Lucas HARTONG

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Netherlands Partij voor de Vrijheid 2010/06/22 - 9999/12/31

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Member of	Committee on Budgets	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Committee on Budgetary Control	2012/01/19	9999/12/31

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Member of	Committee on Budgets	2010/06/23	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2011/02/11	2012/01/18
Member of	Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013	2010/06/23	2011/06/30
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2010/06/22	2010/12/08

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Member of	Delegation for relations with the United States	2012/09/10	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China	2010/06/22	9999/12/31

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Member of	Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula	2010/06/23	2012/09/09

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Shadow	2012/2107(DEC)	Special report 6/2012 (2011 discharge): European Union Assistance to the Turkish Cypriot Community
Shadow	2011/2226(DEC)	2010 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Shadow	2011/2220(DEC)	2010 discharge: European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Shadow	2011/2217(DEC)	2010 discharge: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Shadow	2011/2033(INI)	Budgetary management of European Union pre-accession funds in the areas of judicial systems and the fight against corruption in the candidate and potential candidate countries

Born

1963/05/24 Dordrecht

City grammar school (1982). Bachelor of Public Relations (1992). Bachelor of Theology (2006).
In recent years worked as an independent columnist/publicist for various magazines and newspapers.
PVV candidate for the Second Chamber (2006).
Accredited parliamentary assistant, PVV delegation in the European Parliament (2009).
Member of the board, ANWB (Dutch automobile association) (since 2009).

Amendments

Amendments	Dossier
4	2009/2226(INI) Mid-term review of the European satellite navigation programmes: implementation assessment, future challenges and financing perspectives 2011/02/16 BUDG 4 amendments... Amendment 2 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. ~~Recall~~Deplores that the inadequate funding for the GNSS programmes led in 2007 to a revision of the current MFF which increased the ceiling for Heading 1a by €2.4 billion for the period 2007-2013; points out that again in 2010 the Commission proposed an MFF revision to increase the ceiling for Heading 1a, owing to a shortage of funding for the ITER project; emphasises that such ad hoc, emergency solutions are likely to jeopardise the success and added value of strategic, large-scale EU projects and undermine the political momentum around them ; considers that sound, long- term solutions for their funding must be devised insteadevidence of the fact that this project must be scrapped immediately from the EU budget, to prevent further future losses for the European citizens; Amendment 8 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. ~~Deplor~~Welcomes the fact that in its mid-term review in January 2011 the Commission did not propose any additional funding for the GNSS programmes for the period to 2013, which may lead to unacceptable delays in their completion; points out that~~, should extra funds be needed dur~~ any further investments ing this p~~eriod,~~rogram should be terminated immediately so that redeployment from current multiannual programmes ~~cannot be seen as a viable option and that~~and further reductions under Heading 1a, in particular concerning the 7th Framework Programme, ~~are unacceptable~~will not be needed; Amendment 11 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that GNSS is a critical technology that could or could not revolutionise European transport infrastructure and various market sectors; points out that any delay ~~would~~might or might not result in a loss of international competitiveness, in current infrastructure becoming obsolete~~, in an inability to use technologies and applications under development and in the loss of up to 60% of the expected benefits~~; Amendment 14 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that Galileo is the first EU- owned project and that to avoid uncertainties, reassure market players and bring it to full operability within the shortest possible period its budget must be s~~teadily increas~~crapped; supports, therefore~~, the proposal~~ that in the future~~, where~~ large- scale projects such as this ~~are concerned, a predetermined annual amount should be covered from the EU budget and that the Member States should be responsible for financing any balance~~will only be funded securely and in detail, accorded by the Member States, under their responsibility; source: PE-458.782
11	2010/0054(COD) European External Action Service: Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (amend. Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002) 2010/10/09 BUDG, CONT 11 amendments... Amendment 31 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 1 (1) Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (hereinafter the Financial Regulation), lays down the budgetary principles and financial rules which should be respected in all legislative acts. It is ~~necessary~~, however, democratically undesirable to amend certain provisions of the Financial Regulation in order to take account of the amendments introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon. Amendment 33 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 2 (2) The undemocratically introduced Treaty of Lisbon can never establishes a European External Action Service (hereinafter “EEAS”). According to the conclusions of the European Council of 29 and 30 October 2009, the EEAS is a service of a sui generis nature and should be treated as an institution for the purposes of the Financial Regulation. Amendment 35 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 3 (3) Given that the EEAS should be treated as an institution for the purposes of the Financial Regulation, the European Parliament is to grant discharge to the EEAS for the implementation of the appropriations voted in the EEAS section of the Budget. The European Parliament should also continue to grant discharge to the Commission for the implementation of Commission’s section of the Budget, including operational appropriations implemented by Heads of Delegations who are sub-delegated authorising officers of the Commission.deleted Amendment 37 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 4 (4) The Lisbon Treaty foresees that Commission Delegations become part of the EEAS as Union Delegations. In order to ensure their efficient management, all administrative and support expenditure of Union Delegations which finance common costs should be executed by a single support service. To that effect, the Financial Regulation should foresee the possibility for detailed rules, to be agreed with the Commission, in order to facilitate the implementation of the Union Delegations’ operating appropriations entered in the EEAS and the Council sections of the Budget.deleted Amendment 40 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 5 (5) It is necessary to ensure the continuity of the functioning of Union Delegations and in particular the continuity and efficiency in the management of external aid by the Delegations. Therefore the Commission should be authorised to subdelegate its powers of budget implementation of operational expenditure to Heads of Union Delegations belonging to EEAS as a separate institution. Furthermore, where the Commission implements the budget under direct centralised management, it should be allowed to do so also through sub-delegation to Heads of Union Delegations. The authorising officers by delegation of the Commission should continue to be responsible for the definition of internal management and control systems, while the Heads of Union Delegations should be responsible for the adequate set up and functioning of internal management and control systems and for the management of the funds and the operations carried out within their Delegations and they should report twice a year to that effect.deleted Amendment 42 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 6 6. In order to comply with the principle of sound financial management, Heads of Union Delegations, when acting as sub- delegated authorising officers of the Commission, should apply the Commission rules and should be subject to the same duties, obligations and accountability as any other sub-delegated authorising officer of the Commission. For those purposes, they should also refer to the Commission as their institution where required.deleted Amendment 43 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 7 7. The Commission retains full responsibility for the discharge procedure as concerns the Commission section of the budget implemented by EEAS. In order to allow the Commission to fulfil its responsibilities, the Heads of Union Delegations should provide the necessary information. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy should facilitate the cooperation between Union Delegations and Commission departments.deleted Amendment 44 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 8 8. The accounting officer of the Commission remains responsible for the entire Commission section of the Budget, including accounting operations relating to appropriations sub-delegated to Heads of Union Delegations. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify that the responsibilities of the accounting officer of the EEAS should only concern the EEAS section of the budget to avoid any overlapping of responsibilities.deleted Amendment 45 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 9 9. In order to ensure coherence and equality of treatment between sub- delegated authorising officers who are EEAS staff and those who are Commission staff, as well as proper information of the Commission, the special financial irregularities panel of the Commission should also be responsible for handling irregularities within the EEAS where the Commission sub-delegated implementation powers to Heads of Union Delegations. Nonetheless, in order to maintain the link between financial management responsibility and disciplinary action, the Commission should be entitled to request the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to initiate proceedings if irregularities concerning the competencies of the Commission sub- delegated to the Heads of Union Delegations were found by the panel. In such a case the High Representative should take the appropriate action in accordance with the Staff Regulation.deleted Amendment 46 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 10 10. In order to ensure coherence, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of financial control, the ient~~ernal auditor of the Commission should act as the internal auditor of the EEAS in respect of the budget implementation of both the Commission and the EEAS sections of the Budget~~ire proposal and preparation for introduction of the EEAS should immediately be dropped. Amendment 49 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 11 11. Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 ~~should~~ therefore ~~be amended accordingly~~does not need to be amended, source: PE-445.983
45	2010/0256(COD) Outermost regions: specific measures for agriculture 2011/07/19 BUDG 45 amendments... Amendment 5 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) In keeping with the principle of subsidiarity and in order to ensure flexibility, two principles which form the basis of the programming approach adopted for the scheme promoting the Union's outermost regions, the authorities appointed by the Member State may propose amendments to the programme to bring it into line with the reality of the situation in the outermost regions. Also in keeping with this approach, the procedure for amending the programmes must be adapted to reflect the level of relevance of each type of amendment.deleted Amendment 6 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) In order to ensure the supply of essential agricultural products to the outermost regions and to compensate for the additional costs caused by their extreme remoteness, it is appropriate to introduce a specific supply arrangement. In fact, the exceptional geographical situation of the outermost regions imposes additional transport costs in supplying products which are essential for human consumption, for processing or as agricultural inputs. In addition, other objective factors linked to these regions’ extreme remoteness, namely their insularity and small surface areas, lead to further constraints on economic operators and producers in the outermost regions that severely handicap their activities. These handicaps can be alleviated by lowering the price of these essential products.deleted Amendment 7 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) To that end, notwithstanding Article 28 of the Treaty, imports of certain agricultural products from third countries should not be exempt from the applicable import duties. To take account of their origin and the customs treatment accorded to them under European Union law, products which have entered the Union’s customs territory under inward processing or customs warehousing arrangements ~~should~~must not be considered as direct imports, for the purpose of granting the benefits of the specific supply arrangements. Amendment 8 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) In order to achieve in an effective manner the lowering of prices in the outermost regions and mitigating the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, all the while maintaining the competitiveness of EU products, aid should be granted for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions. Such aid should take account of the additional cost of transport to these regions and the cost of exports to third countries and, in the case of agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, specifically insularity and small surface areas.deleted Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) Given the requirements relating to the monitoring of transactions benefiting from the specific supply arrangements, administrative checks must be conducted on the products concerned at the time of their import or entry into the outermost regions and also at the time of their export or dispatch from the same. In addition, in order to achieve the objectives of the arrangements, the economic advantages of the specific supply arrangements must be in terms of production costs and must reduce prices up to the end user stage. They should therefore be granted only on condition that they are actually passed on, and appropriate checks must be carried out.deleted Amendment 10 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) Since the quantities covered by the specific supply arrangements are limited to the supply requirements of the outermost regions, this system possibly does not impair the proper functioning of the internal market. Nor should the economic advantages of the specific supply arrangements provoke diversions of trade in the products concerned. Dispatching or exportation of those products from the outermost regions should therefore be prohibited. ~~Nevertheless, the dispatch or export of these products must be authorised if the financial advantage resulting from the specific supply arrangements is reimbursed.~~ Amendment 11 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) However, appropriate measures ~~should~~may be taken to allow for the necessary restructuring of the sugar processing sector in the Azores. These measures should take into account that in order for the sugar sector on the Azores to be viable, a certain level of production and processing needs to be ensured. Against this background, dispatches of sugar from the Azores to the rest of the Union should be allowed exceptionally to exceed traditional flows for a limited period of five years, subject to progressively reduced annual limits. Given that the quantities that may be re- dispatched will be proportional and limited to the extent strictly necessary for ensuring the viability of local sugar production and processing, such temporary dispatching of sugar from the Azores w~~ill~~ould perhaps not adversely affect the internal market of the Union. Amendment 12 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) With regard to out-of-quota sugar to be supplied to the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, the scheme of exemption from import duties will continue to apply. In particular, the Azores should be also authorised to benefit from the exemption from import duties for raw cane sugar within the limit of their forecast supply balance.deleted Amendment 13 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) To date the Canary Islands have been supplied under the specific supply arrangements for skimmed milk powder containing vegetable fat with CN code 1901 90 99 for industrial processing. The continued supply of this product, which has become a traditional component of the local diet, should be permitted.deleted Amendment 14 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 (17) Given that rice constitutes a staple of the diet of Réunion, and since the island does not produce sufficient quantities to meet local requirements, the import of this product to the island should continue to be exempt from any form of import tax.deleted Amendment 15 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 (18) European Union policy to assist local production in the outermost regions has involved a multitude of products and measures for their production, marketing or processing. These measures have not really proved effective ~~and ensured that agriculture continues and develops~~. The EU should not continue to support these lines of production, which are a key element to ensure the environmental, social and economic equilibrium of the outermost regions. Experience has shown that, as in the case of rural development policy, a closer partnership with local authorities can help to address the particular issues affecting the regions concerned in a more targeted way. Support to promote local production therefore needs to continue by means of the POSEI programmes. Amendment 16 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) In order to support the marketing of products from the outermost regions, ~~aid~~the regions should be e~~stablished to assist commercialisation of~~ncouraged to market theseir products outside of the region in which they are produced. However, this is a task for the regions themselves. Amendment 17 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 (20) The minimum elements which must be provided under the POSEI programmes in order to establish the measures supporting local agricultural production, specifically the description of location, the strategy proposed, the objectives and measures, should be established. The principles where these measures are consistent with other EU policies should also be stipulated, in order to avoid any incompatibility and overlapping of aid.deleted Amendment 18 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 ~~(21) In order to ensure that it can be implemented, the POSEI programme may also contain measures for financing studies, demonstration projects, training and technical assistance.~~deleted Amendment 19 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 23 (23) The structures of certain farms or processing and marketing firms in the outermost regions are seriously defective and face specific difficulties. Articles 26(2) and 28(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) therefore provide for more favourable support rates for certain types of investment in the outermost regions. Amendment 20 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 25 (25) Article 39(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and Annex I thereto determine the maximum annual amounts eligible for agri-environmental payments. T~~o take into account the specific environmental situation of certain very sensitive pasture areas in the Azores and the preservation of the landscape and traditional features~~hese amounts should on no account be exceeded, in view of the EU’s desire to cut back heavily ofn agricultural ~~land, in particular the areas of terrace cultivatio~~expenditure. Furthermore, in lin ~~Madeira, provision should be made for the possibility, in the case of certain specific measures, of increasing those amounts up to twofold~~e with the subsidiarity principle, any aid accorded is a matter between the peripheral regions and the national authorities within whose responsibility they fall. Amendment 21 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 26 (26) A derogation may be granted from the Commission’s consistent policy of not authorising State operating aid for the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products covered by Annex I to the Treaty, in order to mitigate the specific constraints on farming in the outermost regions linked to their extreme remoteness, specifically their isolation, insularity, small surface areas, mountainous terrain and climate and their economic dependency on a small number of products.deleted Amendment 22 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 28 (28) The maintenance of vineyards, which are the most widespread type of cultivation in the regions of Madeira and the Canary islands and a very important one for the Azores, is an economic and environmental imperative. To help support production, neither the abandonment premiums nor the market mechanisms provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 should be applicable in these regions, but nonetheless, in the Canary Islands, it should be possible to apply crisis distillation measures in the event of exceptional market disturbance arising from quality problems. Similarly, technical and socio-economic difficulties have prevented complete conversion, within the time limits established, of the areas in the regions of Madeira and the Azores under vines of hybrid varieties prohibited by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. The wine produced by such vineyards is intended solely for traditional local consumption.deleted Amendment 23 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 29 (29) The restructuring of the milk sector is not yet complete in the Azores. In line with the high dependence of the Azores on milk production, combined with other handicaps connected with their extreme remoteness and the absence of profitable alternative lines of production, the derogation from certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 concerning surplus levies on milk and milk products should be maintained.deleted Amendment 24 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 31 (31) The need to maintain local milk production by means of incentives justifies not applying Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in the French overseas departments and Madeira. This exemption should apply to Madeira subject to a limit of 4 000 tonnes.deleted Amendment 25 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 32 (32) Traditional livestock farming activities should be supported. In order to meet the local consumption needs of the French overseas departments and Madeira, duty-free imports from third countries of male bovine animals intended for fattening should be authorised subject to certain conditions and up to a maximum annual limit by the authorities of the Member States within whose responsibility the peripheral areas in question fall. Amendment 26 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 33 (33) The possibility opened under Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers to enable Portugal to transfer rights to the suckler cow premium from the mainland to the Azores should be renewed and that instrument should be adjusted in the light of the support arrangements for the outermost regions. __________________ 8. OJ L 30, 31.01.09, p. 16.deleted Amendment 27 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 34 (34) Tobacco growing is of historical importance in the Canary Islands. Economically speaking, tobacco preparation continues to be one of the chief industrial activities in the region. In social terms, tobacco cultivation is very labour- intensive and carried out by small farms. Since the crop is not sufficiently profitable, however, it is in danger of dying out. Tobacco is currently cultivated on only a small area on the island of La Palma, for the small-scale manufacture of cigars. Spain should therefore be authorised to continue to grant aid, in addition to EU aid, so that this traditional crop can be maintained with a view to supporting the artisanal activity associated with it. In addhe EU has no intention of granting aid to undertakings that are clearly not profitable except with EU aid. EU aid is not intended to be a covert form of state aid to maintain p unfair competition~~, t~~. To maintain the manufacture of tobacco products, ~~imports into the Canary Islands of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco should continue to be exempt from customs duty, up to an annual limit of 20 000 tonnes of stripped raw tobacco equivalent~~the producers may if they will approach the national authorities. Amendment 29 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 35 (35) Implementation of this Regulation must not jeopardise the level of special support from which the outermost regions have benefited up to now. For that reason, so that they can implement the appropriate measures, the Member States should have at their disposal sums equivalent to the support already granted by the Community under Regulation (EC) No 247/2006.deleted Amendment 32 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 36 (36) Since 2006, requirements in essential products have increased in some outermost regions, particularly in the Azores and in the French overseas departments, as a result of the increasing livestock population and demographic pressure. The proportion of the budget which Member States may use for the specific supply arrangements for the regions concerned should therefore be increased.deleted Amendment 37 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 22 State aid 1. For the agricultural products covered by Annex I to the Treaty, to which Articles 107, 108 and 109 thereof apply, the Commission may authorise, in accordance with Article 108 of the Treaty, operating aid in the sectors producing, processing and marketing those products, with a view to mitigating the specific constraints on farming in the outermost regions as a result of their isolation, insularity and extreme remoteness. 2. Member States may agree additional financing for the implementation of POSEI programmes. In such cases the State aid must be notified by the Member States to the Commission and approved in accordance with this Regulation as part of those programmes. Aid thus notified shall be regarded as notified within the meaning of the first sentence of Article 108(3) of the Treaty. 3. France may grant the sugar sector in the French outermost regions aid of up to EUR 90 million per marketing year. France shall inform the Commission within 30 days of the end of each marketing year of the amount of aid actually granted. 4. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article and by way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 180 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2006, Articles 107, 108 and 109 of the Treaty shall not apply to payments made under Title IV, paragraph 3 of this Article and Articles 23 and 27 of this Regulation by Member States in conformity with this Regulation. __________________ 11. OJ L 214, 04.08.06, p. 7.deleted Amendment 38 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 1 1. For the agricultural products covered by Annex I to the Treaty, to which Articles 107, 108 and 109 thereof apply, the Commission may authorise, in accordance with Article 108 of the Treaty, operating aid in the sectors producing, processing and marketing those products, with a view to mitigating the specific constraints on farming in the outermost regions as a result of their isolation, insularity and extreme remoteness.deleted Amendment 39 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 3 3. France may grant the sugar sector in the French outermost regions aid of up to EUR 90 million per marketing year. France shall inform the Commission within 30 days of the end of each marketing year of the amount of aid actually granted.deleted Amendment 40 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 ~~France may grant the sugar sector in the French outermost regions aid of up to EUR 90 million per marketing year.~~deleted Amendment 42 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 27 State aid for tobacco production Spain is authorised to award aid concerning the production of tobacco in the Canary Islands. The granting of this aid may not result in discrimination between producers in the islands. The amount of the aid may not exceed EUR 2 980.62 per tonne. The additional aid shall be granted for up to 10 tonnes each year.deleted Amendment 43 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 Exemption of tobacco from customs duties 1. No customs duties shall be applied to direct imports into the Canary Islands of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco falling, respectively, within: a) CN code 2401; and b) the following subheadings: – 2401 10 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped, – 2401 20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, – ex 2401 20 Outer coverings for cigars presented on supports, in reels for the manufacture of tobacco, – 2401 30 Tobacco waste, – ex 2402 10 Unfinished cigars without wrapping, – ex 2403 10 Cigarette rag (finished mixtures of tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots and cigarillos), – ex 2403 91 Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, whether or not put up in sheets or strips, – ex 2403 99 Expanded tobacco. The exemption provided for in the first subparagraph is granted by means of the certificates referred to in Article 11. This exemption applies to the products referred to in the first subparagraph, meant to be processed in the Canary Islands in order to produce manufactured products ready for smoking, subject to an annual import limit of 20 000 tonnes of raw stripped tobacco equivalent. 2. The Commission shall adopt by means of an implementing act the measures necessary to implement paragraph 1 and more specifically the measures for introducing the exemption from import duties in respect of tobacco in the Canary Islands.deleted Amendment 44 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 1. No customs duties shall be applied to direct imports into the Canary Islands of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco falling, respectively, within: a) CN code 2401; and b) the following subheadings: – 2401 10 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped, – 2401 20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, – ex 2401 20 Outer coverings for cigars presented on supports, in reels for the manufacture of tobacco, – 2401 30 Tobacco waste, – ex 2402 10 Unfinished cigars without wrapping, – ex 2403 10 Cigarette rag (finished mixtures of tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots and cigarillos), – ex 2403 91 Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, whether or not put up in sheets or strips, – ex 2403 99 Expanded tobacco. The exemption provided for in the first subparagraph is granted by means of the certificates referred to in Article 11. This exemption applies to the products referred to in the first subparagraph, meant to be processed in the Canary Islands in order to produce manufactured products ready for smoking, subject to an annual import limit of 20 000 tonnes of raw stripped tobacco equivalent.deleted Amendment 45 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part No customs duties shall be applied to direct imports into the Canary Islands of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco falling, respectively, within: a) CN code 2401; and b) the following subheadings: – 2401 10 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped, – 2401 20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, – ex 2401 20 Outer coverings for cigars presented on supports, in reels for the manufacture of tobacco, – 2401 30 Tobacco waste, – ex 2402 10 Unfinished cigars without wrapping, – ex 2403 10 Cigarette rag (finished mixtures of tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots and cigarillos), – ex 2403 91 Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, whether or not put up in sheets or strips, – ex 2403 99 Expanded tobacco.deleted Amendment 46 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a ~~a) CN code 2401; an~~deleted Amendment 47 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – introductory part b) the following subheadings: – 2401 10 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped, – 2401 20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, – ex 2401 20 Outer coverings for cigars presented on supports, in reels for the manufacture of tobacco, – 2401 30 Tobacco waste, – ex 2402 10 Unfinished cigars without wrapping, – ex 2403 10 Cigarette rag (finished mixtures of tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots and cigarillos), – ex 2403 91 Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, whether or not put up in sheets or strips, – ex 2403 99 Expanded tobacco.deleted Amendment 48 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 1 ~~– 2401 10 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripp~~deleted, Amendment 49 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 2 ~~– 2401 20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripp~~deleted, Amendment 50 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 3 ~~– ex 2401 20 Outer coverings for cigars presented on supports, in reels for the manufacture of tobacco,~~deleted Amendment 51 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 4 ~~– 2401 30 Tobacco was~~delete,d Amendment 52 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 5 ~~– ex 2402 10 Unfinished cigars without wrapping,~~deleted Amendment 53 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 6 ~~– ex 2403 10 Cigarette rag (finished mixtures of tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots and cigarillos),~~deleted Amendment 54 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 7 ~~– ex 2403 91 Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, whether or not put up in sheets or strips,~~deleted Amendment 55 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 8 ~~– ex 2403 99 Expanded tobacco.~~deleted Amendment 56 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 This exemption applies to the products referred to in the first subparagraph, meant to be processed in the Canary Islands in order to produce manufactured products ready for smoking, subject to an annual import limit of 20 000 tonnes of raw stripped tobacco equivalent.deleted Amendment 57 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall adopt by means of an implementing act the measures necessary to implement paragraph 1 and more specifically the measures for introducing the exemption from import duties in respect of tobacco in the Canary Islands.deleted source: PE-469.823
15	2010/2210(INI) Combating illegal fishing at the global level - the role of the EU 2011/06/21 PECH 15 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Citation 2 – having regard to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and to the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992,deleted Amendment 2 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Citation 5 ~~– having regard to the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, adopted in October 1995 by the FAO Conference,~~deleted Amendment 3 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Citation 9 ~~– having regard to the Declaration made at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held from 26 August to 4 September 2002 in Johannesburg,~~deleted Amendment 5 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas 71% of planet Earth is covered by oceans, which store 16 times as much carbon dioxide as the terrestrial world and play a fundamental role in the climate and life support systems of the entire planet, as well as providing a substantial portion of the global population with food, livelihoods, energy and transport routes,deleted Amendment 20 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Believes that IUU fishing is possibly one of the most serious threats facing the biodiversity of the world's oceans; Amendment 29 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that the new EU control package, consisting of the IUU Regulation, the Control Regulation and the Fishing Authorisations Regulation, constitutes a ~~comprehensive~~ set of instruments to combat this scourge of the oceans, since it specifies the flag, coastal, port and market State responsibilities of both the EU Member States and third countries; Amendment 34 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Insists that the ~~Commission and the~~ control authorities in the Member States be provided with sufficient resources (human, financial, technological) to fully implement these regulations and that they should not shy away from identifying and sanctioning EU interests when appropriate~~, since the credibility of the EU is at stake~~; Amendment 42 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 ~~4. Calls on the Commission to publish annual assessments of the performance of Member States in implementing the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP);~~deleted Amendment 65 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to expand their programmes of financial and technical support for surveillance programmes in the waters of developing countries, giving priority to regional programmes rather than bilateral ones;deleted Amendment 73 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – indent 1 – establishment~~, for all fisheries under the remit of the RFMOs,~~ of registers of fishing vessels, including support vessels, that are authorised to fish, as well as lists of vessels that are identified as IUU (black lists), to be updated frequently, published widely and coordinated among RFMOs; Amendment 75 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – indent 5 ~~– bans on transhipments at sea;~~deleted Amendment 82 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 ~~12. Fully supports the current FAO initiative to develop a Global Record of Fishing Vessels, which should be compulsory and include vessels above 10 GT as soon as possible;~~deleted Amendment 95 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. ~~Believes~~Rejects the idea that a new body should be set up, under the auspices of the UN, to perform independent evaluations of both flag States and RFMO performance; Amendment 107 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 ~~16. Encourages the Commission to pursue the development of a global catch certification scheme;~~deleted Amendment 120 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Insists that the EU propose that the issue of international oceans governance be made a priority in the next World Summit on Sustainable Development in Brazil 2012, on the 30th anniversary of the UN Law of the Seas;deleted source: PE-467.233
3	2010/2290(BUD) 2011 general budget: all sections, second version 2010/07/12 BUDG 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Is of the opinion that~~, although~~ the draft budget as modified by Council does not entirely meet the real need for a sustainable, coherent and efficient EU budget, Parliament's objective is to provide the Union with a budget that can be fully and predictably implemented from the beginning of a financial yearfor 2011 should not be increased at all and should at least remain on the 2010 level, seen the economic recession that the member states are in; Amendment 5 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. In line with Article 314(4) TFEU, considers some reserves on appropriations to be necessary to help the Commission to improve transparency of information and implementation of appropriations under Section III of the budget; approves, as amended, the draft budget for 2011 as modified by Council's position;deleted Amendment 8 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a ~~2a. In line with Article 314(4) TFEU, approves without amendment the draft budget for 2011 as modified by Council's position;~~deleted source: PE-454.521
7	2011/0092(CNS) Taxation of energy products and electricity: restructuring the Community framework 2011/09/30 BUDG 7 amendments... Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a directive Recital 4 (4) Member States should, however, be able, as hitherto, to use energy taxation on heating fuels, motor fuels and electricity for a variety of purposes not necessarily nor specifically or exclusively related to the reduction of greenhouse gases.deleted Amendment 11 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a directive Recital 5 (5) Therefore, provision should be made for energy taxation to consist of two components, CO2-related taxation and general energy consumption taxation. In order for energy taxation to adapt to the operation of the Union scheme under Directive 2003/87/EC Member States should be required to explicitly distinguish between those two components. This would also allow distinct treatment of fuels that are biomass or made from biomass. This also makes it clear and understandable to tax-paying citizens and/or firms in the Member States why, and how, these cost-increasing measures are being imposed on them by Europe’s left-wing political elite. Amendment 13 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a directive Recital 12 (12) In the field of motor fuels, the more favourable minimum level of taxation applicable to gas oil, a product originally put to business use for the most part and thus traditionally taxed at a lower level, creates a distortive effect with regard to petrol, its main competing fuel. Article 7 of Directive 2003/96/EC therefore provides for the first steps of a gradual alignment to the minimum level of taxation applicable to petrol. It is necessary to complete this alignment and gradually move to a situation where gas oil and petrol are taxed at an equal level. This will make it clear to gas oil users that a considerably increased financial burden is being forced upon them by Europe’s left-wing political elite. Amendment 14 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a directive Recital 13 (13) As regards the possibility for Member States to apply a lower level of taxation to commercial than to non-commercial use of gas oil as motor fuel, this provision would appear to be no longer compatible with the requirement to improve energy efficiency and the need to address the growing environmental impact of transport and should therefore be deleted. Article 9(2) of Directive 2003/96/EC authorises certain Member States to apply a reduced rate on heating gas oil. That provision is no longer compatible with the proper functioning of the internal market and with the wider objectives of the Treaty. It should therefore be deleted. This too is a clear signal from Europe’s left-wing political elite to consumers that environmental measures taken to ludicrous lengths are likely to cost a great deal, with the bill being passed on to consumers, who are already going through difficult economic times. Amendment 15 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a directive Recital 15 (15) Article 5 of Directive 2003/96/EC permits the application of differentiated rates of taxation in certain cases. However, in order to ensure the consistency of the CO2 price signal, the possibility for Member States to differentiate national rates should be restricted to general energy consumption taxation. Moreover, the possibility to apply a lower level of taxation to motor fuel used by taxis is no longer compatible with the objective of policies promoting alternative fuels and energy carriers and the use of cleaner vehicles in urban transport and should thus be removed. Users of taxi services are simply going to have to pay more for their journeys; that is the rationale of this measure. Amendment 16 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) The rules on optional tax reductions and exemptions contained in Article 15 of Directive 2003/96/EC should be adapted in the light of experience gathered and of the new framework created by this Directive. The possibility for Member States to apply those optional reductions and exemptions should as much as possible be limited to general energy consumption taxation in order to establish a comprehensive and consistent CO2 price signal outside the Union emission trading scheme, though this proposal is entirely contrary to the subsidiarity principle. Amendment 20 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Directive 2003/96/EC Article 1 – paragraph 1 1. Member States ~~shall~~may not impose taxation on energy products and electricity in accordance with this Directive. source: PE-473.717
46	2011/0105(COD) Export and import of hazardous chemicals. Recast 2011/11/18 ENVI 46 amendments... Amendment 6 # Lucas HARTONG Draft legislative resolution Citation 4 ~~Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 13 July 2011,~~Deleted Amendment 7 # Lucas HARTONG Draft legislative resolution Citation 5 ~~Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,~~Deleted Amendment 8 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Citation 4 ~~Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee,~~Deleted Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Citation 6 ~~Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure ,~~Deleted Amendment 10 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The Convention allows Parties the right to take action that is more stringently protective of human health and the environment than that called for in the Convention, provided that such action is consistent with the provisions of the Convention and is in accordance with international law. It is necessary and appropriate, in order to ensure a higher level of protection of the environment and the general public of importing countries, to go further than the provisions of the Convention in certain respects.Deleted Amendment 11 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) As regards the participation of the Union in the Convention, it is essential to have a single contact point for Union interaction with the Secretariat and other Parties to the Convention as well as with other countries. The Commission should act as that contact point.Deleted Amendment 12 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) There is a need to ensure the effective coordination and management of technical and administrative aspects of this Regulation at ~~Union level. The European Chemicals Agency ("the Agency") established by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 has the competence and experience in implementing Union legislation on chemicals and int~~Member State level. The national agencies in the Member States should, therefore, in close coopernation~~al agreements on chemicals. The Agency should, therefore~~ with the Union, carry out tasks with regard to the administrative, technical and scientific aspects of the implementation of this Regulation and the exchange of information. ~~In addition, the Agency should support the Commission in implementing the Union's international obligations under the Convention.~~ Amendment 13 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) Given that certain tasks of the Commission should be transferred to the Agency, the European Database on Export and Import of Dangerous Chemicals initially established by the Commission should be further developed and maintained by the Agency.Deleted Amendment 14 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) Notifications to the Secretariat of the Convention of Union or Member State final regulatory actions banning or severely restricting chemicals, with a view to their inclusion in the international PIC procedure, should be submitted by the Commission and should relate to those cases meeting the criteria laid down in the Convention in this regard. Additional information to support such notifications should be sought where necessary.Deleted Amendment 15 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) In cases where Union or Member State final regulatory actions do not qualify for notification because they do not meet the criteria, there is no need to convey information concerning the actions ~~should nevertheless be conveyed~~ to the Convention Secretariat and other Parties to the Convention ~~in the interests of information exchange~~. This is in order to avoid unnecessary administrative procedures and reduce the amount of bureaucracy involved. Amendment 16 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 (18) In order to ensure effective control and enforcement of the rules, Member States should designate authorities such as customs authorities that should have the responsibility of controlling imports and exports of chemicals covered by this Regulation. The ~~Commission and the~~ Member States have a key role to play and should act in a targeted and coordinated way~~. Member States~~ and should provide for appropriate sanctions in the event of infringements. Amendment 17 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) In order to facilitate customs control and to reduce the administrative burden for both exporters and authorities, a system of codes to be used in export declarations ~~should~~may be established. The codes should also be used for chemicals exported for the purpose of research or analysis in quantities not likely to affect health or the environment, and in any event not more than 10 kg per year. Amendment 18 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 (20) Information exchange, shared responsibility and cooperative efforts between the Union and the Member States and third countries should be promoted with a view to ensuring sound management of chemicals, ~~whether or not~~especially where those third countries are Parties to the Convention. ~~In particular, t~~Technical assistance to developing countries and countries with economies in transition ~~should~~may only be provided directly by the Commission and ~~the~~ Member States~~, or indirectly via support for projects by~~ and therefore not via non-governmental organisations, ~~especially assistance seeking~~in order to enable those countries to implement the Convention. Amendment 20 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 (21) There should be regular monitoring of the operation of the procedures if they are to be effective. To this end, Member States and the ~~Agency~~Union should regularly submit reports to the Commission, ~~which should in turn regularly report to~~ the European Parliament and the Council. Amendment 21 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 22 (22) Technical notes for guidance should be drawn up by the ~~Agency~~Member State national agencies involved to assist the competent authorities, including such authorities as customs controlling exports, exporters and importers in the application of this Regulation. To this end, exchanges of best practice can naturally be useful. Amendment 22 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 23 (23) The Co~~mmission should be~~uncil and Commission are duly empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty in respect of the following: modifications of the lists of chemicals in Annex I, inclusion of a chemical that is subject to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants in Part 1 of Annex V, inclusion of a chemical already subject to an export ban at Union level in Part 2 of Annex V, modifications of Annexes II, III, IV and VI, and modifications of entries in Annex V. Amendment 23 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 24 (24) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.Deleted Amendment 24 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 25 (25) In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union, the objectives of ensuring coherent and effective implementation of the Union's obligations under the Convention ~~cannot be~~are being more than sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the necessity to harmonise the rules concerning imports and exports of chemicals, be ~~better~~ achieved by them extremely well with no added value from the Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation hence does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives. Amendment 25 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 27 (27) It is appropriate to provide for the deferred application of this Regulation so as to allow the ~~Agency~~national agencies in the Member States sufficient time to prepare ~~its~~their new role and to the industry to familiarise itself with the new procedures, Amendment 27 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 6 Tasks of the European Chemicals Agency 1. The Agency shall, in addition to the tasks allocated to it under Articles 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 25 of this Regulation, carry out the following tasks: (a) maintain, further develop and regularly update the Database on Export and Import of Dangerous Chemicals ("the Database"); (b) make the Database publicly available on its website; (c) where appropriate, provide, with the agreement of the Commission, assistance and technical and scientific guidance and tools for the industry in order to ensure the effective application of this Regulation; (d) provide the designated national authorities, with the agreement of the Commission, with assistance and technical and scientific guidance in order to ensure the effective application of this Regulation; (e) where requested by the Commission and in cooperation with Member States, prepare decision guidance documents referred to in Article 7(3) of the Convention and other technical documents related to the implementation of the Convention which shall be subject to approval by the Commission; (f) upon request, provide the Commission with technical and scientific input and assist it in order to ensure the effective implementation of this Regulation; (g) upon request, provide the Commission with technical and scientific input and assist it in exercising its role as the common designated authority of the Union. 2. The Secretariat of the Agency shall carry out the tasks allocated to the Agency under this Regulation.Deleted Amendment 28 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. The Agency shall, in addition to the tasks allocated to it under Articles 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 25 of this Regulation, carry out the following tasks: (a) maintain, further develop and regularly update the Database on Export and Import of Dangerous Chemicals ("the Database"); (b) make the Database publicly available on its website; (c) where appropriate, provide, with the agreement of the Commission, assistance and technical and scientific guidance and tools for the industry in order to ensure the effective application of this Regulation; (d) provide the designated national authorities, with the agreement of the Commission, with assistance and technical and scientific guidance in order to ensure the effective application of this Regulation; (e) where requested by the Commission and in cooperation with Member States, prepare decision guidance documents referred to in Article 7(3) of the Convention and other technical documents related to the implementation of the Convention which shall be subject to approval by the Commission; (f) upon request, provide the Commission with technical and scientific input and assist it in order to ensure the effective implementation of this Regulation; (g) upon request, provide the Commission with technical and scientific input and assist it in exercising its role as the common designated authority of the Union.Deleted Amendment 31 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 ~~2. The Secretariat of the Agency shall carry out the tasks allocated to the Agency under this Regulation.~~Deleted Amendment 33 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 8 8. Member States may establish systems obliging exporters to pay an administrative fee for each export notification given and for each request for explicit consent made, corresponding to the costs they incur in carrying out the procedures set out in paragraphs 2 and 4 of this Article and in Article 14(3), (6) and (7).Deleted Amendment 34 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 5 5. The Commission~~, assisted by the Agency,~~ and the Member States shall advise and assist importing Parties, upon request and as appropriate, in obtaining further information needed to prepare a response to the Secretariat concerning the import of a given chemical. Amendment 35 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 In the case of chemicals listed in Parts 2 or 3 of Annex I, the designated national authority of the exporter may, ~~in consultation with the Commission assisted by the Agency and~~ on a case- by-case basis, decide that the export may proceed if, after all reasonable efforts, no response to a request for explicit consent pursuant to paragraph 6(a) has been received within 60 days and there is evidence from official sources in the importing Party or other country that the chemical has been licensed, registered or authorised or that it has in the last 5 years been used in, or imported into the importing Party or importing other country and no regulatory action has been taken to prohibit its use. Amendment 38 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2 When deciding on the export of chemicals listed in Part 3 of Annex I, the designated national authority ~~in consultation with the Commission assisted by the Agency~~ shall consider the possible impact on human health or the environment of the use of the chemical in the importing Party or other country. Amendment 40 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 9 9. The Agency shall register all requests for explicit consent, responses obtained and waivers granted in its Database. Each explicit consent obtained or waived shall be assigned a reference identification number and shall be listed with all relevant information concerning any conditions attached, such as validity dates. The non-confidential information shall be made publicly available on the Agency's Database.Deleted Amendment 42 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 3 3. The designated national authority of the Member State shall forward to the Commission ~~with a copy to the Agency,~~ the information received from the exporter under paragraph 2 together with any additional information available. Amendment 44 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The Commission, and the Member States ~~and the Agency~~ shall act in a targeted and coordinated way in monitoring exporters' compliance with this Regulation. Amendment 45 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 4 ~~4. Where requested by the Agency, exporters shall use the Agency's Database for the submission of information required for the fulfilment of their obligations under this Regulation.~~Deleted Amendment 46 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 The Commission~~, assisted by the Agency,~~ and the Member States shall, as appropriate, facilitate the provision of scientific, technical, economic and legal information concerning chemicals subject to this Regulation, including toxicological, ecotoxicological and safety information. Amendment 47 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part The Commission, with the support of the Member States ~~and the Agency as necessary,~~ shall, as appropriate, ensure: Amendment 48 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission, and the Member States ~~and the Agency~~ shall protect any confidential information received from a Party or other country as mutually agreed. Amendment 49 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 ~~A compilation of the information transmitted shall be prepared regularly by the Agency on the basis of the contributions by Member States and the Commission.~~Deleted Amendment 50 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 The Commission, and the designated national authorities of the Member States ~~and the Agency shall, taking into account in particular the needs of developing countries and countries with economies in transition~~shall, where necessary and/or desirable, cooperate in promoting technical assistance, including training, for the development of the infrastructure, the capacity and the expertise necessary to manage chemicals properly throughout their lifecycles. Amendment 51 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 2 In particular, and with a view to enabling those countries to implement the Convention, technical assistance shall be promoted by means of the provision of technical information concerning chemicals, the promotion of the exchange of experts, support for the establishment or maintenance of designated national authorities and the provision of technical expertise for the identification of hazardous pesticide formulations and for the ~~preparation of notifications to the Secretariat~~exchange of best practices. Amendment 52 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 4 The Commission and the Member States shall ~~also consider giving~~by definition give no support to non- governmental organisations, given that, in financial terms, they are responsible for revenue and moreover obtain no demonstrable added value at this particular stage. Amendment 53 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 1 1. Member States ~~and the Agency~~ shall regularly forward to the Commission information concerning the operation of the procedures provided for in this Regulation, including customs controls, infringements, penalties and remedial action, as appropriate. Amendment 54 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall ~~regularly~~at least once a year compile a report on the performance of the functions provided for in this Regulation for which it is responsible and shall incorporate it in a synthesis report integrating the information provided by the Member States ~~and the Agency~~ under paragraph 1. A summary of that report, which shall be published on the Internet, shall be forwarded to the European Parliament and to the Council. Amendment 55 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 3 3. As regards the information supplied pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2, the Member States~~, the Agency~~ and the Commission shall comply with relevant obligations to protect the confidentiality of data and ownership. Amendment 56 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 4 4. The Commission and the national agencies of the Member States may, for the purpose of adapting this Regulation to technical progress, adopt, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 26, the following measures: Amendment 57 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 24 The budget of the Agency 1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the revenues of the Agency shall consist of: (a) a subsidy from the Union, entered in the general budget of the Union (Commission Section); (b) any voluntary contribution from the Member States. 2. Revenues and expenditure for activities under this Regulation and those relating to activities under other Regulations shall be dealt with separately, through different sections in the Agency’s budget. The revenues of the Agency referred to in paragraph 1 shall be used for carrying out its tasks under this Regulation. 3. The Commission shall examine whether it is appropriate for the Agency to charge a fee for the services provided to exporters within five years of the date referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 33 and, if necessary, submit a relevant proposal.Deleted Amendment 58 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the revenues of the Agency shall consist of: (a) a subsidy from the Union, entered in the general budget of the Union (Commission Section); (b) any voluntary contribution from the Member States.Deleted Amendment 59 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Revenues and expenditure for activities under this Regulation and those relating to activities under other Regulations shall be dealt with separately, through different sections in the Agency’s budget.Deleted Amendment 60 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall examine whether it is appropriate for the Agency to charge a fee for the services provided to exporters within five years of the date referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 33 and, if necessary, submit a relevant proposal.Deleted Amendment 63 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 1 The ~~Agency~~Commission shall specify formats and software packages and make them available free of charge on its website for any submission of information t~~o the A~~hrough the Member State national agencyies. Member States and other parties subject to this Regulation shall use those formats and packages in their submissions to the ~~Agency~~Commission pursuant to this Regulation. source: PE-475.973
47	2011/0195(COD) Common Fisheries Policy 2012/05/30 BUDG 15 amendments... Amendment 5 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) Sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources should be based on ~~the precautionary approach, which is to be derived from the precautionary principle referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 191(2) of the Treaty~~independent scientific data. Amendment 6 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) The Common Fisheries Policy should contribute to the protection of the marine environment and in particular to the achievement of good environmental status by 2020 the latest as set out in Article 1(1) of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)23 .deleted Amendment 7 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) It is important that the management of the Common Fisheries Policy is guided by principles of good governance. Those principles include decision-making based on best available independent scientific advice, broad stakeholder involvement and a long-term perspective. The successful management of the Common Fisheries Policy also depends on a clear definition of responsibilities at Union, national, regional and local levels and on the mutual compatibility and consistency of the measures taken with other Union policies. Amendment 8 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) Landings of unwanted catches should not result in full economic disadvantages for the ~~operator. For landings of catches of fish under the minimum conservation reference size, the destination of such catches should be limited and exclude sale for human consumptio~~fishermen. Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 (20) For the sake of conservation of stocks clear objectives should be applied with respect to certain technical measures and independent scientific advice. Amendment 10 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 34 (34) Fisheries management based on the best available independent scientific advice requires harmonised, reliable and accurate data sets. Therefore Member states should collect data on fleets and their fishing activities, in particular biological data on catches, including discards, survey information on fish stocks ~~and on the potential environmental impact of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem~~. Amendment 11 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 35 (35) DIndependent data collection should include data which facilitate the economic assessment of undertakings active in the fisheries sector, in aquaculture and in the processing of fisheries and aquaculture products and of employment trends in these industries. Amendment 12 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 39 a (new) (39a) Sustainable Fisheries Agreements should prove to be financially beneficial to the Union and Member States before the agreement is renewed. Amendment 13 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 39 b (new) (39b) No Sustainable Fishing Agreements should be concluded with countries that do not respect human rights or are ruled by a corrupt regime, according to criteria based on information from Transparency International. Amendment 14 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 40 ~~(40) The introduction of a human rights clause in sustainable fisheries agreements should be fully consistent with the overall Union development policy objectives.~~deleted Amendment 15 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 44 ~~(44) The Common Fisheries Policy should contribute to Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and help achieve the objectives set out in that strategy30.~~deleted Amendment 18 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 52 a (new) (52a) Member States should be in a position to present substantiated requests to the Commission for it to impose operators who endanger the lives of other operators fishing in the same waters. Amendment 23 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f (f) ensure independent, systematic and harmonised data collection and management. Amendment 24 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f – point i (i) modifications or additional devices to improve selectivity or to reduce impact on the benthic zone, including the promotion of pulse trawl fishing; Amendment 25 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Part 5 – Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 (new) When recalculating the fishing capacity ceilings a level playing field among Member States shall be ensured. source: PE-489.676 2012/06/25 PECH 13 amendments... Amendment 275 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) The Common Fisheries Policy should contribute to the protection of the marine environment and in particular to the achievement of good environmental status by 2020 the latest as set out in Article 1(1) of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).deleted Amendment 279 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) An ecosystem based approach to fisheries management needs to be implemented, environmental impacts of fishing activities should be limited and unwanted catches should be minimised and progressively eliminated.deleted Amendment 288 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) It is important that the management of the Common Fisheries Policy is guided by principles of good governance. Those principles include decision-making based on best available independent scientific advice, broad stakeholder involvement and a long-term perspective. The successful management of the Common Fisheries Policy also depends on a clear definition of responsibilities at Uninternational, national, regional and local levels and on the mutual compatibility and consistency of the measures taken with other Union policies. Amendment 303 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) Union fishing vessels should have equal access to ~~Unio~~European waters and resources subject to the rules of the CFP. Amendment 313 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) Marine biological resources around the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands should continue to be especially protected since they contribute to the preservation of the local economy of these islands, having regard to the structural, social and economic situation of those islands. The limitation of certain fishing activities in those waters to fishing vessels registered in the ports of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands should therefore be maintained.deleted Amendment 352 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) Landings of unwanted catches should not result in full economic advantages for ~~the operator. For landings of catches of fish under the minimum conservation reference size, the destination of such catches should be limited and exclude sale for human consumption~~disadvantages for the operator. Amendment 463 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 34 (34) Fisheries management based on the best available independent scientific advice requires harmonised, reliable and accurate data sets from more than one source. Therefore Member states should arrange for the independent collection of data on fleets and their fishing activities, in particular biological data on catches, including discards, survey information on fish stocks and on the potential environmental impact of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem. Amendment 482 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 37 (37) Policy-oriented fisheries science should be reinforced by means of nationally-adopted fisheries scientific data collection, independent research and innovation programs in coordination with other Member States as well as by Union research and innovation framework tools. Amendment 493 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 40 ~~(40) The introduction of a human rights clause in sustainable fisheries agreements should be fully consistent with the overall Union development policy objectives.~~deleted Amendment 497 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 41 (41) Respect for democratic principles and human rights, as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, and for the principle of the rule of law, should constitute an essential element of Sustainable Fisheries Agreements and be subject to a specific human rights clause. States which violate human rights should not be eligible for a fisheries agreement. Amendment 538 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 51 (51) The objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Union, unlike the Member States, given the problems encountered in the development of the fishing industry and its management, and the limits on the financial resources of the Member States. Therefore, multiannual Union financial assistance focused on the priorities of the Common Fisheries Policy should be granted to contribute to the achievement of those objectives. The common fisheries policy should therefore be renationalised as soon as possible on the basis of the subsidiarity principle. In order to achieve this, the Union should therefore as soon as possible formulate a policy to carry out this renationalisation. Amendment 551 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 54 ~~(54) It appears appropriate that the Commission be empowered by~~ delegated ~~acts to create a new Advisory Council and to modify areas of competence of existing ones, in particular considering the specificities of the Black Sea.~~ Amendment 559 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 55 (55) To achieve the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of specifying fishing related measures to alleviate the impact of fishing activities in special areas of conservation, adaptation of the obligation to land all catches for the purpose of complying with the Union's international obligations, default conservation measures in the framework of multiannual plans or technical measures, the recalculation of fleet capacity ceilings, definition of information on characteristics and activity for Union fishing vessels, rules for carrying out pilot projects on new control technologies and data management systems, amendments to Annex III in relation to the areas of competence for Advisory Councils and the compositioning and functioning of Advisory Councils.deleted source: PE-489.437 2012/12/03 ENVI 19 amendments... Amendment 106 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Citation 4 ~~Having regard to the opinion of the European and Social Committee,~~deleted Amendment 107 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Citation 5 ~~Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,~~deleted Amendment 110 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) The Common Fisheries Policy should ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities contribute to long-term sustainable ~~environmental,~~ economic, and social conditions. It should contribute moreover to increased productivity, a fair standard of living for the fisheries sector, and stable markets, and ensure the continued availability of resources and that supplies reach consumers at ~~reasonable~~fair prices. Amendment 113 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The Union is a Contracting Party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (UNCLOS) and it has ratified the United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks of 4 August 1995 (UN Fish Stocks Agreement). It has also accepted the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas of 24 November 1993 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO Compliance Agreement). These international instruments predominantly foresee conservation obligations, including among other things obligations to take conservation and management measures designed to maintain or restore marine resources at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield both within sea areas under national jurisdiction and on the high seas, and to cooperate with other States to this end, obligations to apply the precautionary approach widely to conservation, management and exploitation of fish stocks, obligations to ensure compatibility of conservation and management measures where marine resources occur in sea areas of different jurisdictional status and obligations to have due regard to other legitimate uses of the seas. The Common Fisheries Policy should contribute to the Union's proper discharge of its international obligations under these international instruments. Where Member States adopt conservation and management measures, for which they have been empowered in the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy, they should also act in a manner which is fully consistent with the international conservation and cooperation obligations under the said international instruments; Member States, particularly those in the Mediterranean, should besides comply with current international and European legislation without delay and refrain from engaging in jurisdictional battles between their 'own' fishermen and fishermen from other Member States for reasons of purely nationalistic economic gain. Amendment 115 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) At the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002, the Union and its Member States committed to act against the continued decline of many fish stocks. Therefore, the Union should improve its Common Fisheries Policy to ensure that as a matter of priority exploitation levels of marine biological resources stocks are restored and maintained at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yields from the populations of harvested stocks by 2015. Where less scientific information is available, this may require applying proxies to maximum sustainable yield.deleted Amendment 117 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) Sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources should be based on the precautionary approach, which is to be derived from the precautionary principle referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 191(2) of the Treaty. The Commission may also not base any decision on current fish stocks on figures from a monopolistic research agency in the Member States and free market forces should be left to do their work in determining (national) fish stocks. Amendment 119 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) The Common Fisheries Policy should contribute to the protection of the marine environment and in particular to the achievement of good environmental status by 2020 the latest as set out in Article 1(1) of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).deleted Amendment 122 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) ~~An ecosystem based approach to fisheries management needs~~Notes with satisfaction that European fishermen are doing everything in their power to be implement~~ed,~~ an environmental ~~impacts of fishing activities should be limited and unwanted catches should be minimised and progressively eliminated~~ly aware approach to fisheries management and to minimise and progressively eliminate unwanted catches; urges the Commission in this context therefore to grant pulse fishing permits as quickly and as widely as possible, as this system is particularly environmentally friendly, especially for reducing fuel consumption by vessels. Amendment 124 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) Rules in place restricting access to resources within the 12 nautical mile zones of Member States have operated satisfactorily benefiting conservation by restricting fishing effort in the most sensitive part of Union waters. Those rules have also preserved traditional fishing activities on which the social and economic development of certain coastal communities is highly dependent. Those rules should therefore continue to apply; threats against and attacks on EU Member State fishing vessels by national coastal fishermen should, however, be roundly condemned, as should the misuse of 'own' (inter)national nautical charts such as those unfortunately used by France, for example. Amendment 125 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) Marine biological resources around the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands should continue to be especially protected since they contribute to the preservation of the local economy of these islands, having regard to the structural, social and economic situation of those islands. The limitation of certain fishing activities in those waters to fishing vessels registered in the ports of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands should therefore be maintained.deleted Amendment 127 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) Landings of unwanted catches should not result in full economic advantages for the operator. For landings of catches of fish under the minimum conservation reference size, the destination of such catches should be limited and exclude sale for human consumption.deleted Amendment 131 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 27 (27) In their 12 nautical mile zone, Member States should be allowed to adopt conservation and management measures applicable to all Union fishing vessels, provided that, where such measures apply to Union fishing vessels from other Member States, the measures adopted are non-discriminatory, prior consultation of other interested Member States has taken place and that the Union has not adopted measures specifically addressing conservation and management within that 12 nautical mile zone; in the event of arbitration between Member States, at least one independent representative of the respective national supervisory authorities should be present. Amendment 135 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 39 (39) Sustainable fisheries agreements concluded with third countries should ensure that Union fishing activities in third country waters are based on the best available scientific advice, ensuring a sustainable exploitation of the marine biological resources. Those agreements, which provide for access rights in exchange for a financial contribution from the Union, should contribute to the establishment of a high quality governance framework to ensure in particular efficient monitoring, control and surveillance measures; a positive return on investment for the EU should be the deciding factor here and it should not be some disguised form of development aid. Amendment 137 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 41 (41) Respect for democratic principles and human rights, as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, and for the principle of the rule of law, should constitute an essential and, if necessary, binding element of S(sustainable) Fisheries Agreements and be subject to a specific human rights clause. This clause and compliance with it will also play a determining role with respect to the possible continuation of such fisheries agreements with third countries. Amendment 139 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 44 ~~(44) The Common Fisheries Policy should contribute to Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and help achieve the objectives set out in that strategy.~~deleted Amendment 140 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 46 ~~(46) The specific nature of aquaculture requires an Advisory Council for stakeholder consultation on elements of Union policies which could affect aquaculture.~~deleted Amendment 141 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 54 ~~(54) It appears appropriate that the Commission be empowered by~~ delegated ~~acts to create a new Advisory Council and to modify areas of competence of existing ones, in particular considering the specificities of the Black Sea.~~ Amendment 142 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 55 (55) To achieve the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of specifying fishing related measures to alleviate the impact of fishing activities in special areas of conservation, adaptation of the obligation to land all catches for the purpose of complying with the Union's international obligations, default conservation measures in the framework of multiannual plans or technical measures, the recalculation of fleet capacity ceilings, definition of information on characteristics and activity for Union fishing vessels, rules for carrying out pilot projects on new control technologies and data management systems, amendments to Annex III in relation to the areas of competence for Advisory Councils and the compositioning and functioning of Advisory Councils.deleted Amendment 143 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 58 (58) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of technical operational requirements for the modalities for transmission of information related to fishing fleet registers and to data requirements for fisheries management, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.deleted source: PE-483.857
3	2011/0286(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): application of direct payments for farmers in respect of the year 2013 2012/03/26 AGRI 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 has established a system of compulsory, progressive reduction of direct payments ('modulation') including an exemption of direct payments of up to EUR 5 000 to be applicable until calendar year 2012. As a consequence, the total net amounts of direct payments ('net ceilings') which may be granted in a Member State after application of modulation have been fixed until calendar year 2012. In order to maintain the amount of direct payments in calendar year 2013 on a level similar to that of 2012, however with due account taken to phasing-in in the new Member States, it is appropriate to establish an adjustment mechanism for 2013 having an equivalent effect to that of the modulation and the net ceilings. ~~Due to the specificities of the support in the outermost regions under the common agricultural policy, such adjustment mechanism should not be applied to farmers in those regions.~~ Amendment 4 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) According to the phasing-in mechanism provided for in the Act of Accession of 2005, the level of direct payments in Bulgaria and Romania continues to be below the level of direct payments applicable in the other Member States in 2013 after application of the adjustment of payments to farmers in the transitional period. ~~Therefore, the adjustment mechanism should not apply to farmers in Bulgaria and Romania.~~ Amendment 7 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 Article 10 a – paragraph 3 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to direct payments granted to farmers in Bulgaria and in Romania and in the French overseas departments, in the Azores and Madeira, in the Canary Islands and in the Aegean Islands.deleted source: PE-485.935
4	2011/0371(COD) 'Erasmus for all' - Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport 2014-2020 2012/09/24 DEVE 4 amendments... Amendment 20 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 (18) Cooperation between the Programme and international organisations in the field of education, training, youth and sport~~, in particular with the Council of Europe, needs to~~ can be strengthened. Amendment 21 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 24 (24) It is necessary to ensure the ~~European~~demonstrable and measurable added value of all actions carried out within in the framework of the Programme, and their complementarity to activities of Member States in compliance with Article 167(4) of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union and other activities, in particular in the field of culture, research, industrial and cohesion policy, enlargement policy and external relations, since education par excellence fall within the competence of the Member States. Amendment 22 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 27 (27) The need of establishing measurable criteria of performance on which the allocation of budget between Member States for the actions managed by the National Agencies should be based. Amendment 23 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 28 (28) The candidate countries for accession to the Union and the EFTA countries which are members of the EEA may not participate in the Union Programmes ~~on the basis of Framework Agreements, Association Council Decision~~. Turkey in particular is excluded from the programmes given its poor track record in the area of equal rights for ~~similar agree~~men and woments. source: PE-496.480
10	2011/0404(COD) Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) 2014-2020 2012/05/29 BUDG 10 amendments... Amendment 36 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) Candidate countries and potential candidates need to be better prepared to withstand global challenges, such as sustainable development and climate change, and align with the Union’s efforts to address these issues. Union assistance under this Regulation should also contribute to the goal of raising the climate-related proportion of the Union budget to at least 20 %.deleted Amendment 41 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) It is in the Union’s interest to assist beneficiary countries in their efforts to reform their systems in order to align them to those of the Union. Since the objective of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can be better achieved at Union’s level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this objective.deleted Amendment 42 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) In order for this Regulation to be able to reflect swiftly the results of political decisions made by the Council, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission for updating the list of beneficiary countries in the Annex to this Regulation.deleted Amendment 43 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) While Regulation (EU) No …/…of the European Parliament and of the Council of …. (hereinafter "the Common Implementing Regulation") establishes common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action, delegated powers to adopt more detailed rules establishing uniform conditions for implementing this Regulation, in particular as regards management structures and procedures, should also be conferred on the Commission. Such rules should take into account the lessons learnt from the management and implementation of past pre-accession assistance and be adapted to the evolution of the situation in the beneficiary countries.deleted Amendment 46 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) The committees established under this Regulation should be also competent for acts relating to the implementation of the previous Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, as well as for the implementation of financial assistance to the Turkish Cypriot community. Until such time as the ‘Cyprus question’ has bee resolved and until the full democratic rights of EU Member State Cyprus are respected by Turkey, pre-accession assistance to Turkey shall be frozen. Amendment 47 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 (20) Where a beneficiary country violates the principles on which the Union is founded, or fails to respect the commitments contained in the relevant agreements concluded with the Union, or makes insufficient progress with respect to the accession criteria, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, should be able to take appropriate measures to redress the situation, including halting pre-accession assistance. Amendment 48 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 (21) Given the objectives and scope of the assistance provided under this Regulation, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions should be consulted before its adoption,deleted Amendment 61 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 2 2. For programmes addressing the policy areas referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 3 and implemented indirectly by the beneficiary countries, the Commission shall be assisted by the Coordination Committee of the Funds referred to in Article 143 of Regulation (EU) No [….] of the European Parliament and of the Council of … laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the ~~European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the~~ Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006. For programmes addressing the policy area referred to in point (d) of Article 3 and implemented indirectly by the beneficiary countries, the Commission shall be assisted by the Rural Development Committee referred to in Article 91 of Regulation (EU) No [….] of the European Parliament and of the Council of … on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). In such cases, the IPA committee shall be informed without delay of the opinion delivered by the other committee(s). Amendment 62 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 3 3. The committees referred to under paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be competent for legal acts and commitments under Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance. In addition, the IPA committee shall also be competent for the implementation of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 389/2006 of 27 February 2006 establishing an instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction. Amendment 69 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 As referred to in Article 13, paragraph 2 of the "Erasmus for All" Regulation, in order to promote the international dimension of higher education, an indicative amount of EUR 1 812 100 000 from the different external instruments (Development Cooperation Instrument, European Neighbourhood Instrument, Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance, Partnership Instrument and the European Development Fund), will be allocated to actions of learning mobility to or from non EU countries and to cooperation and policy dialogue with authorities/institutions/organisations from these countries. The provisions of the "Erasmus for All" Regulation will apply to the use of those funds.deleted source: PE-489.654
3	2011/0406(COD) Financing instrument for development cooperation 2014-2020 2012/07/06 BUDG 3 amendments... Amendment 34 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) The Union and the Member States should improve the consistency and the complementarity of their respective policies on development cooperation, in particular by responding to partner countries' and regions' priorities at country and regional level. To ensure that the Union's development cooperation policy and that of the Member States complement and reinforce each other, it is appropriate to provide for joint programming procedures which should be implemented whenever possible and relevantIn accordance with the subsidiarity principle, development policy is a task for the Member States and not for the Union. Amendment 41 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) Fighting climate change and protecting the environment are among the great challenges which face the Union and where the need for international action is urgent. In accordance with the intent stated in Commission Communication "A budget for Europe 2020" of 29 June 2011, this Regulation should contribute to the objective of addressing at least 20% of the EU budget to low carbon and climate resilient society, and the global public goods and challenges programme should use at least 25% of its funds to cover climate change and environment. Actions in these two areas should, wherever possible, be mutually supportive in order to reinforce their impactnot relevant challenges in the context of development aid. It is neither desirable nor necessary for the Member States or the Commission to make more money available for this purpose in the budget, and certainly not in the current economic hard times. Amendment 44 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 (18) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should under no circumstances be conferred on the Commission, given that development aid is a matter for the Member States in accordance with the subsidiarity principle.. source: PE-491.164
2	2011/0427(COD) European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) 2012/09/25 BUDG 2 amendments... Amendment 17 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) Since the establishment of ~~EUROSUR~~border surveillance can~~not~~ be sufficiently achieved by Member States alone and can therefore, by virtue of the scale and impact of the action, be better achieved at ~~Union~~Member State level, the Union may adopt no measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty of the European Union. ~~In accordance with the principle of proportionality this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve its objective.~~ Amendment 18 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 This Regulation ~~shall~~, on the basis of the subsidiarity principle, cannot possibly be binding in its entirety and ~~directly~~is therefore not applicable in the Member States, in accordance with the Treaties. source: PE-496.473
9	2011/0455(COD) Staff Regulations of European Union officials: amendment of the Regulations 2012/06/03 CONT 9 amendments... Amendment 25 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 (21) In the interest of simplification and of a consistent staff policy, the rules adopted by the Commission to implement the Staff Regulations should apply by analogy to the agencies. However, in order to ensure that the specific situation of agencies may, if necessary, be taken into account, agencies should be entitled to request the Commission's authorisation to adopt implementing rules which derogate from those adopted by the Commission, or not to apply the Commission's rules at all. Amendment 28 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 24 (24) Taking into account the high number of temporary staff within agencies and the need to define a consistent staff policy, it is necessary to create a new category of temporary staff and to lay down specific rules for this category.deleted Amendment 32 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (a) Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union Article 9 – paragraph 1 – second indent – ~~one or more~~a Joint Committee~~s, as appropriate for the number of officials at the places of employment~~; Amendment 33 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (a) Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union Article 9 – paragraph 1 – third indent – ~~one or more~~a Disciplinary Board~~s, as appropriate for the number of officials at the places of employment~~; Amendment 34 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (a) Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union Article 9 – paragraph 1 – fourth indent – ~~one or more~~a Joint Advisory Committee~~s on~~ for professional incompetence~~, as appropriate for the number of officials at the places of employment~~; Amendment 57 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union Article 27 – paragraph 1a (new) In selecting staff for the Secretariat of the European Parliament, preference should be given to candidates from the following Member States: Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Austria, in order to bring the proportion of staff from these countries into line with their ‘demographic weight’ within the EU.1 By 31 March 2013 the Commission should issue an evaluation report on the outcome of efforts to bring the proportion of staff from these countries into line with their ‘demographic weight’. __________________ 1 Proportion of staff to demographic weight: Germany: 6.4% / 16.3%; Netherlands: 2.7% / 33%; UK: 4.4% / 12.4%; Austria: 1% / 1.67%; Sources: European Parliament 2010 Social Report, December 2011, and Eurostat. Amendment 58 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union Article 27 – paragraph 2 TIn accordance with the principle of the equality of Union’s citizens ~~shall allow~~ each institution toshall adopt corrective measures following the observation of a long lasting and significant imbalance between nationalities among officials ~~which is not justified by objective criteria~~. These corrective measures shall never result in recruitment criteria other than those based on merit. Where two candidates from different Member States are equally suitable, preference shall be given to the candidate who contributes to the correct demographic balance of the staff. Before such corrective measures are adopted, the appointing authority of the institution concerned shall adopt general provisions for giving effect to this paragraph in accordance with Article 110. Amendment 100 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 55 – point (e) Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union Annex XIII - Article 22 - paragraph 1 - subparagraph 3 Officials aged less than 30 years on 1 May 2013 shall become entitled to a retirement pension at the age of 657 years. Amendment 103 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 2 Conditions of employment of Other Servants of the European Union Article 2 (f) (new) (f) '(f) staff engaged to fill a post which is included in the list of posts appended to the section of the budget relating to an agency as referred to in Article 1a(2) of the Staff Regulations and which the budgetary authorities have classified as temporary, ~~except heads of agencies and deputy heads of agencies~~ as referred to in the European Union act establishing the agency.'; source: PE-483.645
42	2011/2019(BUD) 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue 2011/05/24 BUDG 42 amendments... Amendment 18 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. ~~Is deeply concerned, against this background, by~~Notes the alarming drop in public investment in the Member States in some of these areas ~~and firmly believes that this trend must be reversed if the EU as a whole is to deliver on the EU 2020 strategy~~; is of the opinion that the EU budget has an role to play as a leverage tool for Member States’ recovery policies by triggering and supporting national investment to reinforce growth and employment; emphasises that this is fully in line with the dynamics of the European Semester, which, as a new mechanism for enhanced European economic governance, aims at increasing consistency, synergies and complementarities between the EU and the national budgets ~~in delivering on the jointly agreed Europe 2020 goals~~; Amendment 25 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Acknowledges that if the EU budget is to contribute to the collective effort of Member States in times of austerity this effort should be commensurate with its size, specific features and real economic impact; reminds the Council that under EU Treaty provisions the EU budget cannot run a deficit and that cuts to it, given its limited size, will have no significant long-term impact in addressing the urgent issue of accumulated national public deficit, which amounted in 2009 to EUR 801 billion for the EU as a whole;deleted Amendment 29 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Observes that the EU 27 annual inflation rate for 2011 is estimated at 2.7%, meaning that the proposed nominal 2012 increases of 3.7% in CA and 4.9% in PA are, compared to the Budget 2011, in real terms 1% and 2.2%; underlines the fact that several Member States are planning increases in their national budgets greater than the one proposed by the European Commission for the EU budget;deleted Amendment 31 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the fact that the proposed figures in the 2012 EU annual budget are consistent with the profile of EU expenditure set in the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2007-2013; emphasises that any increase (or decrease) compared to Budget 2011 must therefore be assessed bearing in mind its impact on the delivery of the multiannual programmes; stresses that this is a question of institutional credibility and coherence of the EU project when EU responsibilities and commitments keep on growing; deeply regrets from this point of view that the Commission did not propose endowing policies and new competencies established at EU level following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty with meaningful and visible financial capacity;deleted Amendment 37 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Observes that according to the DB 2012 there is an overall margin of EUR 1 603 million in CA under the 2012 ceiling agreed in the MFF; is determined to make full use of this available margin as well as – if necessary – of other flexibility mechanisms foreseen by the IIA to support and strengthen certain targeted political objectives; expects Council’s full cooperation as regards the use of these mechanisms;deleted Amendment 48 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Takes the view that~~, besides the delivery of the EU 2020 strategy,~~ appropriations in the EU 2012 Budget should be kept at a~~n appropriat~~ wise level to ensure the continuation of by the Member States agreed EU policies and the achievement of EU objectives~~; underlines in particular the need to allow the EU to shoulder its global responsibility, especially in the wake of the Arab Spring and the unrest in the Middle East~~; Amendment 51 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. ~~Obser~~Firmly approves that the Commission has made a first endeavour to identify negative priorities and savings in some policy areas as compared with what was initially foreseen in the financial programming, particularly in those characterised by poor performance and low implementation rates in the recent past; asks the Commission to provide additional information supporting its assessments; notes also that, contrary to previous years, the Commission has frequently departed from its indicative financial programming presented in January 2011; is determined to further check and analyse these proposals before endorsing them; Amendment 58 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. ~~Notes~~Is deeply concerned by the proposed increase in PA of 4.9% compared to 2011; ~~is convinced that~~doubts whether the Commission is proposing such figures on the basis of a careful and critical analysis of forecasts provided by Member States, which themselves co-manage 80% of the EU budget; notes that the bulk of this increase is linked to legal needs arising in relation to the 7th Research Programme and the Structural and Cohesion Funds; is convinced that the proposed level of payments represents the bare minimum required to honour EU legal commitments made in previous years and that it is the EU’s duty to comply with the legal obligations deriving from these commitments; strongly urges the Council, therefore, to ~~refrain from~~continue cutting the proposed level of payments; Amendment 64 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. ~~Welcom~~Deeply deplores the Commission’s proposal in the DB 2012 to increase CA by 12.6% (to EUR 15 223 million) and PA by 8.1% (to EUR 12 566 million) as compared to Budget 2011, since Heading 1a is the key heading of the MFF 2007-2013 in terms of reaching the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, thanks to its direct or indirect contribution to the financing of all its five headline targets and the seven flagship initiatives; Amendment 69 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. ~~Underlin~~Welcomes that, with the DB 2012 and the updated financial programming for 2013, the total amount of funds committed by 2013 for key programmes for the achievement of the EU 2020 strategy, such as the 7th EC Framework Research Program (EC FP7), anti-pollution measures, Marco Polo II, PROGRESS, Galileo and GMES, would be less than the reference amount agreed by Parliament and Council when these programmes were adopted; notes that, on the contrary, these reference amounts would be slightly exceeded in the case of the following key Europe 2020 programmes: the Competiveness and Innovation Framework programme (CIP), Trans-European Transport Network, Trans-European Energy network, Erasmus Mundus and Lifelong Learning; ~~regrets, however~~welcomes, that these proposed increases are well below the 5% legislative flexibility allowed under Point 37 of the IIA; Amendment 83 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Regrets that with the limited increase foreseen for the PROGRESS programme in the DB 2012 as compared to Budget 2011, the Commission will not be able to reinstate the amount of EUR 20 million for the period 2011-2013 to which it had committed itself in 2010 in order to compensate partially for the redeployment of PROGRESS in favour of the Microfinance Facility; recalls that the PROGRESS programme is an essential pillar of the Europe 2020 strategy, owing in particular to its contribution to the two flagship initiatives ‘European Platform against Poverty’ and ‘Youth on the Move’;deleted Amendment 89 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. ~~Welcom~~Notes the increase (+ EUR 5.7 million) in the overall level of commitment appropriations for the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework programme compared to what was initially foreseen; hopes that this increase will contribute to improving the access of SMEs to this programme and to developing specific programmes and innovative financial mechanisms; Amendment 92 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Takes the view that, given its high European added value, support for the Lifelong Learning programme should be continued and increased in 2012, because of its strong contribution to the flagship initiative ‘Youth on the Move’; stresses in particular that, given the growing number of people in adult education in Europe, Grundtvig, which currently represents only 4% of the allocations in the Lifelong Learning Programme, should be reinforced;deleted Amendment 98 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Recalls that the bulk of the new EU competences introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, in the areas of energy, tourism and space, falls within the remit of Heading 1a; expresses its disappointment that no extra funding for these new policies is proposed by the Commission in the third year after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty; underlines that neither Galileo nor GMES – the two main EU space programmes – is to benefit from extra funding by the end of the current MFF and that the Galileo funding is decreasing between 2011 and 2012; reiterates the need to introduce some specific, visible measures in support of tourism, given the economic relevance of this sector, which represents the third industry in Europe in terms of size and revenue, and regrets that the Commission is not proposing a new legal basis to replace the three preparatory actions in this field which cannot be extended in 2012;deleted Amendment 106 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. ~~Stresse~~Doubts the decisive contribution of cohesion policy to growth and employment, as well as to social and territorial cohesion between EU regions and Member States; ~~stresse~~doubts that cohesion policy plays an instrumental role in enabling all EU regions to participate in the achievement of Europe 2020 objectives and in supporting regional investments aimed at implementing all flagship initiatives; takes the view accordingly that, while its redistributive nature and its aim to reduce regional disparities should be preserved, cohesion policy must remain EU-wide and visible to EU regions and citizens; Amendment 108 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Welcomes the 8.4% increase in PA to EUR 45 134 million proposed for 2012 as compared to 2011, and believes that this increase will allow for programme implementation to catch up quickly following the very slow start-up of programmes at the beginning of the 2007- 13 period; emphasises that this increase should also make it possible to address additional payment needs stemming from the recent legislative changes, the approval of all management and control systems and the closure of the 2000-2006 programmes;deleted Amendment 111 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Stresses therefore that this level of payments is a bare minimum and complies fully with realistic budgeting, taking due account of the general payment profile over the period, the Member States’ available forecast in respect of payment claims to be sent to the Commission, and the need to fill the gap between commitments and payments; underlines the fact that these cash flows will also help accelerate the recovery of the European economy and contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy in the regions; will therefore strictly oppose any possible decrease in the level of payments compared to the one proposed by the Commission in its Draft Budget, particularly in view of Council’s early 2011 reluctance to honour its formal commitment of December 2010 to providing fresh appropriations in case of need;deleted Amendment 130 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 38. ~~Endor~~Opposes the continued support for programmes concerning school fruit , as well as for the Aid for Deprived Persons programme; ~~deplore~~accepts, conversely, the reduced budgetary allocation to the school milk scheme and ~~is concerned about~~notes the cuts made to veterinary and phyto-sanitary measures; Amendment 132 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Stresses that part of the spending under Heading 2 is instrumental in realising the Europe 2020 goals; emphasises that the priority goals of this strategy – growth and employment – are also accomplished through the rural development programmes; regards climate action and food security as two of the main challenges for the CAP; calls, therefore, for a further greening of the CAP, which should also contribute to meeting the vast environmental challenges the EU faces, including water pollution; in this context, also welcomes the increase for the LIFE+ programme (+4.3% and +1.9% in commitments and payments respectively); Amendment 138 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Emphasises that energy efficiency~~, the fight against climate change~~ and the promotion of renewable energy are transversal priorities that can be financed under several headings of the EU budget, and that Parliament will pay specific attention to their funding, by budget line and overall; urges the Commission to further mainstream such priorities in other policies, including EU financial support to developing countries; takes the view that the proper implementation of the existing legislation on these topics is crucial and therefore asks the Commission to carefully analyse whether more resources are required in order to examine seriously the implementation of EU environmental legislation, and to report back to Parliament; Amendment 152 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Very much wonders, therefore, whether the DB presented by the Commission constitutes an appropriate and updated answer to the current challenges facing the EU, not least in the context of the ongoing events in the Southern Mediterranean; recalls its strong call for an appropriate and balanced answer to these challenges, in full respect of internal protection rules and human rights; highlights in particular the role and support of the European Refugee Fund, including emergency measures in the event of mass influxes of refugees, and greatly regrets that the Commission did not propose any increase for this fund beyond what was initially foreseen in the financial programming;deleted Amendment 159 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. ~~Deeply regrets~~Accepts however that overall appropriations under this heading are down for a third consecutive year, with CA being reduced by 0.1% (to EUR 683 5 million) and PA by 0.3 % (to EUR 645 7 million) as compared to the 2011 Budget (excluding the EU Solidarity Fund), leaving a margin of EUR 15.5 million; Amendment 161 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 49 49. Takes the view that programmes and actions under this heading play an important role in achieving headline targets and flagships initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy; reiterates that education, training and culture carry economic value since they contribute to economic growth and job creation and support the development of active citizenship;deleted Amendment 164 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 51. ~~Welcom~~Deplores the ambitions of the Commission in proposing to increase by EUR 8 million, as compared to the initial financial programming, the 2012 allocations for Youth in Action (EUR 134.6 million foreseen in 2012), stresses that this programme constitutes one of the main tools of the ‘Youth on the Move’ flagship initiative and provides support for non-formal learning experiences and the development of active citizenship for young people; Amendment 167 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 52 52. Regrets that similar efforts are not being proposed for programmes such as MEDIA and Culture 2007, although they contribute greatly to the richness and diversity of European culture and give support to actions which would not be funded by Member States alone;deleted Amendment 171 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 53. Is astonished that the Commission has not proposed in its Draft Budget 2012 any specific programme in favour of sport, although this is now a fully-fledged competence of the Union deriving from the Treaty of Lisbon; finds this attitude all the more surprising since some funding – though of limited magnitude – was available in Budgets 2009, 2010 and 2011;deleted Amendment 176 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 54 54. ~~Deplor~~Welcomes the decrease in the Civil Protection Financial Instrument’s funding as compared to the financial programming (EUR -1.8 million )~~, and asks the Commission to provide further explanations for this decrease, given that civil protection is now a new competence of the EU~~; Amendment 182 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 57 57. Believes it to be the EU’s duty to respond adequately and comprehensively to recent political developments in Mediterranean neighbouring countries and to provide support and assistance to movements fighting for democratic values and the establishment of the rule of law; reiterates that reinforcement of financial assistance to these countries must not be detrimental to priorities and instruments for the benefit of neighbouring Eastern European countries;deleted Amendment 184 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 58 58. Is very concerned from this point of view that the proposed margin of EUR 246.7 million for Heading 4, while far above that foreseen by the January 2011 update of the financial programming (EUR 132.2 million), may be insufficient to address the increasing needs under Heading 4, since it seems to be based on cuts to some major EU programmes; is determined to further check and analyse the impact of these cuts;deleted Amendment 188 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 60. Asks the Commission, therefore, not to limit its upcoming amending letter to the budgetary consequences of its review of the European Neighbourhood Policy ~~but~~and also to address~~, if necessary together with the use of all the means provided for by the IIA,~~ all other outstanding issues and needs, including the financing of Palestine and UNRWA, which is very wisely decreased by EUR 100 million as compared to 2011 Budget~~, in order to maximise the impact of EU assistance in the world~~; Amendment 193 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 61 61. ~~Deplore~~Applauds the reduction of the programmed increase in the funding for the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance from EUR 139 million to only EUR 79 million, as compared to Budget 2011; Amendment 194 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 62 62. ~~Not~~Deplores the proposed increase in the funding of environment and sustainable management of natural resources (ENRTP) under the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) by EUR 51.8 million as compared to financial programming in order to address the fast-start climate change action; strongly ~~oppos~~welcomes the other decreases, amounting to EUR 78 million overall, made to DCI geographical programmes, which would run counter to the EU effort to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and respect the EU commitment, at the highest level, to reaching the 0.7% of GNI target by 2015 for development cooperation; Amendment 195 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 63 63. Recalls that it will firmly reject any systematic, quasi-automatic and sometimes unconsidered cuts by the other branch of the budgetary authority in administrative expenditure under Heading 4 for the sole sake of decreasing appropriations, since this would deprive the EU of its means to properly and efficiently implement its programmes;deleted Amendment 203 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 67 67. ~~Acknowledg~~Welcomes the Commission’s great effort to freeze its own administrative expenditure in nominal terms; notes that this was rendered possible through the offsetting of the increases linked to statutory and contractual obligations against other drastic cuts in other administrative expenditure; ~~is nevertheless concerned about the possible consequences of the latter, for instance those related to training (-11%) and publications (-17% and -2.1% for the Publication Office);~~ Amendment 210 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 68 68. Stresses that any further cut to 2012 administrative appropriations within Section III, including to the administrative support expenditure lines (former BA-lines), might have an adverse impact on the implementation of programmes, in particular in view of the new EU tasks following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty; insists that the savings resulting from reduced administrative support expenditure remain within the corresponding programmes’ financial envelopes for enhanced delivery on the ground; emphasises, furthermore, that while EU competences keep on increasing, this trend is not sustainable in the long term and will have an adverse impact on the swift, regular and effective implementation of EU actions and programmes;deleted Amendment 219 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 71 71. Takes the view that the European Schools should be adequately funded in the interests of addressing the specific situation and needs of the children of agents of the EU institutions; will carefully scrutinise the proposed overall 1.7% increase as compared to 2011, which is below that foreseen in the financial programming, as well as each of the European Schools’ budget lines, and make, during its reading, any modification it considers appropriate in this respecnot be funded by the EU and be taken off the budget; Amendment 222 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 72 72. Stresongly opposes that pilot projects (PPs) and preparatory actions (PAs) are key tools for the formulation of political priorities and for paving the way for new initiatives that might turn into EU activities and programmes likely to improve the lives of EU citizens; intends, therefore, to ~~suppor~~reject by all possible means its proposals regarding pilot projects and preparatory actions for the 2012 Budget~~, while stressing the need carefully to study the Commission’s preliminary assessment expected in July 2011 for the definition of a global and balanced final package on this issue~~; Amendment 225 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 73 73. Intends to this end to forward to the Commission, as provided for in Annex II, part D of the IIA, a first provisional list of potential pilot projects and preparatory actions for the 2012 Budget; expects the Commission to provide a well-reasoned analysis of Parliament’s indicative proposals; stresses that this first provisional list does not preclude the formal tabling and adoption of amendments concerning pilot projects and preparatory actions during Parliament’s reading of the budget;deleted Amendment 226 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 74 74. Takes note of one new pilot project and five preparatory actions – two of them new – proposed by the Commission under different headings; states its firm intention of analysing the content and objectives of the newly proposed initiatives in the course of the upcoming negotiations;deleted Amendment 228 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 75 75. ~~Not~~Deeply deplores the overall level of EUR 720.8 million devoted to EU decentralised agencies in DB 2012, an increase in the total EU contribution as compared to the 2011 Budget of EUR 34.6 million, or +4.9%; is aware that this increase mainly stems from the one new5 and seven phasing-in agencies6 , with a view to providing them with adequate funding; ~~underlines the importance of~~strongly opposes additional funding for those 10 agencies7, the tasks of which have been extended, so as not to hinder their performance; notes that the increase in the EU contribution to the agencies at cruising speed is in line with, or even below, inflation correction (2%), with no additional staff; Amendment 232 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 76 76. Stresses 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, as decided by the legislative authority; endorses therefore, in times of austerity, the Commission’s restrictive approach to determining EU decentralised agencies’ subsidies from the EU budget, but disapproves of the use of assigned revenue to reduce the EU Budget contribution to fee-dependent agencies, which is used by the Commission to increase margins artificially;deleted Amendment 235 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 77 77. ~~Not~~Deplores that, among the 213 new establishment plan posts for agencies (out of a total of 4 854), 80 will be allocated to new or starting-up agencies, and the rest to agencies whose tasks are being extended; reiterates its call for a ~~specific approach to the recruitment of specialised scientific staff with professional experience, especially when these posts are financed exclusively from fees and are thus budget- neutral for~~full stop to EU decentralised agencies and for them to be taken off the EU budget; source: PE-465.029
35	2011/2036(INI) European Schools' system 2011/05/26 BUDG 6 amendments... Amendment 2 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the European Schools ~~are~~have hitherto been financed principally by contributions from the Member States, amounting to 21% of the schools’ total budget, and a balancing contribution from the European Union, which in 2010 comprised around 58% of the total, Amendment 3 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas ~~the main~~one aim of the 2009 reform of the European Schools was to open them up to a wider and more diverse intake, while at the same time ensuring the system’s long-term viability, Amendment 5 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms that the European Schools must no longer be financed on a sound and adequate basis so that the commitments made in the Convention and in the Staff Regulations of Officials and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union can be fulfilled and the quality of the education provided can be guaranteed, and noteby the EU, because there are perfectly good state and international schools in Belgium which the children of officials can attend, and expressly rejects, in this regard, the recent petition by the parents’ and teachers’ associations of the Brussels European Schools opposing any budget cuts; Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that, in the short term, the European Union’s commitments should be ~~honoured, while, at the same time, account should be taken~~reduced, thus taking account of the prevailing climate of budgetary restrictions at both Union and Member State level; notes that the 2012 draft budget provides for a 1.7% increase in funding for the European Schools, at a time when budgetary difficulties have led the Commission to propose a freeze on its own administrative expenditure andtherefore rejects the provision in the 2012 draft budget for a 1.37% increase in ~~administrative expenditure for the European institutions generally; undertakes to scrutinise the appropriations on the budget lines in question~~funding for the European Schools; Amendment 12 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises the long-term importance of making the European Union’s financial contribution more transparent and doing more to guarantee openness and diversity in the schools; calls on the Commission, in this context, to specify how much of the special levy applied since 2004 has been used for the European Schools, and for what purposes; asks the Commission to submit to it an update on implementation of the 2009 reform and on the financing requirements for the coming years, especially in respect of the buildings policy;deleted Amendment 16 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Takes the view ~~that~~, with that in mind, that there can be no question of giving each of the European Schools a greater degree of budgetary autonomy ~~may be an effective way of improving the management of the resources allocated to them.~~; source: PE-465.042 2011/06/16 CULT 29 amendments... Amendment 4 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital B ~~B. whereas the European Schools enable pupils to affirm their cultural identity and to attain a high level of knowledge of foreign languages,~~deleted Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the European Schools can~~not~~ be put in the same category as international schools because they meet athe same need to educate children in their mother tongue, Amendment 14 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital D ~~D. whereas the European Schools operate in a way that is no longer suited to the present circumstances,~~deleted Amendment 16 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas in the Schools in Brussels and Luxembourg the problem of excessive numbers of students is detrimental to the quality of education and prevents the enrolment of children other than the children of EU institutions staff,deleted Amendment 21 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the educational model on which the European Schools are based ~~should be promoted in the Member States~~is already being put into practice in the Member States in the form of international schools and/or bilingual education, Amendment 26 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital G ~~G. whereas it is difficult to bring together within the same educational system students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, who may have very different talents and capacities,~~deleted Amendment 32 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the European Schools arshould no longer be funded by contributions from the Member States and a balancing contribution from the EU, Amendment 38 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital K ~~K. whereas the number of students without a language section (SWALS) is continuing to grow,~~deleted Amendment 41 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the SWALS are given learning support in the language of the language section in which they enrol and classes in their mother tongue, which leads to significant and increasing structural costs,deleted Amendment 43 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas a special levy on the salaries of officials, intended to be used inter alia for the European Schools, ~~was introduced in 2004~~should be abolished as soon as possible, Amendment 45 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Regrets that the European Schools are often wrongly considered to be elitist schools, when their mission is to provide mother-tongue education for students whose parents may be required to change their place of work or return to their country of origin;deleted Amendment 51 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that the European Schools should ~~serve as an example and that exporting this model to the national education systems would assist professional mobility~~be closed in a reasonable timeframe; Amendment 61 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 ~~3. Considers that the budget restrictions that the Schools will have to accept must be accompanied by a real increase in their management autonomy;~~deleted Amendment 65 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 ~~4. Stresses the need to give the European Schools the foundation of an adequate legal base, within the EU’s area of competence, and wishes to be involved in any discussions on the subject;~~deleted Amendment 68 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. ~~Urges the Board of Governors to think further ahead about infrastructure requirements and to take measures that will help avoid the problems of excessive numbers; c~~Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ~~encourage~~immediately stop the development of Type II and Type III Schools; Amendment 72 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Encourages the Member States to ~~promote~~stop the concept of European Schools on their territory ~~by creating pilot establishments~~; Amendment 85 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recommends that the Member States should continue to promote within their own educational systems ~~certain concepts borrowed from the European School system,~~international concepts of education as proven fruitful and to encourage the emergence of ~~European~~national citizenship within Europe from a very young age; Amendment 96 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages twinning between ~~the~~ European ~~Schoo~~national and international schools; Amendment 100 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes the need to rationalise the Schools’ management costs, but points out that attempts to curb expenditure must not bring into question fundamental principles that form the basis of the European Schools concept, such as mother-tongue teaching by native speakers;deleted Amendment 104 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to ~~define~~stop its budget contribution ~~so that these principles are respected and there is adequate provision for students with special educational needs (SEN)~~; Amendment 112 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Encourages the creation, once the quota of students is reached, of new language sections so the SWALS can be educated in their mother tongue and there is no discrimination with regard to students from other language sections, with a consequent reduction of the costs associated with the SWALS’ particular status;deleted Amendment 114 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Points out that the lack of seconded staff must be compensated by local recruitment of staff whose salaries are paid by the Schools; calls on the Board of Governors to ensure that the Member States who do not contribute financially by seconding teachers pay an equivalent financial contribution to the Schools’ budget;deleted Amendment 116 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers that the current funding system places a disproportionate burden as regards secondment and supply of infrastructure on certain Member States, and calls on the Board of Governors to review the way in which the Schools are funded and the recruitment of teachers;deleted Amendment 119 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 ~~18. Calls on the Commission to take steps to define the percentage of the special levy assigned to the European Schools;~~deleted Amendment 123 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 ~~19. Calls for general use of the working languages for teaching all non- fundamental subjects;~~deleted Amendment 128 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses the need for an external evaluation of the present European Schools’ syllabuses and financial accounts; Amendment 134 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. ~~Hopes that the recruitment of local staff meets the excellence criteria and that they are checked~~Stresses the need of inspection of present local and international staff by inspectors; Amendment 138 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Reaffirms that provision for students with special educational needs remains a priority and asks the Board of Governors to ensure that coefficients are applied to this category of students when calculating class sizes;deleted Amendment 144 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 ~~23. Calls on the Board of Governors to consider the creation of a school-leaving certificate other than the baccalaureate for students who wish to specialise in vocational courses;~~deleted source: PE-464.750
5	2011/2052(INI) European Platform against poverty and social exclusion 2011/06/21 BUDG 5 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 1 ~~1. Stresses that fighting poverty and social exclusion is a key Europe 2020 target and that it is consequently at the heart of the EP priorities for the Budget 2012;~~deleted Amendment 5 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. ~~Takes note of~~Deplores the 3.3 % increase in the draft budget 2012 for the European Platform against Poverty flagship initiative as compared to last year; asks the Commission to explain in detail which budget lines will benefit from the increase; Amendment 7 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is ~~concerned about the cuts or limited increase~~pleased, in view inter alia of the economies being made in the Member States, about the cuts proposed by the Commission for the main instruments contributing to this initiative, i.e. the 7th Framework Programme, Progress and the European Fund for Refugees; considers these proposals to be in contradiction with the ambitious objectives and key initiatives identified in the Commission communication on the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion; is determined to ensure that sufficient funds are available in the Budget 2012 to meet the objectives announcedreflect a sensible and prudent policy; is determined to ensure that the Budget 2012 adequately implements the necessary economies; Amendment 8 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the crucial role of the ESF in working towards social inclusion, of the ERDF in tackling poverty in urban areas, where the majority of disadvantaged people live, and of the EGF in preventing poverty among workers hit by the crisis; calls for the particular function of each fund to be preserved within the next multiannual financial framework (MFF), while improving coordination among them; also advocates simplification of the structural fund rules to support stronger participation of the social economy in fighting poverty and social exclusion;deleted Amendment 13 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Invites the ~~Member States to establish national targets to define their contribution to this Europe 2020 target, and to inform the~~ Commission, within the European Semester procedure, ~~of the exact~~to specify the amount of resources ~~they will~~, if any, it intends allocate to fighting poverty and social exclusion, and to give detailed reasons in either case. source: PE-467.216
9	2011/2056(INI) Effective Raw Materials Strategy for Europe 2011/05/30 ENVI 9 amendments... Amendment 2 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Communication and in particular its focus on raw and recovered raw materials from mineral resources and biotic resources, its emphasis on resource efficiency and recycling, and its recognition of the importance of urban mining as a valuable source for retrieving, recycling and upcycling RM; points out the potential of re-use as a separate category, to extend the life of products ~~and urges the Commission (EC) to develop re-use~~; Amendment 15 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the growth of the world population, the rise in consumption and targets for EU economic growth, make the decoupling of growth from raw material use even more essential; insists therefore that reduction targets should be set to stabilise material use and proposes an annual material EU efficiency target of 3%;deleted Amendment 24 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the EC to research the development of a RM hierarchy to ensure the highest added value use of RM without compromising the environment; calls on the EC to map the competition for the same materials and to address non- essential consumption of RM;deleted Amendment 31 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of the development, promotion and implementation of a life cycle approach for RM, thus extending the highest quality and life of such materials, and the need for indicators to measure efficient and effective resource use, and points to the importance of the full implementation of the Ecodesign Directive in this regard;deleted Amendment 50 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the EC to develop a system of chain of custody for all RM, instructing producers to record the origin of RM through a transparent system, following existing examples (FSC and FLEGT for illegal RM), allowing for the future development of sustainability criteria for RM;deleted Amendment 69 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the EC to integrate the biodiversity action plan objectives into the RM strategy to strengthen links between the economy and environment and to take account of the environmental effects of extraction, production, use and disposal of RM; urges the EC to support the development of strategic land use planning in all Member States to balance raw material extraction with other land use demands and to safeguard the environment and biodiversity;deleted Amendment 76 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Stresses the role of corporate social responsibility and adherence to the highest international environmental and social standards and the application of BAT; calls on the EC to follow the spirit of the US Dodd-Frank Bill on conflict minerals and urges the EC to present a legislative proposal; supports the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI);deleted Amendment 82 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Calls for the active introduction and promotion of more sustainable economic models decoupled from material use, to ensure the future availability of RM in the EU; calls for the EC to develop legal instruments targeting more efficient use of resources, avoiding rebound effects, suggests that the EC undertake a comprehensive study on economic leasing models as alternatives to ownership of goods and their impact on material use and recovery;deleted Amendment 88 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Urges the EC to examine the effects of a tax on mineral resources, non-energy RM, water and land use, and in particular on any side effects, such as non sustainable substitution, tax evasion or a shift of economic activities to third countries; points out that a tax on resources would render resources more valuable, resulting in better use, re-use and recycling of RM and lower export of resources.deleted source: PE-466.974
1	2011/2060(BUD) Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund: flooding in Slovenia, Croatia and Czech Republic in 2010 2011/05/31 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. ~~Approve~~Rejects the decision annexed to this resolution; source: PE-466.953
11	2011/2073(INI) Budgetary control of EU humanitarian aid managed by ECHO 2011/11/16 CONT 11 amendments... Amendment 8 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Points out that the terms and the implementation of control and follow-up of EU funds under joint management have demonstrated serious weaknesses; urges the Commission to agree, notably with the UN agencies, on the measures to ~~rely on~~make the audit work carried out by UN bodies reliable and effective and to reinforce and greatly enhance the assurance gained from the existing checks, including verifications; Amendment 11 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Insists that audit results be made available in a timely fashion to the discharge authority; this will not preclude the ECA’s or OLAF’s powers and competences; urges that, if these audit results are not supplied, or are not supplied in full, an inquiry should immediately be instituted by the Court of Auditors and/or OLAF; Amendment 13 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to ensure that UN reports contain sufficient information concerning the results, i.e. the output and outcome, of projects within the reporting time scale; stresses that measurable output and impact indicators must be an integral part of the reporting criteria; deplores the fact that over 70 % of ECHO’s replies to the ECA’s questionnaires for its Special Report 15/2009 reveal that UN reports were late; expresses its disapproval of this misconduct by the UN; Amendment 16 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Deplores the difficulties the ECA has encountered in accessing information about the actions carried out by UN partners; recalls that according to the FAFA verification clause, the EU and therefore the ECA may undertake on-the-spot financial checks and that the UN is to provide all relevant financial information; stresses that the UN must provide the ECA with the necessary access to information and thus fulfil the verification clause of FAFA; stresses that, unless the UN improves its conduct in the near future, the EU may consider options for reducing or even entirely halting aid via the UN; Amendment 18 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Welcomes the current efforts of the Working Group on ‘Accountability for and Audit of Disaster-Related Aid’ established in the framework of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) and led by a Member of the European Court of Auditors; recalls that the two main objectives are: (i) establishing guidance and good practice with a view of to ultimately arriving at a single integrated reporting model and (ii) establishing guidance and good practice in the area of audit of disaster-related aid; notes at the same time that it is actually regrettable that such a working group had to be set up, as this indicates that the existing situation is far from ideal; Amendment 19 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Points out that, since the revelation of abuses of UN funds for humanitarian and development activities by the Government of North Korea in late 2006, there has been broad criticism regarding the lacking transparency, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness of the management of funds by the UN; regrets that the UN reform in matters of transparency and accountability has not yet made any significant progress; stresses that ~~EU Member States~~the Commission and the European Parliament need to demonstrate more political will, determination and coherence to advance the reform and ensure higher accountability; calls on the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy to prioritise this issue and play a facilitating role; draws attention to the possibility of cutting off all or part of the financial assistance to the UN; Amendment 22 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Recalls the ECA opinion expressed in its Special Report 15/2009 according to which the strategic and legal requirements to select partner in an objective and transparent way are insufficiently translated into practical criteria to support decision making in the case of UN partners; insists that the choice of a UN partner to implement humanitarian action must demonstrate that this approach is more efficient and effective than other ways of delivering aid; calls on the Commission to systematically carry out and document formal appraisals of, and comparisons with, alternative aid delivery mechanisms; advises the Commission no longer to automatically regard the UN as an ‘aid partner’ but also to make a point of seeking other possible partners; Amendment 27 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Notes that the Commission provides OCHA with significant support; deplores the fact that the experience in Haiti and Pakistan highlighted the currently insufficient coordinating ability of OCHA; stresses that OCHA’s ability to fulfil its coordinating function was undermined by low capacity, inadequate needs assessment and partially functional electronic tools, necessary for processing the information; advises, therefore, no longer working with/via OCHA; Amendment 28 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Notes that the Commission has provided the UN with significant support in its effort to develop and implement the cluster system; stresses that both disasters revealed that there is still much work to be done to improve its effectiveness, efficiency and coordination and to reinforce ownership and accountability; advises therefore against working primarily with the UN in future; Amendment 29 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 47. ~~Points ou~~Deplores the fact that the Commission did not provide Parliament’s rapporteur with the final narrative and financial reports of the ECHO partners on the implementation of humanitarian actions in the aftermath of the catastrophes in Haiti and Pakistan in 2010, with the justification that they included sensitive information on ECHO partners; stresses that Parliament must have access to such reports, or at least to the main facts about the efficiency and effectiveness of the implementation of actions, in order to be able to judge as to their sound financial management; regards this conduct on the part of the Commission as a manifest violation of its own rules on transparency; Amendment 31 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 a (new) 48a. Takes the view, at all events, that, in the light of the subsidiarity principle, aid – whether or not in the form of development aid – is a matter not for the Commission or the European Parliament but for the Member States; source: PE-475.972
9	2011/2093(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the shilbuilding sector in Denmark 2011/01/06 BUDG 9 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas Norway has urgently asked Odense Steel Shipyard to provide 750 staffmembers to help in offshore work in Norway; whereas Maynards Europe and Hilco Industrial Europe have purchased the equipment of the Odense Steel Shipyard, Amendment 2 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the shipyard closure announcement was already made in August 2009, but nonetheless Odense Steel Shipyard applied for the ESF funding in July 2010, knowing that the shipyard was going to close down, Amendment 3 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the application in this specific case does not fulfilsl the eligibility criteria set up by the EGF Regulation, Amendment 4 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Requests the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF; appreciates in this sense the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following the Parliament's request for accelerating the release of grants, aimed at presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's assessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with the proposal to mobilise the Fund; hopes that further improvements in the procedure will be reached in the framework of the upcoming reviews of the Fund;deleted Amendment 6 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Recalls the institutions’ commitment to ensuring a smooth and rapid procedure for the adoption of the decisions on the mobilisation of the EGF, providing one- off, time-limited individual support geared to helping workers who have suffered redundancies as a result of globalisation and the financial and economic crisis; emphasises the role that the EGF can play in the reintegration of workers made redundant into the labour market;deleted Amendment 7 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 6 of the EGF Regulation, it should be ensured that the EGF supports the reintegration of individual redundant workers into employment; reiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies by virtue of national law or collective agreements, nor measures restructuring companies or sectors; concludes that, because these redundancies could clearly be foreseen, and that this application must be considered more as a state-contribution to end activities and thus is not eligible for EGF funding; Amendment 8 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the information provided on the coordinated package of personalised services to be funded from the EGF includes information on the complementarity with actions funded by the Structural Funds; reiterates its call to the Commission to present a comparative evaluation of these data in its annual reports as well;deleted Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the fact that following repeated requests from the Parliament, for the first time the 2011 budget shows payment appropriations of EUR 47 608 950 on the EGF budget line 04 05 01; reminds that the EGF was created as a separate specific instrument with its own objectives and deadlines and that therefore deserves a dedicated allocation, which will avoid transfers from other budget lines, as happened in the past, which could be detrimental to the achievement of the various policies objectives;deleted Amendment 10 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. ADoes not approves the decision annexed to this resolution; source: PE-467.019
2	2011/2107(INI) Green Paper: From challenges to opportunities: towards a common strategic framework for EU research and innovation funding 2011/06/20 BUDG 2 amendments... Amendment 21 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. ~~Reiterates its~~Takes the position that, with regard to the MFF post-2013, the financial resources dedicated to large-scale projects such as ITER and Galileo should be ~~fixed~~cut back very severely for the whole programming period ~~and ring-fenced~~ so that any cost overrun ~~must be financed with fresh money through employing budgetary flexibility, as opposed to the redeployment of funds~~is completely ruled out rather than funds being redeployed at the expense of other programmes such as research and innovation; Amendment 26 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Strongly supports a further ~~increase~~reduction in the EU’s annual budgets for research and innovation, as these ~~have been proven to deliver excellent~~do not deliver any comprehensively demonstrable European added value ~~and to~~nor do they aid recovery from the economic crisis; emphasises that ~~the Europe 2020 strategy for growth and jobs, adopted by the Council, clearly states the need for additional funds for research and innovation.~~research and innovation are a core task of the Member States which may be achieved perfectly well by multi-lateral international consultation and the sharing of best practice in close cooperation with international business; source: PE-467.184
11	2011/2191(INI) Application of Croatia to become a member of the European Union 2011/10/27 BUDG 11 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. ~~Welcom~~Deplores the conclusion of the accession negotiations ~~and confirms its consent~~ for Croatia to become the 28th member of the European Union; Amendment 2 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines the fact that accession to the EU should not be regarded as the end of a process, but rather as one step along the path of ongoing and continuous administrative and economic modernisation of a country;deleted Amendment 3 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that Croatia should, following the example of other Member States, take the opportunity of membership to promote and enhance medium- and long-term planning of EU funding in order to invigorate and boost the modernisation of its economy as a step towards greater competitiveness and diversification; recalls in this regard the important role of the structural funds;deleted Amendment 5 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Remains, nevertheless, concerned about Croatia’s administrative and absorption capacities in the face of the prospect of full membership and the ensuing implementation of structural and agricultural policies; recalls that the substantial increase in funds to be implemented can only be monitored and managed on the basis of an improvement in those capacities at both the central, and the regional and local, levels;deleted Amendment 7 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. ~~Suppor~~Rejects, in that connection, the creation of a temporary financial assistance mechanism, the Transition Facility, designed to strengthen Croatia’s administrative and judicial capacity to implement and enforce EU legislation; Amendment 11 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the growing effectiveness of the fight against corruption, including actions taken against a number of former leading politicians and officials; notes, however, that corruption is still regarded by the Commission as prevalent in some areas and that there is further progress to be made in the fight against corruption; supports all the necessary commitments and legal, administrative and auditing measures that the Croatian authorities will take to that end, including in the protection of the EU’s financial interests and control of EU funding; reiterates, however, its opposition to Croatia's accession to the EU; Amendment 13 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. ~~Welcome~~Rejects the creation of a special temporary Schengen facility supporting the necessary investments to be made by Croatia for the maintenance and reinforcement of the EU’s external borders and its eventual entry into the Schengen system; Amendment 14 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on all involved parties to associate Croatia, to the greatest extent possible extent, in its capacity as an acceding country, in all exchanges of views and negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020; believes that the Croatian observers in the European Parliament, representatives in the Council, and observers in the Committee of Regions should seize the opportunity to promote their vision for the Union and contribute to the shaping of the EU budget and priorities to 2020;deleted Amendment 15 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. ~~Takes note of the position of the European Union on the financial and budgetary provisions, as defined in the Conference on the Accession of Croatia, and based on an accession date of 1 July 2013; n~~Notes that the required financial envelopes for Croatia’s possible accession, by heading and sub-heading of the budget, for the last semester of the last financial year of the current MFF, would substantially increase the expenditure in the EU budget; opposes Croatia's accession to the EU for that reason as well; Amendment 17 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Commission in consequence to propose, as planned in early 2012 following the signature of the Accession Treaty in December 2011, and as provided for in point 29 of the IIA, a revision of the MFF for the financial year 2013 in order to avoid financing Croatia’s accession by redeploymentsnot to propose a revision of the MFF for the financial year 2013, given that it would be inappropriate for Croatia to join the EU; Amendment 18 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Regards such potential redeployments of appropriations from existing instruments and priorities not only as detrimental to the EU’s capacity to implement its policies properly, but also as an act of political and moral disregard for Croatia;deleted source: PE-475.800
28	2011/2201(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission 2012/07/03 CONT 28 amendments... Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 2 Citation 8 – having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 14 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 3 Citation 8 – having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 19 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 4 Citation 8 – having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 24 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 5 Citation 8 – having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 29 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 6 Citation 8 – having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 34 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 7 Citation 8 – having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 38 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 8 Citation 8 – having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 39 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the annual accounts of the Union for the financial year 2010 present ~~fairly in all~~a reasonably fair picture in material respects of the position of the Union as of 31 December 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the then completed year; Amendment 43 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes ~~with satisfaction~~ that revenue underlying the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2010 is legal and regular in ~~all~~most material respects; Amendment 44 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes ~~with satisfaction~~ that commitments underlying the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2010 are legal and regular in ~~all~~most material respects; Amendment 45 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Understands that the ~~basis for the~~ adverse opinion of the Court of Auditors is also based on the observation that supervisory and control systems are only partially effective and – as a result – payments are affected by an error rate which is estimated to be most likely 3,.7 %; Amendment 46 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is seriously worried about this ~~increase because it reverses the positive trend observed in the past few yea~~further increase, despite previous reports containing warnings and recommendations from the Court of Auditors; Amendment 49 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 ~~10. Attributes this development mainly to the increase in the area of Cohesion, Energy and Transport which marked a significant increase to 7,7 %;~~deleted Amendment 81 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Underlines that the two policy areas prone to the highest error rates (‘Cohesion, transport and energy’ and ‘Agriculture and natural resources’) are implemented under shared management and regrets deeply that the estimated most likely error rates amount to 7.7 % and 2.3 %, respectively; calls on Bulgaria and Romania in particular to make serious efforts to tackle fraud and thereby ensure full transparency; Amendment 86 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Recalls its repeated invitations to the Commission to present a proposal for the introduction of mandatory national management declarations (NMDs) issued, made public and duly audited by an independent auditor; notes that NMDs should contain full information about the use of Union funds; calls therefore also on Parliament to respond to this proposal in the short term; Amendment 155 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 77 77. Understands that the Commission has the option ~~(but not the obligation)~~ to sanction non-conforming Member States with different tools: Amendment 179 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 105 105. Invites the Commission to encourage EuropeAid to complete as soon as possible the work on a methodology to calculate the level of ‘residual error’ which might remain after all controls have been executed and to share the results with the other external relations Directorates- General in view of achieving the necessary improvement of the Commission’s management representations for external aid, development and enlargement; notes that the level of transparency at EuropeAid is none too good; Amendment 196 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas Europe is faced with a severe budgetary and financial crisis which can lead to a crisis of confidence in the Union and whereas it is vitally important that the Commission is a leading example for good public management,; Amendment 200 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital D ~~D. whereas more than 90 % of all errors are identified outside the Commission at the level of Member States' authorities and the level of final beneficiaries (Annual Report, point 1.22),~~deleted Amendment 201 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas in the majority of cases where errors were identified in the Cohesion area Member States' authorities had sufficient information to have detected and corrected errors prior to certifying the expenditure to the Commission (Annual Report, point 4.25),; whereas it is regrettable that these irregularities came to light accidentally through inspections conducted by the EU and not through internal inspections in the Member States in question; whereas this applies in particular to Bulgaria and Romania; Amendment 202 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas a number of specific Member States' lack of serious interest in the discharge procedure ~~could be~~is largely, but not exclusively, due to the Commission's insufficient efforts in identifying publicly, clearly, unequivocally and in a substantiated way which Member States, regions and programmes are underperforming in managing Union funds,; Amendment 203 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas mandatory national management declarations issued and signed at ministerial level and duly audited by an independent auditor are a ~~necessary~~n essential means to counter and punish some national authorities' lack of responsibility as regards the use and management of Union money,; Amendment 204 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital J ~~J. whereas the Union more than ever needs a strong, independent and efficient external auditor,~~deleted Amendment 208 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the Member States sh~~all cooperate with the Commission to~~ould ensure that the appropriations are used in accordance with the principles of sound and transparent financial management,; Amendment 210 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital N ~~N. whereas both compliance and performance issues must be better addressed in order to reinforce the legitimacy of the Union,~~deleted Amendment 212 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Citation 7 – having regard to the statement of assurance as to the partial reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2010 pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Amendment 213 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Citation 8 – having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 214 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Citation 9 – having regard to the Council's recommendation of ... on discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010 (0000/2012 – C7 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, source: PE-483.775
16	2011/2202(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section I - European Parliament 2012/06/03 CONT 16 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision Recital A A. whereas the audit of the Court of Auditors stated that, as regards administrative expenditure in 2010, all the institutions satisfactorily operated the supervisory and control systems required by the Financial Regulation ~~and~~but only 93 % of the 58 payments audited were free from material error, Amendment 2 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision Recital B B. whereas the Secretary-General certified, on 16 June 2011, only his reasonable assurance that Parliament's budget has been implemented in accordance with the principles of sound financial management ~~and that the control framework put in place provides the necessary guarantees as to the legality and regularity of the underlying operations~~, Amendment 3 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1. GPostpones its decision to grants its President discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Parliament budget for the financial year 2010; Amendment 5 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the audit of the Court of Auditors stated that, as regards administrative expenditure in 2010, all the institutions satisfactorily operated the supervisory and control systems required by the Financial Regulation ~~and~~but only 93 % of the 58 payments audited were free from material error, Amendment 6 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the Secretary-General certified, on 16 June 2011, only his reasonable assurance that Parliament's budget has been implemented in accordance with the principles of sound financial management and that the control framework put in place provides the necessary guarantees as to the legality and regularity of the underlying operations, Amendment 7 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas ~~som~~a considerable number of the issues raised in the course of the discussions on the 2010 discharge in the Committee on Budgetary Control ~~went beyond~~concern the specific 2010 issues~~, and~~; where ~~included in wide-ranging questions from the Committee,~~as the present report remains ~~princip~~specifically focussed on the budget implementation and discharge for the financial year 2010,; wh~~ilst acknowledging that approaches to budgetary matters are a subject for wider discussion elsewher~~ereas these issues are thus politically relevant and democratically accountable, Amendment 17 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes the adoption, by the Bureau, on 24 March 2010, of a medium-term ICT Strategy (and in particular the Knowledge Management System - KMS - forming part of it) and a medium-term building policy which both have a financial dimension;deleted Amendment 20 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes that this overall high level of implementation is partly due to two targeted transfers made before the end of the financial year 2010 (EUR 9 240 000 for the purchase of a Europe House in Sofia and EUR 10 923 000 for four major IT projects); welcomes the fact that no mopping-up transfers took place between 2010 and 2011; encourages, however, itParliament’s administration and Committee on Budgets to pursue the objective of better and clearer budget planning and discipline in the future and notes that to put buildings, IT or any other important expenditure in the budget would provide more financial clarity; wants to keep ITER in the budget; Amendment 79 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Notes that, on 5 July 2010, the Bureau adopted Parliament's updated Communication Strategy integrating the project of the House of European History and that, in September 2010, an international jury examined that projects; further notes that use was not made of budget chapter 1 0 6 "Reserve for priority projects under development" for this project as all the appropriations of that chapter (EUR 5 000 000) were transferred to chapter 2 1 0 "Computing and telecommunications"; reiterates its expectation that the cost plan contained in the Business Plan should be strictly adhered to; considers also that the House of European History is a personal prestige project for certain EPP MEPs that has come into being in an undemocratic manner, with citizens having had no opportunity to exert any influence on political decisions taken regarding the House; Amendment 91 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Regrets that EuroparlTV cannot be considered to be a success story in view of its very low number of direct individual users (excluding viewers through partnership agreements with regional TVs) in spite of the considerable financing that it received in 2010, amounting to some EUR 9 000 000 (item 3 2 4 6); w~~elcomes the efforts made to reduce this budget by 14 % (to EUR 8 000 000) in 2011 and in the subsequent years; calls however for a cost-benefit evaluation of Europarl TV~~ants EuroparlTV to therefore be shut down as soon as possible as a direct cost saving in the interests of citizens; Amendment 96 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Notes that the costs relating to the LUX Prize in 2010 were EUR 380 666,.18; is concerned that the costs rose for the event in 2011 to 573 722,.08 (by over 50 %) ~~and~~; looks forward to ~~a sharp reverse in this trend from 2012 onwards~~this Prize being discontinued as of 2012; Amendment 113 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 55 55. Notes that, in 2010, there were 33 200 missions (official trips) representing a total of 98 629 mission days, most of them involving travel between Parliament's three places of work; reiterates the need to avoid unnecessary missions between the three working places and the costs they entail with more systematic and documentary justifications and better monitoring; requests that the Secretary General report, as part of the discharge procedure, on any savings made as a result of further rationalisation; emphasises once again that Parliament’s part-sessions should be held in one place only rather than in Brussels and Strasbourg; Amendment 134 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 69 69. Notes that, in 2010, the cost of travel of Members and staff amounted to some EUR 107 000 00023 (or 6,.6 % of all total final appropriations) and that a 5 % reduction is now in force; considers that the potential for further reductions through pooled airmiles should be considered, as should the idea of Parliament meeting in one place only; Amendment 137 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 70 70. Notes that final appropriations for the Travel Agency amounted to EUR 1 438 000 in 2010, with a high commitment rate (94 %); further notes that it obtains negotiated prices from airlines, which means that there is an average price for the best service; stresses however that this does not mean that, for a specific day or journey, it is not possible to get better prices by booking directly with travel operators; calls for an independent inquiry to produce a financial audit of the Travel Agency, its structure and its operation; Amendment 157 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Subheading after paragraph 83 ~~Green Parliament~~deleted Amendment 158 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 84 84. Notes the CO2 action plan adopted by the Bureau in 2010; regrets however that the carbon footprint of the Strasbourg seat of Parliament, representing energy consumed for the year 2010, was 1 533 tonnes of CO2;deleted source: PE-483.679
4	2011/2206(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee 2012/07/03 CONT 4 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision Citation 5 -– having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which did at the same time establish serious irregularities, Amendment 3 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1. GPostpones its decision to grants the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee~~/Postpones~~ discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Economic and Social Committee budget for the financial year 2010; Amendment 23 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the EESC to ~~consider the usefulness of~~ organis~~ing~~e an assessment of its work, as the Committee of the Regions has already done (CAF: Common Assessment Framework); Amendment 41 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Re~~iterates its request for the Court of Auditors to identify evidence of irregularitie~~fuses discharge to the EESC at least for as long as OLAF, the Ombudsman and the Court of Justice are still conducting investigations and the outcome of these investigations ins th~~e 2009 and 2010 audits as well as the deficiencies in the promotion system of the EESC which led the EESC to undertake the thorough reform which is ongoing~~us unclear; also refuses discharge on the grounds of the political issue of whether the EESC does still actually offer European added value; source: PE-483.639
5	2011/2207(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions 2012/07/03 CONT 5 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision Citation 5 – having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2010 pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which did at the same time establish serious irregularities, Amendment 2 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1. GPostpones its decision to grants the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions~~/Postpones~~ discharge in respect of the implementation of the Committee of the Regions budget for the financial year 2010; Amendment 7 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. ~~Is satisfied with~~Notes the explanations provided by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) regarding these errors, and with the decisions taken in order to ensure that such situations do not reoccur (improved recruitment procedure for officials from other institutions, supervision and monitoring of contract value estimates using a standard format for documentation, and enhancing the supervisory and control system for tenders by setting up a restricted-access mailbox); Amendment 13 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 ~~6. Welcomes the fact that the CoR and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) finally obtained EMAS (EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) certification on 27 December 2011;~~deleted Amendment 18 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes that the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union highlights the importance of the subsidiarity principle, thus strengthening the role of the CoR; in this context, congratulates the CoR, in particular for its work on the ‘Europe 2020’ strategy and on multi-level governance72% of the budget is spent on staff costs and 28% on the management of buildings, cleaning services, etc., raising very serious doubts about the European added value of the Committee, given that it makes no tangible contribution to decision-making by the EU and its institutions, thus in fact making its existence unnecessary and inefficient; source: PE-483.640
2	2011/2212(DEC) 2010 discharge: 8th, 9th and 10th European Development Funds (EDF) 2012/06/03 CONT 2 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 1 Citation 7 – having regard to the Council'’s recommendations of dd mm yyyy concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Funds for the financial year 2010 (C7-0000/2011), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time withheld their approval of the discharge, Amendment 2 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. GPostpones its decision on grantsing the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds for the financial year 2010; source: PE-483.643
7	2011/2227(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2012/07/03 CONT 7 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 1 Citation 3 – having regard to the Council’s recommendation of... (0000/2012 – C7- 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 3 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~...~~Refuses to grant the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2010; Amendment 5 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a decision 2 Citation 3 – having regard to the Council’s recommendation of... (0000/2012 – C7- 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 8 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Citation 3 – having regard to the Council’s recommendation of... (0000/2012 – C7- 0000/2012), and noting that England [sic], the Netherlands and Sweden have for the first time refused to approve the discharge, Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the overall budget of the Centre for the year 2010 was EUR 57 800 000 compared to EUR 49 200 000 in 2009, an increase of 17,5%; whereas the total contribution of the European Union to the budget of the Centre for 2010 was EUR 53 223 000,; whereas the precise amount of the subsidies allocated to the Centre for 2010 is different from earlier figures and, accordingly, doubts have arisen with regard to that amount; Amendment 15 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges from the Centre's Final Annual Accounts that the budget execution at year end 2010 reached 95% in terms of commitment appropriations; is however concerned that the budget execution in terms of payments only reached 68 % of the total budget; ~~finds nevertheless that this is already an improvement compared to 59 % in 2009 but considers that further efforts need to be made by the Centre in this respec~~considers that the Centre can evidently make do with a smaller annual budget; Amendment 16 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. ~~Acknowledg~~Notes that the Centre is ~~now working with its partners to implement~~making negligible changes on the basis of lessons learned from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, in order to further improve the performance of the Centre for the future; points nevertheless to the important contributions made by the Centre to the measures on fighting the H2N1 pandemic, by issuing preliminary guidelines on the "Use of specific pandemic influenza vaccines" in 2009disaster; very much wonders, because of that too, whether Member States’ national institutions are not in a much better position to carry out this task than the Centre; source: PE-483.624
9	2011/2232(DEC) 2012/07/03 CONT 9 amendments... Amendment 23 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission, in such time of financial crisis, to stop the increases in the Agencies’ budgets, to even consider reducing the Union contribution to their budgets, in particular to the Agencies which mainly perform research; ~~also urges~~demands that the Agencies to reduce their running costs and establish mechanisms to show the clear use and accountability of each EUR and to make substantial savings of Union funds; Amendment 25 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that in 2010 several Agencies introduced amending budgets and proceeded to make carryovers and transfers; noticed that some of the Agencies explain the purpose of those actions, for instance CDT and ERA; ~~urges~~demands that all Agencies to justify, systematically, amending budgets, transfers and carryovers in their report on the final annual accounts and annual report on Budgetary and Financial management; Amendment 32 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Points out that the high level of carryovers and cancellations is generally indicative of the inability of an Agency to manage a large increase in its budget; demands that the absorptive capacity and the time needed to carry out additional tasks should play a larger role in budgetary decisions; urges that the annual budget for the Agency concerned be reduced if no structural action is taken to address this issue; Amendment 35 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. ~~Urges~~Demands that the Agencies~~, accordingly, to~~ improve their internal planning and general revenue forecasting in order to reduce their high carry over and cancellation rates as well as their spending; reminds the Agencies that they need to refine their programming and monitoring system and initiate contracting earlier in the calendar year to reduce the need to carry over appropriations; calls in addition on the Commission to ~~provide guidance~~monitor the situation strictly in this respect; Amendment 58 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Calls on the Agencies to make and present a ~~periodic~~biannual overall evaluation on their activities and performance, to be commissioned by the Commission, the European Parliament and/or the European Court of Auditors, and to make the report available on their website; the ~~Management Board’s~~ Agencies must then be called to prepare a roadmap with a follow-up action plan based upon the conclusions of those evaluations, and report on progress ~~bi-~~annually; Amendment 140 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 75 75. Notes that the large size of certain agencies’ Governing Boards and the high turnover of their members ~~could~~ lead to an ineffective decision-making body; calls, accordingly, on the ~~Interinstitutional Working Group on~~ Agencies to address and resolve this issue; ~~suggest~~calls in addition ~~that consideration be given to~~for the possibility of merging governing boards for Agencies working in related fields to reduce meeting costs; Amendment 145 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 76 – indent 1 – merging or shutting down smaller and research focused Agencies in order to achieve savings and stop and/or avoid overlapping objectives, and prevent further spending of the Union budget; Amendment 148 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 77 77. Calls on the Commission, the European Parliament and/or the European Court of Auditors to immediately carry out an evaluation of all the Agencies in order to detect occurrences of unnecessary or overlapping activities and to analyse the merger of some of the Agencies, and to inform Parliament about this issue by the 15 July 2012 at the latest; Amendment 158 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 81 81. Finds that the activities and results of some Agencies cast doubt on their true added-value to the Union’s objectives; considers that a large number of reports and papers and other related outputs, such as those of the EEA and others, can be seen as lacking substantial, innovative and practical input to the objectives and work on the Union; notes also that the EIGE outputs were rather limited in 2010; calls, therefore, on the Commission, Council and the Court of Auditors to report immediately on the real added-value of the Agencies’ activities and to focus primarily, but not exhaustively, on CEDEFOP, EEA, EIGE, EUROFOUND.; considers that Agencies which are of no true added value to the Union’s objectives should be phased out and ultimately shut down; source: PE-483.635
1	2011/2252(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in construction of buildings in Ireland 2011/10/26 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 6 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. ~~Approve~~Rejects the decision annexed to this resolution; source: PE-475.783
1	2011/2253(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in specialised construction activities in Ireland 2011/10/26 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 6 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. ~~Approve~~Rejects the decision annexed to this resolution; source: PE-475.782
1	2011/2254(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in architectural and engineering activities in Ireland 2011/10/26 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 6 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. ~~Approve~~Rejects the decision annexed to this resolution; source: PE-475.784
3	2011/2297(INI) Implementation of EU water legislation, ahead of a necessary overall approach to European water challenges 2012/03/30 PETI 3 amendments... Amendment 8 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is concerned that the balance between the need for water and available resources has reached a critical level in many regions of Europe ~~and that climate change could make the situation even worse~~; water scarcity now affects the whole territory of some Member States on a permanent basis; Amendment 25 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 9 ~~9. Invites the European Commission to be more determined in its inquiries, and therefore much less passive and accommodating;~~Deleted Amendment 38 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. A~~sks at the same time the Commission and~~dvises the Member States to improve monitoring and reporting of chemical pollutants in water, along with a mechanism to obtain better information on concentrations of other pollutants for which monitoring may prove necessary in the future at EU level; source: PE-486.133
5	2011/2307(INI) Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 2012/08/02 AGRI 5 amendments... Amendment 7 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the new EU biodiversity strategy and the Commission recommendations for CAP reform, including clearly formulated measures under both the first and second pillars seeking to conserve and improve biodiversity;deleted Amendment 29 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need for more effective cooperation at European level regarding the diversity of animal and plant genetic resources in order to ensure their conservation ~~and improve their ability to adapt to climate change~~; Amendment 33 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 4 ~~4. Considers it necessary to strike a balance between European biodiversity strategy and rural development projects within the Member States so as to ensure the conservation of biodiversity;~~deleted Amendment 43 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to support initiatives by European citizens to protect biodiversity and encourage their participation through the introduction of a civilian biodiversity and environmental volunteering scheme to identify basis procedures and good practices which could be subsequently applied at European level;deleted Amendment 51 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to organise biodiversity awareness and information campaigns for all ages and social categories; takes the view that education and professional training, particularly in farming and related sectors, should be concentrated more on the protection of biodiversity.deleted source: PE-480.860
6	2011/2318(INI) External dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy 2012/02/16 DEVE 6 amendments... Amendment 2 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. ~~Welcomes~~Notes that the Commission’ is commit~~ment~~ted to developing a new generation of sustainable fisheries agreements (SFAs) to promote the conservation of resources, environmental sustainability, good governance and the effectiveness of sectoral support in partner countries by means of strengthening conditionalities; Amendment 10 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Would like to see the SFAs improve the integration of ~~developing~~partner countries in the world economy and encourage investment and the development of the local private sector, including small enterprises and small-scale fisheries, by supporting processing and marketing activities; Amendment 11 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the allocation for sectoral support in the SFAs boosts the EU~~’s development cooperation~~ Member States’ objectives and is in line with the signatory country’s national development plan; ~~calls for this allocation not to replace the cooperation on fisheries provided for in other agreements or cooperation instruments but to complement it in a coherent way;~~ Amendment 14 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to enter into agreements with partner countries solely on the express condition that the EU Member States should benefit from the agreement concerned and certainly not suffer any economic loss; Amendment 16 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Commission to enter into agreements solely with countries where human rights are respected unconditionally, the rule of law is applied in line with internationally recognised laws and democratic governance principles are complied with; Amendment 20 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Asks the Commission to base any renewal and/or extension of the agreement also on the impact assessment and, where the assessment is negative, not to extend the agreement; source: PE-480.890
7	2012/0039(COD) Non-commercial movement of pet animals 2012/09/27 ENVI 7 amendments... Amendment 174 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 27 (27) This Regulation should also give the Member States the possibility to authorise, where the need for an urgent departure ~~arises~~of the owner arises - for example, in the event of a sudden natural disaster, political unrest or particularly personal emergencies -, the direct entry onto their territory of pet animals of the species listed in Annex I which do not comply with the conditions provided for in this Regulation provided that a permit is applied for in advance and granted by the Member State of destination, and a time-limited quarantine under official supervision is carried out to meet those conditions. Despite the need for such urgent departure, such permit should be indispensable due to the animal health risks arising from the introduction into the Union of a pet animal not complying with the conditions provided for in this Regulation. Amendment 200 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the name, and address ~~and signature~~ of the owner; Amendment 206 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 2 2. The veterinarian issuing the identification document shall not record the information referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b) ~~and keep records of that information for at least 10 years from the date of issue of the identification document~~. Amendment 212 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. By way of derogation from Article 22(1), Member States ~~shall~~can authorise the non-commercial movement into a Member State from another Member State of pet animals accompanied by the identification document issued for the purposes of Article 10(e): Amendment 213 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the name and address of the owner or the ~~natural person acting on behalf of and in agreement with the owner~~authorised person; Amendment 215 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the name, and address ~~and signature of the owner~~of the owner or the authorised person; Amendment 217 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the name and address of the owner or the ~~natural person acting on behalf of and in agreement with the owner~~authorised person; source: PE-496.565
16	2012/0245(COD) EU Aid Volunteers: framework for the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps 2013/08/02 BUDG 16 amendments... Amendment 19 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) Solidarity is a fundamental value of the Union and there is potential for further developing means of expressing solidarity of Union citizens with people in third countries vulnerable to or affected by man-made crises or natural disasters.deleted Amendment 20 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) ~~The Union's vision of~~In accordance with the subsidiarity principle, humanitarian aid, including a common objective, principles and good practice and a common framework to deliver the Union's humanitarian aid, is set out in the "European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid". The European Consensus underlines the Union's firms primarily a responsibility of the Member States, not the Union. Naturally it is unquestionably important that the Member States should be commit~~ment~~ted to upholding and promoting the fundamental humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence. ~~The actions of the~~However, there is absolutely no legal basis or necessity for the establishment and operation of a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (hereinafter referred to as the 'EU Aid Volunteers') ~~should be guided by the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid~~, nor would it possess any European added value. Amendment 21 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The Union's humanitarian aid is delivered in situations where other instruments related to development cooperation, crisis management and civil protection operate. The EU Aid Volunteers should work in a coherent and complementarity manner with relevant policies and instruments in order to make the most effective use of these instruments while systematically promoting humanitarian principles and long-term development goals. Synergies of the actions of the EU Aid Volunteers should be sought with the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, the Emergency Response Centre established by Decision XX/XXXX and with the EEAS and the EU Delegations in order to coordinate the Union's response to humanitarian crises in third countries.deleted Amendment 22 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) The number, scope and complexity of humanitarian crises worldwide have increased significantly over the years, particularly in regions where Islam is – or aspires to be – dominant, leading to a rising demand on humanitarian actors to provide an effective, efficient and coherent response and to support third country local communities in order to make them less vulnerable ~~and to strengthen their resilience to disasters~~. Amendment 23 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) VNational volunteering schemes exist in Europe and worldwide focusing on third country deployment. ~~These are often national schemes which focus mainly or exclusively on development projects. Th~~Duplication should be avoided and, because EU Aid Volunteers shwould~~, therefore, avoid duplication and should add value by providing opportunitie~~ not possess any European added value, there is tno volunteers to jointly contribute to humanitarian aid operations thus reinforcing active European Union citizenship and by fostering transnational cooperation of implementing organisations participating in the actions of the Corpsneed to establish them, particularly in these times of economic crisis in Europe, in which Member States in particular are finding it very difficult to put their national budgets in order or to keep them that way. Amendment 24 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) There are gaps in the current landscape of humanitarian volunteering that the EU Aid Volunteers can fill with the volunteers with the right profiles deployed at the right time to the right place. This could be achieved notably through providing European standards on identification and selection of humanitarian volunteers, commonly agreed benchmarks for training and preparation of humanitarian volunteers for deployment, improved registers of potential volunteers who are identified based on the needs in the field, and opportunities for volunteers to contribute to humanitarian operations not only by deployment but also through back-office support and online-volunteering activities.deleted Amendment 25 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) The Union carries out its current humanitarian aid operations in partnership with implementing organisations~~. These organisations should play a significant role in implementing the EU Aid Volunteers' initiative to ensure ownership~~, which is by no means an unalloyed success, in the light of the ~~act~~reports ion the field and to maximise the potential uptake of the Voluntary Corps' actions. The Union should entrust implementing organisations notably with the identification, selection, preparation and deployment of EU Aid Volunteers in accordance with standards established by the Commission. The Commission should, in addition, be able to draw upon successfully trained and prepared volunteers for deployment, where appropriatesubject by the Court of Auditors of the EU and the information which is being compiled by OLAF concerning cases of fraud or suspected fraud, precisely in connection with EuropAid and cooperation with implementing partners. Amendment 26 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) Private companies can play an important role and contribute to the ~~Union's~~ humanitarian operations of the national Member States notably through employee volunteering. Amendment 27 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) Volunteering in humanitarian aid could help maintain young people active, contribute to their personal development and intercultural awareness, and improve their competences and employability in global economy. It would, thus, contribute to the 'Youth Opportunities Initiative' and to a range of other key objectives of the Union such as social inclusion, employment, active citizenship, education, and skills development.deleted Amendment 28 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) The Union's principles of equal opportunities and non-discrimination suggest that Union citizens and long-term residents in the Union of all walks of life and age should be able to engage as active citizens. Given the specific challenges of the humanitarian context, participants of the EU Aid Volunteers should be aged over 18.deleted Amendment 29 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) The EU Aid Volunteers should support local humanitarian aid organisations in third countries. Its activities should increase the hosting organisations' capacity to deal with humanitarian crises and to professionally manage the EU Aid Volunteers, to effectively use their skills and competences and to ensure that the volunteers' contributions have a sustainable impact on local communities thereby assisting the people in need affected by humanitarian crises, who are the final beneficiaries of the Union's humanitarian aid.deleted Amendment 30 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) The financial provisions of this Regulation should apply as of 1 January 2014 as they are related to the Multi- annual Financial Framework 2014-2020. The allocation of financial assistance should be implemented in accordance with Regulation No xxx/2012 applicable to the general budget of the European Union (the Financial Regulation). Due to the specific nature of action of the EU Aid Volunteers, it is appropriate to provide that financial assistance may be awarded to natural, public and private law legal persons. It is also important to ensure that the rules of that Regulation are respected, in particular regarding the principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness laid down therein.deleted Amendment 31 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 (17) The financial interests of the Union should be protected through proportionate measures throughout the expenditure cycle, including the prevention, detection and investigation of irregularities, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, penalties. Appropriate measures should be taken to prevent irregularities and fraud and the necessary steps taken to recover funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used in accordance with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the Communities financial interests, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities and Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).deleted Amendment 32 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 (18) Participation of third countries, in particular acceding, candidate, EFTA and partner countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy, should not be possible ~~on the basis of cooperation convent~~, because they cannot, either lawfully or formally, represent the Unions. Amendment 33 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) In order to allow for continuous feedback and improvement, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of provisions relating to the standards for management of EU Aid Volunteers and the amendment of the performance indicators. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.deleted Amendment 34 # Lucas HARTONG Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 – footnote 24 ~~24. OJ L 55, 2011, p.13.~~deleted source: PE-504.380
10	2012/2001(BUD) 2013 budget, other sections: guidelines 2012/01/31 BUDG 10 amendments... Amendment 5 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the institutions, in the context of continued challenging economic circumstances, should ~~freeze~~make cuts in their administrative budgets~~; emphasises, however, the need to respect legally binding obligations and possible subsequent increase~~, whilst respecting possible legally binding obligations; Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 ~~3. Highlights the importance of interinstitutional cooperation to make Croatia's accession as smooth as possible;~~deleted Amendment 12 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of strengthening ~~non-discrimination~~ policies which facilitate the access, recruitment and integration of people with disabilities; Amendment 13 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the need for an effective environmental ~~policy~~measures across the institutions, which could begin with savings on the heating of buildings; Amendment 16 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that real savings can be made by identifying overlaps and inefficiencies across budgetary lines; requests, therefore, a detailed and clear overview of budget lines that were under- and/or over- implemented in 2011 and an objective analysis of the reasons for this; Amendment 20 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Believes that, in order to make significant long-term savings, an independent evaluation of the EP budget should be ~~considered;~~executed annually; primarily by the courts of auditors of the EU member states Amendment 27 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls for a freeze on budget lines related to all travel in 2013 and no indexation of any of the Members' individual allowances until the end of the legislature; also asks for a freeze of the salaries of EU civil servants and an abolishment of the automatic indexation, at least until the end of the present legislature; Amendment 37 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Encourages all institutions to look for further savings to maintain budgetary discipline and to freeze their budgets whilst bearing in mind legal obligations ~~and new financial challenges such as the Croatian enlargement~~; Amendment 41 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. ~~Takes note of~~Finds unacceptable the European Court of Justice's (Section IV) request to amend its Statute in a way which will have a direct impact on the budget; ~~considers that the necessary financing shall be ensured in order to guarantee the smooth running of the institution and consequently a proper judicial protection of EU citizens~~also points out that evidently more efficiency is needed at the Court; asks for a report on the efficiency of the Court to be presented to the Budget committee in 2012; Amendment 43 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Understands the challenges that faced the EEAS in drawing up its first budget for 2011; ~~expects, however, its estimates for 2013 to be more accurate~~ deplores their heavy inaccuracy until now and the repeated overruning o~~rder to avoid the transfer of appropriations throughout the budgetary year~~f budget lines during the last year; expects its estimates for 2013 to be exact. source: PE-480.738
9	2012/2006(BUD) 2013 budget: estimates of revenue and expenditure - section I, Parliament 2012/09/03 BUDG 9 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas, in a context of a heavy burden of public debt and of restraint in times of ongoing ~~national~~ budgetary consolidation efforts, ~~the~~ Parliament is not yet particularly showsing budgetary responsibility and self-restraint,; noting the letter dated 23 January 2012 from Commissioner Lewandowski to the Presidents of the European Institutions; noting the letter of 21 February 2012 from the Dutch, Swedish and British finance ministers to the President of Parliament; Amendment 10 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. ~~Welcomes~~Notes the efforts made to present realistic estimates and ~~acknowledges~~ the fact that the Bureau adopted savings as compared to the original level suggested in the Secretary- General's report; notes that the Bureau adopted the preliminary draft estimates for the 2013 budget at its meeting on 12 March 2012, at the rate of increase of xx % over the 2012 budget; further notes that, pursuant to the agreement reached by the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets at the conciliation meeting of 13 March 2012, this rate is currently set at xx % over the 2012 budget; Amendment 17 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 ~~5. Supports an effective information campaign for the 2014 elections;~~deleted Amendment 28 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Urges the administration to present an independent evaluation of ~~Parliament's budget~~the budgets of Parliament, the Commission and the agencies with the aim of identifying savings throughout and present this evaluation to the Committee on Budgets, as well as to the Committee on Budgetary Control, by September 2012 at the latest; to this end, reminds the Secretary-General and the Bureau of its request for the establishment of a working group as soon as possible; considers that such group should discuss inter alia the findings of the requested report concerning Members' travels, due to be completed by 31st March 2012, the results of a comparative study with the budgets of a representative sample of Member States parliaments and with the budget of the United States Congress and the financing of the building policy; recalls that conclusions reached by the group should be implemented without delay; Amendment 32 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Requests a report on savings achieved, and cost overruns, during the implementation of the 2012 budget, in line with the calls for savings expressed in its position of 26 October 2011 on the 2012 draft budget as modified by Council - all sections; expects such a report to be communicated to the Committee on Budgets by no later than 31st August 2013; Amendment 33 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights its willingness to contribute actively to maintain budgetary discipline by freezing all budget lines relating to travel and not indexing any of the Members' individual allowances until the end of the legislature; presses again for a single venue for plenary sessions in order also to reduce travel expenses substantially; Amendment 37 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Is of the opinion that further reorganisation of the Parliament working methods should be considered; calls on the Secretary-General to implement a possible revision of the calendar for committee meetings and delegation missions; furthermore, calls on the Secretary-General to examine possible further opportunities for savings regarding delegations; if such changes can be implemented in 2012, requests that the administration provides the Committee on Budgets with a record of savings generated, and details of any cost overruns, in 2012 in these areas; Amendment 60 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Welcomes the revision of the estimated running costs of the House of the European History; takes note that the 2013 budget will see a substantial increase in its funding given the fact that its opening is foreseen for 2014; is concerned about the estimated development costs and requests, therefore, strict adherence to the minimum costs and not to exceed the figures set out in the estimates; believes that the Parliament should look for sources of possible financing other than its own budget; furthermore, referring to the letter from the President of the European Commission of 28 September 2011, expects that a concrete agreement on co-financing the running costs will be signed by no later than August 2013; would very much prefer to scrap the entire project, since Europe’s citizens can in no way exercise democratic influence over decision-taking and, moreover, there is overlapping between Parliament and the House of European History and any semblance of conflict of interest must be avoided; Amendment 65 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes that the preliminary draft estimates request a 22 % increase compared to 2012 for the implementation of an "enhanced maintenance policy"; requests more detail from the Secretary- General with regard to this policy and how the proposed appropriations will be used; understands the need for certain buildings to be renovated; however calls for more detailed information on the timing and costs of the renovation policy, and, at least until that time, withholds approval of any increase whatever; source: PE-483.863
1	2012/2009(DEC) Special report 12/2011 (2011 discharge): Have EU measures contributed to adapting the capacity of the fishing fleets to available fishing opportunities? 2012/11/06 CONT 1 amendments... Amendment 27 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Considers, moreover, that in the light of the Court's criticism it becomes clear that the EFF and CFP provide no value added, further disrupt the fishing industry in Europe and should therefore be discontinued in order to avoid further waste of taxpayers' money; further takes the view that the EFF and CFP should be re-nationalised and brought back within the sphere of competence of the Member States; source: PE-491.178
3	2012/2062(INI) Review of the EU's human rights strategy 2012/09/20 DEVE 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms that the universal human rights and freedoms as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights apply to every human being~~, regardless of any circumstance or situation, custom or religion~~; stresses, at the same time, that the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI) cannot be equated with this; Amendment 9 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 6 6. Calls for the inclusion of a human rights assessment in the deployment of EU country aid modalities and the conclusion of implementation agreements and of agreements (particularly concerning fisheries) with countries, in particular regarding budget support; Amendment 13 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 8 8. Recalls that democracy and the rule of law are prerequisites for~~, but not identical to,~~ the fulfilment of human rights; calls on the EU to support the establishment of democratic and human rights-based ideals throughout society, especially with a view to promoting ~~gender equality~~freedom of expression and assembly and women’s and children’s rights; source: PE-496.453
18	2012/2107(DEC) Special report 6/2012 (2011 discharge): European Union Assistance to the Turkish Cypriot Community 2012/12/11 CONT 18 amendments... Amendment 20 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the existing ~~de facto~~unlawful division of Cyprus dates back to Turkey’s military invasion ~~of in~~and illegal occupation of the Northern part of the island in July 1974; Amendment 25 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that as a result of the 1974 events, the vast majority of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots live separately on the respective sides of the buffer zone and that the resulting property issue ~~has been one of the most difficult problems to solve as part of the ongoing efforts to reach a settlement~~is actually crystal-clear and easy to solve provided that the illegal occupation measures by Turkey are recognised and completely rejected and that the lawful Greek Cypriot owners of property in illegally occupied Turkish Cyprus are accorded recognition; Amendment 28 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. ~~Acknowledges the fact~~Stresses that an estimated 78 % of privately owned land in the northern part of Cyprus legally belongs to Greek Cypriots, whose consent is required for EU-funded infrastructure investments on their land; stresses furthermore that the EU must not and will not in any way at all cooperate with expropriation procedures or investment in infrastructure by the illegal Turkish occupier against Greek private individuals who own property in the northern part of Cyprus; Amendment 31 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that the UN Security Council Resolution 541 (18 November 1983) states that the attempt to create an independent state in the occupied part of Cyprus was illegal, null and void and that UNSC Resolution550(1984) calls upon all States not to recognise the so-called "Turkish republic of northern Cyprus" and "not to facilitate or in any way assist the secessionist entity"; stresses that the EU will therefore not in any way invest, or support investment, in the illegal ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’; Amendment 32 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Observes that according to Protocol 10 of the Act of Accession while the whole island is legally part of the EU, the acquis communautaire is suspended in the Northern part, an area over which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control; this constitutes a ~~unique~~scandalous political, legal and diplomatic context; calls on Turkey to withdraw immediately and unconditionally from the territory of the EU Member State Cyprus; Amendment 40 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers it essential for the EU and the destination of EU aid to clarify independently the issue of how large the Turkish Cypriot population actually is; Amendment 53 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Notes that the programme has assisted many different beneficiaries across the Turkish Cypriot community; but observes nevertheless that it has not been possible to implement the single largest bi-communal project, the construction of a seawater desalination plant (27,5 million euro) due to ~~restrictions imposed by~~opposition from the Turkish army. This represents a significant setback for the programme; has severe doubts as to whether it is the task of the EU to invest in projects in the Turkish Cypriot community in view of the illegal Turkish occupation and its resultant total control over the Turkish Cypriot community; Amendment 58 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Notices that "more generally, the sustainability of projects is often in doubt due to the limited administrative capacity of the beneficiaries and the presence of the Turkish occupier; Amendment 62 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recalls here that the ultimate objective of the instrument is to facilitate the reunification of Cyprus and to put an end to the illegal Turkish occupation as soon as possible; Amendment 63 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. ~~Agrees with the Commiss~~Expresses the conviction, that until a settlement of the Cyprus issue is achieved, the support to the TCc ~~is to be based on the current Aid Regulation~~should be halted, in view inter alia of UN Security Council Resolution 541 and Regulation (EC) No 389/2006, and that, therefore, the current Aid Regulation should be suspended with effect from 1 January 2013; Amendment 67 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Notes with satisfaction that the interventions reflected the programme's objectives despite the wide range of sectors to be covered, the regulation's delayed adoption and the absence of multiannual approach;deleted Amendment 68 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. N~~evertheless n~~otes with concern that the Commission faced – and continues to face – significant constraints in the setting up and implementation of the programme, that the effectiveness of the Commission's local support office has been undermined by several factors, all of which are more or less linked to the illegal Turkish occupation, that the programme implementation procedures are not always effective and that the sustainability of projects remains risky despite some results; Amendment 69 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Acknowledges that the situation described in the Court of Auditors' Special Report No 6/2012 the Commission has taken a number of initiatives and that since the audit, further efficiency improvements have been achieved;deleted Amendment 71 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Regrets the loss of the seawater desalination plant project which was an unfortunate setback; recalls that this project was not only the main project in the water sector but also the largest bi-communal project funded under the instrument and that the plant was intended to provide 23 000 m3 of clean drinking water per day covering the needs of an estimated 100 000 people and recalls that water supply is becoming an increas¬ingly critical issue for the island following a 40 % decrease in the mean annual rainfall in the past 30 years; is deeply concerned that the cancellation of the project due ~~to the restrictions, imposed by~~in particular to the opposition of the Turkish army to the Greek Cypriot contractor ~~by the Turkish army~~ means that this serious environmental issue will not be addressed; Amendment 80 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Deeply regrets that delays have affected most of the actions on local and urban infrastructures~~, although these are largely outside the control the Commission and the UNDP~~ due to opposition by the Turkish occupier and its illegal bodies; furthermore notes the ineffectiveness of the UN and its bodies in resolving the situation which currently exists in Cyprus; Amendment 88 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. ~~Stress~~Deplores the transitional and exceptional character of the EU aid to the TCc, pending the reunification of Cyprus; Amendment 91 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 ~~29. Believes that the assistance should be based on the current Aid Regulation, recognising the inefficiencies, related to insufficient predictability of the reunification process in Cyprus;~~deleted Amendment 97 # Lucas HARTONG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Emphasizes that the main objective of Regulation 389/2006 is to facilitate the reunification of the island; recommends reviewing once again the distribution of the aid to the TCc and the objective obstacles related to the sustainability of the projects; suggests considering whether large scale bi-communal infrastructure programs should still be pursued or a focus on smaller scale bi-communal projects managed and supervised by the official government of the Republic of Cyprus, confidence building measures, the support of the civil society, the missing persons' related activities, the youth mobility, the preservation of historical sites should be considered instead; source: PE-500.483
1	2012/2253(INI) 2013 review of the organisation and the functioning of the EEAS. Recommandation to the EEAS and the Council 2013/08/02 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 12 # Lucas HARTONG Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Remains concerned as to whether the recruitment objectives of attracting staff from national diplomatic services, and ensuring fair and adequate geographical representation of nationals from all the Member States and at all position levels, are being pushed forward with this aim in mind; is particularly concerned about the high percentage of staff from Belgium and France; source: PE-504.365

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