Antonyia PARVANOVA
Constituencies
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Bulgaria
National Movement for Stability and Progress
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Bulgaria
National Movement Simeon II
2007/01/01 - 2007/06/05
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Bulgaria
National Movement Simeon II
2007/01/01 - 2007/06/05
Groups
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ALDE
Vice-Chair
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2012/01/27 - 9999/12/31
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ALDE
Vice-Chair
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2009/07/14 - 2012/01/26
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ALDE
Vice-Chair
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2007/02/27 - 2007/06/05
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ALDE
Member
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2007/01/01 - 2007/02/26
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ALDE
Observer
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2005/09/26 - 2006/12/31
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ALDE
Member
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2007/01/01 - 2007/02/26
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ALDE
Vice-Chair
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2007/02/27 - 2007/06/05
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with Canada | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Iran | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China | 2007/03/15 | 2007/06/05 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China | 2007/03/15 | 2007/06/05 |
Contact
Online
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Brussels
- Phone
- +322 28 45568
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- +322 28 49568
- Office
- Bât. Altiero Spinelli 09G265
- Full Address
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- City
- Bruxelles/Brussel
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- B-1047
- Street
- 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
Strasbourg
- Phone
- +333 88 1 75568
- Fax
- +333 88 1 79568
- Office
- Bât. Winston Churchill M02030
- Full Address
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- City
- Strasbourg
- Zip
- CS 91024 - F-67070
- Street
- 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman
Postal
- European Parliament
- Rue Wiertz
- Altiero Spinelli 09G265
- B-1047 Brussels
Rapporteur
| Responsible | 2013/2004(INI) | Combating violence against women |
| Shadow | 2012/2056(INI) | eCall: new 112 service for citizens |
| Opinion | 2012/0299(COD) | Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges |
| Shadow | 2012/0192(COD) | Clinical trials on medicinal products for human use |
| Responsible | 2012/0035(COD) | Medicinal products for human use: transparency of measures regulating the prices and their inclusion in the scope of public health insurance systems |
| Shadow | 2012/0025(COD) | Pharmacovigilance: transparency and efficiency of the system. Directive |
| Shadow | 2012/0023(COD) | Pharmacovigilance: transparency and efficiency of the system. Regulation |
| Opinion | 2011/2150(INI) | Functioning and application of established rights of people travelling by air |
| Responsible | 2011/0130(COD) | Mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters |
| Responsible | 2011/0129(COD) | Rights, support and protection of victims of crime: minimum standards |
| Shadow | 2010/2274(INI) | Universal service and '112' emergency number |
| Shadow | 2010/2209(INI) | Priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women |
| Responsible | 2010/2041(INI) | Social integration of women belonging to ethnic minority groups |
Born
1962/04/26 Dobrich- Bachelor and Master's degree in medicine from Varna Medical University (1989); Bachelor and Master's degree in health management from Varna Medical University (1997); Master's in public health from Maastricht University, the Netherlands (1998); Bachelor and Master's degree in healthcare management from Sofia Medical University (2005);
- Doctor at Dobrich district hospital (1989-1997); research associate, University College London (UCL) (1998-2001).
- National Movement for Stability and Progress (NDSV): since 2002, member of the control council and the political council; chair of the healthcare council.
- Member of the Bulgarian National Assembly (2001-2009); vice-chair of the Committee on healthcare (2007-2009).
- Member of the Royal Society of Medicine (1998-2001); member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (since 2001); honorary member of the Faculty of public health, Bulgarian Medical Academy (since 2001); member of the Advisory Council on Immunisation (since 2008). Member of European Friends of Israel (since 2008).
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2008/0028(COD) Provision of food information to consumers (amend. Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006; repeal. Directives 90/496/EEC and 2000/13/EC)
2009/12/22
ENVI
10 amendments...
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 32 (32) The nutrition declaration on a food concerns information on the presence of energy and certain nutrients in foods. The mandatory provision of nutrition information
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 33 (33) The Commission White Paper on a Strategy for Europe on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity related health issues highlighted certain nutritional elements of importance to public health. Therefore, it is appropriate that the requirements on the mandatory provision of nutrition information
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 37 (37) To appeal to the average consumer and to serve the informative purpose for which it is introduced, and given the current level of knowledge on the subject of nutrition, the information provided should be simple and easily underst
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 38 (38) Recent developments in the expression of the nutrition declaration, other than per 100g/100ml/portion, by some Member States and organisations in the food sector suggest that consumers like s
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 39 (39) The nutrition declaration in the principal field of vi
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 45 (45) In order to ensure that more detailed food information requirements are designed and established in a dialectic manner and emerge from best practices, there should be flexible mechanisms at Community and national level based on open and transparent public consultation and sustained interaction between a wide range of representative stakeholders. Such mechanism may result in the development of national
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 1. The mandatory nutrition declaration
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 paragraph 2 2. The nutrition declaration may also include the amounts of one or more of the following:
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 3 3. The mandatory nutrition declaration
source: PE-431.051
2011/03/23
ENVI
13 amendments...
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 30 (30) However, the Commission should produce a report within five years of the entry into force of this Regulation on whether
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 By …36 , the Commission shall produce a report concerning the application of Article 18 and Article 29(1) to the products referred to in this paragraph, and addressing whether
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 The Commission
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b) the amounts of fat, saturates, trans fats, carbohydrate, sugars, protein and salt.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The information on energy value and the amounts of fat, saturates, sugar and salt shall be repeated on the front-of-pack, expressed per 100g/ml and in addition may be expressed per portion.
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notwithstanding Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, interpretive elements may be used, for the purpose of the present Regulation, for the expression or presentation of information on energy value and the amounts of fat, saturates, sugars and salt.
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) they are based on sound, independent consumer research and do not mislead the consumer as referred to in Article 7;
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (aa) their development is the result of extensive consultation with all stakeholder groups;
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) they are supported by independent evidence of understanding of such forms of expression or presentation by
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 To facilitate the monitoring of the use and impact of such additional forms of expression or presentation, Member States
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 5 – footnote 44 ____________________________
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III – table - point 2.3 – right-hand column ‘contains aspartame (a source of phenylalanine; might be unsuitable for pregnant women)’.
source: PE-460.950
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2008/0142(COD) Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare
2010/05/10
ENVI
12 amendments...
Amendment 109 #
Council position Recital 19 a (new) (19a) It is also important to put in place measures to ensure that women have equitable access to public health schemes and care that are specific to them, particularly gynaecological and reproductive healthcare.
Amendment 111 #
Council position Recital 21 (21) Ensuring clear common obligations in respect of the provision of mechanisms for responding to harm arising from healthcare, including the provision of aftercare, is essential to prevent lack of confidence in those mechanisms being an obstacle to taking up cross-border healthcare. Systems for addressing harm in the Member State of treatment should be without prejudice to the possibility for Member States to extend the coverage of their domestic systems to patients from their country seeking healthcare abroad, where this is more appropriate for the patient.
Amendment 125 #
Council position Recital 44 (44) The Member States should decide on the form and number of their national contact points. Such national contact points may also be incorporated in, or build on, activities of existing information centres provided that it is clearly indicated that they are also national contact points for cross-border healthcare. The national contact points should have appropriate facilities to provide information on the main aspects of cross-border healthcare. The Commission should work together with the Member States in order to facilitate cooperation regarding national contact points for cross-border healthcare, including making relevant information available at Union level. The existence of national contact points should not preclude Member States from establishing other linked contact points at regional or local level, reflecting the specific organisation of their healthcare system. The national contact points should be able to provide patients with relevant information on cross-border healthcare, and to advise and assist them. This should not include legal advice.
Amendment 129 #
Council position Recital 49 a (new) (49a) The interoperability of e-health solutions should be achieved whilst respecting national regulations on the provision of health services adopted in order to protect the patient, including legislation on internet pharmacies, in particular national bans on mail order of prescription-only medicinal products in accordance with the case law of the Court of Justice and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts. 1 OJ L 144, 4.6.1997, p. 19.
Amendment 134 #
Council position Article 1 – paragraph 1 1. This Directive provides rules for facilitating the access to safe and high- quality cross-border healthcare and promotes cooperation on healthcare between Member States, in full respect of national competencies in organising and delivering healthcare. In the application of this Directive, Member States shall take into account the principles of good quality care and equity.
Amendment 159 #
Council position Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. National contact points shall facilitate the exchange of information referred to in paragraph 3 and cooperate closely with each other and with the Commission. National contact points shall provide patients on request with contact details of national contact points in other Member States.
Amendment 162 #
Council position Article 6 – paragraph 3 3. National contact points in the Member State of treatment shall provide patients with information concerning healthcare providers, including on request information on a specific provider's right to provide services or any restrictions on its practice, information referred to in Article 4(2)(a), as well as information on patients' rights, complaints procedures and mechanisms for seeking remedies, according to the legislation of that Member State. The national contact point shall inform patients about their rights and help them to seek appropriate redress in the event of harm arising from healthcare received in another Member State.
Amendment 186 #
Council position Article 8 – paragraph 5 – point c (c) if the patient will, according to a clinical evaluation, be exposed with reasonable certainty to a patient-safety risk that cannot be regarded as acceptable, taking into account the potential benefit for the patient of the sought cross-border healthcare. In the event of a patient suffering from a rare disease, this clinical evaluation shall be carried out by recognised experts in that field;
Amendment 209 #
Council position Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point e (e) facilitate mobility of expertise, virtually or physically, and to develop, share and spread information, knowledge and best practice and, in particular, to foster developments of the diagnosis of rare diseases, within and outside the networks;
Amendment 219 #
Council position Article 14 – paragraph 1 1. The Union shall support and facilitate cooperation and the exchange of scientific information among Member States
Amendment 221 #
Council position Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) support Member States in the provision of objective, reliable, timely, transparent, comparable and transferable scientific information on the relative efficacy in real conditions of use or application, as well as on the short- and long-term effectiveness when applicable, of health technologies, and to enable an effective exchange of this information between the national authorities or bodies.
Amendment 227 #
Council position Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by….** They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. ** OJ:
source: PE-450.566
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2008/0257(COD) Medicinal products for human use: pharmacovigilance of products [amend. Regulations (EC) No 726/2004 (Community procedures) and (EC) No 1394/2007]
2010/01/03
ENVI
7 amendments...
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Regulation EC/726/2004 Article 10a – paragraph 1 1. After the granting of a marketing authorisation, the Agency may require a marketing authorisation holder to conduct a post-authorisation safety study if there are concerns about the risks of an authorised medicinal product. The requirement shall be made in writing, provide a detailed justification on the basis of scientific arguments and include the objectives and timeframe for submission and conduct of the study.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 5 b Regulation EC/726/2004 Article 14 – paragraph 3 3. Once renewed, the marketing authorisation shall be valid for an unlimited period, unless the
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 11 Regulation EC/726/2004 Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 The requirement shall be made in writing, provide a detailed justification
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 11 Regulation EC/726/2004 Article 24 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. The Eudravigilance database shall be fully accessible to the competent authorities of the Member States and to the Agency and the Commission. It shall also be accessible to marketing authorisation holders to the extent necessary for them to comply with their pharmacovigilance obligations. The Agency shall work together with all stakeholders, including research institutions, health professionals, patients and consumer organisations, in order to define the "appropriate level of access" to the Eudravigilance database.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 11 Regulation EC/726/2004 Article 26 – paragraph 10 a (new) (10a) Before the launch of this portal, the Agency consults relevant stakeholders (including patient groups, healthcare professionals and industry representatives) to get their opinion.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 11 Regulation EC/726/2004 Article 28 – paragraph 6 6. The final opinions and final decisions referred to in paragraphs 3 to 5 of this Article shall be made public by means of the European medicines safety web-portal referred to in Article 26.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 2 – paragraph 1 1. The requirement
source: PE-438.413
2010/12/02
IMCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 11 Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new) Before the launch of this portal, the Agency consults relevant stakeholders (including patient groups, healthcare professionals and industry representatives) to get their opinion.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 2 – paragraph 1 1. The requirement
source: PE-438.462
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2008/0260(COD) Medicinal products for human use: pharmacovigilance of products (amend. Directive 2001/83/EC, Community code)
2010/03/02
IMCO
7 amendments...
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Citation 2 a (new) Having regard to the opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor1, 1 OJ C 229, 23.9.2009, p. 19.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 9 (9) Where a medicinal product is authorized subject to the requirement to conduct a post-authorisation safety study or where there are conditions or restrictions with regard to the safe and effective use of the medicinal product, the medicinal product should be intensively monitored on the market. Patients and healthcare professionals should be encouraged to report all suspect adverse reactions to such medicinal products, identified by a corresponding explanatory sentence on the summary of product characteristics, and on the patient information leaflet, and a publicly available list of such medicinal products should be maintained up to date by the European Medicines Agency established by Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Agency’).
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 3 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 11 3. Article 11 is amended as follows: (a) the following
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 21 a – introductory part Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 18 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 59 - paragraph 1 Article 59(1) is amended as follows: (a) the following point (aa) is inserted: “(aa)
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 20 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 65 – point g and point g a (new) In Article 65, the following points (g)
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 21 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 107k – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Advisory Committee shall assess the matter which has been submitted. For the purposes of that assessment, it may hold a public hearing, together with representatives from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use. The Agency, in consultation with stakeholders, shall develop guidelines for the organisation and conduct of public hearings. The public hearing should also consider the effectiveness and benefits of the product as well as prior evaluations of benefit / risk carried out by the Committee for Medicinal Products or the coordination group under the procedure for granting marketing authorisation as described in paragraph 107l.
source: PE-438.448
2010/03/15
ENVI
13 amendments...
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 6 (6) The marketing authorisation holder should establish a pharmacovigilance system to ensure the monitoring and supervision of one or more of its authorised medicinal products, recorded in a Pharmacovigilance System Master File permanently accessible for inspection. The competent authorities should undertake the supervision of those systems. A summary of the pharmacovigilance system should be therefore submitted with the marketing authorisation application and include a reference to the site where the Pharmacovigilance System Master File for the medicinal product concerned is maintained and accessible for inspection by the competent authorities.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 10 a (new) (10a) Within 24 months of the publication of this directive in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council an assessment report regarding the relevance of the summaries of product characteristics and the package leaflets to the needs of patients and healthcare professionals. On the basis of this, the Commission shall issue, as required, legal recommendations and/or proposals in order to improve these two documents.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 3 – point a Directive 2001/83/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 3a Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 3 – point b Directive 2001/83/EC Article 11 – paragraph 3 “For
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 21a - introduction Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 10 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 22a – paragraph 1 1. After the granting of a marketing authorisation, the national competent authority may require a marketing authorisation holder to conduct a post- authorisation safety study if there are concerns about the risks of an authorised medicinal product. The requirement shall be made in writing, provide a detailed scientific justification and include the objectives and timeframe for submission and conduct of the study.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 12 – point b Directive 2001/83/EC Article 24– paragraph 3 3. Once renewed, the marketing authorisation shall be valid for an unlimited period, unless the
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 18 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 59 – paragraph 1 “(aa)
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 20 a (new) Directive 2001/83/EC Article 65 – point g a (new) 20a. In Article 65, the following point is added: “(ga) the Community procedure defining a procedural timeline, a clear structure and defined roles for all the stakeholders involved, including for the conduct of public hearings.”
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 21 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 104a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 The requirement shall be made in writing, provide a detailed scientific justification
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 21 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 107 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Unless justifiable on grounds related to pharmacovigilance, individual Member States shall not impose any additional reporting requirements on marketing authorisation holders.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 21 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 107 k – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 21 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 107 k – paragraph 3 – introduction 3. Within 60 days of the information submitted, the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Advisory Committee shall make a recommendation, stating the reasons on which it is based, and also taking account of the benefits of the medicinal product as assessed by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use or the coordination group in accordance with the procedure for granting marketing authorisations described in Article 107l. The recommendation shall be any or a combination of the following:
source: PE-438.412
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2008/0261(COD) Medicinal products for human use: prevention of the entry into the legal supply chain of falsified medicinal products (amend. Directive 2001/83/EC)
2010/02/22
IMCO
4 amendments...
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 18 a (new) (18a) Member States should reinforce their cooperation in the fields of justice and police, including through Europol, to enforce existing restrictions on the illegal supply of medicinal products via the internet.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point -1 (new) Directive 2001/83(EC) Article 1 – point 2 a (new) -1) In Article 1, the following point 2a is inserted after point 2: "2a." Falsified medicinal product Any product with a false representation (1) of its identity (2) and/or source (3). This definition covers the product itself, its container or other packaging or labelling information. A falsified medicinal product may be either branded or generic.. A falsified medicinal products may include products with the correct ingredients/components(4), with the wrong ingredients/components, without active ingredients, with incorrect amounts of active ingredients, or with false packaging. Infringements or disputes concerning patents must be distinguished from counterfeiting or falsification of medicinal products. Medicinal products (whether generic or branded) that are not authorized for marketing in a given country but authorized elsewhere shall not be considered falsified. Sub-standard batches or quality defects or non-compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices/Good Distribution Practices (GMP/GDP) in legitimate medicinal products shall not be considered falsified. Notes: (1) Falsification of medicinal products is fraudulent and deliberate. Criminal intent and/or negligence shall be factors to be taken into account during the legal procedure for the purposes of imposing sanctions. (2) This includes any misleading statement with respect to the name, composition, strength, or other elements. (3) It also includes any misleading statement with respect to the manufacturer, country of manufacture, country of origin, marketing authorization holder or distribution chain. (4) It refers to all the components of a medicinal product."
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 9 Directive 2001/83(EC) Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5 a (new) The measures referred to in this paragraph shall take due account of at least all of the following: (a) The cost effectiveness of the system, in order to ensure that any measure that is applied is based on a cost benefit analysis. (b) The costs relating to the measures shall be shared proportionately by all the actors in the supply chain and be linked to the price of the medicinal product concerned. (c) The independence of the system and the legitimate interest in protecting information of a commercially confidential nature and the protection of industrial and commercial property rights and of personal data.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 17 Directive 2001/83(EC) Article 118 b The Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Applicable penalties shall take into account the threat to public health represented by the falsification of medicinal products. The penalties provided for must be harmonised, effective, proportionate and dissuasive. The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by [insert concrete date 18 months after publication] at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
source: PE-439.069
2010/12/03
ENVI
15 amendments...
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 7 a (new) (7a). Over-the counter (OTC) medicinal products should be the subject of regular risk analysis study carried out by national authorities. Depending on the results of this risk analysis study, OTC medicinal products may be integrated into the scope of Directive 2001/83/EC. For that purpose, the marketing authorisation holders have the right, as soon as this Directive has entered into force, to submit their OTC medicinal products to the provisions included in this Directive.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 3 – point b Directive 2001/83/EC Article 46 – point g (b) The following point (g) is added: ‘(g) to inform the competent authority of products he gets knowledge of which are or which are suspected to be falsified in relation to the identity, history or source of products manufactured by him either in the legal supply chain or being sold by means of illegal internet trade.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a - paragraph 2 – introductory part Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a - paragraph 2 – point a Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a - paragraph 2 – point b Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a - paragraph 2 – point c Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part When adopting those measures, the Commission shall consider the risk related to pr
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point a Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b (b) The number
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point c Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point d Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point e Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4 On the basis of these criteria, the
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5 The measures referred to in this paragraph shall take due account
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 17 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 118c a (new) Article 118ca The Commission shall make sure that the seizure of suspicious products does not hamper the trade of legal generic pharmaceutical products. The Commission shall, in conformity with Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights, ensure that suspicious products can be detained for a short period of time, in order to carry out necessary controls to verify if the products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients, have been falsified.
source: PE-439.406
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2009/0172(NLE) Nuclear safety: financial assistance to decommissioning of Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria, 'Kozloduy Programme'
2010/01/03
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 a (new) (13a) The Kozloduy case should serve as an example; a complete and precise budget of decommissioning should be drawn up by the Commission for analysis and forecasting of costs of future decommissioning of nuclear power plants.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 The Commission shall ensure the implementation of this Regulation and shall report
source: PE-439.326
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2009/2103(INI) Report on the Commission communication on Action against cancer: European partnership
2010/03/02
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas prevention and access to early screening and diagnoses are the most important prerequisites for effectively addressing the burden of cancer,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that more awareness and prevention campaigns, specifically dedicated to the most frequent types of cancers affecting women, are needed in order to encourage and facilitate access to screening and early diagnoses;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that gender equality with regard to access to cancer treatment should be actively promoted by the EU and Member States and underlines that cancer prevention action should take account of the trends in cancer over time, which differ significantly by gender, risk group and time period in Eastern and Western Europe;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the Commission proposal on a European Partnership for Action against Cancer for the period 2009-2013 and the proposal to reduce a cancer burden by
source: PE-438.439
2010/03/15
ENVI
20 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas effective primary prevention can greatly contribute to improving health notably through population-based interventions and measures to encourage healthy lifestyles, and whereas it has been predicted that, by implementing 100% population coverage of cervical cancer screening, an estimated reduction of over 94% of life years lost could be attained and, for every 152 pap smear tests performed, one life year could be gained,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution recital G a (new) Ga. Whereas prevention involves both primary prevention of incidence, which can be accomplished by reducing population exposure to cancer-related contaminants in the environment, in addition to secondary prevention via screening and early detection;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution recital H b (new) Hb. whereas environmental factors include not only environmental tobacco smoke, radiation and excessive UV exposure but also other chemical contaminants in air, soil and water, and many of which are in present in both occupational and residential settings through industrial and consumer products;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H d (new) Hd. whereas cancer arises principally as a consequence of individual exposure to carcinogenic agents in what individuals inhale, eat and drink, or are exposed to in their personal or work environment. Personal habits, such as tobacco use, dietary and physical activity patterns - as well as occupational and environmental conditions – play major roles in the development of cancer.
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N c (new) Nc. whereas poor nutrition, physical inactivity, obesity, tobacco and alcohol, are risk factors common to other chronic diseases, such as CVD, type 2 diabetes, and respiratory diseases, and therefore cancer prevention programmes should be conducted within the context of an integrated chronic disease prevention programme
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital U b (new) Ub. whereas cancer is also strongly associated with social and economic status. Cancer risk factors are highest in groups with the least education. In addition, patients in the lower socioeconomic classes have consistently poorer survival rates than those in higher strata.
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital V a (new) Va. whereas broad disparities exist among Member States concerning the development, implementation and quality of cancer control plans,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AA a (new) AAa. whereas physical health and mental health are closely linked and interconnected, and this two-way connection is too often neglected in the care of cancer sufferers and other service users
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AB AB. whereas the complexity of cancer requires improved communication between the many and varied healthcare professionals involved in cancer patient treatment and whereas psychosocial and mental health care of cancer patients can improve their life expectancy and quality of life,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Argues that strong action on cancer at a European level has the potential to set in place a framework for coordinated action at Member State, regional and local level. The European Partnership for Action Against Cancer should complement and build on work currently undertaken by the European Institutions in the field of health, and should seek to form partnerships with other services and sectors to ensure a comprehensive approach to the prevention and treatment of cancer.
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that closer cooperation with stakeholders, with the participation of civil society and employers’ and employees’ organisations at international, European, national, regional and local level, should be established for a
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Underlines that prevention is the most cost-effective response, as one third of cancers are preventable, and urges that more resources are systematically and strategically invested in both primary and secondary prevention; underlines the importance of maintaining investments in health, in particular through preventive actions. In this regard, the European Commission and the Council should consider further action to ensure a health-improving environment, including work on tobacco, nutrition and alcohol and provisions to improve opportunities for physical activity;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that a comprehensive cancer approach and multidisciplinary teams can ensure more effective care for patients with cancer and that integrated cancer care, giving due consideration to psychosocial and mental wellbeing and support, is a vital part of care that should also be encouraged;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph a (new) 4a. Stresses that special action are to be taken for rare and less common cancers, with the aim of accelerating diagnosis and making expertise more widely available in centers of excellence
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to build on findings of the Cancer Partnership with regard to cancer control plans and present a proposal for a Council Recommendation on Cancer Control Plans; and calls on the Commission to monitor independently on a yearly basis the implementation and progresses of the adopted recommendation
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Considers that primary prevention is essential and shall involve actions on a broader scope of environmental factors defined as not only Environmental Tobacco Smoke (involuntary exposure to smoking), radiation, and excessive UV exposure, but also hazardous chemicals in the indoor and outdoor environment to which people are involuntarily exposed;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for support to be stepped up for research into cancer prevention, including research into the effects of harmful chemicals and environmental pollutants, nutrition, lifestyle, genetic factors, and the interaction of all these, and calls for the links between breast cancer and potential risk factors such as tobacco, alcohol and synthetic environmental and pharmaceutical hormones to be investigated;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Stresses that more efforts should be made in psychosocial and occupational rehabilitation programmes for cancer patients which include a broad range of activities aimed at information, counselling, advice on possible changes in lifestyle and behaviour, psychological support and social welfare questions; and underlines the importance of monitoring and assessing the mental health status of people with cancer
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that cancer medicines, including treatments for rare and less common cancers, are uniformly available to all patients who need them in all Member States; and calls on the Commission and Member States to take specific and coordinated actions in order to reduce inequalities in terms of access to cancer treatment and care
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Points out that the objectives set by the Cancer Partnership are long-term, and therefore urges the European institutions to support the 10-year sustainability and viability of the Cancer Partnership in a future Community health budget; calls on the Commission to
source: PE-439.847
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2009/2204(INI) Gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis
2010/03/26
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Encourages employers in the Member States to create more opportunities for female workers in new technologies in order to strengthen the high-tech sector in accordance with the EU 2020 objectives,
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Stresses the need to develop programmes and financial incentives to encourage and promote the participation of women in small and medium size enterprises;
source: PE-439.983
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2009/2219(INI) Human rights, social and environmental standards in international trade agreements
2010/03/29
ENVI
9 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges the Commission to work towards the contractual definition of environmental and health standards in bilateral trade agreements with particular attention given to climate change standards, product safety and consumer information;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) Notes that climate change measures and policies increasingly intersect with international trade and calls on the World Trade Organization to further include the issue of climate change as part of its work programme and to define specific rules and standards in this regards;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Takes the view that the World Trade Organisation should monitor the implementation of compliance with obligations in this area and insists on the Commission, as the representative of the European Union at the World Trade Organization, to be closely involved in this monitoring;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Notes that future trade agreements may be concluded against the background of the current financial crisis; considers that this must not mean neglecting social and environmental standards, with particular attention given to greenhouse gas emissions and hazardous waste management, in order to achieve other goals;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) Takes the view that the World Trade Organization and its Member States should agree on the creation of an open global market in environmental goods, services and technologies as a way to strengthen international trade and to allow green technologies and investments to move freely throughout the global economy;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) Calls on the Commission to insist on the adoption of an Environmental Goods and Services Agreement as part of the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization Trade Talks, aiming to liberalize trade in key-climate friendly technologies;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to carry out regular evaluations of trade agreements
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Stresses that the trade sector and the protection of human rights, social and environmental standards are an important asset in guaranteeing peace and welfare in the world, but that they cannot be called upon as a solution to all the problems which occur between states; notes however that deadlock in political situation can be overcome by the strengthening of trade relations, ensuring the definition of common interests, notably in the field of environmental protection, as a way to rule conflict.
source: PE-440.039
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2009/2222(INI) Future for social services of general interest
2011/03/28
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A (new) A. Whereas gender segregation in social services, both sectoral and occupational, has a detrimental impact on working conditions and pay levels and the unpaid domestic work, child care and elderly care work are predominantly performed by women,
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that it is essential to promote stronger user-orientation and user- empowerment as well as to enhance access to social rights, particularly for disadvantaged groups, including single mothers and elderly women, in a context where the need for services is becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex; calls on the Commission to ensure and safeguard the universal access to health care and social services and propose effective strategies to combat multiple discrimination;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Requests that the Commission use the promotion of equal opportunities as an indicator in assessing the performance of social services of general interest;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to ensure availability of accessible, affordable, high- quality, diversified forms of childcare provision as an essential step towards equal opportunities in employment for women and men, since childcare services not only facilitate participation by women in the labour market but also offer job opportunities mainly for women; requests the Commission and Member States to take actions for the recognition of unpaid household, child and elderly care providers, mostly women, who have a very important role for the sustainability of the social systems;
source: PE-448.649
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2010/0064(COD) Combating sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
2010/06/10
FEMM
8 amendments...
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 a (new) (8a) An early warning system through regular reporting to the police or local hotlines of suspected child sexual abuse material on the internet should considerably help to rapidly disrupt sex offenders' activities and by immediately notifying to the authorities and internet service providers the existence of such illegal material in their network, so they can promptly take the appropriate actions to remove the illegal material from public access and preserve evidence for law enforcement investigations.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 (10) Measures to protect child victims should be adopted in their best interest, taking into account an assessment of their needs. Child victims should have easy access to legal remedies, including free legal counselling and representation and measures to address conflicts of interest where abuse occurs in the family. Moreover, child victims should be protected from sanctions, for example under national legislation on immigration or prostitution, if they bring their case to the attention of competent authorities. Furthermore, participation in criminal proceedings by child victims should not cause additional trauma as a result of interviews or visual contact with offenders. The confidentiality of any information related to child victims' identification is central to the protection of child victims.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 a (new) (10a) For the full victim protection, child victims should be informed of their rights and the services at their disposal, the general progress of the investigation or proceedings, and their role therein as well as the outcome of their cases. Furthermore, measures should be adopted which should ensure that children are educated about their rights to protection from abuse, how to protect themselves and what to do if they are or have been abused.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 (12) Where the danger posed by the offenders and the possible risks of repetition of the offences make it appropriate, convicted offenders should be temporarily or permanently prevented from exercising activities involving regular contacts with children, where appropriate. Implementation of such prohibitions throughout the EU should be facilitated. Pre-employment screening checks should be carried out by the Member States when the job is subject to regular activities with children.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the measure referred to in paragraph 1 is entered in the criminal record of the convicting Member State. Member States shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that criminal records have been checked every time a person applies for a new job whose exercise implies regular contact with children.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish an anonymous reporting service to internet users who accidentally uncover child sex abuse material on the internet.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to protect the privacy of child victims, their identity and their image by means of preventing public dissemination of information.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a directive Article 21 – paragraph 2 2. Without prejudice to the above, Member States shall take the necessary measures to obtain the removal of internet pages containing or disseminating child pornography. Member States shall take effective measures to investigate internet pages with illegal content within the cross-border co-operation.
source: PE-450.622
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2010/0065(COD) Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims (repeal. Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA)
2010/07/29
LIBE, FEMM
13 amendments...
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1a) Trafficking in human beings is a crime where the exploitation of an individual is the central aspect and where a combination of three elements (action, means, purpose) has to apply in order for the crime to be constituted.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 5 (5) In order to tackle recent developments in the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings, this Directive adopts a broader concept of what should be considered trafficking in human beings than under Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA and therefore includes additional forms of exploitation. Within the context of this Directive, forced begging should be understood as a form of forced labour or service as defined in the ILO Convention No. 29 concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour of 29 June 1930. Therefore, exploitation of begging falls within the scope of the definition of trafficking in human beings only when all the elements of forced labour or services occur. In the light of the relevant case-law, the validity of the eventual consent to perform such a service should be evaluated case by case. However, when a child is concerned, the eventual consent should never be considered valid. The term “exploitation of criminal activities” should be understood as exploitation of a person to commit, inter alia, pick-pocketing, shop-lifting and other similar activities which are subject to penalties and imply financial gain. The definition also covers trafficking in human beings for the purpose of illegal adoption of children and unborn children, of the removal of organs, which can be linked with organ trafficking and constitutes a serious violation of human dignity and physical integrity.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 5 a (new) (5a) For effective prevention, protection and prosecution, it is necessary to distinguish between trafficking in human beings for the purpose of organ removal which can only be committed if organs are removed from living donors and trafficking in organs, tissues and cells. A targeted approach to the two problems should be developed and implemented by the Commission and Europol which should as a priority improve monitoring of both cases of organ trafficking.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 14 (14) In addition to measures available to all victims of trafficking in human beings, Member States should ensure that specific assistance, support and protective measures are available to child victims. These measures should be provided in the best interests of the child and in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Where the age of a person subject to trafficking is uncertain, and there are reasons to believe he/she is below the age of 18 years, that person should be presumed to be a child and receive immediate assistance, support and protection. Assistance and support measures for child victims should focus on their physical and psycho-social recovery and on a durable solution for the person in question. As the child victim should be reintegrated into society and into normal life within their natural family or adoption family as soon as possible, this will by necessity include a right to access to education. Given that child victims of trafficking are particularly vulnerable, additional protective measures should be available to protect them during interviews forming part of criminal investigations and proceedings.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 15 (15) Member States should establish and/or strengthen policies to prevent trafficking in human beings including measures to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation, and measures to reduce the risk of people falling victims to trafficking in human beings, by means of research, information, awareness raising, and education. In such initiatives Member States should adopt a gender perspective and a child rights approach. Any officials likely to come into contact with victims or potential victims of trafficking in human beings should be adequately trained to identify and deal with such victims. This training obligation would in particular cover police officers, border guards, labour inspectors, health care personnel and consular staff, but could depending on local circumstances also involve other groups of public officials that are likely to encounter trafficking victims in their work. Member States shall take measures to ensure that clear and comprehensive guidance for social services, health, education, immigration and law enforcement to persons who have been victims of human trafficking is provided.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 19 (19) This Directive respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and notably equality between women and men, human dignity, prohibition of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings, prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the rights of the child, the right to liberty and security, freedom of expression and information, protection of personal data, the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial and the principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties. In particular, this Directive seeks to ensure full respect for these rights and principles and has to be implemented accordingly.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the following intentional acts are punishable: The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, including children, pregnant women and their unborn children by exchange or transfer of control over that person, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 3 3. Exploitation shall include, as a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, including begging, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, or the exploitation of criminal activities,
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 3 3. Exploitation shall include, as a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, including begging, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, or the exploitation of criminal activities, or the removal of organs, cells, tissues and body parts.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish appropriate mechanisms aimed at early identification, assistance and support for victims, in cooperation with relevant support organisations, including those providing services to victims of trafficking, male violence against women and different forms of exploitation.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 1. Child victims of trafficking in human beings shall be provided with assistance, support and protection, taking into account the best interests of the child and respecting international human rights standards.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that special assistance and support is provided to children who are victims of illegal adoption.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms. The tasks of such mechanisms shall include the carrying out of assessments on trafficking in human beings trends, the measuring and monitoring of results of anti-trafficking actions and reporting to the relevant national and EU authorities.
source: PE-445.701
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2010/0067(CNS) Enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation. Implementing rules. Council Regulation
2010/11/11
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) Where no applicable law is chosen, and with a view to guaranteeing legal certainty and predictability and preventing a situation from arising in which one of the spouses applies for divorce before the other one does in order to ensure that the proceeding is governed by a given law which he or she considers more favourable to his or her own interests, this Regulation should introduce harmonised conflict-of- laws rules on the basis of a scale of successive connecting factors based on the existence of a close connection between the spouses and the law concerned. These connecting factors
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 (20) In certain situations, such as where the applicable law makes no provision for divorce or where it does not grant one of the spouses equal access to divorce or legal separation on grounds of their sex, the law of the court seised should nevertheless apply, without prejudice to the public policy clause.
source: PE-452.685
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2010/0115(NLE) Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States. Part II of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines
2010/04/06
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a decision Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 2 Member States should step up social dialogue and tackle labour market segmentation with measures addressing temporary and precarious employment, underemployment and undeclared work. Professional mobility should be rewarded. The quality of jobs and employment conditions should be addressed by fighting low-wages and by ensuring adequate social security also for those on fixed contracts and the self-employed. Employment services should be strengthened and open to all, including women and young people and those threatened by unemployment with personalised services targeting those furthest away from the labour market. Member States should change working patterns and conditions for women in order to strengthen their labour-market position and to ensure their social protection and other entitlements accorded to women, including those who are self-employed.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a decision Annex -Guideline 7 - paragraph 3 In order to increase competitiveness and raise participation levels, particularly for the low-skilled, and in line with economic policy guideline 2, Member States should review tax and benefit systems and the capacity of public services to provide the necessary support. Member States should increase labour force participation through policies to promote active ageing, gender equality and equal pay, access to social and work-related protection and benefits for women and labour market integration of young people, disabled, legal migrants and other vulnerable groups. Work-life balance policies with the provision of affordable care and innovation in work organisation should be geared to raising employment rates, particularly among youth, older workers and women, in particular to retain highly-skilled women in scientific and technical fields. In order to ensure progress in equality policies Member States should also remove barriers to labour market entry for newcomers and women, support self-employment and job creation in areas including green employment, which is also a precondition for better-paid, high-skilled and rewarding jobs for women, and care and promote social innovation.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a decision Annex - Guideline 8 - paragraph 2 In cooperation with social partners and business, Member States should improve access to training, strengthen education and career guidance combined with systematic information on new job openings and increased opportunities
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision Annex - Guideline 9 - paragraph 1 In order to ensure integration of gender equality principles in education and training programmes through access to quality education and training for all and to improve educational outcomes, Member States should invest efficiently in education and training systems notably to raise the skill level of the EU's workforce, allowing it to meet the rapidly changing needs of modern labour markets. Action should cover all sectors (from early childhood education and schools through to higher education, vocational education and training, as well as adult training) taking also into account learning in informal and non-formal contexts. Reforms should aim to ensure the acquisition of the key competencies that every individual needs for success in a knowledge-based economy, notably in terms of employability, further learning, or ICT skills. Steps should be taken to ensure learning mobility of young people and teachers becomes the norm. Member States should improve the openness and relevance of education and training systems, particularly by implementing national qualification frameworks enabling flexible learning pathways and by developing partnerships between the worlds of education/training and work. The teaching profession should be made more attractive. Higher education should become more open to non-traditional learners and participation in tertiary or equivalent education should be increased. With a view to reducing the number of young people not in employment, education, or training, Member States should take all necessary steps to prevent early school leaving.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision Annex - Guideline 10 - paragraph 1 In the context of the multidimensional nature of poverty and social exclusion, Member States’ efforts to reduce poverty should be aimed at promoting full participation in society and economy and extending employment opportunities for all, making full use of the European Social Fund. Efforts should also concentrate on ensuring equal opportunities, and equal participation in the labour market for women, including through access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care. Member States should put in place effective anti- discrimination measures and integrate a gender perspective in order to protect groups at risk and to ensure their inclusion into the labour market. Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower people and promote labour market participation, social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies should be enhanced to create opportunities at different stages of people’s lives and shield them from the risk of exclusion. Social security and pension systems must be modernised to ensure that they can be fully deployed to ensure adequate income support and access to healthcare — thus providing social cohesion — whilst at the same time remaining financially sustainable. Benefit systems should focus on ensuring income security during transitions and reducing poverty, in particular among groups most at risk from social exclusion in the context of gender equality, such as one-
source: PE-442.904
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2010/0210(COD) Seasonal employment: conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals
2010/12/17
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 20 a (new) (20a) In order to guarantee the safety and security of female workers who are more likely than male workers to be engaged in seasonal work, there is a need for clear and adequate provisions laying down the rights of female workers to negotiate working conditions with their employers, which focus in particular on special security provisions. Those provisions should cover all adverse situations which may confront female workers and access to quality health care.
source: PE-454.725
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2010/0306(NLE) Management of spent fuel and radioactive waste: EU legal framework
2011/03/22
ENVI
15 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) Existing Community legislation does not lay down specific rules ensuring safe and sustainable management of spent fuel and radioactive waste at all stages, from generation to final storage or disposal.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 19 a (new) (19a) The Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters grants the public rights and imposes on Parties and public authorities obligations regarding access to information and public participation and access to justice in environmental matters, which include the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 (24) While it is up to the Member States to define their energy mix, all Member States generate radioactive waste from power generation or in the course of military, industrial, medical or research activities, whether or not they have nuclear reactors. Radioactive waste arises mainly from activities of the nuclear fuel cycle, such as the operation of nuclear power plants and the reprocessing of spent fuel, but also from other activities, such as applications of radioactive isotopes in medicine, research and industry.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 25 (25) The operation of nuclear reactors, as well as their decommissioning, also generates spent fuel and radioactive waste. Each Member State may define its fuel cycle policy considering spent fuel as a valuable resource that may be reprocessed, or deciding to dispose of it as waste. Whatever option is chosen, the final storage or disposal of high level waste, separated at reprocessing, or of spent fuel regarded as waste should be considered.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 27 (27) Radioactive waste, including spent fuel considered as waste, requires containment and isolation from humans and the living environment over the long term. Its specific nature (content of radionuclides) requires arrangements to protect human health and the environment against dangers arising from ionizing radiation, including final storage or disposal in appropriate facilities as the end point of its management. The storage of radioactive waste
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 29 (29) The typical disposal concept for short lived low and intermediate level waste is near surface disposal. Following 30 years of research, it is
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 37 (37) Some Member States consider that the sharing of facilities for spent fuel and radioactive waste management, including disposal facilities, is a potentially beneficial and cost-effective option when based on an agreement between Member States concerned.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 41 (41) Maintaining and further developing competences and skills in the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste, as an essential element to ensure high levels of
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 2 (2) It ensures that Member States provide for appropriate national arrangements for
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) all stages of spent fuel management, including transportation, when the spent fuel results from the operation of civilian nuclear reactors or is managed within civilian activities;
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) all stages of radioactive waste management, from generation up to
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – point 13 (13) ‘storage’ means the holding of spent fuel or of radioactive waste in an authorised facility with the intention or possibility of retrieval.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 3 (3) Radioactive waste shall be disposed of in the Member State in which it was generated, unless agreements are concluded between Member States to use storage or disposal facilities in one of them.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 (1) Member States shall ensure that information on the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste is made available to workers and the general public. This obligation includes ensuring that the competent regulatory authority informs the public in the fields of its competence. Information shall be made available to the public in accordance with national legislation and international obligations, notably the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, provided that this does not jeopardise other interests recognised in national legislation or international obligations such as, inter alia, security.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 - paragraph 3 a (new) (3a) Within the National Programmes, Member States shall clearly indicate the available financial resources for the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.
source: PE-460.954
2011/04/15
ITRE
15 amendments...
Amendment 48 #
Draft legislative resolution Citation 3 a (new) – having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 24 March 2011 on the situation in Japan,
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) Existing Community legislation does not lay down specific rules ensuring safe and sustainable management of spent fuel and radioactive waste at all stages, from generation to disposal or final storage.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 25 (25) The operation of nuclear reactors also generates spent fuel. Each Member State may define its fuel cycle policy considering spent fuel as a valuable resource that may be reprocessed, or deciding to dispose of it as waste or to place it in final storage. Whatever option is chosen, the disposal or final storage of high level waste, separated at reprocessing, or of spent fuel regarded as waste should be considered.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 27 (27) Radioactive waste, including spent fuel considered as waste, requires containment and isolation from humans and the living environment over the long term. Its specific nature (content of radionuclides) requires arrangements to protect human health and the environment against dangers arising from ionizing radiation, including disposal or final storage in appropriate facilities as the end point of its management. T
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 28 (28) A national radioactive waste classification scheme should support these arrangements taking fully into account the specific types and properties of radioactive waste. The precise criteria according to which waste is assigned to a particular waste class will depend on the specific situation in the State in relation to the nature of the waste and the disposal or final storage options available or under consideration.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 29 (29) The typical disposal concept for short lived low and intermediate level waste is near surface disposal.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 33 (33) A national programme should be established to ensure the transposition of the political decisions into clear provisions for the timely implementation of all steps of spent fuel and radioactive waste management from generation to disposal or final storage. This should include all activities that relate to handling, pre- treatment, treatment, conditioning, storage, and disposal of radioactive waste. The national programme may be a reference document or a set of documents.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 39 (39) The safety case and the graded approach should provide a basis for decisions related to the development, operation and closure of a disposal or final storage facility and should allow the identification of areas of uncertainty on which attention needs to be focused to further improve the understanding of those aspects influencing the safety of the disposal or final storage system, including natural (geological) and engineered barriers, and its expected development over the time. The safety case should include the findings of the safety assessment and information on the robustness and reliability of the safety assessment and the assumptions made therein. It should therefore provide the collection of arguments and evidence in support of the safety of a facility or activity related to the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 2 (2) It ensures that Member States provide for appropriate national arrangements for
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) all stages of spent fuel management, including transportation, when the spent fuel results from the operation of civilian nuclear reactors or is managed within civilian activities;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) all stages of radioactive waste management, from generation up to disposal, and including transportation, when the radioactive waste results from civilian activities or is managed within civilian activities;
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) all stages of radioactive waste management, from generation up to disposal or final storage, when the radioactive waste results from civilian activities or is managed within civilian activities;
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – point 6 (6) ‘radioactive waste’ means radioactive material in gaseous, liquid or solid form, including spent fuel and radioactive material originating from reprocessing, for which no further use is foreseen by the Member State or by a natural or legal person whose decision is accepted by the Member State
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) a national programme for implementation of the policy on spent fuel and radioactive waste management that secures that all radioactive waste producers are in a position to ensure the disposal or final storage of nuclear waste in accordance with the same high safety standards;
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 2 (2) The safety case and supporting safety assessment shall cover the siting, design, construction, operation, and decommissioning of a facility or closure of a disposal or final storage facility; the safety case shall specify the standards applied for this assessment. The long-term post-closure safety shall be addressed, in particular how it is ensured by passive means to the fullest extent possible.
source: PE-462.870
2011/04/26
ITRE
5 amendments...
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 (1) As part of the national framework, Member States shall establish, implement and keep updated programmes for the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste (hereafter referred to as ‘national programmes’), covering all types of spent fuel and radioactive waste under their jurisdiction and all stages of spent fuel and radioactive waste management from generation to disposal or final storage.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – point 2 (2) concepts, plans and technical solutions from generation to disposal or final storage;
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – point 3 (3) concepts and plans for the post-closure period of a disposal or final storage facility, including time over which institutional controls are retained and the means to be employed to preserve knowledge of the facility in the longer term;
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – point 8 (8) description of the financing scheme(s) in force to ensure all programme costs can be met according to the foreseen schedule and strictly following the 'polluter-pays' principle.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 3 (3) Member States shall periodically, and at least every 10 years, arrange for self- assessments of their national framework, competent regulatory authority, national programme and its implementation regarding the disposal or final storage of spent fuel and radioactive waste, and invite international peer review of their national framework, authority and/or programme with the aim of ensuring that high standards are achieved in the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste. The outcomes of any peer review shall be reported to the Commission and the Member States.
source: PE-462.874
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2010/0377(COD) Control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances
2011/06/22
IMCO
6 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) In order to promote access to information on the environment, in accordance with the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters, which was approved on behalf of the Union by Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters9 , the level and quality of information to the public should be improved. In particular, persons likely to be affected by a major accident should be given sufficient information to inform them of the correct action to be taken in that event. In addition to providing information in an active way, without the public having to submit a request, and without precluding other forms of dissemination, it should also be made available permanently and kept up to date on the internet. In order to achieve greater transparency, more detailed and comprehensive information, including in the form of documents, should be made available upon request. At the same time there should be appropriate confidentiality safeguards, to address security-related concerns, among others.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in Annex V is permanently available to the public, including in an electronic format. The information shall be reviewed and where necessary updated at least once a year. Upon request from any natural or legal person, Member States shall ensure that more detailed and additional information going beyond the information referred to in Annex V, and in accordance with Article 21 of this Directive, is made available to that person.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 5 5. Where the Member State concerned has decided that an establishment close to the territory of another Member State is incapable of creating a major-accident hazard beyond its boundary for the purposes of Article 11(6) and is not therefore required to produce an external emergency plan under Article 11(1), it shall
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) the safety report pursuant to Article 9.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part Member States shall ensure that, members of the public concerned are able to seek a review in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 2003/4/EC of the acts or omissions of a competent authority in relation to any request for information pursuant to Article
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 What constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right shall be determined by the Member States, consistently with the objective of giving the public concerned wide access to justice. To this end, the interest of any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental or public health protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of paragraph 2(a).
source: PE-467.237
2011/06/28
ENVI
11 amendments...
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 (4) It is therefore appropriate to replace Directive 96/82/EC to ensure that that existing levels of protection are maintained and further improved, by making the provisions more effective and efficient, and where possible reducing unnecessary administrative burdens by streamlining or simplification
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) In order to promote access to information on the environment, in accordance with the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters, which was approved on behalf of the Union by Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters , the level and quality of information to the public should be improved. In particular, persons likely to be affected by a major accident should be given sufficient information to inform them of the correct action to be taken in that event. In addition to providing information in an active way, without the public having to submit a request, and without precluding other forms of dissemination, it should also be made available permanently and kept up to date on the internet. In order to achieve greater transparency, more detailed and comprehensive information, including in the form of documents, should be made available upon request. At the same time there should be appropriate confidentiality safeguards
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) the transport of dangerous substances in pipelines, including pumping stations, outside establishments covered by this Directive, where the annual throughput of dangerous substances is below the quantities listed in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I;
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 11. ‘presence of dangerous substances’ means the actual or anticipated presence of dangerous substances in the establishment, or the presence of dangerous substances which it is believed may be generated during loss of control of an industrial chemical process, or during another severe incident within a storage facility or installation in quantities equal to or in excess of the thresholds set out in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 4 4. The operator shall periodically review and where necessary update the MAPP, at least every five years. The updated MAPP shall be sent to the competent authority and made publicly available pursuant to Article 13, without delay.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 The updated safety report shall be sent to the competent authority and made publicly available pursuant to Article 13 of this Directive without delay.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in Annex V is permanently available to the public, including in an electronic format. The information shall be reviewed and where necessary updated at least once a year. Upon request from any natural or legal person, Member States shall ensure that more detailed and additional information going beyond that referred to in Annex V, and in accordance with Article 21 of this Directive, is made available to that person.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – introductory part For
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c c) the inventory of dangerous substances is made available to the public
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 5 5. Where the Member State concerned has decided that an establishment close to the territory of another Member State is incapable of creating a major-accident hazard beyond its boundary for the purposes of Article 11(6) and is not therefore required to produce an external emergency plan under Article 11(1), it shall so inform the other Member State of that decision and of its reasons for taking that decision.
source: PE-467.297
2011/06/30
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Member States shall ensure that the public is
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) safety report pursuant to Article 9
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 – paragraph 1 – introductory part Member States shall ensure that, members of the public concerned are able to seek a review in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 2003/4/EC of the acts or omissions of a competent authority in relation to any request for information pursuant to
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 What constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right shall be determined by the Member States, consistently with the objective of giving the public concerned wide access to justice. To this end, the interest of any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental or public health protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of paragraph 2(a).
source: PE-467.346
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2010/2010(INI) Developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy
2010/05/31
FEMM
9 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the transition to a new sustainable economy should not be used as a pretext for cutting back on various equality measures, but should instead be seen as a unique opportunity to raise women’s participation in the EU labour market, since this is a prerequisite for ensuring sustainable growth, making full use of job potential and strengthening competitiveness,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas only 30% of all entrepreneurs are women and few women are self-employed,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of focusing on gender equality in the transition to a new sustainable economy, since women are more likely to be in an insecure position on the labour market owing to precarious employment conditions and a consistent gender-based wage gap; calls for the development of labour market policies which address the gender dimension, accompanied by programmes designed to recruit women to non-traditional jobs, considering the fact that green economy should be an opportunity for women to increase their participation into the labour market through better-paid, high skilled and rewarding jobs;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of focusing on gender equality in the transition to a new sustainable economy, since women are more likely to be in an insecure position on the labour market owing to precarious employment conditions and a consistent gender-based wage gap; calls for the development of labour market policies which address the gender dimension, accompanied by programmes designed to recruit women to non-traditional jobs;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that, taking into account that gender segregation in employment, where the value of jobs and their earnings vary according to whether they are mainly male or female occupations, is a major source of inequalities, green jobs can be a mechanism for better remunerating women's work in order to ensure social gains for female workers and therefore also a way of addressing the issue of the gender balance and gender pay gap;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that a targeted effort to ensure women’s access to education at all levels and provide life-long-learning is essential in order to break down gender segregation in the labour market; calls for the provision of adequate training in order to prevent the under-representation of female workers in
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Member States to provide equal employment opportunities policies and to adopt family-friendly work practices as a prerequisite for sustainable growth in both economic and environmental terms;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need to
source: PE-441.284
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2010/2017(INI) Contribution of EU policies promoting equality between men and women in combating youth crime
2010/08/10
FEMM
7 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. For the purpose of this resolution, the following definition of ‘juvenile delinquency’ shall be employed throughout the text: c. “A juvenile is a child or a young person who under the respective Member States legal systems, may be dealt with for an offence in a manner which is different from an adult, d. An offence is any behaviour (act or omission) that is punishable by law under the respective legal systems, A juvenile offender or delinquent is a child or young person who is alleged to have committed or who has been found to have committed an offence," (A/RES/40/33 UN Beijing Rules 29 Nov. 1985).
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas although the family is unquestionably the first environment in which children are socialised in terms of their perception of the world and their behaviour, it is now no longer the only environment involved, nor indeed is its role invariably the most decisive, pointing out the socio-economic marginalisation as a ground for delinquent behaviour,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas it is difficult to say for certain exactly what types of contributory factors make a young person adopt delinquent behaviour, since the path leading to socially deviant and ultimately delinquent behaviour is due in each instance to the specific individual circumstances corresponding to actual experience and the principal circles within which every child’s and teenager
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on national law-makers to widen cooperation with civil society representatives
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the authorities to take the steps required to put women and men in a better position to choose how they wish to achieve work-life balance
source: PE-450.591
2011/02/09
FEMM
12 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Reiterates that together with parents, early childhood teachers and other caregivers can be crucial buffers in protecting children from violence and delinquent behaviour;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Believes that in order to prevent delinquent behaviour, parents, teachers and social workers should meet children’s needs- to be safe and live in a supportive environment, to have positive role models and to be protected from exposure to violence;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Notes that the formal education system can be used as a key source for raising awareness about violence against women and challenging and eradicating gender stereotypes. Promising practices in this area include eliminating gender- based stereotypes in educational curricula; creating an aggressive behaviour management training, including gender-sensitivity training for teachers and offering specialised courses on human rights, including women’s rights;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that juvenile delinquency now also extends to dangerous games, gender violence, rape or gang rape,
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Asks national educational authorities to develop training for teachers, administrative staff and other groups dealing with children and youth for example, health and social service professionals and police, to promote ways to engage young people in gender equality - this should include sessions in which adult staff examine their own views about gender equality and assumptions about youth role in society with particular attention to violent and aggressive behaviour;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Maintains that, in order to effectively combat juvenile delinquency, an integrated and effective school, social, family and educational policy must be implemented which will help to ensure that social and civic values are passed on and that young people adjust to society at an early age; considers that there is also a need for a policy geared to greater economic and social cohesion and to reducing social inequalities and countering social exclusion and poverty, with particular reference to child poverty;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Invites Member States to introduce school-based programs focused on improving school climate, conflict resolution and mediation skills;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Invites the European Commission and Member States to further raise awareness and introduce campaigns and programs for Internet safety. Foremost, they should focus on teaching parents what are the risks of unrestricted use of Internet by children and how to keep them safe from illegal and harmful online content;
source: PE-470.088
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2010/2041(INI) Social integration of women belonging to ethnic minority groups
2010/05/14
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas in the majority of cases women belonging to ethnic minority groups and migrant groups face multiple discrimination and are more vulnerable to social exclusion and poverty than the women of the native population and minority group men,
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Insists on the active involvement of the European Institute for Gender Equality in
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Points out to the crucial role of national equality bodies in providing support and assistance to victims of discrimination
source: PE-441.285
2010/07/15
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that advertising often communicates discriminatory and/or undignified messages based on all forms of gender stereotyping, which hinder gender equality strategies; calls on the Commission, the Member States and civil society to cooperate closely to combat such practices notably by promoting the development of common code of conduct and ethical standards within the EU advertising sector;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on media and advertisement professionals' responsibility to oppose discriminatory or stereotyping images based on sex, age, origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability and social status;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that advertising and marketing often propagate the idea of perfection, which can have a negative influence on the self-esteem and self-respect of women, men and young people; draws attention to the vulnerability of consumers to mimetism, which can lead to inappropriate behavioural attitudes, anxiety, harmful addictions (smoking, drugs), eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, and a disturbance of mental equilibrium; calls on all advertisers to reconsider the promotion of extremely thin models (men or women) in order to avoid harmful messages about appearance, body imperfections, age and weight taking into account the influence and impact of advertising on children and youth;
source: PE-445.763
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2010/2052(INI) Impact of advertising on consumer behaviour
2010/10/21
IMCO
4 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D d (new) Dd. Whereas advertising constitutes an important and often crucial source of income for the media, and therefore actively contributes to a diverse and independent press in Europe,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with national authorities, to draw up a set of definitions to clarify the boundaries between 'businesses', 'traders', and 'consumers' when dealing with new forms of Internet selling such as web auctions, and to draw up guidelines on their use in order to clarify rights and obligations for operators when dealing with misleading advertising in the context of these new forms of selling;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – indent 8 b (new) - pay particular attention, in cooperation with national advertising authorities and/or self-regulatory bodies, to misleading advertising, including online, in specific sectors such as the selling of food products, pharmaceuticals and medical care, where the health of consumers, on top of their economic interests, is likely to be affected with potential serious consequences;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the Commission to set up common guidelines for SMEs and on the Member States to encourage national authorities and/or self-
source: PE-450.619
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2010/2084(INI) European initiative on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
2010/11/11
ENVI
8 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the number of people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases in Europe is estimated to be 8.6 million, with Alzheimer's accounting for the vast majority of those cases; whereas neurodegenerative diseases represent one of the main causes of disability in
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas dementia is not only a devastating disorder for the patients themselves, but also a very heavy burden placed on the shoulders of the patients‘ relatives and carers, given the emotional, physical and financial difficulties faced by the relatives and friends of those affected by all types of dementia,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Suggests that the Council and the Commission consider launching a European Year of Mental health and the Brain in order to raise awareness of brain- related diseases associated with ageing, and measures to prevent them;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Invites the Member States to develop a Strategic Research Agenda establishing medium- to long-term research needs and objectives in the area of neurodegenerative diseases,
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Invites the Member States to develop a Strategic Research Agenda establishing medium- to long-term research needs and objectives in the area of neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer's; takes the view that the strategic research agenda should be further developed towards an implementation plan establishing priorities and timetables and specifying the actions, instruments and resources required for its implementation; Recommends to foster the development of centres of excellence for specific research areas and to involve representatives of patients, carers organisations and public/ private healthcare providers;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Invites European Institutions to support as far as possible Alzheimer Europe's Dementia Research Observatory as a useful tool for the dissemination of best practises and research results to patients and their carers;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Points to the importance of research into the connection as well as the distinction between the ageing process and dementia and between dementia and depression in
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
source: PE-452.652
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2010/2089(INI) Reducing health inequalities in the EU
2010/07/12
IMCO
7 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises the need for a coordinated approach across numerous policy areas to address the underlying soci
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that health inequalities in the EU represent a substantial burden to Member States
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that within the internal market the accessibility and affordability of pharmaceutical treatments should be considered a key aspect of health inequality and, in this regard, calls on Member States to ensure that the Transparency Directive (89/105/EEC) is being properly implemented and that the conclusions from the 2008 European Commission's Communication on the Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry are being appropriately addressed;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Argues that sound and integrated consumer policies, including public health aspects such as prevention and healthy lifestyle promotion, and aiming at reducing health determinants associated with consumers behaviour and habits, could also contribute in reducing health inequalities;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines that health inequalities in the Union will not be overcome without a common and overall strategy for the European Health Workforce, including coordinated policies for resource management, education and training, minimum quality and safety standards, and professionals registration;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Argues that open, competitive and well functioning markets stimulate innovation, investment and research in the healthcare sector and may help in identifying sustainable and effective healthcare models, most particularly through the development of a common health technology assessment methodology;
source: PE-454.522
2010/11/11
FEMM
12 amendments...
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EU and the Member States to include the health status of women as gender mainstreaming in their health policies
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls the Member States and key stakeholders to consider gender-sensitive health indicators for identifying key differences between women and men in relation to health, in order to support policy change;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Urges that EU and Member States introduce and use gender budgeting in public health policies at all levels;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Urges the EU and the Member States to
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to promote health research focused on women's health and women's health needs, the development of illnesses, the prevention, and to support multidisciplinary research into the socio- economic determinants of health across the lifespan of women; urges that resources and a stronger focus would be granted to the issues of gender equality and women’s needs including gender as criterion for funding in all EU research;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that the EU and the Member States must take measures to ensure that access to healthcare services should be open to women regardless of their financial, social, linguistic, geographical or cultural and legal status (for example women migrants or refugees);
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Considers that the EU and the Member States must
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the European Union and the Member States to implement policies to ensure that everyone, and in particular all pregnant women and children, is legally entitled to and has equitable access to health services;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the EU and the Member States to take the necessary measures in order to eliminate discrimination against women in relation to access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies based on marital status, age and sexual orientation as well as ethnic and cultural origins;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on the EU and the Member States to recognise male violence against women as a public health issue, whatever form it takes;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Considers that the EU and the Member States must support civil society and women’s organisations that promote women’s human rights, including women’s sexual and reproductive rights, healthy lifestyle and work to ensure that women have a voice in European and national health policy issues;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 e (new) 9e. Urges that EU and the Member States to ensure a stronger focus on women’s human rights notably in preventing, banning and prosecuting forced sterilisation of women, as well genital mutilation;
source: PE-452.646
2010/12/14
ENVI
19 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to the 8 June 2010 Council Conclusions on “Equity and Health in All Policies: Solidarity in Health",
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) - having regard to Council Conclusions on Common values and principles in European Union Health Systems (2006/C 146/01),
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -1 (new) Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, while citizens live, on average, longer and healthier lives than previous generations, the EU is faced with an important challenge, namely the large gaps in physical and mental health which exist and are growing between and within EU Member States,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas comparative measurement of health inequalities is a fundamental first step towards effective action,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas health inequalities are
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas despite the socio-economic and environmental progress that has led to an overall improvement in peoples’ health status over long periods, a number of factors such as hygiene, living and working conditions, malnutrition, education, income, alcohol consumption and smoking are still having a direct impact on health inequalities,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) Hb. whereas the dearth of medical professionals in certain areas of the EU and their ability to move to other areas of the EU is a real problem, and whereas this situation is resulting in major inequalities in terms of access to healthcare and patient safety,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H c (new) Hc. whereas health inequalities are also linked to problems in accessing healthcare, both for economic reasons (not as much for major treatment, which is dealt with correctly by the Member States, but rather for everyday treatment such as dental and eye care) and as a result of poor distribution of medical resources in certain areas of the EU,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. Whereas the restrictions due to the current economic and financial crisis, combined with the consequences of the upcoming demographic challenge that the Union will have to face, could seriously undermine the financial and organisational sustainability of Member States' healthcare systems, thus hindering an equal access to care on their territory,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the combination of poverty with other vulnerabilities, such as childhood
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K c (new) Kc. whereas, with ageing populations, the Member States are having to deal with problems relating to dependency and an increasing need for geriatric care and treatment; whereas a change in the approach to organising healthcare is therefore needed; and whereas inequalities relating to access to healthcare for elderly people are on the increase,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that attention must focus on the whole social gradient, with particular attention to be given to the needs of people in poverty, disadvantaged migrant and ethnic minority groups, people with disabilities,
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to make access to adequate, quality healthcare for the elderly a priority for 2012, the European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the most vulnerable groups, including undocumented migrants, are entitled to and are provided equitable access to healthcare;
source: PE-454.502
2011/10/01
ENVI
14 amendments...
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Council
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses on the need for the European Union and its Member States to anticipate through an appropriate long term strategy the social and economic impacts of the ageing of the European population, in order to guarantee the financial and organisational sustainability of healthcare systems, as well as an equal and continued delivery of care for patients;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Encourages all the Member States to invest in social, educational, environmental and health services infrastructure; and to coordinate actions with regards to the qualification, training and mobility of health professionals, thus ensuring capacity and sustainability of the health workforce at both EU and national level;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Member States to ensure all pregnant women and children, irrespective of their status, are entitled to and effectively benefit from social protection as defined in their national legislation;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to address preconception care and maternal health in Europe, to ensure healthy start to life for all children and avoid the development of further health inequalities during their life course;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points to the importance of
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Council and the Commission to give greater recognition within the Europe 2020 strategy to the fact that physical and mental health and well- being are key to fighting exclusion and to include comparative indicators stratified by socio-economic status in the monitoring of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the reduction of health inequalities
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to mainstream an approach based on the social determinants of health and on ‘equity and health in all policies’ in the development of all internal and external EU policy, especially with a view to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, and in particular maternal health;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to mainstream an approach based on the social, economic and environmental determinants of health and on ‘equity and health in all policies’ in the development of all internal and external EU policy, especially with a view to achieving the Millennium Development Goals;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Council to promote the tackling of health inequalities as a policy priority in all Member States, taking into account the social determinants of health and lifestyle risk-factors such as alcohol, tobacco and nutrition, by means of actions in policy areas such as
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Asks the Commission to consider the development of a proposal for a Council Recommendation, or any other appropriate Community initiative, aiming at encouraging and supporting the development by Member States of integrated national strategies, at national or regional level, for the reduction of health inequalities;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to assess, in its progress reports, the effectiveness of interventions in the reduction of inequalities in health, and the improvement in health arising from the policies relating to the social, economic and environmental determinants of health;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Asks the Commission and the Member States to develop policies and programmes to promote research of causes, early diagnosis, prevention and access to quality treatments for chronic diseases in the European Union, regardless of geographic or socio- economic origins;
source: PE-454.655
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2010/2115(INI) Women and business leadership
2011/03/28
FEMM
9 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) - having regard to Council recommendation 1996/694/EC on the balanced participation of women and men in the decision-making process,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Insists that positions on corporate management bodies must not be given to women on an honorary basis, in order to achieve set thresholds, but must instead
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b b. supporting initiatives to assess male- female equality on recruitment committees and in other areas, e.g. with regard to wage differentials and career patterns; requests companies to utilise a gender- neutral and competence-based recruitment process, while Member States monitor the corporate recruitment practises and particularly the recruitment procedures based on hidden networks, which affects in a higher degree the employment of women,
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d d. developing women's individual capabilities in-house, by means of specific further-training courses and other forms of professional support, such as dedicated mentoring and networking schemes and diversity courses for all levels of management in order to prepare them effectively for management duties;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d a (new) da. encourage all stakeholders to set up initiatives changing women’s perception and self-perception in the work field, so as to enable more women to take on leadership responsibilities on the operational side of the business, and not just on the functional side. Such initiatives should aim at encouraging girls and young women to perceive themselves in a broader spectrum of careers with the support of teachers, family and different role models, as well as presenting positively female leadership in the European media;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Encourages companies to adopt and implement Corporate governance codes to promote gender equality on company boards, utilise peer pressure to influence organisations from within and incorporate the comply or explain rule, obliging them to clarify why there is not at least one woman on the board;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Members States and the Commission should set up initiatives addressing a fairer sharing of family care and responsibilities not only within the family, but also between the family and the society, as well as reducing the salary differences between women and men for the same amount of work. Specific measures should be taken: a. to address problems in accessing childcare facilities, which should be affordable, accountable and local, b. flexibility should be designed to enhance organisational capacity and maximise female talent contribution. Flexible work practices must gain support and co-operation from across the workforce. This requires leadership to challenge cultural attitudes and traditional principles of good business, and to herald in new ways of thinking about the role of men and women in society, sustainable workforce planning, social capital and responsibility to community;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 – point b b. following this exercise and if the steps taken by companies and the Member States are found to be inadequate, to consider taking concrete and where possible legislative measures for increasing female representation in corporate management bodies, while taking account of the Member States' responsibilities and of their economic, structural (i.e. company-
source: PE-460.987
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2010/2138(INI) Equality between women and men in the European Union — 2010
2010/12/17
FEMM
15 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 b (new) - having regard to the Stockholm Programme[1], [1] Council of the European Union document Nr. 5731/10 of 3 March 2010.
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin[1], Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation[2] and Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services[3], [1] OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22. [2] OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16. [3] OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37.
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) - having regard to the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights’ Issue Paper on Human rights and gender identity (2009),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 b (new) - having regard to the Fundamental Rights Agency’s Report on Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity (2010),
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas there is a need to
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas minority women, especially Roma women, regularly experience discrimination and are disadvantaged not only in comparison with majority women, but also in comparison with ethnic minority men and are at particular risk of social exclusion,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital R a (new) Ra. whereas women face multiple discrimination and are more vulnerable to social exclusion, poverty and extreme human rights violations, such as trafficking in human beings, especially if they are not belonging to mainstream society,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for setting targets for women’s participation in activities or sectors, or at levels from which they have previously been excluded and in which they are still under-represented by means of informing and motivating employers to recruit and promote women, especially in the sectors and categories mentioned;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for promoting women’s access to wider opportunities in education, vocational training and employment in non-traditional sectors and at higher levels of responsibility;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks for concrete proposals with a view to achieving a better work-life balance by fostering greater sharing of occupational, family and social responsibilities between men and women, particularly with regard to help with care for dependent persons and child care;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Asks the Commission to ensure that the various European rules on work-life balance are correctly transposed by the Member States by adapting working conditions between men and women;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses th
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Notes that transgender people remain a highly marginalised and victimised group facing a high degree of stigmatisation, exclusion, and violence, as reported by the Fundamental Rights Agency; strongly encourages the European Commission and Member States to follow the Agency’s recommendations for stronger and clearer protection against discrimination on grounds of gender identity;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes efforts made at EU and national level to combat violence against women but stresses that this remains a serious, unresolved problem and urges the Member States to take measures to ensure access to support services aimed at preventing gender-based violence and protecting women from such violence regardless of their legal status, race, age, sexual orientation, ethnic origin or religion; welcomes the resumption of debate on this form of violence, notably via the establishment of a European protection order; calls on present and future EU presidencies to make further progress;
source: PE-454.717
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2010/2139(INI) Report 2010 on the implementation of the Cohesion Policy programmes for 2007-2013
2010/10/12
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Takes note that investments in the area of health infrastructure are progressing well and that a positive link exists between the cohesion policy and structural reforms in the health sector. This positive link needs to be taken into account when defining the next programming period priorities for investment;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to address how the current programmes can tackle growing health inequalities within and between regions, being key bottlenecks for social cohesion and social inclusion in the context of the EU 2020 poverty agenda;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States for further transparency of structural funds management process, most particularly to improve transparency of public procurement procedures;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Highlights the need for a common set of core indicators for reporting at EU level, while pointing out that these indicators need to take into account the different sectors specificities;
source: PE-454.503
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2010/2153(INI) Evaluation of the management of H1N1 influenza in 2009-2010 in the EU
2010/12/20
ENVI
5 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the expenditure committed by the Member States to the response plans drawn up is mainly in connection with the purchase of vast quantities of vaccines
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas th
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. Whereas information and communication around H1N Influenza in 2009-2010 in the EU have demonstrated the crucial role played by media in relaying public health precautions and recommendations, but also in emphasizing selected aspects of the outbreak and its consequences - such as the events of death - without necessarily and systematically putting them into perspective, thus potentially altering public opinion perceptions and public authorities responses
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for an immediate
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new) 10e. Recommends EMA and ECDC to develop targeted communication toolkits and organise specific information sessions in order to further sensitise journalists and media professionals on the issue of pandemic and communicable diseases managements at local, national and international level
source: PE-454.473
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2010/2157(INI) Demographic change and its consequences for the future Cohesion Policy of the EU
2011/03/28
FEMM
11 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A (new) A. whereas gender equality policies may contribute significantly to address the demographic challenges, notably by stimulating women's labour market inclusion and reduce the risk of female and child poverty,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas women live longer than men and the increasing difference in life expectancy between men and women could further expose older women to isolation, dependence and poverty,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the ageing of the European population represents one of the main upcoming public health challenges for the European Union, with an increasing, burden of certain chronic diseases, some of them affecting particularly women, and whereas national, regional and local authorities will have a crucial role to play in ensuring continuity, safety and quality in the delivery of healthcare and public health services,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the competent regional authorities to put more effort into analysing the effectiveness of
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all regional and local authorities throughout the EU have included gender mainstreaming measures in their proposals for funding during the next Cohesion policy programming period, together with the objective of reducing demographic change's negative impacts;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.Calls on the
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to propose specific initiatives within the context of the European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity 2012 dedicated to the activities of older women, in order to enhance their contribution to social and territorial cohesion; to promote flexible retirement solutions and combine pensions with part-time work in order to encourage them to stay in the labour market for longer; emphasises that the principle of solidarity between generations is one of the keystones of regional social cohesion and the European social model;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Requests Member States to reinforce adequacy of pensions by combating gender discrimination in the labour market and especially by reducing the gender career and pay gap and by ensuring compensation in pension schemes for time spent on family caring;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to
source: PE-462.557
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2010/2162(INI) Face of female poverty in the European Union
2010/12/16
FEMM
9 amendments...
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide systematic gender disaggregated data and information in national reporting and in the annual Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce new individual indicators in respect of women and poverty as a tool to monitor the impact of broader social, economic and employment policies on women and poverty;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women on the labour market and for specific training as life-long opportunities with a view to providing the skills and qualifications as empowerment, confidence building and capacity building needed in the light of the EU 2020 Strategy which puts an emphasis on green jobs for a new sustainable economy;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to eliminate gender inequalities in employment as part of the EU 2020 Strategy
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Regrets that the commitments assumed in Barcelona in 2002, targeting childcare, and fixing objectives until 2010, are far from being met; calls on the Council and the Member States to
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 Impact of gender based
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Member States to establish national plans to combat all forms of violence against women if one is not already in existence, ensure ongoing and systematic monitoring to measures progress, to ensure the highest standards of legislation with regard to combating male violence against women and provide adequate funding for the support and protection of victims of violence, as a way to prevent and reduce poverty;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a Calls on Member States to give greater visibility to the impact of poverty and social exclusion on women and in particular in relation to the multiple identities of women and to indicate as priorities women with disabilities, ethnic minorities, especially Roma community and children and immigrants;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b Calls on Member States to take gender-specific measures to address issues which are not only linked to income poverty, but which relate to culture, social and political participation and social networks;
source: PE-454.545
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2010/2209(INI) Priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women
2010/12/16
FEMM
8 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the term ‘violence against women’ means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas violence is a traumatic experience for any man, woman or child, but gender-based violence is preponderantly inflicted by men on women and girls, and both reflects and reinforces inequalities between men and women and compromises the health, dignity, security and autonomy of its victims,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas advertising and pornography often portray various types of gender based violence, therefore trivialising violence against women and hindering gender equality strategies,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas gender based violence predominantly men against women is a structural and widespread problem throughout Europe and the world, a phenomenon affecting victims and perpetrators irrespective of age, education, income or social position, and is linked to the unequal distribution of power between women and men in our society,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas women in the European Union are not equally protected against male violence, due to various policies and legislation throughout the Member States,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 5 – policy proposals to help victims rebuild their lives, addressing the specific needs of different groups of victims such as minority women, in addition to ensuring their safety and re-establishing their physical and psychological health,
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 8 – plans to develop methodological guidelines and undertake new data collection efforts to obtain statistical data on gender-based violence, in order to identify the extent of the problem and to provide a basis for a change in action towards the problem;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that Member States should devote appropriate resources to preventing and combating violence against women, including through recourse to the Structural Funds, for the creation of National Programmes for Prevention and Protection against gender based violence;
source: PE-454.542
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2010/2211(INI) Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
2010/12/20
ENVI
3 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the need to strengthen integration of EU environmental and public health legislation and objectives into sectoral policies (including the CAP, the cohesion policy, consumer policy and the CFP); suggests therefore mainstreaming EU finances to ensure compliance with EU environmental and public health legislation and policy objectives; underlines the importance of future research and innovation programmes in delivering the EU's objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises the need to secure long-term financial provision in the next MFF for public health priorities
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recognises the positive impact of investments in health infrastructure on structural reforms in the health sector and underlines the need to maintain and strengthen structural funds dedicated to health infrastructures, thus supporting adaptation and innovation of health systems for growth and sustainability;
source: PE-454.678
2011/03/30
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital D (new) D. whereas the Strategy for equality between men and women 2010-2015 asserts that the next Multiannual Financial Framework will provide support for implementation of the actions envisaged in the strategy,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 (new) 6. Underlines the importance of gender budgeting as a good governance tool to improve efficiency and fairness, proper monitoring of how budgetary allocations affect the economic and social opportunities of women and men, flexibility to restructure the ones that negatively affect the achievement of gender equality; believes that a substantial analysis of gender issues in the European budget planning process will improve the targeting of resources in such a way that equality and social cohesion are enhanced;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 (new) 18. Emphasises the need for a stronger and more efficient integration of gender equality policies and gender mainstreaming tools during the next programming period;
source: PE-462.597
2011/04/13
SURE
1 amendments...
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Stresses, furthermore, that the design of spending programmes should pay utmost attention to the principles of clarity of objectives, coherence and complementarity of instruments and actions, harmonisation and simplification of eligibility and implementation rules, transparency, and full and agreed accountability; underlines the importance of gender budgeting as a good governance tool to improve efficiency and fairness;
source: PE-462.729
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2010/2234(INI) European cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy
2011/01/18
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Member States to develop national programmes for vocational education and training (VET) that promote gender mainstreaming as a priority for future actions and measures in this field and guarantee equal opportunities for all women on the labour market regardless of their legal status, race, age, sexual orientation, ethnic origin or religion;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the establishment of effective partnerships between stakeholders in education, social partners and civil society organisations and greater cooperation with the business in order to address the gender dimension in terms of education and the relevance of training;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States, as envisaged for the Europe 2020 objectives and flagship initiatives, to improve links between vocational training and the labour market needs and to create new opportunities for training including in scientific, mathematical and technology fields in order to increase women's employability in non-traditional jobs and in the low-carbon and the high-tech sectors of the economy;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Members States to develop high quality, wide-ranged, flexible and affordable access for women to vocational education and training, along with specific lifelong guidance and career counselling for qualifications in all types of occupation, which are relevant for women from diverse backgrounds and that address their multi-
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to ensure an optimal use of structural funds, such as the European Social Fund, for specific programmes that promote and encourage more women to participate in lifelong learning and aim at increasing the rate of female participation in VET system; calls for the development of specific actions in the framework of Erasmus Pilot Project for Young Entrepreneurs in order to encourage entrepreneurship among women;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Member States to develop incentives and motivation patterns for employers to facilitate the provision of cost-effective and flexible training in micro and small enterprises, in order to ensure a better focus on the job-specific skills and key competences required in the labour market, adapted to the needs of women and including home-based workers.
source: PE-456.775
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2010/2239(INI) Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems
2010/11/11
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas pension system actuarial calculations are based on salary and work period and whereas there is a significant disadvantage in the retirement amount received due to work interruptions and part-time work on one side and the gender pay gap, hindering the necessary rights and savings to enjoy security in old age
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas equality in male and female pensions, including as regards the retirement age, has been set as a goal and whereas there is a pension gap between women and men as a continuation and consequence of the persisting gender pay gap, which is still about 17% leading to inequalities in the labour market and risk for poverty at older age,
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Is of the view that pension systems should be based on adequate and sustainable criteria to ensure equal treatment and take into consideration the periods when women do not work or are under part-time contracts, or maternity leave;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Adapt pensions schemes to accommodate society's need for the care of children and other dependant persons;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States - particularly the new Member States - to
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Develop a European employment strategy that encourages more women to participate in the labour market and that combats inequality in employment that has a gendered impact on the level of pension contributions and entitlements;
source: PE-452.645
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2010/2245(INI) Innovation Union: transforming Europe for a post-crisis world
2011/03/03
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the pilot European Innovation Partnership in the field of active and healthy ageing to integrate all relevant policy areas at EU level, notably consumer protection and information policies, thus contributing comprehensively to the partnership's overall objective of enabling citizens, by 2020, to live longer actively, independently and in good health;
source: PE-458.836
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2010/2272(INI) Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
2011/03/05
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to urge Member States to adopt specific policies to ensure equal access to health care, including high-quality health and rehabilitation services for people with physical and mental disabilities;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – introductory part 3. Calls on the Member States, through the ‘open method of coordination’, to exchange information, ideas and best practice on the provision of long-term care for people with physical and mental disabilities and to adopt measures and minimum professional standards in order to:
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point d b (new) (db) ensure a better response to the specific needs of workers suffering from disabling diseases and chronic conditions regarding their workplace integration and retention;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of ensuring more people with disabilities and workers suffering from disabling diseases and chronic conditions remains at work and enter employment by means such as imposing specific quotas on employers or measures to adapt jobs to the needs of job- seekers and workers with disabilities ;
source: PE-464.756
2011/05/05
FEMM
8 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new) – an appropriate integration of disabled persons which is not only an important step for the people with disabilities but rather should be seen as an enrichment for the whole society,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – indent 2 b (new) – fighting the double discrimination which disabled women are facing due to the strong correlation between disability, gender, employment and education,
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes the advances made through the work of parents’ or disabled people’s associations, which are often led by women;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Asks the Commission to incorporate a specific and explicit focus on the intersectionality of gender and disability in the future European accessibility act and ensure that the full range of issues relevant to women with disabilities –– are addressed;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Points out that disabled women are often victims of violence; calls for Member States to introduce support mechanisms; Recommends that Member States consider developing national strategies relating to access to justice and protection from abuse for women with disabilities. Calls on the European Institute for gender equality to carry out studies on the situation of girls and women with disabilities in relation to violence;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Member States to facilitate women with disabilities’ representation in the decision making process, in order to ensure their interests and rights are protected;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. underlines that for a reduction of barriers of free movement of people with disabilities in Europe a European Mobility Card should be adopted;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. stresses that for a better inclusion of people with disabilities it is essential to strengthen their rights of access to the public transport as well as their rights as air passengers;
source: PE-464.810
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2010/2273(INI) Promoting workers' mobility within the European Union
2011/05/05
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that reinforcing the free labour market by opening the legal channels for migration and employment could be explored as an additional tool to decrease women’s vulnerabilities, expand their entitlements to rights and could have a very positive effect on the fight against trafficking of human beings;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Emphasises that extending the period for eliminating the transitional barriers regarding free movement of workers for the Member States who joined in 2007 will have specifically adverse consequences on women who are affected by the rise of unemployment that emerged after the economic crisis because they lack the same flexibility options as men. Highlights that if restricting their rights for free movement continues they will be additionally exposed to poverty, social marginalisation and exclusion;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes initiatives undertaken by the Commission such as the “Women mechanism” and invites it to extend and improve the scope of projects aiming at increasing women labour mobility;
source: PE-464.769
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2010/2274(INI) Universal service and '112' emergency number
2011/04/20
IMCO
16 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas particular attention must be paid so that vulnerable groups are not left behind and special effective measures should always be implemented to guarantee their social inclusion and access to services on an equal footing with all other citizens;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas efforts are still necessary to assess and ensure the quality of service when dialling 112 both on the telecommunications and emergency services coordination aspects, and while a comprehensive and detailed assessment of the real state of implementation of the 112 service in the EU as experienced by citizens, notably evaluating accessibility, interoperability and intervention times, has not been carried out;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Supports the Digital Agenda's ‘Broadband for all’ objectives and is convinced that universal access to broadband helps citizens and business to reap the full benefits of the Digital Single Market, in particular by improving social inclusion, creating new opportunities for socially and environmentally innovative businesses driving jobs, growth and more opportunities for cross border trade; to this end, supports the promotion of digital literacy;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that the Universal service is not
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Considers that Universal service obligations could eventually become an additional incentive to the development of broadband possibly as a medium-term target;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on Member States to make use of the best points of disseminating information on the 112 emergency number, in particular schools, through which a great number of households can be easily sensitised, airports and train stations, given that the "112" is particularly useful to travellers, as well as the information portals of the national emergency services;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with Member States, to significantly improve the accuracy and reliability of caller location information under the new EU telecoms rules and upgrade
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission to support the development of European Next Generation 112 standards and regulations pertaining to caller-location for VoIP calls, considering that these may be initiated through network-independent applications;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Requests financing to be made available and research projects to be supported to ensure the development of the best possible technologies for identifying of caller location,
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Highlights the importance of better coordination between emergency bodies both at national and cross border/European Union level to achieve the highest level of effectiveness and, to this end, calls on the Commission to support and co-ordinate with Member State administrations to explore ways to improve interoperability between their systems;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with Member States, to set reliability and quality requirements
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to set as soon as possible reliability requirements and establish immediate reaction indicators as performance targets;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate, by independent bodies and by the end of 2012 at the latest, the real state of implementation of the 112 throughout the EU as experienced by citizens, assessing notably accessibility, interoperability and intervention times. In this respect, the Commission is also invited to provide by the same date an overview of legally binding and practically implemented intervention times in the EU and to extend the impact study prepared in the framework of eCall to the human and financial consequences of the functioning of 112;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with Member States, to assess and consider, as soon as possible, appropriate actions to extend the notion of the Universal Service to include the creation and maintenance of a pan- European, multilingual, accessible to all and efficient «reverse 112» i.e. an early warning system for citizens using telecommunications in case of imminent or developing major emergencies and disasters throughout the EU;
source: PE-462.898
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2010/2275(INI) Women entrepreneurship in small and medium sized enterprises
2011/03/30
FEMM
12 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas it is important to recognise that in general working women require greater flexibility due to their continued primary care role and that therefore it is necessary to ensure a work-life balance in conformity with their multi-task lifestyle, which can lead some women to start up their own business to secure their independence at work, but because of their disrupted careers they often lack the necessary financial resources,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas women may face barriers in accessing informational support and financial and technological tools and services, that could limit their ability to expand their businesses and compete for government and municipal contracts,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas women entrepreneurs are a heterogeneous group, varying in terms of age, background and education, and they are active in a wide range of sectors and businesses; whereas, due to sex stereotyping, women are often perceived to lack entrepreneurial characteristics and propensities such as self-confidence, assertiveness and risk-
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Urges Member States to ensure that women who have become insolvent or
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to investigate the barriers to female entrepreneurship and especially conduct a comprehensive analysis of women’s access to finance;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Insists that Member States reinforce their efforts for improving the access to childcare facilities as their lack of affordability, availability and quality creates additional obstacles for women to launch an entrepreneurship;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Asks Member States to encourage female one-year entrepreneurship or apprenticeship programmes a
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission to set up advice councils with specific expertise on the challenges and barriers of women entrepreneurs as part of the Enterprise Europe network, which could also serve as single contact points for cases of discrimination by financial service providers for access to credit;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to collect comparable and comprehensive data on female entrepreneurship in the European Union (such as female entrepreneurs' ethnicity, age, area of business, size of business, length of business) with the help of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the European Gender Institute in a way that does not pose an extra burden on SMEs and analyse these data in the annual report on EU SMEs of the SME Performance Review;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for measures to be taken by Member States to improve the social, cultural and legal position of female co- entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in SMEs, especially in science, engineering and industrial sectors in urban and rural areas; insists that Member states promote equal access to procurement contracts for women-owned businesses;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Member States to offer support to women who want to start, buy or take over companies, such as family- owned businesses; considers that the support should be targeted on the specific requirements of these women, such as strengthening self-esteem and skills that will enable women to successfully navigate an acquisition situation; in particular appraisals, valuing a company, banking and legal issues, acknowledges that particular attention should be given to women under age of 25 and over the age of 50, as they are more affected by the financial crisis;
source: PE-462.558
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2010/2277(INI) Single Market for Enterprises and Growth
2011/10/02
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas e-commerce and e-services, including e-Government and e-Health services, are still underdeveloped at EU level,
source: PE-458.640
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2010/2278(INI) Single Market for Europeans
2011/10/02
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 – point 7.4 7.4. a new regulation on the recognition of professional qualifications, to
source: PE-458.639
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2010/2309(INI) Organised crime in the European Union
2011/04/05
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the causes of trafficking of women stem from the lack of women’s rights, gender-bias, oppression, discrimination and the prevalence of gender based violence, as well as the failure of many governments to address gender gaps and to protect women’s social, political and economic rights,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the violation of the rights of children, violence against them and child trafficking for illegal adoption, remains a serious concern in the EU,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Invites the Member States to consider establishing appropriate sanctions for users of services which are the objects of exploitation of trafficking in human beings and trafficking of organs, tissues and cells;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Emphasizes that the European institutions and Member States need to undertake a holistic approach to child trafficking, which mainstreams multi- sectored interventions to protect the rights of trafficked children and children at risk of trafficking; insists that Member States to participate actively in the fight against illegal adoption and develop a framework to ensure transparency and effective monitoring of the development of the abandoned and the adopted children;
source: PE-464.799
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2011/0129(COD) Rights, support and protection of victims of crime: minimum standards
2012/02/29
LIBE, FEMM
7 amendments...
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – title Identification of vulnerable victims Does not affect English version (linguistic amendment affecting only the Bulgarian version of the text).
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that all vulnerable victims as identified in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, receive a timely and individual assessment, in accordance with national procedures, to determine which special measures as provided in Articles 21 and 22 they should benefit from. Such an assessment shall take into account the wishes of the vulnerable victim including where they do not wish to benefit from special measures. Does not affect English version (linguistic amendment affecting only the Bulgarian version of the text).
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Member States shall ensure that the individual assessments referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 are carried out at regular intervals throughout the criminal proceedings in order to take account of any changes in the personal characteristics or circumstances, needs and wishes of victims. Individual assessments shall take into account the following factors: (a) the personal characteristics of the victim such as age, gender and gender identity, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, health, disability, legal status, communication difficulties, relationship to or dependence on the suspected or accused person, previous experience of crime; (b) the type or nature of the crime such as hate crime or the fact it is committed with a bias or discriminatory motive relating to the victim's personal characteristics such as age, gender and gender identity, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, state of health, disability, legal status, communication difficulties, relationship to or dependence on the suspected or accused person, previous experience of crime; (c) the circumstances of the crime such as the fact whether a person is victimised abroad; (d) the type or nature of the crime such as whether exploitation or physical or sexual violence has been used; (e) the wishes of the victims with specific needs including whether they do not wish to benefit from specific measures.
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Member States shall ensure that the design of new court buildings is accessible for persons with disabilities and include separate waiting areas for victims.
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 a (new) Article 18 a Right to access specialist victim support services for victims of gender-based violence and of violence in close relationships 1. Member States shall ensure that victims of gender-based violence and of violence in close relationships and their family members, in accordance with their needs and preferences, have access, free of charge, to confidential specialist victim support services which: (a) are based on a gender-specific understanding of violence and focused on the human rights and safety of the victim; (b) are based on an integrated approach which takes into account the relationship between victims, perpetrators, children and their wider social environment; (c) are aimed at avoiding secondary victimisation; (d) are aimed at the empowerment and economic independence of victims of violence; (e) allow, where appropriate, a range of protection and support services to be located on the same premises; (f) address the specific needs of victims, including child victims; (g) are accessible to victims with disabilities; 2. Member States shall ensure timely provision of financial assistance to victims of gender-based violence and of violence in close relationship and shall prohibit any form of discrimination against the survivors of such violence, including employment, property and housing status, and social security benefits.
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a directive Article 20 – point c (c) victims may be accompanied
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a directive Article 24 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that police, prosecutors and court staff, lawyers and any other officials likely to come into contact with victims receive both general and specialist training to a level appropriate to their contact with victims to sensitise them to the needs of victims and to deal with them in an impartial, respectful and professional manner. Such specialised training shall include the respective contribution of all officials to the process of individual identification of victims with specific needs provided for in Article 18.
source: PE-483.724
2012/06/03
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 9 (9) A person should be considered a victim regardless of whether a perpetrator is identified, apprehended, prosecuted or convicted and regardless of the familial relationship between the perpetrator and the victim. Family members of victims are also harmed as a result of the crime, in particular the family of a deceased victim, who have a legitimate interest in criminal proceedings. Such indirect victims should therefore also benefit from protection under this Directive. Victims need appropriate support and assistance even before reporting a crime. Such support can be crucial both for the recovery of the victim and in any decision to ultimately report the crime. Measures concerning such support and assistance should be gender-specific where appropriate and accessible to victims with disabilities.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) Restorative justice services, including for example victim-offender mediation, family group conferencing and sentencing circles, can be of great benefit to the victim
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 a (new) (17a) All victims should be provided reasonable accommodation where needed in a particular case, which means necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden to ensure to victims with disabilities realisation of their rights under this Directive on an equal basis with other victims. Reasonable accommodation could include, but may not be limited to, provision of assistance with communicating, including through a qualified sign language interpreter, ensuring physical accessibility to premises and the information directly related to their case, providing information in easy- to-understand language, and modification of the format of hearing to accommodate the victim with a disability.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 22 a (new) (22a) Member States should, where appropriate, while recognising the principle of freedom of expression, encourage the media and journalists to adopt self-regulatory guidelines and to take appropriate measures to ensure the protection of the private and family life of the victims, especially minors, and their family members in the framework of their information activities. Member States should discourage the media from interviewing victims at inappropriate times, interviewing child victims, discussing gruesome details of crimes, publishing information that would negatively impact on the victim’s credibility, popularising the offender and blaming the victim for the crime. Member States should ensure that victims have an effective remedy when their right to respect for their private and family life has been violated.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point g a (new) (ga) ‘gender-based violence’ means a criminal offence that is directed against a person because of his or her gender or gender identity or that affects persons of a particular gender or gender identity disproportionally, and that results in physical or mental injury, emotional suffering or economic loss of the victim;
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point g b (new) (gb) ‘violence in close relationships’ means a criminal offence that is committed against a victim by a person who is a current or former spouse or partner or other family member of the victim, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same household with the victim, and that results in physical or mental injury, emotional suffering or economic loss of the victim.
source: PE-483.693
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2011/0130(COD) Mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters
2012/04/13
JURI, FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point ii (ii) at the request of the protected person, or, where appropriate, of the legal representative, guardian or tutor of the protected person on that person's behalf, in any other case; when adopting a protection measure, the competent authority of the Member State of origin shall inform the
source: PE-487.696
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2011/0152(COD) Health and safety at work: exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields), minimum health and safety requirements
2011/05/12
ENVI
6 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 (8) A system of protection against electromagnetic fields should limit itself to a definition, free of excessive detail, of the objectives to be attained, the principles to be observed and the fundamental values to be applied, in order to enable Member States to apply the minimum requirements in an equivalent manner. Furthermore, this protection system should be accompanied by more detailed and independent research to obtain scientific data (based on common and unbiased indicators) on the short- and long- term effects, in particular the possible carcinogenic effects, of exposure to electromagnetic fields.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 3 3. This Directive does not address long- term effects. However, should new evidence on the long-term effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields come to light, this Directive should be revised. The Commission shall develop and make public a report reviewing the latest evidence and research on long-term effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields, 3 years after the entry into force of the present Directive, and subsequently every 3 years thereafter.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (a a) "adverse health and safety effects": short-term biological effects that have a detrimental effect on mental, physical and/or general well-being of exposed workers, and effects creating temporary annoyance or affecting cognition or other brain or muscle functions and may thereby affect the ability of a worker to work safely;
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c1 Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f (f) safe working practices and equipment to minimise risks from exposure.
source: PE-478.387
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2011/0156(COD) Food intended for infants and young children and food for special medical purposes
2012/01/17
IMCO
3 amendments...
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) The
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) A limited number of categories of food constitutes the sole source of nourishment of certain groups of the population or represent a partial source of nourishment; such categories of food are vital for the management of certain conditions and/or are essential to maintain the intended nutritional adequacy for certain well-established vulnerable groups of the population. Those categories of food include infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food and food for special medical purposes. Experience has shown that the provisions laid down in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC, as well as Commission Directive 1999/21/EC ensure the free movement of such food in a satisfactory manner, while ensuring a high level of protection of public health and consumers’ interests. It is therefore appropriate that this Regulation focuses on the general compositional and information requirements for infant formula and follow-on formulae, processed cereal- based food and baby food for infants and young children and to food for special medical purposes, taking into account Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and Commission Directive 1999/21/EC. In this context, any substances that are liable to be harmful to the health of the categories concerned should be excluded from the composition of categories of foods covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 3 source: PE-478.332
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2011/0172(COD) Energy efficiency
2011/11/16
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 (13) It would
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 a (new) (13a) Subsequently, these national targets and the progress of the individual trajectories of each Member State should be evaluated by the Commission to ensure that the overall Union target is on track and the individual efforts are sufficient to meet the common goal. The Commission should therefore closely monitor the implementation of national energy efficiency programmes through its revised legislative framework and within the Europe 2020 process. If this assessment shows that a Member State is not keeping to the agreed trajectory and the overall Union target is unlikely to be achieved, then the Commission should require that Member State to set out adequate and proportionate measures to rejoin the trajectory within a reasonable timescale.
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall set a binding national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Members States shall aim to reduce, by 31 December 2050, the energy consumption of the existing building stock by 80% compared to 2010 levels. For this purpose, and as part of the national plans referred to in Article 9 of Directive 2010/31/EU, and without prejudice to paragraph 1 thereof, Member States shall develop policies and take measures to stimulate deep renovations of buildings, including staged deep renovations. Member States may decide not to include in their renovation roadmaps those categories of buildings listed in Article 4.2 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. By 30 June 201
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total floor area owned or occupied by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
source: PE-475.873
2011/11/17
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – title Energy
Amendment 682 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall set up an energy
source: PE-475.932
2011/11/22
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 1498 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 1 1. By 30 April each year, Member States shall report on the progress achieved towards their binding national energy efficiency targets, in accordance with Annex XIV(1).
Amendment 1502 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 By 30 April 201
source: PE-475.997
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2011/0294(COD) Trans-European transport network: guidelines
2012/10/07
ENVI
9 amendments...
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) The core network should be identified and implemented as a priority within the framework provided by the comprehensive network by 2030. It should constitute the backbone of the development of a multi- modal transport network and stimulate the development of the entire comprehensive network. It should enable Union action to concentrate on those components of the trans-European transport network with the highest European added value, in particular serving the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport by 60 % by 2050, cross-border sections, missing links, multi-
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 31 (31) In order to update the Annexes and in particular the maps to take into account possible changes resulting from the actual usage of certain elements of transport infrastructure analysed against pre- established quantitative thresholds, 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 amendments to the Annexes. It is of particular importance for the Commission to carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and with civil society with local expertise. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e (e) ‘European added value’ means, in relation to a project, the value resulting from Union intervention which is assessed and demonstrated to be additional to the value that would otherwise have been created by Member State action alone. This added value shall contribute to meeting the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and the Roadmap for moving to a low- carbon economy in 2050;
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point f (f) improving or maintaining the quality of infrastructure in terms of efficiency, safety, security,
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) rivers, canals and lakes comply with the minimum requirements for class IV waterways as laid down in the European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) on the new classification of inland waterways and ensure continuous bridge clearance where appropriate, without preventing achievement of the environmental objectives of at least Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council: of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, and Directive 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – point a (a) for existing inland waterways: implementing measures necessary to reach the standards of the inland waterways class IV where appropriate without preventing achievement of the environmental objectives of at least Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, and Directive 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds;
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – point b (b) where appropriate
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Member States and other project promoters shall make use of the integrated approach for planning inland waterway projects, especially when applying for (co-)financing under EU Programmes.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Member States and other project promoters shall have regard to the EU's Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, with particular reference to Target 2 to maintain and restore ecosystems and their services. A no-net loss approach will be applied where possible.
source: PE-492.864
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2011/0309(COD) Safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities
2012/08/14
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission, in close cooperation with the Member States, shall
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 4 4. In the event of a major accident, or of an imminent threat thereof, which causes or is capable of causing transboundary effects, the Member State under whose jurisdiction the emergency has occurred shall, without delay, notify the Commission and those Member States or third countries which may be affected by the emergency.
source: PE-492.910
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2011/0339(COD) Programme «La santé en faveur de la croissance» 2014-2020
2012/05/21
ENVI
26 amendments...
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Title Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing a Health for Citizens and Growth Programme, the third multi-
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Citation 5 a (new) – Having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 8 March 2011 on reducing health inequalities in the EU1, _______________ 1 P7_TA(2011)0081.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) Continued effort is required in order to meet the requirements set out in Article 168 of the Treaty. Promoting good health at EU level is an integral part of the ‘Europe 2020: A European Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’. Keeping people healthy and active for longer
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) The programme shall put forward actions in areas where there is evidence of EU added-value on the basis of the following criteria: best practice exchange between Member States; supporting networks for knowledge sharing or mutual learning; achieving key social objectives such as promotion of equity and solidarity and reduction of health inequalities; addressing cross-border threats to reduce risks and mitigate their consequences; addressing certain issues relating to the Internal Market where the EU has substantial legitimacy to ensure high- quality solutions across Member States; unlocking the potential of innovation in health; actions that could lead to a system for benchmarking to allow informed decision-making at European level; improving economies of scale by avoiding waste due to duplication and optimising the use of financial resources.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) Innovation in health
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) The position of the patient should be strengthened by enhancing health literacy to achieve better and safer health outcomes.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) In the context of an ageing society, well-directed investments to promote health and prevent diseases can increase the number of
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 a (new) (10a) In addition to differences related to reproductive functions, biological differences between women and men also include, for example, the better infant survival rates of females, sex-specific diseases, distinctions in symptoms of diseases, or women's longer life expectancy, which in combination with existing social factors embodied by gender inequalities such as lesser access to resources, heavier workload, gender- based violence against women and gender-based discrimination, significantly affect the health status of women and therefore call for an adequate integration of gender as a determinant of health into public health policies.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 b (new) (10b) Major gaps still exist in expertise and general knowledge about the differences between disease processes in women and men, and further gender- sensitive studies, analyses, investigations and sex-disaggregated data would contribute to identifying, disseminating and promoting validated best practices for cost-effective prevention measures addressing gender specific health conditions and diseases.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point 1 – paragraph 1 (1) To develop common tools and mechanisms at EU level to address shortages of resources, both human and financial, and to facilitate up-take of innovation in
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point 2 – paragraph 1 (2) To increase access to medical expertise and information for specific conditions also beyond national borders
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point 3 – paragraph 1 (3) To identify, disseminate and promote the up-take of validated best practices for cost-effective prevention measure by addressing the key risk factors, namely smoking, abuse of alcohol and obesity, as well as HIV/AIDS, with a focus on the cross border dimension, and operating in a gender-sensitive framework, in order to prevent diseases and promote good health.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point 3 – paragraph 1 (3) To identify, disseminate and promote the up-take of validated best practices for cost-effective prevention measure by addressing the key risk factors, namely smoking, abuse of alcohol and obesity, as well as HIV/AIDS, with a focus on the cross border dimension, in order to prevent diseases and promote good health, and to empower EU citizens and patients to play an active role in managing their health and healthcare, inter alia by enhancing their health literacy skills.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point 3 – paragraph 2 This objective will be measured in particular through the increase of number of Member States involved in promoting good health and preventing diseases, using the validated best practices, as well as through the monitoring of health literacy levels across the Union, using appropriate indicators.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 1.3 a (new) - 1.3a. Promote and support the exchange of best practices and pilot projects aiming at fostering innovation in the field of public health interventions, prevention strategies and health system management;
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 2.6 a (new) - 2.6a. Strengthen the patient-centredness and comprehensibility of health systems and enhance citizens' health literacy to make health systems better accessible and understandable for patients.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part (3) Promoting health literacy, good health and preventing diseases:
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3.2 – 3.2. Supporting the prevention of chronic diseases including cancer, taking into account the differences between disease processes in women and men, by sharing knowledge and best practice and developing joint activities;
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3.3 a (new) - 3.3a. Advance health literacy in the European population through specific programmes in all areas such as health promotion, prevention and patient-centred care;
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3.3 b (new) - 3.3b. ensure that health systems are designed to make citizens able to access, understand, appraise and apply information to make decisions in terms of disease prevention, health promotion and healthcare, and hence make better and more sustainable use of health services;
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 1.3. Health workforce: develop effective health workforce forecasting and planning in terms of numbers, gender equality, scope of practice and skills, monitor mobility (within the Union) and migration of health professionals, establish efficient recruitment and retention strategies and capacity development.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.7 a (new) 1.7a. Actions required to facilitate the continuous monitoring of health literacy in the Union and to develop effective approaches for advancing health literacy in the work force and for the design of health literate service provision
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 3.1. Cost-effective promotion and prevention measures: this will include actions towards the setting up of pan- European networks and partnerships engaging wide range of actors in improving health literacy through communication and awareness raising actions on key health issues such as smoking prevention, abuse of alcohol, addressing obesity and low physical activity with a focus on the cross-border dimension and on Member States with no or little action on these issues.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 3.1. Cost-effective promotion and prevention measures: this will include actions towards the setting up of pan- European networks and partnerships engaging wide range of actors in communication and awareness raising actions on key health issues such as smoking prevention, abuse of alcohol, addressing obesity with a focus on the cross-border dimension and on Member States with no or little action on these issues, and operating in a gender-sensitive framework.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 3.2. Chronic diseases: support European cooperation and networking on preventing and improving the response to chronic diseases including cancer, the differences between disease processes in women and men, by sharing knowledge, good practice and developing joint activities on prevention. Cancer: follow-up work already undertaken; set up a European cancer information system with comparable data; support cancer screening, including voluntary accreditation mechanisms; support the development of European guidelines for prevention where major inequalities exist.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 3.2. Chronic diseases: support European cooperation and networking on preventing and improving the response to chronic diseases including cancer, by sharing knowledge, good practice and developing joint activities on prevention and enhancing health literacy. Cancer: follow- up work already undertaken; set up a European cancer information system with comparable data; support cancer screening, including voluntary accreditation mechanisms; support the development of European guidelines for prevention where major inequalities exist.
source: PE-489.545
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2011/0344(COD) Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020
2012/07/18
FEMM
11 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) Citizens should be able to
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 a (new) (12a) The achievement of the overarching priority of gender equality and combating violence against women in all its forms requires sufficient and predictable level of funding. Therefore the move towards simplification and more efficient management of funding should ensure that Union funding is permanently reserved for promoting gender equality and combating violence against women in all its forms, that the level of funding reserved for that priority is not reduced to below that reserved for Daphne III, and that there is a balanced geographical spread among the organisations that receive funding,
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 a (new) (13a) Funding for programmes and activities that promote women's rights and gender equality is key to ensuring that the EU budget reflects the TFEU's commitment to gender equality. Therefore the Commission should select programmes and actions for funding by assessing the proposals against pre- defined criteria which take particular account of European added value in terms of gender equality and combating violence against women in all its forms.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 a (new) (15a) Pursuant to Articles 8, 9 and 10 TFEU, the Union is to promote equality between women and men in all its policies, fight against social exclusion and combat discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 b (new) (15b) Gender budgeting is the application of gender mainstreaming in the budgetary processes. It means a gender-based assessment of budgets, incorporating a gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process and restructuring revenues and expenditures in order to promote gender equality.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 The Programme shall finance actions with European added value in accordance with the principles of gender budgeting. To that effect, the Commission shall ensure that the actions selected for funding are intended to produce results with European added value and shall monitor whether European added value was actually achieved through the final results of the actions financed by the Programme. European added value shall be assessed on the basis of the potential of the actions to contribute to achieving the overarching priorities of gender equality and combating violence against women.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) to promote the effective implementation of the principles of non discrimination on the grounds of
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) to prevent and combat violence against women in all its forms and protect victims of such violence;
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) Training activities, such as staff exchanges, workshops, seminars, train-the- trainers events, development of online/other training modules, which are designed in close cooperation with civil society organisation and experts, focus, in particular, on issues such as gender equality, women's rights and violence against women, and equip professionals with the tools to put Union rights and policies into practice effectively;
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new) (da) Actions specifically designed to promote the principles of gender equality and non-discrimination, and effective measures to combat violence against women in all its forms.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. The assessment of the achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 and Article 4(1) shall be based on measurable, gender- disaggregated performance indicators. The European added value in terms of achieving the overarching priority of gender equality and combating violence against women shall be a leading benchmark.
source: PE-494.499
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2011/0369(COD) Justice Programme 2014-2020
2012/11/09
FEMM
8 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 a (new) (5a) The achievement of the overarching priority of gender equality and combating violence against women in all its forms requires sufficient and predictable level of funding, therefore the move towards simplification and more efficient management of funding should ensure that shares of EU funding are permamently reserved for promoting gender equality and combating violence against women in all its forms.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 a (new) (8a) Funding for programmes and activities that promote women's rights and gender equality is key to ensuring that the EU budget reflects the TFEU's commitment to gender equality, therefore the Commission should select programmes and actions for funding by assessing the proposals against pre- defined criteria which take particular account of European added value in terms of gender equality and combating violence against women in all its forms.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 b (new) (8b) Gender budgeting is the application of gender mainstreaming in the budgetary processes. It means a gender-based assessment of budgets, incorporating a gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process and restructuring revenues and expenditures in order to promote gender equality.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 The Programme shall finance actions with European added value and obey the principles of gender budgeting. To that effect, the Commission shall ensure that the actions selected for funding are intended to produce results with European added value and shall monitor whether European added value was actually achieved through the final results of the actions financed by the Programme. The European added value shall be assessed on the basis of its potential to contribute to achieving the overarching priorities of gender equality and combating violence against women.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 The Programme shall aim to promote
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) promoting the principles of gender equality and non discrimination, and taking effective measures to combat violence against women in all its forms.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) training activities for members of the judiciary and judicial staff, such as staff exchanges, workshops, seminars, train-the- trainer events, development of online or other training modules, which pay particular attention to issues such as gender equality, women's rights and the phenomenon of violence against women. Training modules should be designed in close cooperation with civil society organisation and experts and equip professionals with the tools to effectively put EU rights and policies into practice;
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall monitor the Programme regularly in order to follow the implementation of actions carried out under it in the areas of actions referred to in Article 6 (1) and the achievement of the specific objectives referred to in Article 5. The monitoring will also provide a means of assessing the way in which gender equality and anti-discrimination issues have been addressed across the programme's activities. Where relevant, indicators should be disaggregated by sex, age and disability. The European added value in terms of achieving the overarching priority of gender equality and combating violence against women should be a leading benchmark.
source: PE-496.308
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2011/0394(COD) Programme for the competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs, COSME 2014-2020
2012/08/31
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (aa) contributing to achieving the overarching priority of gender equality and the advancement and empowerment of women, and taking action to combat existing barriers to women entrepreneurs, including lack of access to finance, training and information technology, a difficulty in achieving work-life balance and negative cultural perceptions and stereotypes about women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) encouraging an entrepreneurial culture amongst both women and men and promoting the creation and growth of SMEs.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new) (da) positive increase in the number of women employees, especially in SMEs’ management and strategic direction,
source: PE-494.701
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2011/0397(COD) Groundhandling services at Union airports
2012/03/07
IMCO
8 amendments...
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 However, Member States shall not limit this number to fewer than two suppliers, provided they are chosen on the basis of relevant, objective, transparent and non- discriminatory criteria, for each category of groundhandling services or, for airports whose annual traffic has been not less than 5 million passengers or 100 000 tonnes of freight for at least the previous three years, to fewer than three suppliers for each category of groundhandling services.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b (b) level of quality of operations as assessed on the basis of a representative flight schedule including, where relevant, efficient use of staff and equipment, last acceptance of baggage and cargo, delivery times for baggage and cargo, ability to ensure secure and responsible handling of luggage and equipment and maximum turnaround times;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. provision of fair conditions for its employees, in particular with respect to remuneration and working conditions
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 4 4. Where a supplier of groundhandling services ceases its activity before the end of the period for which it was authorised, the supplier shall be replaced on the basis of the selection procedure described in Articles 7, 8, 9 and this Article. Any supplier ceasing its activity shall inform the relevant tendering authority of its intention to cease activity sufficiently in advance and at least six months in advance before it leaves the airport. Financial penalties may be imposed on the supplier if it does not inform the tendering authority
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 3 3. For the purposes of the assessment referred to in paragraph (1), each applicant shall submit its audited accounts for the two previous financial years. The approving authority shall lay down the format of the documentation to be submitted.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 7 7. If a decision on the levels of fees is brought before the independent supervisory authority in line with paragraph (6) of this Article,
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. If this does not ensure compliance with the minimum quality standards, the public authority or any other managing body of the airport shall be empowered to adopt measures to enforce the minimum quality standards. The adopted measures shall be fair, transparent, proportionate and non-discriminatory.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 4 4. The minimum quality standards shall cover in particular the following fields: operational performance, in particular as regards delivery times for and secure and responsible handling of luggage and equipment, training, information and assistance to passengers, in particular as referred to in Regulations (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and EC (No) 1107/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council , CDM, safety, security, contingency measures, and the environment.
source: PE-491.335
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2011/0401(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
2012/06/25
ENVI
14 amendments...
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.1 – paragraph 1 Lifelong mental and physical health and wellbeing for all, high-
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.1 – paragraph 2 The cost of Union health and social care systems is rising with care and prevention measures in all ages increasingly expensive, the number of Europeans aged over 65 expected to nearly double from 85 million in 2008 to 151 million by 2060, and those over 80 to rise from 22 to 61 million in the same period. Reducing or containing these costs such that they do not become unsustainable depends in part on ensuring the lifelong mental and physical health and wellbeing of all and therefore on the effective prevention, treatment and management of disease and disability.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.1 – paragraph 2 The cost of Union health and social care systems is rising with care and prevention measures in all ages increasingly expensive, the number of Europeans aged over 65 expected to nearly double from 85 million in 2008 to 151 million by 2060, and those over 80 to rise from 22 to 61 million in the same period.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.1 – paragraph 4 a (new) For other conditions, in particular neurodegenerative diseases, effective prevention strategies will first require a considerable increase in research into their causes and the development of better diagnosis and treatment options.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.1 – paragraph 4 a (new) Mental health problems account for almost 20% of the burden of disease in the WHO European Region, with one in four people being affected by mental health problems at some time in their life.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.1 – paragraph 6 Meanwhile, drug and vaccine development processes are becoming more expensive and less effective, while public health interventions, health promotion, risk factors reduction and prevention strategies proved to be cost-effective in the long term. Persistent health inequalities must be addressed, and access to effective and competent health systems must be ensured for all Europeans.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.2 – paragraph 1 Disease and disability are not stopped by national borders. An appropriate European level research and innovation response can and should make a crucial contribution to addressing these challenges, deliver better mental and physical health and wellbeing for all, and position Europe as a leader in the rapidly expanding global markets for health and wellbeing innovations.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.2 – paragraph 2 The response depends on excellence in research to improve our fundamental understanding of health, disease, disability, development and ageing (including of life expectancy), and on the seamless and widespread translation of the resulting and existing knowledge into innovative, scalable and effective prevention, products, strategies, interventions and services. Furthermore, the pertinence of these challenges across Europe and in many cases, globally, demands a response characterised by long term and coordinated support for co-
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.2 – paragraph 3 Similarly, the complexity of the challenge and the interdependency of its components demand a European level response. Many approaches, tools and technologies have applicability across many of the research and innovation areas of this challenge and are best supported at Union level. These include the support to health promotion and health literacy research, the development of long term cohorts and the conduct of clinical trials, the clinical use of ‘-omics’ or the development of ICT and their applications in healthcare practice, notably e-health. The requirements of specific populations are also best addressed in an integrated manner, for example in the development of stratified and/or personalised medicine, in the treatment of rare diseases, and in providing assisted and independent living solutions.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.3 – paragraph 1 Effective health promotion, supported by a robust evidence base, prevents disease, improves mental and physical wellbeing and is cost effective. Health promotion and disease prevention also depend on an understanding of the determinants of, and links between, physical and mental health, on effective preventive tools, such as vaccines, on effective health and disease surveillance and preparedness, and on effective screening programmes and early diagnosis.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.3 – paragraph 1 Effective health promotion, supported by a robust evidence base, prevents disease, improves wellbeing and is cost effective. Health promotion and disease prevention also depend on an understanding of public health and its research outcomes, the determinants of health, on effective preventive tools, such as vaccines, on effective health and disease surveillance and preparedness, and on effective screening programmes.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.3 – paragraph 3 An increasing disease and disability burden in the context of an aging population places further demands on health and care sectors. If effective health and care is to be maintained for all ages, efforts are required to improve decision making in prevention and treatment provision, to identify and support the dissemination of best practice in the health and care sectors, and to support integrated care and the wide uptake of technological, organisational and social innovations empowering in particular older persons, persons with chronic diseases as well as disabled persons to remain active and independent. Doing so will contribute to increasing, and lengthening the duration of their physical, social, and mental well- being.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.3 – paragraph 3 An increasing disease and disability burden in the context of an aging population places further demands on health and care sectors. If effective health and care is to be maintained for all ages, efforts are required to improve decision making in prevention and treatment provision, to identify and support the dissemination of best practice in the health and care sectors, to empower citizens and patients through health literacy, and to support integrated care and the wide uptake of technological, organisational and social innovations empowering in particular older persons as well as disabled persons to remain active and independent. Doing so will contribute to increasing, and lengthening the duration of their physical, social, and mental well- being.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.3 – paragraph 5 Specific activities shall include: understanding the determinants of health (including behavioural, environmental and climate related factors),
source: PE-492.608
2012/06/27
FEMM
27 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) The Union has the objective of strengthening its scientific and technological bases by achieving a European Research Area (‘ERA’) in which researchers, scientific knowledge and technology circulate freely, and encouraging the Union to become more competitive, including in its industry. To pursue those objectives the Union should carry out activities to implement research, technological development and demonstration, promote international cooperation, disseminate and optimise results
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 a (new) (3 a) The Union adopted on 21 September 2010 the Strategy for equality between women and men 2010-2015, which states that "in order to achieve the objectives of Europe 2020, namely smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the potential and the talent pool of women need to be used more extensively and more efficiently." In this context, the gender dimension should become a central priority in the overall design of eligible thematic areas, programmes, instruments and criteria for projects in each phase of their life: from the proposal stage to evaluation, implementation and monitoring.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 (21) The implementation of Horizon 2020 should respond to the evolving opportunities and needs from science and technology, industry, policies and society. As such, the agendas should be set in close liaison with stakeholders from all sectors concerned,
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 22 a (new) (22 a) A glass ceiling still exists for women who wish to pursue a career in science and research, women are significantly underrepresented in some disciplines, such as engineering and technologies, and there is no decreasing trend in the gender pay gap. Horizon 2020 should therefore correct the imbalances in the participation of female scientists at all stages of research careers and in various fields of research.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 30 (30) Horizon 2020 should promote cooperation with third countries based on common interest and mutual benefit. International cooperation in science, technology and innovation should be targeted to contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 objectives to strengthen competitiveness, contribute to tackling societal challenges and support Union external and development policies, including by developing synergies with external programmes and contributing to the Union's international commitments such as the achievement of Millennium Development Goals, and the overarching priority of gender equality.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 1. Horizon 2020 shall contribute to building an economy based on gender equality, knowledge and innovation across the whole Union by leveraging sufficient additional research, development and innovation funding and using the full potential and scientific excellence of all European scientists, including women scientists. Thereby, it shall support the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and other Union policies, as well as the achievement and functioning of the European Research Area (ERA). The relevant performance indicators are set out in the introduction of Annex I.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Horizon 2020 shall promote gender equality by supporting changes in the organisation of research institutions and in the content and design of research activities. Gender shall be addressed as a cross-cutting issue in order to rectify imbalances between women and men, and to integrate a gender dimension in research and innovation programming and content. Biological, economic and social differences between women and men should be sufficiently reflected in the design, content and execution of research programmes. Adequate attention should be paid to ensuring a better participation of women scientists in research and in the research policy process.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new) (iii a) respect the principles of non- discrimination, gender equality and equal opportunities;
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. Linkages and interfaces shall be implemented across and within the priorities of Horizon 2020. Particular attention shall be paid in this respect to the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies, to bridging from discovery to market application, to cross-disciplinary research and innovation, to social and economic sciences and humanities, to fostering the functioning and achievement of the ERA, to cooperation with third countries, to responsible research and innovation including gender, and to achieving gender balance, enhancing the attractiveness of the research profession, especially amongst young women and
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 Horizon 2020 shall ensure the effective promotion of gender equality and the gender dimension in research and innovation content. The application of the principle of gender equality should be ensured in all research and innovation content and in all phases of a project life- time: concept, proposal, evaluation, project management, monitoring.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new) To achieve this, the following actions should be mandatory: 1. Establishing gender balance as a criterion for project evaluation: a project should not be eligible for funding if gender issues are ignored or not sufficiently considered in the project design. To this end, a minimum threshold should be introduced in the structure in terms of research group composition, coordinators and team leaders. 2. Promotion and monitoring of the training of evaluators and experts: if gender balance is a mandatory criterion, the training on this specific issue for those who have to assess projects is particularly important and should be compulsory. 3. Promoting women leadership in science and research through: a) monitoring the female presence in key decision-making positions in research institutions and centres; b) setting-up of a database and systematic diffusion of information on high profile female researchers, to enhance their visibility and establish role models for younger generations; c) ensuring that promotion criteria in science and research institutions are transparent and fair and comply with gender mainstreaming requirements; d) promoting policies of reconciliation of work and family life for female scientists and supporting mobility schemes for female researchers; issues related to maternity and paternity leave conditions should be analyzed to allow a good work- life balance in research, maintaining the attractiveness of such jobs for female scientists; e) monitoring career progression and salaries in order to avoid gender-related difference in wages.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 b (new) Horizon 2020 shall ensure the effective promotion of gender balance in all programs, in evaluation committees, in expert and advisory groups and in any decision-making body existing or created for its implementation.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 1. Horizon 2020 may be implemented through public-private partnerships where all the partners concerned commit to support the development and implementation of research and innovation activities of strategic importance to the Union's competitiveness and industrial leadership or to
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) supporting the Union's external and development policy objectives, complementing external and development programmes, and international commitments such as the achievement of the MDGs and the overarching priority of gender equality.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 2 Activities to disseminate information and carry out communication activities shall be an integral task under all of the actions supported by Horizon 2020, and should incorporate a sufficient gender dimension emphasizing the positive role and contribution of women scientists to research and innovation.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) initiatives aimed at widening awareness and facilitating access to funding under Horizon 2020, in particular for those regions or types of participant that are underrepresented; the importance of an increased participation of women in science should be promoted and the objective of gender balance in science and research should be viewed as an assertion of the principle of social equity and an essential means for the full utilisation of the existing scientific potential in society;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new) (a a) communication and awareness- raising actions aimed at ensuring visibility to women active in the fields of scientific and technological research (for example adverts, newspapers, radio, web) and creating positive image of women scientists in society;
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new) (a b) campaigns to overcome gender stereotypes in science in general and especially in innovation and research activities;
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 2 2. The control system shall ensure an appropriate balance between trust and control, taking into account administrative and other costs of controls at all levels, so that the objectives of Horizon 2020 can be achieved and the most excellent researchers, irrespective of gender, and the most innovative enterprises can be attracted to it.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 26 – paragraph 2 2. The performance indicators for the general objectives and for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, as set out in the introduction of Annex I to this Regulation, and for the specific objectives as established in the specific programme, including relevant baselines, shall provide the minimum basis for assessing the extent to which the objectives of Horizon 2020 have been achieved. Gender indicators shall be added as performance indicators and make use of existing statistical tools and methodologies such as the She figures: Statistics and Indicators on Gender equality in Science published by DG Research every three years.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – paragraph 7 – point c (c) Marie Curie actions shall provide excellent and innovative research training as well as attractive career and knowledge- exchange opportunities through cross- border and cross-sector mobility of researchers to best prepare them to face current and future societal challenges. Mobility programs shall ensure effective equal opportunities between women and men and include specific measures to remove obstacles to the mobility of female researchers.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – paragraph 9 The activities are inherently forward- looking, building skills in the long term, focusing on the next generation of science, technology, researchers and innovations and providing support for emerging talent from across the whole of the Union and associated countries, as well as worldwide, with view to increase the participation of female researchers and use the full potential and scientific excellence of women scientists for the benefit of European economy and society. In view of their science-driven nature and largely
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – paragraph 17 The specific objective
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 5 Another major part of the challenge is that in many European countries the public sector still does not offer sufficiently attractive conditions for the best researchers. It can take many years before talented young researchers are able to become independent scientists in their own right. This leads to a dramatic waste of Europe's research potential by delaying the emergence of the next generation of researchers, who bring new ideas and energy, and by enticing excellent researchers starting their career to seek advancement elsewhere. Particular attention should be paid to women scientists, who represent only 18 % of grade A researchers, as compared to 27 % in the USA. Attention should be paid to tackling the gender bias in recruitment for scientific jobs and supporting the career of female researchers.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 6 – title 6. INCLUSIVE, EQUAL, INNOVATIVE AND SECURE SOCIETIES
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new) (d a) promote gender equality across Europe and in all research and innovation activities funded under the Horizon 2020 framework.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – section 5 – point 3 – point c – introductory part (c) Development of talented, skilled and entrepreneurial people, both women and men, with the aid of education and training;
source: PE-487.946
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2011/0402(CNS) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020: specific programme implementing Horizon 2020
2012/06/20
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1 A better understanding of the determinants of health is required in order to provide evidence for effective health promotion and disease prevention, and will also allow the development of comprehensive health and wellbeing indicators in the Union. Environmental, behavioural (including life- style), socio-economic and genetic factors, in their broadest senses will be studied, together with the short and long-term impact and benefits of related public health interventions. Approaches will include the long term study of cohorts and their linkage with data derived from ‘- omics’ research, and other methods.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3 In this way, existing and planned policies and programmes can be assessed and policy support provided. Similarly, improved behavioural interventions, prevention and education programmes can be developed including those pertaining to health literacy, notably in nutrition, vaccination and other primary care interventions.
source: PE-492.557
2012/06/26
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.13 – paragraph 1 Empowering individuals to understand, improve and manage their health throughout life will result in cost savings to healthcare systems by enabling them to stay in good health and to prevent diseases but also to manage
source: PE-492.615
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2011/0406(COD) Financing instrument for development cooperation 2014-2020
2012/06/26
FEMM
12 amendments...
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 a (new) (3a) The EU has reiterated in the EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Development (2010-2015) its strong commitment to gender equality as a human right, a question of social justice and a core value of the EU development policy.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 b (new) (3b) Pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 (3) of the Treaty of the European Union and Article 8 of TFEU, equality between women and men is a fundamental value and objective of the EU and the EU should promote gender equality in all its activities.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 a (new) (6a) Violence against women in all its forms is a structural phenomenon linked to the unequal distribution of power between women and men in society and constitutes a violation of fundamental rights. Taking action to combat violence against women contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men and is a strong component of this Regulation.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) Commission communication ‘Increasing the impact of EU Development Policy: an Agenda for Change’ envisages continued support for social inclusion and human development through at least 20% of the Union's development aid. To contribute to that end, at least 20% of the global public goods and challenges programme should support that area of development. Due attention should be paid to achieving the MDGs and the overarching priority of gender equality.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) thematic programmes which contribute to the promotion and protection of the principles of women's rights, gender equality and non- discrimination.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Union assistance under this Regulation shall relate to gender equality and women empowerment through supporting regional, national and global initiatives and commitments to promote women's economic and social empowerment, leadership and political participation and the integration of gender equality and women and girls' empowerment into development policies, plans for action and budgets.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) Strategy papers shall set out the European Union's strategy for its assistance under this Regulation, based on the Union's priorities, the international context and the activities of the main partners. They shall be consistent with the overall purpose, objectives, scope, and principles of this Regulation and they should integrate the principles of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new) The assistance measures provided under this Regulation shall take into account the specific features of crisis where there is a serious lack of fundamental freedoms, where human security is most at risk or where human rights organisations and defenders operate under the most difficult conditions. Particular attention should be paid to conflicts in which women are being exposed to physical and psychological violence;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part B – paragraph 2 "Latin America"– point a (a) encouraging social cohesion, in particular social inclusion, decent work and equity, gender equality and women empowerment and the fight against sexual and gender-based violence and violence in close relationships;
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part B – paragraph 3 "Asia"– point i a (new) (ia) supporting the reinforcement of the protection of human rights, and the fight against discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence and violence in close relationships;
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex V – part A – paragraph 4 "Human development" – point b – point i (i) Supporting high levels of productive and decent employment notably with support for sound employment policies and strategies, vocational training for employability relevant to labour market needs and perspectives, working conditions including in the informal economy, promotion of decent work for both women and men, including fight against child labour, and social dialogue as well as facilitation of labour mobility while respecting migrants' rights;
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex V – part A – paragraph 4 "Human development" – point e a (new) source: PE-492.650
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2011/0409(COD) Sound level of motor vehicles
2012/06/13
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) This Regulation should also further reduce noise limits. It should take account of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor, which introduced new stricter noise requirements for motor vehicle tyres.
source: PE-491.112
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2011/0412(COD) Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide 2014-2020
2012/05/06
FEMM
9 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 a (new) (3a) The EU has adopted a plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Development (2010- 2015).
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 a (new) (3a) Pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 (3) of the Treaty of the European Union and Article 8 of TFEU, equality between women and men is a fundamental value and objective of the EU and the EU should promote gender equality in all its activities.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 a (new) (7a) Violence against women in all its forms is a structural phenomenon linked to the unequal distribution of power between women and men in society and constitutes a violation of fundamental rights. Taking action to combat violence against women contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men and is a strong component of this Regulation.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new) (ba) contributing to the promotion and protection of the principles of women's rights, gender equality and non- discrimination.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii (iii) the fight against racism and xenophobia and discrimination based on any ground, including
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) gender equality and women empowerment: (i) through supporting regional and country level programmes to promote women's economic and social empowerment, leadership and political participation; (ii) through supporting national, regional and global initiatives and commitments, to promote the integration of gender equality and women and girls' empowerment into policies, plans and budgets.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 4 4. The assistance measures shall take into account the specific features of crisis or urgency situations and countries or situations where there is a serious lack of fundamental freedoms, where human security is most at risk or where human rights organisations and defenders operate under the most difficult conditions. Particular attention should be paid to situations in which women are being exposed to physical and psychological violence.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Strategy papers shall set out the European Union's strategy for its assistance under this Regulation, based on the Union's priorities, the international situation and the activities of the main partners. They shall be consistent with the overall purpose, objectives, scope, and principles of this Regulation, and they should integrate the principles of gender mainstreaming.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 2. Strategy papers shall set out the priority areas selected for financing by the Union during the period of validity of this Regulation, the specific objectives, the expected results and the performance indicators, including gender equality performance indicators. They shall also give the indicative financial allocation, both overall and per priority area; this may be given in the form of a range, where appropriate.
source: PE-491.098
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2011/0421(COD) Serious cross-border threats to health
2012/09/17
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. The actors in the Early Warning and Response System shall perform their duties independently and in the public interest. Prior to taking up their duties, they shall make available a declaration of interests, setting out any activities or roles which may compromise their integrity. Those declarations should be updated when significant changes occur, or at least once a year
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new) (ca) on the assessment of the World Health Organisation, when provided, in the case of an international public health emergency.
source: PE-496.383
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2011/0435(COD) Recognition of professional qualifications: European Professional Card supported by the Internal Market Information System (IMI)
2012/09/10
ENVI
6 amendments...
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 a (new) (16a) The mobility of healthcare professionals should also be considered within the broader context of the European workforce for health which should be addressed through a specific strategy at European level and in coordination with Member States, in order to guarantee the highest level of patients and consumers protection while maintaining the financial and organisational sustainability of national healthcare systems.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 19 (19) Directive 2005/36/EC already provides for clear obligations for professionals to have the necessary language skills. The review of that obligation has shown a need to clarify the role of competent authorities and employers notably in the interest of patients' safety. Language controls should however be reasonable and necessary for
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 22 (22) Whilst the Directive already provides for detailed obligations for Member States to exchange information, such obligations should be reinforced. Member States should not only react to request for information but also alert other Member States in a proactive manner. Such alert system should be similar to that of Directive 2006/123/EC. A specific alert mechanism is however necessary for health professionals benefiting from automatic recognition under Directive 2005/36/EC. This should also apply to veterinary surgeons unless the Member States have already triggered the alert mechanism provided for in Directive 2006/123/EC. All Member States should be alerted if a professional due to a disciplinary action, legal sanction or criminal conviction is no longer entitled to
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 1 a (new) Directive 2005/36/EC Article 1 – paragraph 3 (new) (1a) In Article 1, the following third paragraph is added: "This Directive shall apply without prejudice to measures necessary to ensure a high level of health and consumer protection.".
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 5 Directive 2005/36/EC Article 4e – paragraph 4 4. The information included in the European Professional Card shall be limited to the information that is necessary to ascertain its holder's right to exercise the profession for which it has been issued, in particular name, surname, date and place of birth,
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 15 a (new) Directive 2005/36/EC Article 21 – paragraph 7 a (new) (15a) In Article 21, the following paragraph is added: "7a. Member States may require that professionals possessing evidence of formal qualifications listed in Annex V, points 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.4, 5.2.2, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.4.2, 5.5.2, 5.6.2 and 5.7.1 shall only benefit from the provisions in paragraph 1 if they have qualified within the preceding 3 years or can demonstrate through an attestation from a competent authority or other relevant organisation, that they have effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activities in question for at least three consecutive years during the five years prior to the date of issue of the attestation. Where this is not provided, Member States may assess a professional's qualification either under the provisions outlined in Title III, Chapter I or grant limited access to the profession according to national law.".
source: PE-497.793
2012/10/17
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 a (new) (16a) The mobility of healthcare professionals should also be considered within the broader context of the European workforce for health which should be addressed through a specific strategy at European level and in coordination with Member States, in order to guarantee the highest level of patients and consumers protection while maintaining the financial and organisational sustainability of national healthcare systems.
source: PE-496.438
2012/10/23
IMCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 38 Directive 2005/36/EC Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 In case of professions with patient safety implications, Member States may confer to the competent authorities the right to carry out language checking
Amendment 619 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 38 Directive 2005/36/EC Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 Any language control shall be limited to the knowledge of one of the official languages of the Member State according to the choice of the person concerned
source: PE-498.003
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2011/2009(INI) Role of property rights, property ownership and wealth creation in eradicating poverty and fostering sustainable development in developing countries
2011/06/23
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that the strengthening of policies to increase women's access to property in developing countries needs to be accompanied by the requisite financial support mechanisms (such as savings, credit and insurance) and by the empowerment of women and NGOs, which includes improving women's legal and financial literacy, increasing the dissemination and accessibility of information,
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Asks the Commission and the Member States, in their development assistance policies, to take account of large-scale land acquisition processes, with a view to protecting women and children from impoverishment and famine; Calls the Commission and the Member States in their development and humanitarian policies to ensure these developing countries introduce legislative measures aiming at gender equality and no discrimination with regard to property rights based on ethnic-ity, race, and civil status and address how to remove the significant social, political, and cultural constraints in acquiring land rights;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give particular consideration to women's property rights in post-conflict situations, where gender- biased laws, traditional attitudes toward women, and male-dominated social hierarchies pose obstacles to women attaining equal and just rights.
source: PE-467.232
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2011/2020(BUD) 2012 budget: all sections
2011/07/20
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Requests from Member States to further improve their implementation of EU environmental and public health protection legislations; encourages the Commission to strengthen consequently their infringement procedures either by extra support to the respective units and/or by defining case rates; requests corresponding data bases which should be made publicly available;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need to address the social and economic burden of health inequalities between and within Member States through the Public Health programme, prioritising projects aimed at reducing health inequalities, promoting health education and prevention and improving data collection;
source: PE-469.867
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2011/2023(INI) Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance
2011/05/13
ENVI
8 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to Article 122 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 b (new) - having regard to Article 222 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union (the solidarity clause) which lays down that ‘the Union and the Member States shall act jointly in a spirit of solidarity if a Member State is the object of a terrorist attack or victim of a natural or man-made disaster’,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 c (new) - having regard to Article 23 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the European Union and its Member States are faced with seven major risks: earthquakes and tsunamis; fires, including forest fires; flooding and landslides; industrial and nuclear accidents; terrorist attacks; natural disasters; and major pandemics; whereas there has been a dramatic increase in the number and severity of these natural and man-made disasters affecting the Union and its citizens, as well as other countries and regions around the world, as tragically demonstrated by the recent severe catastrophe in Japan which was hit by a combination of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe, with a corresponding increase in the loss of life and in economic, social and environmental damage and damage to cultural heritage,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the recent tragedies, notably the Haiti earthquake and the Pakistan floods, have demonstrated that the main tools available to the EU for responding to disasters (humanitarian aid and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism) proved to be working well for what they were designed for and given the circumstances, but whereas there is
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas, moreover, during a number of crises, particularly the tsunami of 26 December 2004, many questions were raised about the lack of systematic scenarios or protocols at European level for responding to these seven major risks and the inadequate visibility of Europe's action in relation to the overall effort,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas an integrated European all- hazards approach aimed at responding to crises at all stages of their life cycle is the most effective strategy to deal with disasters; whereas this approach should link
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls for a comprehensive communications strategy, involving all EU institutions and Member States, that will improve the overall visibility of the European actions in the eyes of European citizens and the rest of the world; considers that this strategy should seek to simplify and standardise communication methods and tools; proposes to this end the establishment, for example, of a standard dress code and logo for all European staff, and the appointment of a single spokesperson responsible for communications on the emergency response;
source: PE-464.916
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2011/2024(INI) Implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC
2011/09/14
ENVI
11 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas in Europe it is estimated that
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital C b (new) C b. Whereas the Directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross- border healthcare requires that Member States of treatment ensure that information on the right to practise of health professionals listed in national or local registers established on their territory is made available to the authorities of other Member States, with an exchange of information taking place via the Internal Market Information system;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital C d (new) C d. Whereas the mobility of professionals in the health sector should also take into account the need for an overall sustainable health workforce and the sustainability of national healthcare systems
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Is in favour of modernising and improving Directive 2005/36/EC and encourages the use of the most
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Notes the Green Paper’s suggestion to introduce a European professional card; calls on the Commission to ensure that it adds value to the recognition process and is secure, up to date and fraud-proof, notably by carrying out an in-depth impact assessment
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Takes the view that recognition and registration of professionals, particularly in the health sector, must guarantee the safety of patients and consumers; questions whether a card should become the sole source of information on which to base a recognition decision, particularly for healthcare professionals;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. Notes that the Internal Market Information System (IMI) already offers reliable tool for the secure exchange of information between competent authorities; considers that a more comprehensive use of IMI would facilitate the recognition process further and offer a cost-effective alternative;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Hopes that the Member States and competent authorities will be promptly notified of the new qualifications that are to benefit from automatic recognition;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. C
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Points out that patients and the public need better assurances that healthcare professionals benefiting from recognition have kept their skills and knowledge up to date, as laid down in the national legislations and requirements of the Member States where they seek recognition
source: PE-472.220
2011/09/22
IMCO
4 amendments...
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for the establishment, within the framework of the Internal Market Information System (IMI), and for those professions not already covered under the Services Directive, of a proactive alert mechanism, which would make it compulsory to issue an alert to all Member States when a professional has been sanctioned; such a mechanism must also be supported by a duty that national authorities exchange up-to-date registration and disciplinary information, most particularly for those professions with health and safety implications;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Encourages member states to make registration and disciplinary information about healthcare professionals in their jurisdiction freely and securely available to the public and all relevant competent authorities through online searchable registers;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Acknowledges stakeholders’ concerns that minimum training requirements for doctors no longer reflect current practice in medical education and training; encourages the Commission to review the qualifications benefiting from automatic recognition and to update the criteria for automatic recognition, involving all the relevant actors including member states, competent authorities and professional bodies; considers that the criteria should be periodically reviewed to ensure it keeps up-to-date with developments in medical education and training;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Points out that the public and patients need better assurances that healthcare professionals benefiting from recognition have kept their skills and knowledge up to date;
source: PE-472.324
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2011/2032(INI) EU external policies in favour of democratisation
2011/04/20
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Highlighting that equal participation of women and men in all spheres of life is a crucial element of democracy and that women’s participation in development constitutes a fundamental and universally accepted value and precondition for socio- economic development and good democratic governance;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that gender equality is systematically assessed and evaluated and that the European Institute for Gender Equality carries out research on gender mainstreaming in EU external missions;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the decision establishing the European External Action Service requires recruitment based on merit and requires that gender balance be ensured at all levels; welcomes efforts to ensure that a 50/50 distribution between men and women at the level of head of Delegation be reached1
source: PE-462.902
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2011/2035(INI) EC 5th Cohesion Report and Strategy for the post-2013 Cohesion Policy
2011/03/28
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) C a. Whereas equal opportunities between men and women and the gender mainstreaming principle are expressly indicated in the Regulations of the Structural Funds as transversal dimensions of the policy programming and implementation.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that European Social Fund support should continue to focus primarily on raising employment levels and reducing gender- based horizontal and vertical segregation in the labour market, including by cofunding individual economic initiatives by people outside the labour market, including women over the age of 45; Emphasises that gender perspective must not be used only in actions financed by the European social fund, but to all areas, which are supported by the Structural funds;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to give appropriate consideration, in the context of the cohesion policy, to the vocational education of women, and on the Member States to
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Member States to establish gender mainstreaming and equal opportunities expertise units within the Managing Authorities, introduce gender impact assessment procedure during the selection phase and strictly monitor the outcomes and results of the implemented programs in terms of gender equality progress;
source: PE-462.554
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2011/2049(INI) Situation of single mothers
2011/07/06
FEMM
21 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) – having regard to the European Pact for Equality between women and men for the period 2011-2020,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 b (new) – having regard to the European Commission Strategy for equality between women and men, 2010-2015,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas in many societies the choice to become an unmarried mother is not discredited or stigmatised as in societies dominated for various reasons by patriarchal models,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas single mothers often interrupt their education and professional skills, because of the limited time and resources, spent for bringing up their children, they further face the risks of social exclusion and poverty,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas at European level the responsible authorities are introducing measures and programmes to assist these categories,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas single mothers are likely to face a greater risk of financial insecurity and poverty than single fathers, mainly because of their labour market conditions, including a higher unemployment rate, lower wages and part-time or lower-quality jobs, and the EU average gender pay gap which remains as high as 17.5%,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas there is a smaller but increasing percentage of single fathers who for various reasons are in a vulnerable situation without employment or income,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Encourages
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Encourages the development of
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the need to facilitate access to training for single mothers who are unmarried, widowed or separated, especially young mothers, who often stop their education when pregnant; this would enable them to obtain qualifications and maximise their chances of getting high- quality work and gaining financial independence this being the only guarantee of escaping poverty;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Invites the European Commission, while developing the framework of such programs like Progress and Equal for the next MFF, to consider awareness rising programs for better participation of certain economically fragile social groups as the single mothers and to encourage their involvement,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to encourage the development of childcare facilities such as kindergartens, insists on member states to renew their commitments to the Barcelona targets and to facilitate significantly access to training and the search for employment for single mothers;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Invites Member States to examine the specific needs of single mothers and consider setting up concrete measures in order to address these issues;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Invites the European Institute for gender equality to analyse in depth the differences in the European welfare regimes and to encourage member states to exchange best practises in order to improve them;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the fact that priority should be given to work-life balance by introducing more family-friendly working conditions Underlines the fact that priority should be given to work-life balance by introducing more family-friendly working conditions such as flexible working hours and teleworking and by developing child facilities, nurseries etc. for various types of families such as flexible working hours and teleworking and by developing child facilities, nurseries etc.;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that in order to facilitate work- life balance for single mothers, greater involvement of fathers is necessary; notes in this regard that shared custody is almost non-existent in some Member States; Recommends Member states to consider the enforcement of absent father’s commitment and responsibility in supporting their children;
source: PE-467.009
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2011/2052(INI) European Platform against poverty and social exclusion
2011/07/20
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Insists that the social policies identified in the platform should be implemented alongside antidiscrimination policies, since for many individuals the roots of poverty can often be found in restrictions of opportunities;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Member States to provide appropriate social benefits for women and men who take care of elderly, sick or disabled relatives, adding that the Commission should maintain the financial allocation that may be used among civil society organisations in fighting and curbing the effects of women’s poverty;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Invites the Commission and the Member States to take gender specific perspective as a key component of all common policies and national programs in order to eradicate poverty and combat social exclusion; furthermore, Member States should take into account the gender dimension in their plans for recovery from the recession;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Suggests that the actions proposed in the Platform must acknowledge the consequences of multiple discrimination and introduce policy-oriented measures as presently provided, for example, in Spanish and Romanian legislation and in particular, the concept of gender mainstreaming should be developed in order to respond to multiple discrimination;
source: PE-469.890
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2011/2066(INI) 2020 perspective for women in Turkey
2011/10/20
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas a study, conducted by a leading Turkish university and presented by Human rights watch has found that 42 per cent of Turkish women suffer physical or sexual violence by their husband or partner, as well as the information provided by the Turkish justice ministry that the number of murders of Muslim women have increased by 1400 % within seven years;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the 65 shelters for women who have been victims of violence that currently exist in Turkey do not meet the needs of a population of approximately 70 million;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Is deeply concerned about the annulment of the State ministry for Women and family and replaced by the Ministry of Family and Social Policies. Considers the shift of government policy not only as a step backward in combating gender inequality and violence against women, but also as a denial of women’s self-determination and integrity. Calls on the Turkish government to prioritise gender equality, prepare and implement gender equality strategies and policies in cooperation with the EU institutions, the UN Women entity, international, European and Turkish civil society organisations;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls for immediate protection for women, victims of violence and on the Turkish government to change Municipality Law No 5215 on shelters so as to make the establishment of multiple shelters in all municipalities with over 50 000 inhabitants mandatory. Welcomes the initiatives of the Turkish Government in reorganising the system of shelters in consultation with all stakeholders;
source: PE-474.015
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2011/2067(INI) Agenda for new skills and jobs
2011/06/23
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that, in order to raise the employment level of women, Member States must pay special attention to efficient implementation of anti- discrimination legislation and family- friendly provisions, promote recruitment to non-traditional jobs through voluntary measures and attainable targets, and provide for accessibility and accountability; emphasises the importance of monitoring the labour market and skills requirements; invites Member States to offer comprehensive support to national labour and education ministries in order to implement gender mainstreaming programs;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that, in order to have highly qualified and skilled women workers on the labour market, it is necessary to provide women who face structural unemployment and difficulties with returning to work after maternity or parental leave with retraining opportunities and access to vocational training, regardless of the type of work contract, with the aim of improving their qualifications; stresses furthermore that it is necessary to provide women with access to active participation in life-long learning at every stage of their careers, and to promote technical
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recommends the European Commission renews its gender approach in science and ICT education during the next framework programme;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Encourages the European Commission to promote gender mainstreaming in industry to enable equal participation of men and women with specific attention dedicated to traditionally male-dominated sectors;
source: PE-467.254
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2011/2069(INI) Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2010-2011)
2011/07/09
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph A Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Affirms the need to increase efforts at communicating that the scope of the Charter of Fundamental Rights does not apply to breaches of fundamental rights unless there is a connection to Union law and that only violations of peoples' rights by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and by the Member States when they are implementing EU law are covered; reminds Member States that in order to increase public awareness about the scope of the Charter of Fundamental Rights sufficient funding for the national equality bodies is required;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Invites the European Commission in the following years to consider a proposal for a legal framework on the issue of multiple and intersectional discrimination;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 source: PE-472.025
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2011/2071(INI) European semester for economic policy coordination
2011/06/23
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on Member States to integrate a gender equality perspective into the European semester process by taking into account women’s needs and situation in the policy guidance given in the Annual Growth Survey;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Invites Member States to ensure efficient participation of civil society organisations including women’s organisations in the drafting, implementation, and evaluation of National Reform Programmes;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to use a common set of benchmarks to assess the NRPs, including the availability of affordable childcare, care leave arrangements and possibilities to combine labour and family responsibilities and encourage the NRP's to be more gender- sensitive, taking into account the economic situation of women; calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor women's labour participation by number of hours worked per week and/or financial independence;
source: PE-467.253
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2011/2072(INI) Facing the challenge of the safety of offshore oil and gas activities
2011/05/23
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that oil and gas operators must be required, in the licensing procedure and at all phases of offshore projects (exploratory, operational and decommissioning), to demonstrate they have sufficient insurance or other financial guarantees in place to secure restoration and compensation in relation to environmental damage caused – whether through industry mutual schemes, such as OPOL, or through mandatory insurances;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen dialogue and cooperation with EU neighbouring countries on offshore safety in order to set new joint enforcement measures such as inspections of installations; notably via the development of networks of competent national authorities in the Mediterranean, Black and Baltic Seas, or by building upon existing cooperation structures such as the Union for the Mediterranean;
source: PE-465.013
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2011/2087(INI) European dimension in sport
2011/08/31
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission and Member States as well as the relevant stakeholders, sport associations and federations to guarantee women and men equal access to sport activities and that female athletes receive equal treatment in the provision of equipment and supplies, scheduling of games, practice times and coaching, and to develop sport opportunities and programs promoting sport participation in particular for girls and women from disadvantaged backgrounds;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include gender mainstreaming into all of its sports-related activities and in particular policy development, planning processes, budget procedures, human resources development with a deeper understanding of the barriers women and girls may face in accessing, participating in and benefiting from sport and to take concrete measures to ensure a balanced representation of women and men (not lower than 30 % for both genders) at all sport decision-making levels;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Invites the Commission and the Member States to consider integrated sport programmes in order to challenge and dispel misconceptions about women’s capabilities, help to reduce discrimination and gender stereotypes and broaden the role prescribed to women;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Asks the Commission to support and encourage European research that investigates the persistence of gender inequalities in sports and the reasons why women interrupt their sports carriers; underlines that recognition and financial support of sports associations and institutions should depend on compliance with gender equality in all areas and at all levels of sport.
source: PE-470.067
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2011/2091(INI) Situation of women approaching retirement age
2011/07/06
FEMM
10 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas Europe's future economic competitiveness and prosperity depend on its ability to fully utilise its labour resources not only by extending the employment period of life but also by adopting appropriate policies to reconcile work, family and private life and to tackle direct and indirect discrimination and gender stereotypes which lead to gender gaps in the labour market,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the average hourly earnings of women under 30 is 92% of that of men, and 67.5% in the 50-59 age group6
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas gender differences in socio- economic status are partially rooted in the traditional gender division of labour, where men bear the primary responsibility for breadwinning and women for unpaid housework and family care, which has a huge impact on men's and women's ability to accumulate social security entitlements for retirement, and consequently their situation in old age, particularly in case of divorce, separation or the widowed,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that multiple discrimination against women over 50 is better reflected in the open method of coordination regarding pensions, social inclusion, changing gender stereotypes and inclusion of women in political and economic decision-making;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to implement the gender equality approach, with specific actions and gender mainstreaming in the preparation and implementation of pension reform, including in the proposals in the upcoming White Paper on pension systems to promote use of the same actuarial calculation of pensions for men and women, to promote decreasing the risk of poverty, to close the gender pensions gap and to end the practice of compulsory retirement, while allowing older women to participate to the labour market by tackling discrimination;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create conditions encouraging older women to remain and/or return to the labour market under the European Year of Active Ageing, so that their potential is not wasted and their rights are respected;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to further develop and improve the collection and analysis of accurate, relevant, comparable European gender- and age-specific data, particularly on the employment and unemployment rate of older women, including migrant and disabled women and the rate of dependent elderly people;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt appropriate policies to reconcile work, family and private life including in the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/85/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, as adopted by Parliament in its legislative resolution of 20 October 20107 and to integrate the ageing dimension into all relevant policies;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Asks the Member States to encourage active participation by older women in the business sector by encouraging, and providing support for, women who start new businesses and for an equal representation of men and women in economic decision-making bodies, including in company boards;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the gender dimension in health as an essential part of EU health policies, and therefore asks the Commission and the Member States to further step up their efforts to adopt a dual strategy with gender mainstreaming
source: PE-467.034
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2011/2095(INI) Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050
2011/12/12
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Calls on the Commission to propose specific measures on fuel made from sources that can also provide food product within the European Union, including restrictive or prohibited use if appropriate, in order to guarantee a sustainable food resource and land use balance.
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 h (new) 19h. Calls on the Commission to explore and consider complementary and innovative funding sources, including the potential use of regional development funds, in order to further promote the development and application of low carbon technologies;
source: PE-478.426
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2011/2107(INI) Green Paper: From challenges to opportunities: towards a common strategic framework for EU research and innovation funding
2011/06/21
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on universities and research institutions to implement equality strategies and to enable women's participation in scientific disciplines;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that in the educational systems of many Member States, gender stereotypes are still prevailing in research areas such as the natural sciences1;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the European Commission to establish clear links between the CSF and the Gender Equality Institute in Vilnius in order to create a knowledge base for gender mainstreaming and ensure strong participation by female researchers in the
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that mobility of women researchers is an important precondition for their professional advancement and recommends that the next framework programme consist of appropriate measures to enable female scientists to move across the EU while reconciling family and work life;
source: PE-467.228
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2011/2109(INI) EU support for the ICC: facing challenges and overcoming difficulties
2011/08/31
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls for the establishment of enhancing mechanisms, which should ensure that victims’ participation at the ICC have substantive impact, including the development of a more accessible legal aid scheme, policies which are responsive to the participation of victims of sexual violence among other marginalised groups, and a comprehensive security framework inclusive of victims and intermediaries;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Expects the issue of violence against women and children in international conflict situations to be addressed in UN resolutions and actions, as well as peace processes and their agreements to comply with international law and UN Security Council Resolutions on women, peace and security; Calls for stronger and more consistent jurisprudence on gender-based crimes from international criminal tribunals;
source: PE-470.081
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2011/2147(INI) Mid-term review of the European strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work
2011/06/10
ENVI
9 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to develop a European programme for the monitoring of occupational hazards (in particular musculoskeletal and psychosocial problems), based on health indicators, definitions and epidemiological tools common to the 27 Member States; stresses the need for an integrated approach to monitoring, taking into account both the career paths of current employees and the state of health of those who have retired;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Reminds that the workplace is to be considered as a privileged platform to support the EU and Member States' prevention strategies, addressing both communicable or non-communicable diseases, and that employers, workers organisation and other social partners have a great role to play in promoting healthy lifestyles and health literacy among the working population
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out that the framework directive on health and safety at work ( 89/391/EEC) is already
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out that the framework directive on health and safety at work (89/391/EEC) is already over 20 years old but has yet to see any substantial amendments, so it needs to be adapted to
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Regrets th
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises that
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 f (new) 7f. Calls on the Member States to implement as quickly as possible the Directive 2010/32/EU on the protection of healthcare workers from sharps injuries and to ensure highest level of protection from patients and healthcare workers being exposed to healthcare associated infections;
source: PE-473.822
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2011/2150(INI) Functioning and application of established rights of people travelling by air
2011/07/12
IMCO
22 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines the importance of uniform enforcement across Member States and effective, dissuasive and proportionate penalties in order to create powerful economic incentives for the air carriers, as well as for the other actors involved, to comply with the provisions;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that enforcement actions are rarely carried out and vary widely across Member States; therefore encourages the Commission to work in cooperation with the competent authorities and National Enforcement Bodies (hereinafter referred as "NEBs") in order to promote a uniform sanctioning and monitoring of infringements;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Suggests to consider making the decisions of the NEBs binding in order to ensure that they are recognized by courts and complied with by air carriers and other actors involved;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Taking into account the fact that the lack of information to passengers is a major obstacle to the effective application of Regulation 261/2004, it stresses the fact that it is necessary to ensure that passengers receive timely and accurate information in order to assess whether their rights have been properly respected and to know where to turn to in case of dissatisfaction. Information on rights and procedures for receiving help in cases of long delays or cancellations and for requesting compensation should be clearly stated in a comprehensive and consumer-friendly manner at the time of booking, check-in and boarding, as well as printed on tickets. Efforts to publicize passengers' rights could be extended and shared with other actors in the chain by means of cooperation between national authorities, consumer organizations, NEBs, airports, air carriers, agents and tour operators;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Notes that the process of a possible revision of Regulation 261/2004 and Regulation 1107/2006 will take time to complete; therefore calls on the Commission to consider introducing complementary interim measures to improve the application and enforcement of these Regulations. These may include keeping updated and published on the EC's website the informative documents on air passengers' rights, as well as fostering discussions and collaboration between Member States, NEBs, consumer organizations and airlines in order to disseminate best practices and build agreement on the controversial parts of the legislation;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights that the scope, definition and identification of what is covered by the term "extraordinary circumstance" must be clearly stated in any future amendment of Regulation 261/2004 in order to prevent airlines from making abusive claims of the circumstances that led to cancellations or delays. It further invites the Commission to reassess the unlimited liability of air carriers regarding the right to care under extraordinary circumstances beyond the carrier's control;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Considers that a clear definition must be given for the most recurring terms which serve to establish the carrier's liability and/or the appropriate rights for passengers. This includes the terms "flight", "re-routing", "connection", "diversion", "cancellation", "long delay", "schedule" and "final destination";
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Emphasizes the widespread proliferation of unfair contract terms in air transport contracts and an increase in national case law prohibiting certain terms regularly used by airlines; thus urges the Commission to address this issue by black-listing specific unfair terms in the air transport sector. In particular it invites the Commission to include under the scope of Regulation 261/2004 the contractual issues related to the transferability of tickets, force majeure circumstances, the unilateral rescheduling of flights, the prohibition to use tickets separately unless based on very limited and objective "no show" criteria, mishandled/delayed/damaged luggage and the unreasonable restrictions on hand luggage;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Notes that recent rulings of the European Court of Justice concerning passenger entitlement to compensation in the event of delays confirm the principle of equal treatment of cancelled flights and flights delayed for more than 3 hours; therefore urges the Commission to propose measures for the compensation of passengers whose flights have been delayed for more than 3 hours, without cancelling the right to be transferred to the next available flight;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 e (new) 2e. Suggests that further research could be carried out to examine the opportunity and feasibility of establishing one single legislative instrument comprising all provisions and principles on consumer rights in civil aviation in order to reduce fragmentation and reconcile inconsistencies across the different areas of passenger rights;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that existing commercial practices
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Without prejudice to the freedom of airlines to freely set fares and rates, non- optional services which are an inseparable part from travelling by air, such as check-in or at least 1 item of checked luggage, should not be subject to additional fees;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the need to ensure consistency between the different legislations on air passenger rights and in particular between the legal protection for package travellers and the lack of similar protection for seat-only passengers, thus following travel market trends whereby consumers increasingly arrange their travel themselves and avoiding any discrimination against passengers based on type of ticket purchase or unfair competition between the different service providers (air carriers, travel agencies or tour operators); In particular, it urges the Commission to propose binding measures ensuring that passengers buying seat-only seats are equally effectively protected in case of airline insolvency, as package travellers are already;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Is of the opinion that introducing a strict definition of what is understood by a "disabled person" or a "person with reduced mobility" will undermine the purpose of the current definition to provide broad assistance to the relevant groups requiring special assistance; but nevertheless suggests to consider whether elderly people who do not have reduced mobility, pregnant women and unaccompanied children should be included in the definition, possibly under the term "passengers with special needs";
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Commission to introduce binding measures for airlines and airports to harmonize their policies, especially with regards to booking procedures, procedures to ask for assistance and security control policies, and to provide better information on these issues from the time of booking until Passengers with Reduced Mobility (hereinafter referred as "PRMs"), and eventually Passengers with Special Needs, leave the airport at their destination point in order to guarantee equal travel opportunities and non-discrimination and to enable PRMs to know what to expect from the different airlines and at the different airports;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Highlights the fact that the training of air carrier and airport personnel plays a key role for guaranteeing the effective implementation of all parts of Regulation 1107/2006 and is the most cost-efficient means for ensuring non-discrimination; therefore stresses that adequate training of personnel at airports and on board the aircraft must be provided in close cooperation with representative organizations of persons with reduced mobility;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Considers that there is a prominent need to improve the accessibility of information to PRMs and/or disabled people and adapt the information provided to them in a form they can comprehend;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Emphasises the fact that there is a need to ensure that mobility equipment is not considered and/or treated as ordinary luggage, but as an indispensable tool for independence which is irreplaceable for the passenger; for this reason it underlines that mobility equipment should be handled with care by trained personnel according to strict and harmonized procedures for boarding and disembarking, allowing passengers to use this equipment as long as possible;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Believes that it is essential to ensure that people who need medical oxygen when travelling, obese passengers and passengers who are required to travel with an assistant are not required to pay additional charges or denied boarding unless on strictly safety grounds;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to propose measures for setting up harmonised and accessible complaint handling procedures and means of redress which will ensure the effective protection of the rights of passengers and will guarantee that they receive the compensation they are entitled to in a timely and efficient manner;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Notes that the deadlines by which carriers and National Enforcement Bodies respond to passengers are too long and they differ significantly from one carrier/NEB to another and for this reason invites the Commission to set fixed deadlines for responding to passengers' complaints, similarly to other Regulations on passengers' rights;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Underlines that air carriers must ensure the presence of at least one representative and/or complaint desk at each airport that they operate from to provide immediate assistance to passengers who have experienced a disruption of their flight(s) or whose rights have been violated;
source: PE-478.422
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2011/2151(INI) Gender Mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament
2011/09/27
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas discrimination based on sex or gender negatively affects transgender people, and whereas the policies and activities of the European Parliament, the European Commission and several Member States in the field of gender equality increasingly include gender identity,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – point g (g) a focus on the need for adequate financial and human resources, so that Parliament’s bodies are provided with the necessary tools, including gender analysis and assessment tools, with appropriate gender expertise (research and documentation, trained staff, experts) and with gender-specific data and statistics; calls on the Secretariat to ensure regular exchanges of best practice and networking as well as gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting training for the servants of the European parliament;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the EP committees, responsible for the Multiannual Financial Framework and the structural funds to assess the gender impact of the proposed spending priorities, sources of revenue, and governance tools before the Multiannual Financial Framework is adopted to ensure that the post-2013 MFF is gender sensitive, and through guaranteeing that all the EU financing programmes have gender equality targets in their founding regulations and that they allocate specific funding for reaching these targets;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Congratulates Parliament’s Gender Mainstreaming Network and the parliamentary committees which have put gender mainstreaming into practice in their work, and calls on the other committees to
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the need for the parliamentary committees to be provided with appropriate tools to gain a sound understanding of gender mainstreaming, such as indicators, data and statistics broken down by gender, and for the budgetary resources to be allocated from a gender equality viewpoint, in such a way as to encourage the committees to take advantage of in-house expertise (secretariat of the relevant committee, policy department, library, etc.) and external expertise in other local, regional, national and supranational institutions, be they public or private, in small, medium-sized and large companies and in universities working in the area of gender equality;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Takes the view that Parliament’s gender mainstreaming work should also include gender identity, and assess how policies and activities impact transgender people; calls on the Commission to consider gender identity in all activities and policies in the field of gender equality;
source: PE-472.306
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2011/2175(INI) How to avoid food wastage: strategies for a more efficient food chain in the EU
2011/10/21
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the issue of food efficiency receives as much attention and awareness-raising as the issue of energy efficiency, since they are equally important for the environment and our future;
source: PE-474.043
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2011/2182(INI) EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights
2011/11/29
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure a swift and effective implementation of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross- border healthcare, taking duly into account the principles of universality, access to good quality care, equity and solidarity; (Directive 2011/24/EU provides rules for facilitating the access to safe and high- quality cross-border healthcare and promotes cooperation on healthcare between Member States. As per Art 4 of the Directive, cross-border healthcare shall be provided taking into account the principles of universality, access to good quality care, equity and solidarity.)
source: PE-478.326
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2011/2220(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Medicines Agency (EMA)
2012/07/03
CONT
8 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Calls the Agency to report on its involvement in the organization of conferences by private organizations such as the Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs (TOPRA) ;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24 a. Notes that the former Executive Director of the Agency wrote to the Agency on 28 December 2010 outlining the activities he was intending to take up at the end of his term of office; considers the first decision dated 11 January 2011 taken by the Chairman of the Agency Management Board to authorize the new activities of its former Executive Director a breach of Union rules relating to conflicts of interest, in particular with regard to Title II, Article 16 of the Staff Regulations of the Officials of the European Communities; recalls that according to Title II article 11 and title IV article 91 of Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities, this disposal applies by analogy to temporary agents and to contract employees ; considers the fact that the Management Board adopted limitations on the future activities of the former Executive Director on 17 March 2011 - only after strong public protest - a clear proof that the Agency did initially not apply the Staff Regulations properly, which in turn raises serious questions about their application of the rules in general; asks the Executive Director of the Agency to present a detailed report of the implementation of Article 16 of the Staff Regulations within the Agency;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. Regrets the fact that many of the experts failed to publish their declarations of interests (DoI), and that the comparison of DoI published by the relevant national agency and by the Agency shows significant differences in some cases; deplores, furthermore, the fact that at least one member of the Management Board of the Agency, also substitute member of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), failed to declare his recent management responsibilities in a pharmaceutical firm ;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 b (new) 25 b. Urges the Agency to carry out checks on the declarations of interests submitted to it, and a detailed check on a random basis, notably in implementing a system under which declarations are cross-checked against information held by industry and by the relevant national agencies;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 c (new) 25 c. Urges the Agency to apply its conflict of interest policy to its Management Board ;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 e (new) 25 e. Considers that the effective management of conflict of interest is crucial to maintain public trust in the work of the Agency;
source: PE-483.611
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2011/2226(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
2012/07/03
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Considers that, while a dialogue with industry on product assessment methodologies is legitimate and necessary, this dialogue should not undermine the independence of the Authority nor the integrity of risk assessment procedures; asks therefore the Authority to consider as a conflict of interest the current or recent past participation of its Management Board, panel and working group members or staff to International Life Science Institute (ILSI) activities such as taskforces, scientific committees or chairs for conferences;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Considers that product assessment should not be based solely on industry's data, but should duly take into account independent scientific literature published in peer reviewed journals; stresses that extra caution should be paid to industry influence in the elaboration of guidelines and assessment methodologies, which should not favour industry-sponsored studies on speculative grounds and which should be elaborated in an open, transparent and balanced manner;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Welcomes that the Authority has adopted a new definition of conflicts of interests, based on the OECD definition, but warns that further improvements are necessary to strengthen the Authority's policy on independence; stresses in particular that the criteria that define a conflict of interests should be clarified and widened, and include current and recent past activities;
source: PE-483.626
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2011/2244(INI) Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011
2012/09/01
FEMM
26 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas male violence against women remains the most widespread violation of human rights abuse within the EU, and is defined as ‘a manifestation of the historically unequal power relations between men and women, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of women’s full advancement’ (Beijing Platform for Action 1995);
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B (new) Ba. whereas the recession has a clear direct impact on all women with regards to male violence: economic recession creates conditions associated with increased intimate relationship violence, a rise in prostitution and attacks on women in prostitution; austerity measures affecting support services leave women victims of violence even more vulnerable than usual; and financing for already over-stretched women’s associations providing shelter and support for victims is being cut;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights are human rights and should be guaranteed for all women, regardless of their migration, housing, social, age, disability status, sexual orientation or ethnic origin;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to address gender equality in a consistent manner throughout the whole of the EU2020 process including in National Reform Programmes and country specific recommendations, and ensure that all of the recommendations are assessed from a gender equality perspective to prevent potential negative effects that some recommendations could have on gender equality policies;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on Member States to set specific employment targets in the framework of their National Reform Programmes to ensure that women and men enjoy equal right to access the labour-market; particular emphasis should be placed on women with disabilities, migrant and ethnic minority women, women in the age group 54-65 years (according to Eurostat and OECD classification), Roma women.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Council to move forward on the European Parliament’s position to amend the Maternity Leave Directive, particularly with regard to pay for women who have recently given birth, to ensure continuity of women’s economic independence during this period.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on Member States to actively promote and closely monitor the implementation of the Social Partners Framework Agreement on Parental Leave, particularly with regards to the non-transferable period and to ensure that all barriers are removed to increase men’s take-up rate;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Calls on Member States to invest current Structural Funds spending for the period 2007-2013 in the development of care services to enable both women and men to combine professional and private life;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 e (new) 2e. Calls on Member States to develop and promote policies which ensure the independence of women within the framework of family reunion and calls on the European Commission and Member States to grant migrant women an autonomous residence status;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Concerned that the economic crisis and budget cuts will exacerbate the problem, as women will be disproportionately affected, calls on the European Commission, on Member States’ governments as well as on
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to address the gender pension gap as a direct consequence of the gender pay gap in policies that aim to reform pensions and to secure the adequacy and sustainability of pensions;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers that
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that women’s representation in political decision making has not sustained any linear improvement in recent years - the gender balance in national parliaments across the EU has remained unchanged at 24 % women and 76 % men, with women accounting for only 23 % of ministers overall;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Points out that the use of electoral quotas has positive effects on women’s representation and welcomes the legislated parity systems and gender quotas introduced in France, Spain, Belgium, Slovenia, Portugal and Poland; calls on the Member States with particularly low representation of women in political assemblies to consider introducing legislative measures;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Recalls that the European Elections 2014, followed by the appointment of the next European Commission and the nominations for the senior administrative positions within the European institutions, are a chance to move towards parity democracy on the EU level.
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on Member States to support parity by proposing a woman and a man as their candidates for the office of European Commissioner; calls on the nominated President of the Commission to aim at parity when forming the Commission; calls on the present European Commission to publicly support this procedure;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes in this context the EU Victims Package; calls on Member States to act specifically against honour killings, Female Genital Mutilation and other forms of violence against women and violation of
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the European Commission to implement its commitment to mainstream gender equality in the Common European Asylum System.
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on the EC to establish 2015 as the EU Year to End Violence against Women, and to deliver a related EU-wide strategy to end violence against women, comprising legally-binding instruments, awareness raising actions, data collection, and funding for civil society institutions;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Points out that women’s and girls’ economic, social and sexual autonomy are important preconditions for reducing
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Reiterated its position on sexual and reproductive health rights, as stated in its resolutions of 1 February 2010 and 8 February 2011 on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2009 and 2010; expresses concern in this respect about recent restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services in some Member States, in particular safe and legal abortion, sexual education and funding cuts to family planning;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to integrate, as part of the gender mainstreaming requirement, in all their policies a specific attention to women with specific needs.
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Reminds the European Commission and Member States of their commitment to implement the UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and urges the provision of EU humanitarian aid to be made effectively independent from the restrictions on humanitarian aid imposed by the USA, in particular by ensuring access to abortion for women and girls victims of rape in armed conflicts;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Requests the European Commission to deliver on the European Parliament’s Resolution on the Stockholm Action Plan;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Calls on the Council within the on- going negotiations on the EU Multi- annual Financial Framework 2014-2020 to introduce gender-responsive budgeting in the EU budgetary process and to guarantee predictability and no reduction of the level of EU funding for activities on women’s rights and gender equality, including combating violence against women, as related to both internal and external policies;
source: PE-478.674
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2011/2273(INI) Daphne programme: achievements and future prospects
2011/11/30
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas combating violence against women is not mentioned among the objectives of the Commission’s proposal for the new ‘Rights and Citizenship’ Programme in the 2014-2020 financial period, which merges the DAPHNE III programme, the gender equality and non- discrimination sections of the PROGRESS Programme, and the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme; whereas this may undermine the DAPHNE program's visibility and consistency and jeopardise its success;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Wishes to see the programme's objectives in particular combating violence against women, retained in the 201
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – indent 3 a (new) – simplifying the application procedures and enhancing the cooperation between EU, national and local levels to spread the relevant information to all potential beneficiaries,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Hopes that in the future it will still be possible for a large number of small NGOs to be involved in partnerships of associations, as they often play a major role in identifying less well-known, taboo or new problems and in finding innovative ways to tackle them; Asks the Commission to ensure better access for smaller NGOs to Daphne projects especially by simplified and less time-consuming procedures, training arrangements and thorough dissemination of information;
source: PE-478.328
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2011/2309(INI) Industrial, energy and other aspects of shale gas and oil
2012/05/15
ITRE
4 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Urges Member States to pursue an energy security strategy aimed at diversifying their potential energy sources away from an exclusive reliance on fossil fuels, whether conventional or unconventional, and at promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Given the lack of comprehensive European data on the carbon footprint of shale gas, calls on the Joint Research Centre of the Commission to swiftly finalise its full life-cycle analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from shale gas extraction and production with view to correctly accounting for them in the future;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses the importance of transparency and fully consulting the public, particularly in the context of the introduction of a new approach in gas exploration; points out that, in certain Member States, there is a lack of public consultation in the authorisation phase; calls on the Member States to evaluate their legislation to see whether proper account is taken of this aspect;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Is well aware that public attitudes to shale gas development vary between the Member States; calls for better provision of public information relating to shale gas operations in a transparent and objective manner, and supports the creation of portals providing access to a wide range of public information on shale gas operations; urges companies extracting shale gas in the EU to provide, prior to drilling, full information on their activities, including public disclosure of the chemicals they intend to use in hydraulic fracturing;
source: PE-489.454
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2012/0192(COD) Clinical trials on medicinal products for human use
2013/03/01
ENVI
21 amendments...
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) Directive 2001/20/EC aimed to simplify and harmonise the administrative provisions governing clinical trials in the European Union. However, experience shows that a harmonised approach to the regulation of clinical trials has only been partly achieved. This makes it in particular difficult to perform a clinical trial in several Member States. Scientific development however, suggests that future clinical trials will target more specific patient populations, such as subgroups identified through genomic information. In order to include a sufficient number of patients for such trials it may be necessary to involve many, or all, Member States. The new procedures for the authorisation of clinical trials should stimulate the inclusion of as many member states as possible. Therefore, in order to simplify submission procedures, the multiple submission of largely identical information should be avoided and replaced by the submission of one application dossier through a single submission portal to all the Member States concerned. Given that clinical trials carried out in a single Member State are equally indispensable to European clinical research, the procedure under this regulation should also cover such trials. The application dossier for such clinical trials should also be sent via the single European portal.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) The timelines for assessing an application dossier for clinical trials should be sufficiently long to assess the file, while ensuring quick access to new, innovative as well as, existing (e.g. generic medicinal products) treatments and ensuring that the Union remains an attractive place for conducting clinical trials. Against this background, Directive 2001/20/EC introduced the concept of tacit authorisation. This concept should be maintained in order to ensure that timelines are adhered to. In the event of a public health crisis, Member States should have the possibility to assess and authorise a clinical trial application swiftly. No minimal timelines for approval should therefore be established.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 c (9 c) Clinical studies supporting the registration of generic medicinal products (e.g. bioequivalence or therapeutic equivalence studies) pose minimal risks and inconveniences for the study subjects compared to the normal clinical practice, as defined in this Regulation, since the reference medicinal product, used as comparator, is a well-characterised authorised product for which the quality safety and efficacy have already been assessed.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) The assessment of the application for a clinical trial should address in particular the anticipated therapeutic and public health benefits (
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 a (new) (10a) In order to improve treatments available for vulnerable groups such as frail or older people, people suffering from multiple chronic conditions, and people affected by mental health disorders, medicinal products which are likely to be of significant clinical value should be fully and appropriately studied for their effects in these specific groups, including requirements related to their specific characteristics and the protection of their health and well being.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) It should be left to the Member State concerned to determine the appropriate body or bodies to be involved in this assessment. This decision is a matter of internal organisation of each Member State. Member States, when determining the appropriate body or bodies, should ensure the involvement of lay persons and patients. They should also ensure that the necessary expertise is available. In any case, however, and in accordance with international guidelines, the assessment should be done jointly by a reasonable number of persons who collectively have the necessary qualifications and experience. The persons assessing the application should be independent from the sponsor, the institution of the trial site, and the investigators involved, as well as free of any other undue influence. Names, qualifications and declarations of interest of the persons assessing the application should be made publicly available.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 27 (27) The sponsor should assess the information received from the investigator, and immediately report safety information on serious adverse events which are suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions to the Agency via the electronic database referred to in Article 36.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 31 (31) The individuals involved in conducting the clinical trial, in particular investigators and other healthcare
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 46 (46) In clinical trials with non-authorised investigational medicinal products, or w
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 52 b (new) (52b) Results of clinical trials, as well as clinical trial data, represent a relevant and valuable source of information for the continuation of biomedical or public health research on a medicinal product or active principle, and should be made available in order to support and foster the development of independent research related to a medicinal product and its clinical, pharmacological or other pharmacodynamic effects, or to its relative efficacy and effectiveness. The authorisation status of a medicinal product should however be duly considered before releasing data from clinical trial, in order not to disrupt the marketing authorisation process or the competition dynamics operating on the EU market while fostering attractiveness and long term viability of the EU based clinical research.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 52 c (new) (52c) Access to, release and processing of clinical trial data for medicines once the decision-making process on an application for a marketing authorisation is complete should be without prejudice to the protection of personal data, and should respond to specific guidelines in order to define and guarantee good analysis practice, clinical trial data formats, rules of engagement as well as other legal aspects. Such guidelines should promote an optimal level of transparency and public information, while ensuring the development of reliable scientific research and avoiding bias or misuse of information.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 62 a (new) (62a) According to the Commission Communication on "An Integrated Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era-Putting Competitiveness and Sustainability at Centre Stage", systematic evaluation of legislation should become an integral part of smart regulation. To ensure that this Regulation keeps pace with scientific, technological and medical progress with regard to the organization and conduct of clinical trials and that it interfaces with other legal provisions, the Commission should periodically report on the experience with and functioning of the Regulation, and present its conclusions to the Parliament and Council.
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a and 2 b (new) For medicinal products which have been granted a marketing authorisation or for which the decision-making process on an application for a marketing authorisation is complete, the sponsor shall submit to the EU database the clinical study report of the clinical trial. The Commission, in cooperation with the Agency, shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 85, with regards to the public access to the clinical study report and other related clinical trial data, in order to define rules of engagement, clinical data formats and good analysis practice.
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 36 – paragraph 1 The European Medicines Agency established by Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 (hereinafter, the ‘Agency’) shall set up and maintain an electronic database for the reporting provided for in Articles 38 and 39. That electronic database shall be a module of the database referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004.
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 1 1. The sponsor shall report electronically and without delay to the electronic database referred to in Article 36 all relevant information about suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions to investigational medicinal products insofar as the suspected unexpected serious adverse reaction occurred in a clinical trial conducted by the sponsor, or occurred in a clinical trial related to the sponsor, in accordance with time limits set out in Annex III, points 2.4 and 2.5.
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 2 2. The time period for reporting shall take account of the se
Amendment 566 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 a (new) Article 39a Reporting of efficacy defect on authorised medicinal products Regarding authorised medicinal product which, according to the protocol, are used in accordance with the terms of the marketing authorisation, the investigator should inform the sponsor and the Agency of any observed efficacy defect related to the investigational medicinal product.
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 1 1. The Agency shall, by electronic means, forward to the relevant Member States the information reported in accordance with Article 38, 39 and 39a.
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 41 – paragraph 1 1. Regarding authorised medicinal products which, according to the protocol, are used in accordance with the terms of the marketing authorisation, the sponsor shall inform at least annually the marketing authorisation holder of all suspected serious adverse reactions, in addition to safety reporting obligations for authorised medicinal products as per Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004.
Amendment 574 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 43 Safety reporting with regard to auxiliary medicinal products shall be made by the investigator in accordance with
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 55 – paragraph 1 Unless other Union legislation requires archiving for a longer period, the sponsor and the investigator shall archive the content of the clinical trial master file for at least twenty five years after the end of the clinical trial and, where a marketing authorisation has been granted for the investigational medicinal product tested, based on the clinical trial results, throughout the marketing authorisation life of any of the active principles having been investigated. However, the medical files of subjects shall be archived in accordance with national legislation.
source: PE-506.158
2013/03/06
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 14 (14) ‘Investigator’: a
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 29 (29) ‘Serious adverse event’: any untoward medical occurrence, or other event deemed serious by the investigator in the context of the trial, that at any dose requires inpatient hospitalisation or prolongation of existing hospitalisation, results in persistent or significant disability or incapacity, or is a congenital anomaly or birth defect, is life-threatening or results in death;
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 Where the Member State concerned disagrees with the conclusion on the basis of point (a) of the second subparagraph, it shall communicate its disagreement, together with a detailed justification based on scientific and socio-economic arguments, and a summary thereof, through the EU portal to the Commission, to all Member States, and to the sponsor. The reasons for disagreement should be made publicly available.
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that the persons validating and assessing the application do not have conflicts of interest, are independent of the sponsor, the institution of the trial site and the investigators involved, as well as free of any other undue influence. The names and declarations of interests of the persons validating and assessing clinical trial applications shall be made publicly available.
source: PE-506.160
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2012/0266(COD) Medical devices
2013/05/08
IMCO
14 amendments...
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 32 (32) Patients who are implanted with a device should be given essential information related to the implanted device allowing it to be identified and containing information about the main characteristic of the device, the potential adverse effects, a warning of the potential health risks, post-operative follow-up care measures and any necessary warnings or precautions to be taken, for example indications as to whether or not it is compatible with certain diagnostic devices or with scanners used for security controls.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 39 (39) For high-risk medical devices, manufacturers should
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 Where a device, when placed on the market or used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, incorporates, as an integral part, a substance which, if used separately, would be considered to be a medicinal product as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/83/EC, including a medicinal product derived from human blood or human plasma as defined in Article 1(10) of that Directive, with action ancillary to that of the device, that device shall be assessed and authorised in accordance with this Regulation following consultation with the national medicine agency or with the European Medicines Agency.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 1 – indent 5 – paragraph 1 and which does not achieve its p
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 32 (32) ‘clinical evaluation’ means the assessment and analysis of clinical data pertaining to a device in order to verify the safety
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 37 (37) ‘sponsor’ means an individual, company, institution or organisation which takes responsibility for the initiation
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. For products or groups of products composed of substances or combination of substances that are intended to penetrate inside the body, either through a body orifice or through the surface of the body, which have been considered as medical devices by the multidisciplinary expert group, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, determine the risk classification on the basis of the actual risks and on the ground of valid scientific evidence. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 88(3).
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, and in collaboration with the International medical devices regulatory forum and international standardisation bodies, define a clear set of high quality and safety standards for reprocessing of single use devices, including specific requirements for the manufacturers of reprocessed devices. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 88(3).
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) a short description of the characteristics of the devices, including the materials used;
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new) (cb) the potential adverse events that might occur on the basis of the data from the clinical evaluation and investigation.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Member States may introduce national provisions requiring that the implant card also includes information on post-operative follow-up care measures and that it is signed by both the patient and the surgeon responsible for the surgery.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 82 – paragraph 1 1. Members of the MDCG and staff of the EU reference laboratories shall not have financial or other interests in the medical device industry which could affect their impartiality. They shall undertake to act in the public interest and in an independent manner. They shall declare any direct and indirect interests they may have in the medical device industry and update this declaration whenever a relevant change occurs.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 82 – paragraph 2 2.
source: PE-510.666
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2012/0267(COD) In vitro diagnostic medical devices
2013/05/07
IMCO
8 amendments...
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 21 (21) ‘health institution’ means an organisation whose primary purpose is the care or treatment of patients or the promotion of public health, with the exclusion of laboratories providing commercial clinical services;
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 45 (45) ‘sponsor’ means any individual, company, institution or organisation which takes responsibility for the initiation
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2 For devices for self-testing or near-patient- testing, the information supplied in accordance with Section 17 of Annex I shall be easily understandable and provided in the language(s) of the Member State where the device reaches its intended user.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 8 8. Manufacturers who consider or have reason to believe that a device which they have placed on the market is not in conformity with this Regulation shall immediately take the necessary corrective action to bring that product into conformity, withdraw it or recall it, as appropriate. They shall inform the responsible national competent authority, the distributors and, where applicable, the authorised representative accordingly.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 1. In the case of devices classified as class C and D, other than devices for performance evaluation, the manufacturer shall draw up a summary of safety and performance. It shall be made publicly available and written in a way that is clear to the intended user. The draft of this summary shall be part of the documentation to be submitted to the notified body involved in the conformity assessment in accordance with Article 40 and shall be validated by that body.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 57 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) a
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) any
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 83 – paragraph 1 The Member States shall lay down the provisions on penalties applicable for infringement of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented and sufficiently dissuasive. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate, and dissuasive. The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by [3 months prior to the date of application of this Regulation] and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
source: PE-510.668
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2012/0366(COD) Tobacco and related products: manufacture, presentation and sale. Approximation of Member States legislation
2013/05/08
IMCO
5 amendments...
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive Citation 1 Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 114 and 168 thereof,
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 18 Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 38 (38) In order to make this Directive fully operational and to keep up with technical, scientific and international developments in tobacco manufacture, consumption and regulation, 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 particular in respect of adopting and adapting maximum yields for emissions and their measurement methods, setting maximum levels for ingredients that increase toxicity, addictiveness or attractiveness, , the use of health warnings, unique identifiers and security features in the labelling and packaging, defining key elements for contracts on data storage with independent third parties,
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 10 Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) cover at least 75 % of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
source: PE-510.660
2013/05/13
IMCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. All outer surfaces of the unit packet and any outside packaging of cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco not governed by the provisions of this Directive shall be standardised in the following way: a) not contain any trade mark or any other mark, apart from the brand name and any variant name for the tobacco products; b) the brand name, and any variant name shall: i) not appear more than once on any one surface ii) appear horizontally below, and in the same orientation as, the combined health warning, in the centre of the space remaining on the front and back surfaces of the unit packet and any outside packaging; iii) comply with any more detailed rules set out in paragraph 3;
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. No trade mark or any other mark may appear on the tobacco product itself
source: PE-510.679
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2012/2035(INI) Role of women in the green economy
2012/08/06
FEMM
10 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas environmental policies impact directly on the health and the socio-economic status of individuals, and whereas gender inequality combined with lack of sensitivity to women's different economic and social status and needs mean that women often tend to suffer disproportionately from environmental degradation and inadequate policies in this area;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas women are particularly vulnerable to the effects of environmental hazards and climate change due to their lower socio-economic status as compared to men, to the traditional domestic responsibilities they carry disproportionately, and to the danger of violence they are exposed to in situations of conflict, which are created or exacerbated by scarcity of natural resources;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Regrets that gender concerns and perspectives are not well integrated in policies and programmes for sustainable development; reminds that the absence of gender perspectives from environmental policies increases gender inequality and calls on the Commission and Member States to establish mechanisms for gender mainstreaming at the international, national and regional levels to assess environmental policies;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to systematically include a gender equality perspective in the defining, implementation and monitoring of environmental policies at all levels, including local and regional development, and research activities; use, and support the promotion of gender mainstreaming as an instrument for good governance;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness about the importance of converting to a green economy and about the positive effects of gender-sensitive environmental policies when running information campaigns;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on Member States to support and promote specific research and studies on women and the green economy as well as to integrate a gender perspective in environmental protection and environmental impact assessment studies;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on Member States to promote women's entrepreneurship in the green economy, in the development of environmental protection and environmentally-friendly technologies, in the renewable energies, agriculture and tourism sectors so as to strengthen their participation and continuous training, and enhance their contribution to innovation, quality of life and preservation of the environment and the active eco-culture in society;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on Member States to ensure women's equal representation in political decision-making
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on Member States to
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on the Commission to fully recognise and address the multiple effects of environmental degradation on inequalities, in particular between women and men, and ensure the promotion of women's equal rights in the elaboration of new policy proposals in the field of climate change and environmental sustainability;
source: PE-491.104
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2012/2046(INI) Women's working conditions in the service sector
2012/07/06
FEMM
8 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. Whereas government policies that provide care services for children and dependants are an important factor in women's and men's capacity to manage the different demands between workplace and care giving activities;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. Whereas giving women better opportunities in professional life has to be seen as an asset and investment for society as a whole, especially in the context of current demographic changes and challenges in Europe;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. Whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes continue to have a strong influence on the division of roles between women and men at home, in the workplace and in society at large, and tend to continue the status quo of inherited obstacles to achieving gender equality;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (n |