Anni PODIMATA
Constituencies
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Greece
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Greece
Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima
2007/10/01 - 2009/07/13
Groups
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S&D
Member
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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PSE
Member
Socialist Group in the European Parliament
2007/10/01 - 2009/07/13
EP staff
- Vice-President of European Parliament 2012/01/18 - 9999/12/31
- Member of Parliament's Bureau 2012/01/18 - 9999/12/31
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- Vice-President of European Parliament 2011/07/05 - 2012/01/16
- Member of Parliament's Bureau 2011/07/05 - 2012/01/16
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/17 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe | 2007/10/25 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2007/10/25 | 2009/07/13 |
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Rapporteur
| Responsible | 2013/0045(CNS) | Implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax (FTT) |
| Responsible | 2012/0298(APP) | Enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax |
| Responsible | 2011/0261(CNS) | Common system of financial transaction tax |
| Responsible | 2010/2105(INI) | Innovative financing at a global and European level |
| Opinion | 2008/2237(INI) | Small Business Act |
| Opinion | 2008/2139(INI) | Pre-commercial procurement: driving innovation to ensure sustainable high quality public services in Europe |
| Responsible | 2008/0222(COD) | Energy-related products: indication of the consumption of energy (repeal. 'Energy Labelling Directive' 92/75/EEC). Recast |
Born
1962/10/08 Athina- Athens School of Philosophy, Faculty of French Language and Literature; EEC postgraduate scholarship at the 'Journalistes en Europe' School in Paris (1989-1990).
- Worked for 'Avgi' newspaper (1985-1987), 'To Vima' newspaper and the 'Athena 9.84' radio station (1987-1989). ET-1 and Athens News Agency Paris correspondent (1990-1994). Diplomatic editor with 'Exousia' newspaper (1996-1998) and 'To Vima' and 'To Vima tis Kyriakis' newspapers (1998-2007).
- In 2000 she was awarded the Greek-Turkish Friendship prize by the Turkish Association of Radio and TV Journalists for her contribution to bringing about a rapprochement between the two countries. The prize was awarded at a special ceremony in Ankara by the then Foreign Affairs Ministers of the two countries, Georgios Papandreou and Ismail Cem.
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2009/0054(COD) Commercial transactions: combating late payment (repeal. Directive 2000/35/EC). Recast
2010/02/18
ITRE
4 amendments...
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii a (new) (iia) if the date of the receipt of the invoice or the equivalent request for payment is uncertain, 30 days after the date of receipt of the goods or services;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 - subparagraph 2 a (new) For the purposes of the first subparagraph a clause which exceeds the period provided for in Article 5(2)(b) shall always be considered as grossly unfair, taking also into account the criteria of Article 5(4).
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 - subparagraph 2 b (new) Any clause adding extra financial burden on the creditor as a prerequisite for claiming legal compensation due to late payments shall be considered as grossly unfair.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 3 3. The means referred to in paragraph 2 shall include provisions whereby representative organisations may take action according to the national law concerned before the courts or before competent administrative bodies on the grounds that clauses are grossly unfair, so that they can apply appropriate and effective means to prevent their continued use. This provision shall be without prejudice to the confidentiality clause binding representative organisations to their member entities.
source: PE-439.144
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2009/0108(COD) Energy policy: measures to safeguard security of gas supply (repeal. Directive 2004/67/EC)
2010/01/19
ITRE
5 amendments...
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) Natural gas (hereinafter: gas) is an essential component in the energy supply of the Community, constituting one quarter of primary energy supply and contributing mainly to power generation, heating, feedstock for industry and fuel for transportation. Natural gas is the most environmentally friendly fossil fuel and is a reliable and tried and tested solution for backing up RES technologies at periods of peak demand.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) Sufficient gas infrastructure within a Member State and across the
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 4 4. The Commission shall ensure coordinat
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. By [31 March 2011; 12 months from entry into force] at the latest, on the basis of the risk and impact assessment carried out according to Article 8, the Competent Authority, after consultation of the natural gas undertakings, of gas-powered generators, of the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial customers and of the regulatory authority, where it is not the Competent Authority, shall establish:
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) An Emergency Plan containing the measures to be taken to mitigate the impact of a gas supply disruption, especially for the most vulnerable consumers.
source: PE-438.187
2010/01/20
ITRE
11 amendments...
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 5 Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 4 4. The Competent Authority shall allow the natural gas undertakings to meet these criteria on a national, regional or Community level and shall not require that these standards are met based on infrastructure located only within its territory.
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 3 3. The risk and impact assessment shall be repeated every two years before 30 September of that year.
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 4 4. The Competent Authority shall immediately inform the Commission and the Gas Coordination Group and provide
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 6 6. The Commission shall verify within one week whether the declaration of an Emergency is justified and whether it does not impose an undue burden on the natural gas undertakings and on the functioning of the internal market. The Commission may, in particular, ask the Competent Authority to modify measures imposing an undue burden on natural gas undertakings
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 3 3. In a
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) hourly flow of gas at all cross-border entry and exit points as well as all points connecting
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) period, expressed in days, during which it is
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 6 – point a a) Member States shall submit to the Commission the existing inter- governmental agreements concluded with third countries which have an impact on the development of gas infrastructures and supplies;
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 6 – point b b)
source: PE-438.231
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2009/0142(COD) European Banking Authority EBA: establishment (amend. Decision No 716/2009/EC)
2010/03/26
ECON
5 amendments...
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Before submitting them to the Commission, the Authority shall
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new) The Commission may not change the content of the technical standards prepared by the Authority without prior coordination with the Authority, as set out in this Article.
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. The Board of Supervisors shall act on the basis of
Amendment 676 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new) With regard to decisions in accordance with Article 11(3), the decision proposed by the panel shall be considered as adopted, if it is approved by a simple majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors.
source: PE-439.966
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2009/0144(COD) European Securities and Markets Authority ESMA: establishment (amend. Decision No 716/2009/EC)
2010/03/24
ECON
4 amendments...
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Before submitting them to the Commission, the Authority shall, where appropriate, conduct open public consultations on technical standards and analyse the potential related costs and benefits, unless such consultations and analyses are disproportionate in relation to the scope and impact of the technical standards concerned or in relation to the particular urgency of the matter.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new) The Commission may not change the content of the technical standards prepared by the Authority without prior coordination with the Authority, as set out in this Article.
Amendment 534 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. The Board of Supervisors shall act on the basis of
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 source: PE-439.456
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2009/2096(INI) A sustainable future for transport
2010/03/02
ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers that energy efficiency in the various modes of transport
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Takes the view that only by using an interoperable transport system will it be possible in future to combine most successfully the use of various transport modes and improve energy savings; stresses, in this regard, the importance of internalising external costs in order to restore balance in the use of the various transport modes and to promote
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the logistical importance of intelligent information systems and transport development; welcomes the various initiatives taken at Community level (such as SESAR, ERTMS, RIS and SafeSeaNet); calls on the Member States to step up their investment in infrastructure, with the aim of making transport accessible to all, especially to persons with reduced mobility, and in intelligent transport systems, to promote the use of public transport and to introduce interoperable pricing with the issuing of multimodal tickets in order to optimise the use and interoperability of the various transport modes, to reduce energy consumption and improve safety;
source: PE-438.447
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2009/2099(INI) University Business Dialogue: a new partnership for the modernisation of Europe's universities
2010/03/02
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that, in order to foster a spirit of enterprise among students, it is essential, on the one hand, to enhance training for university academic staff in this sector through initiatives such as ‘lifelong learning’ and, on the other hand, to include in the curriculum ‘seminars-symposia’ with representatives of the business community, enabling students to obtain a real insight into the world of economics;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Attaches great importance to knowledge transfer in an open environment; acknowledges that there are different instruments to achieve this, such as publications and seminars, technology transfer offices, regional cooperation, start- ups and spin-offs, collaborative research and mobility of researchers; believes, however, that the social and human dimension of interaction is extremely important; therefore strongly supports initiatives to foster face-to-face interaction between universities and business, in particular small and medium-sized undertakings;
source: PE-438.395
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2009/2152(INI) Report on the Commission White Paper: 'Adapting to climate change: towards a European framework for action'
2010/04/02
ITRE
9 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Whereas the effects of climate change are distributed unevenly even within the EU, the regions of southern Europe and the countries of the Mediterranean basin being more vulnerable, already suffering immediate and visible consequences such as intense drought and water shortages, widespread and devastating forest fires and the very real danger of deforestation and desertification; taking the view accordingly that the European Framework Action Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change must take full account of this territorial aspect of the problem and provide for the formulation and funding of policies fully adapted to the special needs of the southern European regions in order to prevent climate change from becoming yet another factor aggravating economic, social and environmental inequalities between the regions of the EU.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas climate change will inevitably have an impact on
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas the diversification of energy sources and distribution channels as well as energy suppliers is an important instrument in guaranteeing equal access to and adequate supply of energy, complying at the same time with the EU objective of enhancing the use of energy from renewable sources and reducing CO2 emissions,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that measures concerning energy supply and access to energy have to be defined in a context of solidarity among Member States and that the EU should contribute to a global policy shift towards greater energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable energy sources (RES); stresses that the EU must ensure renewable energy sources in accordance with the timetable set out in Directive 2009/28/EC, calls on the Member States to provide by 30 June 2010
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses also that in this connection immediate priority must be given additional measures to promote the Community strategy seeking to achieve a 20% increase in energy efficiency by 2020; considers it appropriate, also in assessing existing programmes of action for energy efficiency, to consider the possibility of making this objective legally binding at Community level;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – point b b. developing countries, to support their fight against climate change affecting the most vulnerable regions in their countries, always respecting the particularities of each region, the criterion being the social and economic development of those regions of the developing countries with which international cooperation is being organised;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes the recent Commission announcement concerning investment in the development of low carbon technologies (SET-Plan) clearly highlighting the inadequacy of market impetus and the fact that the innovative technological developments necessary to achieve EU energy and climate policy objectives presuppose immediate cooperation between public investors and the private sector; points out also that the EU roadmap for investment in these technologies must give priority to RES technologies and ensure the participation of all market stakeholders, especially SMEs, in energy efficiency programmes;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Stresses in this context the great importance of initiatives at the local level to actively participate in the fight against climate change and points out the important role of exchange of information on good practices and appropriate information campaigns, in coordination with the more extensive initiatives undertaken by national authorities and by the EU. Points out also that the outlying regions can make a major contribution through the decentralised production of energy, helping to achieve greater energy efficiency through the reduction of grid wastage and better demand management.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses that, in ensuring the successful implementation of the European Framework of Action for Adaptation, a decisive factor will be its inclusion in the context of a world-wide cohesive and ambitious agreement with legally binding objectives concerning measures to combat climate change and that the EU must take the lead in this direction.
source: PE-438.288
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2009/2153(INI) Report on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union
2010/02/25
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes th
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
source: PE-439.263
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2009/2157(INI) EU agriculture and climate change
2010/04/02
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Stresses that agriculture is a productive sector that is affected by the consequences and pressures of climate change but at the same time is also directly linked to climate change mitigation objectives, either by helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save and ensure the proper management of water resources, or by boosting production and decentralising sustainable renewable energy sources;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1b. Points out that, even though it has made a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the involvement of the agricultural sector in combating climate change must also be incorporated into the wider food-farming- energy triangle; stresses that this involvement primarily concerns the improved exploitation of biomass - either by exploiting farming surpluses or by boosting the production of sustainable biofuels - whilst maintaining the production of quality products and high levels of food safety and guiding consumers towards a food model that will make a greater contribution towards the sustainable management of the environment;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point a (a) the production and use of biofuels, inter alia by promoting the commercial maturity of bioenergy and the sustainable production of advanced biofuels on a large scale, in keeping with the guidelines contained in the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan);
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the agricultural sector to make a considerable effort to increase decentralised production of renewable energy and, in particular, to improve energy efficiency on farms through modernisation and rational energy planning, as well as the use and implementation of tried-and-tested energy-efficient equipment and practices;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that more extensive use of ICT could improve the monitoring of several phases of production and improve their management in order to increase production in relation to the use of the means of production and, simultaneously, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption; stresses, likewise, that the more extensive use of ICT, the integration of policies to promote training for farmers in new technologies and support for innovation and entrepreneurship among young farmers in particular are key topics, with a view both to making farming more environmentally sustainable and making the sector more competitive.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that climate change does not affect all regions of the EU to the same extent, and it is therefore essential to give greater weight to those regions that are likely to suffer the most serious consequences; points out that the rise in temperature in conjunction with drought and extensive forest fires will create high risks of desertification in the countries of southern Europe, with all the attendant consequences for the viability of farms, the abandonment of farming areas, reduced biodiversity and the depletion of natural resources; asks, therefore, that all Community actions to finance agriculture's adjustment to the new challenges posed by climate change should take full account of this regional dimension so that climate change does not become a further aggravating factor in the economic and environmental disparities between the regions of the EU;
source: PE-438.289
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2009/2178(INI) Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market
2010/02/26
ITRE
4 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Consider effective and proportional sanctions to deter infringement of copyright and prevent the losses caused to rights holders as a result
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Make full use of sanctions available to it under competition and trade law where relevant, which must be proportional, given the need to take account of the difference between commercial piracy with profit as its sole objective and piracy for personal use, the impact of which is more limited;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Include, where relevant, an evaluation of the impact relating to IPR, in particular with respect to small and medium-sized enterprises, especially those situated in less-favoured regions, in all impact assessments;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Promote media literacy initiatives as an essential means of combating piracy and counterfeiting;
source: PE-439.283
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2009/2182(INI) Financial, economic and social crisis: recommendations concerning the measures and initiatives to be taken. Mid-term report
2010/06/24
CRIS
1 amendments...
Amendment 746 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 84 a (new) 84 a. Underlines that along with the dimension of funding pensions, the demographic problem presents a clear challenge regarding the safeguard of the basic structures of the European welfare state; regrets the current trend of cuts on child birth allowances and family supporting subventions, which are perceived as a basic tool to ensure long term sustainability of pension and social security systems; considers such measures to be highly controversial regarding the fight against the current continuous decrease of birth rates and inappropriate regarding the long term sustainability target, since they are transferring an impossible burden on the shoulders of the next generations; is convinced therefore that demographic challenge has to be addressed through an integrated EU strategy and the setting of minimum guidelines for the Member States allowing for measures directly targeted on supporting birth rates and reconciliation of family and working life to be unaffected by austerity and budget consolidation programmes and become a basic criteria in the framework of the assessment of the long term sustainability of public finances;
source: PE-443.104
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2009/2224(INI) Internet of Things
2010/04/15
ITRE
4 amendments...
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that a precondition for promoting technology is the introduction of legal provisions to reinforce respect for fundamental values and for the protection of personal data and privacy;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the development of new applications and the actual functioning of the Internet of Things will be intrinsically linked to the trust that European consumers have in the system; recalls in this context the key role played by ENISA in the security of networks and information and, consequently, of the Internet of Things, which will help to reinforce acceptance and trust among consumers;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses that RFID technologies will, on the one hand, enable European industries to control the volume of goods in circulation (i.e. production only if necessary and, consequently, protection of the environment) and, on the other hand, offer an effective means of combating piracy and counterfeiting, as it will be possible to trace the goods concerned;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to strive to establish common international norms for the standardisation of RFID technologies and their applications with a view to facilitating interoperability;
source: PE-440.038
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2009/2225(INI) Defining a new Digital Agenda for Europe: from i2010 to digital.eu
2010/02/25
ITRE
8 amendments...
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Believes that every EU household should have access to broadband Internet at a competitive price by 2013; believes that this result could be reached using a combination of different technologies to provide cost-effective and environmentally friendly broadband connectivity in a given area based on constant, high quality performance; urges the Commission therefore to carry out a review of the universal service obligations and calls on Member States to impart new impetus to the European high-speed broadband strategy, notably by updating national targets for broadband and high-
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that the most appropriate solution to the inclusion of millions of EU citizens located in insular, mountainous and sparsely populated regions within an acceptable timeframe and at reasonable cost, may be through wireless technologies which enable an immediate ubiquitous connectivity to the internet backbone;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers that, as Internet access rates are increasing, 50% of EU households should be connected to high-speed networks by 2015 enabling a reliable and improved end-user experience in line with consumer expectations and needs;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that one aim of the new electronic communications regulatory framework is progressively to reduce ex ante sector-specific rules as competition in the markets develops
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Stresses that all primary and secondary schools must have reliable, quality Internet connections by 2013 and high- speed Internet connections by 2015;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Underlines the importance of broadband for European citizens’ health enabling the use of efficient health information technologies, enhancing the quality of care, extending the geographic reach of healthcare to rural insular, mountainous and sparsely populated areas, facilitating in-home care especially for seniors and people with disabilities and reducing unnecessary treatments and costly patient transfers;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Recalls that Broadband can help protect European citizens by facilitating and promoting public safety information, procedures, disaster response and recovery;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Emphasises that the great potential of the digital agenda is not only linked to the challenges ahead concerning the ICT sector, but is much broader and directly linked to EU targets for achieving a high- productivity knowledge economy, boosting the European economy's competitiveness through innovating industries, promoting social and territorial cohesion and universal access to public services, enhancing job creation within the European labour market and therefore promoting altogether a new sustainable EU growth model;
source: PE-439.243
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2009/2227(INI) Community innovation policy in a changing world
2010/05/03
ITRE
9 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the current economic crisis has led to reduced investment for innovation, given the shortage of liquidity; whereas, however, by creating a demand for low-cost, more efficient goods and services with a high added value for the final consumer, the current crisis is at the same time encouraging greater innovation and fundamentally contributing towards recovery and long- term sustainable development,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the European Union will not meet its energy and climate goals for 2020, and in particular its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, increase energy efficiency by 20% and reach a share of at least 20% of energy produced from renewable sources, without accelerating the development and widespread application of clean, sustainable and efficient energy technologies; whereas future innovation strategy should fully integrate this dimension,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Ea. whereas the promotion and development of sustainable technologies are not only essential for achieving the EU climate and energy targets but will also be of tremendous value to the Union in terms of future jobs and economic growth,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the basic objective of future EU innovation policy should be to bridge the innovation gap between the Member States as revealed by the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) and the EU Commission’s annual reports on innovation progress in European countries, as an essential precondition for strengthening the overall comparative advantage enjoyed by the EU and making it more competitive with other world economies;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that investment in high-speed online networks and greater broadband penetration are basic conditions for increased and more effective dissemination of innovatory achievements and hence a narrowing of the innovation gap between EU regions;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses the importance of ecological innovation and green enterprise, which can play a major role in linking innovation policy with sectors of key importance for the EU, resulting in major comparative advantages for the European economy;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Takes the view that EU expenditure on research and innovation must focus on objectives such as providing incentives for the commercial application of research findings (linking businesses and universities and incentives for the creation of new spin-off undertakings for the commercial application of research findings), as well as more comprehensive information concerning funding sources and possibilities;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls, likewise, on the Commission to
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the relevant Member-State and EU bodies to develop proven SME- financing tools such as microcredits, venture capital for young people seeking to invest in innovative enterprises, business angels to sponsor business projects by young researchers, loans and guarantees and to create tax incentives for investment;
source: PE-439.266
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2009/2228(INI) Mobilising Information and Communication Technologies to facilitate the transition to an energy-efficient, low-carbon economy
2010/03/03
ITRE
5 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas ICTs will act as a catalyst in achieving the specific target of increasing energy efficiency by 20% by 2020, a target which needs to be made legally binding at EU level,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas ICT-based systems can reduce the energy consumption of buildings by up to 17% and carbon emissions from transport by up to 27%,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that in the building, transport, logistics, lighting, electricity, refrigeration, heating and ventilation sectors ICTs may be used in a variety of ways to improve energy efficiency and energy management;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that, if the goal of mobilising ICTs to ease the transition to an energy- efficient economy with low or zero carbon emissions is to be achieved, there must be universal direct access to ICTs; in this connection, points to the importance of making ICTs available under affordable conditions to less well-off consumers, in order to rationalise energy demand and consumption and thereby save energy and money;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Considers it essential for the Member States to agree, by the end of 2010, on a common minimum functional specification for smart metering systems, w
source: PE-439.383
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2009/2229(INI) Internet governance: the next steps
2010/10/05
ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to the report containing a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet (A6-0103/2009),
source: PE-441.224
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2009/2243(INI) Report on the implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development in cities and regions as well as in the Member States and the Union
2010/02/26
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that research and innovation, in particular as regards the development of low or zero carbon emissions and energy savings, are of critical importance for addressing global challenges, such as climate change and security of energy supplies and also improving competitiveness at regional and local level;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Believes that the impact of these earmarked funds could be further improved through complementary use of, and better coordination between, regional, research and innovation policies, at both EU and regional and local level;
source: PE-439.282
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2010/0150(COD) Programme to aid economic recovery: Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (amend. Regulation (EC) No 663/2009)
2010/07/15
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 5 (5) A dedicated financial instrument to support energy efficiency and renewable initiatives within the Sustainable Energy Financing Initiative should therefore be created to use the uncommitted funds under Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009. This financial facility should support the development of bankable energy efficiency and renewable energy projects and facilitates the financing of investment programmes in energy efficiency and renewable energy by local and regional public authorities, in particular in urban settings, as well as in mountain and island regions with valuable renewable energy potential.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 7 (7) In compliance with Regulation (EC) No 663/2009, the facility should be limited to the financing of measures that have a rapid, measurable and substantial impact on economic recovery within the EU, increased energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. These measures must contribute to the development of a competitive, connected and green economy, as well as to the protection of employment, in accordance with the 'Europe 2020' objectives. The criteria set out in Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 should fully apply to the selection and eligibility of the measures financed under the facility. The geographical balance of the projects should also be taken into account as an essential element.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 3 Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 Article 22 – paragraph 1 1. In compliance with Article 3(2), appropriations that could not be subject to individual legal commitments under Chapter II for an amount of EUR 114 million, and eventually other appropriations that become available as a result of total or partial non- implementation of the projects according to Chapter II shall be for a financial facility within the Sustainable Energy Financing Initiative, for the purpose of developing suitable funding instruments in cooperation with the European Investment Bank and other international credit institutions, so as to give a major stimulus to energy-efficiency projects and projects for the exploitation of renewable energy sources.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 Annex II – part I – paragraph 2 The facility shall be used for sustainable energy projects in particular in urban settings, as well as in mountain and island regions with valuable renewable energy potential. This shall include:
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 Annex II – part I – paragraph 2 –point c a (new) (ca) improvement of network infrastructures so as to limit energy wastage and incorporate new energy sources,
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 Annex II – part III – paragraph 1 The facility shall be limited to the financing of measures that have a rapid, measurable and substantial impact on economic recovery within the EU, increased energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. These measures must contribute to the development of a competitive, connected and green economy, as well as to the protection of employment, in accordance with the 'Europe 2020' objectives.
source: PE-445.669
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2010/0250(COD) Financial markets: OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories
2011/03/30
ECON
6 amendments...
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) At the 26 September 2009 summit in Pittsburgh, G20 Leaders agreed that all standardised OTC derivative contracts should be traded on-exchanges or electronic trading platforms, where appropriate, and cleared through central counterparties (CCP) by end-2012 at the latest and that OTC derivative contracts should be reported to trade repositories. In June 2010, G20 Leaders in Toronto reaffirmed their commitment and also committed to accelerate the implementation of strong measures to improve transparency and regulatory oversight of over-the-counter derivatives in an internationally consistent and non- discriminatory way. The Commission will endeavour to ensure that these commitments are implemented in a similar way by our international partners.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 53 a (new) (53 a) To ensure coherent and effective legislation and due to the close links between trading and post-trading, this regulation should be aligned with the Markets in Financial Services Directive (MiFID), which deals with trading in financial instruments. MiFID will determine the appropriate trading venue requirements to be imposed on the venues on which OTC derivatives as defined in EMIR, are executed. These requirements may include transparency, access, order execution, surveillance, robustness and system safety as well as other necessary requirements.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 (5) ’over the counter (OTC) derivatives' means derivative contracts whose execution does not take place on a regulated market, where all contracts are CCP cleared, as defined by Article 4 (1) point 14 of Directive 2004/39/EC;
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 A CCP that has been authorised to clear eligible OTC derivative contracts shall accept clearing such contracts on a non- discriminatory basis, regardless of the venue of execution, to the extent that those venues comply with the operational and technical requirements established by the CCP as well as with its access and risk management requirements.
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Third country CCPs should be subject to review by a process of similar rigeur to the one EU CCPs are subject to.
Amendment 964 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 68 a (new) Article 68a The European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) shall receive adequate additional funding to effectively perform the regulatory and supervisory tasks which are included in this regulation.
source: PE-460.860
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2010/0251(COD) Financial markets: short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps
2011/01/20
ECON
3 amendments...
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) The notification requirements for sovereign debt should apply to the debt issued by the Union and Member States, including any ministry, department, central bank, agency or instrumentality that issues debt on behalf of a Member State or the Union but excluding regional bodies or quasi public bodies that issue debt.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) Buying credit default swaps without having a long position in underlying sovereign debt can be, economically speaking, equivalent to taking a naked short position on the underlying debt instrument. The calculation of a net short position in relation to sovereign debt should therefore include credit default swaps relating to an obligation of a sovereign debt issuer. The credit default swap position should be taken into account both for the purposes of determining whether a natural or legal person has a significant net short position relating to sovereign debt that needs to be notified to a competent authority or a significant uncovered position in a credit default swap relating to an issuer of sovereign debt that needs to be notified to the authority.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 a (new) (16a) Sovereign credit default swaps should be based on the insurable interest principle. Uncovered positions in sovereign credit default swaps are used to take uncovered short positions on sovereign bonds, take liquidity away from the relevant bond markets and artificially increase borrowing costs for Member States with detrimental effects on their ability to refinance their debt in times of crises. Uncovered positions in sovereign credit default swaps should therefore be prohibited.
source: PE-456.773
2011/01/26
ECON
4 amendments...
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 b (new) Article 12b Restrictions on uncovered credit default swaps A natural or legal person shall enter into credit default swap transactions relating to an obligation of a Member State, the Union or a legal person only where that person has a long position in the debt of that issuer.
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) where a natural or legal person who sells shares or sovereign debt instruments on the venue is not able to deliver the shares or sovereign debt instrument for settlement within four trading days after the day on which the trade takes place,
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. A competent authority, which has taken a measure under paragraph 1, may ask ESA (ESMA) to consider exercising its powers under Article 24(1)(c) if the adverse events or developments addressed require that the measure be introduced at Union level.
source: PE-456.805
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2010/0275(COD) European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA): further development
2011/09/29
ITRE
7 amendments...
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The representatives of the Member States, meeting in the European Council on 13 December 2003, decided that the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), that was to be established on the basis of the proposal submitted by the Commission, would have its seat in a town in Greece
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 36 a (new) (36a) The Agency should be able, upon request by a Member State or the European Union Institutions, to second concurrently up to 10 % of the staff for providing assistance and expertise in addressing network and information security matters.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 37 (37) The Agency should be established for a
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 9 9. The Management Board
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 1. The Executive Director shall be responsible for the implementation of the Agency’s budget.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 1. Within
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 The Agency shall be established from […] for a
source: PE-472.314
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2010/0276(CNS) Economic governance: implementation of the excessive deficit procedure. 'Six pack'
2011/02/15
ECON
1 amendments...
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 5 a (new) (5a) The debt criteria (including the private debt) should be better integrated in each step of the excessive deficit procedure in order to ensure the sustainability of public finances while maintaining adequate levels of public investments.
source: PE-458.575
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2010/0278(COD) Economic governance: effective enforcement of budgetary surveillance in the euro area. 'Six pack'
2011/02/16
ECON
3 amendments...
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new) (4a) A European Monetary Fund, managed under Union rules and financed in particular with the revenues of the fines and innovative financing instruments , should be established in compliance with Article 3(1)(c) and Article 122(2) TFEU in order to safeguard financial stability of the euro area as whole. That fund should be based on the decisions taken by the Council of 9 to 10 May 2010 and the Statement by the Euro Group of 28 November 2010.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 b (new) (4b) The Union priorities for growth and jobs in Member States respecting the Stability and Growth Pact or having taken corrective measures should be funded through revenues from unused payments appropriations in the Union budget and innovative financing instruments.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 b (new) Article 2b Common eurobonds 1. Common eurobonds in the euro area shall be established with the aim of reinforcing discipline and compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact. Eurobonds shall be introduced only once the criteria in this Article have been met, including a comprehensive impact assessment. Eurobonds shall be established and shall function in accordance with the relevant provisions of the TFEU. Eurobonds shall not increase the quantity of debt. They shall be issued in exchange, at market price, of existing national bonds or in place of national bonds issuance. 2. The participation for the issuance of eurobonds shall be subject to compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact and shall be decided upon by the Council on a recommendation of the Commission. Member States shall participate only if they fulfil the criteria on debt and deficit levels as laid down in the Stability and Growth Pact. The Council may, on a recommendation of the Commission, on a case-by-case basis decide that a Member State facing exceptional circumstances can participate or continue its participation. 3. Eurobonds may pool a percentage of GDP of national debt of each Member State no higher than the SGP criteria. Common debt shall be senior debt and shall take priority to all other debts issued by the Member States. 4. Member States with a derogation may participate. 5. The issue of eurobonds shall be subject to robust institutional and administrative supervision in accordance with the highest standards and best practices of agencies currently managing sovereign debt in the Member States.
source: PE-458.626
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2010/0280(COD) Economic governance: strengthening of surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies. 'Six pack'
2011/02/15
ECON
2 amendments...
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 a (new) (7a) An assessment of the sustainability of public finances, including the debt level, debt profile (including maturity and private debt) and debt dynamics should be more strongly taken into account in the pace of convergence towards Member- State-specific medium term budgetary objectives to be included in the Stability and Convergence Programmes.
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The Council, when assessing the adjustment path toward the medium-term budgetary objective, shall examine if the Member State concerned pursues an appropriate annual improvement of its cyclically-adjusted budget balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures, required to meet its medium-term budgetary objective, with 0.5% of GDP as a benchmark.
source: PE-458.763
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2010/0281(COD) Economic governance: prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances. 'Six pack'
2011/02/16
ECON
1 amendments...
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. The Commission shall adopt, by with Article -12a, and subject to the conditions of Articles -12b and -12c, measures setting the list of relevant indicators to be included in the scoreboard. The list of indicators shall include the following sets of indicators: (a) internal imbalances, including private and public debt and its evolution; internal income inequalities; unemployment rates; and asset price developments with particular attention to real estate, and financial markets; (b) external imbalances, including current account composition and trade surpluses, balance and evolution; the evolution of export market shares in Union and third- country markets; and net foreign assets positions; (c) internal market developments, including a rolling average of five-year comparative real growth; an indicator of growth and employment dynamics including energy composition of the product and public and private research and development investment; and Union and third-country foreign direct investment flows.
source: PE-458.584
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2010/0306(NLE) Management of spent fuel and radioactive waste: EU legal framework
2011/04/15
ITRE
24 amendments...
Amendment 59 #
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 disposal.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 a (new) (16a) Radioactive waste, spent fuel and their storage and disposal involve major risks, as became painfully clear in Fukushima where severe accidents occurred in storage and disposal facilities; safety measures regarding radioactive waste and spent fuel should be tightened.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 23 (23) There is a growing recognition in the Union as well as worldwide
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 (24)
Amendment 76 #
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
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 25 a (new) (25a) Spent fuels stored in pools represent an additional potential source of radioactivity in the environment, in particular if the cooling ponds are not covered anymore, as recently shown in Fukushima.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 30 (30) Although each Member State is responsible for its own policy on spent fuel and radioactive waste management, that policy should not only respect the relevant fundamental safety principles set by the IAEA
Amendment 106 #
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 final disposal. 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 107 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 a (new) (34a) Workers along the whole chain of spent fuel and radioactive waste management need to be protected and covered, regardless of their activity or status; the long term effects on the health and safety of workers need to be considered in any management instrument for spent fuel and radioactive waste.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 b (new) (34b) When implementing this Directive, special attention must be given to workers at risk; non-compliance with health and safety legislation must be followed by immediate and severe sanctions.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 36 (36) Cooperation between Member States and at an international level could facilitate and accelerate decision-making through access to high quality expertise and technology, as well as to best practices.
Amendment 122 #
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 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 system, including natural (geological) and engineered barriers, such as the region’s susceptibility to earthquakes, 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 129 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 2 (2) It ensures that Member States provide for appropriate national arrangements for a high level of safety in spent fuel and radioactive waste management to protect workers
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) all stages of radioactive waste management, from generation up to final disposal, when the radioactive waste results from civilian activities or is managed within civilian activities;
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 3 Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new) (da) to inform the public regarding national policies on spent fuel and radioactive waste management, in a way that is transparent and impartial, according to Article 12.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new) (3a) The competent regulatory authority will have the powers and resources to regularly carry out nuclear safety assessments, investigations and controls, and where necessary enforcement actions in the facilities even during decommissioning. The health and safety of workers, including any sub- contractors, as well as staff levels and training are to form part of these assessments.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 3 b (new) (3b) Member States shall ensure that the competent regulatory authority is empowered to order the suspension of operations in cases where safety is not guaranteed.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 3 c (new) (3c) The competent regulatory authority will report to the Member States and relevant competent organisations, licence holders, workers’ representatives of the licence holder, sub-contractors and the general public regarding the results of their assessments.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 2 (2) Member States shall ensure that the national framework requires licence holders, under the supervision of the competent regulatory authority, to regularly assess and verify, and continuously improve, as far as reasonably achievable, the safety of their activities
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 3 (3) The assessments referred to in paragraph 2 shall include verification that measures are in place to prevent accidents and mitigate the consequences of accidents, including verification of the physical barriers and the licence holder's administrative procedures for protection that would have to fail before workers
Amendment 236 #
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 operation of spent fuels pools, a final storage facility or operation and closure of a disposal facility; the safety case shall specify the standards applied for this assessment. The long-term and post-closure safety shall be addressed, in particular how it is ensured by passive means to the fullest extent possible. The safety case and supporting safety assessment shall include an assessment of the health and safety risks for workers, including those employed by subcontractors, and of the skill levels and number of staff required for the safe operation of the facility at all times, so that action can be taken in the event of an accident.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 1 Member States shall ensure that the national framework guarantees that
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 1 Member States shall ensure that the national framework guarantees that adequate financial resources are available when needed for the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste,
source: PE-462.870
2011/04/26
ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – point 2 (2) concepts, plans and technical solutions from generation to final disposal;
source: PE-462.874
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2010/0363(COD) Energy market integrity and transparency
2011/04/18
ECON
1 amendments...
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) Specification of the definitions of inside information and market manipulation is necessary to account for the specificities of wholesale energy markets, which are dynamic and subject to change. Coherence with other relevant legal acts of the Union in the field of financial services, which is also dynamic and subject to change, should be ensured to avoid regulatory gaps. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty in respect to such detailed rules.
source: PE-462.894
2011/04/27
ITRE
4 amendments...
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) It is important to ensure that consumers can have confidence in the integrity of electricity and gas markets and that prices set on wholesale energy markets reflect a fair and competitive interplay between supply and demand.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) Specification of the definitions of inside information and market manipulation is necessary to account for the specificities of wholesale energy markets, which are dynamic and subject to change. Coherence with other relevant EU legislation in the field of financial services, which is also dynamic and subject to change, should be ensured to avoid regulatory gaps. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty in respect to such detailed rules.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 This Regulation establishes rules prohibiting abusive practices on wholesale energy markets coherent with those applying in financial markets and with the competitive function of the energy markets. It provides for the monitoring of wholesale energy markets by the Agency.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 – subparagraph 2 For the purposes of applying the first subparagraph, information a reasonable market participant would be likely to use as part of the basis of his decision to enter into a transaction relating to a wholesale energy product is information which, if it were made public, would be likely to have a significant effect on the prices of such wholesale energy products. Such information includes information related to the capacity and utilisation of facilities for production, storage, consumption or transmission of electricity or natural gas, as well as information which is required to be disclosed in accordance with legal or regulatory provisions at Union or national level, market rules, and contracts or customs on the relevant wholesale energy market.
source: PE-464.684
2011/05/05
ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Agency shall establish mechanisms to share information it receives in accordance with Article 6(1) and Article 7 with national regulatory authorities, the competent financial authorities of the Member States, competition authorities of the Member States and other relevant authorities. Before the establishment of these mechanisms, the Agency shall consult with these authorities. The Agency shall only give access to the mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 to bodies which have set up systems enabling the Agency to meet the requirements of Article 9(1).
source: PE-464.685
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2010/0821(NLE) Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU): stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (amend. Article 136 TFEU)
2011/04/02
ECON
2 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Draft decision Recital 4 (4) The stability mechanism will provide the necessary tool for dealing with such cases of risk to the financial stability of the euro area as a whole as have been experienced in 2010, and hence help preserve the economic and financial stability of the Union itself. The mechanism can be financed by, inter alia, innovative financing tools. At its meeting of 16 December 2010, the European Council agreed that, as this mechanism is designed to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area as whole, Article 122(2) of the TFEU will no longer be needed for such purposes. The Heads of State or Government therefore agreed that it should not be used for such purposes.
Amendment 19 #
Draft decision Recital 4 g (new) (4g) The Commission should investigate the potential of a future system of eurobonds, as an additional mechanism for preserving the stability of the euro area, and in particular should look into the conditions under which such a system would be beneficial to all participating Member States and to the euro area as a whole.
source: PE-458.473
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2010/2008(INI) Derivatives markets: future policy actions
2010/04/13
ECON
4 amendments...
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the recent events involving sovereign credit default swaps used by financial speculators, led to unjustified high levels of several national spreads and consequently severely endangered not only the sustainability of the involved national economies but also the stability of the eurozone altogether; whereas those events and practices underlined the need for further market transparency and enhanced European regulation vis-à-vis trading of credit default swaps, in particular of those connected to sovereign debts,
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls the Commission to initiate as soon as possible an inquiry at European level regarding the role and impact of speculative practices in connection to sovereign credit default swaps and their possible implications on the development of yields and to evaluate the need for promoting further regulation vis-à-vis minimum holding periods of CDS trading or banning acquisition of CDS which are not being used for hedging purposes;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls, as a matter of priority, for credit default swaps to be ma
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for any derivative from financial or non financial institution above a certain threshold (to be specified by the European Securities and Markets Authority) to be centrally cleared by a central counterparty;
source: PE-440.018
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2010/2010(INI) Developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy
2010/05/18
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Believes it is vital to ensure a new Community framework with a suitable and sufficient budget in order to support public-sector research and make its results available in an accessible and non- bureaucratic form with a view to innovation by microbusinesses and SMEs, in the areas of energy efficiency, use of new energy sources and low carbon production processes, in particular the use of renewable energy sources, and recycling and
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that
source: PE-441.372
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2010/2038(INI) Long-term sustainability of public finances for a recovering economy
2010/09/03
ECON
5 amendments...
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that in order to achieve an effective and sustainable response to the economic and financial crisis and secure full coherence to the EU recovery, the process of budgetary consolidation shall not endanger growth perspectives; asks therefore that the central objectives of the long-term recovery and sustainability of public finances shall be high and full quality employment and new job creation through adequate and well coordinated investments in infrastructure and knowledge, securing this way the transition towards a sustainable green and competitive economy;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that the failure of several Member States to comply with the SGP criteria highlights the shortcomings of the economic coordination within the Eurozone but also within the EU; is therefore convinced that the only way to overcome the current crisis is through the strengthening of economic coordination and the establishment of a strong economic governance, aiming at reducing the current competitiveness gap between European economies and moving towards stable and sustainable economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses that the current financial crisis has emphasised in the most clear way the direct link between financial markets stability and the sustainability of public finances; underlines in that context the need for a reinforced and integrated supervisory legislation on financial markets that should include strong mechanisms for consumers and investors protection;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recalls that the Stability and Growth Pact was revised in 2005 in order to allow the de facto adoption of the principles underpinning a counter-cyclical macroeconomic policy, which have come into their own in the face of the crisis; in line with this revision considers it necessary to fully exploit the flexibility margins of the reformed SGP in order to ensure a return to sound public policies and at the same time secure high growth perspectives;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Stresses that recent speculative attacks against several European economies had as their primary target the euro itself and the European economic convergence; in that sense is convinced that European problems need European solutions, which should consist on internal means to avoid any risk of defaults by combining national fiscal discipline with last resort mechanisms of financial support;
source: PE-439.430
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2010/2072(INI) Funding and functioning of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
2010/09/06
ECON
6 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 1 1. Calls on the Commission to submit forthwith a report on the use made to date of the Globalisation Adjustment Fund, setting out in particular a detailed account of how the appropriations were used by each Member State, the fundamental reasons for the limited use to date of fund resources and what proportion of overall funding they accounted for by comparison with other national and company-specific support measures; calls on the Commission to draw initial conclusions from that report and rapidly submit proposals for the improvement of the fund;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the projected review of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund Regulation, to simplify the procedure for the submission and evaluation of applications from Member States in a bid to reduce delays in the processing thereof and ensure that EGF mechanisms are more promptly and effectively deployed for the benefit of workers; calls on the Commission and Member States, with a view to simplifying and expediting completion of the necessary formalities, to consider the creation of permanent structures for the processing of EGF formalities at national level and the exchange of best practices at European level;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 2 2. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 3 3. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 4 4. Calls on the Commission to introduce criteria by means of which the granting of EGF assistance can be linked as a matter of priority to restructuring measures designed to secure and create employment
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to take account of the major disparities between Member States and regions and to adjust the eligibility criteria so as to allow for greater flexibility in response to special circumstances and requirements;
source: PE-442.842
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2010/2075(INI) Regulation of trading in financial instruments - "dark pools" etc.
2010/09/28
ECON
8 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the G20 set out that no financial institution, no financial product and no territory should remain outside the scope of intelligent regulation and effective supervision
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas consumer protection
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the inclusion in the MIFID of waivers to pre trade transparency requirements and the establishment of MTF and dark pools intended to facilitate a shift towards more regulated and transparent venues; whereas the fact that a significant part of market trading remains OTC trading underlines that this objective is not met up until now;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas broker crossing networks (BCNs) can provide different services to regulated markets (RMs) and multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) in so far as they are closed systems and a technological extension of the traditional, discretionary broker-client relationship; whereas there are also clear cases where BCNs undertake the same function as an MTF or a SI and for which MIFID rules should fully apply,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas apart from their high risks on market liquidity and safety the significant increase of HFT strategies have transformed the role of markets in financial instruments from a providing real economy with adequate capital to a speculative trade with severe consequences for public and real economies,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. underlines that OTC trade remains a significant part of the markets in financial instruments which leads to continuous lack of transparency and liquidity risks; considers that MIFID review has to deal with that through better restructuring of the waiver preconditions and redetermining the conditions under which a venue should be regulated as an MTF or an SI;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. welcomes Commission's proposal for a Regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories as a necessary prerequisite to increase transparency and safety within the markets in financial instruments and considers it as the first step towards shifting the significant proportions of OTC trade to trade venues subject to MIFID regulation.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for an investigation into
source: PE-448.999
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2010/2078(INI) ECB annual report for 2009
2010/09/16
ECON
7 amendments...
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls therefore on the Commission to put forward proposals to strengthen the Stability and Growth Pact by including specific targets for closing the competitiveness gap between European economies, for an Employment and Development Pact with binding targets for the Member States and for a crisis management scenario;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Asks for a timely implementation of the Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies (No 1060/2009) and welcomes the Commission proposal on amending Regulation No 1060/2009 on Credit Rating Agencies of 2nd June 2010, but
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Warns that these austerity packages should not lead to measures which could dampen the economic recovery, which requires a new model of economic governance with instruments and a time schedule that will provide a balance between the process of fiscal consolidation and safeguarding the needs in terms of investment in jobs and sustainable development;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Underlines that the lack of credit reaching the real economy stemmed
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Considers that the global financial system needs to be made less fragile and that lessons from the crisis must be drawn on a global level to improve the quality of risk management and the transparency of financial markets, reaffirming that their basic role is to finance the real economy;
source: PE-448.904
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2010/2087(INI) EU Strategy for the Black Sea
2010/10/13
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Supports the research into alternative energy sources and in particular renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy savings, which are essential prerequisites in order to face the challenges of climate change and to contribute to the global effort for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reaffirms that EU security of energy supply policy is based on diversification of sources and routes; stresses the
source: PE-448.953
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2010/2095(INI) Industrial Policy for the globalised era
2010/11/16
ITRE
17 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the global economic crisis has hit European industry hard, further exacerbating the already ongoing challenging processes of globalisation, climate change, demographic change and change to
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Β. whereas maintaining global leadership of European industry is only possible through new technologies/processes/solutions, R&D, a sophisticated supply-chain, better efficiency and a smaller carbon footprint, strong human resources, good logistics and infrastructure, as cost-cutting is not the way forward for industry in Europe,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to develop, together with the European Parliament and the Council, a qualitative and, where possible, quantitative vision for European industry in 2020, which looks towards sustainable development in the long term and lays down guidelines, for example for energy and resource efficiency,
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that the new, integrated approach calls for extremely effective collaboration within the Commission, and, to this end, calls on the Commission to set up a permanent industrial policy task force
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls for research expenditure for the upcoming programming period from 2013 (RDP 8) to be significantly increased (EU target for public funding: 1% of GDP). Notes that, alongside strongly process- oriented research and innovation, research in basic cross-sectoral technologies is needed and, in addition, that
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Recalls that, representing as it does an annual 17% of GDP in the EU, public procurement is a powerful instrument for stimulating innovation; calls for public procurement rules to be simplified and for compliance with the principles of transparency and access to information to be ensured; stresses that it is essential to encourage the private sector to become more involved in innovation activities; points out that competitors such as China and the USA have set ambitious targets for public procurement of innovative and environmental products, and calls for similar target setting in the EU;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 - intensification of raw material recovery and reuse by means of ambitious recycling rules, appropriate support for research, and a stop to the landfill and exporting of waste that contains raw materials,
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Is convinced that industry needs an energy policy focused on the long term which guarantees a
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – introductory part 16.
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – indent 1 - an institutionalised dialogue between the relevant authorities and the social partners with a view to reviewing syllabuses, so as to include the entrepreneurial spirit and increase awareness of business, and devising effective ways of completing the transition between school and the job market, particularly encouraging the promotion of individual mobility programmes such as ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’ and ‘Erasmus for Apprentices’,
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – indent 2 - coordinated initiatives to improve the teaching of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at all levels, particularly to women, and to promote the exchange of best practice, coordinated initiatives to improve the teaching of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at all levels, particularly to women, and to promote the exchange of best practice in the fields both of education and of training, promoting exchanges of innovative measures to reconcile work and family life, and to promote equality between women and men;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – indent 4 - . establishing, in cooperation with training bodies and the social partners, work-based vocational and occupational (re)training and lifelong learning programmes, both for workers and for employers; opening up and modernising universities to allow them to offer higher vocational qualifications (for engineers, IT specialists, technicians, etc.);
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for a stronger, coordinated EU policy on lead markets, such as the environmental industries (some 3.5 million employees, EUR 300 billion turnover, up to 50% of the global market); stresses that many ‘traditional’ markets – steel, automobiles and shipbuilding, for example – have a strong capacity for innovation and/or offer comparative advantages, of which full use should be made; for these purposes, product-specific legislation such as the eco-design directive should be developed further, the directive on the eco- labelling of energy-consuming products should be fully implemented and industry-stimulating initiatives such as the ‘green car initiative’ put in place;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for efforts to be stepped up with a view to creating without delay a Community patent
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for the establishment of a task force on restructuring operations, composed of all parties concerned, particularly workers’ representatives, and a stronger role for the European structural funds in restructuring processes so that employees and firms can be offered a future; calls for research and development in furtherance of conversion processes to be intensified;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 – introductory part 22. Stresses the great importance of SMEs in the industrial landscape, in particular when it comes to providing long-term jobs at regional level, and calls on the Commission:
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 – indent 3 • a particular focus on the key European industries – e.g. the automotive industry, renewable
source: PE-452.697
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2010/2099(INI) Improving the economic governance and stability framework of the Union, in particular in the euro area
2010/10/09
ECON
14 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas the new enhanced economic governance should fully integrate and reinforce the EU principle of solidarity, as a prerequisitive of the eurozone's capacity to respond to asymmetric shocks and speculative attacks,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the new EU economic governance should move forward from a strict budget surveillance function towards establishing a fair balance between investments in sustainable growth and full time employment on the one hand and the prevention of excessive deficits over the economic cycle, in line with Union-level commitments and guidelines, need to be persued, on the other
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the recent economic crisis has made clear that excessive macroeconomic and competitiveness divergences and current-account imbalances within the euro area which increased steadily during the pre-
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas comprehensive secondary legislation needs to be established in order to attain the Union objectives in this area; whereas enhanced economic governance for the Union based on the provisions of the TFEU is essential, the Union method should be used to its full extent and the key role of the Commission and the European Parliament should be respected in order to promote mutually reinforcing polices,
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) N a. whereas in order to avoid further expanding existing competitiveness divergences in EU and undermining the success of the new strengthened European economic governance as well as the EU 2020 targets on job creation and sustainable growth, the European fiscal consolidation strategy should fully take into account each member state's particularities and avoid a simplistic "one- size- fits- all" approach.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 – Establish common rules for a more active use of the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines a
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 – Establish a monitoring mechanism including possible warnings and incremental sanctions for Member States that have not reached their MTFO or are not approaching it at the agreed pace, avoiding however a simplistic "one-size fits-all" approach and taking fully into account each member state's particularities,
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 7 – Establish pre-specified and pre-emptive incentives to be decided independently from the Council by the Commission or semi-automatic preventive sanctions, in order to facilitate early warning steps and apply them in a progressive way,
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Annex 1 – heading 4 – indent 1 – Establish a permanent mechanism or body (European Monetary Fund) as a last resort mechanism for member states exposed to serious economic difficulties in cases in which market financing is no longer available based on existing mechanisms (the European Financial Stability Facility, the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism and the European balance of payments instrument) with clear rules on the decision-making procedure, funding, conditionality for loans, monitoring, rules on burden-sharing, and resources and powers in order to facilitate borrowing and lending activity in exceptional circumstances and in order to facilitate orderly resolution avoiding contagion and ring-fencing sovereign debt insolvency, if needed.
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Annex 1 – heading 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 – Produce a feasibility assessment (the nature, risks and advantages) of establishing a system in the long run for the issuance of common
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Annex 1 – heading 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 – Develop a common budgetary strategy or guidelines for national budgets and the EU budget in line with the Europe 2020 strategy, keeping the balance between achieving budgetary discipline targets and enabling the financing of employment and public and private investment,
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Annex 1 – heading 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 – Establish a high-level tax policy group chaired by the Commission with a mandate to work for a strategic and pragmatic approach to tax policy issues in the Union, while p
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Annex 1 – heading 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new) – Believes that the review of the current EU tax policies should be focused on shifting the burden from labour to other sources and establishing a more fair income tax system across EU, especially for the low income groups of citizens; Considers therefore that EU should move forward with a European financial transaction tax and an EU-wide CO2 tax, which make "the polluter" assume full responsibility and can guarantee both significant budget revenues and a fair distribution of the tax burden.
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Annex 1 – heading 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 – Establish
source: PE-448.796
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2010/2104(INI) Efficiency and effectiveness of EU funding in the area of decommissioning nuclear power plants in the new Member States
2011/03/02
ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that the environmental and social costs of the decommissioning procedures should be borne by investors and factored in when deciding on the deployment of nuclear energy;
source: PE-458.492
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2010/2105(INI) Innovative financing at a global and European level
2010/10/13
ITRE
5 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Points out that successful implementation of the 20-20-20 targets requires substantial financial commitment and new ways of supplementing existing financing for initiatives tackling climate change and energy challenges;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges the divergent forms of carbon tax that already exist in some Member States
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that any innovative form of EU- coordinated climate change taxation should have some of its revenues earmarked for financing R&D and measures aimed at reducing carbon emissions, stimulating energy efficiency and improving energy infrastructure in the EU;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines the important impact that financial speculation on commodities such as crude, gas and food supplies and financial practices such as high frequency trading have on the price of energy and on land use; considers therefore that a tax on speculative transactions could be an important tool to restore transparency and efficiency in energy market and land management and thus to achieve EU key goals on energy efficiency and climate change;
source: PE-450.834
2010/11/16
ECON
14 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the main burden of the cost has been assumed thus far throughout the world by taxpayers; whereas there is a growing demand for financial institutions and stakeholders, that have enjoyed for years excessive returns on equities and in annual bonus payouts and accounted the biggest part of global corporate profits, to contribute their fair share to meeting the costs,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas EU response to the financial crisis consisted on implementing a new integrated financial supervisor architecture in order to limit the risks for a future crisis,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses that in the aftermath of the crisis EU needs to convince its citizens that it has the will and the tools to go forward with a balanced combination of fiscal consolidation strategy with stimulus policies in order to safeguard a long-term economic recovery;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Recalls that the financial damage caused by tax evasion and tax fraud in Europe is estimated between EUR 200 and 250 billion every year; points out against this background that innovative financing should not only focus on new tools but also on substantial progress in combating tax evasion and tax fraud, which would have significant budgetary impacts;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that some EU Member States have already introduced similar types of taxes on specific financial transaction
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Is confident that the majority of the investors are reluctant to transfer their activity to opaque or unknown jurisdictions; stresses, at the same time, that the flaw of merely speculative transactions will not have detrimental effects but in the contrary may contribute to increasing market efficiency;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Underlines that an EU FTT in combination with the new financial supervisory framework can ensure significant transparency to EU financial markets and thus provide with a substantial advantage for EU competitiveness;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Deplores the recent Commission Communication, which comes down against the introduction of an EU FTT not on the basis of comprehensive, evidence- based research, but on that of the general argument of the competitive disadvantage for the EU economy; considers that the burden of the proof regarding possible drawbacks lies within the Commission;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Is aware of different options for the management of the additional revenues generated by the taxation of the financial sector at both national and European level; is convinced that in order to safeguard the European added value of the aforementioned innovative financing tools a substantial part of those revenues should be allocated to the EU budget to finance EU projects and policies; calls for a broad debate within EU institutions, national parliaments, EU stakeholders and representatives from the civil society on the choice regarding those policies, the determination of the part which will be allocated at EU level and the various ways of achieving this;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Fully supports Eurobonds as a common debt management instrument based on mutual pooling of parts of sovereign debt to safeguard low interest rates; calls on the Commission to move forward with an in- depth impact assessment regarding the feasibility of Eurobonds; believes that Eurobonds can ensure sufficient liquidity in the european bond market and will thereby contribute significantly to financial stability and the necessary consolidation of public finances;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports the idea of issuing common European project bonds to finance Europe
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. Believes that carbon tax and the revision of the energy taxation directive should set the minimum mandatory requirements for all Member States, leaving it to the competence of each Member State to move further on if it decides to do so;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 b (new) 25 b. Underlines that adequate transitional periods should be foreseen in order to avoid carbon leakages and to prevent overwhelming burden to be shifted to the low income consumers; moreover considers it useful to foresee specific targeted measures in favour of low income households and to enhance investments in public sector infrastructure and in household’s energy efficiency;
source: PE-452.656
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2010/2106(INI) Commission Green Paper "On forest protection and information in the EU: preparing forests for climate change"
2010/10/14
ITRE
7 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission’s view that forests should be seen as
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that European forestry initiatives should be aimed both at ‘adapting’ forests to climate change
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the need to respect the
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 α (new) 6α. Acknowledges that, in many instances, wind parks can be set up in forest areas; considers that renewable energy source projects and forest protection are mutually complementary rather than conflicting measures;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Acknowledges the importance of maintaining
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Stresses the need for enhanced coordination and information efforts within the EU and between the EU and the Member States, and takes the view that this could be achieved in part if the Commission were to bring all of its forestry-related activities together within one single unit
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 α (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to compile and monitor indicators at European and national level relating to forests and their functions (e.g. forest coverage, regenerative capacity, soil water capacity, erosion rates, areas for reafforestion, etc.);
source: PE-448.964
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2010/2107(INI) Revision of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan
2010/11/10
ITRE
5 amendments...
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to present an evaluation of the
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Urges Member States to set up more comprehensive and coordinated market surveillance and compliance-monitoring programmes for the
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Suggests that, understanding the challenge and importance of market surveillance, which is a national competence, the Commission should facilitate cooperation and sharing of information among Member States, in particular by creating an open EU database of test results and of non- compliant products identified in Member State and by taking steps to ensure that a non-compliant product identified in one Member State is quickly removed from all 27 Markets;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Following the entry into force of the revised Energy Labelling Directive,
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the need to increase support for initiatives which focus on the local and regional level to lower energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions such as the Covenant of Mayors and the Smart Cities initiative;
source: PE-450.651
2010/12/10
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Urges Member States to systematically use energy efficient public procurement practices;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for the rapid and proper implementation of the Directives on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling by adopting implementing measures and delegated acts covering new energy-related products
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Commission to evaluate legislation and make sure that legislation addresses products, systems and their energy use and considers it necessary to increase the awareness of EU citizens regarding the energy and resource efficiency of consumer and energy-related products; notes that educating sales professionals on communicating energy efficiency benefits is a key factor of successful awareness-raising of EU citizens; considers that when evaluating energy consumption, applications should be considered as a whole, rather than single part-products only;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Calls on the Commission to proceed with the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive with a view to include the aspect of CO2 emissions in combination with energy consumption to create additional resources targeted, among others, at the EU's climate change goals and in particular the promotion of energy efficiency;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 38. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 a (new) 38a. Calls on the Commission to design the new EEAP taking into account the needs of vulnerable energy consumers; notes that such consumers would benefit the most from energy efficiency improvements but lack the resources to undertake the necessary investments;
source: PE-450.652
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2010/2108(INI) Towards a new Energy Strategy for Europe 2011 - 2020
2010/09/14
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas energy infrastructure need to be financed first and foremost by energy tariffs; but whereas EU funding might also be needed where markets alone can not finance such investments, especially in the least developed regions and in remote regions,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that any future strategy should seek to fulfil the Lisbon Treaty objectives
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines, in accordance with the principle of reciprocity established by treaty for the first time, that the proposed strategy should be carried out, above all, in the spirit of solidarity and responsibility, where no Member State can be left behind or isolated and all Member States take measures to ensure the Union's mutual security; stresses the inclusion of a specific chapter on energy (article 194 TFEU) ensuring a firm legal basis for Union action based on the Community method;·
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point b (b) set priority projects and set criteria to identify key investments for the development of the internal energy market, taking account also of the geographic scope of the projects, so as to ensure that energy infrastructure investments help to promote economic and social cohesion and the creation of fresh job opportunities for all European citizens;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Believes that innovative financial instruments (as for instance risk-sharing facilities and loan schemes by public banks) could be an important tool for supporting investments in the energy infrastructure and energy efficiency; calls, therefore, on the Commission to increasingly replace traditional loans by these schemes; strongly endorses the proposal to use the EU budget equity as loan guarantees to encourage private and PPP investments; believes that energy infrastructure projects which promote EU strategic energy objectives may also be funded through the issuing of Eurobonds;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Asks the Commission to co
source: PE-448.780
2010/09/15
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Calls on the Commission and the involved Member States to further proceed with the immediate implementation of th
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new) 37a. Calls for the completion of the interconnected system in southern Europe;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 38. Calls for promoting the DESERTEC and Mediterranean Solar Plan initiatives by supporting decentralised solar power plants in the North African region and its connection to the grid; notes that the exploitation of the energy resources of the countries of North Africa, through making full use of renewable sources of energy, should help to enhance the security of energy supplies, whilst strengthening the development and social cohesion of the countries and populations of the region and limiting the gap between North and South;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution New title after paragraph 51 Energy and External Policy. Europe and third countries.
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 a (new) 51a. Emphasises the need to coordinate energy talks with neighbouring countries which have abundant reserves of alternative forms of energy and to develop jointly with the EU programmes to promote clean forms of energy and the exchange of know-how and technology; priority should be given to promoting the objectives of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and the Mediterranean Ring;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 b (new) 51b. Believes, with a view to the Cancun Summit, that the ΕU should be at the head of efforts to achieve a comprehensive, legally binding and ambitious agreement, demonstrating that it is able to speak with one voice and confirm its leading role, bringing back to centre stage its proposal for a unilateral target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 30% by 2020;
source: PE-448.829
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2010/2137(INI) Report on competition policy 2009
2010/12/10
ECON
6 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas protectionism and non- enforcement of competition rules would only deepen and prolong the crisis; stressing, however, that the non- adaptability of competition policy measures to exceptional circumstances could also have disastrous effects,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Ε. whereas not only the growing budget deficits and increased levels of public debt in many Member States
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas Member States’ governments, as a response to the financial crisis, have granted a sizable amount of State aid in the form, for example, of guarantee schemes, recapitalisation schemes and complementary forms of liquidity support on bank funding; whereas these measures have provided banks with a significant source of funding and insurance against the risks
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27α. Considers it necessary to take immediate action in response to inadmissible banking practices regarding debt levels in the form of consumer credit and mortgages, with a view to ensuring compliance with the rules of fair competition in this sector and reducing costs to consumers;
source: PE-450.582
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2010/2302(INI) Credit rating agencies: future perspectives
2011/01/20
ECON
7 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Β B. whereas
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas CRAs were instrumental in the development of the euro zone debt crisis through their repeated downgrading of national bonds and unfavourable assessments of euro zone economies, disregarding favourable EU, ECT and IMF assessments of progress by national financial reform and restructuring programmes or the major steps taken at European level to strengthen economic governance and provide a permanent framework for financial stability; whereas these unfavourable assessments had major implications for the European banking system and EU bond market,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the industry’s key problem is lack of competition, accountability and transparency and the regulatory system’s key problem is dependency on external credit ratings,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the recent developments in the euro crisis have highlighted the significant role of sovereign debt ratings, as well as major shortcomings concerning the rules governing the regulation and oversight of CRA activities,
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Stresses that the markets appear to attach greater importance to euro zone public debt assessment by CRAs than to EU, ECT and IMF assessments; considers it necessary to restore the balance immediately and return to assessments on the basis of reliable updated and fully substantiated information;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Takes the view that a decisive step in this direction could be the introduction of an independent European credit rating body;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Stresses the urgent need for CRA assessments to take full account of updated information regarding national budget implementation and the effectiveness of financial adjustment and restructuring measures, so as to prevent national and European bond markets being seriously undermined by inaccurate assessments;
source: PE-454.677
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2010/2304(INI) European broadband: investing in digitally driven growth
2011/03/25
ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. recalls the decision taken by the Ministerial Conference for the UfM of 4 November 2008 in Marseilles to reduce the digital divide between the two shores of the Mediterranean which resulted in the BB-Med (broadband for the Mediterranean) proposal,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the need to make best use of all available complementary technologies to achieve broadband coverage in rural areas, mountainous regions, and islands, without undue burdens
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to explore new financing sources and innovative financing instruments; to that direction supports the creation of an EU
source: PE-460.941
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2011/0172(COD) Energy efficiency
2011/11/16
ITRE
11 amendments...
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) The Union is facing unprecedented challenges resulting from increased dependence on energy imports and scarce energy resources, and the need to limit climate change and to overcome the economic crisis. Energy efficiency is a valuable means to address these challenges. It improves the Union's security of supply by reducing primary energy consumption and decreasing energy imports. It helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective way and thereby to mitigate climate change. It is a crucial instrument for keeping energy affordable for all consumers and in the fight against energy poverty. Shifting to a more energy-efficient economy should also accelerate the spread of innovative technological solutions and improve the competitiveness of industry in the Union, boosting economic growth and creating high quality jobs in several sectors related to energy efficiency.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 a (new) (3a) The energy efficiency targets can best be reached by involving as many parties as possible, public as well as private. This will induce a high leverage effect, create jobs and contribute to greener growth on the path to the creation of a competitive and sustainable Europe.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 a (new) (17a) The EU institutions should also set the right example by renting and purchasing only products, services and buildings of the highest available energy performance class.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 21 (21) When designing energy efficiency improvement measures, account should be taken of efficiency gains and savings obtained through the widespread application of cost-effective technological innovations such as smart meters. To maximise the saving benefits of these innovations, final customers should be able to visualise indicators of cost and consumption and have regular individual billing based on actual consumption. In addition to that, Member States shall develop Demand Response programmes that will empower and reward decentralized and flexible energy generators in combination with Demand Response providers.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 21 b (new) (21b) Energy poverty is mainly caused by a combination of low income, poor housing and high energy prices. These three elements must be fought by increasing energy efficiency of homes, making the energy market responsible, and by developing social inclusion measures.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 26 (26) The specific structure of the cogeneration and district heating and cooling sectors, which include many small and medium-sized producers, should be taken into account, especially when reviewing the administrative procedures for obtaining permission to construct cogeneration capacity or associated networks, in application of the ‘Think Small First’ principle. Notably, the installation of micro-cogeneration units in individual premises should be facilitated.
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new) 27 a. 'Energy poverty' means having to spend a disproportionate amount of income on energy. Specifically this is defined as households having to spend in percentage terms of their household income, more than twice the median value of the percentage spend by households on energy used within the home; the spend is calculated to attain the same indoor temperatures as the majority of the national households
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 a (new) Article 2a Financing and Technical Support 2a. Without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 TFEU, Member States shall establish financing facilities to aggregate multiple streams of financing including: (a) financial contributions and fines from non-fulfilment of the obligations set out in Article 6, (b) resources allocated to energy efficiency under Article 10(3) of Directive 2009/29/EC, (c) resources allocated to energy efficiency from EU projects bonds, (d) resources allocated to energy efficiency in the multiannual financial framework, in particular cohesion and structural funds, and dedicated European financial instruments, technical assistance and financial engineering, (e) resources allocated to energy efficiency from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and other European financial institutions, in particular the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Council of Europe development Bank (CEB), f) national resources, including from public banks and other national financial institutions. 2. The financing facilities shall: (a) use this money to generate the highest leverage possible of private capital, in particular drawing on institutional investors; (b) provide financial tools (e.g. loan guarantees for private capital, loan guarantees to foster energy performance contracting, grants, subsidised loans and dedicated credit lines) that reduce both the perceived and the actual risks of energy efficiency projects; (c) be linked to programmes or agencies which will aggregate and quality assess energy saving projects, provide technical assistance, promote the energy services market and help to generate consumer demand for these services, in accordance with Article 14; (d) provide appropriate resources to support training and certification programmes which improve and accredit skills for energy efficiency. 3. The Commission shall, where appropriate, directly or via the European financial institutions, assist Member States upon request in setting up financing facilities and technical support schemes with the aim of increasing energy efficiency in different sectors, by supporting the exchange of best practice between the responsible national or regional authorities or bodies. 4. The Commission shall in collaboration with the EIB devise a strategy to support the financing mechanisms attract private capital by for example raising awareness about the financing facilities among targeted institutional investors and drafting guidelines based on best practices.
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 a (new) Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 a (new) Article 3 a Long-term energy savings target 1. Member states shall draw up plans to increase energy savings beyond 2020 leading up to 2050. Member states shall, in coordination with the Commission, set targets for energy savings as part of European energy policy. 2. By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establish and make publicly available the national plans referred to in paragraph 1. They shall include at least: (a) a record of buildings differentiated according to the category of building, (b) an inventory of buildings owned by public bodies indicating the floor area in m2; and the energy performance of each building, (c) Energy savings targets for 2020, 2030 and 2040 along with detailed plans specifying the measures to achieve targets as well as specification of targets in different sectors. These targets shall be consistent with reaching the long term objective referred to in paragraph 1, (d) measures to address social, health and safety, technical and financial challenges in the buildings sector, (e) measures to ensure that tenants are not financially penalised, (f) measures to combat energy poverty.
source: PE-475.873
2011/11/17
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. The EU institutions will set the good example by decreasing their own energy use through, amongst others, innovative heating, lighting, installing energy efficient appliances and resource efficient processes. As for their buildings, they will integrate renewable energies where possible and bring their energy performance level up to the highest performance class (as defined in the country where the building is located) by 2015".
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 As public bodies can function as very important role models for the rest of society, can promote new innovative energy efficiency products and services and account for a considerable part of the National energy consumption, Member States shall ensure that public bodies only purchase
Amendment 741 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a (a)
Amendment 744 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a (a) include requirements with a social aim in the saving obligations they impose, including by requiring measures to be implemented as a priority in households affected by energy poverty or in social housing;
Amendment 849 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States shall develop programmes to encourage households and small and medium-sized enterprises to undergo energy audits. These energy audits shall identify and quantify cost-effective saving opportunities in the short, medium and long term.
Amendment 1068 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establish and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plan for developing the potential for the application of high-efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling, and other high energy efficient technologies containing the information set out in Annex VII. The plans shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure by means of their regulatory framework that national heating and cooling plans are taken into account in local and regional development plans, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VII.
source: PE-475.932
2011/11/18
ITRE
5 amendments...
Amendment 1341 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Member States shall ensure that household or communities are allowed to feed excess electricity, generated by small- scale or micro-technologies, onto the power grid and are financially compensated for that. When citizens, individually or in group, own and operate micro-scale renewable energy systems the generated electricity is not seen as production but as energy efficiency.
Amendment 1431 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) b a) ensuring that public authorities consider the use of energy services including energy performance contracting;
Amendment 1443 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new) e a) establishing a working group comprised of representatives of the 27 Member States an the European Commission with the aim to facilitate an exchange of best practices for the promotion of the energy services market;
Amendment 1444 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new) Member States shall ensure that training and job creation will benefit both men and women by focussing on changing the gender segregated labour market within the energy sector.
Amendment 1445 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Member states shall develop a national strategy to promote and enable an efficient use of energy in the home. This strategy shall include the establishment of a single point of contact for advice and accredited providers, as defined in Articles 13 and 14. Member States may also use a range of tools to promote behaviour change in a joined-up way, including: fiscal incentives, access to finance, grants or subsidies, information provisions, exemplar projects, workplace activities, minimum standards for products and services. These strategies shall include a programme to engage consumers during the rollout of smart meters through communication of: cost-effective and easy to achieve changes in energy use and information on energy efficiency measures. Member States shall in the report referred to in Article 19 (2) also report on the progress of these strategies every 3 years.
source: PE-475.983
2011/11/22
ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 1610 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III – subparagraph 1 a (new) Additional buildings the EU Institutions will rent or purchase in future will systematically be in the best available energy performance class
source: PE-475.997
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2011/0261(CNS) Common system of financial transaction tax
2012/08/03
ECON
1 amendments...
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 a (new) (17a) This Directive does not address the management of revenue from the FTT. However, having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014 to 2020 and in particular concerning the provisions on the Union's own resources, part of the revenue from an FTT could be envisaged to be managed at Union level, either as a part of Union own resources or directly linked to specific Union policies and public goods, inter alia, the financing of development aid goals, the fight against climate change, sustainable development and the Union's social welfare state. The use of part of the FTT revenues as Union own resources will reduce the dependency of the Union budget on national contributions and will release funds from the national budgets for other uses. According to the preliminary estimations and depending on market reactions, the revenue from an FTT could be EUR 57 billion annually, if implemented at Union level.
source: PE-483.829
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2011/0300(COD) Trans-European energy infrastructure: guidelines
2012/11/04
ECON
5 amendments...
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 30 (30) Projects of common interest in the fields of electricity, gas and carbon dioxide should be eligible to receive Union financial assistance for studies and, under certain conditions, for works under the proposed Regulation for a Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Regulation), either in the form of grants or in the form of innovative financial instruments. This will ensure tailor-made support can be provided to those projects of common interest which are not viable under the existing regulatory framework and market conditions. The avoidance of any distortion of competition, in particular between projects contributing to the achievement of the same EU priority corridor, should be duly taken into account. Such financial assistance should ensure the necessary synergies with funding from instruments under other Union policies. In particular, the Connecting Europe Facility will finance energy infrastructure of European relevance, while Structural Funds will finance smart energy distribution networks of local or regional importance. The two sources of funding will thereby complement each other.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 30 a (new) (30α) In the current climate of economic crisis, the wide credit rating disparity between Member States and investors could lead to imbalances and major obstacles to project funding. The contribution of EU funding to overcoming these imbalances is of central importance in ensuring that the realisation of infrastructural projects helping to achieve the objectives of this regulation is not compromised – particularly in view of the fact that the lion’s share of the necessary funding for energy infrastructures over the coming decade will be provided by the private sector.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) the project is commercially not viable according to the business plan and other assessments carried out, notably by possible investors or creditors. The decision on incentives and its justification referred to in paragraph 3 of shall be taken into account when assessing the project's commercial viability; or the project promoter can clearly demonstrate that there are disproportionately high financing costs or inability to access market financing due to exceptional financial and economic difficulties facing the Member State or Member States where the whole or part of the project of common interest is to be implemented; and
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – part 1 – point 3 – paragraph 1 (3) North-South electricity interconnections in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe (‘NSI East Electricity’): interconnections and internal lines in North-South and East-West directions to complete the internal market, to end the isolation of Island Electrical Systems and integrate generation from renewable energy sources.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – part 2 – point 2 – introductory part (2) North-South gas interconnections in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe (‘NSI East Gas’): regional gas connections between the Baltic Sea region, the Adriatic and Aegean Seas
source: PE-487.699
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2011/2011(INI) Global Economic Governance
2011/05/24
ECON
14 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the development of the world economy during the last decades generally has
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the imbalances of today are nothing new as such, but
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the crisis has revealed to what extent the financial sector has moved away from its basic role of financing the real economy towards extremely high risk transactions triggering downfalls all along the economic chain and in particular for public finances,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the current international monetary system has enabled several countries to proceed into competitive devaluation strategies which along with the growing speculative transactions carried by powerful market stakeholders on exchange markets have severely contributed to excess rate volatility and created significant risks for the exchanges markets as well as the international trade,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. recalls that the G20 summits held right after the outburst of the financial crisis have reached an agreement to ensure that financial institutions assume their fair share of responsibility for the turmoil, but no concrete agreement on a proper instrument has been reached so far,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses however that several important aspects, such as finding an effective regime for non compliant regimes (such as tax heavens) and ensuring more transparency in areas such as the shadow banking system have not yet been efficiently addressed hampering this way regulators' work and continuing the asymmetric information, one of the causes of the recent crisis;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls for better global regulation of credit default swaps especially when interconnected with the public sector and asks for banning of naked selling of sovereign debt;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on the G20 leaders to speed up the negotiations for an agreement on the minimum common elements of a global FTT which would improve the functioning of the market by reducing speculation and ensure that the financial sector assumes its fair share of the burden;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Stresses that the future architecture of the global economic governance should not only foresee sound regulation, supervision and governance of financial markets but also guarantee a sustainable growth model ensuring a sustained balance between fiscal consolidation and job creation, investments in infrastructures, education and sustainable industries, social equality and fight against poverty;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Is aware that,
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need to agree a set of macroeconomic indicators that will allow this monitoring to take place at a global level; underlines that these indicators should cover internal imbalances, such as public debt and deficits
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Recalls that for EU to assume its leading role EU must be able to speak with one voice and move forward with an EU sear in the IMF and the World Bank;
source: PE-465.018
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2011/2012(INI) Analysis of options to move beyond 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions and assessing the risk of carbon leakage
2011/03/22
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is deeply concerned that the EU is not on track to meet targets to reduce energy consumption by 20% as compared with the projections for 2020, owing to a lack of commitment and ambition on the part of the Member States; believes that binding energy efficiency measures should be complemented with a binding target on energy efficiency by at least 20% by 2020;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the fact that
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises the important role of smart grids and smart meters in integrating electricity from renewable sources; welcomes the work carried out by the task force on smart meters and asks the Commission to put forward a number of recommendations and legislative proposals as soon as possible;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Notes that speeding up authorisation procedures for new infrastructure projects with an emphasis on innovation and energy efficiency is a prerequisite if European energy and climate targets are to be achieved on schedule;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 19 19. Notes that tightening the ETS reduction target would lead to a further increase in electricity prices, which would be a major concern for EU industries and for consumers; notes that unless the most cost-efficient trajectory for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 95% by 2050 is now pursued, the cost borne by industries and consumers in the future will be unsustainable;
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 29 – point 5 a (new) ·proceed with a comprehensive review of the energy taxation directive to make CO2 emissions and energy content basic criteria for the taxation of energy products;
source: PE-460.884
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2011/2019(BUD) 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue
2011/11/05
ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Supports the idea of issuing project bonds to finance Europe's significant infrastructure needs and structural projects in the framework of the 2020 agenda, anticipated new EU strategies, such as the new Strategy on Energy Infrastructure Development, and other large-scale projects; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the European project bonds mechanism is in place as soon as possible, before 2014, which is the date stated as target in the Commission's relevant consultation document;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that clear goals in sustainable energy policy, energy efficiency and resource efficiency policy can deliver cost- efficient benefits for the European economy as a whole; calls for the allocation of EU and Member State public and private resources to investments in those priority sectors; welcomes in this regard the review of the Energy Taxation Directive, which can provide significant additional revenue and major incentives to shift towards renewable energy sources;
source: PE-464.736
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2011/2034(INI) Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond
2011/03/28
ITRE
12 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas our major energy challenges are confronting climate change, guarantying the safe operation of existing nuclear plants, strengthening energy
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas a lack of timely modernisation and adjustment of the Union's energy infrastructure to a more sustainable energy production and consumption model could jeopardise the capacity to achieve the energy and climate objectives for 2020 - especially the target for the integration of renewable energy sources - and undermine the EU's 2050 long-term objective of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80 to 95%,
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas energy infrastructures planned today must be consistent with long-term EU climate and energy objectives, giving priority to these energy sources with no societal and environmental cost,
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas market-based tools must remain the basis for financing energy infrastructure, and whereas a limited amount of public finance may be required to fund certain projects which are not strictly commercially viable, taking into account the level playing field and the need to avoid distortions amongst projects and destination markets,
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses that fostering the building of infrastructure for efficient and intelligent integration of renewable energy is critical for the successful achievement of overall energy objectives and welcomes the priority given to the North Sea grid a
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Stresses that no region, including island regions, of the EU Members States should remain isolated from the European gas and electricity networks after 2015 or see its energy security jeopardised by lack of the appropriate connections;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Considers that smart meters installation should be combined with specific gains for consumers, especially the vulnerable ones, who cannot easily shift their energy consumption from peak to off-peak tariff;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 – indent 3 – feasibility and maturity of projects,
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 – indent 6 a (new) - the diversification of the energy routes and sources;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to evaluate the readiness of European Infrastructures to withstand natural disasters and other catastrophic events, and calls on the Commission as a matter of urgency to make any appropriate proposals;
Amendment 544 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36a. Supports the idea of issuing common European project bonds to finance Europe's significant infrastructure needs and structural projects in the framework of the EU 2020 agenda, including the new Strategy on Energy Infrastructure Development; believes that EU project bonds would secure the investment required and create sufficient confidence to enable major investment projects to attract the support they need and would thus become an important mechanism for maximum leverage of public support; recalls that, if Europe is to be put on a sustainable footing, these projects must also contribute to the ecological transformation of our economies, paving the way for the zero-carbon economy;
Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Stresses that the fullest possible use should be made of market-based tools, including project bonds, revolving funds, renewable energy equity funds, loan guarantees, risk-sharing facilities, incentives for funding public-private partnerships, partnerships with the EIB and the use of ETS revenue and revenue from a carbon tax following the revision of the energy taxation directive, in accordance with EU energy and climate objectives;
source: PE-460.899
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2011/2048(INI) Modernisation of public procurement
2011/06/16
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Takes the view that energy efficiency should be a mandatory award criterion in public procurement. Calls on the Commission to propose clear energy efficiency criteria as criteria in public procurement technical specifications;
source: PE-464.983
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2011/2056(INI) Effective Raw Materials Strategy for Europe
2011/04/18
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights the fact that financial and commodity markets today are more intertwined than ever and that the price volatility of commodities is to a great extent the result of speculation;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Commission to proceed with the review of the Markets in Financial Services Directive in order to provide for more transparent trading by mandating trading of commodity derivatives on organised trading venues and giving regulators the power to set position limits;
source: PE-462.749
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2011/2082(INI) Future of VAT
2011/05/07
ECON
5 amendments...
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that one of the key features of VAT is the principle of neutrality
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises that in order to ensure neutrality VAT on goods and services that are used for taxed economic activities must be fully deductible; notes that at present the rules on input tax deduction are complex and cause problems for businesses due to issues arising from the
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 α (new) 9a. Stresses that goods and services to which a lower rate applies must have a particular added value in economic terms or in terms of consumer protection while respecting the particular nature of each national economy; calls for the application of a lower rate to products and services in the case of - products from very small factories principally manufactured and consumed within the Member State concerned with a view to promoting small and very small manufacturers and businesses, - goods and services designed to improve road safety, - engineering and digital technology for agricultural production;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to present within a reasonable period of time a proposal for a Standard European Electronic Invoice based on a linguistically neutral template so as to facilitate cross- border transactions;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Considers that the business community requires clear VAT rules that increase legal certainty and the likelihood of uniform interpretation by Member States; considers also that since Council Directives give discretionary powers to the Member States and contain unclear provisions that increase the possibility of multiple interpretations, the resulting complex VAT system hinders cross-border activities and leads to unnecessary administrative burdens; considers that VAT rules should be consistent with EU policies in other areas, such as sustainability and climate change;
source: PE-467.220
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2011/2095(INI) Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050
2011/10/17
ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Underlines the importance of a stable and fertile investment environment for the deployment of renewable energy beyond 2020; calls therefore on the Commission to develop a strategy for the deployment of renewable energy beyond 2020 based on an interim binding European target of 45% renewable energy by 2030;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Recalls that electricity grids will have to be upgraded and developed, in particular to transport renewable energy produced in areas with major potential, such as offshore wind energy in the Northern Sea and solar energy in southern Europe and to accomodate decentralised production of renewable energy;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Invites the Member States to invest more in energy infrastructure, in particular in energy networks and smart meters and, with regard to inter-regional connections, to launch an investment plan based on the European Energy Infrastructure Package; Calls on the European Commission to respond appropriately to the financing needs of building an integrated European network;
source: PE-473.944
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2011/2156(INI) ECB annual report for 2010
2011/08/09
ECON
6 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes the extraordinary steps taken by the ECB as a means of immediate crisis management, but stresses the need to find a comprehensive solution at European level, in a first phase by broadening the competencies of the temporary and permanent financial stability mechanism and, in a second phase, by issuing Eurobonds;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Acknowledges the necessity of non- standard monetary policy measures
source: PE-472.106
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2011/2271(INI) Annual tax report
2011/11/23
ECON
2 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas comprehensive and sustained fiscal consolidation
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas sustainable exit from the fiscal crisis and enhancing of EU growth require not only rationalising of public expenditure by targeting it to investments of high added value , but also a progressive shift of tax burden from labour and productive investments to sectors with important negative externalities;
source: PE-473.965
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2011/2288(INI) Attractiveness of investing in Europe
2012/03/05
ECON
3 amendments...
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes that the EU should fully exploit its position as the world's largest single common market (including its high standard of living, high labour efficiency, legal certainty and research and innovation capacity), foreign investor and trader in tackling the fiscal crisis, and highlights the need for more efficient tools and methods, new funding mechanisms and investment schemes, such as EU project bonds, that could exploit Europe's competitive advantages and realize the goals of the Europe 2020 EU' s growth strategy, such as green growth, in order to address the recession and slow growth challenges;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the ECB’s longer-term refinancing operations (LTRO); calls on the ECB to further act in a decisive way in addressing the current euro-area debt crisis by maintaining price stability while at the same time minimising negative spill-over effects on the real economy and on the investments that the banking sector’s liquidity problems could generate and, moreover, shaping the operational framework of the banks in such a way that a proportion of the grants be made available for development purposes and for support of small and medium-sized enterprises. Finally, that it should establish a network of collaboration and utilisation of EU resources;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports the objectives of the Innovation Union; calls on Member States to target investment in education, research and innovation, given the medium- and long-
source: PE-487.746
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2012/2028(INI) Feasibility of introducing stability bonds
2012/12/07
ECON
6 amendments...
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Believes that the new enhanced economic governance framework including the six-pack, the forthcoming two-pack and the fiscal compact tackle effectively possible risks of 'moral hazard' in the case of common bond issuance
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to seriously consider the option of immediately establishing a European Redemption Fund in order to allow participating countries to reduce excessive debt over a
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Believes that a Member States fully implementing its adjustment programme should be able to benefit from the issuance of common debt to redeem its debt in excess of 60% of its GDP, to break the negative feedback loop between sovereign and banking crises and to facilitate its return to the markets;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Advocates, following the implementation of short-term measures to exit the crisis, the setting-up of a committee inspired by the Delors Committee of 1988, including representatives from Member States, the Commission and the ECB; believes that this committee should evaluate progress and make recommendations for further steps with regard to post-crisis phases,
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Annex - Phase 1 - Point 1 - Paragraph 1 - Subparagraph 2 -
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Annex - Phase 1 - Point 1 - Paragraph 1 - Subparagraph 3 - oblige Member States to autonomously redeem the transferred debt over a period of maximum 25 years by using the interest rate savings for debt redemption which could be shorter if the growth rate is higher than foreseen or longer if the growth rate is lower than foreseen or if justified due to significant external shocks beyond the control of the Member States;
source: PE-492.874
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2012/2134(INI) Improving access to finance for SMEs
2012/10/19
ECON
4 amendments...
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that banks in the euro area have benefited from abundant and unconditional ECB liquidity; regrets that only a part of this liquidity has been used to finance SMEs;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Recalls that in Europe the main source of financing of SMEs is the banking sector; believes that because of the fragmentation of the banking sector and the subsequent great divergence of lending rates and credit offer among countries, a differentiated approach to improving SMEs access to funding is necessary taking into account the country-specific circumstances;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Recalls the European Council's commitment to increase the capital base of the EIB by €10 billion as part of the Compact for Growth and Jobs; calls on the EIB to use the majority of the extra €60 billion lending capacity to finance European SMEs especially where the fragmentation of the banking sector and country-specific risks has lead to reduced or expensive lending to the SMEs in order to create a level playing field and finance growth where the banking sector is failing;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Notes that in some Member States there is a record amount of household savings on bank accounts, while in other Member States deposits are reducing because of the effects of the crisis as citizens use up their savings or transfer their deposits to banks of Member States least affected by the crisis; stresses that activating these household savings
source: PE-496.550
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2012/2151(INI) Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union
2012/09/26
ECON
3 amendments...
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the
Amendment 528 #
Motion for a resolution Recital CH CH. whereas deeper economic and budgetary integration will be undermined without closer coordination in the field of taxation; whereas the unanimity rule in the field of taxation hampers developments in this area, the instrument of enhanced cooperation should be used more frequently
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution Recital CI CI. whereas it is important that the recovery of the economy goes along with a labour market policy that reduces structural unemployment, especially for youth, old persons and women
source: PE-496.519
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2013/0045(CNS) Implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax (FTT)
2013/03/19
ECON, ECON
20 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) In 2011, the Commission took note of a debate on-going at all levels on additional taxation of the financial sector. The debate originates from the desire to ensure that the financial sector fairly and substantially contributes to the costs of the crisis and that it is taxed in a fair way vis-à-vis other sectors for the future, to dis-incentivise excessively risky activities by financial institutions, to complement regulatory measures aimed at avoiding future crises and to generate additional revenue for general budgets
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1a) According to the European Council's conclusions of 8 February 2013 on the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, part of the revenues from FTT should be allocated to the Union budget as genuine own resources. The use of FTT revenue as Union own resources would reduce national contributions of participating Member States to the Union budget by the same amount and would therefore release funds from the national budgets for other uses.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 a (new) (2a) The proposal to introduce FTT is the first attempt within the Union to establish enhanced cooperation in the area of taxation. The successful implementation of FTT in 11 Member States will pave the way for deeper policy coordination in the field of taxation, which has been slowed down due to the unanimity rule but has been identified as a target in the Commission's Blueprint for a deep and genuine EMU in the Van Rompuy report 'Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union' and the European Parliament's report on the Van Rompuy report.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 b (new) (2b) The initiative of the 11 Member States to proceed with the establishment of FTT under enhanced cooperation is the first ever attempt to establish FTT among several states. Taking into account that FTT will truly achieve its objectives if it is introduced at a global level, the successful implementation of FTT under enhanced cooperation will be the first step towards a Union-wide and ultimately a global FTT.
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 (3) Several of the 11 participating Member States have already established, or are in the process of establishing, a form of FTT. In order to prevent distortions through measures taken unilaterally by the participating Member States, bearing in mind the extremely high mobility of most of the relevant financial transactions, and thus to improve the proper functioning of the internal market, it is important that the basic features of a FTT in the participating Member States are harmonised at Union level. Incentives for tax arbitrage between the participating Member States and allocation distortions between financial markets in those States, as well as possibilities for double or non- taxation should thereby be avoided.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 (4) T
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 15 a (new) (15a) In order to make tax avoidance a high-cost and low-profit venture and to ensure better enforcement, the residence and issuance principle should be complemented by the "transfer of legal title principle".
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 15 b (new) (15b) Where appropriate, the Commission should enter into negotiations with third countries in order to facilitate the collection of FTT. The Commission should also revise its definition of uncooperative jurisdictions and update its action plan against tax fraud and tax evasion accordingly.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 19 a (new) (19a) Member States have an obligation for administrative cooperation in the field of taxation pursuant to Directive 2011/16/EU and for mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures pursuant to Directive 2010/24/EU.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 19 b (new) (19b) Tax avoidance and tax evasion will partly depend on the capability of Member States to verify taxable transactions carried out outside the jurisdiction of FTT . The Commission should establish an expert working group (FTT Committee) comprising representatives from the participating Member States, the European Commission, the ECB and ESMA to assess the effective implementation of this Directive, to detect avoidance schemes and to propose countermeasures. The FTT Committee should make full use of Union law in the field of taxation and financial services regulation and of the instruments for cooperation on tax matters established by international organisations including the OECD and the Council of Europe.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 21 (21) In order to allow the adoption of more detailed rules in certain technical areas, regarding registration, accounting, reporting obligations and other obligations intended to ensure that FTT due to the tax authorities is effectively paid to the tax authorities, and their timely adaptation as appropriate, 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 specifying the measures necessary to this effect. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 2 2. Each of the operations referred to in points (a), (b), (c) and (e) of paragraph 1(2) shall be considered to give rise to a single financial transaction. Each exchange as referred to in point (d) thereof shall be considered to give rise to two financial transactions. Each material modification of an operation as referred to in points (a) to (e) of paragraph 1(2) shall be considered to be a new operation of the same type as the original operation. A modification is considered to be material in particular where it involves a substitution of at least one party, in case the object or scope of the operation, including its temporal scope, or the consideration agreed upon is altered, or where the original operation would have attracted a higher tax had it been concluded as modified. Any novation of transactions carried out for the purposes of clearing or settlement by a CCP or by another clearing house or settlement system operator or interoperable systems as defined in Directive 98/26/EC shall not constitute a material modification under this paragraph.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) Central Counter Parties (CCPs) where exercising the function of a CCP, or other clearing houses or settlement system operators or interoperable systems under as defined in Directive 98/26/EC where exercising their function of clearing, including any possible novation, or settlement;
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new) (ea) it is a branch of an institution established in a participating Member State pursuant to point (c);
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new) For the purposes of this Directive, a financial instrument shall be deemed to be issued within the territory of a participating Member State where any of the following conditions is fulfilled: (i) it is a security or a derivative related to such security and the registered office of the issuer of the security is located in that Member State; (ii) it is a derivative other than the one referred to in point (i) and is admitted to trading in an organised platform and the public law governing the trading conducted under the systems of the platform is the law of that Member State; iii) it is a financial instrument other than the one referred to in points (i) and (ii), which is cleared by a CCP or other clearing or settlement system as defined by Directive 98/26/EC when the law governing the CCP or the system concerned is the law of that Member State; iv) it is a financial instrument other than the one referred to in points (i), (ii) and (iii) and the applicable law related to the agreement under which the transaction in the relevant financial instrument has been carried out is the law of that Member State; v) it is a structured instrument and at least 50% of the value of assets backing the structured instrument are referring to financial instruments issued by a legal person that is registered in a participating Member State.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 a (new) Article 4a Transfer of legal title 1. A financial transaction in relation to which no FTT has been levied shall be deemed legally unenforceable and shall not result in a transfer of legal title of the underlying instrument. 2. A financial transaction as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deemed not to fulfil the requirements for central clearing under Regulation (EU) No .../2012 of the European Parliament and the Council of ... on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories [EMIR] or the capital adequacy requirements under Regulation (EU) No .../2012 of the European Parliament and the Council of ... on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms [CRD IV]. 3. In the event of automatic electronic payment schemes with or without the participation of payment settlement agents, revenue authorities of a Member State may establish a system of automatic electronic collection of FTT and certificates for transferring legal title.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, participating Member States may apply a higher rate to OTC financial transactions referred to in Articles 6 and 7.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 5 5. The participating Member States shall ensure that any FTT due is paid to the accounts determined by the participating Member States at the following points in time: (a) at the moment when the tax becomes chargeable in case the transaction is carried out electronically; (b) within three working days from the moment the tax becomes chargeable in all other cases. The Commission
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive Article -15 (new) Article -15 Establishment of the FTT Committee 1. The Commission shall establish an expert working group (the FTT Committee) comprising representatives from the participating Member States, the Commission, the ECB, and ESMA to assist participating Member States in the effective implementation of this Directive and prevent tax fraud, evasion and avoidance. 2. The FTT Committee shall assess the effective implementation of this Directive and detect avoidance schemes including abusive arrangements as defined in Article 14 in order to propose countermeasures, where appropriate, making full use of Union law in the field of taxation and financial services regulation and of the instruments for cooperation on tax matters established by international organisations including the OECD and the Council of Europe.
source: PE-507.928
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