to be of fundamental importance for democratic transition and overall development, government accountability, and monitoring of respect for human rights, including the protection of women; whereas civil society organisations have a crucial role to play in Tunisia;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Javier NART, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Deems it necessary that the Commission and the EEAS provide support for local elections (scheduled in October 2016) and an EU and EP monitoring mission, should it be requested by the Tunisian Government as it was already the case for the legislative and presidential elections in 2014; calls for strengthened support for municipalities in the framework of Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM), and by fostering the development of twinning projects in coordination with the Member States;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, Ivo VAJGL, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Whereas freedom of expression online and offline and freedom of assembly are indispensable pillars of a democratic and pluralistic society; whereas freedom of the press and media are vital elements for democracy and an open society;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, Ivo VAJGL, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Welcomes the start of the negotiations on an ambitious Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Tunisia; underlines that international trade is essential for the Tunisian economic, social and political development and stability;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. CWelcomes the adoption of the emergency autonomous trade measures for the Republic of Tunisia as a concrete step to support the Tunisian economy; calls for an increase in EU aid to Tunisia through the ENI and for the coordination of international aid to Tunisia; encourages partnerships with other interested global and regional donor countries and organisations, and in particular, measures promoting investment in the manufacturing sector which would boost employment; notes that the tourism sector has been dramatically impacted by the attacks in 2014 and, considering the measures implemented since then by the Tunisian authorities, calls on the Member States to reassess the security situation as quickly as possible;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14a (new)

14a. 9. Welcomes the opening of negotiations in the autumn of 2015 with a view to concluding a progressive and asymmetrical agreement between the EU and Tunisia, on the basis of the mandate adopted by the Council in 2011 in the wake of the ‘Arab Spring’;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14b (new)

14b. 10. Considers that the agreement covers more than just trade, and it is essential that its objective is to contribute to Tunisia’s stability, strengthen its democracy and revive its economy, and at the same time have a positive impact on employment and reducing inequality; calls for the content of the agreement to meet those fundamental challenges before it is concluded;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Welcomes~~Encourages the early adoption of the Tunisian Strategic Plan for Development 2016-2020 and calls for its swift implementation with the adoption of regulatory frameworks aimed at facilitating the absorption of European support and of all international financial institutions; welcomes the adoption of the new investment code, which should create regulatory stability and facilitate investments, and the tax reforms; calls for the modernisation of the public administration, which should operate in an efficient and transparent way, thus greatly facilitating the implementation of projects and the better use of funds;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Calls for the~~Welcomes the initiatives to conver~~sion~~t part of Tunisian debt into an investment projects or development led by several Member States and encourages the Commission, through the EIB and Member States, to increase the number of these types of project, especially forcusing on building strategic infrastructures and reducing regional disparities;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Recognises that Tunisian security is weakened among other reasons by the current internal situation in Libya; notes the building of a wall at the border with Libya; expresses concerns at the high number of Tunisian foreign fighters joining Daesh and other terrorist groups; underlines the necessity to reform the country’s intelligence services while respecting the rule of law and human rights conventions;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls for an increase in support for security sector reform in Tunisia and calls for swift implementation of the programmes currently in place; strongly calls on the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior, to support the reform of the security sector and also calls for the establishment of a national security adviser in Tunisia; calls for the Member States to share best practices in the security field in Tunisia;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, Ivo VAJGL, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28 a. Welcomes the enhanced political dialogue between the EU and Tunisia in the fight against terrorism; reminds the importance of protecting human rights in the context of counter-terrorism measures.

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2273(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Norica NICOLAI, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Louis MICHEL, Marietje SCHAAKE, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Welcomes the EU and the Tunisia Mobility Partnership signed in March 2014 and calls for its rapid implementation; calls for the s~~ignature of a visa waiver for~~wift negotiation of a readmission agreement between the EU and Tunisia; and notes that though mobility partnerships rely on national competences, they are included in the EU proposal within the ENP and recommends that Member States show their solidarity with Tunisia by facilitating visas for entrepreneurs, students, researchers etc.;

2016/05/19
Committee: AFET

2015/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should ~~keep up its enlargement commitments and~~ continue cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law; approves of the Commission’s commitment to mark a pause in the enlargement process in order to consolidate what has been achieved by the EU of 28;

2016/02/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights the need for a political will in the Member States to make more use of constructive abstentions in the Council on CFSP/CSDP issues in order to create momentum in this area (variable geometry), and supports the establishment of the Council of Defence Ministers format, as well as regular European Council meetings on defence; believes that willing Member States should also make use of the possibility of moving towards Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence (PESCO); emphasises that activating the mutual defence clause should provide an opportunity to establish at long last the basis for a defence Europe which the European Parliament has been advocating for a long time;

2016/02/25
Committee: AFET

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

- having regard to Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi

xi. to ensure, in line with Article 167(4) TFEU and with the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, that the parties preserve their right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the protection or promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity through the addition of a legally binding general clause applicable to the entire agreement; to explicitly exclude audiovisual services, media and publishing from the scope of the agreement, irrespective of the technology or distribution platform used;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i

i. to ensure cross-border data flows in compliance with the universal right to privacy and with fundamental rights and freedoms;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ii

ii. to promote good governance and foster good practices in administrative and legislative processes, by encouraging the wide take-up of measures that strengthen the independence of decision-makers, increase the transparency of decisions, and reduce red tape; to stress that consumer protection and safety must be at the centre of regulatory endeavours and that no European standard may be revised in such a way as to weaken it;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point ii

ii. to ~~endeavour to include~~defend the inclusion in the agreement of a regulatory chapter on government procurement with a view to maximising the participation of European companies in foreign tenders; to deplore the lack of transparency regarding non- European calls for tenders and to denounce the lack of reciprocity in this area, as illustrated by the preferential treatment granted to domestic companies in several countries; to encourage the ratification and implementation of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and its 2011 revision; to call upon the Member States to reinvigorate discussions on the proposed international public procurement instrument;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point ii

ii. to endeavour to include a regulatory chapter on government procurement with a view to maximising the participation of European companies in foreign tenders; to deplore the lack of transparency regarding non-European calls for tenders and to denounce the lack of reciprocity in this area, as illustrated by the preferential treatment granted to domestic companies in several countries; to encourage the ratification and implementation of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and its 2011 revision; to call upon the Member States and the Commission to reinvigorate discussions on the proposed international public procurement instrument;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point ii a (new)

iia. to call upon the European Union to introduce a ‘European Business Act’, modelled on the ‘American Business Act’ and supporting the economic development of SMEs and European industry;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point iii

iii. to lower barriers to trade in energy- and environment-related services, particularly those relating to the development and promotion of renewable energy and environmentally sound technologies, given that an increasing number of services, such as installation, management and repairs, are sold together with products in these two areas; to acknowledge the explicit recognition of each party’s sovereignty over energy resources and to preserve the EU’s right to regulate, in particular so as to meet the European objectives of sustainability, security and affordability;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2233(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point iv

iv. to welcome the continuous engagement of the EU institutions with a wide range of stakeholders throughout the negotiation process and to call for this engagement to be intensified as the negotiations progress, so that the expectations of European civil society and stakeholders are adequately taken into account;

2015/11/04
Committee: INTA

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and to the European Parliament resolution of 27 November 2014 on the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to the Council conclusions of 5 December 2014 on the promotion and protection of children's rights,

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas in 2014 an estimated 230 million children currently living in countries and areas affected by armed conflicts are exposed to extreme violence, trauma, forcibly recruited and deliberately targeted by violent groups;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Strongly underlines the importance of systematically assessing the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights, including the implementation of the EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child, by using well-defined benchmarks; considers that, in order to ensure proper implementation of the Guidelines, further measures aimed at raising awareness of their content among EEAS and EU Delegation staff must be taken;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Deplores the fact that the proper implementation of legal frameworks for the protection of minorities remains a challenge, as stated in the Commission’s Enlargement Strategy for 2014-2015; invites the enlargement countries to step up their efforts to forge a culture of acceptance of minorities through, for example, improved inclusion of minorities in the education system with a special focus on Roma children;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Reiterates its full support for the EU’s strong engagement in promoting the advancement of human rights and democratic principles through cooperation with the structures of the United Nations and its specialised agencies, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, in line with Articles 21 and 220 TEU; welcomes therefore the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68

68. Recalls that the 2014 Sakharov Prize was awarded to Dr Denis Mukwege for his strong engagement with victims of sexual violence and continuous promotion of women’s rights; strongly condemns all forms of abuse and violence against women and girls, including female genital mutilation, child marriage and other forms of harmful traditional practices;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Caterina CHINNICI, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 c (new)

69c. Strongly condemns the continued use of rape against women and girls as a weapon of war; stresses that more needs to be done to ensure respect of international law and access to health and psychological care for women and girls abused in conflicts; calls on the EU, the Member States, international organisations, and civil society to increase cooperation to raise awareness and combat impunity;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72

72. Welcomes the Council conclusions on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, adopted in December 2014, and calls for the EU to continue supporting partner countries in combatting all forms of violence against children and reinforcing their capacities to protect children’s rights; welcomes the global roll-out in 2014 of the EU-UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit reaffirming the EU's commitment to mainstream children's rights in all sectors and policies;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73

73. Reiterates its request for the Commission to propose a comprehensive Child Rights Strategy and Action Plan for the next five years, supporting the EU’s efforts to promote children’s rights, namely by contributing to ensuring children’s access to water, sanitation, healthcare and education, as well as by eliminating child labour and assisting children in armed conflicts; commends the "Children No Soldiers" campaign and calls on the EU and Member States to step up their support in order to reach the target of ending the recruitment and use of children in conflicts by government armed forces by 2016.

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 b (new)

73 b. Underlines that children are particularly vulnerable in the current refugee and migrant crisis and especially when unaccompanied and that conflicts and instability have uprooted millions of children across several countries around Europe; calls on the Member States to take into account the best interest of the child in all procedures and ensure protection for children and particularly access to safe water, food, health care and education;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas the Central Asian countries must improve the legal and administrative provisions of their asylum policy, and whereas regional consultative processes, such as the Almaty Process coordinated by the UNHCR and the IOM, may contribute thereto;

2015/12/11
Committee: AFET

2015/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission to ensure synergies, coherence and consistency between the measures taken by international organisations such as the OSCE, the UNODC, the UNHCR and the IOM and among the different EU external financing instruments used in the region, such as the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (ISP), the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), and the Partnership Instrument (PI), as well as to step up coordination with the EBRD and the EIB;

2015/12/11
Committee: AFET

2015/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Asks the Member States to ~~refrain from arms deliveries to Central Asia, in line with~~strictly respect the eight criteria laid down in the 2008 EU common position on arms export controls; ~~in this respect,~~ raises concern over the export of 300 US armoured vehicles to Uzbekistan in 2014-2015;

2015/12/11
Committee: AFET

2015/2140(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the Union’s trade and competition policy is compatible with the objectives of European industrial policy;

2015/10/30
Committee: INTA

2015/2140(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Feels that European competition policy should not hinder the emergence of major European champions in industry; calls, therefore, for trade and competition policies to work to promote the creation and competitiveness of large European industrial groups on the world stage;

2015/10/30
Committee: INTA

2015/2140(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for all products imported from third countries to comply with the environmental, health and social standards applied by the Union and defended on the world market so as to preserve European industrial producers from unfair competition;

2015/10/30
Committee: INTA

2015/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the implementation of the Hercule III Programme under the new financial framework, and considers it useful that this programme be used to assist the law enforcement agencies of certain Member States in combating illegal and illicit trade; calls on the European Union to put in place its European Public Prosecution Service without delay;

2015/11/05
Committee: INTA

2015/2128(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that in 2014 there were 48 agreements in place that encompassed mutual administrative assistance, covering 71 countries, with another 49 countries in negotiations, including major trading partners such as the USA and Japan; emphasises that the top priority in terms of protecting the EU’s financial interests and combating fraud effectively is to ensure that the existing legislation is applied and that all parties observe the relevant international agreements, including the provisions for sanctions;

2015/11/05
Committee: INTA

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to establish, in cooperation with the EEAS, a framework for annual reporting by the EIB on its operations outside of the EU with regard to compliance with the general principles guiding Union external action as referred to in Article 21 TEU and the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; urges the Commission to satisfy itself that the projects supported by the EIB are consistent with EU policies and serve European interests;

2015/11/06
Committee: INTA

2015/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the EIB to concentrate the funds earmarked for developing countries on infrastructure development and to work alongside the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance long-term investments in the service of economic development;

2015/11/06
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls the need for all of the EU's external, trade, development, agricultural, environmental and energy policies to be consistent with each other and with other policies with an external dimension, such as migration policy, and to pursue the objectives set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union; underlines in this context the central coordinating role of the Vice- President/High Representative, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and EU delegations in third countries, and calls on the Member States to speak with one voice;

2016/01/21
Committee: AFET

2015/2105(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that trade policy contributes to compliance with the values upheld by the EU such as democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the protection of the environment and social rights; Welcomes the Commission's announcement of the incorporation in trade agreements of tools aimed at fighting corruption and will remain attentive to the measures proposed; takes the view that that EU trade policy will only ever be truly effective if all the major players in world trade abide by the same rules, including on public procurement;

2016/01/21
Committee: AFET

2015/2105(INI)

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Urges the Commission to continue its efforts in the fields of communication, transparency and access to negotiation documents and to improve coordination and information exchange between the Commissioners and the Directorates- General, the EEAS, the Council, Parliament and civil society; calls in this connection on the European Union and its Member States to adopt a roadmap for external action to show the way in the medium and long term.

2016/01/21
Committee: AFET

2015/2105(INI)

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Maurice PONGA, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality of both ex-ante and ex- post assessments and emphasises in particular that such impact assessments should take account of sensitive sectors and of the potential effects of any trade agreements on the outermost regions and their local production, so that specific measures can be put in place for the operators and produce concerned and potentially affected; stresses the need to always submit a deep sustainability impact assessment, including on human, social and environmental rights, for any trade policy initiative; expresses its concern at the lack of interim and ex-post assessments and that the quality of the existing ones is very low, as demonstrated in the European Court of Auditors Special Report 02/2014; insists that high-quality interim and ex-post evaluations be carried out in respect of all trade agreements in order to allow policymakers, stakeholders and European taxpayers to assess whether trade agreements have achieved the intended results; asks the Commission to provide data on the impact of the trade agreements which have been concluded with special regard to SMEs and the creation of jobs;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to focus in a balanced way on the conclusion of the ongoing trade negotiations in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit, and to show the potential benefits of the concluded trade agreements before launching new FTA negotiations, while bearing in mind the sensitive nature of certain products and sectors; reminds the Commission to carry out a thorough, impartial and unprejudiced ex-ante evaluation of European interests before deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandates;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, particularly in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance for all trade negotiations of focusing on core sensitive issues such as the recognition and protection of geographical indications (GIs) andccess to public procurement and exclusion of public services and audiovisual services from negotiations when negotiating FTAs;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls on the Commission to start negotiations for an investment agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the one with China; underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework; asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand all the while keeping in mind during said future negotiations that the agricultural sector is very sensitive, as noted in its resolution of 17 February 2016 on the opening of FTA negotiations with Australia and New Zealand;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Calls on the Commission to assess the possibilities and impact of cumulation, in particular for those sensitive products affected by quotas or liberalisation under ongoing negotiations or trade agreements already concluded; reiterates that exclusions for the most sensitive products should be examined on a case by case basis, as should limited volume quotas or appropriate transitional periods;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures require the EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU’s trade strategy and enable greater competitiveness by re-establishing where necessary the conditions for fair competition; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union’s trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently without being weakened; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, accessible for SMEs and adapted to today’s challenges and trade patterns, and also increase transparency and predictability; regrets that the TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the Council; regrets that the Commission does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its ‘Trade for All’ communication; calls on the Council to boost its efforts regarding TDI modernisation urgently, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES, and asks the Commission to present a new proposal;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2105(INI)

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34b. Reiterates that all trade negotiations shall respect the cultural exemption and exclude audiovisual services; reiterates the importance of being able to preserve, protect or promote cultural and linguistic diversity, abiding fully by the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions;

2016/04/28
Committee: INTA

2015/2096(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Urmas PAET, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the Partnership and Co- operation Agreement aims to establish a modern, broad-based and mutually- beneficial partnership, based on shared interests and principles such as equality, mutual respect, the rule of law and human rights;

2015/09/18
Committee: AFET

2015/2096(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Urmas PAET, Ivo VAJGL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls upon the Vietnamese Government to honour its commitments in the World Trade Organisation, and the full implementation of all relevant WTO- rules in this regard;

2015/09/18
Committee: AFET

2015/2096(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Ivo VAJGL, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. EWelcomes the articles in the draft agreement which refer to joint commitment and cooperation on human rights; expresses its hope that the mutually agreed respect for democratic principles and human rights will further enhance the longstanding dialogue with the Vietnamese Government on promoting notably freedom of expression, assembly, association and religion as enshrined in the Constitution;

2015/09/18
Committee: AFET

2015/2096(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Ivo VAJGL, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the EU and Vietnam to work towards creating an instrument to monitor developments regarding human rights in the context of the negotiations on the FTA, building on previous EU trade agreements with third countries which contained such an instrument;

2015/09/18
Committee: AFET

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights the need for a holistic ~~EU approach to~~, ambitious and solidarity-based approach on the part of the EU and the international community to this unprecedented migration crisis which ensures coherence between its internal and external policies;

2015/09/08
Committee: AFET

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. SPoints out that according to the UNHCR there are 60 million displaced persons and refugees in the world, 80% of whom come from 10 countries affected by destabilisation and wars; stresses that the persistent instability and conflicts in the EU’s neighbourhood thus have a serious impact on the mass influx of migrants; ~~believes that~~urges the European Union and the international community to join forces to provide a genuine response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean, w~~ill~~hich can come only from tackling the root causes, namely poverty, instability, wars, persecution, violations of human rights and natural disasters;

2015/09/08
Committee: AFET

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the EU to play an active role in resolving the conflicts in the Middle East, in partnership with all the actors in the region;

2015/09/08
Committee: AFET

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Advocates broader and intensified EU cooperation with third countries of origin and transit, at government level and with opposition groups, civil society and NGOs, through bilateral agreements, in order to clamp down on smuggling and trafficking networks, to ensure capacity building in the fields of asylum systems and border control, to provide protection for people in need, to develop frameworks for regular migration and mobility, and to put into force a humane and effective return policy for irregular migrants;

2015/09/08
Committee: AFET

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean and supports the reinforcement of the management of the Union’s external borders; insists, however, on the need for sustained, coordinated search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean to save lives, in particular through the establishment of a European coastguard service, and for an EU policy on asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary protection which fully comply with binding obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and respect the non-refoulement principle;

2015/09/08
Committee: AFET

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that development assistance plays a crucial role in tackling the root causes of migration; calls on the EU to overhaul its development assistance policy with a view to achieving that objective, and deplores, in that connection, the fact that a number of Member States have reduced their assistance budgets in a move at odds with the objective of earmarking 0.7% of their gross national income (GNI) to international solidarity; stresses the need for continuous EU support to international efforts towards poverty reduction, as well as to peace- building, promotion of democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, regional, political and economic stability, security and prosperity.

2015/09/08
Committee: AFET

2015/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the recognition of protection of non-agricultural GIs and traditional, high-quality know-how is both a defensive and offensive interest in the framework of the common commercial policy and it can be an effective tool in countering imitation and counterfeit products and in ensuring fair competition and consumer safety;

2015/05/12
Committee: INTA

2015/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Believes that the extension of protection for EU geographical indications to non-agricultural products would be a way to stimulate European exports and gain market share while achieving international recognition of the products in question and developing their high-quality image and reputation through trade and trade negotiations;

2015/05/12
Committee: INTA

2015/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is of the opinion that an EU-level system of GI protection for non-agricultural products which is coherent, simple and bureaucratically and economically non- burdensome ~~EU-level system of GI protection for non-agricultural products~~so that SMEs in particular could access it would enable the EU to achieve similar protection for such European products outside the EU in the framework of international trade negotiations;

2015/05/12
Committee: INTA

2015/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of non- agricultural GIs at EU level would be a positive signal for the ongoing discussions on GIs at multilateral level, that it would strengthen the EU’s hand in calling for an increase in the standard level of protection applying to all products and that it is fully in line with the TRIPS Agreement;

2015/05/12
Committee: INTA

2015/2053(INI)

Louis MICHEL, Charles GOERENS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Javier NART, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to include a coherent and well prepared strategy on all GIs, which ensures that they are observed and recognised, in the upcoming communication on the EU’s trade and investment strategy.

2015/05/12
Committee: INTA

2015/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas there can be no sustainable development without peace and without security;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Louis MICHEL, Hilde VAUTMANS, Javier NART, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

Bd. whereas regional integration is important as an engine for economic growth and development and as an instrument for consolidating peace in developing countries;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Louis MICHEL, Hilde VAUTMANS, Javier NART, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Encourages developing countries to engage in regional integration and to sign definitive economic partnership agreements so as to facilitate the free movement of capital, persons, goods and services, promote South-South trade, support economic growth and facilitate the integration of developing countries into global trade;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Louis MICHEL, Charles GOERENS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Javier NART, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)

26c. Supports the idea of launching a ‘Marshal Plan’ for health;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Louis MICHEL, Charles GOERENS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Javier NART, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)

26f. Stresses the need for sustainable financing of programmes for the consolidation of peace and the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts in developing countries;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Louis MICHEL, Hilde VAUTMANS, Javier NART, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 h (new)

26h. Stresses the need to support reforms in the security sector to protect people and to render investments secure in developing countries;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Louis MICHEL, Charles GOERENS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Javier NART, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 j (new)

26j. Urges the Commission to support the development of regional systems for managing conflicts, such as the African Rapid Response Force;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the Treaty on European Union (TEU) marked a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union in which decisions are taken as openly and as closely as possible to the citizen (Article 1 TEU); notes that there is a considerable lack of trust among EU citizens in EU trade-policy making, and believes that a radical shift is needed in the way that information about trade negotiations is communicated to the public, in order to ensure their legitimacy; recalls that in accordance with Article 12 TEU on the role of national parliaments in the European Union, various instruments for cooperation between the European Parliament and national parliaments have been created to guarantee effective democratic scrutiny of EU legislation at all levels;

2015/11/26
Committee: INTA

2015/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that the Committee on International Trade (INTA) and the Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade have been collaborating pro-actively to enhance cooperation, establish best practices and improve communication channels, and that this collaboration has been especially useful for monitoring trade negotiations through INTA Standing Rapporteurs and targeted monitoring groups; welcomes recent efforts by the Commission to increase the transparency of trade negotiations; believes, nevertheless, that the Council and the Commission can still improve their working methods to better cooperate with Parliament as regards access to documents, information and decision-making for all issues and negotiations related to CCP (such as information relating to negotiations – including their mixed or exclusive nature, scoping, mandates and evolution of negotiations – provisional application of trade agreements, activities and decisions taken by bodies created by trade and/or investment agreements, expert meetings, and delegated and implementing acts); notes with regret that after one year of negotiations between the Commission and Parliament on access to documents related to the TTIP negotiations, there is still no agreement about access to confidential documents;

2015/11/26
Committee: INTA

2015/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Believes firmly that transparency, integrity and ethical behaviour, accountability and good governance should inspire and be mainstreamed into all EU administrative and political initiatives, and considers that further commitment and interinstitutional coordinated work towards higher standards of integrity should be sought, and that, for example, the Commission should not adopt guidelines which run counter to the position of Parliament and the Council;

2015/11/26
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the private sector must contribute, alongside the public sector, to sustainable development; whereas companies must act in a socially and environmentally responsible manner;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~effective~~increased cooperation ofbetween the WTO ~~with other~~and the relevant UN agencies, ~~and~~ in particular ~~with~~ the High Commissioner for Human Rights and ~~with the ILO,~~the International Labour Organisation;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the EU to play an active role in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its 70th session;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~incorporate a gender- sensitive approach~~take gender parity into account into all their policies, ~~as well as~~including into EU trade strategy, and guarantee~~ing~~ inter alia effective compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); calls on the Commission to draw up an in-depth~~, binding~~ impact assessment of the EU trade strategy ~~from the per~~in respect~~ive~~ of ~~women,~~ HR and gender equality;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the ~~Commission to step up its efforts towards policy~~EU to ensure greater coherence between EUits trade, development and environmental policies ~~in all the treaties in ways consistent with international commitments to HR, decent work, gender equality and environmental sustainability~~and to strive to ensure that all stakeholders comply with international standards on human rights, gender equality, labour law and respect for the environment;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission and Council’s efforts to insert legally binding HR clauses into all the free trade agreements (FTAs) in accordance with the common approach; regrets that HR clauses are not included in treaties such as those with South Korea and Canada (CETA) or in the TTIP and Vietnam negotiations;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Takes the view that trade policy must be a way to encourage the EU’s partner countries to adopt stringent social and environmental standards; considers, therefore, that it might be useful to strengthen the ‘GSP +’, such as by introducing corrective measures in the event of breaches by a given third country;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Firmly demands that HRIAs and sustainability~~Calls for rigorous and transparent impact studies and sectoral assessments to be carried out by the Commission prior to the commencement of all trade negotiations, in order to take account of the impact a~~ssess~~greements ~~(SIAs) become binding and begin at an early stage in order to~~ will have on human rights and sustainable development; calls for such impact studies also to take account of the special circumstances of people who are particularly vulnerable as a result, for example, of membership of a minfor~~m negotiating positions even before they are formulated;~~ ity or geographical isolation; draws attention, in this connection, to the commitment given by the Commission to assess the impact of free-trade agreements on the EU’s outermost regions in particular;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Acknowledge~~Supports the Commission’s efforts to negotiate a plurilateral agreement on green goods; ~~calls on the Commission to focus on a diversified strategy that can also address anti-dumping policies in the renewabl~~believes that trade policy could make a greater contribution towards energy transition and that EU trade instruments should foster the enmerg~~y sector, intellectual property regimes, tight financing programmes and the lack of national environmental policies that create the demand for such goods~~ence and development of renewable energies and the development of green goods and technologies in Europe;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Urges the EU to reconsider its~~Calls for EU policy on intellectual property rights (IPRs) policy with a view to a less stringent interpretation of property rights and a clear recognition of governments’ power to apply additional requirements in drawing up domestic legislation and to adopt and use intellectual property flexibilities in order to realise HRto ensure that inventions and creations, as well as geographical indications, are properly protected;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Regards as insufficient the efforts towards the inclusion of CSR clauses~~ Welcomes the progress made by the EU in incorporating into its trade and other policies legislation and criteria on CSR, including the TSD chapters and asks the Commission to step up its efforts towards achieving compliance by companies, throughout their supply chains, and full respect for ILO core labour standards and internationally recognised CSR standards; regulation of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (FLEGT Regulation), the regulation of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel, the directive of 22 October 2014 on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups and the communication of 14 October 2015 entitled ‘Trade for All: Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’; encourages the Commission to continue and step up its efforts in this area;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to take steps to make supply chain operators – in particular in the clothing and extractive industries, in which infringements of human rights and social standards are more common – more aware of their responsibilities;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the EU and the Member States to promote binding measures to ensure that companies pay taxes where economic activities take place and value is created, and to promote compulsory country-by- country reporting by the private sector, as recommended by the OECD;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission to take trade and investment measures involving the award of labels, the granting of preferential access to EU public contracts and the implementation of SME support programmes that will encourage and reward companies introducing CSR strategies;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2038(INI)

Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Jozo RADOŠ, Javier NART, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Paavo VÄYRYNEN, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls for the EU to set up CSR dialogue platforms bringing together civil society, businesses, international organisations and other stakeholders;

2016/03/15
Committee: INTA

2015/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas, in reaction to and despite Russia’s ~~aggression against Georgia and~~ violation of itGeorgia´s territorial integrity in 2008, the EU opted for an increased cooperation model as a way to ~~appease~~continue the engagement with Russia; whereas, in line with this, rather than taking restrictive measures, a series of ~~generous~~ initiatives for deeper cooperation – such as the common spaces, the Partnership for Modernisation, the negotiations on a New EU-Russia Agreement, and the Human Rights dialogue – have been launched or deepened;

2015/03/31
Committee: AFET

2015/2001(INI)

Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Jozo RADOŠ, Javier NART, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Paavo VÄYRYNEN, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas Russia has – by illegally annexing Crimea and w~~aging an undeclared war against Ukraine, with the direct participation of Russian military units, and by~~ith the direct and indirect support and backing from the Russian military and security services, deliberately destabilising this neighbouring sovereign and independent country – profoundly ~~and for a long time~~ damaged its relationship with the EU by jeopardising the basic principles of Europe’s security order and by breaking its international commitments, notably under the United Nations Charter, the Helsinki Final Act and the Budapest Memorandum;

2015/03/31
Committee: AFET

2015/2001(INI)

Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Jozo RADOŠ, Javier NART, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Paavo VÄYRYNEN, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas these restrictive targeted measures are not directed against the Russian people but aim at stimulating a change in Russian policy towards, and actions in, the common neighbourhood; whereas the sanctions could be lifted, partially or fully, as soon as Russia commits itself to implementing~~, fully and honestly,~~ the provisions of the Minsk agreements and the return of Crimea to Ukraine; ~~whereas the sanctions will be strengthened should Russia chose to do otherwise and refrain from taking any positive step to change its policy~~underlines that the EU sanctions can be entirely or partially lifted, maintained or extended, depending on developments;

2015/03/31
Committee: AFET

2015/2001(INI)

Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Jozo RADOŠ, Javier NART, Paavo VÄYRYNEN, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the European Parliament, on numerous occasions has expressed its concern over the state of democracy inside Russia, the systematic failure to upheld the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights; whereas the rule of law, fair trial standards, due process and the independence of the judiciary are not respected in Russia; whereas the last Presidential and State Duma elections failed to meet OSCE standards;

2015/03/31
Committee: AFET

2015/2001(INI)

Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Jozo RADOŠ, Javier NART, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Paavo VÄYRYNEN, Ivo VAJGL, Hilde VAUTMANS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that EU-Russia relations must henceforth be based on the rule of law and on preconditioned dialogue, whereby the EU would be ready to relaunch cooperation with the authorities in Moscow on the condition that Russia unambiguously and without pretence takes its share of responsibility and fully implements the Minsk Agreements; stresses that in order to ensure that such a dialogue – if renewed (for which the return of Crimea to Ukraine would be a prerequisite) – is not conduct; underlines that such a dialogue must respect international law, and aim at securing peace and security for all countries in the Eastern Neighbourhood and solve the conflict in Ukraine, with the full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine; underlines that the current sanctions imposed atby the expense of European values, standards and international commitments, it would be necessary to specify very clearly the EU’s expectations of Russia, along with the retaliatory measures it would take should Russia not keep to its commitmentsEU, and the Russian counter-sanctions are harmful to the economies on both sides and empathises that the ultimate objective must be to restore full and deep engagement with a Russia that respects international law and contractual commitments and acts as a reliable and predictable partner;

2015/04/01
Committee: AFET

2015/2001(INI)

Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Jozo RADOŠ, Javier NART, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Paavo VÄYRYNEN, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines that the conflict in Ukraine can only have a political solution; the EU should create a more pro-active political and diplomatic approach to solve all the so called 'frozen conflicts' throughout the Eastern Neighbourhood;

2015/04/01
Committee: AFET

2015/0281(COD)

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Petr JEŽEK, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Frédérique RIES

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Each Member State shall take the measures required to establish its jurisdiction in respect of the offences referred to in Article 4 in cases where the perpetrator is present on its territory.

2016/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2015/0281(COD)

Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Petr JEŽEK, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 a (new)

Article 21a Exchanges of information and cooperation concerning terrorist offences 1. Member States shall systematically flag up in the Schengen Information System any person who is suspected of having committed or who has been convicted of at least one of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 14 of this Directive. 2. Member States shall systematically forward to Europol details of any person who is suspected of having committed or who has been convicted of at least one of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 14 of this Directive.

2016/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2015/0281(COD)

Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Petr JEŽEK, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 b (new)

Article 21b PNR information exchanges Member States shall exchange all PNR data concerning persons who are suspected of having committed or who have been convicted of at least one of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 14 of this Directive.

2016/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2015/0275(COD)

Robert ROCHEFORT, Dominique RIQUET, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)

(14a) The shift to a circular economy should be in keeping with the pillars of sustainable development, and should therefore mirror its social benefits. The social and solidarity-based economy, which is traditionally connected with waste management and helps create jobs for the unemployed and socially marginalised, should be reinforced by the Member States.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Sander LOONES, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Following the terrorist attack of 26 June 2015 in Sousse, Tunisia, the Council of the European Union, in its Conclusions of 20 July 2015, stated that the Union, in consultation with its Member States, would explore the option of taking exceptional and temporary measures to support the Tunisian economy.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

2015/0218(COD)

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Sander LOONES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The preferential arrangements introduced by this Regulation must be of equal benefit to all Tunisian producers, and import licences must be distributed transparently by the Board of Olive Oil (ONH);

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

2015/0218(COD)

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Sander LOONES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)

Article 6a 1. The Commission shall conduct an assessment of the impact on the Union olive oil market at mid-term following the entry into force of this Regulation. 2. If it is found that the Union market is affected by the provisions of this Regulation, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt an implementing act in order to propose corrective measures aimed at restoring the situation on the Union market. This implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 6(2).

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

’’3a. In Article 12(1), the second sub- paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘The provisional duties shall be imposed no earlier than 60 days from the initiation of the proceedings but no later than ~~nine~~six months from the initiation of the proceedings.’

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c

Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 3

c) In paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph: "For the profession of notary, the host Member State may, when it determines the compensation measure, take into account the specific activities of this profession on its territory, in particular as regards the law to be applied.".deleted

2012/07/10
Committee: EMPL

2011/0435(COD)

Robert ROCHEFORT, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b

b) The following paragraph 4 is added: 4. In the case of notaries, the authentic instruments and other activities of authentication which require the seal of the host Member State shall be excluded from the provision of services.deleted

2012/10/17
Committee: IMCO

2011/0435(COD)

Robert ROCHEFORT, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c

(c) In paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph: ‘For the profession of notary, the host Member State may, when it determines the compensation measure, take into account the specific activities of this profession on its territory, in particular as regards the law to be applied.’deleted

2012/10/17
Committee: IMCO

2011/0411(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) In particular, fighting climate change is recognised as one of the great challenges which the Union faces and the area where urgent international action is necessary. In accordance with the intent stated in the Commission Communication “A budget for Europe 2020” of increasing the climate -related proportion of the Union budget to at least 20%, this Regulation should contribute to that goal. It should also help to integrate the environment and climate imperative into the rules governing the organisation of international trade.

2012/06/01
Committee: INTA

2011/0411(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

As referred to in Article 13, paragraph 2, of the “Erasmus for All” Regulation, in order to promote the international dimension of higher education, an indicative amount of EUR 1 812 100 000 from the different external instruments (Development Cooperation Instrument, European Neighbourhood Instrument, Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance, Partnership Instrument and the European Development Fund), will be allocated to actions of learning mobility to or from non -EU countries and to cooperation and policy dialogue with local, regional, and national authorities/institutions/organisations from these countries. The provisions of the “Erasmus for All” Regulation will apply to the use of those funds.

2012/06/01
Committee: INTA

2011/0411(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) the promotion of policy and sectoral dialogues involving Union and non-Union political, economic, regulatory, environmental, social, research and cultural actors and non-governmental organisations and regional and local authorities and associations thereof;

2012/06/01
Committee: INTA

2011/0411(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) the promotion of initiatives and actions of Union or mutual interest in areas such as climate change, environmental matters including biodiversity, resource efficiency, raw materials, energy, transport, science, research and innovation, consolidation of regional and local authorities and civil society, employment and social policy, sustainable development, including promotion of decent work, and corporate social responsibility, north-south and south-south trade and cooperation, education, ~~culture, tourism~~vocational training, culture, tourism, local development, information and communication technologies, health, justice, customs, taxation, financial, statistics and any other matter pertaining to the Union’s specific interests or of mutual interest between the Union and third countries;

2012/06/01
Committee: INTA

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4

4. Particular attention shall be given to strengthening the rule of law, improving access to justice and supporting civil society, infraregional development, trade and sustainable development, access to ICTs, health and food security, as well as promoting dialogue, participation and reconciliation, and institution-building.

2012/07/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – point II – point b

(b) Business environment, regional integration and world markets; support for the development of local production systems, particularly by promoting the development of local crafts, SMEs, micro- enterprises, cooperatives and fair trade principles; and

2012/07/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) addressing governance issues and supporting policy reforms, in particular in the areas of social policies, public finance management and taxation, security (including drugs, criminality and corruption), reinforcement of good governance and public institutions (including through innovative mechanisms for the provision of technical cooperation, e.g. TAIEX and twinning), protection of human rights, including the indigenous peoples' and afro-descendents’ rights, respect for the fundamental labour standards of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), environment, fight against discrimination, and fight against production, consumption and trafficking of drugs;

2012/07/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part A – paragraph 4 – point a – paragraph 1

Promoting actions aiming at creating more and better jobs, in areas such as developing the competitiveness and resilience of local MSMEs and their integration into the global economy, developing local crafts, which serve to preserve the local cultural heritage, assisting developing countries to integrate into the multilateral trading system, developing the private sector and improving the business environment, supporting the development of the local economy and local production systems, the definition and implementation of industrial innovation and technology policies and of trade policies and agreements, supporting regional integration efforts, promoting investment relations between the EU and partner countries and regions and leveraging private and public investment and cooperation through innovative financial instruments. Promoting the green economy, resource efficiency and sustainable consumption and production processes. Promoting the use of electronic communications as a tool to support growth across all sectors in order to bridge the digital divide, to achieve an adequate policy and regulatory framework in this area and promoting the development of necessary infrastructure and the use of services and applications based on ICT.

2012/07/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part B – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)

(ba) making European consumers more aware of fair and sustainable trade and promoting access to European markets for goods produced fairly.

2012/07/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The Union seeks to promote, develop and consolidate the values of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, principles of equality ~~and~~, the rule of law and good governance on which it is founded through dialogue and cooperation with third countries.

2012/06/13
Committee: INTA

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)

(18a) The European Neighbourhood Instrument should assist the EU Neighbourhood countries in implementing health, environmental and social rules and standards equivalent to those of the Union. It should also contribute to the placing on the internal market of goods produced in the Neighbourhood countries which comply fully with EU rules and standards.

2012/06/13
Committee: INTA

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) Fighting climate change is one of the great challenges which the Union faces and urgent international action is needed. In accordance with the intent stated in the Commission June 2011 MFF Communication of increasing the climate related proportion of the Union budget to at least 20%, this Regulation should contribute to that goal. The European Neighbourhood Instrument should also contribute to the incorporation of the ecological and climate imperative into the rules governing the organisation of international trade.

2012/06/13
Committee: INTA

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)

(da) ensuring that the markets of the Neighbourhood countries are opened up to European companies;

2012/06/13
Committee: INTA

2011/0308(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall require large undertakings and all public interest entities ~~active in the extractive industry or the logging of primary forests~~ to prepare and make public a report on payments made to governments on an annual basis. This report shall also relate to the activities of joint ventures, subsidiaries, associated companies and any other commercial formation considered part of large companies.

2012/06/04
Committee: INTA

2011/0303(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v

v) Invite the private sector and civil society to engage by means of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy that enables them to have a smooth relationship and brings about ~~greater~~ sustainable economic development ~~for social cohesion and economic growth~~in Central America that fosters social cohesion and guarantees compliance with social, environmental and labour standards and the sound management of natural resources, in particular land and water;

2012/08/02
Committee: INTA

2011/0303(NLE)

Eric ANDRIEU, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)

va) Call on the European Union and the countries of Central America to keep a close eye on the activities of extractive industries in the region, in particular as regards their impact on the environment and the job situation for local people;

2012/08/02
Committee: INTA

2011/0282(COD)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD, Kent JOHANSSON, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The evolution and specialisation of agriculture and forestry and the particular challenges faced by micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter ‘"SMEs’") in rural areas require an appropriate level of technical and economic training as well as an increased capacity to access and exchange knowledge and information including in the form of diffusion of best agricultural and forestry production practices. Knowledge transfer and information actions should take not only the form of traditional training courses but be adapted to the needs of rural actors. Workshops, coaching, apprenticeship schemes, demonstration activities, information actions but also short-term farm exchange or visit schemes should therefore also be supported. Knowledge and information acquired should enable farmers, forest holders, persons engaged in the food sector and rural SMEs to enhance in particular their competitiveness and resource efficiency and improve their environmental performance while at the same time contributing to the sustainability of the rural economy. In order to ensure that knowledge transfer and information actions are effective in delivering these results it should be required that the providers of knowledge transfer services have all the appropriate capabilities.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD, Kent JOHANSSON, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)

(15 a) In particular, with the objectives of generational renewal in rural areas and increased knowledge and skills transfer in agriculture, Member States are encouraged to establish agricultural apprenticeship schemes as part of their rural development programmes whereby young persons would be invited to register as apprentices. The schemes should be multiannual, spread over 3 to 5 years where the apprentice would be employed on the holding of a participating farmer. In the final year(s) of the scheme, the apprentice would be sent to a hosting farm in another Member State to ensure best practice exchange across the Union. Professional training should be provided throughout the apprenticeship period. Upon successful completion, the apprentice shall be eligible to apply for business start-up aid and business development support either as a young farmer, new entrant, small farmer or rural entrepreneur.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD, Kent JOHANSSON, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) The creation and development of new economic activity in the form of new farms, new businesses or new investments in non-agricultural activities is essential for the development and competitiveness of rural areas. A farm and business development measure should facilitate the initial establishment of young farmers and those who have completed apprenticeships and the structural adjustment of their holdings after initial setting up, diversification of farmers into non- agricultural activities and the setting up and development of non- agricultural SMEs in rural areas. The development of small farms which are potentially economically viable should also be encouraged. In order to ensure the viability of new economic activities supported under this measure, support should be made conditional on the submission of a business plan. Support for business start up should cover only the initial period of the life of a business and not become operating aid. Therefore, where Member States opt to grant aid in instalments these should be for a period of no more than five years. In addition in order to encourage the restructuring of the agricultural sector, support in the form of annual payments should be provided for farmers participating in the small farmers scheme established by Title V of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 who commit to transfer their entire holding and the corresponding payment entitlements to another farmer who does not participate in that scheme.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) island and outermost areas;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD, Kent JOHANSSON, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Support under this measure shall cover vocational training and skills acquisition actions, demonstration activities and information actions. Vocational training and skills acquisition actions may include training courses, apprenticeship schemes, workshops and coaching.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD, Kent JOHANSSON, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i

(i) young farmers and those who have completed apprenticeships;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Britta REIMERS, Liam AYLWARD, Kent JOHANSSON, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) shall be granted to young farmers and those who have completed apprenticeships.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

George LYON, Marit PAULSEN, Phil BENNION, Liam AYLWARD, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX I – Article 20(6)

20(6) Farm and business 70.000 Per young farmer under 33(1)(a)(i) development 70.000 Per enterprise under 33(1)(a)(ii) 15.000 Per small farm under 33(1)(a)(iii) Text amended 20(6) Farm and business 70.000 Per young farmer or person who development has completed an apprenticeship under 33(1)(a)(i) 70.000 Per enterprise under 33(1)(a)(ii) 15.000 Per small farm under 33(1)(a)(iii)

2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sylvie GOULARD, Jürgen KLUTE, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS, Vincenzo IOVINE, Robert ROCHEFORT, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Liam AYLWARD, Marian HARKIN, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) This Regulation should provide for the possibility of disposal of products bought in public intervention. Such measures should be taken in a way that avoids market disturbances ~~and that~~, ensures equal access to goods and equal treatment of purchasers and enables produce to be made available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sylvie GOULARD, Jürgen KLUTE, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS, Vincenzo IOVINE, Robert ROCHEFORT, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Liam AYLWARD, Marian HARKIN, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) In order to ensure that private storage has the desired effect on the market, the power to adopt certain acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of measures for reducing the amount of aid to be paid where the quantity stored is lower than the contracted quantity; ~~and~~ conditions for granting of an advance payment and conditions for re-marketing and disposal of products including making them available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sylvie GOULARD, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 94

(94) A single market involves a trading system at the external borders of the Union. That trading system should include import duties and export refunds and should, in principle, stabilise the Union market, without disrupting the markets of developing countries. The trading system should be based on the undertakings accepted under the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in bilateral agreements.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sylvie GOULARD, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 107

(107) Provisions for granting refunds on exports to third countries, based on the difference between prices within the Union and on the world market, and falling within the limits set by the commitments made within the WTO, should serve to safeguard the Union's participation in international trade in certain products falling within this Regulation. Subsidised exports should be subject to limits in terms of value and quantity and should not jeopardize the development of developing countries' agricultural sectors and economies.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sylvie GOULARD, Jürgen KLUTE, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS, Vincenzo IOVINE, Robert ROCHEFORT, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Liam AYLWARD, Marian HARKIN, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 146

(146) Pursuant to Regulation (EUC) No ~~[COM(2010)799]~~1234/2007, several sectoral measures, including on milk quotas, sugar quotas and other sugar measures and the restrictions on the planting of vines, as well as certain state aids, will expire within a reasonable period following the entry in force of this Regulation. After the repeal of Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)799], the relevant provisions should continue to apply until the end of the schemes concernare supposed to expire soon after the entry in force of this Regulation because of decisions taken in the past. On account of a context of very great volatility of European and international agricultural market prices and a difficult budgetary context, the principle of abandonment of these supply management tools, which are extremely important for the stability of farm incomes and for security of supply for consumers, ought to be reconsidered. Vine-planting rights ought, in particular, to be preserved.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2

Products may be disposed of by making them available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union set out in Regulation (EU) No […] ~~if that scheme so provides.~~ In that case, the accounting value of such products shall be at the level of the relevant fixed public intervention price referred to in Article 14(2).

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sylvie GOULARD, Jürgen KLUTE, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS, Vincenzo IOVINE, Robert ROCHEFORT, Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Liam AYLWARD, Marian HARKIN, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point i

(i) the conditions according to which it may be decided that products covered by private storage contracts may be re- marketed ~~or disposed of~~, disposed of or made available for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union set out in Regulation (EU) No [...];

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 f (new)

Article 20 f Target group Aid programmes aimed at improving access to food and improving children’s eating habits are intended for young people and children who regularly attend primary or secondary-level educational establishments, nurseries and other establishments for children, including holiday centres, hospitals and health and social care facilities, which are managed or approved by Member States’ competent authorities.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – title 1 – chapter 2 – section 1 – subsection 1 – title

School fruit and vegetable scheme

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

However, that percentage may be increased to 4.6 % of the value of the marketed production provided that the amount in excess of 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production is used solely for crisis prevention and management measurof the value of the producer organisation’s marketed production may be increased exceptionally to finance measures for addressing major crises.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 a (new)

Article 102a Responsible national authorities for the wine sector 1. Without prejudice to any other provisions of this Regulation concerning the determination of competent national authorities, Member States shall designate one or more authorities which shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with Union rules in the wine sector. In particular, Member States shall designate the laboratories authorised to carry out official analyses in the wine sector. The designated laboratories shall meet the general criteria for the operation of testing laboratories set out in ISO/IEC 17025. 2. Member States shall inform the Commission of the names and addresses of the authorities and laboratories referred to in paragraph 1. The Commission shall make this information public and update it periodically.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 a (new)

Article 106a Rules of association of producer organisations 1. The rules of association of a producer organisation shall require its member producers, in particular, to: (a) apply the rules adopted by the producer organisation relating to production reporting, production, marketing and protection of the environment; (b) be members of only one producer organisation for any given product of the holding, without prejudice to any derogation granted by the Member State concerned in duly justified cases where producer members hold two distinct production units located in different geographical areas; (c) provide the information requested by the producer organisation for statistical purposes, in particular on growing areas, production, yields and direct sales; 2. The rules of association of a producer organisation shall also provide for: (a) procedures for laying down, adopting and amending the rules referred to in paragraph 1; (b) the imposition on members of financial contributions needed to finance the producer organisation; (c) rules enabling the producer members to scrutinise democratically their organisation and its decisions; (d) penalties for infringement of obligations under the articles of association, particularly non-payment of financial contributions, or of the rules laid down by the producer organisation; (e) rules on the admission of new members, and in particular the minimum period of membership which may not be less than one year; (f) the accounting and budgetary rules necessary for the operation of the organisation. 3. Producer organisations shall be deemed to be acting in the name and on behalf of their members in economic matters within their terms of reference, whether or not ownership of the products concerned has been transferred from producers to producer organisations.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv

(iv) exploiting to a fuller extent the potential of the products and by-products, including non-agricultural or food outlets;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new)

(xia) contributing to the management of by-products and of waste;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sylvie GOULARD, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Article 109a Equalisation funds 1. Producer groups, producer group associations and interbranch organisations may set up equalisation funds in respect of economic risks. Members’contributions shall be voluntary and may not be made compulsory. 2. Equalisation funds may pay compensation to operators in respect of financial loss relating to the farming activities covered by the organisations referred to in the first paragraph. Losses shall be calculated on the basis of an economic indicator established by the fund and reflecting the profitability of the activity.It shall be established by comparing the value of this indicator with its annual mean over the last three years or a three-year average taken over the last five years, excluding the highest and lowest values. 3. Equalisation fund payments to members shall be made following authorisation by the Member State and must be proportional to the loss sustained. Member States shall establish the operation rules of the equalisation funds and in particular the lower reference index payment threshold.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 133 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. To the extent necessary to enable exports on the basis of world market quotations or prices and within the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 218 of the Treaty, and while respecting the principals laid down in article 3 (5) of the Treaty of the European Union, the difference between those quotations or prices and prices in the Union may be covered by export refunds for:

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

George LYON, Phil BENNION, Marit PAULSEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1

– rearing or growing of agricultural products including harvesting, milking, breaking-in, training and breeding animals and keeping animals for farming purposes,

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h

(h) ‘permanent grassland’ means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for ~~five~~ten years or longer; it may include other species ~~suitable for graz~~which can be grazed provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remaing pr~~ovided that th~~edominant. Member States may decide to include land which can be grazed and which forms part of established local practices where grasses and other herbaceous forage are~~main predominant~~ traditionally not predominant in grazing areas;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

George LYON, Phil BENNION, Marit PAULSEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) establishing the criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage ~~for the purpose of~~and the criteria to determine the established local practices referred to in point (h) of paragraph 1.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

George LYON, Britta REIMERS, Phil BENNION, Marit PAULSEN, Sylvie GOULARD, Anne E. JENSEN, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)

(b b) they operate, as their main activity, transport activities, airports, real estate companies, sport and recreational grounds, camping sites, mining companies or other non-agricultural activities to be defined accordingly by Member States on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. Member States may decide that those persons can claim to be eligible if they can provide verifiable evidence that they do not fall under the categories described in (b) and (ba); Member States may add other entities to and/or exclude entities of the ones listed above provided they inform the Commission of their decision and provide objective and non-discriminatory grounds of justification motivating their decision.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on ‘A budget for Europe 2020’ recognises the role of the EGF as a flexible fund to support workers who lose their jobs and help them to find another job as rapidly as possible. The Union should continue to provide, for the duration of the Multiannual Financial Framework from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020, specific, one-off support to facilitate the re- integration into employment of redundant workers in areas, sectors, territories or labour markets suffering the shock of serious economic disruption. ~~Given its purpose, which is to provide support in situations of urgency and unexpected circumstances, the EGF should remain outside the Multiannual Financial Framework.~~

2012/05/07
Committee: INTA

2011/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) In compliance with the principle of sound financial management, financial contributions from the EGF should not replace support measures which are available for redundant workers within the Union’'s Structural Funds or other Union policies or programmes, notably the ESF or the CAP.

2012/05/07
Committee: INTA

2011/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Overcoming the adverse effects of globalisation also calls for the creation of permanent jobs throughout the Union through a genuine production recovery strategy for the Union that is combined with fair competition with the major emerging countries and a firm policy of supporting growth. Promoting social dialogue, improving the quality of consumer goods and information, increasing research and innovation, creating new public and private tools to finance the economy and developing small and medium-sized enterprises, these are the tools that will be effective in building up the EU’s productive capacities.

2012/05/07
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

Having regard to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) The tasks of carrying out investigations and, if necessary, imposing safeguard measures should be carried out in the most transparent manner ~~possible.~~ and as flexibly and quickly as possible, so that any safeguard measures can be imposed before producers have suffered serious damage.

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)

(16a) As an extension of the Stabilisation Mechanism for Bananas, consideration should be given to the development of fresh systems which will make it possible to take action in the event of serious market disruption after 1 January 2020.

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 3 a (new)

having regard to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) The tasks of carrying out investigations and, if necessary, imposing safeguard measures should be carried out in the most transparent manner possible, with the utmost flexibility and speed, so that any safeguard measures can be applied before producers suffer considerable damage.

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)

(16a) To extend the Stabilisation Mechanism for Bananas, thought should be given to developing new mechanisms enabling action to be taken in the event of disturbances in the banana market after 1 January 2020.

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that, even if actions designed to enhance the EU’s trade and economic relations are provided for in various instruments, in the proposal for the MFF 2014-2020, under heading 4 (Global Europe), proper account must be taken in individual subheadings of the EU’s trade policy objectives of achieving the promotion of open markets in a spirit of reciprocity in order to create economic growth ~~and emp~~, employment and to promote sustainable develoypment;

2012/09/07
Committee: INTA

2011/0177(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a (new). Asks for consistency with regard to all the instruments of the MFF, in order to enable the implementation of a common industrial strategy based on research and innovation, to ensure that the European Union maintains its production capacities;

2012/09/07
Committee: INTA

2011/0177(APP)

Niccolò RINALDI, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b (new). Considers that the European Union should take social, sanitary and environmantal standards into account when negociating trade agreements instead of creating budgetary lines aimed at compensating for damages which could result from the entry into force of those trade agreements.

2012/09/07
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a

a) it has been classified by the World Bank as a high-income or an upper-middle income country, or it has accounted for a share of world merchandise exports above 1%, during three consecutive years immediately preceding the update of the list of beneficiary countries;

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0023(COD)

Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Frédérique RIES, Charles GOERENS

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

3a. Once the one-stop shop provided for in Article 7 of this Directive is operational, those Member States which so wish may decide that the PNR data which air carriers must forward to their Passenger Information Units should be forwarded directly to the one-stop shop, which shall collate and keep the data in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Directive. Analysis of these data and the forwarding of the results to the competent authorities as referred to in Article 5 shall remain the responsibility of the Passenger Information Unit of the Member State concerned.

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0023(COD)

Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Frédérique RIES, Charles GOERENS

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) carrying out an assessment of the passengers prior to their scheduled arrival or departure from the Member State in order to identify any persons who may be involved in a terrorist offence or serious transnational crime and who require further examination by the competent authorities referred to in Article 5. In carrying out such an assessment, the Passenger Information Unit may process PNR data against pre-determined criteria and may compare that data with all relevant databases, including data kept by Europol, in conformity with EU law. Member States shall ensure that any positive match resulting from such automated processing is individually reviewed by non-automated means in order to verify whether the competent authority referred to in Article 5 needs to take action;

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0023(COD)

Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Frédérique RIES, Charles GOERENS

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6

6. EThe exchange of information under this Article mayust take place using a~~ny existing channels for international law enforcement cooperation. The language used for the request and the exch~~ secure European system for the exchange of PNR data between Member States and between Member States and Europol. The development and operational manage of information shall be the one applicable to the channel used. Member States shall, when making their notifications in accordance with Article 3(3), also inform the Commission with details of the contacts to which requests may be sent in cases of urgency. The Commission shall communicate to the Member States the notifications receivedment of this system shall be the responsibility of the European agency for the operational management of large- scale IT systems. A one-stop shop shall be created as part of this system to register and transmit the requests for information exchanges. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall be responsible for monitoring the processing of the personal data performed through this European system for the exchange of PNR data.

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0023(COD)

Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Frédérique RIES, Charles GOERENS

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Applications for third country transfers may be addressed directly to the one-stop shop provided for in Article 7 of this directive.

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU external energy policy aiming at ensuring secure, safe, sustainable and competitive energy supplies to companies and citizens and reducing the dependence of certain EU regions on energy suppliers in third countries;

2012/02/01
Committee: INTA

2011/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for greater synergies between the EU trade and energy policies in line with the Europe 2020 strategy; considers the conclusion of long-term energy and raw materials supply contracts at fair prices with our strategic trade partners as one of the top priorities; calls, therefore, for the EU to adopt a uniform , coherent strategy with regard to energy supply contracts with third countries;

2012/02/01
Committee: INTA

2011/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the considerable disparities between the respective performances of education systems in the EU could increase disparities in economic and social development between the Member States and jeopardise achievement of the Lisbon Strategy objectives,

2009/02/19
Committee: CULT

2008/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. Whereas there is a need to create an evaluation culture in education and training systems to ensure effective, long- term monitoring of their development,

2009/02/19
Committee: CULT

2008/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Asks the Commission to report regularly on the progress made following the two communications, so that the performance of education and training systems in the EU can be evaluated, with particular attention paid to pupils' acquisition of key skills;

2009/02/19
Committee: CULT