2017/0024(NLE) | [ParlTrack]

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) This Regulation responds proactively to a proposal made by the Bio- based Industries Consortium Aisbl. Programme delivery by the BBI Joint Undertaking should be achieved through better collaboration with stakeholders, in particular, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the bio-based value chain.

Amendment 2 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) The alternative mode of financing proposed by the BIC has informed this Regulation, while recognising the unique features of the BBI Joint Undertaking. The Commission should examine how that alternative mode of financing could apply to other joint undertakings, and, in particular, the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking.

Amendment 3 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) In its joint undertaking process, the Commission set out the impact, effectiveness and lessons learnt from the proposed amendments. The Commission should submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council with regard to the effectiveness of this Regulation, in light of the BIC’s obligation to deliver, by 31 December 2024, its financial contribution.

Amendment 4 #

José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)

(4b) The Commission should conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the BBI Joint Undertaking’s remaining projects in light of the alternative mode of financing laid down in this Regulation.

Amendment 5 #

Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

Amendment 6 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) In the interests of a more transparent procedure, it would be desirable for the Commission to carry out a wide consultation with the full participation of interested parties, as well as drawing up the requisite report on the impact of the proposed measures.

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2017/09/07 ITRE 21 amendments...

Amendment 10 #

Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) This Regulation responds to a proposal made by the Bio-based Industries Consortium Aisbl (BIC) and mirrors best practice in other joint undertakings. Effective programme delivery by the BBI Joint Undertaking and better regulation overall should continue to be achieved through improved cooperation and engagement with all stakeholders in the bio-based chain.

Amendment 11 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The Bio-based Industries Consortium Aisbl (‘BIC’), which is a member of the BBI Joint Undertaking other than the Union, continues to be ready to support the operational costs of the BBI Joint Undertaking for the amount set out in Article 12(4) of the Statutes. ~~It has however proposed an alternative mode of financing through financial contributions made by its constituent entities at the indirect actions’ level.~~

Amendment 12 #

Gesine MEISSNER, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The objective of the BBI Initiative to carry out activities through collaboration of stakeholders along the entire bio-based value chains, including SMEs, research and technology centres and universities can be achieved ~~only by enabling~~if BIC and its constituent entities to deliver the financial contribution ~~not only~~ as payments to the BBI Joint Undertaking ~~but also as~~operational programme in 2014, as they have committed to doing. This should not preclude BIC from making additional financial contributions to indirect actions funded by the BBI Joint Undertaking at project level.

Amendment 13 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The objective of the BBI Initiative to carry out activities through collaboration of stakeholders along the entire bio-based value chains, including SMEs, research and technology centres and universities can be achieved only by enabling BIC and its constituent entities to deliver the financial contribution not only as payments to the BBI Joint Undertaking but also as financial contributions to indirect actions funded by the BBI Joint Undertaking. This new delivery mode will ensure that the financial contributions become more commercially viable for BIC and its constituent entities, which in turn should facilitate the fulfilment of their financial obligations within the set deadline.

Amendment 14 #

Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Pilar AYUSO, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) It is therefore necessary to amend the Statutes in order to enable BIC ~~and its constituent entities to deliver the financial contribution for the full amount set out in Article 12(4) of the Statutes, allowing those~~to make additional financial contributions ~~to be made~~ not only as payments to the BBI Joint Undertaking but also as financial contributions to indirect actions funded by the BBI Joint Undertaking and to be reported them to the BBI Joint Undertaking,

Amendment 15 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) The Commission should always carry out a public consultation in order to ensure that proposed changes are accepted by all interested parties, whether or not they are members of the BIC, and that they are developed in the most transparent and open way possible. Similarly, the Commission should conduct mandatory impact assessments of the measures proposed.

Amendment 16 #

Miroslav POCHE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) The Commission should, in future cases, always carry out a public consultation in order to ensure that any changes proposed are accepted by all interested parties and that they are developed in the most transparent and open way possible.

Amendment 17 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article –1 (new)

Council Regulation (EU) 560/2014
Recital 11

Article -1 (new) Recital 11 is replaced by the following “ (11) Bio-based industries and their value chains are facing complex and substantial technology and innovation challenges. As a nascent sector, bio-based industries have to overcome the dispersion of technical competences and the limited publically available data on real resource availability in order to build sustainable and competitive value chains. In order to tackle these challenges, critical mass has to be achieved in a focused and coherent way at European level in terms of scale of activity, excellence, and potential for innovation. In particular, these industries need to ensure a sustainable management of the bio- feedstock and focus on the development of bio-products based essentially on the use of bio-wastes and residues, to contribute to fulfil the aims of the circular economy; to enable this, the guiding principle of a biomass hierarchy should be integrated and ‘cascade utilization’ of biomass should be supported: first directed to high-value applications such as biochemicals and biomaterials then lower value applications (biofuels, bioenergy). “ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0560&qid=1504012500697&from=EN)

Amendment 18 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article –1 a (new)

Council Regulation (EU) 560/2014
Recital 12

~~(11)~~Article -1 a (new) Recital 12 is replaced with the following text: “ (12) The Joint Technology Initiative on Bio-based Industries should mitigate the different types of market failures that discourage private investment into pre- competitive research, demonstration and deployment activities for bio-based industries in Europe. In particular, it should ascertain the availability of reliable biomass supply ~~taking into account other competing~~, primarily bio-waste and residues, while ensuring fulfilment of essential social and environmental demands, and support the development of advanced processing technologies, large scale demonstration activities and policy instruments, thus reducing the risk for ~~private~~ research and innovation investment in the development of sustainable and competitive bio-based products, and ~~biofuels. content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0560&qid=1504097287595&from=EN)~~meet the objectives of the circular economy. “ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-

Amendment 19 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article –1 b (new)

Council Regulation (EU) 560/2014
Recital 13

Article -1 b (new) Recital 13 is replaced by the following text: “ (13) The BBI Initiative should be a public- private partnership aiming at increasing investment in the development of a sustainable bio-based ~~industry sector~~solutions in Europe. It should provide environmental and socioeconomic benefits for European citizens, increase the competitiveness of Europe and contribute to establishing Europe as a key player in research, demonstration and the deployment of advanced sustainable bio-based products ~~and biofuels.~~ . “ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0560&qid=1504097287595&from=EN)

Amendment 20 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article –1 c (new)

Council Regulation (EU) 560/2014
Recital 14

Article -1 c (new) Recital 14 is replaced by the following text: “ (14) The objective of the BBI Initiative is to implement a programme of research and innovation activities in Europe that will assess the availability of bio-waste, including from agriculture and forestry, and renewable biological resources that can be used for the production of bio-based materials, and on that basis support the establishment of ~~sustainable~~ bio-based value chains that ensure a sustainable management of bio-feedstock and preservation of resources according to the principles of the circular economy. Those activities should be carried out through collaboration between stakeholders along the entire bio- based value chains, including primary production and processing industries, ~~consumer brands~~including non-conventional agriculture sector, SMEs, research and technology centres and universities~~. content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0560&qid=1504097287595&from=EN)~~ and civil society organisations. “ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-

Amendment 21 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article –1 d (new)

Article -1 d (new) “ (b) to contribute to the objectives of the BBIiobased Industries Joint Technology Initiative of a ~~more~~ resource esufficient and ~~sustainable low-carbon economy and increasing economic growth~~environmental friendly sustainable renewable-based economy and to contribute to economic development and employment, in particularly in rural areas, by developing sustainable, and competitive bio-based industries in Europe based on advanced bio~~refine~~-industries that source their biomass sustainably~~, and in particular to:~~ and on the guiding principle of a biomass hierarchy supporting a ‘cascade utilization’ of biomass; and in particular to: “ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0560&qid=1504097287595&from=EN)

Amendment 22 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article –1 e (new)

Council Regulation (EU) 560/2014
Annex – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point ba (new)

Article -1 e (ba) four representatives of the Scientific Committee, of which at least one from a civil society organisation;

Amendment 23 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article –1 f (new)

Council Regulation (EU) 560/2014
Annex 1 – Article 10 – paragraph 1

Article -1 f (new) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following “ 1. The Scientific Committee shall consist of no more than fifteen members. It shall elect a chairperson from among its members~~. content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0560&qid=1504097287595&from=EN)~~ and four representatives to the Governing Board, of which at least one shall be from a civil society organisation.. “ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-

Amendment 24 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3

Council Regulation (EU) No 560/2014
Annex – Article 12 – paragraph 4

These financial contributions shall be made as payments to the BBI Joint Undertaking o~~r as financial contribution~~perational programme. Additional financial contributions shall be possible as payments to indirect actions funded by the BBI Joint Undertaking.

Amendment 25 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)

Council Regulation (EU) 560/2014
Annex 1 – Article 10 – paragraph 2

Article 1 a (new) Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following text: “ 2. The members shall reflect a balanced representation of worldwide recognised experts from academia, ~~industry, SMEs, non-governmental~~research organisations, SMEs, civil society organisations and regulatory bodies. Collectively, the Scientific Committee members shall have the necessary scientific competencies and expertise covering the technical domain needed to make science- based recommendations to the BBI Joint Undertaking. ~~content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0560&qid=1504097287595&from=EN)~~“ Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-

Amendment 5 #

Draft legislative resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

- having regard to the Protocol (No 1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on the role of national parliaments in the European Union,

Amendment 6 #

Draft legislative resolution
Citation 2 b (new)

- having regard to the Protocol (No 2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality,

Amendment 7 #

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to the Protocol (No 1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on the role of national parliaments in the European Union,

Amendment 8 #