Activities of Sergio BERLATO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) information about manufacture~~: including the reactivation of deactivated firearms, the conversion of alarm and signal weapons, hand-made firearms manufactured by additive manufacturing or any other information of interest~~, if it is already available;

2023/07/07
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that by 31 December 2031, the audit organisation contracted by the operator as part of its environmental management system assesses the conformity of the transformation plans referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 with the requirements set out in the implementing act referred to in paragraph 4.deleted (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall require that, as part of the review of the permit conditions pursuant to Article 21(3) following the publication of decisions on BAT conclusions after 1 January 2030, the operator includes in its environmental management system referred to in Article 14a a transformation plan for each installation carrying out any activity listed in Annex I that is not referred to in paragraph 1. The transformation plan shall contain information on how the installation will transform itself during the 2030-2050 period in order to contribute to the emergence of a sustainable, clean, circular and climate- neutral economy by 2050, using the format referred to in paragraph 4.deleted (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the audit organisation contracted by the operator as part of its environmental management system assesses the conformity of the transformation plans referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 with the requirements set out in the implementing act referred to in paragraph 4. deleted (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (See texting art.1 p.22 Directive 2010/75/EU)

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d – paragraph 3

~~3. The operator shall make its transformation plan as well as the results of the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 public, as part of the publication of its environmental management system.~~ deleted (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (See texting art.1 p.22 Directive 2010/75/EU)

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) whether Articles 4 to 14 should be extended to adverse climate impacts.~~deleted

2022/11/18
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) With the setting of binding national annual targets for greenhouse gas removals based on the reported greenhouse gas emissions and removals from 2026 onwards, the rules for target compliance should be set out. The principles laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should apply mutatis mutandis, with a penalty for non-compliance calculated in the following way: 108% of the gap between the assigned target and the net removals reported in the given year will be added to the greenhouse gas emission figure reported in the subsequent year by the Member State.deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0201(COD)

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

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) commitments of Member States to take the necessary measures aiming towards the collective achievement of climate-neutrality in the Union by 2035 in the land use, land use change and forestry sector including emissions by the non- CO2 agriculture.’;deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 3

3. This Regulation also applies to emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases listed in Section A of Annex I, reported pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and occurring on the territories of Member States from 2031 and onwards, in any of the land categories listed in paragraph 2, points (a) to (j) and in any of the following sectors: (a) enteric fermentation; (b) manure management; (c) rice cultivation; (d) agricultural soils; (e) prescribed burning of savannas; (f) field burning of agricultural residues; (g) liming; (h) urea application; (i) ‘other carbon-containing fertilizers’; (j) ‘other’.deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) In order to contribute to the increased ambition to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions from at least 40 % to at least 55 % below 1990 levels, bindingcative annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member State in the land use, land use change and forestry sector in the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a target of ~~310 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of~~an average increase in net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030 of some 15%, calculated on the basis of average greenhouse gas removals in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The methodology used to establish the national targets for 2030 should take into account the average greenhouse gas emissions and removals from ~~the years 2016, 2017 and 2018~~recent years, reported by each Member State, and reflect the current mitigation performance of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Union, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity. To this end, progress in the coming years should be reviewed and readjusted with a view to achieving the 2030 targets. __________________ 32Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26).

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2021/0201(COD)

Anna ZALEWSKA, Alexandr VONDRA, Roberts ZĪLE, Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Sergio BERLATO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. The Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions in the sectors set out in Article 2(3), points (a) to (j), shall aim to be net zero by 2035 and the Union shall achieve negative emissions thereafter. The Union and the Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the collective achievement of the target for 2035. The Commission shall, by 31 December 2025 and on the basis of integrated national energy and climate plans submitted by each Member State pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 by 30 June 2024, make proposals for the contribution of each Member State to the net emissions reduction.deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The bindingcative annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be determined for each Member State by a linear trajectory. The trajectory should start in [2022], on the average of greenhouse gas emissions reported by that Member State during [2021, 2022 and 2023] and end in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State. For Member States that improve their methodology of calculating the emissions and removals, a concept of technical correction should be introduced. A technical correction should be added to the target of that Member State corresponding to the effect of the change in methodology on the targets and the efforts of the Member State to achieve them, in order to respect environmental integrity.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The bindingcative annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be determined for each Member State by a linear trajectory. The trajectory should start in 2022, on the average of greenhouse gas emissions reported by that Member State during 2021, 2022 and 2023 and end in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State. For Member States that improve their methodology of calculating the emissions and removals, a concept of technical correction should be introduced. A technical correction should be added to the target of that Member State corresponding to the effect of the change in methodology on the targets and the efforts of the Member State to achieve them, in order to respect environmental integrity.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The land sector has the potential to ~~become rapidly~~gradually achieve climate-neutrality by 2035 ~~in a cost-effective manner~~by means of carbon removals, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A collective commitment aiming to achieve climate- neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land- based mitigation action in the short term, considering that it can take many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes. Moreover, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectory that can effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . The plans should include relevant measures by which each Member State best contributes to the collective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose national targets, ensuring that the Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State. If they are to be achieved, those targets need to be redistributed in an optimum manner among sectors and the Member States. __________________ 34Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p.1).

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2021/0201(COD)

Anna ZALEWSKA, Alexandr VONDRA, Roberts ZĪLE, Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Sergio BERLATO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13c

~~Article 13c~~deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling. Therefore, more thorough studies must be conducted so that we can ensure, that if Member States choose to deploy such practises, they have the means to adequately support individual farmers or forest managers so that there are no detrimental socio-economic effects.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) compliance with the targets pursuant to Article 13c.;~~ deleted Or. en (13(c))

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0201(COD)

Anna ZALEWSKA, Alexandr VONDRA, Roberts ZĪLE, Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Sergio BERLATO

Following the report, the Commission shall make legislative proposals where it deems it appropriate. In particular, the proposals shall set out annual targets and governance aiming towards the 2035 climate-neutrality target as laid down in Article 4(4), additional Union policies and measures, and a post-2035 framework, including in the scope of the Regulation greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as the marine and freshwater environment.;

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Discontinuing the current accounting rules after 2025 creates a need for alternative provisions for natural disturbances such as fire, pest, and storms, in order to address uncertainties due to natural processes or as a result of climate change in the land use, land use change and forestry sector. A flexibility mechanism linked to natural disturbances should be available to Member States in [2032], provided that they have exhausted all other flexibilities at their disposal, put in place appropriate measures to reduce the vulnerability of their land to such disturbances and that the achievement by the Union of the 2030 target for the land use, land use change and forestry sector is completed.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

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

Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 51 – paragraph 3 – point f

~~(f) the level of cooperation of the natural person or legal entity responsible with the competent authority;~~deleted

2021/12/13
Committee: ENVI

2021/0104(COD)

Rob ROOKEN, Sergio BERLATO

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1

Article 4 of this Directive shall apply to financial years starting on or after 1 January 20237.

2021/12/13
Committee: ENVI

2021/0000(INI)

Alexandr VONDRA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Sergio BERLATO, Andrey SLABAKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the alignment of the Semester process with the EU’s long-term climate and environmental objectives must be ~~accelerated, as per the Commission’s engagements under the Green Deal~~proportionate; notes that without sustainable fiscal policy and credible financial situations of Member States any future financing model of the European Green Deal is endangered, therefore demands that public ‘green investment’ be treated under the Stability and Growth Pact, just like any other public spending; underlines that the coordination of the Member States’ macroeconomic policies is, among others, an essential tool to achieve the Green Deal;

2021/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2021/0000(INI)

Alexandr VONDRA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Sergio BERLATO, Andrey SLABAKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to ~~extend the current Semester approach by developing a new climate~~set up a distinct framework dealing with the implementation of ecological indicators, without watering down the Semester process, to assess the discrepancy between the structure of the Member States’ budgets and a Paris-aligned scenario for each of their national budgets; further stresses that this would enable the extended Semester to provide recommendations on reducing climate debtand the coordination of those indicators between EU Member States. Recalls that the European Semester cycle is a framework of EU Member States to coordinate budgetary and economic policies;

2021/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2021/0000(INI)

Alexandr VONDRA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Sergio BERLATO, Andrey SLABAKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the Semester to be adapted, taking into account the economic recession caused by the COVID- 19 pandemic, and to be aligned with the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the key EU instrument for recovery; stresses that the EU’s recovery provides a unique opportunity to build back a stronger EU by providing guidance to Member States on where reforms and investments are most needed in order to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive EU;

2021/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2021/0000(INI)

Alexandr VONDRA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Sergio BERLATO, Andrey SLABAKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Supports the Commission’s guidance to Member States to include in their Recovery Plans investments and reforms in flagship areas that are in line with the EU’s objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest – such as ~~renewable energ~~biodiversity, renovation, sustainable mobility, the circular economy and ~~biodiversit~~renewable energy – given their potential to create jobs and growth.

2021/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2020/2273(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Mazaly AGUILAR, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Recalls that the damage to the planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point of no return and that biodiversity loss is a driver of zoonotic pathogens such as COVID-19; highlight~~Notes the scientific evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity loss, in particular with regard to trade in minerals, biomass and certain agricultural commodities, and biodiversity loss due to land-use changes, invasive alien species, overexploitation of resources and pollution;

2021/03/01
Committee: INTA

2020/2273(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Mazaly AGUILAR, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the importance of the role of fishers, farmers, hunters and all mainstays of rural culture in defending biodiversity and protecting the ecosystem;

2021/03/01
Committee: INTA

2020/2273(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Mazaly AGUILAR, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to promote trade practices that protect geographical indications (GIs) more effectively, focusing in particular on local production, which is more in line with the objective of preserving biodiversity;

2021/03/01
Committee: INTA

2020/2273(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Mazaly AGUILAR, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to ~~phase out~~replace fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums;

2021/03/01
Committee: INTA

2020/2273(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Mazaly AGUILAR, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points out that a step-by-step approach should be adopted with regard to the introduction of a new trade agreement in order to avoid harming EU companies, especially SMEs, and ensure that we do not place our businesses at an economic disadvantage by requiring them to comply with new rules;

2021/03/01
Committee: INTA

2020/2273(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Mazaly AGUILAR, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for compliance with European production standards when it comes to trade and imports from third countries; considers that imported food and products that do not comply with EU biodiversity standards should not be allowed into the internal market;

2021/03/01
Committee: INTA

2020/2273(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Mazaly AGUILAR, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

~~7. Calls for the Commission to explore the possibility of adding a wildlife crime-related protocol to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;~~deleted

2021/03/01
Committee: INTA

2020/2273(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Mazaly AGUILAR, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the placing of products associated with deforestation or forest degradation from the EU market; calls on the Commission to adopt a moratorium on imports of wild animals from reported emerging infectious disease hotspots;

2021/03/01
Committee: INTA

2020/2273(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Mazaly AGUILAR, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses the benefits of promoting EU agricultural products, thereby heightening third-country awareness of the environmental, social and sustainability aspects of European methods of production; points out that priority should be given to organic, traditional and typical products with geographical indications and forming part of short food supply chains;

2021/03/01
Committee: INTA

2020/2260(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Mazaly AGUILAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that EU trade policy has a major role to play in the transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal; points out, however, that this transition needs to take place in an acceptably gradual manner;

2021/02/09
Committee: INTA

2020/2260(INI)

Mazaly AGUILAR, Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that a new model of EU trade policy has a major role to play in the transition towards more sustainable agri- food systems, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal;

2021/02/09
Committee: INTA

2020/2260(INI)

Mazaly AGUILAR, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Sergio BERLATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the need to fully revise the EU trade policy in order to be consistent with the European ambition on the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies; Highlights that the farm to fork strategy will not be credible if trade policies on agriculture products are not modified in depth.

2021/02/09
Committee: INTA

2020/2260(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Mazaly AGUILAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use this position to set the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the precautionary principle, environmental protection and animal welfare, as well as the economic sustainability of all stakeholders in the agri-food supply chain; calls on the Commission in this regard to limit, and maybe even abolish, imports of agri-food products that do not meet the high standards required by the EU from the European agri-food sector;

2021/02/09
Committee: INTA

2020/2260(INI)

Mazaly AGUILAR, Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls the Commission to ensure consistency and coherence between the measures envisaged by the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Common Agriculture and Fisheries Policies, the Trade Policy, the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030,as well as other related EU Policies and Strategies in accordance with the principle of better regulation;

2021/02/09
Committee: INTA

2020/2260(INI)

Mazaly AGUILAR, Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that an EU Promotion Policy including all EU agricultural products and different models of farming, can actively contribute to this benchmark setting on the sustainability of agricultural products;

2021/02/09
Committee: INTA

2020/2260(INI)

Mazaly AGUILAR, Sergio BERLATO, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Highlights that it is essential to give substance to the objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy to put European food security and independence at the centre of the future EU trade policy and of any bilateral trade agreements."

2021/02/09
Committee: INTA

2020/2260(INI)

Sergio BERLATO, Mazaly AGUILAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that sustainable production should gradually become a key characteristic of EU agri-food products, expanding the concept of quality to social ~~and environmental aspect~~, environmental and economic aspects; considers it vital in this regard to use new technologies based on genomic techniques, which are useful for selecting more resistant and hence sustainable varieties;

2021/02/09
Committee: INTA

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

- having regard to the Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU)No … /2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer product safety and repealing Council Directive87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 26 May 2016 on the single market strategy,

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the single market for goods is one of the most important economic cornerstones of the EU, and trade in goods currently generates around a quarter of the EU’s GDP and three quarters of intra-EU trade and whereas the single market needs to be further equipped at its “external borders” with more effective, stronger and harmonized tools in order to detect unsafe products coming from third countries and prevent their circulation in the single market;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas emerging technologies transform and improve the characteristics of products, and ~~therefore~~ need to be addressed so as to ensure consumer protection and legal certainty while at the same time not hindering innovation; whereas the Commission´s report on the safety and liability of artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics paves the way to achieving this;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas traceability of products along the supply chain is essential for improving the safety and protect consumers and whereas the indication of origin, and more specifically of the country of origin, are necessary elements that contribute to this aim;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the compliance with the EU regulatory framework, and in particular with product safety rules, contributes to guarantee the quality of the manufacturing process and ultimately the safety of products;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation; and ensuring consistency and coherence among all different initiatives;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro enterprises and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and effective checks on ~~high-risk~~ AI products ~~to ensure~~all along the supply chain to ensure trust and product safety;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Encourages ~~economic operator~~providers of emerging technologies to integrate safety mechanisms in ~~emerging~~these technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure safety throughout their lifecycle;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity threats of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules in compliance with the applicable regulations, main security standards and considering also emerging cybersecurity trends;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to ~~speed up its efforts to~~ develop a European cybersecurity certification schemes covering all the product lifecycle for AI, IoT and robotics products, andlways taking into account sector specific aspects, and to assess whether to create mandatory certification schemes for specific consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027proposal, to provide increased and adequate resources for the new Single Market Programme[1],with the aim of effectively supporting Member States in their efforts to strengthen market surveillance and product safety crucial activities; Programme for Single Market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics 2021- 20272018/0231(COD)

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, track their origin and prevent their circulation in the internal market including for products sold online;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls including on quality of the manufacturing process of products in compliance with the EU regulatory framework, and on the origin; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products and on quality checks of the manufacturing process of products coming from outside the EU that should be in compliance with the EU regulatory framework;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen their cooperation in order to harmonize both, governance and powers of the market surveillance authorities; insists that in order to avoid disproportionate burden and obstacles to business activity, this harmonization process has to be done taking into account the proportionality principle, especially concerning the powers exercised by the market surveillance authorities and their effective independence;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission and Member states to enhance the interrelation and interaction between national and EU databases on illegal unsafe products in order to create useful synergies and favour the information flow across the single market;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products, provide reliable information to consumers and guarantee the quality of the manufacturing process of products in compliance with the EU regulatory framework, in order to protect consumers;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Commission to consider and assess if a timely procedure for blocking the payments for unsafe products sold online, could be an effective tool for improving actions to contrast the online sale of unsafe products;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety ~~of products, since clear and reliable information on products~~and the quality of the manufacturing process of products incompliance with the EU regulatory framework, and the protection of EU consumers, since clear and reliable information on products, such as the mandatory indication of the country of origin, empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non- harmonised products accordingly;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Insists on the importance of providing relevant information to consumers to improve the product safety within the internal market, including by supplementing the basic traceability requirements with necessary elements such as the indication of the country of origin of a product according to the non- preferential origin rules of the EU Customs Code; calls on the Commission to consider the setting up an EU mandatory system to that aim; underlines that this objective should be pursued also with the support of digital technologies;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2019/2190(INI)

Carlo FIDANZA, Raffaele FITTO, Sergio BERLATO, Pietro FIOCCHI, Nicola PROCACCINI, Raffaele STANCANELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached, while taking into account that recalls can create considerable challenges for SMEs, and in particular for micro enterprises;

2020/05/20
Committee: IMCO

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that adequate financial resources are available through public means to provide the staff and other resources necessary for the competent authorities to perform official controls and other official activities. Fees or charges should be established only if the official control is performed exclusively in the interest of the food business operator.

2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. For the purpose of ensuring that competent authorities are provided with adequate resources for the performance of official controls, the competent authorities shall ~~collect~~use public means fees to recover the costs they incur in relation to:

2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2013/0140(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 2

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the official controls referred to in point (a) of that paragraph shall include official controls performed to verify compliance with measures adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article 137 of this Regulation, Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, Articles 27(1), 29(1), 40(2), 41(2), 47(1), 49(2) and 50(2) of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXXX [Office of Publications, please insert number of the Regulation on protective measures against pests of plants], Articles 41 and 144 of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXXX [Office of Publications, please insert number of the Regulation on the production and making availableensuring that competent authorities are provided with adequate resources for the performance of official controls, the competent authorities shall collect fees for: (a) The official controls performed in the interest of the food business operator in view onf the market of plant reproductive material] and Part VI of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXXX [Office of Publications, please insert number of the Regulation on animal health], unless the decision establishing the measures requires otherwiseissuance of official certificates or to supervise the issuance of official attestations.

2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2013/0140(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

The competent authorities shall disclose the details of the calculation of fees

2013/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23

(23) In order to ensure the integrity and the visibility of health warnings and maximise their efficacy, provisions should be made regarding the dimension of the warnings as well as regarding certain aspects of the appearance of the tobacco package, including the opening mechanism. The package and the products may mislead consumers, in particular young people, suggesting that products are less harmful. For instance, this is the case with certain texts or features, such as ‘low-tar’, ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, ‘mild’, ‘natural’, ‘organic’, ‘without additives’, ‘without flavours’, ~~‘slim’,~~ names, pictures, and figurative or other signs. Likewise, the ~~size and~~ appearance of individual cigarettes can mislead consumers by creating the impression that they are less harmful. ~~A recent study has also shown that smokers of slim cigarettes were more likely to believe that their own brand might be less harmful. This should be addressed.~~

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2

(2) ‘additive’ means substance contained in a tobacco product, its unit packet or any outside packaging with the exception of tobacco leaves and other natural or unprocessed parts of tobacco plants;deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3

~~(3) ‘age verification system’ means a computing system that unambiguously confirms the consumer's age in electronic form according to national requirements;~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18

(18) ‘ingredient’ means an ~~additive, tobacco (leaves and other natural, processed or unprocessed parts~~y substance used in the manufacture or preparation of a tobacco p~~lants including expanded and reconstituted tobacco), as well as any substance present in a finished tobacco product~~ roduct or of any constituent thereof (including paper, filter, inks, capsules and adhesives) and still present in the finished tobacco product;

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19

(19) ‘maximum level’ ~~or ‘maximum yield’~~ means the maximum content ~~or emission, including 0,~~ of a substance in a tobacco product measured in grams;

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25

(25) ‘place on the market’ means to make products available to consumers located in the Union, with or without payment~~, including by means of distance sale; in case of cross-border distance sales the product is deemed to be placed on the market in the Member State where the consumer is located~~;

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2

~~2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated ~~acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the maximum yields laid down in paragraph 1, taking into account scientific development and internationally agreed standards.~~

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall notify the Commission of the maximum yields that they set for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Taking into account internationally agreed standards, where available, and based on scientific evidence and on the yields notified by Member States, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt and adapt maximum yields for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes that increase in an appreciable manner the toxic or addictive effect of tobacco products beyond the threshold of toxicity and addictiveness stemming from the yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide fixed in paragraph 1.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall not restrict or prohibit the use of ~~additive~~ingredients which are essential for the manufacture of tobacco products, as long as the ~~additive~~use of those ingredients does not result in a product with a characterising flavour.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10

10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products shall be exempted from the prohibitions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to withdraw this exemption if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3

3. For cigarette packets the general warning and the information message shall be printed on the lateral sides of the unit packets. ~~These warnings shall have a width of not less than 20 mm and a height of not less than 43 mm.~~ For roll-your-own tobacco the information message shall be printed on the surface that becomes visible when opening the unit packet. Both the general warning and the information message shall cover 50% of the surface on which they are printed.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b

~~(b) to define the position, format, layout and design of the health warnings laid down in this Article, including their font type and background colour.~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) cover 750 % of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) be positioned at the bottopm edge of the unit packet and any outside ~~packaging, and in the same direction as any other information appearing on the~~ packaging;

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g

~~(g) for unit packets of cigarettes, respect the following dimensions: (i) height: not less than 64 mm; (ii) width: not less than 55 mm.~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c

~~(c) define the position, format, layout, design, rotation and proportions of the health warnings;~~deleted

2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5

~~5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated ~~acts in accordance with Article 22, to withdraw the exemption laid down in paragraph 1 if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.~~

2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

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

(b) suggests that a particular tobacco product ~~is less harmful than others or~~ has vitalising, energetic, healing, rejuvenating~~, natural, organic~~ or otherwise positive health ~~or social~~ effects;

2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

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

~~(c) refers to flavour, taste, any flavourings or other additives or the absence thereof;~~deleted

2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

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

(d) in the case of tobacco for oral use, resembles a food product.

2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. Prohibited elements and features may include but are not limited to texts, symbols, names, trade marks, figurative or other signs~~, misleading colours, inserts~~ or other additional material such as adhesive labels, stickers, onserts, scratch-offs and sleeves~~, or relate to the shape of the tobacco product itself. Cigarettes with a diame~~. The provision to consumers of factual information on the product may not be prohibited. Trade marks registered prior to the dater o~~f less than 7.5 mm shall be deemed to be misleading~~n which this Directive enters into force may not be prohibited.

2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 13

Article 13 Appearance and content of unit packets 1. A unit packet of cigarettes shall have a cuboid shape. A unit packet of roll-your- own tobacco shall have the form of a pouch, i.e. a rectangular pocket with a flap that covers the opening. The flap of the pouch shall cover at least 70% of the front of the packet. A unit packet of cigarettes shall include at least 20 cigarettes. A unit packet of roll-your-own tobacco shall contain tobacco weighing at least 40 g. 2. A cigarette packet can be of carton or soft material and shall not contain an opening that can be re-closed or re-sealed after the opening is first opened, other than the flip-top lid. The flip-top lid of a cigarette packet shall be hinged only at the back of the packet. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to define more detailed rules for the shape and size of unit packets in so far as these rules are necessary to ensure the full visibility and integrity of the health warnings before the first opening, during the opening and after reclosing of the unit packet. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to make either cuboid or cylindric shape mandatory for unit packets of tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.deleted

2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point g

~~(g) the intended shipment rou~~delete;d

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point h

~~(h) where applicable, the importer into the Union;~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point i

(i) the ~~actual~~ shipment route from manufacturing to the first ~~retail outlet~~purchaser, including all warehouses used;

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point j

(j) the identity of all purchasers from manufacturing to the first ~~retail outlet~~purchaser;

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point k

(k) the invoice, order number and payment records of all purchasers from manufacturing to the first ~~retail outlet~~purchaser.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that all economic operators involved in the trade of tobacco products from the manufacturer to the ~~last economic operator before the first retail outlet~~first purchaser, record the entry of all unit packets into their possession, as well as all intermediate movements and the final exit from their possession. This obligation can be fulfilled by recording in aggregated form, e.g. of outside packaging, provided that tracking and tracing of unit packets remains possible.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall ensure that manufacturers of tobacco products provide all economic operators involved in the trade of tobacco products from the manufacturer to the last economic operator before the first ~~retail outlet~~purchaser, including importers, warehouses and transporting companies with the necessary equipment allowing for the recording of the tobacco products purchased, sold, stored, transported or otherwise handled. The equipment shall be able to read and transmit the data electronically, in accordance with international standards, to a data storage facility pursuant to paragraph 6.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 9 – introductory part

9. TWith due regard for current practices, technologies and commercial arrangements, as well as for international standards governing the tracking, tracing and authentication of consumer products and the requirements relating thereto that are set out in the WTO Protocol to Eliminate Elicit Trade in Tobacco Products, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to:

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 9 – point b

(b) to define the technical standards to ensure that the systems used for the unique identifiers and the related functions are fully compatible with each other across the Union and in line with international standards.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 9 – point c

~~(c) to define the technical standards for the security feature and their possible rotation and to adapt them to scientific, market and technical development.~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States shall ~~oblige retail outlets intending to engage in~~prohibit cross- border distance sales to consumers located in the Union to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the retail outlet is established and in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. Retail outlets established outside the Union have to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. All retail outlets intending to engage in cross- border distance sales shall submit at least the following information to the competent authorities:.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a

~~a) name or corporate name and permanent address of the place of activity from where the tobacco products are supplied;~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b

~~b) the starting date of the activity of offering tobacco products for cross-border distance sales to the public by means of information society services;~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c

~~c) the address of the website/-s used for that purpose and all relevant information necessary to identify the website.~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2

2. The competent authorities of the Member States shall publish the complete list of all retail outlets registered with them in accordance with the rules and safeguards laid down in Directive 95/46/EC. Retail outlets may only start placing tobacco products on the market in form of distance sales as of the moment the name of the retail outlet is published in the relevant Member States.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3

3. If it is necessary in order to ensure compliance and facilitate enforcement, Member States of destination may require that the retail outlet nominates a natural person who is responsible for verifying the tobacco products before reaching the consumer comply with the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive in the Member State of destination.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4

4. Retail outlets engaged in distance sales shall be equipped with an age verification system, which verifies at the time of sale, that the purchasing consumer respects the minimum age foreseen under the national legislation of the Member State of destination. The retailer or nominated natural person shall report to the competent authorities a description of the details and functioning of the age verification system.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5

5. Personal data of the consumer shall only be processed in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC and not be disclosed to the manufacturer of tobacco products or companies forming part of the same group of companies or to any other third parties. Personal data shall not be used or transferred beyond the purpose of this actual purchase. This also applies if the retail outlet forms part of a manufacturer of tobacco products.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – title

Notification of novel tobacco products and granting of pre-marketing authorisation for reduced-risk tobacco products

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall require that manufacturers and importers of tobacco products inform their competent authorities of any new or updated information referred to in point (a) to (c) of paragraph 1. Member States shall be entitled to require tobacco manufacturers or importers to carry out additional tests or submit additional information. Member States shall make available to the Commission all information received pursuant to this Article. In connection with the placing on the market of reduced-risk tobacco products, Member States shall be entitled to introduce an authorisation system and charge a proportionate fee. Member States shall be entitled to lay down specific rules for reduced-risk products governing consumer information, packaging and labelling, ingredients and emissions, as well as the methods used to measure tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide, which may differ from the requirements of this Directive. Member States shall notify those rules to the Commission.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3

3. Novel and reduced-risk tobacco products placed on the market shall respect the requirements set out in this Directive. Reduced-risk tobacco products shall be covered by special provisions laid down by Member States under paragraph 2. The provisions applicable depend on whether the products fall under the definition of smokeless tobacco product in point (29) of Article 2 or tobacco for smoking in point (33) of Article 2.

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 18

Article 18 Nicotine-containing products 1. The following nicotine-containing products may only be placed on the market if they were authorised pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC: (a) products with a nicotine level exceeding 2 mg per unit, or (b) products with a nicotine concentration exceeding 4 mg per ml or (c) products whose intended use results in a mean maximum peak plasma concentration exceeding 4 ng of nicotine per ml. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to update the nicotine quantities set out in paragraph 1 taking into account scientific developments and marketing authorisations granted to nicotine- containing products pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC. 3. Each unit packet and any outside packaging of nicotine-containing products below the thresholds set out in paragraph 1 shall carry the following health warning: This product contains nicotine and can damage your health. 4. The health warning referred to in paragraph 3 shall comply with the requirements specified in Article 10(4). In addition, it shall: (a) be printed on the two largest surfaces of the unit packet and any outside packaging; (b) cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with three official languages. 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the requirements in paragraphs 3 and 4 taking into account scientific and market developments and to adopt and adapt the position, format, layout, design and rotation of the health warnings.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0366(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA, Giovanni LA VIA, Roberta ANGELILLI

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3), 4(3), 4(4), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for a~~n indeterminate~~ period of t~~ime~~hree years from [Office of Publications: please insert the date of the entry into force of this Directive]. the date of the entry into force of this Directive]..

2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 also provides that, for a transitional period, pet animals of the species listed in Parts A and B of Annex I thereto are to be regarded as identified when they bear either a clear readable tattoo or an electronic identification system (‘transponder’). This Regulation should therefore clarify the rules for the marking of pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I, including the qualifications required for those who carry out the marking, after expiry of the transitional period on 3 July 2011. The marking methods to be used for birds should be those referred to in Article 66 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein1. _________ 1 OJ L 166, 19.6.2006, p. 1.

2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ‘non-commercial movement’ means any movement which does not, either directly or indirectly, involve or aim at a financial gain or a transfer of ownership; this point does not apply to animals listed in Part B of Annex I;

2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)

Article 4a The number of pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I which may accompany the owner or an authorised person in the course of any one movement may not exceed five. This limit shall not apply to species listed in Part B of Annex I.

2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part

(c) they are accompanied by a duly completed individual or collective identification document issued:

2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0039(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Elisabetta GARDINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2

2. The individual or collective identification document referred to in Article 14(1)(c) shall be supplemented by a written declaration signed by the owner or the natural person acting on behalf of and in agreement with the owner stating that the pet animal is moved into the Union for non-commercial purposes.

2012/09/27
Committee: ENVI

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. ~~Applications, d~~Decision-making procedures and decisions to regulate the prices of medicinal products in accordance with Article 3 or towhich determine their inclusion within the scope of public health insurance systems in accordance with Articles 7 and 9 shall be considered by Member States as administrative procedures which, as such, are independent from the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI

2012/0035(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Elisabetta GARDINI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3

3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply without prejudice to the Union and national legislation relating to the protection of intellectual property. With a view to ensuring that the provisions of this article are properly applied, those provisions shall not prevent applications submitted to the competent authorities or decisions by competent authorities regarding the setting of the price of a given product or the inclusion of that product in public health insurance systems from being considered objective and reasonable factors that may be taken into account by the competent judicial authorities when determining whether an intellectual property right is being or will be infringed.

2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI

2012/0035(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Elisabetta GARDINI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 may be waived in Member States in which the issue of a marketing authorisation or a reimbursement authorisation for a generic product results in a change in the price of and/or reimbursement terms for the relevant reference product.

2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI

2012/0035(COD)

Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Elisabetta GARDINI

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Member States may adopt specific measures and legal procedures to protect intellectual property rights in cases where the issue of a marketing authorisation or a reimbursement authorisation for a generic product results in a change in the price of and/or reimbursement terms for the relevant reference product.

2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI

2011/2157(INI)

Mario MAURO, Sergio BERLATO, Potito SALATTO, Raffaele BALDASSARRE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Licia RONZULLI, Marco SCURRIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that full and effective respect for the freedom of religion (at individual, collective, public, private and institutional level) should be identified as a priority, particularly for all religious minorities present in the region, together with the need to provide specific assistance for these groups;

2011/10/11
Committee: AFET

2011/2148(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Sergio BERLATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that the Commission’s proposed Financial Framework for the period 2014 - 2020 excludes funding for the GMES programme completely, and asks the Member States to continue to cover the costs of the launch and annual maintenance of the programme; considers that this would lead to a potential temporary suspension of the programme itself, an interruption in data provision as a result, and a dependence on non-European space infrastructure;

2011/10/06
Committee: ENVI

2011/2148(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Sergio BERLATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that the costs relating to GMES are already covered until 2013, totalling EUR 3 billion (approximately EUR 2.3 billion for the satellites and EUR 700 million for related services) and that it is estimated that the programme’s operational maintenance costs for the period 2014 - 2020 will average EUR 850 million per year;

2011/10/06
Committee: ENVI

2011/2148(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Sergio BERLATO, Elisabetta GARDINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Acknowledges the social benefits to users of GMES services, for whom continuity and sustainability are of the essence if they are to derive maximum advantage from the observation infrastructures offered by the programme;

2011/10/06
Committee: ENVI

2011/2148(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Sergio BERLATO, Elisabetta GARDINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates that inclusion of GMES funding in the 2014 - 2020 multiannual financial framework would save wasting investment to date in the seventh framework programme of research in the field of services and information.

2011/10/06
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the European Parliament and the European Council have declared their ambition to secure 80-95% reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in the context of necessary reductions by developing countries as a group;

2011/12/12
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the European Union ~~mus~~has not yet agreed specific targets for emission reductions ~~to provide the basis and framework for the necessary legislative acts and other measures~~beyond 2020;

2011/12/12
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. In the meantime, invites the Commission to evaluate all policy options that may help Europe move towards the proposed indicative milestone reduction levels for 2030 and 2040 without further damaging the competitiveness of its industrial base.

2011/12/12
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Recognizes that the proposed reduction milestones should be considered in a global rather than domestic context and fully acknowledges the role of international offsets in achieving any reduction level.

2011/12/12
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that the huge surplus of allowances now held by companies, together with anticipated further improvements in energy efficiency, means that there will be no significant recovery in carbon prices unless reforms are made;deleted

2011/12/12
Committee: ENVI

2011/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)

9e. Energy efficiency is the most effective instrument to upgrade industrial technological innovation and contribute to overall emissions reduction in an economically efficient way while stimulating job growth. Therefore, calls on the Commission to support efforts made by Member States to promote energy efficiency by putting in place stable long-term incentives schemes to promote technologies which are most effective from a cost-benefit perspective. In order to reach the 2020 energy efficiency objective, an adequate degree of harmonization of European efficiency standards should be guaranteed;

2011/12/19
Committee: ENVI

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that sport is a major public- health tool and a powerful factor for reducing public medical expenditure; stresses furthermore that, in a number of areas, the White Paper remains an appropriate basis for EU-level activities in the field of sport, including, for example, the promotion of voluntary activity in it, the protection of minors, and environmental protection;

2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that sport can ~~make a worthwhile contribution to achievi~~d the national, European and international organisations which manage and regulate it can effectively help to attain the EU’s long- t~~he objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; adds that, as such, it must be fully incorporated into that strategy~~erm strategic objectives set forth in the Europe 2020 strategy to create fresh prospects for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;

2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2011/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers the role of local and regional authorities in developing the European dimension of sport to be fundamental because their institutional tasks include providing services to citizens in the field of sport and allocating funding for sporting activities and for the infrastructure they require;

2011/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico must lead the EU to ~~urgently and deeply~~review and, where necessary, revisew its legislation, in respect of the precautionary principle, on ~~all~~those aspects of offshore oil and gas extraction and exploration in its territories that require modification; in this context, welcomes the Commission’s will to fill the gap in the existing EU legislation;

2011/05/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Urges the Commission and the Members States to strengthen effective mutual cooperation and to ~~establish an EU 'Control the controllers' system~~promote better coordination between the competent national authorities, so as to improve the pooling of good practice and optimise authorisation procedures;

2011/05/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates its calls to the Commission to bring forward proposals as soon as possible for establishing a~~n EU Civil Protection Force based on the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, integrating specific mechanisms which en~~ coordinated EU response strategy integrating the various technologies already available in the ~~EU to face~~Member States for use in the event of massive pollutions being caused by oil offshore installations;

2011/05/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls for an extension of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) directives to cover all offshore projects phases (exploratory, and operational~~, and decommissioning~~) and calls for specific requirements for EIAs in case of drilling activities in deep water; considers, furthermore, that the Commission should ensure that EIAs for offshore projects approved by national authorities also cover the procedures operators must follow during decommissioning;

2011/05/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Calls on~~Welcomes the Commission ~~to re-examine its proposal on Industrial major accidents: control of hazards involving dangerous sub~~’s explanatory memorandum concerning the revision of Directive 96/82/EC, in which the Commission stanctes ~~(SEVESO III) in order to extend its scope to oil rigs~~that it will assess the appropriate way to strengthen environmental legislation;

2011/05/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/2072(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Notes that offshore oil and gas activities are excluded from the key provisions of the Industrial Emissions Directive; s~~Suggests that the European IPPC Bureau defines Best Available Practices (BAT) for offshore hydrocarbon activities;

2011/05/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the creation of Joint Task Forces for the three key areas of food, housing and mobility: these should consist of experts of~~rom~~ the Commission, Member States, industry and civil society ~~and~~in order to develop European Resource Efficiency Action Plans with ~~clear benchmark~~appropriate indicators within one year;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to ~~extend the scope of the eco-design directive to non- energy related products and to come forward with additional eco-design requirement~~consider product design measures on the performance of products, including recycled content , durability, reusability and reuscyclability, in order to improve their environmental impact and promote recycling markets;.

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to streamline the waste acquis and to introduce a progressive lban~~dfill ban, accompanied by appropriate transition measures;~~ on the dumping of selectively collected waste in landfills, including recyclables.

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights the importance of research, development and innovation for speeding up the transformation to a resource- efficient Europe; notes that greater innovation is particularly needed in: environmentally friendly material ~~extra~~, exploration, extraction, processing, production, chemistry, recycling, re-use potentials, ~~and the~~ substitution of environmental impacting as well as strategically important and critical material, technologies and design for less material and energy use; believes that Horizon 2020 and EU research and innovation partnering programs should be aligned to this goal;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates the importance of a set of coherent, measurable and clear sectoral ~~target~~indicators, including a~~n overall target~~ lead indicator, in order to implement the vision and the milestones of the Roadmap; calls on the Commission to bring forward a concrete proposal for such ~~target~~indicators for the EU by 2013 at the latest and to ensure that all EU policies are consistent with the ~~targets set; considers that the milestones included in the Roadmap should be considered as targets until more detailed targets are set~~set vision; calls on Member States to include corresponding ~~target~~indicators in their own resource efficiency strategies;

2012/03/13
Committee: ENVI

2011/2056(INI)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Sergio BERLATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reiterates that some end of life derived products have to be managed as waste, even if they are going to be recycled or remanufactured which is a huge burden adding significant cost over disposal and in many cases acts as a barrier to improved resource efficiency; calls on the Commission urgently to address this via pragmatic end-of-waste criteria measures to further streams as foreseen in the revised EU Waste Framework Directive1; 1 Directive 2008/98/EC

2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that the growth of the world population, the rise in consumption and targets for EU economic growth, make the decoupling of growth from raw material use even more essential; ~~insists therefore that reduction targets should be set to stabilise material use and propos~~stresses that an effective raw materials policy must form part of an integrated approach, drawing on the best of existing European environment legislation which regulates the efficiency of resources ain man~~nual material EU efficiency target of 3%~~y sectors; also stresses the need for a clear definition of 'resource efficiency' using a scientific basis;

2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2011/2056(INI)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Sergio BERLATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of the development, promotion and implementation of a life cycle approach for RM, thus extending the highest quality and life of such materials, and the need for indicators to measure efficient and effective resource use, and points to the importance of the full implementation of the Ecodesign Directive in this regard; stresses that innovation is essential for addressing new challenges and that resource efficiency must be an integral part of a policy geared to the promotion of research and innovation that will encourage competitiveness among European firms;

2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2011/2056(INI)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Sergio BERLATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the EC and Member States to further increase producer responsibility in legislation to ensure a higher level of RM recovery, reusability and re- and upcyclability and to stimulate efficient use of RMStresses that European producers are already subject to responsibilities and economic burdens under existing European environment legislation. Any proposed effective resources policy should not therefore act as a further burden that would deter European firms by forcing them to cut production, reduce employment and relocate their activities, with the overall impact this would have on society as a whole;

2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2011/2056(INI)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Sergio BERLATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the EC to examine the effects of a tax on mineral resources, non-energy RM, water and land use, and in particular on any side effects, such as non sustainable substitution, tax evasion or a shift of economic activities to third countries; points out that a tax on resources would render resources more valuable, resulting in better use, re-use and recycling of RM and lower export of resourcesCalls for a careful assessment to be made of all legislative and fiscal instruments already available to promote and improve the efficiency of the use of mineral resources, non-energy RM, water and land use;

2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Richard SEEBER, Peter LIESE, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)

- having regard to the Commission Communication "A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy by 2050"(COM(2011)0112), and the statement that “The EU already has legislation in place that ensures a 20% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 compared with 1990 levels. It maintains its conditional offer of a 30% reduction, provided there are comparable reductions by other developed countries and appropriate contributions from developing countries.”

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to Council Conclusions of June 2010 agreeing that the Commission should “conduct more detailed analysis on the policy options and costs and benefits, including at Member State level, as appropriate."

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Richard SEEBER, Peter LIESE, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Martin CALLANAN, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Holger KRAHMER, Miroslav OUZKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the EU's climate objective is to limit climate change to 2°C above the pre- industrial level; whereas the climate package adopted in December 2008 represents a first step towards ensuring EU action in line with this objective; whereas countries representing some 80% of global emissions have pledged to reduce emissions, although the Parties to the UNFCCC acknowledged in Cancun that current pledges are insufficient to meet the 2°C objective,. Taking into account that the Cancun conference did not reach a global agreement to turn these pledges into legally binding targets and the European Union is still the only large economic community having adopted unilateral emissions reduction targets.

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

~~D. whereas, due to the economic crisis, emissions from sectors in the EU emissions trading system (ETS) have been considerably lower than projected, and below the level of initial allocation,~~deleted

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas Article 1 of the Emissions Trading Directive (2003/87/EC) “establishes a scheme for GHG allowance trading within the Community in order to promote reductions of GHG emissions in a cost-effective and economically efficient manner.”

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Martin CALLANAN, Sergio BERLATO, Elisabetta GARDINI, Miroslav OUZKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, according to the Commission, stepping up effort to 30% while the other countries retain their low pledges would have a limited incremental impact on the EU's energy intensive industry, as long as the special measures for industry stay in place,deleted

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas in the absence of a global agreement assuring a level playing field, European industry would be still exposed to unfair competition.

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

~~1. Welcomes the Commission Communication demonstrating that stepping up to a 30% target is technically feasible and economically affordable;~~deleted

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the Commission to come forward with proposals to move to a 30% greenhouse gas reduction target ~~for 2020 as soon as possible, and at the latest by the end of 2011;~~when a global agreement is reached securing a level playing field between international competitors.

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that, according to IPCC 4AR, to have a 50% chance of limiting climate change to 2°C industrialised countries need to reduce their emissions by 25-40% by 2020; ~~points out that the EU's current target is not in line with its 2°C objective;~~

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Sergio BERLATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that progress internationally is the only way to solve the problem of climate change, and the EU must continue to engage its partners.

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recognizes that a cost - effective approach to long - term targets foresees a non - linear pathway with a 25% target in 2020, a 40% target in 2030, a 60% target in 2040 to a 80% target in 2050.1 __________________ 1 Roadmap 2050

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Peter LIESE, Richard SEEBER, Sergio BERLATO, Miroslav OUZKÝ, Martin CALLANAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Recalls that in the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 the Commission indicates that progress an a global scale is the only way to solve the problem of climate change, and the EU must continue to engage its partners.1 __________________ 1 COM(2011)0112, p. 13

2011/03/31
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Richard SEEBER, Peter LIESE, Sergio BERLATO, Paolo BARTOLOZZI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates that cumulative emissions are decisive for the climate system; notes that even with a pathway of 30% reductions in 2020, 55% in 2030, 75% in 2040 and 90% in 2050 the EU would still be responsible for approximately double its per capita share of the global 2°C compatible carbon budget, and that delaying emissions reductions increases the cumulative share significantly;deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates that cumulative emissions are decisive for the climate system; notes that even with a pathway of 30% reductions in 2020, 55% in 2030, 75% in 2040 and 90% in 2050 the EU would still be responsible for approximately double its per capita share ofn the global ~~2°C compatible carbon budget, and that delaying emissions reductions~~level. The EU per capita share must however be considered inc re~~ases the cumulative share significantly;~~lation to per capita shares in a global context.

2011/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recognises that the fuel switching towards cleaner fuels and private investment in green technologies depends ~~heavi~~not only on the price signal delivered by the carbon market, a~~nd concludes~~s demonstrated by the re~~fore that, under the current 20% target, the ETS will have a very limited role in driving emission reductions and deployment of low- emission technologies in the sectors it covers;~~cent experience in third countries which do not have a market mechanism to trade emission allowances.

2011/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Notes that, due to the surplus and low carbon price, the auction of allowances will also not mobilise resources for climate investments as expec~~deleted;

2011/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Richard SEEBER, Peter LIESE, Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Considering that at international level individual countries have not yet shown an appetite for a target based approach but are making concrete efforts in investing in clean technologies instead

2011/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Recalls that the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 confirms the EU's offer in the international negotiations to take on a 30% reduction target for 2020, if the conditions are right. Recalls that, according to the Commission analysis, stepping up to the 30% reduction target with 25% domestic effort now represents an increase of EUR 11 billion as compared to 2008 projections for the absolute costs of the climate and energy package in 2020; ~~notes the Commission assessment that this will raise the carbon price in the EU ETS to some EUR 30/tonne of CO2, i.e. similar to the level estimated necessary for the 20% reduction target in 2008;~~

2011/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Notes that the Commission Communication of May 2010 is no longer valid because it does not take into account the last two years of events into the Member States and at global level.

2011/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Miroslav OUZKÝ, Sergio BERLATO, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Martin CALLANAN, Richard SEEBER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Notes the option of implementing the change in the ETS through cancelling allowances assigned for auctioning; considers however that all sectors should contribute;~~deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Considers for encouraging investments in new technologies by the private sector, it is essential to maintain the stability of the legal and economic framework where industries shall operate. A disruption in the current framework would generate uncertainties in the decision-making process and also negatively affect possible investments in this sector.

2011/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Reiterates that, although EU reduction targets ~~need to~~should be primarily achieved within the EU in the long term; recalls that the use of international offsets ~~replaces investment into the EU economy and delays domestic reductions in the EU~~would contribute to mitigating climate change at lower cost;

2011/05/02
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Takes into account that, as by Council Conclusions of 14 March 2011, Member States have reiterated the importance of ensuring the continuation of existing flexible mechanisms, while improving them, and establishing new sectoral or other scaled-up market-based mechanisms at the Durban Climate Conference in order to enhance the cost- effectiveness of, and to promote, mitigation actions while contributing to sustainable development.

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Considers that a move to a 30% climate target for 2020 would restore the incentives for innovation lost by the easing of the 20% target;~~deleted

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Richard SEEBER, Peter LIESE, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Sergio BERLATO, Miroslav OUZKÝ, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Martin CALLANAN, Elisabetta GARDINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Concurs with the European Commission’s Roadmap for a low carbon economy by 2050 where it states that ‘the creation and preservation of jobs will depend on the EU's ability to lead in terms of the development of new low carbon technologies through increased education, training, programmes to foster acceptability of new technologies, R&D and entrepreneurship, as well as favourable economic framework conditions for investments’

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Salvatore TATARELLA, Richard SEEBER, Peter LIESE, Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS, Martin CALLANAN, Miroslav OUZKÝ, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Notes the lack of a thorough assessment of the impacts on employment caused by the low carbon transition which would primarily entail a shift of jobs across sectors, and that there is a need to better identify ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ of such transition.

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Considers that~~, while moving to a more ambitious climate target does have primarily a positive impact on job creation,~~ measures should be taken to facilitate structural change and labour- force retraining in communities with a large-scale loss of high carbon employment and also to ensure new growth sectors have sufficient access to appropriately skilled labour;

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes the Commission analysis that achieving a 30% reduction target will reduce imports of oil and gas by some EUR 40 billion in 2020, assuming an oil price of USD 88 per barrel in 2020; considers that this oil price estimate is likely to be very conservative, as the International Energy Agency (2010) predicts an oil price of USD 108 by 2020, which would increase the estimated benefits of lower energy imports by more than 20%;deleted

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Concludes that stepping up to a 30% target ~~has mor~~might have benefits ~~than costs~~ for EU citizens a~~nd a domestic achievement of the reduction targets would bring the highest overall benefit~~s long as comparable actions are undertaken at global level;

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Reaffirms that at least 50% of auctioning revenues should be reinvested in innovative and sustainable technologies;

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Notes that the Commission has fully acknowledged that the best protection against the risk of carbon leakage would be effective global action[1] and that there is a need to remain vigilant in order to maintain a strong industrial base in Europe.[2] [1] COM(2011)0112, p. 9 [2] COM(2011)0112, p. 9

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

~~29. Remains concerned about the large potential for windfall profits undermining public acceptance of the EU's climate policy and points to lack of evidence of any delocalisation;~~deleted

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Concurs with the Commission analysis that border adjustment measures or including imports in the ETS wcould ~~need to be combined with full auctioning to the sectors concerned; considers that such a system could be envisaged~~, if absolutely necessary, be taken into consideration especially for some standardised commodities, such as steel or cement, and electricity;

2011/04/01
Committee: ENVI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use up to 1015 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II provided that:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giovanni LA VIA, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Sergio BERLATO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States having allocated during at least one year in the period 2010-2013 more than 10 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation may decide to use more than 105 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II upon approval by the Commission in accordance with Article 41.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In order to ensure that the necessary rules for the proper functioning of the identification, registration and traceability of bovine animals and beef are applied, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of requirements for alternative means of identification of bovine animals, special circumstances in which Member States may extend the maximum periods for the application of the means of identification, data to be exchanged between the computerised databases of the Member States, the maximum period for certain reporting obligations, the requirements for means of identification, the information to be included in the passports and in the individual registers to be kept on each holding, the minimum level of official controls, the identification and registration of movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in different mountain areas, rules for labelling certain products which should be equivalent to the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, the definitions of minced beef, beef trimmings or cut beef, ~~the specific indications that may be put on labels, the labelling provisions related to the simplification of the indication of origin,~~ the maximum size and composition of certain groups of animals, the approval procedures related to labelling conditions on packaging of cut meat It is of particular limportance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up such delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.

2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/0229(COD)

Giovanni LA VIA, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Sergio BERLATO

~~b) the specific indications that may be put on labels;~~deleted

2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/0229(COD)

Giovanni LA VIA, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Sergio BERLATO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 15

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 19 — letter c

~~c) the labelling provisions related to the simplification of the indication of origin;~~deleted

2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/0194(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) the date of catch of fishery products or harvest of aquaculture products;~~deleted

2012/04/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/0194(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) wThe~~ther the product is fresh or has been defrosted;~~ requirement provided for in Article 68(3) of Commission Regulation No 404/2011 is repealed. Products that have been frozen prior to sale and are sold defrosted shall be labelled in accordance with Annex VI to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.

2012/04/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/0194(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2

2. Fishery and aquaculture products referred to in parts (h) and (i) of Annex I, which are marketed within the Union, irrespective of their origin, may only be offered for retail to the final consumer where appropriate marking or labelling indicates:: (a) the commercial designation of the species; (b) the production method, in particular by the following words "…caught…" or "…caught in freshwater …' or "… farmed…"; (c) the area where the product was caught or farmed;deleted

2012/04/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/0194(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) in the case of fishery products caught at sea, the name of one of the ~~areas, subareas or divisions listed in the~~ FAO Fishing Areas;

2012/04/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/0194(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – point b a (new)

(ba) Any delegated acts shall be adopted following appropriate consultations with operators conducted through an advisory body to be set up for this purpose (advisory committee on general and market-related matters in the fisheries and aquaculture sector).

2012/04/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/0194(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2

It shall apply from 1 January 2013 with the exception of Articles 32, 35 and 36, which shall apply from 1 January 2014. The consumer information provisions laid down in Article 42 shall apply on the basis of the dates of entry into force established in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.

2012/04/23
Committee: ENVI

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. 1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings ~~equal to 1.5%~~as a quota of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State ~~excluding energy used in transport. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers~~, as contribution to the national target as set pursuant to Article 3 of this Directive, taking into account the Union’s target of 20% energy savings by 2020. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers. The energy saving target shall be introduced gradually and with a starting level differentiated on a national basis in order to take into full account early actions and results achieved so far, including efficiency measures already adopted in the fuel sector. Measures that target long-term savings or structured programs proposed by operators in the energy efficiency sector should be encouraged through incentives or specific fiscal treatment.

2011/11/07
Committee: ENVI

2011/0172(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall ensure that enterprises not included in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 are subject and encouraged to an energy audit carried out in ~~an independent and~~ cost- effective manner by qualified or accredited experts at the latest by 30 June 2014 and every three years from the date of the previous energy audit.

2011/11/07
Committee: ENVI

2011/0172(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establish and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plan for developing the potential for the application of high-efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling~~, containing the information set out in Annex VII.~~. Each national plan shall identify: (a) national cogeneration development targets for year 2020 and corresponding intermediate targets; (b) district heating promotion areas for which cost-benefit analysis have identified cogeneration potential; (c) the information set out in Annex VII. (d) The plans should be based on a comprehensive costs/benefits analysis for each of the planned investments, taking into account the existing level of heat demand and evaluating the different consumption profiles (e. g. industrial, residential or tertiary consumption patterns). Moreover, different types of cogeneration (micro, for self- consumption…) should be considered on the basis of the specificities of different national demand and consumption patterns. (e) The plans shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure by means of their regulatory framework that national heating and cooling plans are taken into account in local and regional development plans, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VII.

2011/11/07
Committee: ENVI

2011/0172(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

3. Member States shall ensure that in the promotion areas with cogeneration potential as identified according to paragraph 2, all new thermal electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW:

2011/11/07
Committee: ENVI

2011/0172(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

6. Member States shall ensure that, in the promotion areas with cogeneration potential as identified according to paragraph 2, whenever an existing electricity generation installation with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished or when, in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2010/75/EC, its permit is updated, the technical and economic feasibility of a conversion to allow its operation as a high- efficiency cogeneration installation is set as a preferential condition in the new or updated permit or licence, provided that the installation is sited in a location where the ~~waste hea~~re is sufficient can ~~be used by heat demand points in accordance with point 1 of Annex VIII~~d long-term stable heat demand. The equipment of electricity generation installations with carbon capture or storage facilities shall not be considered as refurbishment for the purpose of these provisions.

2011/11/07
Committee: ENVI

2011/0172(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Member States should not set targets for the industries which are exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage, as determined in Commission Decision 2010/2/EU. Should they nonetheless decide to do so, Member States shall express possible sectoral targets for production processes in these industries in energy use per output unit so as to avoid impeding industrial growth.

2011/11/07
Committee: ENVI

2011/0172(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission’s assessment of the first supplementary report shall include an assessment of the energy efficiency levels of existing and new installations undertaking the combustion of fuels with a total rated thermal input of 50 MW or more and installations undertaking the refining of mineral oil and gas, in the light of the relevant best available techniques as developed in accordance with Directive 2010/75/EU and Directive 2008/1/EC. Where this assessment identifies significant discrepancies between the actual energy efficiency levels of such installations and energy efficiency levels associated with the application of the relevant best available techniques, the Commission shall propose, if appropriate, requirements to improve the energy efficiency levels achieved by such installations or that the use of such techniques shall in future be a condition for the permitting of new installations and for the periodic review of the permits for existing installations.deleted

2011/11/07
Committee: ENVI

2011/0172(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Salvatore TATARELLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

~~The Commission shall also monitor the impact of implementing this Directive on Directive 2003/87/EC, Directive 2009/28/EC as well as Directive 2010/31/EC.~~deleted

2011/11/07
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Andrea ZANONI, Oreste ROSSI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Title

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on food intended for infants and young children ~~and~~, on food for special medical purposes and on foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Andrea ZANONI, Oreste ROSSI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) A limited number of categories of food constitutes the sole source of nourishment of certain groups of the population or represent a partial source of nourishment; such categories of food are vital for the management of certain conditions and/or are essential to maintain the intended nutritional adequacy for certain well-established vulnerable groups of the population. Those categories of food include infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food ~~and~~, food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten. Experience has shown that the provisions laid down in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC, ~~as well as~~ Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, and Commission Regulation 41/2009 ensure the free movement of such food in a satisfactory manner, while ensuring a high level of protection of public health. It is therefore appropriate that this Regulation focuses on the general compositional and information requirements for infant formula and follow-on formulae, processed cereal- based food and baby food for infants and young children ~~and to~~, food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC ~~and~~ Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, and Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Oreste ROSSI, Andrea ZANONI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) To ensure legal certainty, definitions laid down in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC ~~and~~, Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, and Commission Regulation 41/2009 should be transferred to this Regulation. However, the definitions of infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food, ~~and~~ food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten should be regularly adapted taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, as appropriate.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Oreste ROSSI, Andrea ZANONI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) This Regulation should provide the criteria for the establishment of the specific compositional and information requirements for infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby food, ~~and~~ food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC ~~and~~, Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009. In order to adapt the definitions of infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby food, ~~and~~ food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten laid down in this Regulation taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, to lay down the specific compositional and information requirements with respect to the categories of food covered by this Regulation, including for additional labelling requirements to, or derogations from, the provisions of Directive 2000/13/EC and for the authorisation of nutrition and health claims, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Oreste ROSSI, Andrea ZANONI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) It is appropriate to establish and update a Union list of ~~vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other substances that may be added~~substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes to infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby foods, ~~and~~ food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Regulation (EC) No. 953/2009, Commission Directives 2006/141/EC and 2006/125/EC, subject to certain criteria laid down in this Regulation. Given the fact that the adoption of the list implies the application of criteria set out in this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in that respect. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers. The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts updating the Union list, where, in duly justified cases relating to public health, imperative grounds of urgency so require.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Oreste ROSSI, Andrea ZANONI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

(26) Currently, the statements ‘'gluten-free’' and ‘'very low gluten’' may be used for food ~~intended for particular nutritional uses and for food for normal consumptio~~s for specialised nutrition intended for people intolerant to gluten under the rules specified in article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 concerning the composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten. ~~Such statements could be construed as nutrition claims, as de~~In addition, the statement 'gluten-free' may be used for foodstuffs for normal consumption and other foods for specialised nutrition suitable for people intolerant to gluten under the rules specifined in Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. For the sake of simplification, those statements should be regulated solely by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and comply with requirements therein. It is necessary that technical adaptations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, incorporating the nutrition claims ‘gluten-free’ and ‘very low gluten’ and their associated conditions of use as regulated under Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 be completed prior to the entry into application ofarticle 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 concerning the composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten which do not allow the use of the statement 'very low gluten' for these foods. Such foods for specialized nutrition intended for people intolerant to gluten shall be maintained in this Regulation, as providing such safe foods intended for people intolerant to gluten and informing coeliacs about the absence of gluten is vital to the management of the disease. This is in line with the international standard for foods for special dietary use for persons intolerant to gluten (CODEX STAN 118-1979 revised in 2008). Also the conditions of use of the claim "gluten- free" for foods for normal consumption should be maintained in thise Regulation (CE) 41/2009.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Oreste ROSSI, Andrea ZANONI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

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

1. This Regulation establishes compositional and information requirements for the following categories of food for specialised nutrition:

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Oreste ROSSI, Andrea ZANONI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

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

(ca) food for people intolerant to gluten.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA

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

(ha) 'food for people intolerant to gluten' means foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses which are specially produced, prepared and/or processed to meet the special dietary needs of people intolerant to gluten;

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Oreste ROSSI, Andrea ZANONI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to adapt the definitions of ‘'infant formula’', ‘'follow-on formula’', ‘'processed cereal-based food’' and ‘'baby food~~’ and ‘~~', 'food for special medical purposes’', and 'food for people intolerant to gluten' taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, as appropriate.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4

4. TParagraph 3 shall not prevent the dissemination of any useful information or recommendations ~~with reference to the categories of food referred to in Article 1 (1) may be made exclusively by~~exclusively intended for persons having qualifications in medicine, nutrition, and pharmacy or other professionals responsible for maternal and child health care.

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Oreste ROSSI, Andrea ZANONI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Subject to the general requirements of Articles 7 and 9 and taking into account Directive 2006/141/EC, Directive 2006/125/EC ~~and~~, Directive 1999/21/EC and Regulation (EC) No 41/2009, as well as any technical and scientific progress, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated Regulations, for foods covered by Article 1(1) no later than [2 years after the date of the entry into force of this Regulation], in accordance with Article 15, with respect to the following:

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0156(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Sergio BERLATO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Oreste ROSSI, Andrea ZANONI, Patrizia TOIA, Antonio CANCIAN, Amalia SARTORI, Mario PIRILLO, Tiziano MOTTI, Salvatore TATARELLA, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2

~~2. Directive 96/8/EC and Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 are repealed from [the first day of the month 2 years after the date of the entry into force of this Regulation].~~deleted

2012/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2011/0092(CNS)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Paolo BARTOLOZZI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) Article 5 of Directive 2003/96/EC permits the application of differentiated rates of taxation in certain cases. However, in order to ensure the consistency of the CO2 price signal, the possibility for Member States to differentiate national rates should be restricted to general energy consumption taxation. Moreover, the possibility to apply a lower level of taxation to oil derived motor fuel used by taxis is no longer compatible with the objective of policies promoting alternative fuels and energy carriers and the use of cleaner vehicles in urban transport and should thus be removed.

2011/11/11
Committee: ENVI

2011/0092(CNS)

Sergio BERLATO, Paolo BARTOLOZZI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) In the case of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) ~~and natural gas used as propellants~~used as motor fuel, advantages in the form of lower minimum levels of general energy consumption taxation or the possibility to exempt th~~ose~~is energy products from taxation are no longer justified, in particular in the light of the need to increase the market share of renewable energy sources and should therefore be removed in the medium term. In the case of natural gas and biomethane used as motor fuels, advantages in the form of lower minimum levels of general energy consumption taxation or the possibility to exempt this energy product from taxation should only be removed after an assessment, by 2023, on the implementation of the provisions of this Directive relating to the level of taxation applicable to natural gas in road transport. This assessment shall, inter alia, examine the progress in the availability of natural gas and biomethane, the growth of the refilling stations network in Europe, the market share of natural gas vehicles in the EU, the innovation and technological developments of biomethane as fuel in transport, the real value of the minimum level of taxation

2011/11/11
Committee: ENVI

Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Paolo BARTOLOZZI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point (a) – point (i)

(i) Until 1 January 2023, natural gas, biomethane and LPG used as ~~propellants~~motor fuels, without prejudice to Art 1 point 21 par 4 (new);

2011/11/11
Committee: ENVI

2011/0092(CNS)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Paolo BARTOLOZZI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13(1) – point (a) – point (i) a (new)

Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1– subparagraph 1 a (new)

(ia) A new subparagraph is added: In the case of biomethane, the energy content per quantitative unit is the same as for natural gas. Given the fact that biomethane injected into the natural gas grid helps to increase the share of renewable sources, biomethane will be tax exempted with respect to the CO2 and energy content, provided it is produced according to the sustainability criteria.

2011/11/11
Committee: ENVI

2011/0092(CNS)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Paolo BARTOLOZZI

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 1

Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 2

~~By way of derogation~~Pursuant to Directive 98/34/EC, Member States that intend to adopt reasoned measures under this Article shall communicate them to the other Member States and to the Commission, onthree months prior to their adoption for information purposes'.

2011/03/17
Committee: ENVI

2010/0195(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Sergio BERLATO, Christa KLASS, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 5

(5) During the ~~transition from Stage III A to~~ Stage III B, the percentage of the number of engines used for application other than propulsion of railcars ~~and~~, locomotives and inland waterways vessels placed on the market under the flexibility scheme, should be ~~increased from 20% to~~ 50% of the equipment manufacturer's annual ~~sales~~quantity of equipment placed on the market with engines in that category. The ~~maximum~~optional alternative that a fixed number of engines that may be placed on the market under the flexibility scheme should be adapted accordingly.

2011/02/23
Committee: ENVI

2010/0195(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Catherine SOULLIE, Sergio BERLATO, Christa KLASS, Horst SCHNELLHARDT

Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 6

(6) The rules applicable to the flexibility scheme should be adapted to extend ~~the~~its application ~~of that scheme~~ to engines for use in propulsion of railcars and locomotives.

2011/02/23
Committee: ENVI

Sergio BERLATO, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Sebastiano (Nello) MUSUMECI, Zdzisław Zbigniew PODKAŃSKI

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 – subpoint a

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – Section IVa – Subsection IIa – Article 103ga – paragraph 1

1. Under conditions to be determined by the Commission, from the 2009/10 school year, Community aid shall be granted for supplying to pupils in educational establishments certain products, originating in the Community, of the fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables and bananas sectors to be determined by the Commission and may also be granted for certain related costs of logistics, distribution, equipment, communication, monitoring and evaluation.

2008/09/17
Committee: AGRI

2008/0108(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Annex XIV – Part B – Part II – Point 2

2. 'fresh poultrymeat' means poultrymeat which has not been stiffened at any time by the cooling process prior to being kept at a temperature not below -2°C and not higher than +4°C. However, Member States may lay down different temperature requirements for a short period for the cutting and storage of fresh poultrymeat performed in retail shops or in premises adjacent to sales points, where the cutting and storage are performed solely for the purpose of supplying the consumer directly on the spotfresh poultrymeat intended for the production of meat preparations may be stiffened at temperatures below 2°C for a short period.

2009/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2008/0108(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Annex XIV – Part B – Part II – Point 5

~~5. "fresh poultrymeat preparation" means a meat preparation for which "fresh poultrymeat" within the meaning of this Regulation has been us~~deleted.

2009/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2008/0104(CNS)