Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA
Constituencies
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Spain
Partido Socialista Obrero Español
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Groups
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S&D
Member
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
EP staff
- Member of Conference of Delegation Chairs 2010/11/11 - 9999/12/31
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Development | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Chair of | Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2010/11/11 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2010/12/09 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Afghanistan | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Vice-Chair of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 2010/12/08 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community | 2009/09/16 | 2010/11/21 |
| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2010/11/10 | 2010/11/10 |
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Rapporteur
| Responsible | 2011/2286(INI) | Defining a new development cooperation with Latin America |
| Responsible | 2011/0410(CNS) | EU/Greenland/Denmark partnership 2014-2020 |
| Opinion | 2011/0334(CNS) | Own resources: methods and procedure for making available the financial transaction tax (FTT) based own resource |
| Responsible | 2009/2235(INI) | Contribution of the cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon objectives |
Born
1969/09/23 Castro Urdiales- Degree in law.
- Advanced diploma in international public law and international relations.
- Postgraduate specialisation in international development cooperation, Faculty of Economics, University of the Basque Country.
- Master's in public administration, IESE Business School, Madrid.
- Executive Director, Fundación Españoles en el Mundo (foundation for Spanish communities worldwide), 2007-2009.
- Head of Office, Federal Organisational Secretariat, PSOE (Spanish Workers' Socialist Party), 2004-2007.
- Responsible for the PSOE's external strategy and for election campaigns abroad (2002 to present).
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 2 |
2009/2167(INI) Protection of the Communities' financial interests. Fight against fraud - Annual Report 2008
2009/11/12
REGI
2 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Takes note of the European Court of Auditor's report on the implementation of the 2008 budget and deplores the estimated 11 % reimbursement failure rate for cohesion policy; opines that this is partly due to the burdensome administrative procedures and stresses that a simplification of the national and Community legislative framework governing the Structural Funds, especially as regards management and monitoring procedures, is imperative in the process of improving performances; is aware, however, that the European Court of Auditors' report on the implementation of the 2008 budget does not analyse the period 2007-2013, during which control mechanisms have been improved;
source: PE-430.961
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2009/2230(INI) European Union strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy
2010/03/30
REGI
2 amendments...
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Believes that the development of large-scale strategies, such as macro- regional strategies, should contribute to enhancing the role of the local and regional level in the implementation of EU policy more generally;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Suggests continuing to develop new strategies in other geographical areas such as the Danube Basin, the Atlantic Arc, the Alps and the Mediterranean, ensuring that these have adequate support from the States involved and the European institutions;
source: PE-440.046
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| 1 |
2009/2232(INI) Transparency in regional policy and its funding
2010/03/29
REGI
1 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges auditors to take a tougher line on communication and information requirements
source: PE-440.029
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2009/2234(INI) Contribution of EU regional policy towards fighting the financial and economic crisis, with a special reference to Objective 2
2010/03/26
REGI
5 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. stressing the fact that, based on the National Strategic Reports for 2009, the Member States appear to have made rather different uses of the instruments, means and methods for facilitating cohesion policy proposed by the Commission to combat the crisis and increase actual expenditure (such as
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the Structural Funds are powerful instruments, designed for helping the regions in their economic and social restructuring and in promoting territorial cohesion, as well as for implementation of the European Economic Recovery Plan and, in particular, development of competitiveness and job creation, supporting their systematic and effective use;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Acknowledges the significant problem posed by the reduction in the contribution of national co-financing to programmes, which affects Objective 2, due to the major financial problems of many Member States
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Supports the assistance policy for large projects for the regions (financing of EUR 50 million and above) introduced by the Commission in 2009, values the importance of financial engineering instruments and EIB cooperation, especially JASPERS, JEREMIE AND JESSICA and calls for a further increase beyond 25% in the financing provided through JASPERS (Joint Assistance in Supporting Projects in European Regions) with a view to preparation and very rapid implementation of large projects;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Insists that greater flexibility is required in the N+2 rule having regard to the objectives pursued by cohesion policy and the effects of cyclical economic changes on the public finances and private investment;
source: PE-440.024
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2009/2235(INI) Contribution of the cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon objectives
2010/03/29
REGI
6 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16a (new) - having regard to the Strategic report of the Commission on the Cohesion Policy of April 2010,summarising the national strategic reports;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas - particularly during the current recession - the cohesion policy is the main instrument to foster growth and jobs in the EU due to its stable amount of funding for long-term development programmes and policies and the decentralised management system applied,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas two-thirds of public sector investment across the EU comes from the regional and local levels, regional and local authorities often concentrate substantial policy competences and are key actors in
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Criticises the lack of an overall assessment of the impact of cohesion expenditure on regional development; calls upon the Commission to assess the territorial impact of earmarking Structural Funds to the Lisbon Strategy and to evaluate whether this system is actually contributing to balanced and coherent
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Stresses that education, training, research and innovation are key instruments to foster the development of the EU and make it more competitive in the face of global challenges; is of the opinion that there must be regular investment in these fields a
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19a (new) 19a. Stresses that the timely definition of delivery mechanisms is of pivotal importance for the success of the EU 2020 Strategy;
source: PE-439.965
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2010/0220(NLE) State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines
2010/11/10
REGI
12 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Title on State aid to facilitate the
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) The
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 a (new) (3a) Considering the scarcity of autochthonous energy sources in the EU, the Union's policies for promoting renewable fuels and fossil fuels with low carbon content in order to generate electricity justify the support to coal mines. The categories of aid permitted by Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 should not be maintained indefinitely. In any event, all public aid aimed at reducing the effects of pollution caused by coal, should be maintained. Those mines that, after a ten-year period, are able to achieve competitiveness and require a financial boost from the public sector to enable them to make technological investments for environmental purposes, will also be exempt from the elimination of aid.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) Without prejudice to the general State aid rules, Member States should be able to take measures to alleviate the social and regional consequences of the possible closure of those mines, that is to say the orderly winding down of activities in the context of an irrevocable closure plan and/or the financing of exceptional costs, inherited liabilities in particular.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 a (new) (8a) A minimum level of coal production, together with other measures, especially those aiming at the promotion of renewable energy sources, will contribute to the maintenance of a quota of primary energy sources, which will allow energy security in the Union to be reinforced significantly. In addition, a quota of autochthonous sources of primary energy will help to promote environmental goals in relation with sustainable development. In this framework of boosting autochthonous energy sources in Europe in order to counterbalance the continent's huge dependence on energy sources from outside its borders, consideration should be given to complementing autochthonous energy sources, which in many Member States are represented solely by coal, with non-fossil ones.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) In accomplishing its task, the
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 2. Aid shall cover
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the operation of the production units concerned must form part of a closure plan the deadline of which does not extend beyond 31
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the production units concerned must be closed definitively in accordance with the closure plan, in the event that they have not become competitive and provided that their continued operation is not necessary to meet Union's energy needs;
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f (f) the overall amount of closure aid granted by a Member State for any particular undertaking must follow a downward trend
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. If the production units to which aid is granted pursuant to paragraph 1 are not closed at the date fixed in the closure plan as authorised by the Commission, they have not become competitive and their continued operation is not necessary in the light of the energy autonomy conditions of that State, the Member State concerned shall recover all aid granted in respect of the whole period covered by the closure plan.
source: PE-450.663
2010/12/10
ECON
11 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) The
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 a (new) (3a) Indigenous energy sources in the EU being scarce, the Union’s policies of encouraging renewable and lower carbon fossil fuels for power generation do justify support for coal mines. The categories of aid permitted by Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 should not be maintained indefinitely. In any event, State aid intended to reduce the pollutant effect of coal should be maintained. Mines that after this 10-year period are capable of being competitive but still need State assistance with regard to implementation of environmental technology investments should be exempted from this discontinuation of subsidies.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) Without prejudice to the general State aid rules, Member States should be able to take measures to alleviate the social and regional consequences of the possible closure of those mines, that is to say the orderly winding down of activities in the context of an irrevocable closure plan and/or the financing of exceptional costs, inherited liabilities in particular.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 a (new) (8a) A minimum level of coal production, together with other measures, in particular to promote renewable energy sources, will help to maintain a quota of primary energy sources, which will significantly boost the European Union's energy security. Furthermore, a quota of indigenous primary energy sources will also serve to promote environmental objectives within the framework of sustainable development. Within this context of boosting the Union’s indigenous energy sources in order to counteract the continent’s huge energy dependence, supplementing non-fossil indigenous energy sources with fossil ones needs to be considered, coal being the sole source of indigenous fossil energy in some Member States.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) In accomplishing its task, the European Commission should ensure that normal conditions of competition are established, maintained and complied with. With regard
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 2. Aid shall cover
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a) the operation of the production units concerned must form part of a closure plan the deadline of which does not extend beyond 31
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b b) the production units concerned must be closed definitively in accordance with the closure plan if they have not become competitive by that date and provided that the Union’s energy needs do not require their continued existence;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f f) the overall amount of closure aid granted by a Member State for any particular undertaking must follow a downward trend
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. If the production units to which aid is granted pursuant to paragraph 1 are not closed at the date fixed in the closure plan as authorised by the Commission, have not become competitive and the energy sufficiency situation in the Member State concerned does not require their continued existence, the Member State concerned shall recover all aid granted in respect of the whole period covered by the closure plan.
source: PE-450.639
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2010/2010(INI) Developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy
2010/12/05
REGI
4 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights the role to be played by the regional and local levels in promoting a sustainable economy, particularly in terms of their capacity to foster links between educational, training and research centres and SMEs;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the importance of promoting sustainable development, employment and economic and social cohesion through research in education, training, research and innovation; highlights the need to boost investment in these sectors by the public sector at all levels (local, regional, national and European) and by the private sector;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Points to the key role played by SMEs in promoting innovation in Europe; stresses, therefore, the importance of facilitating the creation of new businesses and supporting their consolidation, particularly in the area of the sustainable economy;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Highlights the need to exploit the job- creation potential of the new sustainable economy to boost the quality and quantity of jobs;
source: PE-441.220
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2010/2088(INI) GDP and beyond - Measuring progress in a changing world
2010/07/10
REGI
4 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. In the light of the ever closer degree of interdependence between economic, social and environmental issues, takes the view that
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates that the condition of natural environments, environmental sustainability, fairness and social integration are now just as important as the economy among the key issues underpinning the European model for development; states
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Proposes that the criteria governing regions’ eligibility for EU funding should
source: PE-450.612
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2010/2100(INI) EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges
2011/06/23
DEVE
5 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas hunger and malnutrition are the main causes of human mortality and the greatest threats to world peace and security,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Asks that to achieve MDG 1, indicative country programmes be established, backed by annual assessment and monitoring mechanisms;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the EU to increase support in favour of agriculture in its development aid programmes and to invest in nationally led plans; emphasises the need for increased public investments in research for sustainable agro-ecological production systems; calls likewise for the mobilisation of additional resources for food security and the establishment of transparent mechanisms to monitor the financial commitments acquired;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that the FAO should be the central forum for guidelines and decisions on the major challenges with regard to food security, agriculture and nutrition, and that the FAO’s potential in terms of skills and neutrality should be used to turn it into a pillar of world governance in this area;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Urges the Commission to make greater efforts with regard to preventing and managing food crises, and to this end, calls for the adoption of measures to, inter alia, increase stocks, better regulate the market in foodstuffs and their derivatives, and establish mechanisms to monitor these markets, so as to make them more transparent and reduce speculation;
source: PE-467.250
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2010/2152(INI) New Trade Policy for Europe under the Europe 2020 Strategy
2011/02/23
DEVE
3 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Reaffirms the fact that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) should be designed as pro-development tools and should not be regarded simply as international trade instruments;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls that the Aid for Trade strategy is aimed at helping developing countries to negotiate, implement and benefit from trade agreements, to expand their trade and to accelerate poverty eradication;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission – when negotiating and implementing trade agreements, in particular the Economic Partnership Agreements – to strengthen EU policy coherence for development and, inter alia, the promotion of decent work, wealth and job creation and to ensure adequate asymmetry and transitional periods in trade commitments as well as respect for the priorities of each country and adequate consultation of key actors and civil society;
source: PE-458.759
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2010/2203(INI) Future European international investment policy
2011/01/27
DEVE
5 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1a (new) 1a. Notes that the future of EU investment policy towards developing countries, needs to have a strong focus on fostering investment flows that create decent employment and reduce poverty;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of ensuring that investment treaties are consistent with all other policies affecting developing countries, notably featuring clauses on human rights, gender equality, the environment, decent work, transparency and the fight against illicit capital flows;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5a (new) 5a. Notes that there is a balance to be found between the objective of promoting EU competitiveness through market access and investment protection and allowing developing countries' right to regulate to pursue their own development agendas;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7a (new) 7a. Also encourages the transfer of EU new green technologies to developing countries, as the best way to promote green and sustainable growth;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission actively to promote corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSR, based on international standards such as the OECD Guidelines on multinational enterprises and the United Nations Global Compact), in order to permit effective monitoring of the impact – social, environmental and in terms of respect for human rights – of the operations of transnational undertakings and their subsidiaries in developing countries;
source: PE-456.916
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2010/2205(INI) External dimension of social policy, promoting labour and social standards and the European Corporate Social Responsibility
2011/03/14
DEVE
8 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that observance of the core labour standards (CLS) and of the ILO's decent work agenda, as wells as the OECD Guidelines on multinational enterprises and the United Nations Global Compact, is essential in order to achieve the MDGs; expresses disappointment that the social provisions of EU preferential trade agreements are presented as objectives to be achieved rather than legal commitments to be enforced, as there is no provision for genuine enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that measures to guarantee the social rights of the greatest number, in particular women and vulnerable individuals, should be one of the principal objectives of development cooperation and trade relations between the EU and the ACP countries;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Deplores the fact that FTAs contain few references to social standards; urges the EU to incorporate a social clause into all EU external trade agreements, including those coming within the ambit of the WTO; urges first and foremost that the EPAs currently being negotiated by the Commission contain such social clauses and for the development pillar of these agreements to be given a central position thereby adding a strong social dimension to globalisation;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support initiatives aimed at promoting productive employment, investment in human resources, redistribution mechanisms, social protection, gender equality, social dialogue and effective application of rights at work;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage good governance in the financial, tax and judicial areas, as a way to enhance the social dimension of globalisation.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Asks the Commission and the Member States for the development of a proactive approach to address the social consequences of adjustments and restructuring related to globalisation,
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider making access to public procurement conditional on adherence to and compliance with the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises.
source: PE-458.581
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2010/2211(INI) Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
2010/12/16
DEVE
5 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the 2015 deadline for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as well as for collectively reaching official development assistance (ODA) of 0.7% of GNI by 2015, falls within the next multiannual financial framework period; recalls also that the MDGs are minimum aspirations and that, even if all targets are met, significant funding will still be required to fight poverty and improve health and education standards for the world's poor;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls for the EU to increase its efforts towards social cohesion in third countries, especially in regions with high inequalities, such as Latin America and the Caribbean, and taking into account the EU strategic partnerships;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Insists that, in accordance with Article 208 of the TFEU, the EU respects its Policy Coherence for Development commitments, including significantly reform and downscale agricultural subsidies and, in particular, put an end to exports of surpluses taken off the European market through price innovation mechanisms and export refunds, in view of their harmful effects on farmers in the developing world;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Suggests that the EU reassess its donor relationship with middle-income countries, since many emerging economies have outgrown traditional development cooperation; looks instead to the EU to concentrate funding on the
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls the Council and the Commission to promote and work towards the implementation of the following innovative financing instruments for development: a financial transaction tax, transport levies, the fight against illicit capital flows, the reduction or alleviation of the remittances costs, and the debt moratorium or cancellation.
source: PE-454.704
2011/04/13
SURE
1 amendments...
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Recalls that the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon strengthens Union policies and gives the Union significant new prerogatives, notably in the fields of external action, sport, space, climate change, energy, tourism, and civil protection; stresses that this requires sufficient financial resources; insists that the Commission should consider the territorial dimension in all EU policies;
source: PE-462.729
2011/05/04
SURE
6 amendments...
Amendment 643 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 63 63. Stresses that the EAV of cohesion policy is uncontested, as this policy constitutes a well-established mechanism of delivering growth and jobs and has been one of the Union’s most significant, visible, and successful policies for decades; welcomes the proposal from the Commission that every region of the Union will benefit directly from cohesion policy; points out, however, that a modern cohesion policy must undertake a number of structural reforms, respond to the new challenges facing the Union, and promote synergies with other policies and instruments on the ground;
Amendment 660 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 64 64. Stresses the predominant role of cohesion policy for the accomplishment of the Europe 2020 objectives and takes the view that a sound autonomous cohesion policy is a prerequisite for the successful implementation of this strategy; stresses that, due to its horizontal character, cohesion policy contributes significantly to all three priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy, namely smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; considers that being the only place-based development policy in Europe, all regions should benefit from Structural Funds according to their specific development needs and potential.
Amendment 688 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 66 66. Requests that the Commission draws up concrete proposals to ensure a stronger thematic concentration of cohesion funding on the Europe 2020 priorities
Amendment 710 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 68 68. Believes that cities, as functional urban areas, can play an important role in regional development and contribute to tackling the economic and social disparities on the ground; stresses, accordingly, the necessity for a strengthened and more focused approach to the urban dimension of cohesion policy;
Amendment 728 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 69 69. Recalls that one of the main criticisms directed at cohesion policy relates to the complexity of its rules and the disproportionate requirements on small programmes and projects; insists on the importance of simplifying the rules and procedures of this policy, on maintaining the main lines of the current implementing system instead of making fundamental modifications, on reducing complexity and administrative burdens, and on a more transparent and effective allocation of resources to cities, municipalities and regions; emphasises that
Amendment 762 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 73 73. Encourages local and regional authorities to make as much use as possible of the innovative financial instruments but requests that these instruments be simplified and configured to suit the development and administrative conditions of all regions;
source: PE-462.731
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2010/2269(INI) Migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of the EU foreign policy
2011/03/02
DEVE
5 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Expresses its concern that there are currently 34 fragile states worldwide in which 600 million people are affected; Notes the fact that fragile states are the most vulnerable to internal and external shocks both political and economic and that state instability contributes to the migration process; calls on the Commission to adopt a more proactive approach allowing migration from fragile states, and a strategy for medium- and long-term job creation in countries of origin;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Urges the stepping-up of efforts aimed at reducing the negative effects of the brain drain which affects particularly key sectors such as health and education ; emphasises the importance of promoting circular migration, regulating recruitment practices and supporting capacity-building;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls for the establishment of a comprehensive migration policy linked to all development strategies and instruments founded on a high level of political and operational solidarity, mutual trust, transparency, partnership, shared responsibility and joint efforts through common principles and concrete actions, as well as on the values enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 16 16. Welcomes the creation of the ACP Observatory on Migration as a useful instrument for providing policy-makers in ACP countries with data and tools to improve their national migration strategies; as well as the proposal for creating a Migration Observatory responsible for permanently and closely monitoring all issues in connection with migratory flows in Latin America, under the supervision and coordination of the Europe – Latin America and Caribbean Foundation.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 21 a (new) source: PE-458.465
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2010/2270(INI) Financing of reinforcement of dam infrastructure in developing countries
2011/12/04
DEVE
1 amendments...
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Urges immediate action towards the reduction of black carbon emissions, mainly through the promotion of research and investments in technology aimed at reducing polluting emissions, as a fast- action method of halting glacial melting; recommends that, given the short atmospheric life of black carbon, combined mitigation by means of fast-action strategies could dramatically and rapidly alleviate the threat of GLOFs;
source: PE-462.827
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2011/0117(COD) Scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP)
2012/11/01
DEVE
4 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point c (c) ‘GSP general beneficiary countries’ means beneficiary countries of the general arrangement as listed in Annex II;
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new) aa) it has been classified by the World Bank as an upper-middle income country during three consecutive years immediately preceding the update of the list of beneficiary countries and it is not considered to be vulnerable due to a lack of diversification and insufficient integration within the international trading system, as defined in Annex VII;
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. A GSP general beneficiary country may benefit from the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance referred to in Article 1(2)(b) if:
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex VII – point 1 a (new) (1a. which has not been classified by the World Bank as a high-income country during the three consecutive years immediately preceding the update of the list of beneficiary countries;
source: PE-478.637
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2011/0139(NLE) EC/Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial compensation from 28 February 2011 to 27 February 2012. Protocol
2011/10/18
DEVE
1 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on Fisheries, as the committee responsible, to propose that Parliament
source: PE-473.925
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2011/0177(APP) Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
2012/05/10
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Reiterates its position that the new responsibilities conferred on the EU by the Treaties will require appropriate additional funding compared to MFF 2007-2013, so as to allow the Union to fulfil its role as a global actor whilst upholding the undertakings it has already given , notably the achievement of Member States 0.7% and 0.33% GNI spending targets for the ODA and the fulfilment of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015; ;underlines the complementary nature of EU assistance to that provided by the Member States, and its catalyst effect in terms of intervening in regions where bilateral assistance is not delivered; is particularly supportive of joint programming between Member States and EU actions; Underlines that PCD, as enshrined in Article 208 of the TFEU, must emerge and remain as a key horizontal principle during the MFF negotiations;
source: PE-496.663
2012/07/24
DEVE
9 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the 2015 deadlines for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and the collective target of 0.7 % of gross national income to be provided as official development assistance (ODA/GNI) both fall due within the 2014-2020 MFF period; underlines that, after witnessing severe drops in ODA levels from 2010 to 2011 in 14 EU Member States and a decrease in the collective ODA/GNI level from 0.42% to 0.4%, the next MFF constitutes a critical opportunity for EU donors to redouble their efforts to get back on track and comply with their international commitments; emphasises that the EU's development budget complements the efforts of Member States and helps them to reach these targets, with a particularly significant leverage effect on the aid budgets of s
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is particularly proud that the quality of EU aid has significantly improved over the past decade, making the EU institutions today a global leader in aid effectiveness and transparency
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that the EU budget plays a key role by providing Member States with the possibility to cooperate with countries where they are not present and to continue supporting countries where they have stopped cooperation programmes, particularly in fragile states and in post- conflict situations; recalls that, thanks to the EU's development aid, 31 million people now have access to drinking water and 9 million to sanitation facilities; 5 million children have been vaccinated against measles; there are 9 million new pupils in primary education, 700.000 teachers have had access to training, and more than 80.000 female students have been enrolled in secondary education; therefore urges the Council to continue its support with sufficient means for our added value to human development and the eradication of poverty;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the increase in the heading 4 financial envelope proposed by the Commission,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph a (new) Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Underlines that PCD, as enshrined in Article 208 of the TFEU, must emerge and remain as a key horizontal principle during the MFF negotiations;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Strongly defends the need to maintain the Emergency Aid Reserve, which has shown to work particularly well in its present form, as a
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Underlines the global responsibility of the EU in tackling climate change; recalls that pledges resulting from the Copenhagen and Cancun agreements aimed at helping developing countries to address climate change must be "new and additional" to the existing development aid with an adequate level of coherence being maintained between the two policies; calls, consequently, for the EU to remain ambitious, notwithstanding the current economic crisis, and for EU climate funding to be fully additional to the 0.7% ODA target and traceable across the EU budget; expects a strong political commitment from the Commission and the Council in that respect;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Favours, in principle, budgetisation of the European Development Fund (EDF); insists, however, that incorporating the EDF into the EU budget must imply the transfer of the entire EDF funding within heading 4 and should under no circumstances be used as a pretext for reducing overall spending for the EU's external action in general, and development assistance in particular, and must lead to greater predictability of aid; is of the opinion that, in light of the current budgetary and economic crisis, the risk of EDF budgetisation leading to a decrease of the overall funding level for cooperation with ACP partners is too high; urges the Commission to live up to its commitments to bring forward without delay proposals for aligning Parliament's scrutiny of the EDF to the scrutiny rights that exist under the EU general budget, specifically the DCI, as well as for budgetising the EDF starting with the post 2020 MFF.
source: PE-494.612
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2011/0261(CNS) Common system of financial transaction tax
2012/09/03
DEVE
5 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) The recent financial crisis has led to debates at all levels about a possible additional tax on the financial sector and in particular a financial transactions tax (FTT). This debate stems from the desire to ensure the financial sector contribute to covering the costs of the crisis and that it is taxed in a fair way vis-à-vis other sectors for the future; to curb speculation, in particular on commodity markets, thus limiting food price volatility and its impacts on food security; to dis-incentivise excessively risky activities by financial institutions; to complement regulatory measures aimed at avoiding future crises and to generate additional revenue for general budgets or specific policy purposes such as the financing of public goods and Union development policies especially towards the achievement of MDGs.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1a) The revenue of the FTT, the objective of which is a more social and fair redistribution of wealth, should be additional to the national development aid commitments of 0,7% of GNI and allocated towards the financing of public goods such as Union development policies, poverty reduction and the fight against climate change in developing countries. These targets should remain an essential part of this new revenue.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 18 a (new) (18a) In case no agreement amongst the EU 27 is found by September 2012, Member States willing to implement the FTT should advance by formally requesting enhanced cooperation under TFEU article 329. The EP should give its consent speedily, under the condition that the Member States in question commit to invoking TFEU article 333 paragraph 2 to adopt a decision stipulating that they will act under the ordinary legislative procedure.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new) Enhanced Cooperation In case no agreement amongst the EU 27 is found by September 2012, Member States willing to implement the FTT shall advance by formally requesting enhanced cooperation under TFEU article 329. The EP shall give its consent speedily, under the condition that the Member States in question commit to invoking TFEU article 333 paragraph 2 to adopt a decision stipulating that they will act under the ordinary legislative procedure.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 a (new) Article 17a Use of revenue as own resource for EU budget Part of the revenue arising from the FTT in the Union should be used as own resources for the EU Budget, of which a significant percentage should be invested in financing Union development cooperation policies and the fight against climate change in developing countries.
source: PE-485.838
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2011/0280(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020
2012/07/18
AGRI
4 amendments...
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) In order to take into account specific new elements and to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of laying down
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of disproportionate amounts of payments to a rather small number of large beneficiaries. Due to economies of size, larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently achieved. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier for larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It is therefore fair to introduce a system for large beneficiaries where the support level is gradually reduced and ultimately capped to improve the distribution of payments between farmers. Such system should however take into account salaried labour intensity to avoid disproportionate effects on large farms with high employment numbers. Those maximum levels should not apply to payments granted to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment since the beneficial objectives they pursue could be diminished as a result. Nor should the capping be applied in respect of cooperatives or other legal entities which group a number of beneficiaries of direct payments and which receive and channel the payments before distributing them in full to their members. In order to make capping effective, Member States should establish some criteria in order to avoid abusive operations by farmers seeking to evade its effects. The proceeds of the reduction and capping of payments to large beneficiaries should remain in the Member States or regions where they were generated and should be used either for financing projects with a significant contribution to innovation or other measures under Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of….on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR] or, under the first pillar, as direct payments or coupled support under this Regulation.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 26 (26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance
source: PE-491.238
2012/07/19
AGRI
28 amendments...
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 42 a (new) (42a) In order to strengthen social criteria, Member States should promote and establish employment footprint certification systems (accredited social certification with the involvement of social stakeholders) that provide consumers with information and act as a stimulus for a corporate social responsibility approach that identifies and selects the best labour relations and practices. This employment footprint information system could also be applied to imported products.
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (aa) 'salaried agricultural worker' means an employee of a farmer, whether on a permanent, permanent seasonal or temporary contract, whose activity is fundamental to farming and the value chain, and whose employment conditions concerning stability, security and professionalism should be improved as a priority objective.
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2 – maintaining the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation without any particular preparatory action going beyond
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f f) 'arable land' means land cultivated for crop production or areas available for crop production but laying fallow, including areas set aside in accordance with Article 32 of this Regulation, Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, with Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and with Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], irrespective of whether or not that land is under greenhouses or under fixed or mobile cover;
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h h) 'permanent grassland' means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer; it may include other species
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new) (ha) 'high nature value agricultural system' means areas in which agriculture sustains or is associated with a wide variety of species and habitats or with the presence of species facing conservation problems;
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k k)
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d d)
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new) (2a) Annex (...) of this Regulations sets out (a) the framework within which Member States shall define the minimum activities to be carried out on areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation; (b) the framework within which Member States are to define the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 Amendment 533 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 for the purpose of reviewing the ceilings set out in Annex III to take account of the difference between the ceilings established in Annex II and actual budget outturn each financial year.
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 635 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) criteria to establish the amount of direct payments relevant for the purpose of paragraph
Amendment 782 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 2 2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, and profits shared among members in the case of an agricultural cooperative, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.
Amendment 791 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. For each Member State and each year, the estimated product of capping as referred to in this Article, which is reflected by the difference between the national ceilings set out in Annex II, to which is added the amount available in accordance with Article 44, and the net ceilings set out in Annex III, is made available as Union support. The Member State may decide to allocate this funding for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], or may use it under the first pillar, in the form of direct payments or coupled aid to sectors in difficulty, under this Regulation.
Amendment 858 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. Before 1 August 2013, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United-Kingdom may decide to make available as direct payments under this Regulation up to
Amendment 887 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Without prejudice to the provisions of the previous paragraph and in the case of Member States making use of the terms of Article 22, paragraphs 3 and 4, the financial value of payment entitlements allocated under the single payment scheme in accordance with Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 73/2009 shall be taken into account.
Amendment 904 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 a (new) Article 18a Special entitlements Special rights, based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria, may be established for livestock producers in the milk and milk products, beef, lamb and goat meat sectors with no land of their own on which to carry out their activities
Amendment 920 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 1 1. Member States may decide
Amendment 929 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 5 5. The Member States shall notify the Commission by 31
Amendment 934 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. During the transition period, the Member States may review the decision referred to in paragraph 1, together with the measures taken in order to apply paragraphs 2 and 3.
source: PE-492.791
2012/07/23
AGRI
11 amendments...
Amendment 1300 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a)
Amendment 1324 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b b) to maintain existing permanent
Amendment 1333 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c Amendment 1393 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 2 2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], Member States shall grant the payment referred to in this Chapter to farmers observing th
Amendment 1401 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The reductions and penalties imposed on such payments pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] shall under no circumstances exceed the amount thereof.
Amendment 1405 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 3 3. Farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in areas covered by Directives 92/43/EEC or 2009/147/EC
Amendment 1422 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 Farmers shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter when they fall within the following categories: – farmers complying with the requirements
Amendment 1451 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 The first subparagraph shall apply only to the units of a holding that are used for organic production in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, or that are covered by agri- environment-climate measures in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No [...] [RDR], or that are used for the cultivation of permanent crops, leguminous crops or underwater crops, or that are located in the Natura 2000 network.
Amendment 1481 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 5 5. The payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare declared according to Article 26(1), the amount of which shall be calculated annually by dividing the amount resulting from the application of Article 33
Amendment 1520 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 30 – paragraph 1 1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than
Amendment 1577 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 30 – paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. For the purposes of this Article, ‘crop’ shall mean any species defined as a plant for purposes of botanical classification and land left fallow.
source: PE-494.483
2012/07/24
AGRI
14 amendments...
Amendment 1584 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 30 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down the definition of 'crop' and the rules concerning the application of the precise calculation of shares of different crops, bearing in mind that fallow land shall be treated as a crop for the purposes of diversification, and better identifying the types of ecological focus area described in paragraph 1 of this Article, as well as adding and identifying other types of ecological focus area which may be taken into account when meeting the percentage given in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1685 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 Amendment 1835 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 – paragraph 1 1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use
Amendment 1867 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 a (new) Article 33a Special payment for smart growth General rules 1. The Member States shall grant aid to farmers under the terms laid out in this chapter, subject to compliance with the terms of Article 9. 2. The Member States shall establish the requirements to be met by potential beneficiaries. 3. Without prejudice to the terms of paragraph 2, this aid shall be directed at farmers who obtain a higher percentage of their income from the sale of agricultural products than from their total earnings from any other economic activity. 4. In order to apply this chapter, Member States may use the definitions laid out in their relevant national legislation and which are currently used for granting specific types of aid. 5. The Member States shall increase the value of basic payment entitlements by up to 50 % for farmers fulfilling the conditions laid down by the Member States, as set out in this chapter, and bearing in mind the ceiling set by Article 33b.
Amendment 1868 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 b (new) Article 33b Financial provisions 1. In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 33a, Member States shall use 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.
Amendment 1882 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 3 3. Without prejudice to paragraph 2 and to the application of financial discipline, progressive reduction and capping, linear reduction as referred in Article 7, and any reductions and exclusions imposed pursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], the payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted annually per eligible hectare situated in the areas to which Member States decided to grant a payment in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article and shall be paid upon activation of payment entitlements on those
Amendment 1997 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may, by 1
Amendment 2001 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 37 – paragraph 2 2. W
Amendment 2021 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Coupled support may be granted to
Amendment 2059 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 2 2. Coupled support may
Amendment 2070 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new) In accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, farmers in the livestock, milk and dairy products, beef and sheep- and goatmeat sectors, who do not own the land which they farm, shall have access to a system of payments based on special entitlements.
Amendment 2082 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 5 5. Coupled support shall take the form of an annual payment and shall be granted within
Amendment 2142 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Member States may, by 1 August
Amendment 2150 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point a (a) to increase the percentage fixed pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and
source: PE-494.487
2012/07/25
AGRI
2 amendments...
Amendment 2231 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 – paragraph 2 a (new) Member States may stipulate that farmers who receive support which is less than an amount to be determined, and which may in no circumstances exceed EUR 1000, shall be included in the scheme, unless they expressly ask to leave it by submitting an application at the latest by the date indicated in the first paragraph.
Amendment 2286 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I a (new) Annex Ia List of minimum activities to be carried out on land used for pasture or cultivation and minimum criteria to be met by farmers, as referred to in Article 4 I – Minimum activities (the Commission will incorporate the list into this annex) II – Criteria to be met by farmers (the Commission will incorporate the list into this annex)
source: PE-494.604
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2011/0281(COD) Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) 2014-2020
2012/07/19
AGRI
15 amendments...
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 25 a (new) (25a) Olive oil is the key element of the Mediterranean diet. Various studies published over the last few decades have reported a link between eating olive oil and improved cardiovascular health, a stronger immune system and keeping other major public health problems under control. Olive oil consumption in the EU needs to be promoted. With this in mind, the Commission is urged to design, within one year of the entry into force of this Regulation, a programme similar to those aimed at promoting the consumption of dairy products and fruit and vegetables in educational and healthcare establishments. Participation by Member States in this programme would be voluntary. EU funding provided to Member States that decide to participate would be similar to that provided for the existing programmes mentioned above.
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 32 (32) This Regulation distinguishes between fruit and vegetables, which include fruit and vegetables for marketing as fresh produce and fruit and vegetables intended for processing, on the one hand, and processed fruit and vegetables, on the other hand. Rules on producer organisations, operational programmes and Union financial assistance only apply to fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetables solely intended for processing.
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 128 (128) In
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3 Amendment 621 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) as regards paddy rice, EUR
Amendment 624 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) as regards the olive oil sector: (i) EUR 2 388/tonne for extra virgin olive oil; (ii) EUR 2 295/tonne for virgin olive oil; (iii) EUR 2 045/tonne for lampante olive oil having 2 degrees of free acidity, this amount being reduced by EUR 36.70/tonne for each additional degree of acidity.
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) common wheat, durum wheat, barley
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 a (new) Article 10a Strategic stocks In order to prevent severe market imbalances and to guarantee the continuity of livestock sectors, strategic stocks of raw materials for livestock feed shall be established. By means of delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 160, the Commission shall take the necessary steps to ensure that this system is implemented.
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) common wheat, durum wheat, barley
Amendment 682 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) may be opened by the Commission, by means of implementing acts, for barley, maize, durum wheat, sorghum and paddy rice (including specific varieties or types of paddy rice), if the market situation so requires. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2);
Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b) for durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum, paddy rice and beef and veal.
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) for common wheat, durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum, paddy rice and skimmed milk powder shall be equal to the respective reference prices fixed in Article 7 in the case of buying-in at a fixed price and shall not exceed the respective reference prices in the case of buying-in by tendering;
Amendment 726 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 3 3. The public intervention prices referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be without prejudice to price increases or reductions for quality reasons for common wheat, durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum and paddy rice. Moreover, taking into account the need to ensure that production is orientated towards certain varieties of paddy rice, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to fix increases and reductions of the public intervention price.
Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 Products may be disposed of by making them available, first and foremost, for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union set out in Regulation (EU) No […] if that scheme so provides. In that case, the accounting value of such products shall be at the level of the relevant fixed public intervention price referred to in Article 14(2).
Amendment 736 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 a (new) Article 15a Mandatory Aid 1. Aid shall be granted for the private storage of butter produced from cream obtained directly and exclusively from cow’s milk. 2. The conditions and requirements relating to this subsection, as well as the amount of mandatory aid for the private storage of butter, shall be adopted by the Commission by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 and by means of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure laid down in Article 162(2).
source: PE-492.801
2012/07/20
AGRI
29 amendments...
Amendment 738 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – title 1 – chapter 1 – section 3 – title Optional Aid for Private storage
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new) c a) dried fodder;
Amendment 757 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b b) olive oil and table olives;
Amendment 776 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e Amendment 781 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new) e a) longkeeping cheeses which are manufactured from sheep and/or goat's milk and require at least six months’ maturing;
Amendment 788 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new) e c) rabbitmeat;
Amendment 792 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e d (new) e d) poultrymeat;
Amendment 804 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new) The Commission shall, however, be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 90 with a view to applying this measure to any other sector listed in Article 1 of this Regulation if the circumstances referred to in Article 17(1) apply.
Amendment 821 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. The Commission shall, however, allow aid for private storage of olive oil to be granted if, for a period of at least two weeks, the average price recorded on the market falls below: – EUR 2 357/tonne for extra virgin olive oil; – EUR 2 266/tonne for virgin olive oil, or; – EUR 2 019/tonne for lampante olive oil having two degrees of free acidity, this amount shall be reduced by EUR 36.70/tonne for each additional degree of acidity. The Commission shall, by means of a delegated act pursuant to Article 160, review these prices each year in line with production and market trends.
Amendment 824 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission
Amendment 840 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 a (new) Article 17a Additional conditions for granting storage aid for white sugar 1. Decisions to grant aid for the storage of white sugar, under the terms laid down in Article 17(2), may only be taken in respect of undertakings that have been allocated a sugar quota. 2. Sugar stored in accordance with the provisions of this section during a given marketing year may not be subject to any other of the storage measures referred to in Articles 101(d) and (e).
Amendment 853 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 3 3. Taking into account the specificities of the cereals and paddy rice sectors, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt the price increases or reductions for quality reasons referred to in Article 14(3) as regards both buying-in and sales of common wheat, durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum and paddy rice.
Amendment 855 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Taking into account the particular seasonality and/or the specific nature of certain farms in some Member States or regions, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 160, set different objective conditions governing factors that may trigger private storage.
Amendment 860 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 8 – introductory part 8. T
Amendment 861 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 8 – point a Amendment 863 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 8 – point c Amendment 864 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. The Commission may lay down, by means of delegated acts, rules on the calculation of average Union prices and the obligations on operators to submit information on beef, pig and sheep carcases, in particular as regards market and representative prices;
Amendment 866 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 9 9. Taking into account the need to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the classification of carcasses, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, provide for the review of the application of classification of carcasses in Member States by a Union committee composed of experts from the Commission and experts appointed by the Member States. Th
Amendment 868 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) ba) implementation of the intervention limits set out in Article 13(1);
Amendment 870 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new) bb) implementation of the tendering procedure referred to in Article 13(2) for common wheat, butter and skimmed milk powder beyond the quantities set out in Article 13(1);
Amendment 881 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new) ka) the amount of the security referred to in Article 18(7)(c);
Amendment 882 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new) kb) the requirements to be met by storage places for the products to be purchased under the intervention system, rules on minimum storage capacity for the storage places and technical requirements for keeping products taken over in good condition and for their disposal at the end of the storage period;
Amendment 883 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 Amendment 1004 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part 1. Operational programmes in the fruit and vegetables sector shall have at least two of
Amendment 1047 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new) The amount of aid for withdrawals and non-harvesting shall be updated periodically in line with market trends.
Amendment 1049 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. For the purposes of this section: a) ‘Green harvesting’ shall mean the total or partial harvesting of products that have not yet reached commercial maturity. The products concerned shall not have been damaged prior to green harvesting, whether due to climatic reasons or disease or otherwise. b) ‘Non-harvesting’ shall mean the situation whereby all or part of commercial production is not taken from the area concerned during the normal production cycle. However, destruction of products due to climatic event or disease shall not be considered as non-harvesting.
Amendment 1058 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. The Union financial assistance shall be limited to 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation, including, where appropriate, the value of marketed products prior to processing.
Amendment 1061 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new) 2a) This percentage may, however, be increased to 6.15 % in the event that paragraph 3 of this article applies.
source: PE-494.488
2012/07/23
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Amendment 1131 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 44 – paragraph 6 6. The Union contribution to the actual costs of the restructuring and conversion of vineyards shall not exceed 50 %. In less developed and transitional regions the Union contribution to the costs of restructuring and conversion shall not exceed 75 %.
Amendment 1153 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 – title Investments in the internal market and third countries
Amendment 1159 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Support may be granted for tangible or intangible investments and other eligible expenditure in processing facilities, winery infrastructure and marketing of wine which improve the overall performance of the enterprise, increase its competitiveness on the internal market and in third country markets and concern one or more of the following:
Amendment 1166 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. For the purposes of this article, eligible expenditure shall be considered to include the recruitment of material and/or human resources to improve the commercialisation of wine products produced in the EU, as defined in Annex VI, Part II, of this regulation. This measure may be applied throughout the territory of the EU, including in the country of origin of the applicant for the aid involved.
Amendment 1171 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Support under paragraph 1 at its maximum rate shall apply
Amendment 1175 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the maximum rate may apply to all enterprises for the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty and the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1405/200626.
Amendment 1178 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point a (a) 50 % in less developed and transition regions;
Amendment 1202 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 52 – paragraph 2 2. The Union contribution to the funding of the apiculture programmes shall
Amendment 1226 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 55 – paragraph 1 Without prejudice to any other provisions applicable to agricultural products, as well as the provisions adopted in the veterinary, phytosanitary and food sectors to ensure that products comply with hygiene and health standards and to protect animal, plant and human health, this Section lays down the rules concerning the general marketing standard and marketing standards by sector and/or product for agricultural products, divided between obligatory rules and optional reserved items.
Amendment 1289 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 59 a (new) Amendment 1347 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new) The product specification shall consist at least of: (a) the name to be protected; (b) a description of the wine(s): (i) for wines with a designation of origin, its principal analytical and organoleptic characteristics; (ii) for wines with a geographical indication, its principal analytical characteristics and an evaluation or indication of its organoleptical characteristics; (c) where applicable, the specific oenological practices used to make the wine(s) as well as the relevant restrictions on making the wine(s); (d) the demarcation of the geographical area concerned; (e) the maximum yields per hectare; (f) an indication of the wine grape variety or varieties the wine or wines is or are obtained from; (g) detailed explanation of the link (h) applicable requirements laid down in Community or national provisions or, where foreseen by Member States, by an organisation which manages the protected designation of origin or geographical indication, having regard to the fact that such requirements shall be objective and non-discriminatory and compatible with Community law; (i) the name and address of the authorities or bodies verifying compliance with the provisions of the product specification and their specific tasks.
Amendment 1351 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) The application for protection shall be filed with the Member State in whose territory the designation of origin or geographical indication originates. The Member State shall examine the application for protection to determine whether it meets the conditions set out in this Chapter. The Member State shall carry out a national procedure ensuring adequate publication of the application and providing for a period of at least two months from the date of publication within which any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest and established or resident on its territory may object to the proposed protection by lodging a duly substantiated statement with the Member State.
Amendment 1354 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 73 – paragraph 3 3. If the Member State considers that the relevant requirements are met, it shall
Amendment 1357 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Where a Member State has no national legislation concerning the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications, it may, on a transitional basis only, grant protection in accordance with the terms of this Chapter at national level to the name with effect from the day the application is lodged with the Commission. Such transitional national protection shall cease on the date on which a decision on registration or refusal under this Subsection is taken.
Amendment 1364 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 81 – paragraph 1 a (new) Third countries shall provide the Commission with the technical report referred to in Article 71(1) of this Regulation in respect of their geographical indications under the previous paragraph. The Commission may decide to cancel the geographical indications of third countries which fail to comply with the terms of Article 70 of this Regulation, within a maximum period of 3 years from the date of their registration.
Amendment 1369 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 82 – paragraph 1 a (new) Where the proposed amendment involves several amendments to the single document referred to in Article 71(1)(d), Articles 73 to 76 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the amendment application. However, where the proposed amendments are only minor, the implementing acts shall be used to decide whether to approve the application without following the procedure laid down in Article 74(3) and Article 75.
Amendment 1371 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 82 – paragraph 1 b (new) Where the proposed amendment does not involve any change to the single document, the following rules shall apply: (a) where the geographical area is in a given Member State, that Member State shall express its position on the amendment and, if it is in favour, shall publish the amended product specification and inform the Commission of the amendments approved and the reasons for them. (b) where the geographical area is in a third country, the Commission shall determine whether to approve the proposed amendment.
Amendment 1375 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 86 – paragraph 3 Amendment 1378 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point a source: PE-494.486
2012/07/24
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1 amendments...
Amendment 1515 #
Proposal for a regulation Part II – Title II – Chapter II – Section III – Subsection 1 (new) source: PE-494.484
2012/07/25
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64 amendments...
Amendment 1632 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v a (new) (va) establishing production and marketing rules that are stricter than those laid down at Union or national level;
Amendment 1641 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii a (new) (viia) developing initiatives to improve the quality and innovative nature of agri- foodstuffs;
Amendment 1649 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii b (new) (viib) optimising production by its members, including processing;
Amendment 1654 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d Amendment 1666 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 106 – paragraph 1 a (new) Notwithstanding the foregoing, producer organisations constituted by producers in the fruit and vegetables, olive oil and wine sectors should include at last one of objectives i), ii) or iii).
Amendment 1676 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 106 a (new) Article 106a Rules of association of fruit and vegetable producer organisations The rules of association of a producer organisation in the fruit and vegetables sector shall require its producer members, in particular, to: (a) market their entire production concerned through the producer organisation; (b) pay the financial contributions provided for in its rules of association for the establishment and replenishment of the operational fund provided for in Article 30. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 4(a), where the producer organisation so authorises and where this is in compliance with the terms and conditions laid down by the producer organisation, the producer members may: (a) sell no more than a fixed percentage of their production and/or products directly on their holdings and/or outside their holdings to consumers for their personal needs, such percentages being fixed by Member States at not less than 10%; (b) market themselves or through another producer organisation designated by their own organisation, quantities of products which are marginal in relation to the volume of marketable production of their organisation; (c) market themselves or through another producer organisation designated by their own organisation products which, because of their characteristics, are not normally covered by the commercial activities of the producer organisation concerned.
Amendment 1678 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 106 b (new) Article 106b Recognition of fruit and vegetable producer organisations Member States shall recognise as producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector all legal entities or clearly defined parts of legal entities applying for such recognition, provided that: (a) they have the objective of the use of environmentally sound cultivation practices, production techniques and waste management practices in particular to protect the quality of water, soil and landscape and to preserve or encourage biodiversity, and meet the requirements laid down in Articles 106, 106c and 106d and provide the relevant evidence thereof; (b) they effectively enable their members to obtain technical assistance in using environmentally-sound cultivation practices; (c) they effectively provide their members, where necessary, with the technical means for collecting, storing, packaging and marketing their produce; (d) they ensure proper commercial and accounting management of their activities;
Amendment 1704 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) are constituted of representatives of economic activities linked to
Amendment 1708 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) are formed on the initiative of all or some of the
Amendment 1713 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i (i) improving knowledge and the transparency of production and the market, including by publication of statistical data on the prices, volumes and duration of contracts which have been previously concluded, and by providing analyses of potential future market developments at regional
Amendment 1735 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point x (x) encouraging
Amendment 1745 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new) (xia) arranging the orderly withdrawal or coordinated processing of the product at times of clear market imbalances in a marketing year with the goal of restoring the normal functioning of the market;
Amendment 1748 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new) (xia) concentrating and co-ordinating supply and marketing of the produce of the members;
Amendment 1757 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new) (xia) promoting the rationalisation and improvement of production and processing;
Amendment 1765 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 108 – paragraph 2 Amendment 1810 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point j (j) research, in particular into methods of cultivation permitting reduced use of plant protection or animal health products and guaranteeing conservation of the soil and the environment. In the case of minor uses, it should also be permitted to develop studies on the authorisation of specific molecules or medicines for such products, especially where no authorised treatments exist;
Amendment 1814 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point l a (new) (la) withdrawal or coordinated processing of the product at times of clear market imbalances in a marketing year with the goal of restoring the normal functioning of the market.
Amendment 1816 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point l b (new) (lb) establishment of specific benchmarks for each product so that all the members of the interbranch organisation can at least cover their production costs.
Amendment 1817 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point l c (new) (lc) blocking of products that do are not up to the quality demanded by the market.
Amendment 1826 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 111 – paragraph 1 Where rules of a recognised producer organisation, a recognised association of producer organisations or a recognised interbranch organisation are extended under Article 110 and the activities covered by those rules are in the general economic interest of
Amendment 1829 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 111 – paragraph 1 a (new) Likewise, where one or more of the activities referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph is pursued by a recognised interbranch organisation in the tobacco sector and is in the general economic interest of those economic operators whose activities relate to one or more of the products concerned, the Member State which has granted recognition or the Commission, where recognition has been granted by the Commission, may decide that individual economic operators or groups which are not members of the organisation but which benefit from those activities shall pay the organisation all or part of the financial contributions paid by its members to the extent that such contributions are intended to cover costs directly incurred as a result of pursuing the activities in question. The activities referred to in the above subparagraph shall relate to one of the following objectives: (a) research to add value to the products, in particular through new uses which do not pose a threat to public health; (b) studies to improve the quality of leaf or baled tobacco; (c) research into methods of cultivation permitting reduced use of plant health products and guaranteeing conservation of the soil and the environment.
Amendment 1835 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part Taking into account the need to encourage action by the organisations referred to in Articles 106 to 108 to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, with the exception of action relating to withdrawal from the market, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, concerning
Amendment 1849 #
Proposal for a regulation Part II – Title II – Chapter III – Section 3 a (new) Amendment 1856 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point a a) the specific aims which may, shall or shall not be pursued by such organisations and associations in the fruit and vegetables, olive oil and table olives, and wine sectors, including derogations from those laid down in Articles 106 to 109;
Amendment 1860 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point b b) the rules of association, the recognition, structure, legal personality, membership, size, accountability and activities of such organisations and associations,
Amendment 1873 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 117 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 1875 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 117 – paragraph 2 a (new) (2a) Products imported by the Union shall meet the same production and marketing requirements as those produced within the Union, and may only be awarded the relevant import licences if they fulfil those conditions.
Amendment 1876 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 117 – paragraph 2 b (new) (2b) When market prices in the Union do not cover Community production costs, the Union shall suspend import licences until the situation regarding those products is resolved.
Amendment 1884 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 120 a (new) Article 120a Import duties Save as otherwise provided for pursuant to this Regulation, the rates of import duty in the Common Customs Tariff shall apply to the products referred to in Article 1.
Amendment 1893 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 122 – paragraph 1 a (new) (1a) Where the declared entry price of the consignment in question is higher than the flat-rate import value, increased by a margin set by the Commission which may not exceed the flat-rate value by more than 10%, the lodging of a security equal to the import duty determined on the basis of the flat-rate import value shall be required. The Commission shall calculate this value every working day in relation to each origin, product and period; the value shall be equal to the weighted average of the representative prices of those products in representative import markets in the Member States or, where applicable, in other markets, deducting from those prices a total amount of EUR 5/100 kg and the ad valorem customs duties. The interested party shall also provide information on the marketing and transportation conditions of the product by submitting copies of the documents attesting to delivery between operators and to the costs incurred between the import of the product and its sale. In all cases, the documents shall specify the variety or commercial type of the product in accordance with the provisions on presentation and labelling referred to in the applicable Community marketing rules, the commercial category of the products and their weight.
Amendment 1895 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 122 – paragraph 1 b (new) (1b) The customs value of imported perishable goods for which the application of the Common Customs Tariff duty rate depends on the entry price of the product batch imported in consignment may be determined directly in accordance with point (c) of Article 30(2) of the Customs Code and shall be equal to the flat-rate import value.
Amendment 1897 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 122 – paragraph 2 Amendment 1899 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 122 – paragraph 3 Amendment 1912 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 125 a (new) Article 125a Specific provisions In the case of tariff quotas for import into Spain of 2 000 000 tonnes of maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum and tariff quotas for import into Portugal of 500 000 tonnes of maize, the Commission may adopt delegated acts to establish the provisions necessary for carrying out the tariff quota imports and, where appropriate, the public storage of the quantities imported by the paying agencies of the Member States concerned and their marketing on the markets of those Member States.
Amendment 2006 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 144 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 In particular, Article 101(1) of the Treaty shall not apply to agreements, decisions and practices of farmers, farmers' associations, or associations of such associations
Amendment 2022 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 145 – title Agreements and concerted practices of recognised interbranch organisations, producer organisations and associations of producer organisations
Amendment 2024 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 145 – paragraph 1 1. Article 101(1) of the Treaty shall not apply to the agreements, decisions and concerted practices of interbranch organisations recognised under Article 108 of this Regulation with the object of carrying out the activities listed in point (c) of Article 108(1) of this Regulation,
Amendment 2029 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 145 – paragraph 2 – point b b) within two months of receipt of
Amendment 2040 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 149 – title National payments for the sugar sector in Finland and other Member States
Amendment 2042 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 149 – paragraph 1 a (new) Member States with sugar beet production in areas south of the 44th parallel may also make national payments per hectare per marketing year to sugar beet growers.
Amendment 2061 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 Such measures may to the extent and for the time necessary extend or modify the scope, duration or other aspects of other measures provided for under this Regulation, or suspend import duties in whole or in part including for certain quantities or periods as necessary, or provide specific support for producers to mitigate the effects of serious market disturbance.
Amendment 2062 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new) In the case of the fruit and vegetables sector specifically, the Commission shall activate a withdrawal mechanism when a series of conditions, listed in the first subparagraph, are recorded at Community level, in order to encourage synchronised market withdrawal between the various Member States.
Amendment 2063 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 154 – paragraph 2 Amendment 2067 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 154 a (new) Amendment 2068 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 155 – title Measures concerning animal and plant pests and diseases and loss of consumer confidence due to public, animal or plant health risks
Amendment 2072 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 155 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part The Commission
Amendment 2075 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 155 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a) for the affected market in order to take account of restrictions on intra-Union and third-country trade which may result from the application of measures for combating the spread of pests and diseases in animals and plants, and
Amendment 2078 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part The measures provided for in paragraph 1 shall apply to all agricultural products listed in Annex I, with the exception of measures taken to combat the spread of diseases in animals, which shall apply to the following sectors:
Amendment 2083 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) rabbitmeat.
Amendment 2084 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 2086 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 155 – paragraph 4 4. The measures provided for in point (a) of paragraph 1 may be taken only if the Member State concerned has taken relevant phytosanitary or health and veterinary measures quickly to stamp out the pest or disease, and only to the extent and for the duration strictly necessary to support the market concerned.
Amendment 2088 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 155 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 The Union shall provide part-financing equivalent to 50 % and 100 %, respectively, of the expenditure borne by Member States for the measures provided for in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 2114 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (aa) by 31 December 2016 at the latest, evaluating the aid referred to in Article 15a, together with any appropriate proposals to convert it into one of the types of aid referred to in Article 16.
Amendment 2119 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) by 31 December 2015 at the latest on the development of the market situation in the beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat, pigmeat, poultrymeat and rabbit meat, rice, dried fodder, raw tobacco, fruit and vegetable, and olive oil and wine sectors, and, in particular, on the possible application to those sectors of the measures referred to in Articles 104 to 107 of this Regulation.
Amendment 2128 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) by 31 December 2018 at the latest, on the development of the market situation in the sugar sector, in particular on the possible application of the measures referred to in Articles 104 to 107 following the end of the production quotas system.
Amendment 2142 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 159 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new) (ca) sections 3 and 4 of Chapter II of Title I of Part II.
Amendment 2152 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 163 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part However, the following provisions of Regulation (E
Amendment 2186 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Part VIII – point 1 – introductory part 1. ‘Honey’ means the natural sweet substance produced by Apis mellifera bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant-sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store and leave in honeycombs to ripen and mature. Honey consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and glucose, as well as other substances such as organic acids, enzymes and solid particles derived from honey collection, including pollen, while none of these substances and particles can be considered an ingredient of honey.
Amendment 2189 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 2. ‘Apiculture products’ means honey, beeswax, royal jelly, propolis
Amendment 2193 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 a (new) 2a. ‘Beeswax’ means lipid natural matter prepared from secretions of the wax glands of Apis mellifera worker bees and used in manufacturing honeycombs.
Amendment 2194 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 b (new) 2b. ‘Royal jelly’ means the natural substance secreted by the hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands of Apis mellifera nurse worker bees, designed to feed the larvae and the queen and to which no other substance may be added.
Amendment 2195 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 c (new) 2c. ‘Propolis’ means the substance collected from certain plants and subsequently transformed by Apis mellifera worker bees, to which their own secretions (mainly wax and salivary secretions) are added in order to use it as mortar.
Amendment 2196 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 d (new) 2d. ‘Pollen’ means a compact substance, more or less spherical, resulting from the agglutination of the male gametes of flowers by means of nectar, salivary secretions and the mechanical action of the third pair of legs of Apis mellifera worker bees, which is collected and transformed in the form of balls of pollen in order to be deposited and subsequently stored in the hive, and to which no other substance may be added.
Amendment 2197 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 e (new) 2e. ‘Honeycomb pollen or bee bread’ means balls of pollen scattered by bees in honeycomb cells which have undergone certain natural transformations through the presence of enzymes and micro- organisms; this pollen can be covered with honey.
source: PE-492.804
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2011/0282(COD) European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): support for rural development 2014-2020
2012/07/20
AGRI
11 amendments...
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) In order to ensure the immediate start and efficient implementation of rural development programmes, support from the EAFRD should be based on the existence of sound administrative framework conditions. Member States should therefore assess compliance with certain ex ante conditionalities. Each Member State should prepare
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 a (new) (14a) In cases where over 50 % of the total workforce in the sector is made up of salaried workers, or where most jobs are held by casual or seasonal workers in respect of some States, regions and crops, employees are particularly at risk of exclusion and poverty. Given that inclusion and poverty reduction is one of the six priorities of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the working conditions and social well-being of agricultural employees or agricultural salaried workers, and casual or seasonal workers in particular, should be improved. In this context, seasonal commitments to repeat employment should also be promoted (for the purposes of job stability) in order to help salaried workers gain professional status and to improve, in turn, the competitiveness and image of the sector in question.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 27 (27) Producer groups help farmers to face jointly the challenges posed by increased competition and consolidation of downstream markets in relation to the marketing of their products including in local markets. The setting up of producer groups
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 28 (28) Agri-environment-climate payments should continue to play a prominent role in supporting the sustainable development of rural areas and in responding to society's increasing demands for environmental services. They should further encourage farmers and other land managers to serve society as a whole by introducing or continuing to apply agricultural practices contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and compatible with the protection and improvement of the environment, the landscape and its features, natural resources, the soil and genetic diversity. In this context the conservation of genetic resources in agriculture and the additional needs of farming systems that are of high nature value should be given specific attention. Payments should contribute to covering additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments undertaken and should only cover commitments going beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements, in accordance with the "polluter pays" principle. In many situations the synergies resulting from commitments undertaken jointly by a group of farmers multiply the environmental and climate benefit. However, joint action brings additional transaction costs which should be compensated adequately. In order to ensure that farmers and other land managers are in a position to correctly implement the commitments they have undertaken, Member States should endeavour to provide them with the required skills and knowledge. Member States should maintain the level of efforts made during the 2007-2013 programming period and have to spend a minimum of 25% of the total contribution from the EAFRD to each rural development programme for climate change mitigation and adaptation and land management, through the agri- environment-climate, organic farming, forestry, Natura 2000 payments and payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints measures as well as payments to areas covered by the application of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, or Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 37 a (new) (37a) The main threat to renewable natural resources in rural areas in the Mediterranean is the risk of forest fires. Appropriate rural development in these areas should therefore include monitoring and prevention measures, including efforts to inform and raise awareness among the local population and those who visit such areas for various reasons.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 54 (54) In order to facilitate the management of EAFRD funds, a single contribution rate of the EAFRD to rural development programming should be set in relation to public expenditure in the Member States. In order to take account of the particular importance or nature of certain types of operations, specific contribution rates should be set in relation to them. In order to mitigate the specific constraints resulting from level of development, remoteness and insularity an appropriate contribution rate of the EAFRD should be set for less- developed regions, transition regions, outermost regions referred to in the Treaty and the smaller Aegean islands.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 65 (65) Moreover, in view of ensuring consistency with the rural development measures eligible for Union support and in order to simplify procedures, payments made by the Member States
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new) (ja) "transition regions": regions whose gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is between 75 % and 90 % of the average GDP of the EU-27;
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x a (new) (xa) "salaried agricultural worker": an employee of a farmer, whether on a permanent, permanent seasonal or temporary contract, whose activity is fundamental to farming and the value chain, and whose employment conditions concerning stability, security and professionalism should be made an objective for improvement.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x b (new) (xb) "woman farmer": a woman who carries out an 'agricultural activity' as defined in this Regulation.
source: PE-489.640
2012/07/24
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30 amendments...
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a) facilitating restructuring of farms
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c a (new) (ca) improving the working conditions and social well-being of the groups most vulnerable to and most affected by imbalances in the sector, such as salaried workers, especially casual and seasonal farm workers.
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 2. A Member State may submit
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 3 3. Member States with regional programmes may also submit for approval a national framework containing common elements for these programmes without a separate budgetary allocation. If a Member State chooses to submit a national programme alongside regional programmes, the national framework must contain common elements to ensure that the programmes are consistent.
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new) (db) concentrating supply and/or marketing products via associations of producer organisations recognised under Article 106 of Regulation (EC) No … (Single CMO Regulation).
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d c (new) dc) casual workers, seasonal farm workers and the fight against poverty in rural areas.
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d d (new) dd) fragile productive ecosystems with special economic, social and environmental characteristics which are in a state of decay.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d e (new) de) women farmers.
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d f (new) df) organic farming.
Amendment 537 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. Thematic sub-programmes may also address specific needs relating to the restructuring of agricultural sectors with a significant impact on the development of a specific rural area or other special interest requirements of the Member State.
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Member States that have opted for regionalised programming may include thematic sub-programmes in a national programme.
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d d) the assessment of the ex ante conditionalities
Amendment 603 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 1 In addition to the ex ante conditionalities referred to in Annex IV, the general ex ante conditionalities established in Annex IV of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] shall apply
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new) iva) a transfer of funds between programmes with a view to avoiding the loss of EAFRD resources.
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Only those farmers classed as ‘active farmers’ under the Direct Payments Regulation shall benefit from measures targeting agricultural holdings.
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) A special emphasis shall be placed on training for salaried agricultural workers, which will be provided by businesses and organisations representing this group working in concert.
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Support under this measure shall be for the benefit of persons engaged in the agricultural, food and forestry sector, land managers and other economic actors which are SMEs operating in rural areas, as well as public bodies that provide training and transfer know-how to the food industry and forestry sector.
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 The provider, or recipient, of training or other knowledge transfer and information action
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Support shall be limited to the maximum amount laid down in Annex I.
Amendment 687 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a a) help farmers, forest holders and SMEs in rural areas benefit from the use of advisory services on energy efficiency, food-quality and hygiene rules, processing technologies, food labelling and direct- marketing strategies for the improvement of the economic and environmental performance as well as the climate friendliness and resilience of their holding, enterprise and/or investment;
Amendment 707 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 The authorities or bodies selected to provide advice shall have the appropriate resources in the form of regularly trained and qualified staff and advisory experience and reliability with respect to the fields they advise in. The beneficiaries shall be chosen through calls for proposals. The selection procedure shall be objective and be open to public as well as to private bodies and professional agricultural organisations.
Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c c) the requirements or actions related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, the protection of water and soil, animal and plant disease prevention, combating, eradication and notification and innovation as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No HR/2012;
Amendment 753 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Support under this measure shall cover
Amendment 781 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Similarly, producer organisations and other agricultural associations that develop a certification system with a collective focus that complies with EU guidelines on best practices applicable to voluntary certification schemes for agricultural and food products must also be eligible for support under this article in order to help cover the costs of: – advice and assistance on developing producer initiatives; – administrative support in managing the system; – conducting internal audits to ensure on-going improvement.
Amendment 784 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Support may also cover costs arising from information and promotion activities for products under the quality schemes referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b).
Amendment 840 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c c) concern infrastructure related to the development and adaptation of agriculture, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, energy supply and
Amendment 889 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 3 3. Support under this measure shall be limited to the maximum support rates laid down in Annex I. These maximum rates may be increased for young farmers, collective investments and integrated projects involving support under more than one measure, investments in areas facing significant natural constraints as referred to in Article 33(3), areas forming part of the Natura 2000 network and operations supported in the framework of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability in accordance with the support rates laid down in Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
Amendment 971 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Support under paragraph 1(a)(ii) shall be granted to farmers or members of the farm household diversifying into non- agricultural activities and to
Amendment 987 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to
Amendment 1007 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 source: PE-492.797
2012/07/25
AGRI
42 amendments...
Amendment 1123 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 1 1. Support under Article 22(1)(a) shall be granted to public and private land-owners and tenants
Amendment 1135 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 1147 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 1. Support under Article 22(1)(b) shall be granted to public and private landowners, tenants
Amendment 1173 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the establishment of protective infrastructure. In the case of firebreaks support may also cover aid contributing to maintenance costs. No support shall be granted for agricultural related activities in areas covered by agri-environment commitments; aid to livestock farmers whose cattle, through their grazing activity, prevent fires.
Amendment 1179 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) establishing and improving forest fire, pest and diseases preventive and monitoring facilities and communication equipment, including monitoring and protective infrastructure;
Amendment 1211 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 26 – paragraph 1 1. Support under Article 22(1)(d) shall be granted to natural persons, private forest owners, private law and
Amendment 1231 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 27 – paragraph 1 1. Support under Article 22(1)(e) shall be granted to public and private forest owners
Amendment 1265 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) the establishment of producer organisation associations and/or groups or associations of producers responsible for overseeing the use of geographical indications and designations of origin or quality marks in accordance with EU law, as well as recognised interbranch organisations.
Amendment 1272 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Support shall be granted to producer groups which are officially recognised by the Member States' competent authority on the basis of a business plan
Amendment 1282 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new) After a period of five years, producer groups shall be recognised as producer organisations pursuant to Article 106 of Regulation (EU) No … (Single CMO Regulation).
Amendment 1385 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point b (b) go beyond the statutory management requirements and the good agricultural and environmental condition provided for in Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012
Amendment 1390 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point d (d) impose
Amendment 1426 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) areas, other than mountain areas, facing significant natural or demographic constraints; and
Amendment 1452 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new) Areas facing demographic constraints, defined by very low population density, may also be classified as areas other than mountain areas.
Amendment 1470 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Support under this measure shall be granted per hectare of forest to forest holders
Amendment 1489 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) co-operation approaches among different actors in the Union agriculture and food chain, forestry sector and among other actors that contribute to achieving the objectives and priorities of rural development policy, including inter-branch organisations, as well as actors and bodies tied in to the socio-economic development of rural areas. Producer groups responsible for quality designations, associative bodies and actors tied in to the socio-economic development of rural areas within the meaning of the sixth priority in Article 5 shall also be included, inter alia. Given that by their very nature they are cooperative structures, no more than one body shall be required for inter- branch organisations;
Amendment 1505 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) co-operation among
Amendment 1508 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) horizontal and vertical co-operation among supply chain actors for the establishment of logistic platforms to promote short supply chains and local markets and other kinds of supply channels different to the habitual ones;
Amendment 1514 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point e (e) promotion activities in a local context relating to the development of short supply chains and local markets and other kinds of supply channels different to the habitual ones;
Amendment 1535 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new) (ja) cooperation in promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas.
Amendment 1536 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point j b (new) (jb) promote agri-food contracts between producers and processors which take production costs into account in price referencing.
Amendment 1558 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) financial contributions to mutual funds or insurance companies to pay financial compensations to farmers, for economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease
Amendment 1577 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds or insurance premiums, providing compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income.
Amendment 1586 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 37 – paragraph 2 2. For the purpose of paragraph 1 points (b) and (c), ‘mutual fund’ or ‘insurance company’ shall mean a scheme accredited by the Member State in accordance with its national law for affiliated farmers to insure themselves, whereby compensation payments are made to affiliated farmers affected by economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or an environmental incident or adverse climatic events or experiencing a severe drop in their income.
Amendment 1588 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 37 – paragraph 3 Amendment 1596 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 1 1. Support under Article 37(1)(a) shall only be granted for insurance contracts which cover for loss caused by an adverse climatic event or by an animal or plant disease or a pest infestation or a measure adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest which
Amendment 1608 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – title Mutual funds and insurance for animal and plant diseases
Amendment 1624 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 4 4. As regards animal diseases, financial compensation under Article 37(1)(b) may
Amendment 1636 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 1 1. Support under Article 37(1)(c) may only be granted where the drop of income exceeds 30% of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of Article
Amendment 1642 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new) Likewise the aid provided for in Article 37 may also be granted when the drop in annual income exceeds 30% of the farmer’s production costs per crop or livestock herd. Total income per crop or livestock herd shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support and deducting input costs, payments by the mutual fund or insurance company to farmers which shall compensate for not more than 70% of the income lost.
Amendment 1643 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. In order to be eligible for support the mutual fund and the insurance premiums concerned shall:
Amendment 1644 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 3 3. Member States shall define the rules for the constitution and management of the mutual funds and the insurance premiums, in particular for the granting of compensation payments to farmers in the event of crisis and for the administration and monitoring of compliance with these rules.
Amendment 1653 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 The financial contributions referred to in Article 37(1)(c) may only relate to the amounts paid by the mutual fund and through insurance premiums as financial compensation to farmers. In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis.
Amendment 1662 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 1663 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new) Member States may, where appropriate, establish in advance criteria on the basis of which such formal recognition shall be deemed to be granted.
Amendment 1664 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 b (new) Compensation from insurance shall be paid without any requirements or specifications being made as to the type or quantity of future production.
Amendment 1671 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 42 – paragraph 1 1. In addition to the tasks referred to in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] local action groups may also perform additional tasks delegated to them by the Managing Authority and/or the paying agency, except where these are directly related to agricultural holdings.
Amendment 1677 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new) (ba) bodies that pursue development objectives consistent with the priorities laid down in Article 5 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1683 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 45 – paragraph 2 2. Costs for the animation of the territory referred to in Article 31(d) of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] are costs to cover tasks defined in Article 30(3) of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012], actions to inform about the local development strategy a
Amendment 1696 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new) (ca) assessment costs to help ensure production methods are sustainable and economically viable.
Amendment 1708 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 46 – paragraph 3 3. In the case of irrigation,
Amendment 1726 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 49 – paragraph 1 1. The Managing Authority of the rural development programme shall define selection criteria for operations under all measures following consultation with the Monitoring Committee. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure
source: PE-494.479
2012/07/26
AGRI
15 amendments...
Amendment 1770 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 54 Amendment 1878 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 61 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new) (ca) identification of regulatory bottlenecks impeding innovation and investment in research and development, in line with the principles established in the Commission communications COM(2005)97 on ‘Better regulation for growth and jobs in the European Union’ and COM(2010)543 on ‘Smart regulation in the European Union’
Amendment 1892 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 62 – paragraph 1 1. EIP operational groups shall form part of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability. They shall be set up by interested actors such as farmers (through representative professional organisations), researchers, advisors and businesses involved in the agriculture and food sector.
Amendment 1903 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 64 – paragraph 1 1. The total amount of Union support for rural development under this Regulation for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in less developed and transitional regions shall be fixed by the European Parliament and the Council, on a proposal from the Commission in accordance with the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014 to 2020 and the Interinstitutional Agreement on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management for the same period.
Amendment 1925 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 65 – paragraph 1 1. The decision approving a rural development programme shall set the maximum contribution from the EAFRD to the programme. The decision shall clearly identify, where necessary, the appropriations allocated to the less developed and transitional regions.
Amendment 1938 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 65 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b)
Amendment 1946 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a (a) 80% for the measures referred to in Articles 15, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 36, for the LEADER local development referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] and for operations under Article 20(1)(a)(i). It may be increased to 90% for the programmes of transitional less developed
Amendment 1992 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 66 – title Funding for operations with a significant contribution to innovation and job creation.
Amendment 1995 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 66 – paragraph 1 The funds transferred to the EAFRD in application of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 shall be
Amendment 2013 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 73 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) providing the Commission, on a
Amendment 2019 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Where a Member State has more than one programme, a coordinating body may be designated to at least ensure consistency in the management of the funds and to provide liaison between the Commission and the national management authorities.
Amendment 2030 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new) The Member State shall decide the composition of each committee, which shall include: (a) the competent regional, local authorities and other public authorities; (b) economic and social partners; (c) any other appropriate body representing civil society, non- governmental organisations, including environmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting equality between men and women.
Amendment 2043 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 88 – title State aid within the scope of Article 42 of the Treaty
Amendment 2049 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 89 – title Amendment 2053 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 89 – paragraph 1 Payments made by the Member States in relation to operations falling
source: PE-494.481
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2011/0285(COD) Common organisation of agricultural markets (CMO): regime of the single payment scheme and support to vine-growers 2014-2020
2012/05/06
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new) Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 Article 103n -1) In Article 103n of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the following paragraph is added: "-1. By 1 August 2013, Member States may decide to reduce, with effect from 2015, the amount available for the support programmes referred to in Annex Xb in order to increase their national ceilings for direct payments referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. The amount resulting from the reduction referred to in the first paragraph shall remain in the national ceilings for direct payments referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 on a permanent basis and shall no longer be available for the measures listed in Articles 103p to 103y."
source: PE-487.892
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2011/0288(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2014-2020
2012/07/20
AGRI
28 amendments...
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) the sustainable development of the economic
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new) (ba) the requirements or actions related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, protection of water, animal and plant disease notification and innovation as a minimum requirement, as laid down in Annex I to this Regulation.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 1 1. Following the Commission decision approving the programme, an initial prefinancing amount for the whole programming period shall be paid by the Commission. This initial pre-financing amount shall represent
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 35 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) transmission to the Commission of a monthly declaration of expenditure signed by the accredited paying agency, in accordance with Article 102(1)(c);
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 37 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall automatically decommit any portion of a Member State’s budget commitment
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 42 – paragraph 2 2. Where the latest possible date of payment is not respected by the Member States, they shall pay the beneficiaries default interests
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 44 – paragraph 1 When sectoral agricultural legislation requires Member States to submit, within a specific period of time, information on the numbers of checks carried out pursuant to Article 61 and their outcome and the Member States overrun that period, the Commission may suspend, in accordance with the principle of proportionality and the detailed rules adopted on the basis of Article 48(5), and taking due account of the length of the delay, the monthly payments referred to in Article 18 or the interim payments referred to in Article 35 for which the relevant statistical information has not been sent in time, except in cases of force majeure or in exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 56 – paragraph 1 1. For any undue payment following the occurrence of irregularity or negligence, Member States shall request recovery from the beneficiary within one year of the first
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 If recovery has not taken place within four years of the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where recovery is taken in the national courts, the financial consequences of non-recovery shall be borne up to a maximum of 50% by the Member State
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 57 – paragraph 2 When the Union budget is credited as referred in the first paragraph, the Member State may retain
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 75 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Each Member State shall designate an authority responsible for coordinating the controls and checks provided for in this Chapter.
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 76 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new) The Commission may, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 111, authorise the Member States to increase the percentages referred to in subparagraph 3 to 80% in exceptional and duly justified conditions.
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 93 – paragraph 3 Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 93 – paragraph 4 Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 99 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 In the case of non
Amendment 630 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 99 – paragraph 3 Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 100 – paragraph 1 Member States may retain
Amendment 648 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 102 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point v (v) a
Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue ‘Water’ — SMR1 — last column Amendment 716 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue ‘Water’ — GAEC 3 Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue ‘Soil and carbon stock’ — GAEC 4 Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue ‘Soil and carbon stock’ — GAEC 6 Amendment 738 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue ‘Biodiversity’ — SMR 2 — last column Amendment 744 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue ‘Biodiversity’ — SMR 3 — last column Amendment 750 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue ‘Landscape, minimum level of maintenance’ — GAEC 8 Retention of landscape features, including, where appropriate, hedges, ponds, ditches, trees in line, in group or isolated, field margins and terraces,
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II — Main Issue ‘Plant protection products’ — SMR 10 — last column source: PE-492.777
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2011/0294(COD) Trans-European transport network: guidelines
2012/11/10
TRAN
7 amendments...
Amendment 875 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 16/33 add the port of Santander to the core network
Amendment 878 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 16/33 add the following multimodal platforms to the comprehensive network: – Pontevedra – Zalia – Torrelavega – Júndiz – Monzón – El Vallés – El Prat – El Gorguel – Ciudad Real – Albacete – San Roque – Mérida – Ponferrada/El Bierzo – Castellón – Alicante – Benavente – Zamora – Miranda de Ebro – Burgos – Palencia – Área Central – Aranda de Duero – Soria – Arévalo – Ávila – Segovia
Amendment 879 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 16/33 add the following rail freight transport sections to the core network: – Almería – Málaga – Algeciras (along the coast) – Granada – Motril – Castejón – Logroño – Miranda – León – Gijón / Avilés – Palencia – Santander – Madrid – Cáceres – Mérida – Mérida – Badajoz – Portuguese border – Mora – Ciudad Real – Mérida
Amendment 881 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 16/33 add the following rail freight transport sections to the comprehensive network: – Almorchón – Córdoba – Ávila – Salamanca – Santander – Oviedo – El Ferrol – León – Zamora – Salamanca – Plasencia – Lleida – Manresa – Barcelona – Los Rosales – Zafra – Madrid – Burgos – Torralba – Soria – Castejón
Amendment 891 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 17/33 add the following rail passenger transport sections to the core network: – Madrid – Toledo – Madrid – Alcázar – Albacete – Murcia – Almería – Málaga – Algeciras (along the coast) – Avilés – Oviedo – Bilbao – Santander – Oviedo – El Ferrol – A Coruña – Castejón – Logroño – Miranda – Mora – Alcázar – Linares – Moreda/Jaén/Córdoba – Ourense – Vigo (via Cercedo) – Ourense – Monforte – Lugo – A Coruña – Palencia – Santander – Segovia – Ávila – Sevilla – Cádiz – Sevilla – Huelva – Portuguese border – Valencia – Alicante (along the coast) – Motilla – Albacete – La Encina – Santiago – Vigo – Portuguese border – Granada – Motril – Antequera – Málaga – Madrid – Ávila – Salamanca – León – Monforte – Torralba – Soria – Castejón – Plasencia – León – Gijón
Amendment 893 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 17/33 add the following high-quality road sections to the core network: – Santander – Aguilar de Campoo – Palencia/Burgos – Vitoria – Alsasua – Pamplona – Jaca – Huesca – Lleida – Tarragona – Atalaya del Cañavate – Albacete – Murcia – Benavente – Verín – Ourense – Vigo – Gijón – Oviedo – León – Benavente – Zamora – Salamanca – Cáceres – Zafra – Sevilla -Oviedo-La espina– Ponferrada
Amendment 968 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Section 2 add Cagliari (IT), Heraklion (EL) Santander (ES), Vigo (ES) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
source: PE-496.673
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2011/0302(COD) Connecting Europe Facility
2012/10/17
TRAN, ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex – Part I – point b – rows 28 a-c (new) Palencia – Other Core Rail Studies and Santander Network works Castejón – Other Core Rail Studies and Logroño – Network works Miranda Almería – Other Core Rail Studies and Málaga – Network works Algeciras (along the coast)
source: PE-497.891
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2011/0303(NLE) EU/Central America Association Agreement
2012/04/09
DEVE
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, as the committee responsible, to propose that Parliament
source: PE-494.708
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2011/0371(COD) "Erasmus pour tous" - programme pour l’éducation, la formation, la jeunesse et le sport 2014-2020
2012/09/24
DEVE
5 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 3 3. The Programme covers education at all levels, in a lifelong learning perspective, in particular Higher education, Vocational Education and Training, Informal education and Adult learning, School Education and Youth, and shall also support activities in the field of sport.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. The Programme aims to contribute to the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and of the Education and Training strategic framework 2020 (ET2020), including the corresponding benchmarks established in those instruments, to renewed framework for European Cooperation in the Youth field (2010-2018), to the eradication of poverty and the sustainable development of third countries, particularly in the field of higher education, training and skills development, and to developing the European dimension in sport.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. As regards actions under paragraph 1 for which the funding is derived from the DCI or the EDF, all actions must be in conformity with the objectives and principles of the DCI regulation and the ACP-EU partnership agreement respectively. In particular, where funding is derived from the DCI, the criteria for ODA established by the DAC shall be respected, as laid down in Article 2(2) of that regulation.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. In case of actions for which the funding is derived from the DCI or the EDF, mechanisms shall be put in place which ensure that the selection criteria are based on merit and prioritise the assignation of scholarships to socio- economically disadvantaged groups and populations in vulnerable situations, and to ensure that nationals of developing countries make an active and effective contribution to the economic development and welfare of their country when they return to their countries of origin on the expiry of their periods of study or research.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The Commission shall submit an annual report to Parliament and the Committee set up under Article 19 of the DCI Regulation listing, detailing and evaluating the Erasmus for All actions for which the funding is derived from the DCI and their compliance with the objectives and principles as set out in Articles 2 and 3 of that Regulation.
source: PE-496.480
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2011/0399(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020: rules for participation and dissemination
2012/07/13
DEVE
2 amendments...
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) These rules for the participation and dissemination should provide a coherent, comprehensive and transparent framework to ensure the most efficient implementation possible, taking into account the need for easy access by all participants, notably small and medium-sized enterprises and civil society organisations, including those which deal with development cooperation, through simplified procedures. The financial assistance from the Union could be provided through different forms.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 a (new) (19a) The rules should ensure open access to scientific publications by researchers, research institutes, companies and citizens from third countries and, with regard to developing countries, open access to research that might be useful in order to meet challenges relating to health and the fight against hunger and malnutrition.
source: PE-492.865
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2011/0401(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
2012/07/13
DEVE
7 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. Linkages and interfaces shall be implemented across and within the priorities of Horizon 2020. Particular attention shall be paid in this respect to the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies, to bridging from discovery to market application, to cross-disciplinary research and innovation, to social and economic sciences and humanities, to fostering the functioning and achievement of the ERA, to cooperation with third countries, to responsible research and innovation including gender,
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 a (new) Article 18a Civil Society Organisations (1) Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring the adequate participation of, and innovation impact on, Civil Society Organisations (including those working in development cooperation) in Horizon 2020. Quantitative and qualitative assessments of Civil Society Organisations' (including those working in development cooperation) participation shall be undertaken as part of the evaluation and monitoring arrangements. (2) Specific attention shall be paid to initiatives aimed at widening awareness and facilitating access to funding under Horizon 2020 of Civil Society Organisations, including those working in development cooperation. Horizon 2020 and other Union funding programmes, including the Structural Funds, shall be used for that purpose. (3) Civil society organisations (including those working in development cooperation) shall be consulted during the implementation, programming, monitoring and evaluation of Horizon 2020.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) initiatives aimed at widening awareness and facilitating access to funding under Horizon 2020, in particular for those regions or types of participant that are underrepresented, such as researchers from developing countries and other third countries;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – paragraph 14 – point b (b) Food security
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part I – point 1.3 – paragraph 5 By 2020, the ERC therefore shall aim to demonstrate: that the best researchers are participating in the ERC’s competitions, that ERC funding has led directly to scientific publications of the highest quality and to the commercialisation and application of innovative technologies and ideas and that the ERC has contributed significantly to making Europe a more attractive environment for the world’s best scientists. In particular, the ERC shall target a measurable improvement in the Union’s share of the world’s top 1% most highly cited publications. In addition it shall aim at a
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part II – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1 SMEs shall be supported across Horizon 2020. For this purpose a dedicated SME instrument shall provide staged and seamless support covering the whole innovation cycle. The SME instrument shall be targeted at all types of innovative SMEs showing a strong ambition to develop, grow and internationalise and which, when it comes to the opening-up of external markets, implement policies focused on corporate social responsibility, particularly if they are operating in developing countries. It shall be provided for all types of innovation, including service, non-technological and social innovations. The aim is to develop and capitalise on the innovation potential of SMEs by filling the gap in funding for early stage high risk research and innovation, stimulating innovations and increasing private-sector commercialisation of research results.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 2.3 – point a – paragraph 1 The aim is to supply sufficient food, feed, biomass and other raw-materials, while safeguarding natural resources both inside and outside the European Union and enhancing ecosystems services, including coping with and mitigating climate change and land grabbing in developing countries. The activities shall focus on more sustainable and productive agriculture and forestry systems which are both resource-
source: PE-492.866
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2011/0406(COD) Financing instrument for development cooperation 2014-2020
2012/07/17
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14 amendments...
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) The Union should
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) In the context of the overarching objective of the Union's development cooperation to contribute to poverty eradication, Union assistance should focus where it has more impact, having regard to its capacity to act on a global scale and respond to global challenges
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. In exceptional cases, country-specific cooperation programmes may be applicable to partner countries which are Upper Middle Income Countries if it can be established that Union aid has significant potential leverage and that it provides an added value for addressing poverty and reducing inequality and if any of the following development-related needs criteria are fulfilled, using indicators from the base year of 2011, or the most recent available data prior to 2011: (a) Human Development Index: below 0.75; (b) Poverty headcount ratio (based on daily per capita net income of USD 2 (PPP) (% of the population): above 10 %; (c) Poverty Gap Index (based on daily per capita net income of USD 2): above 4%; and (d) Income Gini Coefficient: above 45 %. Other relevant indices may be used to underpin the analysis and identification of countries most in need. Upper Middle Income Countries for which not all, no reliable or no recent data for points (a) to (d) are available may continue to be eligible for country-specific cooperation programmes.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 5 5. In implementing this Regulation,
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Relations between the Union and its Member States on the one hand and partner countries on the other hand are based on and will promote the shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law as well as the principles of ownership and of mutual accountability. Furthermore, relations with partner countries shall take into account their commitment and track record in implementing international agreements and contractual relations with the Union.
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. The objective of Union assistance under the programme
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 Without prejudice to the provisions on suspension of aid in partnership and cooperation agreements with partner countries and regions, where a partner country fails to observe the principles referred to in Article 3(1), the Union shall invite the partner country to hold consultations in view of finding a solution acceptable to both parties, except in cases of special urgency. Where consultations with the partner country do not lead to a solution acceptable to both parties, or if consultations are refused or in cases of special urgency, the Council may take appropriate measures in accordance with Article 215(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which may include full or partial suspension of Union assistance. In case assistance to the partner country government is suspended, the Union will, to the extent possible, support civil society organisations with regard to measures aimed at supporting populations directly, in line with Article 2, and promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Before adopting appropriate measures, the Union may conduct any consultations with the partner country or territory concerned.
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph I – point c (c) Public sector management
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph III – point c (c) Transition from humanitarian aid and crisis response to long-term development cooperation; - reconstructing and rehabilitating, in the medium and long term, regions and countries affected by conflict, manmade and natural disasters, including support for demobilisation and reintegration actions, - carrying out medium- and long-term activities aimed at the self-sufficiency and integration or reintegration of uprooted people, ensuring that an integrated and consistent approach between humanitarian aid, rehabilitation, aid to uprooted people and development cooperation is pursued, - in situations of fragility, supporting the delivery of basic services and building legitimate, effective and resilient state institutions and an active and organised civil society, in partnership with the country concerned so as to maximise national ownership both at state and local levels, - in situations of fragility, supporting the delivery of basic services and building legitimate, effective and resilient state institutions and an active and organised civil society, in partnership with the country concerned so as to maximise national ownership both at state and local levels, - contributing to a prevention approach to state fragility, conflict, natural disasters and other types of crises by assisting partner countries' and regional organizations' efforts to strengthen early warning systems and democratic governance and institutional capacity building, -supporting disaster risk reduction, preparedness and prevention and the management of the consequences of such disasters.
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – Chapter B – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (b a) Strengthening social cohesion in particular with the setting- up/strengthening of sustainable social protection systems, including social insurance, and fiscal reform, strengthening the capacity of tax systems and the fight against fraud and tax evasion which contributes to enhancing equality and wealth distribution.
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex V – Chapter A – introductory part In compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 6, the Global public goods and challenges programme aims at strengthening cooperation, exchange of knowledge and experience and partner countries' capacities with a view to adopting policies which contribute to poverty eradication, social cohesion and sustainable development. The programme
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex V – Chapter A – introductory part In compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 6, the Global public goods and challenges programme aims at strengthening cooperation, exchange of knowledge and experience and partner countries' capacities with a view to adopting policies which contribute to poverty eradication, social cohesion and sustainable development. The programme
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point b – point ii (ii) strengthening social cohesion in particular with the setting-up/strengthening of sustainable social protection systems, including
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex VI – paragraph 1 a (new) Areas of cooperation: - Peace and security - Democratic governance and human rights - Trade, regional integration and infrastructure (including transport) - MDGs and subsequent internationally agreed development targets - Energy - Climate change and environment - Migration, mobility and employment - Science, information society and space - Technical assistance
source: PE-492.895
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2011/2030(INI) 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
2011/10/03
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5 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph a) - indent 3 – support good
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph a) - indent 4 – improve the implementation of innovative financing mechanisms for meeting the MDGs and climate change goals, such as a financial transaction tax;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph da) (new) Fighting inequalities da) to ensure that middle income countries with high inequalities continue to receive support and funding to reduce poverty and improve social cohesion, as most poor people live in middle income countries;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph db) (new) db) taking into account that women are disproportionally represented among the poor, to support the reduction of gender inequalities and women’s empowerment in development;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph fb) (new) under subtitle "Aid effectiveness" fb) to ensure that social, political, economic and environmental challenges are addressed coherently;
source: PE-460.762
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2011/2047(INI) Increasing the impact of EU development policy
2011/04/18
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19 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 g (new) 1g. Reminds, as recognised by the Consensus on Development, that accountable participatory governance is a key enabler of development;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that in keeping with the concept of democratic ownership, parliaments, local authorities, civil society and other stakeholders should be supported in their efforts to play their proper role in defining development strategies, holding governments to account in monitoring and assessing development results;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Insists that needs must remain a crucial criterion for the allocation of EU development aid; calls on the Commission and the Member States to focus the disbursement of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on the poorest and most vulnerable countries, and on reaching the poorest layers of society;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Insists that needs must remain a crucial criterion for the allocation of EU development aid; calls on the Commission and the Member States to focus the disbursement of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on the poorest countries, and on reaching the poorest layers of society, particularly those facing the greatest risks of social exclusion, as is the case for people with disabilities;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses th
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Underlines that tackling inequality – including gender – reinforces the human rights based approach championed in the European Consensus on Development and leads to faster poverty reduction;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Recognises the development setbacks resulting from conflicts and disasters, as well as the importance and cost- effectiveness of investing in prevention;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) is crucial to the implementation of a high-impact development policy and to the achievement of the MDGs; calls on the Commission to define clearly responsibilities and leadership from the highest levels for enforcing the Treaty obligation of PCD, and calls for sufficient resources to be set aside for this purpose in the Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the EU delegations;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Reiterates its position that the collective target of devoting 0.7% of the Union’s Gross National Income (GNI) to ODA by 2015 must be met; urges the Commission and Member States to find new sources of development funding; such as the financial transaction tax; opposes any broadening of the definition of ODA;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Acknowledges that economic growth can be an important driver of development; stresses, however, that the impact of growth on poverty eradication will be much higher if inequality is reduced; insists, therefore, that EU development assistance must be geared towards pro-poor growth through the adoption of measures which specifically focus on the poor in order to foster an increase in their share of national wealth and allow them to become a driving force for genuine inclusive growth;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Emphasises that the provision of basic social services is crucial to pro-poor growth; calls for 20% of all EU assistance to be earmarked for basic social services, as defined by the OECD, with a special focus on free access to primary health care and basic education, taking into account the EU’s support to the ‘Education for All’ initiative, and the 2010 Communication on the EU’s role in global health;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Emphasises that the provision of basic social services is crucial to pro-poor growth in order to promote equal opportunities, taking account of sectors with a high risk of social exclusion such as people with disabilities; calls for 20% of all EU assistance to be earmarked for basic social services, as defined by the OECD, with a special focus on free access to primary health care and basic education;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Stresses the importance of bridging financing gaps in health systems, due to priorities such as sexual and reproductive health suffering cuts, and the importance of investing in the fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Recalls that investing in children and youth is a long-term investment in sustainable human development;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Would welcome EU efforts to address more systematically the linkages between the external dimension of its migration and asylum policy and other policies with a bearing on migration e.g. employment, education, rights and social protection;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Underlines the intrinsic importance of Human Rights and the many avenues available to the EU to help building capacity for the respect of all human rights;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that support for the private sector must go hand in hand with assistance to the public authorities and parliaments in beneficiary countries to enable them to regulate markets effectively, to promote transparency
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Reiterates its position that mainstreaming cannot replace the provision of new and additional resources which the EU and other donors have promised developing countries affected by climate change; and reminds that climate change actions – and public goods in general - are not to be financed with ODA;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Insists that the EU should also address the root causes of food insecurity, including
source: PE-462.861
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2011/2051(INI) CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future
2011/03/29
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4 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes the
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the post-2013 CAP to eliminate all export subsidies and to decouple direct payments from production,
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Asks for a
source: PE-462.581
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2011/2056(INI) Effective Raw Materials Strategy for Europe
2011/05/26
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4 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls the obligations regarding policy coherence for development enshrined in Article 208 of the TFEU; asks the Commission to set up an inter- departmental working group to devise a more detailed strategy on raw materials that respects those obligations and that proposes a policy mix tailored to each of the most critical raw materials; recalls that illicit trafficking of raw materials is still among the root causes of permanent or long-standing conflicts in developing countries;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is concerned over the negative effects the expiry of the GSP regulations could have on developing countries classified as vulnerable by the Commission, as the revamped Raw Materials Initiative does not refer to GSP or GSP+ and does not propose alternative trade incentives for promotion of human rights, environmental standards, a
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Asks the Commission to quickly present a legislative proposal on transparency and accountability in the extractive industries, with binding targets founded on the standards of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and EITI+ + and on the Dodd-Frank Act dealing with conflict minerals; recalls that this was proposed by the Committee on Development as a parliamentary priority within the framework of the structured dialogue on the Commission Work Plan for 2012; stresses that transparency, corporate social responsibility and a functioning administration benefit both extracting companies and the societies of resource- rich developing countries;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the country-by-country reporting for extractive industries envisaged by the Commission; and also asks for greater transparency for European industries extracting raw materials in developing countries, by paying the relevant taxes and openly declaring their activities;
source: PE-465.033
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2011/2109(INI) EU support for the ICC: facing challenges and overcoming difficulties
2011/06/09
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3 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Strongly encourages the EEAS and the diplomatic services of the EU Member States systematically to ensure that the tools of diplomacy they use in cultivating the EU's relations with third countries, in particular developing countries, have a positive impact on those countries' perceptions of the ICC and of the need for them to support it and to sign and ratify its constituent act (the Rome Statute) if they have not yet done so; notes that this applies to all existing tools of diplomacy, including the EU's political and human rights dialogues and summits with third countries, in particular developing countries and, among them, the ACP countries;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Urges both EU Member States and developing countries to step up cooperation with the Court, by concluding agreements on the enforcement of sentences, as well as on the protection of witnesses and victims;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Expresses concern for the failure to execute the ICC warrant for the arrest of the Sudanese President al - Bashir.
source: PE-472.061
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2011/2111(INI) EU foreign policy towards the BRICs and other emerging powers: objectives and strategies
2011/11/11
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4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas, in spite of the recent spectacular economic growth in most of the BRICS countries, these same countries are also the ones with the single largest concentration of poverty in the world, according to the World Bank (e.g. in China, 207 million people live on less than USD 1.25 per day, while in India 41.6% of the population does so); whereas this shows that in the great majority of cases rapid economic growth entails an increase in inequalities, and consequently pro-poor growth policies and the creation of safety nets remain necessary in these countries;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Points out that the BRICS countries are too diverse for the EU to pursue a single policy towards them and urges that a new, differentiated development cooperation be established; suggests
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that the EU must
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Urges the EU and Member States to support south-south cooperation initiatives and to take part in triangular cooperation projects in which the BRICS are participating;
source: PE-475.916
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2011/2145(INI) Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
2011/07/09
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7 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas all development funding, including innovative financing mechanisms such as the financial transaction tax and global funds to finance health and education, must embody and put into practice the principles of the Paris Declaration,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the donor countries and the beneficiary countries to take immediate measures to meet their commitments under the Paris Declaration and the AAA, the only obstacles to which are political will and bureaucracy and high transaction costs, for example as regards the untying of aid, aid predictability, conditionality and transparency;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that aid should serve as a lever for
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the partner governments to value and step up efforts towards decentralisation (political, administrative and fiscal) and to enhance coordination between local and national development planning processes, contributing to complementarity and specialisation and with due regard for local autonomy;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Urges that South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation be encouraged and promoted as forms of aid that help to improve quality and effectiveness, the exchange of knowledge and capacity building;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Takes the view that the aid effectiveness agenda should be differentiated according to the levels of development in each country and a distinction should thus be drawn between: Least Developed Countries, Fragile States and Middle Income Countries;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Considers gender equality to be a priority in the shaping of development policies, and consequently calls for gender equality to be fully integrated into the aid effectiveness agenda and for women's organisations to participate in all development processes;
source: PE-472.089
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2011/2185(INI) Annual report on human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter including implications for the EU's strategic human rights policy
2012/01/02
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3 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the special relevance assigned to human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the Communication on Increasing the Impact of EU Development Policy: an Agenda for Change1, and stresses that democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, good governance, peace and security are
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges the EU to undertake additional efforts, mainstream more effectively human rights and democracy across development cooperation and ensure that EU development programmes contribute to the fulfilment by partner countries of their international human rights obligations; also asks that human rights and democracy be integrated into LRRD programmes, because of their vital importance in the process of transition from humanitarian emergency to development;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Requests greater complementarity and coherence in the planning of projects and actions of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), and the other Financial Instruments.
source: PE-480.681
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2011/2192(INI) Impact of devolution of the Commission's management of external assistance from its headquarters to its delegations on aid delivery
2012/07/02
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7 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas cumbersome regulations and procedures can undermine the use of country systems and joint programming, and whereas the use of multi-annual programming frameworks would be advisable in international development cooperation;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas general sectoral budget support is the aid modality best suited to reducing transaction costs for partner countries, since it places the focus more firmly on the quality of the aid and the nature of partnerships;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the reform of EC external aid should be used to showcase how the impact of aid is improving the lives of poor people, both in response to
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Believes that, in order to make EU development policy more coherent and more effective, the Commission services within the EU delegations should
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Believes that the relevant EU
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses the importance of ensuring the highest professional standards amongst staff working on development cooperation both at the Commission and at the EU’s delegations and bilateral aid agencies;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls, in the process of devolution of the management of external aid in the EU from centralised services to delegations, for Parliament to keep its powers of oversight and scrutiny
source: PE-480.826
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2011/2198(INI) Women's situation in war
2011/12/10
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1 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that even if rape as a weapon of war has been used frequently worldwide, nevertheless in recent years it has become particularly dramatic in a number of African conflicts. Calls for closer cooperation between the EU and the UN to strengthen prevention and mainstream women’s role in LRRD programmes;
source: PE-473.892
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2011/2286(INI) Defining a new development cooperation with Latin America
2012/03/23
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73 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that economic and technological advances in some Latin American countries make it necessary to rethink the EU’s bilateral development cooperation objectives; calls for cooperation to be redirected and not cut or suspended; stresses that we face common challenges that we must tackle by strengthening multilateralism;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Points out that although aid can act as a leverage for LA countries, it is not enough to guarantee sustainable and lasting development; therefore calls on LA countries to strengthen and mobilise their domestic resources, set up transparent taxation systems, involve effectively the private sector, local governments and civil society in the EU- LA agenda and for their greater ownership of projects;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the principle of differentiation and concentration of aid proposed by the Commission; stresses that differentiation must be carried out gradually in the programming phase, as regards both the beneficiary countries and the actual tools of cooperation, developing other forms of cooperation more suited to MICs; recommends that the criteria for application of the principle of differentiation be objective and common to all countries;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes that the differentiation approach should not result in a drastic decline in the region’s importance in the outreach of the EU, which is and should behave like a global actor, being an active member of international society and not just the principal global donor. Otherwise, the EU may condemn itself to irrelevance in entire regions, leaving a space open to the intervention of other global actors;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that any possible reallocation of funds must benefit the geographical programmes for the eradication of poverty in the same region’s LICs and LMICs;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Considers that the message that the EU is sending to the region is very troubling, since, in practical terms, it is a declaration that it does not give it the importance that it deserves, in spite of the multiple political and trade commitments made and shared global interests;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Asks the Commission to present a coherent strategy for gradual withdrawal of bilateral aid to MICs, which would permit them to strengthen their position as ‘graduates’ from aid, thus following the principle of predictability of aid recognised at the Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – introductory part 10. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – indent 1 an explicit link between the objectives and the sectoral concentration of bilateral aid in order to strengthen social cohesion, especially through the co-financing of active policies and programmes to reduce inequality in terms of income and opportunities, as well as other more advanced programmes supporting competitiveness and promoting sustainable development, including the promotion of technological and scientific cooperation and technical assistance, pr
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses the need to boost the Partnership Instrument by over EUR 1 billion to foster the new shape of cooperation with MICs and LMICs, ensuring that funds can be planned, quantified and scrutinised; stresses the need to ensure that it is an instrument that intensifies the EU’s response to global challenges such as the fight against inequality, climate change, security, or the fight against drug trafficking;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers that the high levels of inequality and the lack of an effective social protection mechanism are the greatest obstacle to the consolidation of democracy and to fair and sustainable economic growth in the region, and therefore calls for
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Takes the view that the EU-LAC partnership’s objective of social cohesion will be achievable only insofar as it generates a high level of development and fairness of income and wealth distribution, and that this objective requires ensuring the eradication of poverty through more just and progressive fiscal policies, strengthening tax-paying capacity and the fight against fraud and tax evasion;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Emphasises th
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. Stresses that the large differences in terms of academic performance in Latin America have continued to increase in recent years if comparisons are made based on rural and urban areas, the type of school (public or private), gender or socio-economic status, thus worsening the problem of lack of social cohesion;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Considers that the DCI must integrate social cohesion objectives more efficiently in its thematic, national and regional programming, mainly by supporting fairer fiscal, tax and social policies which promote equality, access to public services
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Notes the importance of such programmes as EuroSocial, URB-AL and AL-INVEST; COPOLAD, as well as programmes to further Dialogue and Cooperation between the EU and Latin America for the establishment of management models on Migration and Development policies; notes that in the new DCI these programmes should be strengthened, exploring their potential in terms of triangular cooperation;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14 b. Reiterates the importance of the EU–AL forum on social cohesion and asks that it be strengthened as a space for bi-regional political dialogue on social cohesion, through the promotion of more ambitious mechanisms and mechanisms for the coordination of cooperation in this field, and that social cohesion be encouraged on the agendas of the main international forums;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14 c. Notes that EU–LAC Foundation may play a relevant role in coordinating and supporting the actions and debates of civil society on the role of international cooperation in fostering social cohesion in the region;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recalls the importance of development cooperation policy, laid down in Article 208 of the TFEU, for the eradication of poverty, the promotion of economic and social rights, protection of the environment, good governance, and sustainable and inclusive development; (Linguistic AM)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Calls on the EC to enhance the visibility of its projects conducted in the Latin American countries and make them more understandable to their citizens demonstrating the added value of cooperation with the EU;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Stresses the need to establish within EU delegations focal points for PCD and the development of monitoring mechanisms in this field;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16 b. Underlines the importance of greater coherence in ODA and notes that the presence of the EU and of three LA countries in the G20 should contribute to a reconciling of positions that may make it possible for PCD to be implemented jointly;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16 c. Recalls the obligation to respect the principle contained in Article 208 on PCD and avoid imposing on the region the double penalty that would arise from the exclusion of 11 countries from the EU’s bilateral cooperation and the elimination of the trade preferences based on the SPG Plus regime;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Emphasises that in keeping with the concept of democratic ownership, parliaments, local and regional authorities and civil society should be supported in their efforts to play their proper role in defining development strategies, holding governments to account, monitoring and assessing past performance and achieved results; underlines especially the importance of empowering the Latin American parliamentarians' role in decision making processes;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Notes that support for civil society should continue to be one of the priorities of the next DCI; underlines that this support should be included in its country strategies and in the regional programmes, thus highlighting its decisive role in the fight against inequality, corruption and the scrutiny of the use of financial resources;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17 b. Calls on the EC to provide enhanced financial, technical and expertise support to the national parliaments´ administrations of the Latin America countries within the regional strategy programmes in order to strengthen their efficiency, transparency and accountability, which is crucial if the parliaments are to play their proper role in the democratic decision making processes;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17 b. Recalls that the European Consensus on Development notes, in paragraph 18, that ‘The EU will enhance its support for building capacity of non- state actors in order to strengthen their voice in the development process and to advance political, social and economic dialogue’; Deplores that the Green Paper on increasing the impact of EU development policy largely fails to explain how civil society will participate and be empowered in the EU’s future development cooperation policy;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Recalls that criminality and insecurity have a large impact on the trust that citizens have in public and democratic institutions, as well as on the safeguarding of human rights;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18 b. Is concerned about the marked impact of the gender-based violence that occurs in the region;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Asks that the exchange of experience and information between the EU and Latin America be promoted within the framework of the EuroClima programme and of South-South cooperation, as agreed in the Madrid Action Plan; recalls the importance of education to environmental sustainability;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Notes that although it has 30 % of the planet’s water resources, the distribution of water in Latin America is very irregular and unequal; urges the Commission to maintain its assistance to partner countries in support of a better management of the supply and sanitation of water resources;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20 b. Recalls the EU’s commitment to contribute to increasing the role of sustainable energy as one of the vectors of sustainable development;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 bis (new) 21 bis. Emphasizes the need to study further experiences with LAIF and insists that future projects must be subject to clearly established and transparent monitoring mechanisms for their implementation and to social and environmental impact studies;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. Points out in particular the importance of support for small and medium-sized enterprises because of their contribution to development, to the region’s economic growth and to social and economic consolidation; underlines that SMEs are the main sources of job generation; expects that advancement of the corporate social responsibility activities of their European partners will also be necessary in order to further the objectives of the EU’s inclusive growth policy;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 ter (new) 21 ter. Insists that the EC needs to develop clear guidelines on a transparent decision-making process on the selection of projects and ensure coherence with the European Consensus on Development, the principle of country ownership and the EU's commitment to untie its aid;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 quater (new) 21 quater. Insists on the need to focus grant and loan blending facility areas such as small scale and local energy and agriculture production and in favour of SMEs and micro private sector in developing countries;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Takes the view that temporary mobility of researchers and support for universities and research centres in such areas as health, food security, marine and maritime research, renewable energies and the fight against and adaptation to climate change should be promoted;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 8 a (new) 8 a. Recalls that Latin America is the most dynamic region of the world as regards SSC, thus showing the relevant role of MICs as promoters of regional integration and international development objectives;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Recalls that the EU does not have at present a clear strategic definition of SSC1 that permits it to develop a more active policy in this field; underlines the need to establish indicators that show the social and economic impact of the various SSC and triangular models; __________________ 1 Recalls that guidelines exist on this topic in relation to emerging economies, but it is a somewhat fragmented approach.
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. Takes the view that bi-regional, SSC and triangular cooperation initiatives should be expanded in such sectors as science and research, sustainable development, the environment, climate change, energy, social cohesion, education or employment;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 b (new) 25 b. Recommends to the Eurolat Assembly and the EU–LAC Foundation that they grant SSC and triangular cooperation their due strategic importance in their work agenda;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Considers that SSC and triangular cooperation should be
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the region is part of the group of middle-income countries that have achieved notable successes in reducing poverty — from 44 % to 33 % in a single decade — and inequality through economic growth and political and social reforms, but nevertheless, one in three Latin Americans still lives below the poverty line – 180 million people, of whom 52 million live on less than EUR 2 a day – and 10 countries in the region remain among the 15 most unequal countries in the world
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas the IMF estimated an average level of GDP growth of 4.5 % for Latin America in 2011, and at present there are some prospects of a global economic slowdown in 2012, with a high degree of uncertainty continuing to persist with regard to the impact in the region of the global economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas middle-income countries are a driving force for development and regional integration, and a crisis in these countries hinders the progress of low- income countries in their regions;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) B b. whereas the slowdown in the countries of the region is unequal, and in Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua and Suriname external aid continues to be one of the most important funding streams for development, along with the contributions of migrants’ remittances, which comprise between 6 % and 25 % of the GDP of those countries;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas social cohesion has been a main objective of the Strategic Partnership since its launch at the Guadalajara Summit in 2004, because of the importance to the region of achieving a better redistribution of income and wealth, by means of appropriate policies that promote sustainable development and greater justice and social cohesion;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) C b. whereas in MICs it will be more appropriate to redirect aid to increasing institutional and regulatory capacities, public policy design, support for social partners, and the mobilisation of resources in addition to ODA;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas most of the people in poverty around the world live in these Middle- Income Countries; these countries often face significant inequalities and weak governance that endangers the sustainability of their own development process; many middle-income countries play an important role in global policy, security and trade issues, producing and protecting global public goods, and acting as ‘anchor countries’ at the regional level; and beyond periods of economic prosperity, they remain vulnerable to global risks of an economic, environmental or security nature;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) D b. whereas some countries of Latin America have begun to get involved in development cooperation efforts by means of regional cooperation and South–South cooperation (SSC) mechanisms;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) D c. whereas Latin America cannot cease to be a priority for the EU, as is reflected in EU–LA bi-regional relations, where there have been considerable advances in recent years, such as the Association Agreements with Central America, Chile and Mexico; the multi-party trade agreement with Colombia and Peru; the negotiations with Mercosur; the Madrid Action Plan and the launch of the EU– LAC Foundation;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D d (new) D d. whereas according to the European Consensus on Development, support for middle-income countries remains important in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU, by means of the agreements made with partners in the region, including the Association Agreements and its development aid, continues to provide significant support for the development and stabilisation process in the region; whereas the possibility that it may no longer do so when the results of this process are consolidated is a cause for serious concern;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas the European Commission’s current proposal on DCI provides for the reduction of bilateral aid from the EU to the middle-income countries in Latin America, and basic services have disappeared from the list of priorities for the region;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) E b. whereas social cohesion has a broad dimension that involves combating poverty, reducing inequality, ensuring universal access to basic services such as health care, education, pensions or housing, the recognition and protection of social dialogue and labour rights; whereas there is a need for a fiscal compact that guarantees fairly the best distribution of resources;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) E c. whereas, regardless of the connotations that accompany the concept of social cohesion at the European level or in Latin America, in both regions it can be understood as a guiding principle of public policies that permits development strategies to be oriented towards achieving the well-being of the entire population, thus avoiding polarisation, disaffection and loss of trust in democratic institutions;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) E d. whereas the main challenges of the donors in the region include policy coherence, as well as greater coordination and complementarity within the framework of a better division of labour, entailing greater concentration and predictability of aid;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the fight against poverty, inequality, exclusion and discrimination, especially of women, young people and minority ethnic groups, as well as the promotion of social cohesion and human rights, continue to be a key priority of the EU-LA strategic partnership;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas the region offers disconcerting indicators in the fight against child and maternal mortality; and in order to reduce poverty, gender equality, political and economic empowerment of women are essential factors;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas the GDP index is inadequate as the sole indicator for measuring inequality and for making decisions on the allocation of EU development assistance with the main objective of eradicating poverty;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas education and training, as well as universal access to public health services, are of vital importance in the fight against poverty and the promotion of social
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas environmental degradation has a direct impact on the development of poverty; whereas LA is the planet’s great environmental reserve, with Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia among the world’s most biodiverse countries, but at the same time is a continent particularly vulnerable to climate change;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) H b. whereas the most devastating effects of climate change and global warming affect Latin America and the Caribbean to a large extent, with the countries of the region being among the most vulnerable in the world; whereas natural disasters have caused a loss of 54 % of the regional GDP in Central America;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H c (new) H c. whereas the private sector is referred to explicitly as a key actor in the generation of sustainable development and the contribution to the social cohesion included in the Agenda for Change;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H d (new) H d. whereas the structured bi-regional and global dialogue on migration between the EU and Latin America is important, and it is important for migration policies and practises of both regions to ensure respect for the fundamental rights of all migrants;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) I a. whereas the European Commission’s proposal for the partnership Instrument centres on the implementation of the EU 2020 Strategy in the region; whereas this proposal concentrates preferentially on its strategic partners and on emerging economies, while also having a global focus centred on global challenges and threats;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 - having regard to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the results of the 25th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, held in Copenhagen, the 16th Conference held in Cancun and the 17th Conference held in Durban
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 - having regard to the European Consensus on Development
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) - having reviewed the Madrid Action Plan approved at the EU–LAC Summit of May 2010 and its 6 key areas: 1- Science, research, innovation and technology; 2- Sustainable development; environment; climate change; biodiversity; energy; 3- Regional integration and interconnectivity to promote social inclusion and cohesion; 4- Migration; 5- Education and employment; 6- Drugs
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 - having regard to the resolutions of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), and specifically the resolutions adopted at the Fifth Ordinary Plenary Session held on 18 and 19 May 2011 in Montevideo, Uruguay, on the prospects for trade relations between the European Union and Latin America, and on employment protection and creation strategies, especially for women and young people, and on relations between the European Union and Latin America as regards security and defence,
source: PE-483.728
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2011/2290(INI) Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy - overarching communication
2012/04/17
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5 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that a
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points to the obligation, under the Treaty of Lisbon, to ensure the coherence of the Union’s policies also in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that sustainable fishing
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is concerned at the heavy dependence of EU markets on imports of fisheries and aquaculture products, as 60 % of all fisheries products used in the EU are imported essentially from developing countries; stresses that the best option for reducing dependence on imports is to recover and maintain European fish stocks
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Opposes the adoption of Transferable Fishing Concessions (TFCs) schemes in RFMOs and in international waters,
source: PE-487.720
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2011/2318(INI) External dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy
2012/02/16
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3 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Would like to see the SFAs improve the integration of developing countries in the world economy and encourage investment and the development of the local private sector, including small enterprises and small-scale fisheries, by
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the allocation for sectoral support in the SFAs is aimed at supporting the administrative and scientific capacity of third countries and boosts the EU's development cooperation objectives and is in line with the signatory country's national development plan; calls for this allocation not to replace the cooperation on fisheries provided for in other agreements or cooperation instruments but to complement it in a coherent, transparent, effective and better targeted way;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the need to ensure policy coherence and full coordination between the EU's development policy and the CFP and to devote more human, technical and budgetary resources to the development of a sustainable fisheries sector in the context of its development cooperation policy with third countries; Calls on the Commission to launch scientific audits to assess fish stocks before negotiating new SFA Protocols in order to avoid overfishing, given that the fishing sector plays a major role in safeguarding food security in many developing countries;
source: PE-480.890
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2012/2002(INI) Agenda for change: the future of EU development policy
2012/06/06
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Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Calls for the further development of a clear linkage between relief, rehabilitation and development, particularly in light of the continuing nutrition crisis, and underlines the need for an effective and sustained assistance through a combination of Public-Private Partnerships and Corporate Social Responsibility ; renews the European Parliament and Council’s call to the European Commission for a clearer and more focused strategy on nutrition tackling food security governance and reducing food price volatility by the end of 2012;
source: PE-491.146
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2012/2050(INI) Annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the Common Foreign and Security Policy
2012/06/26
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1 amendments...
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 b (new) 51b. Deplores that the Commission’s proposals for a regulation on a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and the Development Cooperation Instrument ignore the strategic nature of relations with Latin America, as they exclude a significant number of vulnerable countries in this region; recalls that some countries of Latin America are among the most unequal in the world in terms of per capita earnings and that persistent inequality occurs in a context of low socio-economic mobility; considers that the message that the EU is sending to the region is very troubling, since, in practical terms, it amounts to a statement that it does not give it the importance that it deserves, in spite of the multiple political and trade commitments made and shared global interests;
source: PE-492.653
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2012/2062(INI) Review of the EU's human rights strategy
2012/09/20
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4 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms that the universal human rights and fundamental freedoms as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights apply to every human being, regardless of
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 3 3. Urges the EU to maintain and honour its role as a leading defender of human rights in the world, by t
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 8 8. Recalls that development, democracy and the rule of law are
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that the new EU Special Representative for Human Rights
source: PE-496.453
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2012/2263(INI) Situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU
2013/03/21
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5 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that action to combat trafficking in human beings and to prevent illegal immigration is a vital prerequisite in addressing the issue of unaccompanied minors; takes the view that measures to protect unaccompanied minors should be extended to encompass international adoption procedures;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that, regardless of the nationality of the child, and of whether this nationality is recognised, the Member State in which the unaccompanied child finds itself must act as its guardian and provide it with the highest degree of protection;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for improved cooperation between the countries of origin, transit and destination on issues such as family tracing, monitored return, provided that the child’s family circumstances make it possible or advisable, reintegration and identification of suitable solutions, with a view to advancing towards a common EU approach and establishing lasting solutions; encourages exchanges of information and good practices; considers that the EU must go beyond the Action Plan proposed by the Commission so that the fundamental rights of unaccompanied minors are genuinely reinforced; stresses, in particular, the need to strengthen the status of ‘legal guardian’ in the EU and partner countries, and considers it extremely important to draw up a monitoring plan in cooperation with countries of origin and any transit countries in order to ensure that the child is properly protected after returning to and being reintegrated into the country of origin;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that it is also important for the Action Plan to pay due account of the full integration of unaccompanied minors in host countries by means of measures including the granting of citizenship when or before they reach the age of majority;
source: PE-507.982
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2012/2289(INI) Millennium Development Goals - defining the post-2015 framework
2013/03/26
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12 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) decided upon in Cairo in 1994, recognising that sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental to realise sustainable development,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas global challenges remain and are expected to increase – hunger, lack of proper and safe sanitation, insufficient levels of primary education, and gender inequality;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls for the EU to show leadership and responsibility in the process and to adopt a common and effective position on the principles and goals that should be part of the new post-
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Insists that the post-2015 framework must include targets on accessibility, affordability, quality health care and also concrete work towards the establishment of basic health care systems that ensure prevention, treatment, care and support for all people, including the most marginalised and vulnerable groups such as minorities, prisoners, migrants, undocumented people, sex workers, and drug users;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the international community to pay special attention to creating an enabling and participatory environment
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Emphasizes the importance of having a budget of the Union that is capable of meeting the challenges facing it, especially in times of crisis and particularly in terms of financing for development; in this regard and in order for the EU budget to no longer be hostage to the single question of the level of payment appropriations, calls for the creation of own resources, such as a financial transaction tax, a share of which should go to Heading IV of the EU budget;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Considers that innovative sources of financing and new partnerships will play a crucial role in a new development landscape; and reiterates its call for a financial transaction tax as an additional source of financing for development;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Also reminds EU Member States that have agreed to establish the Financial Transaction Tax to devote part of those funds to the financing of global public goods, including the new development goals;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Points out that a new set of indicators other than GDP is necessary in order to overcome new challenges, and should therefore include the human development index, the poverty headcount ratio, the poverty gap index
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on developing countries to establish a genuine business regulatory framework focusing on a business code of conduct, promotion of full and productive employment and decent work, respect for human rights, and social and environmental
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 – point a a. the architecture of the post-2015 development agenda should reflect new global and national realities and challenges;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 – point e e. it is indispensable to mobilise all possible financial recourses and innovative financing mechanisms for development, paying particular attention to: i) the fight against corruption, tax havens and tax evasion; ii) the responsibilities of emerging economies in the development agenda, also encouraging south-south and triangular cooperation; iii) the improvement of monitoring mechanisms; and iv) PCD;
source: PE-508.032
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2013/2074(INI) Corruption in the public and private sectors: the impact on human rights in third countries
2013/06/04
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3 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that corruption is a global phenomenon that needs to be prevented, punished and eradicated and that the EU needs a common approach to fighting both the external and the internal dimension of corruption in order to limit the chances that the EU exports corruption; calls, in this context, for greater accountability and traceability regarding the use of EU aid money and for the establishment of a framework for initiating legal proceedings against EU individuals and companies suspected of engaging in corruption in third countries;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that fighting corruption is part of broader efforts to promote good governance, which is defined as one of the key priorities to enhance the effectiveness of EU development policy in the 2011 Agenda for Change (COM(2011)637); emphasises the need for the full and immediate enforcement of the UN Convention against Corruption.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Believes that ensuring the consistency of development policies is essential in order to tackle and eradicate corruption; emphasises also that we need to increase our assistance under the DCI and the EDF in the areas of fiscal governance and action on tax fraud.
source: PE-513.074
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