37 Amendments of Kyriakos MAVRONIKOLAS
Amendment 195 #
2012/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates its position that bilateral issues should not represent or be used as an obstacle in the accession process, butfalling outside the EU's competence should be addressed in a constructive spirit and as early as possible, taking account of the EU's overall interests and its values; stresses that the accession negotiations should not be used to pre-empt the final settlement of such issues, notwithstanding the obligation to fully comply with the acquis and respect the principles on which the EU itself is founded;
Amendment 207 #
2012/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the EU to support efforts to resolve outstanding disputes, including border disputes, before accession; in line with the provisions of the UN Charter, encourages all parties to disputes whose continuation is likely to endanger the preservation of international peace and security to engage constructively in their peaceful resolution and, in case of proven inability to reach a bilateral agreement, to refer the matter to the International C urges the avoidance of any kind of threat or action directed against a Member State, or sourt ce of Justice or to commit themselves to a binding arbitration mechanism of their choicefriction or actions, which could damage good neighbourly relations and the peaceful settlement of disputes;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with grave concern the unprecedented cuts in the defence budgets of the majority of EU Member States in the wake of the financial and economic crisis and the potential negative impact of these measures on their military capabilities; underlines that defence constitutes a public good that affects the security of all European citizens and that all Member States need to contribute in a spirit of burden-sharing;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission, which perceives itself as the guardian of principles like the single market, fair competition or free trade to increase its future role in the implementation of the defence package;
Amendment 87 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Suggests that the Member States ask the European Defence Agency (EDA) to examine how to improve coordination of defence planning in Europe; recalls that the Treaty tasks the Agency to evaluate the observance of capability commitments and to promote the harmonisation of operational needs, and calls for better implementation of these tasks; recommends that, as a first step in the exercise, the Member States could submit their draft national security and defence reviews to the EDA for advice, to assess them in particular in the light of the Capability Development Plan, as well as of the plans of the other Member States and of relevant NATO initiatives; believes that, in the very short term, the EDA could also play an important role in defining capability priorities and identifying redundancies in Member States' capabilities;
Amendment 132 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes note of the ‘Smart Defence’ initiative within NATO, and recalls that Pooling and Sharing is a Member States- led initiative and highlights the importance of continuous coordination and deconfliction between the EU and NATO at all levels to avoid unnecessary duplication;
Amendment 169 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Invites the Member States to make use of OCCAR's management experience for the implementation of joint programmes, as prepared by the EDA, and urgescalls on the EDA and OCCAR to conclude an administrative arrangement on their cooperation; recalls that any EU Member State may join OCCAR if it is its will and if it fulfils the membership criteria;
Amendment 46 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 2
The response depends on excellence in research to improve our fundamental understanding of health, disease, disability, development and ageing (including of life expectancy), and on the seamless and widespread translation of the resulting and existing knowledge into innovative, scalable and, effective and accessible products, strategies, interventions and services. Furthermore, the pertinence of these challenges across Europe and in many cases, globally, demands a response characterised by long term and coordinated support for co- operation between excellent, multidisciplinary and multi-sector teams.
Amendment 12 #
2011/0307(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2004/109/EC
Article 6
Article 6
Member States shall require all issuers active in the extractive or logging of primary forest industries, as defined in […] to prepare, in accordance with Chapter 9 of Directive 2011/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (*), a report on payments made to governments on an annual basis. The report shall be made public at the latest six months after the end of each financial year and shall remain publicly available for at least five years. Payments to governments shall be reported at consolidated level.
Amendment 14 #
2011/0307(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 2004/109/EC
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
(5a) The following Article is inserted: 'Article 6a Principles for reporting on payments to governments For the purposes of transparency and investor protection, Member States shall require the following principles to apply for the reporting on payments to governments: (a) integrated reporting: the report on payments to governments shall form part of the annual financial report and shall be in an easily accessible and comparable format; in particular, it shall allow payments to be linked to projects; (b) materiality: any payment shall be reported which is deemed to have a significant impact on a country's economy or society on a local, regional or national level; any threshold shall reflect such impact; rules shall be put in place to ensure that thresholds cannot be circumvented; (c) project-by-project reporting: reporting shall be done on a project-by- project basis, taking into account the local and regional impact for the purposes of defining a project; the project definition shall include criteria such as the existence of a licence, lease, concession or other similar legal agreement; (d) universality: all issuers shall be subject to the reporting requirements; no exemptions shall be made which might have a distortive impact and allow issuers to exploit lax transparency requirements; (e) comprehensiveness: all relevant payments and revenues paid to governments shall be reported, including payments in kind, operating costs and payments to significant suppliers of services, including the state provision of services; (f) comparability: the reporting on all payments to governments shall be such as to enable data in respect of different countries to be compared easily.'.
Amendment 15 #
2011/0307(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a Review The Commission shall by [2 years after the final date for transposition of this Directive] report on the operation of this Directive to the European Parliament and the Council, in particular as regards the following: – the operation of the reporting of payments to governments and the implementation of the principles to be observed in that regard; – the operation of the exemptions from the reporting requirements applying to issuers that are States, regional or local authorities, public international bodies of which at least one Member State is a member, the European Central Bank, and Member States' national banks whether or not they issue shares or other securities; – the drafting of regulatory technical standards by ESMA; – any other rules necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors; – the application of sanctions. The report shall be submitted together with a legislative proposal, if appropriate.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Passenger ships on regular services operate mostly in ports or close to coastal areas and their impacts on human health and the environment are significant. Those ships are required to use marine fuel with the same maximum sulphur content as is applicable in SECAs (1.5%). Given that stricter sulphur standards will apply in SECAs, it is justified by the need to improve air quality around ports and coasts in the non-SECA territories that the same standards apply to passenger ships. However, the introduction of a new SECA standard for passenger ships would be delayed by 5 years in order to avoid potential problems with fuel availability.
Amendment 76 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Access to emission abatement methods should be facilitated. Those methods can provide emission reductions at least equivalent to, or even greater than, those achievable using low sulphur fuel, provided that they have no significant negative impacts on the environment, such as marine ecosystems or CO2 emissions, and that they are developed subject to appropriate approval and control mechanisms. The criteria for use of emission abatement methods should be established either by the IMO, subject to supplementation or amendment by the Commission Decision or, in the absence of the IMO instruments, by the European Commission. The already known alternative methods, such as the use of on- board exhaust gas cleaning systems or the mixture of fuel and liquefied natural gas (LNG) should be recognised in the Union. It is important to promote testing and development of new emission abatement methods.
Amendment 90 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to determine the date of the application of 0.50% sulphur limit, to designate new SECAs, to approve new alternative abatement methods and to establish the appropriate conditions for their use, to ensure appropriate monitoring of sulphur content of fuels and the harmonized content and the format of Member States' reports and to adapt the provisions of the Directive to scientific and technical progress, 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 in respect of specification of the date from which the maximum sulphur content of fuel of 0.50% by mass should apply in the Union, designation of new SECAs on the basis of the decision of the IMO, approval of new emission abatement methods not covered by Council Directive 96/98/EC15 and establishment, supplementation or amendment of conditions for their use, the specification of the means of sampling and emission monitoring and the content and the format of the report and the amendment of Article 2, points 1, 2, 3, 3a, 3b and 4 or Article 6 paragraph 1(a) and 2 in the light of scientific and technical progress and, where relevant, the instruments of the IMO. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry 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 to the Council.
Amendment 105 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 3 a
Article 3 a
Member States shall ensure that marine fuels are not used or placed on the market within their territory if their sulphur content exceeds 3.5 % by mass.
Amendment 120 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point c
Article 1 – point 6 – point c
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 4 a – paragraph 1a – introductory part
Article 4 a – paragraph 1a – introductory part
Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that marine fuels are not used in the areas of their territorial seas, exclusive economic zones and pollution control zones falling outside SOx Emission Control Areas if the sulphur content of those fuels by mass exceeds:
Amendment 134 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point d
Article 1 – point 6 – point d
Amendment 156 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 4 a a (new)
Article 4 a a (new)
Amendment 169 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 4 c – paragraph 2
Article 4 c – paragraph 2
2. Ships using the emission abatement methods referred to in paragraph 1 shall continuoussistently achieve reductions of sulphur dioxide emissions that are at least equivalent to the reductions that would be achieved by using marine fuels that meet the requirements of Articles 4a and 4b. The sulphur dioxide emissions resulting from the use of the emission abatement methods shall not exceed the limit values set out in Annex 1. If a ship is found by a Member State not to be in compliance with the emission limits set forth in this Directive as a consequence of malfunctioning of any abatement methods, the competent authority of the Member State is entitled to adopt the same procedure as described in Article 4aa on Fuel Availability.
Amendment 188 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9 – point a
Article 1 – point 9 – point a
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 197 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 10 – point d
Article 1 – point 10 – point d
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Amendment 203 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1 – point 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [128 months after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
Amendment 10 #
2010/2300(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the Council and Parliament as co-legislators must be able to make full use of their right of scrutiny in relatuse delegated acts to set up eligibility criteria prionr to delegated acts, including their revocatthe adoption of budget support decisions;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2300(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Is of the opinion that, within the context of the ownership principle of the Paris Declaration, the European Parliament should always try to promote the access to basic education, basic health services and respect for human rights;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2300(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. States that the effectiveness of development-policy measures in the partner countries must be checked on the basis of local criteria and within the respect of the EU values including the principle of rule of law and democracy;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2300(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a public register in which budget support agreements, procedures and development indicators are transparently listed, with a view to reinforcing the domestic democratic institutions and to ensuring mutual accountability;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the EU has committed itself to defining and pursuing common policies and actions to preserve peace, prevent conflicts and strengthen international security, in accordance with the principles of the UN Charter, as well as to consolidate and support democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the principles of international law, and to assist populations facing natural or man- made disasters;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that the EU, mainly through its civilian crisis management, offers a distinct contribution to global security, reflecting its core values and principles;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. In particular, urges the Vice- President/High Representative to address the shortage of staff as regards experts on civilian capability development and to make sure that the CMPD includes a sufficient number of experts from all the priority civilian capability areas, namely human rights, police, justice, civilian administration, civil protection and monitoring;
Amendment 82 #
2010/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the need for appropriate pre- deployment training to be provided, which should include participation by civilian personnel in military exercises; strongly recommends that Member States maintain rosters of deployable civilians, in particular those trained for missions carried out alongside military forces; welcomes the practice employed by certain Member States of having a dedicated centralised agency responsible for the recruitment and training of all deployable civilian personnel, such as the German Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF) and the UK Stabilisation Unit;
Amendment 114 #
2010/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls for an improved role of the EU Special Representatives - when present in the area of crisis - in the civilian-military coordination efforts, also with the view of securing closer political oversight of military actions;
Amendment 120 #
2010/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls for the establishment of early warning systems in areas where conflict is ongoing, or in areas more vulnerable to natural disasters, so that crisis management is more immediate and thus more effective.
Amendment 154 #
2010/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Takes the view that, when adopting its new Strategic Concept, NATO should not embark onnote of the idea that NATO developings its own civilian capabilities, but that it should be able to rely on those of the EU, in order to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort and suggests to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort establishing an EU-NATO partnership for civilian-military cooperation in the framework of which the EU and its member states could offer civilian capabilities;
Amendment 26 #
2010/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Agency should enforce fully both the provisions of the Charter with due regard to the respect for, and the protection of, the human rights of migrants and also the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951. All the Agency's actions should be taken in accordance with relevant international law and obligations relating to access to international protection;
Amendment 29 #
2010/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Efficient management of the external borders through checks and surveillance contributes to combat illegalrregular immigration and trafficking in human beings and to reduce the threats to the internal security, public policy, public health and international relations of the Member States.
Amendment 64 #
2010/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. When concluding bilateral agreements with third countries on cooperation at an operational level as referred to in Article 2 (2) Member States shall, where appropriate, include provisions concerning the role and competencies of the Agency, in particular regarding the exercise of executive powers by members of the teams deployed by the Agency during the activities referred to in Article 3.
Amendment 11 #
2009/0104(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) With the aim of furthering the implementation of the Thessaloniki agenda, the Commission should start a visa liberalisation dialogue with Kosovo and establish a roadmap for visa liberalisation similar to those established with other Western Balkan countries. This should be without prejudice to the status of Kosovo and with due respect for UNSC resolution 1244/99.