Isabelle DURANT
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Ecologistes Confédérés pour l'Organisation de Luttes Originales
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
EP staff
- Vice-President of European Parliament 2012/01/18 - 9999/12/31
- Member of Parliament's Bureau 2012/01/18 - 9999/12/31
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- Vice-President of European Parliament 2009/07/14 - 2012/01/16
- Member of Parliament's Bureau 2009/07/14 - 2012/01/16
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Budgets | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Constitutional Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Transport and Tourism | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with Iran | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with Israel | 2012/02/13 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean | 2012/02/06 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Opinion | 2012/2167(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission |
| Shadow | 2012/0186(COD) | Technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union. 'Roadworthiness package' |
| Shadow | 2012/0185(COD) | Registration documents for vehicles. 'Roadworthiness package' |
| Shadow | 2012/0184(COD) | Periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers. 'Roadworthiness package' |
| Shadow | 2010/0063(COD) | Statistics on tourism (repeal. Directive 95/57/EC) |
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1954/09/04 BruxellesAmendments
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2009/0063(COD) Air transport: aviation security charges
2010/04/02
TRAN
2 amendments...
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1a) State financing of aviation security should respect fair competition between all modes of transport. Disadvantages in the framework of financing security for more sustainable modes, such as rail, should be stopped and/or avoided.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 2. The collection of charges with respect to the provision of air navigation services and groundhandling services has already been addressed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1794/2006 of 6 December 2006 laying down a common charging scheme for air navigation services and Council Directive 96/67/EC of 15 October 1996 on access to the groundhandling market at Community airports, respectively. Increasing investments for installing new security screening and scanning machines at airports should not lead to saving money in the field of personnel and watering down health, education and social standards for the personnel concerned within the framework of liberalised security services. The Commission should therefore propose additional guarantees in favour of security personnel at airports, when reviewing the abovementioned ground handling legislation.
source: PE-438.433
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2009/2096(INI) A sustainable future for transport
2010/03/26
TRAN
21 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the transport sector has a considerable impact on the environment and on people’s health and quality of life, and, whilst facilitating people’s private and professional mobility, was responsible for
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the transport sector share of CO2 emissions in the EU increased by 35% during the two last decades and cars in cities cause 70% of all the GHG emissions from transport, while the share of industry and buildings in CO2 emissions decreased by 17% each,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1a (new) 1a. Demands the Commission to introduce Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) for cities of more than 100 000 inhabitants and to link these plans with EU cofinancing of transport projects for cities as well as with EU targets (CO2 emissions and accidents reduction) and legislation limits for (ozone and particulate matter);
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that decarbonising transport is one of the main challenges of future EU transport policy and that all available, sustainable means should be used in order to achieve this, such as a more thorough application of the BATNEEC (Best Available Technique Not Entailing Excessive Cost) principle to new transport vehicles, an energy mix, price formation measures and internalising external costs of all modes of transport, provided that the ensuing revenue is used to improve the sustainability of mobility;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Finds that the development of passenger and freight transport as a whole
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Finds that transport plays an essential role in completing the European Single Market and the freedom of movement of people and goods, and that regulated opening should be achieved, primarily in rail transport; this complete regulation and market opening should be
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for competition and fiscal policies in the transport sector to put an end to unfair competition in favour of more polluting modes, such as road and air transport; demands therefore the Commission inter alia to propose to end tax exemptions on kerosene and VAT exemptions for transborder EU flight tickets;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Emphasises that intelligent decisions, behaviour and systems in transport organisation, such as intermodal and interoperable use of ERTMS, RIS, Galileo and ITS
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Emphasises that an efficient transport policy requires adequate funding, and that a transport fund might be created using, inter alia, existing funds in the EU budget, part of the revenues from the internalisation of external costs, such as through Eurovignette, part of the structural and cohesion policy funds and PPPs or other financial instruments; such a fund should be used to improve infrastructure
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Underlines that sustainable transport and mobility systems, such as rail, tramways, buses and bicycles, including their industries and services, offer a unique opportunity for creating stable jobs and contribute in the medium and long term to the avoidance of external costs for our society; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to cofinance and promote this sector, at least in a way similar as to what has been done during the last year in favour of banks and the automobile industry;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls for inland waterway transport, inland ports and the multimodal linking of seaports with the hinterland and rail connections to play a greater role in European sustainable transport policy; underlines that better transborder cooperation and coordination between ports, waterborne and rail transport can substantially contribute to reduce the crossing of sensitive landscapes, such as the Alpine regions and thereby avoid and/or reduce landscape damage and inland infrastructure costs;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 - indent 1 a new - a 50% reduction in pedestrians’ and cyclists’ deaths and serious injuries on the roads from 2010 to 2020, measured by injuries and fatalities per km travelled or per trip walked or cycled,
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 - indent 2 - a doubling of the
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 - indent 3 - a
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 - indent 3 a (new) - binding standards for the EU fleet average of CO2 emissions for passenger cars of 80 g/km by 2020 and 60 g/km by 2025,
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 - indent 3 b (new) - binding standards for the EU fleet average of CO2 emissions for light commercial vehicles of 160 g/km by 2015 and 125 g/km by 2020,
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 - indent 4 - a 20% reduction in the electricity used by rail vehicles compared with 2010 and a 100% use of renewable energy by electrified systems in the rail sector by 2020,
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 - indent 4 a (new) - a 20% increase in e-bikes and electric vehicles in rail and tramway transport,
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 - indent 5 - starting from 2011, fitting an ERTMS- compatible and interoperable system to all
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 - indent 7 - financial support for the creation of multimodal connections (platforms) for inland waterway transport to be connected with rail, and a 20% increase in the number of such platforms
source: PE-439.922
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2009/2236(INI) Future of the CAP after 2013
2010/04/23
BUDG
3 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Draws attention to the fact that in order to avoid
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Considers necessary to reorganise CAP allocations in a way to - favour as a rule sustainable farming systems, which preserve biodiversity, protect water resources and soil fertility, respect animal welfare and employment; - guarantee a fair income for farmers including the delivery of healthy food and public goods; - contribute to the global fight against hunger, based on the recognition of the right to food;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
source: PE-440.155
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2010/0063(COD) Statistics on tourism (repeal. Directive 95/57/EC)
2010/05/10
TRAN
6 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) To assess the macro-economic and ecological importance of tourism in the European economies based on the internationally accepted framework of tourism satellite accounting, showing its effects on the economy and jobs as well as on the external costs arising from its impact on the environment, including climate change, the need to improve the availability, completeness and comprehensiveness of the basic
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 a (new) Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II - Section 2 - point 8 8. Means of transport for travelling to and from the tourist destination as well as mobility during the stay there:
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II - Section 2 - point 8 - letter a a) Air (flight services, scheduled or chartered, or other air services);
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II - Section 2 - point 8 - letter e a (new) ea) bicycle (whether or not combined with another means of transport; private or rented);
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II - Section 2 - point 9 - letter f a (new) fa) accessibility for persons with reduced mobility (PRMs), including wheelchair users.
source: PE-449.025
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2010/0253(COD) Single European railway area. Recast
2011/05/31
TRAN
106 amendments...
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 a (new) (2a) Because of their physical and technical characteristics railways bear high safety, environmental, transport efficiency and energy saving potentials. Their central role in EU sustainable transport policy should therefore be considered as a main opportunity for EU transport policy to meet the targets of the EU 2020 and its roadmap 2050.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 a (new) (2a) Because of their physical and technical characteristics railways bear high safety, environmental, transport efficiency and energy saving potentials. Their central role in EU sustainable transport policy should therefore be considered as a main opportunity for EU transport policy to meet the targets of the EU 2020 and its roadmap 2050.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 5 Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 5 Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 5 a (new) (5a) Innovation in improving the railways' passenger and freight services should be achieved by a coherent concept of stronger financing for rail infrastructure, adequate regulation and step-wise opening of markets, without jeopardizing the obligations of public services and social standards within this sector. A modal shift towards this mode is a core task of future EU policy.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 5 a (new) (5a) Innovation in improving the railways' passenger and freight services should be achieved by a coherent concept of stronger financing for rail infrastructure, adequate regulation and step-wise opening of markets, without jeopardizing the obligations of public services and social standards within this sector. A modal shift towards this mode is a core task of future EU policy.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 6 (6) In order to ensure the future development and efficient operation of the railway system, a distinction should be made between the provision of transport services on the one hand, and the operation of infrastructure on the other hand. Given this situation, it is necessary for these two activities to be managed separately and to have separate accounts as originally laid down in Article 6 of Directive 91/440 EEC and subsequently amended by Directive 2001/12/EC. Whether and to what extend Member States have so far complied with Directive 91/440 EEC and Directive 2001/12/EC is to be assessed by the Court and this legislation (recast) shall therefore not impede the ongoing infringement procedures concerning the implementation of these Directives. Given that there is no unambiguous relationship between the degree of market opening and the separation of infrastructure and railway service provisions, the purpose of this recast is to establish an open access within the EU railway network and to abolish illegal national obstacles. This recast therefore intends to clarify and make more effective the existing provisions and not to introduce new requirements in this regard.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 6 (6) In order to ensure the future development and efficient operation of the railway system, a distinction should be made between the provision of transport services on the one hand, and the operation of infrastructure on the other hand. Given this situation, it is necessary for these two activities to be managed separately and to have separate accounts as originally laid down in Article 6 of Directive 91/440 EEC and subsequently amended by Directive 2001/12/EC. Whether and to what extend Member States have so far complied with Directive 91/440 EEC and Directive 2001/12/EC is to be assessed by the Court and this legislation (recast) shall therefore not impede the ongoing infringement procedures concerning the implementation of these Directives. Given that there is no unambiguous relationship between the degree of market opening and the separation of infrastructure and railway service provisions, the purpose of this recast is to establish an open access within the EU railway network and to abolish illegal national obstacles. This recast therefore intends to clarify and make more effective the existing provisions and not to introduce new requirements in this regard.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 a (new) (7a) The interests of those employed in the railway sector are linked to a high level of social standards. Their training and working conditions must ensure a high level of service and safety. They should therefore retain their right to initiate actions in favour of upholding their social standards and improving quality of services. These actions should be announced in due time to the users and provide them with timely information on alternatives that can meet their mobility and transport needs.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 a (new) (7a) The interests of those employed in the railway sector are linked to a high level of social standards. Their training and working conditions must ensure a high level of service and safety. They should therefore retain their right to initiate actions in favour of upholding their social standards and improving quality of services. These actions should be announced in due time to the users and provide them with timely information on alternatives that can meet their mobility and transport needs.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 18 a (new) (18a) Market developments have shown that a crucial concern is to strengthen the role of the regulatory bodies. If they are to take centre stage in the provision of a fair environment for equitable access conditions, they need to receive the financial means as well as appropriate staffing and logistic equipment to fulfil this role.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 18 a (new) (18a) Market developments have shown that a crucial concern is to strengthen the role of the regulatory bodies. If they are to take centre stage in the provision of a fair environment for equitable access conditions, they need to receive the financial means as well as appropriate staffing and logistic equipment to fulfil this role.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 22 Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 22 Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 23 (23) In order to ensure dependable and adequate services, it is necessary to ensure that, at all times, railway undertakings meet certain requirements in relation to good repute, financial fitness, social standards and professional competence.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 23 (23) In order to ensure dependable and adequate services, it is necessary to ensure that, at all times, railway undertakings meet certain requirements in relation to good repute, financial fitness, social standards and professional competence.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 27 Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 27 Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 28 Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 28 Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 29 Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 29 Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 29 a (new) (29a) The concept of "fair and efficient pricing" (Commission Green Paper 1996) should in particular be applied to energy taxation, the internalisation of external costs, value-added taxes and other economic instruments. Policy should be based on the vision to stop unfair competition in disadvantage to the more sustainable transport modes.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 29 a (new) (29a) The concept of "fair and efficient pricing" (Commission Green Paper 1996) should in particular be applied to energy taxation, the internalisation of external costs, value-added taxes and other economic instruments. Policy should be based on the vision to stop unfair competition in disadvantage to the more sustainable transport modes.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 32 Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 32 Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 35 Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 35 Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 37 Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 37 Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 38 Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 38 Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 39 Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 39 Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 41 Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 41 Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 50 Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 50 Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 51 Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 51 Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 52 Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 52 Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 53 (53) Increased investment in railway infrastructure - in particular existing infrastructure - is necessary and infrastructure charging schemes should provide incentives for infrastructure managers to make appropriate investments economically attractive and environmentally sustainable.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 53 (53) Increased investment in railway infrastructure - in particular existing infrastructure - is necessary and infrastructure charging schemes should provide incentives for infrastructure managers to make appropriate investments economically attractive and environmentally sustainable.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 56 Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 56 Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 58 Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 58 Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 59 Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 59 Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 61 Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 61 Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 62 Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 62 Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 The competent authorities and the railway undertakings providing the public services shall provide the relevant regulatory body or bodies with the information reasonably required to reach a decision. The regulatory body shall consider the information provided, consulting all the relevant parties as appropriate, and shall inform the relevant parties of its reasoned decision within a pre-determined, reasonable time, and, in any case, within
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 The competent authorities and the railway undertakings providing the public services shall provide the relevant regulatory body or bodies with the information reasonably required to reach a decision. The regulatory body shall consider the information provided, consulting all the relevant parties as appropriate, and shall inform the relevant parties of its reasoned decision within a pre-determined, reasonable time, and, in any case, within
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 Requests by railway undertakings for access to the service facility may only be rejected if
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 Requests by railway undertakings for access to the service facility may only be rejected if
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 When the operator of the service facility encounters conflicts between different requests,
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 When the operator of the service facility encounters conflicts between different requests,
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5 Where the service facility has not been in use for at least two consecutive years its owner shall publicise the operation of the facility as being for lease or rent or reopen the facility in case of requests.
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5 Where the service facility has not been in use for at least two consecutive years its owner shall publicise the operation of the facility as being for lease or rent or reopen the facility in case of requests.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 3 3. Where the infrastructure manager offers any of the range of services described in Annex III, point 3 as additional services, he shall supply them upon request to railway undertakings in a non-discriminatory manner
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 3 3. Where the infrastructure manager offers any of the range of services described in Annex III, point 3 as additional services, he shall supply them upon request to railway undertakings in a non-discriminatory manner
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a directive Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Member states should make sure that taxes and charges that apply to national infrastructure access and essential facilities should be levied only in a way that is equitable with similar taxes and charges in other transport modes. The European Commission should monitor the application of this principle in order to avoid market distortions.
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a directive Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Member states should make sure that taxes and charges that apply to national infrastructure access and essential facilities should be levied only in a way that is equitable with similar taxes and charges in other transport modes. The European Commission should monitor the application of this principle in order to avoid market distortions.
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a directive Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a directive Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a directive Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4 Charging of other environmental costs
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a directive Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4 Charging of other environmental costs
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a directive Article 31 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. In order to encourage noise reduction at the source, EU rules for co-financing should be amended so as to allow the co- financing of retro-fitting rolling stock and rules on state aid should be adapted accordingly.
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a directive Article 31 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. In order to encourage noise reduction at the source, EU rules for co-financing should be amended so as to allow the co- financing of retro-fitting rolling stock and rules on state aid should be adapted accordingly.
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a directive Article 35 – paragraph 1 1. Infrastructure charging schemes shall encourage railway undertakings and the infrastructure manager to minimise disruption and improve the performance of the railway network through a performance scheme. This may include penalties for actions which disrupt the operation of the network, compensation for undertakings which suffer from disruption and bonuses that reward better-than-planned performance, without prejudice to any liability rules in force.
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a directive Article 35 – paragraph 1 1. Infrastructure charging schemes shall encourage railway undertakings and the infrastructure manager to minimise disruption and improve the performance of the railway network through a performance scheme. This may include penalties for actions which disrupt the operation of the network, compensation for undertakings which suffer from disruption and bonuses that reward better-than-planned performance, without prejudice to any liability rules in force.
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a directive Article 35 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. The Commission shall evaluate the indicative list of basic principles of the performance scheme for railway infrastructure in Annex VIII (4) after a period of 4 years.
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a directive Article 35 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. The Commission shall evaluate the indicative list of basic principles of the performance scheme for railway infrastructure in Annex VIII (4) after a period of 4 years.
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a directive Article 40 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission and representatives of the regulatory bodies, which co-operate according to Article 57, shall be informed of
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a directive Article 40 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission and representatives of the regulatory bodies, which co-operate according to Article 57, shall be informed of
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a directive Article 56 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 The regulatory body shall be required to decide on any complaints and take action to remedy the situation within a maximum period of
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a directive Article 56 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 The regulatory body shall be required to decide on any complaints and take action to remedy the situation within a maximum period of
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a directive Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. In the event of conflicts concerning decisions by the regulatory bodies for cross-border transport services, any of the concerned parties may appeal to the European Commission to obtain a binding decision on the compatibility of the decision in question with the EU law. The European Commission should name a responsible service for such appeals no later than three months after the publication of this Directive in the Official Journal. The responsible service shall take a binding decision on the appeal within 20 working days of receipt of the appeal. This arrangement should be evaluated after two years and might lead to the extension of the responsibilities of the responsible Commission service.
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a directive Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. In the event of conflicts concerning decisions by the regulatory bodies for cross-border transport services, any of the concerned parties may appeal to the European Commission to obtain a binding decision on the compatibility of the decision in question with the EU law. The European Commission should name a responsible service for such appeals no later than three months after the publication of this Directive in the Official Journal. The responsible service shall take a binding decision on the appeal within 20 working days of receipt of the appeal. This arrangement should be evaluated after two years and might lead to the extension of the responsibilities of the responsible Commission service.
Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a directive Article 57 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a directive Article 57 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 700 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 7 – point 9 9. rules for dealing with major disruptions of operations and emergency situations
Amendment 700 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 7 – point 9 9. rules for dealing with major disruptions of operations and emergency situations
Amendment 702 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 8 – point 1 – subpoint a (a) Network-wide overhead costs,
Amendment 702 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 8 – point 1 – subpoint a (a) Network-wide overhead costs,
source: PE-467.166
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2010/2001(BUD) 2011 budget: all sections, first version
2010/07/26
TRAN
4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises that financing transport should contribute to better integration of this sector in favour of a more efficient society as far as the economy, safety, social interests and the environment are concerned;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Considers, in this regard, that a transport policy package should include concepts of transport avoidance, modal shift towards more sustainable modes and improved sustainability of the entire sector, including barrier-free accessibility for persons with reduced mobility and those who are socially disadvantaged;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Attaches great importance to investment geared to ensuring that all modes of transport are safe; and points out the necessity of ensuring equivalent rights for all passengers in all modes of transport;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that there is great potential in the transport sector for action to combat climate change, and calls on the Commission to give priority to decarbonisation measures for all transport modes, based on the EU 2020 targets for overall CO2 emissions reduction;
source: PE-445.827
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2010/2002(BUD) 2011 budget: draft mandate for the draft budget conciliation procedure before the first reading
2010/12/05
BUDG
7 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. While acknowledging the efforts made for the presentation of administrative expenditure outside Heading 5, calls for further clarification in the allocation between operational and administrative expenditure; notes that an already substantial amount of what is, in reality, administrative expenditure
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a new 20a. Welcomes the effort that has been made on TEN-Ts but, as regards the budget for transport, which is strategic for the European economy and social life, expresses concern about the constraints and lack of margin that weighs upon all remaining transport policies;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b new 20b. Is disappointed that tourism, which indirectly generates more than 10% of the EU's GDP and which has become a full competence of the EU with the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, is not clearly identified in the 2011 DB;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 d new 20d. Encourages the Commission to also support innovative projects in the field of sustainable transport related research and development, with particular attention for interoperable safety systems as well as for intermodal mobility chains "walking- cycling-public/collective transport- carsharing-carpooling" in urban areas and combined freight transport;
source: PE-441.198
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2010/2004(BUD) 2011 budget, section III, Commission: guidelines
2010/02/26
BUDG
6 amendments...
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a new 14 a. Stresses that transport is an essential element of the European economy, enabling the mobility of persons, goods and knowledge across borders; underlines that transport is a vector of equality and social mobility, for young people in particular, since it opens up opportunities and improves exchanges in the field of knowledge and training;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Underlines that the priorities for 2011, in view of the EU 2020 strategy, will be financed mainly from this heading, and that the Lisbon Treaty's extension of EU competences (for example in space policy and tourism) is likely to have budgetary implications;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a new 25a. Refers to Title XII, Article 195 on 'Tourism' of the Treaty of Lisbon, and demands that full and close attention should be paid to the promotion and networking of cross-border sustainable tourism initiatives that contribute to soft mobility, climate protection and the creation of a favourable environment for the development of small and medium enterprises;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a new 26a. Recalls that, in the context of Europe's economic recovery, investment in transport particularly via investment in the TEN-Ts, has a crucial role to play in driving forward growth and employment as well as in advancing Europe's economic and environmental interests;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b new 26b. Attaches high importance to transport safety in all modes and considers, particularly after the recent tragic railway accidents and the continuing high level of road fatalities, that the EU should boost co-funding efforts within the TEN-Ts and other financing instruments for improving safety systems;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Expects the fight against climate change to remain high on the EU’s ‘post- Copenhagen’ political agenda in 2010 and 2011, and recalls that, as part of a broader approach, sustainable development is an ongoing responsibility to the next generations; asks the Commission to provide a clear action plan and timetable for the implementation of appropriations under the EU action programme to combat climate change; underlines that the transport sector represents a great potential in the fight against climate change and calls on the Commission to give priority to measures for decarbonisation in all transport modes; recalls that the release of the reserve on this line will depend upon the Commission’s proposals;
source: PE-439.297
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2010/2142(DEC) 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
2011/02/02
TRAN
2 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to provide Parliament and the Council, before the start of the discharge procedure, with a description of how the Commission has applied the remarks and comments relating to each budget line, as decided by this Budgetary Authority;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that there is an urgent need for regional and transport policies to be transparent through the provision of proper information to taxpayers and budget authorities, and to be more closely coordinated, particularly as regards TEN-T funding, as at present only cursory consideration is given to the potential European added value of projects and consequently funds are not used as effectively as possible to eliminate bottlenecks and problems in connection with border crossings or inadequate connections;
source: PE-456.904
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2010/2211(INI) Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
2010/09/12
TRAN
4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that transport underpins Europe's economic and social activity, that the transport sector represents 4.6% of the European Union's GDP, while employing 9.2 million individuals, and that, as well as allowing communication between individuals and communities and providing the network upon which the movement of goods in the single market ultimately depends, the sector is significant in terms of its potential contribution to ensuring social cohesion, boosting employment and trade and enhancing the tourism sector, together with the contribution an efficient transport system can make to reduced accidents, carbon emissions and oil dependency, pollution and congestion, as fixed in the EU targets and legislation;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises in this regard the necessity to link the budgetary resources decisions with the opportunities, given by internalising external social and environmental costs in this sector and in the longer term by avoiding these external costs;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Essential savings in the EU budget as well as in the Member States budgets can be achieved by reallocation of means from infrastructure noise abatement measures (e.g. noise screens) to retrofitting vehicles by low noise techniques, such as composite brake blocks for freight wagons, where an investment of approximately 2 bn € can bring a saving up to 70 % of the original infrastructure investment costs. Similar savings are made and can be made by investing in ERTMS for both infrastructure and rolling stock, while increasing rail safety and efficiency in use of existing rail infrastructure capacity;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Notes that only half of one percent of the TEN-T budget for the period 2007- 2013 remains unallocated but insists that the EU commitment to funding cannot be open-ended for those projects which do not progress because the necessary matching funding from national budgets is not made available before 2015; underlines that priority in financing transport projects should be put on improvement of existing rail infrastructure, by investing smaller budget amounts, which result in short or medium term benefits;
source: PE-454.402
2011/04/13
SURE
1 amendments...
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 c (new) 17c. Takes note of the feasibility study on gender budgeting at EU level that concludes that gender budgeting methods must be introduced in the planning phase of the MFF and subsequent implementation and monitoring of budgets, stresses that gender responsive budgeting will make EU spending more effective; invites the European Commission to ensure that the proposal for the next MFF is gender sensitive both in terms of revenue and expenditure, and to propose a procedure for introducing gender budgeting methods in the design and managements of post 2013 programmes and activities;
source: PE-462.729
2011/04/27
SURE
2 amendments...
Amendment 1034 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 114 114.
Amendment 1071 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 117 117. Emphasises that the restructuring of the system of own resources as such does not concern the size of the EU budget but finding a more effective mix of resources to fund the agreed EU policies and objectives;
source: PE-462.732
2011/05/04
SURE
4 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the values and principles of the European Union as enshrined in the Treaty of Lisbon, including democracy, human rights, equality between women and men, and social justice should set the framework for the next MFF, and be reflected in the EU budget,
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) Social challenges 5b. Insists that more than 165 million women and men in Europe live below the poverty line, that inequalities based on sex, race, age, sexual orientation and disability are still widespread and that the most vulnerable groups in society have been most badly hit by the crisis, which calls for strong measures aiming at social inclusion and social justice;
Amendment 705 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 67 b (new) 67b. Notes that increasing women’s employment rate is crucial to reaching the employment target of the 2020 Strategy and that therefore barriers to women’s labour market participation must be fully addressed; emphasises that the European Social Fund should provide adequate resources to tackle gender inequalities in labour market and that European Regional Development Fund must provide adequate financing for care infrastructure for children, elderly, and other dependents;
Amendment 791 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 75 f (new) 75f. Emphasises that EU action in the area of citizenship covers promoting fundamental rights and values enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty such as equality between women and men and anti- discrimination; emphasises that while these values must be promoted under all budget headings all budget lines, adequate targeted funding must be guaranteed;
source: PE-462.731
2011/08/04
SURE
7 amendments...
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Points to the importance of adequately funding and targeting education, mobility schemes for young people and lifelong learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, women, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 f (new) Social policy agenda, equality and combating poverty and social exclusion 46f. Points to the importance of funding activities aimed at promoting gender equality, anti-discrimination, social justice combating poverty and social exclusion to reach the Europe 2020 headline target of lifting 20 million people out of poverty and to counter the social impact of the crisis; emphasises that sufficient financing for activities of the European Platform against Poverty as well as civil society organizations delivering these activities must be provided; Underlines that programmes supporting small civil society organisations delivering tailor -made solutions on the ground are crucial for promoting social inclusion, anti- discrimination and gender equality;
Amendment 601 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 60. Believes that the Trans-European transport networks (TEN-T) provide important EAV as they contribute to
Amendment 609 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 61 61. Considers that
Amendment 610 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 61 61. Considers that
Amendment 619 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 61 a (new) 61a. Furthermore points to the benefits of support for strategies and new technologies for decreases in accidents (ERTMS), transport avoidance, internalisation of external costs, reduction of noise at the source, soft-networks, better use of the capacity provided by existing infrastructure (ERTMS, RIS, ITS, etc.), increases in energy efficiency technologies for vehicles, or local sourcing policies to ensure sustainable supply chains and logistics systems;
source: PE-462.730
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2011/0092(CNS) Taxation of energy products and electricity: restructuring the Community framework
2011/10/21
TRAN
2 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 a (new) (2a) Future legislation on taxation on energy should internalise the social and environmental external costs, caused by each sector, and aim to reduce those external costs, obtaining positive effects for society, the economy and public budgets.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21 Directive 2003/96/EC Article 29 - paragraph 3 a (new) The Commission shall report every year to the European Parliament and to the Council on the financial impact of tax exemptions on public budgets, namely when practising exemptions for fuel taxation and VAT, particularly in the air and maritime transport sector as well as on the effects of these exemptions on distortion of intermodal competition. The Commission shall report every year to the European Parliament and to the Council on the functioning of the Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), analysing, inter alia, differential treatments across sectors relating to the allocation of free certificates and the effect on intermodal competition.
source: PE-474.081
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2011/0177(APP) Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
2012/05/10
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 a (new) 39a. Points to the significant savings that could be made if the European Parliament were to have a single seat; urges the budgetary authority to raise this issue in the negotiations on the next MFF 2014-2020;
source: PE-496.663
2012/12/07
TRAN
4 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Urges the Commission and the Member Sates that all EU co-funded transport infrastructure must be earmarked for green and sustainable intermodal infrastructure networks with a strong emphasis on European added value as well as on abolishing transborder rail missing links and on promoting sustainable projects to, in and between new Member Sates;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Encourages the Commission and the Member Sates not to think big, but to act smartly and put priority on improving and upgrading existing rail infrastructure that can bring considerable benefits on the shorter term with smaller investments; underlines therefore that projects, such as interoperability in the fields of ERTMS and rail freight noise reduction at the source should be at the top of the priorities list;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Insists on better coherence between the proposed MFF and the Regulations on CEF, TEN-T, structural and cohesion funds, integrating the EU targets on reduction of CO2 emissions and of heavy road accidents, as well as environmental legislation (including Natura 2000 and the trans-border application of the SEA Directive), the need for minimising external costs and a modal shift towards more sustainable modes, such as rail and sustainable waterborne transport;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Emphasises that for all EU co- funding of transport projects, road projects should get a maximum of 30 % of the total amounts spent on rail, walking and cycling projects;
source: PE-492.576
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2011/0196(COD) Road transport: tachograph system
2012/03/29
TRAN
3 amendments...
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 Regulation (EC) 561/2006 Article 2 Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 Article 2 source: PE-485.915
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2011/0217(COD) European Year of Citizens (2013)
2012/06/03
AFCO
3 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 20 (20) In order to optimise the effectiveness and efficiency of the activities envisaged for the year of implementation (2013), it is important to carry out a set of preparatory actions with full respect for Article 49(6) of the Financial Regulation and to involve in the planning process all the relevant stakeholders, including the EU institutions, civil society organizations, including those representing vulnerable people, the social partners, national, regional and local administrative bodies, and schools and universities.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 – conferences and events involving all the relevant stakeholders, including the EU institutions, civil society organizations, including those representing vulnerable people, the social partners, national, regional and local administrative bodies, and schools and universities to promote debate and raise awareness of the importance and benefits of the right to free movement and residence and more generally citizens' rights as Union citizens;
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 – use of the existing multilingual participatory tools
source: PE-483.831
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2011/0261(CNS) Common system of financial transaction tax
2012/09/03
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 a (new) (3a) In order to align Union policy objectives more closely with the EU budget, revenue collected from the FTT should be used to finance the EU budget.
source: PE-485.858
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2011/0269(COD) European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) 2014-2020
2012/07/20
BUDG
25 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 a (new) (1a) In its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe1, the European Parliament reiterated that without sufficient additional resources in the post- 2013 MFF, the Union will not be able to fulfil its existing policy priorities, namely linked to the EU2020 strategy, and the new tasks provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon, as well as to respond to unforeseen events; it pointed out that, even with an increase in the level of resources for the next MFF of at least 5 % compared to the 2013 level, only a limited contribution can be made to the achievement of the Union's agreed objectives and commitments and the principle of Union solidarity; it challenged the Council, if it does not share this approach, to clearly identify which of its political priorities or projects could be dropped altogether, despite their proven European added value; _______________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0266.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 b (new) (1b) In its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe1, the European Parliament considered that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) had been successful in providing EU solidarity and support to workers made redundant because of the adverse effects of globalisation and the global financial and economic crisis and should, therefore, be maintained under the new MFF. The European Parliament believed, however, that the procedures for implementing the support from the EGF were too time consuming and cumbersome. The European Parliament called on the Commission to propose ways in which these procedures could be simplified and shortened for the future; _______________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0266.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 c (new) (1c) In its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe1, the European Parliament considered it crucial to maintain special instruments, such as the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund which could be mobilised on an ad-hoc basis, by further simplifying their use and providing them with sufficient envelopes, as well as by possibly creating new instruments in the future. The European Parliament stressed that the mobilisation of such additional sources of funding must abide by the Community method. _______________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0266.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) In order to maintain the European nature of the EGF, an application for support should be triggered when the number of redundancies reaches a minimum threshold. In small labour markets, such as small Member States or remote regions, and in exceptional circumstances, applications may be submitted for a lower number of redundancies.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) Redundant workers should have equal access to the EGF independently of their type of employment contract or employment relationship. Therefore, workers with fixed term contracts and temporary agency workers made redundant as well as owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and self- employed workers who cease their activities
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) To facilitate the implementation of this Regulation, expenditure should be eligible either from the date on which a Member State incurs administrative expenditure for implementing the EGF or from the date on which a Member State starts to provide personalised services
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) In order to cover the needs arising during the final months of each year, it is necessary to ensure that at least one quarter of the annual maximum amount of the EGF remains available on 1 September.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 2 The aim of the EGF shall be to contribute to economic
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point c Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point d (d) ‘a worker’ means owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed workers
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 3 Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 4 4. Where owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and self- employed workers change
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – point c (c) For owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and self- employed workers
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – point c Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part A financial contribution may be made for active labour market measures that form part of a coordinated package of personalised services, designed to facilitate the re-integration of the targeted redundant workers into employment or self- employment
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Member State shall submit a complete application to the Commission within a period of 12 weeks from the date on which the criteria set in Article 4(1)
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point j Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 1. At the initiative of the Commission, subject to a ceiling of 0,5 % of the annual maximum amount of the EGF, the EGF may be used to finance the preparation, monitoring, data gathering and creation of a knowledge base relevant to the implementation of the EGF, as well as the dissemination of best practices between Member States. It may also be used to finance administrative and technical support, information and communication activities, as well as audit, control and evaluation activities necessary to implement this Regulation.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 Expenditure shall be eligible for a financial contribution from the dates set out in Article 8(2)(h) on which the Member State starts the personalised services to the targeted workers or the administrative expenditure to implement the EGF in accordance with Article 7(1) and (3) respectively.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 No later than 15 months after the date of the application pursuant to Article 8(1)
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 5 source: PE-492.901
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2011/0294(COD) Trans-European transport network: guidelines
2012/11/10
TRAN
10 amendments...
Amendment 766 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 02/33 To add the "Walloon railway backgone", the line connecting Valenciennes (FR) with Aachen (DE) via Mons (BE), Charleroi (BE), Namur (BE) and Liège (BE) to the rail core network
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 03/33 To add "Walloon railway backgone", the line connecting Valenciennes (FR) with Aachen (DE) via Mons (BE), Charleroi (BE), Namur (BE) and Liège (BE) to the rail core network
Amendment 774 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 03/33 To add the Mons-Liege section of the E42 motorway, connecting Lille (FR) with Cologne (DE) via Mons (BE), Charleroi (BE), Namur (BE) and Liège (BE) to the road core network
Amendment 787 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 08/33 To add the "Walloon railway backgone", the line connecting Valenciennes (FR) with Aachen (DE) via Mons (BE), Charleroi (BE), Namur (BE) and Liège (BE) to the rail core network
Amendment 796 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 09/33 To add the "Walloon railway backgone", the line connecting Valenciennes (FR) with Aachen (DE) via Mons (BE), Charleroi (BE), Namur (BE) and Liège (BE) to the rail core network
Amendment 797 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 09/33 To add the Mons-Liege section of the E42 motorway, connecting Lille (FR) with Cologne (DE) via Mons (BE), Charleroi (BE), Namur (BE) and Liège (BE) to the road core network
Amendment 803 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 10/33 To add the "Walloon railway backgone", the line connecting Valenciennes (FR) with Aachen (DE) via Mons (BE), Charleroi (BE), Namur (BE) and Liège (BE) to the rail core network
Amendment 807 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 11/33 To add the "Walloon railway backgone", the line connecting Valenciennes (FR) with Aachen (DE) via Mons (BE), Charleroi (BE), Namur (BE) and Liège (BE) to the core network
Amendment 808 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – Volume 11/33 To add the Mons-Liege section of the E42 motorway, connecting Lille (FR) with Cologne (DE) via Mons (BE), Charleroi (BE), Namur (BE) and Liège (BE) to the road core network
source: PE-496.673
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2011/0301(COD) Financing of infrastructure projects: Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) and trans-European transport and energy networks
2012/03/04
BUDG
12 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) Over the next decade, unprecedented investment volumes in Europe's transport, energy, information and communication networks will be needed in order to underpin the Europe 2020 flagship actions and develop smart, upgraded and fully interconnected infrastructures to foster the completion of the internal market. Estimated investment needs of the TEN-T network amount to EUR 500 billion. Among energy infrastructure projects of European relevance, approximately EUR 100 billion of investments is at risk of not being delivered due to obstacles related to permit granting, regulation and financing, while another EUR 100 billion will be financed by the sector itself. Investment needs for achieving the Digital Agenda objective of providing fast internet access for all European citizens and businesses range from EUR 181 to EUR 273 billion, of which private sector investment is expected to amount to between EUR 30 billion and EUR 100 billion. It should be ensured, however, that EU-funded transport infrastructure takes into account energy-efficiency needs, noise reduction at source, biodiversity and climate-change challenges.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 a (new) (9a) A further step forward which should be carefully assessed and reported to the European Parliament and the Council is the public issuing of project bonds by the Union, targeted at financing sustainable infrastructure projects with European added value (i.e. TEN-T, TEN-E, etc.).
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) The Union support should mitigate the risk inherent in project bonds to the extent that capital market participants are willing to invest in a larger volume infrastructure project bonds than would be possible without Union support. As a counterpart for the socialisation of risk through the EU budget and EIB guarantees, appropriate public ownership and democratic accountability of financed projects has to be guaranteed.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 a (new) (10a) The socialisation of risks through risk-taking by the Union and the EIB should in principle be compensated through the premium charged for compensation; if this is not the case, it should be explicitly mentioned and appropriately justified.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) The reassessment of infrastructure investment programmes by Member States in the context of their fiscal austerity and structural reforms will not facilitate the required acceleration of the pace of infrastructure investment needed to meet the policy objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, in particular a shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon economy to achieve sustainable growth, as laid down in the Europe 2020 resource efficiency flagship initiative. In addition, long-term bank lending for infrastructure projects continues to be insufficient and expensive, calling for alternative and competitive sources of debt financing.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) Therefore, a pilot phase for the Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative should be launched during the current financial framework in order to develop debt capital market financing in the area of infrastructure more generally and to extend the range of financial instruments currently available for transport projects, bearing in mind that the costs of transport should be reflected in its price in an undistorted way, as indicated in the White Paper entitled Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area - Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system of 28 March 2011.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) In order to implement the pilot phase of the Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative, Decision No 1639/2006/EC and Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 should be amended. This pilot phase aims to support infrastructure projects with commercial potential and socio-economic benefits in line with the Europe 2020 strategy, in particular the resource efficiency flagship initiative, in the transport, energy and ICT sectors, while after 2013 the initiative
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 a (new) (18a) The selection of projects to be supported should respect relevant environmental, social and climate criteria as outlined in the "European Principles for the Environment" and "The EIB Statement of Environmental and Social Principles and Standards". The EIB should fully apply the procedures contained in its Environmental and Social Practices Handbook.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 (20) Budgetary funds should be requested by the EIB on the basis of a range of projects, which the EIB would deem suitable and likely to be realised. Any such requests should be made prior to 31 December 2013. Due to the complexity of large infrastructure projects, the actual approval might take place at a later date, but no later than 31 December 2014. The selection of projects eligible for EU funding should reflect the need for infrastructure that minimises the impact on the environment, that is resilient to the possible impact of climate change, and that improves the health, safety and security of users.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 a (new) (20a) Other sources of funding to be considered include schemes for the internalisation of external costs and infrastructure use charges, which could create additional revenue streams making infrastructure investments more attractive to private capital.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 2 – point a Decision No 1639/2006/EC Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. The projects shall aim to promote innovation, technology transfer and the dissemination of new technologies that are ready for market uptake, with priority to the integration of renewable energy and environmentally sustainable transport.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 2 – point b Decision No 1639/2006/EC Article 31 – paragraph 2 c 2c. The detailed terms and conditions for implementing the risk-sharing instrument for project bonds, including its monitoring and control, shall be laid down in a delegation agreement between the Commission and the EIB. This agreement shall aim at ensuring appropriate public ownership for the projects benefiting from the risk-sharing instrument for project bonds and refer to relevant Commission and EIB selection criteria in the social, environmental and climate field. It shall also include modalities for ensuring that in principle the premium charged for compensation of risk-taking by the Union and the EIB corresponds to full risk- taking compensation. Where full compensation is not applied, this transfer of risk shall be made explicit and the cost- benefit analysis shall identify positive externalities generated by the project justifying such an approach.
source: PE-486.222
2012/07/03
TRAN
6 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) Over the next decade, unprecedented investment volumes in Europe's transport, energy, information and communication networks will be needed in order to underpin the Europe 2020 flagship actions and develop smart, upgraded and fully interconnected infrastructures to foster the completion of the internal market. Estimated investment needs of the TEN-T network amount to EUR 500 billion. Among energy infrastructure projects of European relevance, approximately EUR 100 billion of investments is at risk of not being delivered due to obstacles related to permit granting, regulation and financing, while another EUR 100 billion will be financed by the sector itself. Investment needs for achieving the Digital Agenda objective of providing fast internet access for all European citizens and businesses range from EUR 181 to EUR 273 billion, of which private sector investment is expected to amount to between EUR 30 billion and EUR 100 billion. One should ensure, however, that EU-funded transport infrastructure takes into account energy efficiency needs, noise reduction at the source, biodiversity and climate change challenges.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 a (new) (9a) A further step forward which should be carefully assessed and reported to the European Parliament and the Council is the public issuing of project bonds by the Union, targeted to financing sustainable infrastructure projects with European Added Value (i.e. TEN-T, TEN-E, etc.).
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) Therefore, a pilot phase for the Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative should be launched during the current financial framework in order to develop debt capital market financing in the area of infrastructure more generally and to extend the range of financial instruments currently available for transport projects, bearing in mind that the costs of transport should be reflected in its price in an undistorted way, as indicated in the White Paper on Transport Policy of 2011.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 (20) Budgetary funds should be requested by the EIB on the basis of a range of projects, which the EIB would deem suitable and likely to be realised. Any such requests should be made prior to 31 December 2013. Due to the complexity of large infrastructure projects, the actual approval might take place at a later date, but no later than 31 December 2014. The selection of projects eligible for the EU funding should reflect the need for infrastructure that minimises the impact on the environment, that is resilient to the possible impact of climate change, health and that improve the safety and security of users.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 a (new) (20a) Other sources of funding to be considered include schemes for the internalisation of external costs and infrastructure use charges, which could create additional revenue streams making infrastructure investments more attractive to private capital.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 b (new) (20b) Price signals play a crucial role in many decisions that have long-lasting effects on the transport system. Transport charges and taxes must be restructured in the direction of wider application of the 'polluter-pays' and 'user-pays' principle. They should underpin transport's role in promoting European competitiveness and cohesion objectives, while the overall burden for the sector should reflect the total costs of transport including infrastructure and external costs. Wider socioeconomic benefits and positive externalities justify some level of public funding, but in the future, transport users are likely to pay for a higher proportion of the costs than today. It is important that correct and consistent monetary incentives are given to users, operators and investors.
source: PE-483.806
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2011/0302(COD) Connecting Europe Facility
2012/10/10
TRAN, ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. Proposals may be submitted by one or several Member States, regional and local authorities, international organisations, joint undertakings, or public or private undertakings or bodies established in Member States.
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii (ii) inland transport connections to ports
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii (ii) traffic management systems,
source: PE-496.338
2012/10/17
TRAN, ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 710 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex – Part I – Point b – rows 28 a-b (new) Valenciennes - Cross-Border Rail studies and work Mons Mons - Liège Bottleneck Rail studies and work
source: PE-497.891
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2011/0333(CNS) Own resources: methods and procedure for making available the value added tax (VAT) based own resource
2012/04/10
BUDG
6 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft legislative resolution Citation 4 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 29 March 2007 on the future of the European Union’s own resources1, _______________ 1 OJ C 27 E, 31.1.2008, p. 214
Amendment 2 #
Draft legislative resolution Citation 4 b (new) – having regard to its resolution of 8 June 2011 entitled ‘Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe’1, _______________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0266.
Amendment 3 #
Draft legislative resolution Citation 4 c (new) – having regard to its resolution of 13 June 2012 on the Multiannual Financial Framework and own resources1, _______________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0245.
Amendment 4 #
Draft legislative resolution Citation 4 d (new) – having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2012 on the in the interests of achieving a positive outcome of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014- 20201, _______________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA (2012)XXXX.
Amendment 5 #
Draft legislative resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the Parliament, in its resolution of 13 June 2012, adopted by an overwhelming majority, welcomed the legislative proposals made by the Commission on 29 June 2011 on the reform of the own-resources system, including the proposals on a financial transaction tax (FTT) and a new EU VAT as own resources, which are aimed at reducing the share of Member States’ GNI-based contributions to the EU budget to 40 % by 2020, thereby contributing to the consolidation efforts of Member States;
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the Parliament, in its resolution of 23 October 20121, expressed a strong belief that the VAT is one of the conditions for the necessary political agreement on Own resources and that an agreement on the reform of VAT as own resource, as well as its implementing modalities, must be concluded together with the agreement on the MFF; _______________ 1 In the interests of achieving a positive outcome of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 (consent procedure - COM(2012)0388 – 2011/0177(APP)).
source: PE-496.669
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2011/0384(COD) European Institute of Innovation and Technology 2014-2020
2012/07/19
BUDG
5 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) The Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth assigns a prominent role to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the EIT) which aims at contribut
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 a (new) (6a) The EIT should seek to engage more closely with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to ensure their active participation in the activities of the KICs. Furthermore, public companies and local authorities, as well as non-profit organisations, should be involved in the KICs, as appropriate.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 b (new) (6b) The EIT should promote multi- disciplinary approaches to innovation, including the development of non- technological solutions, organizational approaches, new business models, systems innovation and public sector innovations, as a necessary complement to technology- focused innovation activities.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 c (new) (6c) Social-enterprises being very innovative in nature through the goods or services they offer, their organisation or the production methods they resort to, the promotion of social entrepreneurship activities should be part of EIT and KICs activities.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 1 – point c Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 Article 2 – paragraph 10 10. 'Stakeholder Forum' means a meeting open to representatives of national and regional authorities, organized interests and individual entities from business, higher education,
source: PE-494.494
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2011/0399(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020: rules for participation and dissemination
2012/07/20
BUDG
4 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) Horizon 2020 should be implemented with a view to contributing directly to creating citizen's welfare, economic development, environmental sustainability, industrial leadership,
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) The participant Guarantee Fund set up under Regulation No 1906/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 (10) 'legal entity
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 4 4. The Horizon 2020 grant may reach a maximum of 100 % of the total eligible costs, without prejudice to the co-financing principle, for non profit-making public bodies, secondary and higher education establishments, research organisations and SMEs.
source: PE-494.516
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2011/0400(NLE) Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-2018) complementing Horizon 2020 – Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
2012/07/18
BUDG
23 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. The
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b) indirect actions for
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c (c) direct actions: EUR
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part 1 – paragraph 1 By achieving the objectives set out in Article 3, the Euratom Programme shall reinforce outcomes under the three priorities of the ´Horizon 2020` Framework Programme: excellent science, industrial leadership, and societal challenges.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part 1 – paragraph 3 Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part 2 – point 2.1 – point e Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part 2 – point 2.1 – point f Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part 2 – point 2.1 – point g – paragraph 3 Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part 2 – point 2.1 – point i Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part 6 – paragraph 2 International cooperation activities shall be promoted through multilateral frameworks (such as IAEA, OECD,
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – part 1 – point c – indent 2 Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – part 1 – point e Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – part 1 – point f Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – part 1 – point g – indent 1 Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – part 1 – point g – indent 2 source: PE-494.515
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2011/0401(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
2012/08/28
TRAN
17 amendments...
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – paragraph 14 – point b (b) Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research, sustainable tourism, and the bio-
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – paragraph 14 – point d (d) Smart, green and integrated transport and mobility;
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point e – paragraph 1 Applying design and the development of converging technologies to create new business opportunities, including the preservation of materials with historical or cultural value, as well as improving eco- tourism and sustainable tourism destination networks in the field of historical, cultural, industrial and natural heritage.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 2 – introductory part 2. Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research, sustainable tourism and the bio-
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 3 Research and innovation will interface with a wide spectrum of Union policies and related targets, including the Common Agriculture Policy (in particular the Rural Development Policy) and the European Innovation Partnership ‘Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability’, the Common Fisheries Policy, the Integrated Maritime Policy, the Common Sustainable Tourism Policy, the European Climate Change Programme, the Water Framework Directive, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Forestry Action Plan, the Soil Thematic Strategy, the Union's 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, the Strategic Energy Technology Plan, the Union's innovation and industrial policies, external and development aid policies, plant health strategies, animal health and welfare strategies and regulatory frameworks to protect the environment, health and safety, to promote resource efficiency and climate action, and to reduce waste. A better integration of research and innovation into related Union policies will significantly improve their European added value, provide leverage effects, increase societal relevance and help to further develop sustainable land, seas and oceans management and bio-economy markets.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point c a (new) (ca) The aim is to improve networking and information within European eco- and sustainable tourism potential, thereby better protecting cultural, historical, industrial and natural heritage.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – introductory part 4. Smart, green and integrated transport and mobility
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 1 The specific objective is to achieve a European transport system that is resource- efficient, climate- and environmentally- friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of citizens, users, workers and employees and the economy, a
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2 Europe must reconcile the
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 2 The transport sector is a major contributor to greenhouse gases and generates up to a quarter of all emissions. Transport is 96 % dependent on fossil fuels. Meanwhile, congestion is an increasing problem; systems are not yet sufficiently smart; alternatives for shifting between different modes of transport are not always attractive; road fatalities remain dramatically high at 34 000 per year in the Union; citizens and businesses expect a transport system that is accessible to all, safe and secure. The urban context poses specific challenges to a better balance of quality of life and the sustainability of transport and mobility.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 3 Within a few decades the expected growth rates of transport would drive European traffic into a gridlock and make its economic costs and societal impact unbearable. Passenger-kilometres are predicted to double over the next 40 years and grow twice as fast for air travel. CO2 emissions would grow 35 % by 2050. Congestion costs would increase by about 50 %, to nearly EUR 200 billion annually. The external costs of accidents would increase by about EUR 60 billion compared to 2005, and the external costs of climate change would even increase much more.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 3 a (new) It will be crucial to support and develop innovative concepts in the delivery of transport and mobility services, through substantial improvements in green logistics and mobility management. New approaches in production, stockpiling and delivery of goods, as well as more efficient and rational responses to mobility needs and use of communication tools, should lead to a society with less waste in transport- and mobility-related services. A link shall be made between transport avoidance policies and employment.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 5 The problems of pollution, congestion, safety and security are common throughout the Union and call for collaborative Europe-wide responses. Accelerating the development and deployment of new technologies and innovative solutions for vehicles, infrastructures and green transport logistics and mobility management will be key to achieve a cleaner and more efficient transport system in the Union; to deliver the results necessary to mitigate climate change and improve resource efficiency; to maintain European leadership on the world markets for transport related products, demand management concepts and services. These objectives cannot be achieved through fragmented national efforts alone.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 8 Investing in research and innovation for a greener, smarter and more integrated transport system will make an important contribution to the Europe 2020 goals of smart, sustainable and inclusive
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point a – paragraph 2 The focus of activities shall be to reduce resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and improve vehicle efficiency, to accelerate the development and deployment of a new generation of electric and other low or zero emission vehicles (not only cars, but also e-bicycles, tramways and trains), including through breakthroughs in engines, batteries and infrastructure and induction; to explore and exploit the potential of alternative fuels and innovative and more efficient propulsion systems, including fuel infrastructure; to optimise the use of infrastructures, by means of intelligent transport systems and smart equipment; and to increase the use of demand management and public and non-motorised transport
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point d – paragraph 2 The focus of activities shall be to improve the understanding of transport related socio-economic trends and prospects, and provide policy makers with evidence-based data and analyses. This also includes the impact of the liberalisation of the transport and mobility sector, such as the need to better understand the effect of rail liberalisation on the quality of services, the environment and the social interests of employees.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table I Excellent science, of which: 27818 1. The European Research Council 15008 2. Future and Emerging Science and Technologies
source: PE-494.630
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2011/2020(BUD) 2012 budget: all sections
2011/07/29
TRAN
4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that every budget, including the 2012 budget, should contribute to and stimulate the development of
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that the draft budget as proposed by the Commission constitutes the minimum necessary to sustain momentum in the implementation of the European Union policy described in the new White Paper on transport; believes that
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for significantly improved access to finance in innovation and infrastructures, notably for green technologies, the Trans-European Networks (TEN) with focus on existing rail infrastructure, linking operational with infrastructure investments, and other projects with proven European added value financed by Cohesion and Structural Funds;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Regrets that, on the basis of Art. 195 of the Lisbon Treaty, the Commission is not proposing a new legal basis to replace the three preparatory actions in the field of sustainable tourism which cannot be extended in 2012 and asks that appropriate resources be allocated for the tourism sector in 2012 and 2013 as well as in the future multiannual financial framework;
source: PE-469.968
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2011/2052(INI) European Platform against poverty and social exclusion
2011/06/28
EMPL
14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) – having regard to the revised European Social Charter, in particular Articles 30 (on the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 (on the right to housing) and 16 (on the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection) thereof,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas severe poverty represents a violation of human rights and a serious erosion of human dignity,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the Europe 2020 strategy aims to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty by at least 20 million, on the basis of three indicators (the at-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers, the severe material deprivation index and the percentage of people living in jobless households); whereas this aim may be an acknowledgement of the importance of combating poverty and social exclusion but, given the figures of 116 million at risk of poverty and 42 million living in conditions of severe material deprivation, it reflects the abandonment from the outset of millions of people in Europe, with the associated risk of generating threshold effects and excluding the most vulnerable people from the scope of policies geared to measurable results; whereas if the most intractable situations are not addressed from the outset, the policies implemented will have no impact on them,
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to involve civil society a
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for experiments in joint training on social and exclusion issues to be made, bringing together European officials and people with hands-on experience of combating poverty;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls for regular, critical monitoring of the Member States’ progress towards achieving the poverty reduction target, and for the Member States to break this target down into sub-targets, in close cooperation with local authorities; calls for a set of indicators to be chosen by means of which it will be possible to track the number of people below the 50% and 40% levels of median income and to ensure the policies implemented are beneficial to all and not just to those close to the poverty threshold, and also calls on the European Union to devise a comprehensive scoreboard on poverty and social exclusion to be published each year, the statistical approach of which should be supplemented by a qualitative and participatory approach;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls for the open method of social coordination to be strengthened and applied correctly in the field of poverty, inter alia through the common development, implementation and evaluation of national strategies for social inclusion and protection, on the basis of commonly defined objectives, via national platforms against poverty and by exchanges of good practice on policies regarding effective access to fundamental rights; calls for the open method of social coordination to permit the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the revised Social Charter, in particular Articles 30 and 31 thereof; calls for the open method of coordination to encourage the Member States to ratify the revised European Social Charter;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for the Platform to be geared towards asserting the rights which enable everyone to live in dignity, particularly in the field of employment, housing, health care, social security and adequate living standards, justice, education, training and culture, and the protection of families and children; calls for the Fundamental Rights Agency to produce a study on effective access by the poorest people to the whole range of fundamental rights and on the discrimination they face, with the participation of NGOs in which socially excluded people can freely express themselves, and bearing in mind that securing the right to housing is a necessary prerequisite for the full exercise other fundamental rights, including political and social rights;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls for all NGOs and small associations to be given support in their struggle for fundamental rights in order to strengthen the necessary human investment, allow people living in poverty to participate and to better inform them about access to rights and justice;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Urges the Commission to consult as to how best to combat negative discrimination based on social origin;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Advocates a proactive decent housing policy in order to ensure universal access to
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls for the relationship between parents and children to be given particular attention in programmes to combat poverty in order to prevent children being placed in care as a consequence of severe poverty;
source: PE-467.322
2011/09/09
EMPL
10 amendments...
Amendment A #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment AA #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the Commission’s new strategy for implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights aims, in particular, to improve the most disadvantaged people’s access to fundamental rights; whereas the Charter must be respected in its entirety and whereas severe poverty represents a violation of human rights and a serious erosion of human dignity and encourages stigmatisation and injustice; whereas the key objective of income support schemes is to bring people out of poverty and enable them to live in dignity,
Amendment B #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for poverty awareness seminars to be organised in the European institutions and Member State governments by organisations which have specific experience of combating poverty and for experiments in joint training on social and exclusion issues to be made, bringing together European officials and people with hands-on experience of combating poverty;
Amendment C #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls for
Amendment CC #
Motion for a resolution Considérant C C. whereas the Europe 2020 strategy a
Amendment G #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls for the open method of social coordination to be strengthened and applied correctly in the field of poverty, inter alia through the common development, implementation and evaluation of national strategies for social inclusion and protection, on the basis of commonly defined objectives, via national platforms against poverty, by exchanges of good practice on policies regarding effective access to fundamental rights and implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the revised Social Charter (not yet ratified by all Member States), in particular Articles 30 and 31 thereof; stresses that, in this context, the work of the Council’s Social Protection Committee should continue to be taken into account; calls for the Platform to promote and follow up the participation of local authorities, social economy enterprises and other local stakeholders in drawing up and implementing national strategic reports;
Amendment H #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission
Amendment J #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for the Platform to be geared towards asserting the rights which enable everyone to live in dignity, particularly in the field of employment, housing, health care, social security and adequate living standards, justice, education, training and culture, and the protection of families and children; calls for the Fundamental Rights Agency to produce a study on effective access by the poorest people to the whole range of fundamental rights and the other rights enshrined in the international agreements to which the Member States are signatories, and on the discrimination they face, with the participation of NGOs in which socially excluded people can freely express themselves, and bearing in mind that securing the right to housing is a necessary prerequisite for the full exercise of other fundamental rights, including political and social rights;
Amendment T #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment Z #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
source: PE-472.086
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2011/2082(INI) Future of VAT
2011/08/23
TRAN
5 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Is of the opinion that the proper functioning of the internal market is hampered by the diversity and unfair design of current rules regarding VAT on freight and passenger transport;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Draws attention to the complex and unfair situation regarding passenger transport: domestic passenger transport is taxed in almost all Member States. There are, however, exemptions, zero rates and different rates depending on the mode of transport and the Member State. International transport by sea and air, which includes intra-EU cross-border transport, is exempt from VAT in all Member States, whereas the situation regarding other modes varies across Member States. In addition, international air and sea transport providers can purchase some goods and services free of VAT, which creates an unfair cash-flow advantage compared with other modes of transport;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Draws attention to the agreed EU 20-20- 20 targets by 2020 and to the complex and unfair situation regarding passenger transport: domestic passenger transport is taxed in almost all Member States. There are, however, exemptions, zero rates and different rates depending on the mode of transport and the Member State. International transport by sea and air, which includes intra-EU cross-border transport, is exempt from VAT in all Member States, whereas the situation regarding domestic flights and other modes varies across Member States. In addition, international air and sea transport providers can purchase some goods and services free of VAT;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for a harmonised standard or reduced VAT rate for all intra-EU cross- border travel regardless of the mode of transport, and for harmonised regulation of VAT deductability; encourages the Commission and the Member States to introduce harmonised VAT rates for all modes of transport in the EU and the goods and services they purchase in order to guarantee fair competition between all of them;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Supports, however, a lower or zero rate for surface public transport for public- interest, social and environmental reasons;
source: PE-469.988
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2011/2096(INI) Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system
2011/09/21
ITRE
39 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 – having regard to the Commission’s communications entitled ‘the Citizens’ Network’ (COM(1995)0601) and ‘Action Plan on Urban Mobility’ (COM(2009)0490),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to the Commission’s communication entitled ‘Towards fair and efficient pricing in transport’ of 1995 and whereas the Commission should republish its communication ‘transport and CO2’ COM(98)0204,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the future European transport and mobility policy should integrate the 20-20-20 targets up to 2020 as a primary basis for decision making within this field, particularly as the transport sector will be amongst the most severely hit by extreme weather conditions resulting from climate change and by unsustainable and increasingly expensive fossil and nuclear energy sources,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas certain goals of the last White Paper were not reached, and the goals set should therefore be regularly checked a
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas carriers, should not
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 1 – that, by 2013, the Commission should make specific proposals, on the basis of the report on European road safety 2011-2020, to reduce the number of deaths and severe injuries on the roads by 50% in relation to 2010 and to indicate the costs and benefits expected from each concrete proposal in terms of accidents reduction;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 2 – that, by 2014,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Approves the ten goals set in the White Paper for 2050 as well as the overall target for emissions from transport, but considers that more specific provisions are required for the period until 2020 with regard to funding – in view of the economic situation of individual Member States – and the general challenges facing transport in the field of energy and the environment, and therefore calls on the Commission to draw up legal rules to reach intermediate goals for each of the ten goals of the White Paper and to reach the following additional goals by 2020 (in relation to
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 1 – a
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new) - a noise reduction in rail, air and road transport of 5db at day (d), 10 dB at evening (e) and 15 dB at night (n), affecting densely populated areas;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 and calls for all the
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Underlines that the Transport Protocol of the Alpine Convention offers a good basis for developing a model of good practise on sustainable transport policy, inspiring other mountain areas in Europe;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the completion of the European internal transport market should be aimed for, without neglecting economic, employment, environmental and social aspects, and calls on the Commission to ensure that proposals on liberalising the airport, rail, road, and other markets do not lead to social dumping or private monopolies; regulating policy and particularly its enforcement needs to be accelerated;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that efficient
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Notes the high degree of dependence of the Union on imported fossil fuels, whose supply from outside the Union is related to significant risks in terms of the Union’s economic security and in terms of the flexibility of its external policy options, and calls upon the Commission to define and regularly measure the Union’s external security of energy supply and to propose legislation to set binding quantitative reduction targets for the use of imported fossil fuels in transport;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Recognises that transport modes are complementary, that this complementarity is to be analysed primarily in terms of distance ranges, welcomes the indicative goals of the Transport White Paper in terms of long-distance overland freight transport and intermediate-distance overland passenger transport, interprets these goals as average values to be achieved in the Union as a whole while fully allowing for national and regional differences, and calls on the Commission to propose legislation on the collection and publication of statistical indicators that would lead to annual monitoring and reporting of progress towards those goals;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – introductory part 5. Stresses that the TEN-T concept should provide for a limited number of sustainable projects with
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – indent 1 – Member States should commit themselves to
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – indent 2 – the Commission should commit itself to propose to Member States that its direct funding for such projects should amount to at least 30% of total investments in coordination with regional policy and in accordance with the 20-20-20 targets up to 2020;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – indent 3 – the Commission should commit itself to support alternative funding models and instruments, including project bonds, and to
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – indent 5 – project priorities should only be maintained after 2015 if the Member States have taken binding budget decisions which ensure the implementation of the projects and the co-funding of the EU should be based on the ‘use it or lose it’ principle;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new) - EuroVelo, the European long-distance cycle route network, should be included in the TEN-T network;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Requests, by 2015, a proposal on urban mobility in which, whilst respecting the principle of subsidiarity, support for projects is made conditional upon the submission of sustainable urban mobility plans which provide for efficient passenger and goods logistics chains, contribute to a reduction in traffic volumes, accidents, impact on climate change and environmental pollution (atmospheric pollution and noise), comply with the standards and targets of European transport policy and are coherent with regard to surrounding towns and regions;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Asserts that sustainable multi- modality for passengers and goods logistics needs the provision of intermodal connection points and terminals, integrated planning and logistics, as well as integrated education and vocational training;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Stresses that the behaviour of transport users is decisive and calls for the creation of incentives to choose sustainable
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 – indent 2 a (new) - to develop concepts and systems that contribute to transport volume reduction and avoidance;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers that bureaucratic hurdles should be reduced for all forms of transport and calls, therefore, for the increased harmonisation of transport documents,
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Recognises that low emission / green zones can make an important contribution to improving air quality in urban areas, but cities should have the freedom to design and implement schemes based on their unique circumstances; believes that a central information point for all schemes across the EU should be promoted to enable effective journey planning and a good example would be the expansion of http://www.lowemissionzones.eu and include road pricing zones;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Highlights the fact that
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls on Member States to support and work towards a level playing field between all modes of transport in terms of energy taxation and Value Added Tax (VAT);
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – indent 1 Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – indent 2 a (new) - to fix EU co-funding for road infrastructure at maximum 20% of the total EU transport co-funding;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – indent 3 – the Commission to support Member State initiatives to create a safe and environmentally friendly fleet by
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – indent 4 – the dedication of
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 – indent 3 a (new) - the Commission to strengthen coordination between the Single Sky Regulations and the SESAR and Galileo projects as well as the Clean Sky initiatives, to obtain more efficient energy and GHG emissions reduction measures;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 – indent 1 – the Commission to take Member States’ commitments in relation to local public transport and existing service levels into account when
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 – indent 2 – a harmonisation of the rules on vehicle
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 – indent 3 a (new) - a boost of a well-conceived railway infrastructure, noise reduction and ERTMS action plan up to 2020 and next 2030, improving considerably co-funding by the EU;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 – indent 3 b (new) - the allocation of at least 40% of all EU co-funding in transport to railway projects;
source: PE-472.267
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2011/2201(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
2012/12/01
TRAN
2 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to present, on an annual basis, lists of tourism and transport infrastructure projects, co- financed by cohesion and regional funds, as is already the case for TEN-T funds, and, as a result, make information on Union co-funding easily accessible and transparent for other Institutions and the taxpayer;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 source: PE-478.685
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2011/2238(DEC) 2010 discharge: SESAR Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system
2012/12/01
TRAN
1 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to increase the effectiveness of how the 'Single European Sky' Regulations are applied, in order to increase the effectiveness of investments in the SESAR project;
source: PE-478.690
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2012/0184(COD) Periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers. 'Roadworthiness package'
2013/03/28
TRAN
9 amendments...
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 a (new) (6a) Modern engines are made more fuel efficient using sophisticated engine management and exhaust treatment systems. Unless properly maintained and tuned, these systems can however lead to the emission of higher levels of highly toxic nano-particulates and NOx. For more modern vehicles, periodic roadworthiness tests should therefore also measure the particulate and NOx levels of exhaust gases.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 a (new) (10a) To avoid any conflict of interest between testing centres and the bodies involved in performing repairs, no vehicle should undergo roadworthiness testing and repair in installations belonging to the same interests within less than one year's time.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – indent 4 Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9 (9) ‘roadworthiness test’ means a verification that
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 2. Roadworthiness tests shall be carried out only by the competent authority of a Member State or by testing centres authorised by Member States or by the supervising bodies set up by them.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. To avoid any conflict of interest between testing centres and the bodies involved in performing repairs, testing centres or establishments belonging to the same interests shall not perform repairs on vehicles that they have tested in the elapsed year and vice versa.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 2. In the case where a vehicle of categories M1 or N1 reaches a mileage of 1
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – major deficiencies that may prejudice the safety of the vehicle or put other road users at risk deficiencies or that represent an infringement to the relevant legislation and norms on noise and gaseous emissions, in particular noise, particulates, CO2 and Nox, or other more significant non-
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 It shall, on the basis of that examination, put forward and evaluate different policy options, including proposals for better interoperability and/or standardisation of electronic documents and the possibility to remove the requirement of a proof of test as provided for in Article 10. Within two years after the date of application of this Regulation, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the results of the examination, and accompany it with a legislative proposal
source: PE-507.994
2013/04/03
TRAN
2 amendments...
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Item 8.2.1.2 Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Item 8.2.2.2 source: PE-508.077
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2012/0186(COD) Technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union. 'Roadworthiness package'
2013/03/28
TRAN
5 amendments...
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 (10) ‘roadworthiness test’ means a verification that
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 4 – nuisance, including noise and gaseous emissions, in particular CO2, particulates and NOx.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – major deficiencies that may prejudice the safety of the vehicle or put other road users at risk or deficiencies that represent an infringement to the relevant norms on noise and gaseous emissions, in particular CO2, particulates and NOx, or other more significant non-
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – part 1 – point 9 (9) Nuisance, such as noise and gaseous emissions, in particular CO2, particulates and NOx
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 3 – part 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Deficiencies that may prejudice the safety of the vehicle or may not comply with legislation and norms on noise and gaseous emissions, in particular CO2, particulates and NOx, and/or put other road users at risk and other more significant non-
source: PE-508.051
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2012/2016(BUD) 2013 budget: mandate for trilogue
2012/05/31
BUDG
5 amendments...
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Takes note of the rationale adopted by the Commission when proposing reductions as compared to the Financial programming, which has led, in the view of the Commission, to the identification of potential savings within under- implemented lines of –among others- FP7, TEN-T, Marco Polo, Progress, Statistical programme, Customs and Fiscalis; is determined to carefully analyse the performance under each of these programmes in order to check the appropriateness of the proposed cuts and exclude negative impacts on the programmes concerned; recalls that the main TEN-T programme was fully executed in 2011 and points out that a final judgement on how commitments have been implemented and paid out on projects in the 2007-2013 financial framework can be made only in 2017;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Underlines that at a time of fiscal constraint, innovative solutions are urgently required to mobilise a greater share of private savings and to improve the range of financial instruments available for infrastructure projects;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Believes that the Programme to support the further development of an Integrated Maritime Policy needs adequate funding for 2013; underlines its disappointment on the absence of a budgetary line on tourism and regrets the constant decrease in the road safety budgetary allocation;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Stresses that the TEN-T programme
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 69 69. Is however worried that for the first time the Commission cut the budgetary requests of almost all agencies, which were in line with Financial programming amounts overall, including of those agencies which belong to Parliament's priorities, for a total amount of some EUR 44 million; will carefully analyse the methodology, rationale and possible impact of such cuts; Underlines once more that EU agencies‘ budget allocations are far from consisting in administrative expenditure alone, but instead contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 goals and EU objectives in general, while aiming at making savings at national level, as decided by the legislative authority;
source: PE-489.697
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2012/2027(INI) Innovative financial instruments in the context of the next Multiannual Financial Framework
2012/07/19
BUDG
3 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that the ultimate purpose of and the rationale for IFIs is that they should act as a catalyst which makes it possible, on the basis of a contribution from the Union budget, to mobilise funding – public and/or private – for sustainable projects which can secure no support, or only inadequate support, from the market; points out that intervention by the public sector thus makes it possible to reduce the risk-related costs, or to defray part of those costs, thereby facilitating the implementation of the projects concerned;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Emphasises that, according to Commission estimates, implementing the EU2020 Strategy and its seven headline initiatives would require investment throughout the Union totalling EUR 1600 billion between now and 2020; notes that these investments meet objectives ranging from the implementation of major infrastructure projects to the provision of support for smaller-scale projects which offer significant potential for
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Emphasises the importance of ex ante assessments in identifying situations of market failure or sub-optimal investment conditions; calls on the Commission to propose objective, polythematic and relevant criteria to govern the role and use of ex ante assessments;
source: PE-494.572
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2012/2092(BUD) 2013 general budget: all sections
2012/07/26
TRAN
3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that EU transport policy is key to achieving the priority of sustainable
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the TEN-T programme, through investment in high European added value infrastructures, is essential to raise the competitiveness of the EU as a whole, by
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the importance of sufficient budgetary allocations to programmes to support the further development of the Single European Sky, Single European Railway Area, Integrated Maritime Policy, electronic ticketing, alternative fuels, renewable energies and urban mobility; reiterates its disappointment on the absence of a budgetary line on tourism and regrets the constant decrease in the
source: PE-494.569
2012/08/10
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraphs 77 a, b, c, d, e, f, g (new) Working arrangements of the Parliament 77a. Believes that, like every directly elected parliament, the Parliament should have the right to decide on its own seat and working place arrangements; 77b. Declares therefore that the Parliament's seat and places of work for Members and officials should be decided upon by the Parliament itself; 77c. Urges the two arms of the budgetary authority (the Council and the Parliament), in order to make financial savings and promote a more sustainable climate- and environment friendly solution, to raise the issue of a single seat and Parliament's working places for Members and officials in the upcoming negotiations on the next MFF for 2014- 2020; 77d. Urges the Member States to revise the issue of the Parliament's seat and working places in the next revision of the Treaty by amending protocol 6; 77e. Calls in the meantime on the Council and the Parliament to start elaborating a road-map towards a single seat and a more efficient use of the Parliament's working places, taking into account specific up to date figures detailing the cost of each place of work and working conditions for staff, as well as economic, societal and environmental factors - to be presented in a report by 30 June 2013; 77f. Believes that, as the most viable place for Parliament's seat would be Brussels, co-located alongside Council, Commission and the EEAS, such a road- map should also include a reasonable solution for Strasbourg and Luxemburg so as to avoid, to the extent possible, any loss of jobs and income for citizens and local and regional authorities in those places of work; such a solution could preferably entail locating other institutions permanently to Strasbourg and Luxemburg that could make full use of the Parliament's buildings; 77g. Suggests that the agreement between the authorities in Luxembourg and the Parliament, on the number of staff to be present in Luxembourg, should be revised taking into account a revision of the Parliament's needs;
source: PE-497.798
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2012/2151(INI) Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union
2012/08/10
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. The situation whereby the financing needs of the Union Budget conflict with the necessary budget consolidation in Member States should be addressed urgently. The time has come, therefore, to engage in a progressive return to a situation in which the Union Budget is financed by genuine own resources, which would relieve national budgets accordingly; reminds furthermore its resolutions of 29 March 20071, 8 June 20112, 13 June 20123 and of 23 October of 20124 in which it explained its views on what a genuine own resources system means and how to make this system compatible with the needed fiscal consolidation at national level in short term; _______________ 1 OJ C 27 E, 31.1.2008, p. 214 2 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0266. 3 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0245. 4 in the interests of achieving a positive outcome of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 approval procedure (COM(2012)0388 – 2011/0177(APP))
source: PE-496.670
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2012/2193(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
2012/12/13
TRAN
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Demands that the European Commission scrutinise and prohibit possible conflicts of interest when the Agency hires experts and staff from the sector it supervises;
source: PE-501.986
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2012/2194(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
2012/12/13
TRAN
1 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Takes into account the European Court of Auditors Special report 15/2012 on management of conflict of interest in selected EU Agencies published in October 2012; welcomes, in this regard, the Agency's decision of 1 August 2012 to amend the Code of Conduct for its staff to include a comprehensive policy on the prevention and mitigation of conflict of interest, and will closely monitor the progress made; notes that the Agency's managers, sensitive posts and Members of the Executive Committee have already completed their annual declarations of interest; calls on the European Commission to scrutinise and prohibit possible conflicts of interest when the Agency hires experts and staff from the sector it supervises;
source: PE-501.985
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2012/2198(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Railway Agency (ERA)
2012/12/13
TRAN
1 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Demands that the European Commission scrutinise and prohibit possible conflicts of interest when the Agency hires experts and staff from the sector it supervises;
source: PE-501.987
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2013/0000(BUD)
2013/10/01
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recalls the plenary decision for the Council to present a roadmap by June 2013 on the multiple seats of the EP and expects both the Committees concerned, the Secretary General and the Bureau to provide members with up-to-date figures and information on the financial and environmental impact of the multiple seat arrangement; suggests the EP's own impact assessment services examine this question also with respect to the impact of the EP's presence or partial presence on the respective communities and regions and present an assessment by June 2013 in order for these findings to be considered for the next MFF;
source: PE-502.217
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