Sandra KALNIETE
Constituencies
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Latvia
Vienotība
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Latvia
Pilsoniskā Savienība
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Groups
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PPE
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Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Vice-Chair of | Delegation for relations with Japan | 2009/09/30 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with Japan | 2009/09/16 | 2009/09/29 |
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Rapporteur
| Shadow | 2012/2133(INI) | New agenda for European Consumer Policy |
| Opinion | 2011/0402(CNS) | Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020: specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 |
| Opinion | 2011/0401(COD) | Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020 |
| Opinion | 2011/0300(COD) | Trans-European energy infrastructure: guidelines |
| Responsible | 2010/2289(INI) | Governance and partnership in the Single Market |
| Opinion | 2009/0108(COD) | Energy policy: measures to safeguard security of gas supply (repeal. Directive 2004/67/EC) |
Born
1952/12/22 Tomskas apg. Kolpaševas raj. Toguras ciems- Latvian Academy of Art, art history (1981). Institute of International Relations, University of Leeds (1992). Study grant from the UN Human Rights Study Centre (1994). Institute of International Relations, University of Geneva (1995). First degree in art (1996).
- Head of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia (1990). Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (1991). Latvia's ambassador to the European office of the United Nations in Geneva (1993). Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia in France (1997). Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to UNESCO (2000). Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia (2002). Member, European Commission, responsible for agriculture and fisheries (2004). Adviser to the European Commissioner for Energy (2005). Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 9th parliamentary term (2006).
- Secretary to the Council of Latvijas Tautas fronte (Latvian People's Front); vice-chair of the board (1988-1991). Member of the board, 'Jaunais Laiks' party (2006-2007). Chair, 'Pilsoniskā savienība' party (2008). Member of the board, 'Pilsoniskā savienība' party (2009).
- Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 9th parliamentary term (2006). Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia (2002-2004). Member, European Commission (1 May 2004-18 November 2004).
- Member, management board of the Robert Schuman Foundation (since 2004). Member of the board, Friends of Europe; member, editorial board of the journal Europe's World; member, board of the Political Innovation Foundation (since 2005). Member, board of Rural Investment Support for Europe (since 2008).
- Book 'Latvijas tekstilmāksla' (Latvian textile arts) (1989). Book 'Es lauzu. Tu lauzi. Mēs lauzām. Viņi lūza' (I broke. You broke. We broke. They collapsed) (2000). Book 'Ar balles kurpēm Sibīrijas sniegos' (With Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows) (2001).
- Commander of the Order of the Three Stars (1995). Latvian Government award (2000). Commander of the Legion of Honour (France) (2001). Commander of the Order of Academic Palms (France) (2002). Commander of the Grand Cross of Lielkunigaitis Ģedemins (Lithuania) (2004). Commander of the Grand Cross of Recognition (2005). Ethics and Culture Award (Switzerland) (2007). Gold medal for services to Europe (Luxembourg) (2009). Medal of the Baltic Assembly (2009).
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2008/0196(COD) Consumer rights (amend. Directives 93/13/EEC and 1999/44/EC; repeal. Directives 85/577/EEC and 97/7/EC)
2010/10/25
IMCO
22 amendments...
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new) (2a) 'goods' means any tangible movable item, with the exception of goods sold by way of execution or otherwise by authority of law. Water and gas shall also be considered as ‘goods’ within the meaning of this directive where they are put up for sale in a limited volume or set quantity;
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (3) 'sales contract' means any contract
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new) (5a) ‘mixed-purpose contract’ means any contract that includes both aspects relating to the provision of services and aspects relating to the supply of goods;
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 b (new) Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e (e) the existence of a right of withdrawal, where applicable
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new) (ia) the possibility of having recourse to an out-of-court complaint and redress mechanism, to which the business is subject, and the methods for having access to it, where applicable.
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Article 5 is without prejudice to Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 752 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new) If a consumer wishes the provision of service to begin during the withdrawal period, he shall make such a request to the trader on a durable medium.
Amendment 760 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 3 3. Member States shall not impose any further formal requirements
Amendment 781 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. If a distance contract for services concluded on the internet places the consumer under an obligation to make a payment, the consumer shall only be bound by the contract if the trader has (a) made the consumer aware in a clear and highly visible manner of the total price, including all related price components, and (b) designed his website in such a way that a binding order cannot be placed until the consumer has confirmed that he has read and understood the statement required under letter (a).
Amendment 808 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. If a consumer wishes the provision of service to begin during the withdrawal period, he shall make such a request to the trader on a durable medium.
Amendment 822 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 5 5. Member States shall not impose any further formal requirements
Amendment 888 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Before expiry of the withdrawal period, the consumer shall inform the trader of his decision to withdraw. For this purpose, the consumer may (a) either use the model withdrawal form as set out in Annex I(B) or make any other clearly worded statement on a durable medium, or b) return the goods to the trader. Member States shall not provide for any other formal requirements applicable to this model withdrawal form.
Amendment 940 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 2 2. The consumer shall only be liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to ascertain the nature and functioning of the goods. He shall not be liable for diminished value where the trader has failed to provide notice of the withdrawal right in accordance with Article 9(b). For service contracts subject to a right of withdrawal, the consumer shall bear no cost for services performed, in full or in part, during the withdrawal period when the trader has failed to provide information in accordance to Article 5.1(e) or when the consumer has not requested the performance of the service to begin during the withdrawal period in accordance to Article 10.2 (a) or 11. 4(a).
Amendment 963 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a Amendment 1168 #
Proposal for a directive Article 24 – paragraph 4 – point b (b) by the time of conclusion of the contract the statement had been corrected in a manner equivalent to that in which it was made or at least prominently in the contract document;
Amendment 1267 #
Proposal for a directive Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part 4.
Amendment 1329 #
Proposal for a directive Article 28 – paragraph 1 1. The trader shall be held liable under Article 25 where the lack of conformity becomes apparent within two years as from the time the risk passed to the consumer. Where the lack of conformity relates to a good used in connection with a service regarding work on an immovable property, the trader shall be held liable under Article 25 when the lack of conformity becomes apparent within ten years as from the time the risk passed to the consumer.
Amendment 1408 #
Proposal for a directive Article 29 – paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. When the guarantee statement relates to a lack of conformity and the lack of conformity becomes apparent before the expiration of the duration period of the guarantee, the lack of conformity shall be presumed to have existed at the time when the risk passed to the consumer, unless this presumption is incompatible with the nature of the goods or the nature of the lack of conformity.
Amendment 1524 #
Proposal for a directive Article 42 a (new) On the basis of the notifications from Member States and in order to ensure the same high level of consumer protection across the EU, the Commission shall present a proposal on the possibility of introducing a common system of penalties.
Amendment 1527 #
Proposal for a directive Article 44 – paragraph 1 Member States shall take appropriate measures to inform consumers and traders of the national provisions transposing this Directive and shall, where appropriate, encourage traders and code owners to inform consumers of their codes of conduct.
Amendment 1529 #
Proposal for a directive Article 45 – paragraph 1 The consumer shall be exempted from the provision of any consideration in cases of unsolicited supply of a product as prohibited by Article 5(5) and point 29 of Annex I of Directive 2005/29/EC. The absence of a response from the consumer following such an unsolicited supply shall not constitute consent and the consumer may keep or dispose of any good delivered.
source: PE-450.954
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2009/0108(COD) Energy policy: measures to safeguard security of gas supply (repeal. Directive 2004/67/EC)
2009/11/17
IMCO
6 amendments...
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 (18) It is important that gas supply is maintained, particularly as regards
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 23 (23) To strengthen the solidarity between Member States in the case of a Community Emergency and in particular to support Member States which are exposed to less favourable geographical or geological conditions, Member States should devise specific measures to exercise solidarity as stipulated in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, including measures such as commercial agreements between natural gas undertakings, compensation mechanisms, increased gas exports or increased releases from storages. Solidarity measures may be particularly appropriate between Member States for which the Commission recommends the establishment of joint preventive actions plans or emergency plans at regional level.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 This Regulation establishes measures aimed at safeguarding the security of gas supply so as to ensure the proper and continuous functioning of the internal market for gas by providing for a clear definition and attribution of responsibilities and for a coordination of the response at the level of the Member States and the Community regarding both preventive action and the reaction to concrete disruptions of supply, as well as to constitute a practical expression of the spirit of solidarity contained in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 1 (1) "protected customers" means all household customers
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Member States shall ensure that all customers are informed about the supply standard set out in paragraphs 1 and 2.
Amendment 65 #
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; before concluding new inter- governmental agreements, the Member States shall
source: PE-430.633
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2009/2155(INI) Simplification of the CAP
2010/02/26
AGRI
8 amendments...
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for the CAP to be simpler, more transparent and more equitable; in this respect a single flat rate payment
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasises the need to ensure clear and unambiguous legislation in order to avoid different interpretations, especially in the case of implementing rules of the single payment scheme in the new Member States;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers that the use of statutory management requirements which cannot be simply controlled and are not measurable should be abolished or made optional
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Considers that the costs of including particular statutory management requirements in the cross-compliance system should be commensurate with the gains that cross-compliance provides, and that statutory management requirements should reflect the specific situation in the Member States; therefore, those statutory management requirements which concern only small numbers of farmers in particular Member States should be made optional within cross-compliance;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers that the provision of information should be reduced, as the information needed can be found in the
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Believes that the current definitions of eligible land for the purposes of single payment
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that the future single payment should be based on a simplified flat rate basic support system based on uniform payments not linked to the historical reference periods and data currently used in order to make the CAP simpler, fairer and more transparent;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Considers that existing major disparities of direct support between the Member States must be prevented to ensure equal treatment of farmers throughout the European Union and to avoid market and competition distortions;
source: PE-439.113
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2009/2202(INI) Evaluation and assessment of the animal welfare action plan 2006-2010
2010/02/15
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Appreciates the work which has been done to develop alternatives to animal testing and the Commission’s efforts, under the auspices of the WTO and in bilateral agreements with third countries, to assign the highest priority to animal welfare; regrets that proposals for the promotion of animal welfare in international trade have not been adopted;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Considers that a
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers that such a
source: PE-438.478
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2009/2236(INI) Future of the CAP after 2013
2010/04/29
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that all EU farmers enjoy fair treatment which ensures equal competition in the internal market and remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes that the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
source: PE-441.049
2010/04/30
AGRI
7 amendments...
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Points out, most importantly, that in the future European agricultural policy must remain a common policy and that only a harmonised level of support across the EU with a common set of objectives and rules can deliver the appropriate level playing field for farmers and a properly functioning Single Market with fair competitive conditions for farmers and agricultural products within the EU;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Insists that EU agriculture must remain competitive against fierce competition from well-subsidised trade partners; therefore believes that external competitiveness and equal competition in the internal market should still be a fundamental objective of the CAP post- 2013 to ensure that the EU has the raw materials to produce high-
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Calls for
Amendment 577 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 – point 2 (2) Calls for fair and objective criteria such as GDP per capita, income per individual employed in agriculture, the gross added value in agriculture on a farm, the agriculture area, the forest area, the number of small farms, and the unemployment level in rural areas to be clearly defined for the allocation of funds for rural development objectives;
Amendment 590 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 51. Believes that direct support should move to an area basis in all Member States
Amendment 616 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 54 54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model, takes the view that a limited margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory,
Amendment 726 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 – subparagraph a (new) a) 60a. Believes that a rural development strategy should include measures that promote sustainable development of rural economics, particularly in the EU convergence regions, through: support of increased competiveness, productivity, modernization, diversification of rural enterprises, the promotion of cooperation of small enterprises and producers, and the creation of added value innovations.
source: PE-441.147
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2010/0266(COD) Rural development: support by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
2011/03/24
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 29 – point b Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 Article 71 – paragraph 2– subparagraph 2 a (new) However, expenditure on architects’ and engineers’ fees, consultancy fees, feasibility studies and charges for patent rights and licences shall also be reimbursed if these expenses are incurred before a project application is submitted.
source: PE-462.527
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2010/0363(COD) Energy market integrity and transparency
2011/04/20
IMCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 (18) Where information is not commercially sensitive, the Agency should be able to make that information available to market participants and the wider public. Such transparency can help build confidence in the market and help the development of knowledge about the functioning of wholesale energy markets. To ensure greater transparency and public access to information on wholesale energy prices the Agency should prepare monthly country by country report on price developments in energy wholesale markets.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. The Agency shall on monthly basis publish country by country report on price developments in electricity and gas wholesale markets of the European Union.
source: PE-460.944
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2010/2110(INI) EU-Agriculture and International Trade
2010/12/11
AGRI
2 amendments...
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Considers that the same standards
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on the Commission, in negotiations on EU trade agreements, including those with Canada and Ukraine, to take account of the interests of EU citizens, to maintain openness and to inform Parliament regularly about the progress of the negotiations;
source: PE-450.917
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2010/2111(INI) EU protein deficit: what solution for a long standing problem?
2010/01/12
AGRI
2 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas 70% (45 million tonnes) of the protein crops consumed in the EU today, especially soy beans, are imported, mainly from Brazil, Argentina and the USA, the bulk of them being used for animal feed, but support for potato protein production plants in the Member States would be more advantageous, as potato protein is more valuable than soya protein,
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to propose a framework for rural development measures which introduce improved, decentralised facilities for the production of animal feed, based on local and regional crop varieties
source: PE-454.440
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2010/2289(INI) Governance and partnership in the Single Market
2011/02/15
IMCO
27 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Believes that enhancement of European economic governance, implementation of the EU 2020 strategy and the relaunch of the Single Market are equally important for revitalising the European economy
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 II. General Assessment Strengthening political leadership and partnership
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Suggests that the President of the European Council should be given the mandate to coordinate and supervise the relaunch of the Single Market as a key to the success of the EU 2020 Strategy, in close cooperation with the President of the Commission;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to organise the Single Market Forum on a yearly basis by bringing together representatives of citizens, governments, businesses and the EU institutions to exchange best practices between stakeholders and assess development of the Single Market;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Considers that the use of new collaborative tools and approaches of Web 2.0 offers an opportunity to achieve more open, accountable, responsive and efficient governance of the Single Market;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to increase consultation and dialogue with civil society; calls on the Commission to publish a Green paper on guidelines for consultations of the EU institutions with representative associations and civil society.
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Suggests that the Commission and Member States coordinate and
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consolidate and reinforce the EU Pilot, SOLVIT, ECC network as well as other problem-solving mechanisms to exploit synergies, avoid overlaps and enable them to deal with all problems associated with the Single Market;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Supports the further development of the Your Europe portal, which aims at offering a single gateway to all information and help needed to make use of Single Market rights;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages Member States to develop user-friendly and easily accessible points of single contact under the Services Directive into true one-stop-shops where businesses can easily obtain all
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Regrets that too many infringement proceedings take a long time before they are closed or brought before the Court of Justice; asks the Commission to set a benchmark of 12 months for the maximum average time taken to process infringements, from opening the file to sending the application to the Court of Justice; calls on the Commission to propose a benchmark for Member States' compliance with the rulings of the Court of Justice. (Amendment consists of previous paragraphs 28. and 29.)
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to reduce the transposition deficit of Single Market Directives to 0.5%, including both outstanding and incorrect transposition, by 2014.
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Supports the Commission's initiatives to
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Encourages the Commission and Member States to learn from real-life experiences of businesses and citizens 'on the ground'; suggests making better use of data from assistance services and infringement cases in this context.
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks that each spring session of the European Council should be devoted to assessing the state of the Single Market in the context of the deliberations on the Europe 2020 Strategy, backed by a monitoring process through which to assess the performance of interim targets; recommends that the Competitiveness Council takes on greater responsibility for examining Single Market issues across the full range of Single Market policies;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal on the use of alternative dispute resolution in the EU by the end of 2011;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Calls on the Commission to make a specific proposal on consolidation and reinforcement of problem-solving tools and dispute-resolution mechanisms, including the EU Pilot project, the SOLVIT network and the networks of European Consumer Centres in 2011;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Commission to prepare a report on the effectiveness of existing ‘best practices’ in Member States, building on its recommendation of 29 June 2009 on measures to improve the functioning of the
source: PE-458.632
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2011/0276(COD) Structural instruments: common provisions for ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and EMFF; general provisions applicable to ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund
2012/05/06
REGI
1 amendments...
Amendment 1234 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) For Member States which acceded to the Union before 2013, whose GDP per capita is below 75% of the EU 27 average, and whose average real GDP growth 2008- 2010 was lower than the EU 27 average, the cohesion policy allocation shall not be lower than in the period 2007-2013.
source: PE-491.056
2012/10/05
AGRI
4 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 3 3. Support from the CSF Funds shall be implemented in close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new) All regions whose GDP per capita is below 75% of the GDP average of the EU- 27 shall receive an allocation under the Structural Funds equal to at least their 2007-2013 allocation.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 84 – paragraph 4 Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 The co-financing rate at the level of each priority axis of operational programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal shall be no higher than
source: PE-487.916
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2011/0280(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020
2012/07/18
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 (21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with
source: PE-491.238
2012/07/19
AGRI
4 amendments...
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. Paragraph 1 and 2a shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Member States shall establish appropriate objective and non- discriminatory criteria to ensure that no direct payments are granted to a natural or legal person whose agricultural activities form only an insignificant part of its overall economic activities, and whose income from agricultural activities form less than a certain percentage of total incomes of the beneficiary.
Amendment 706 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set, for each Member State, the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme by deducting from the annual national ceiling established in Annex II the annual amounts
source: PE-492.792
2012/07/23
AGRI
2 amendments...
Amendment 1418 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 Farmers
Amendment 1550 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: - where the arable land is entirely used for grass production or other herbaceous forage, entirely left fallow, entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year or a combination of these, or; - where the arable land of the farmer covers up to 50 hectares and more than 50% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by permanent crops.
source: PE-494.483
2012/07/24
AGRI
9 amendments...
Amendment 1625 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) Member States shall ensure the maintenance of the ratio of the land under permanent grassland in relation to the total agricultural area. That obligation shall apply at national or regional level. The reference ratio shall be established as relation between the land under permanent grassland and total agricultural area declared by the farmers in 2014.
Amendment 1643 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 1667 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland in case of transfer of land. For the purposes of paragraph 2, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules on maintenance of permanent grassland, in particular to ensure that measures are taken to maintain the ratio, including individual obligations to be respected such as obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland where it is established that the ratio of land under permanent grassland is decreasing.
Amendment 1728 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 1763 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the minimum percentage indicated in paragraph 1 is reduced to: - 5% in cases of joint undertakings of groups of farmers putting in place continuous, adjacent ecological focus areas; - 1,5% in the Member States with at least 45% of their total terrestrial area covered by forests or; - 1,5% in the Member States where utilised agricultural area constitute is less than 35% of the total terrestrial area.
Amendment 2046 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, pigmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2112 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use
Amendment 2118 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) up to 20% provided that they applied, until 31 December 2013, the single area payment scheme as laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or financed measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or are concerned by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5), or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/or
Amendment 2123 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) up to 10% provided that they allocated, during at least one year in the period 2010- 2013, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation.
source: PE-494.487
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2011/0281(COD) Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) 2014-2020
2012/07/25
AGRI
6 amendments...
Amendment 2183 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – Part IV – point 2 2. ‘adult bovine animals’ means bovine animals aged
Amendment 2210 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex VI – Part III – paragraph 2 – point a – point xiv a (new) (xiv a) curd;
Amendment 2211 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex VI – Part III – paragraph 2 – point a – point xiv b (new) (xiv b) sour cream;
Amendment 2212 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex VI – Part III – paragraph 2 – point a – point xiv c (new) (xiv c) rjaženka (specific Latvian product name);
Amendment 2213 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex VI – Part III – paragraph 2 – point a – point xiv d (new) (xiv d) rūgušpiens (specific Latvian product name).
Amendment 2216 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex VI – Part VI – Table – Part A Fat group Sales description Product categories Additional description of the category with an Definitions indication of the % fat content by weight A. Milk fats 1. Butter The product with a milk-fat content of not less than 80 % but less than 90 %, a maximum water content of 16 % and a maximum dry non-fat milk-material content of 2 %. Products in the form of a solid, 2.
source: PE-494.489
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2011/0282(COD) European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): support for rural development 2014-2020
2012/07/24
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 Amendment 534 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 3 3. The support rates laid down in Annex I may be increased by 10 percentage points for operations
source: PE-492.797
2012/07/26
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 1980 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 65 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. At least 25% of the total EAFRD contribution to the rural development programme shall be reserved for measures under Articles 29, 30, 31 and 32.
source: PE-494.481
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2011/0286(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): application of direct payments for farmers in respect of the year 2013
2012/03/26
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 4 a (new) Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 Article 133 a (new) (4a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 133a Transitional national support The new Member States other than Bulgaria, Romania and Cyprus may grant transitional national support in 2013 in a form of decoupled payments to farmers subject to the authorisation by the Commission. The amount of transitional national support may be limited by a specific financial envelope per sector. The sector specific financial envelope shall not exceed the difference between the total level of direct support that the farmers would have been entitled to receive in the sector in the calendar year 2003 under a CAP scheme and the direct support provided to the sector under Regulation No 73/2009."
source: PE-485.935
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2011/0288(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2014-2020
2012/07/20
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 The certification body shall be a public or private audit body designated by the Member State which shall provide an opinion on the management declaration of assurance covering the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the annual accounts of the paying agency, the proper functioning of its internal control system,
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 42 – paragraph 2 Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 44 source: PE-492.777
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2011/0300(COD) Trans-European energy infrastructure: guidelines
2012/07/05
IMCO
6 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) Despite its legal existence as defined in Directives 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas, the internal market in energy remains fragmented due to insufficient interconnections between national energy networks. Union-wide integrated networks, with effectively separated supply and production activities from network operations however are vital for ensuring a competitive and well functioning integrated market for promoting growth, employment and sustainable development.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c – indent 5 – market functioning and customer services, especially relating to households;
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 4 4. When ranking projects contributing to the implementation of the same priority, due consideration shall also be given to the urgency of each proposed project in order to meet the energy policy targets of market integration and competition, sustainability and security of supply, the number of Member States affected by each project, and its complementarity with regard to other proposed projects. For projects falling under the category set out in point 1(e) of Annex II, due consideration shall also be given to the number and situation of users affected by the project, especially households, the annual energy consumption and the share of generation from non dispatchable resources in the area covered by these users.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 1. Projects of common interest falling under the categories set out in points 1
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 5 – point 6 – point a (a) Competition in terms of market power of different operators and the convergence of prices, especially those affecting households, between different Member States;
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 5 – point 7 – point a (a) Competition in terms of market power of different operators and the convergence of prices, especially those affecting households, between different Member
source: PE-488.056
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2011/0373(COD) Alternative consumer dispute resolution
2012/04/06
IMCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Member States may introduce or maintain procedural rules which enable ADR entities to operate effectively, including rules on monetary thresholds by which this Directive does not apply or rules on a time limit within which the consumer can submit a complaint to an ADR entity. Such procedural rules must not appreciably impair consumers' access to ADR procedures.
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 2 2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be mentioned in an easily, directly, prominently and permanently accessible way on the trader's website, where one exists, in the general terms and conditions of contracts for the sale of goods or provision of services between the trader and a consumer
source: PE-489.695
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2011/0435(COD) Recognition of professional qualifications: European Professional Card supported by the Internal Market Information System (IMI)
2012/10/17
IMCO
3 amendments...
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c source: PE-496.438
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2011/2051(INI) CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future
2011/03/21
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers that Member States which currently apply the simplified Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) should
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural development; calls for these Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers; stresses, however, that this should be combined with a simplification of the system and must not hamper the necessary structural change;
Amendment 567 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Observes that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm; takes the view, however, that capping of support for the largest farms should be considered, at least with reference to that portion of direct payments that serves as income support, and should be degressive above a given support threshold;
source: PE-460.934
2011/03/22
AGRI
9 amendments...
Amendment 740 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 Amendment 875 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Recalls that market-orientated production and
Amendment 901 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 Amendment 921 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 Amendment 1006 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 Amendment 1077 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Is aware of the importance of the second pillar, in view of its environmental, socio-economic, modernisation and structural improvement achievements, but also for attaining political objectives, which should also benefit farmers; calls therefore for second-
Amendment 1096 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 a (new) 48 a. Calls for fair, objective and measurable criteria to be clearly defined for the allocation of funds across the EU for rural development objectives, e.g. utilised agricultural area, GDP per capita, gross value added, NATURA 2000 territories;
Amendment 1234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 56 56.
Amendment 1261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 57 a (new) 57a. Considers that the Commission’s proposal concerning the definition of the term ‘active farmer’ should be supported and that, if an appropriate definition (taking due account of the specific features of farming in each country) is arrived at, it will be an appropriate criterion for the granting of support, which will go to people carrying out farming activities rather than, as is currently the case in some Member States, land owners alone;
source: PE-460.935
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2011/2056(INI) Effective Raw Materials Strategy for Europe
2011/05/31
AGRI
1 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. With regard to food security, supports the finding of the Communication that without a Common Agricultural Policy and a direct support mechanism, European agriculture is unlikely to survive, and therefore stresses the need to preserve the existing level of financing of the CAP; agrees, furthermore, that the EU does and should continue to play a very important role in ensuring sufficient food for a growing world population; is therefore supportive of a strategy on raw materials and commodities that is based on an integrated approach which encompasses agricultural, financial, environmental and development policy concerns;
source: PE-464.932
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2011/2149(INI) New strategy for Consumer Policy
2011/09/30
IMCO
10 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2011 on a more efficient and fairer retail market;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises the need to provide consumers with more transparent and comparable information, for example through the use of unit price indication
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Urges the Commission to include the protection of children among the main priorities of the Consumer Agenda
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Stresses also the need to increase the standards of safety for toys and urges Member States to quickly transpose and fully implement the new Toy Safety Directive;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading IV IV. Towards
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and stakeholders to coordinate their efforts to better inform consumers on more efficient ways to buy and consume food, in order to prevent and combat food waste;
source: PE-473.695
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2011/2175(INI) How to avoid food wastage: strategies for a more efficient food chain in the EU
2011/09/29
IMCO
9 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that food waste represents both an environmental and ethical problem and an economic cost
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Asks the
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Notes that the recently adopted Regulation on Food Information to Consumers clarifies that foods with a "use by" date should be considered unsafe after the expiry of the date;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the stakeholders to continue to take shared responsibility; encourages them to enhance coordination along the
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Urges retailers to use their daily contact with consumers to communicate ways of storing and using food more efficiently
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission in cooperation with Member States to issue recommendations regarding temperatures for refrigerat
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Urges the Commission to publish a user- friendly manual on the use of
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission, Member States and stakeholders to
source: PE-472.396
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2011/2178(INI) Competitive digital single market - eGovernment as a spearhead
2011/03/11
IMCO
9 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. E-government should be seen as a step towards open government which is transparent, participatory and collaborative; in this respect, calls on Member States to promote open access to public data and the use of so-called web 2.0 in order to increase citizens’ participation;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Takes the view that the principle of open government should be implemented in a step-by-step process, divided into the following consecutive milestones: increasing transparency, enabling participation, facilitating cooperation and implementation of a cross-departmental governing process;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Calls on the Member States to introduce open mechanisms of social consultation as a permanent element of the decision-making process; Member States should also develop innovative techniques and civic participation tools in their administrations and monitor the quality of social consultations in comparison with NGOs;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the need to facilitate mobility within the single market and to cut red tape for citizens in their everyday life; underlines the fact that access to online procedures and information could reduce bureaucracy and costs, increase government efficiency and considerably improve people’s relations with all levels of administration, as well as business environment in the EU;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop comprehensive eGovernment portals for businesses in order to facilitate business creation and cross-border activity; is of the opinion that the Points of Single Contact under the Services Directive could provide a basis for such services; notes that there are various differences in user-friendliness, accessibility and services provided by the Points of Single Contact among Member States; calls on the Commission to continuously monitor this situation and provide advice and support to Member States where necessary;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continuously inform citizens about the existing EU portals such as SOLVIT and Your Europe as the current lack of information delays further development of business environment and consumer protection, especially in the cross-border area;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the involvement of local and regional authorities as regards access to public-sector information
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Regrets that the Commission’s action plan does not give more attention to fields such as the contribution of administrations to fostering public debate; points out the need to improve public participation in the political process; calls on Member States, that have not already done so, to introduce an electronic voting system to develop greater participation of civil society in the political process; underlines the importance of supporting every kind of policy aimed at enhancing basic ICT literacy;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to become more involved in development of eGovernment services by providing guidelines and support, gathering best practices and facilitating exchange of information among Member States;
source: PE-475.803
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2011/2182(INI) EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights
2011/11/18
LIBE
2 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that EU citizenship is the fundamental status of Member States’ nationals; underlines the close link between the rights inherent to EU citizenship and those enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights applicable to all persons on EU territory;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is concerned about the situation of stateless persons permanently resident in Member States; calls in this regard on the Member States to systematically bring about just solutions based on the recommendations of international organisations;
source: PE-475.993
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2012/0027(COD) Union Customs Code. Recast
2012/10/29
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 193 - paragraph 3 - point b - point iia (new) source: PE-498.017
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2012/0042(COD) Greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF): accounting rules and action plans
2012/04/09
AGRI
22 amendments...
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest management
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) To ensure the environmental integrity of the accounting rules applicable to the Union LULUCF sector, these rules should be based on the accounting principles laid down in Decision -/CMP.7, Decision 2/CMP.6 and Decision 16/CMP.1 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and applied in a consistent, comparable and complete manner within the Union and among Member States.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans established as part of the Low Carbon Development Strategies should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Each Member State should define the most appropriate measures to meet national circumstances. Each LULUCF Action Plan should contain certain information as specified in this Decision. Moreover, to promote best practice, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in those plans should be set out in Annex to this Decision.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q (q) ‘forest’ is a
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 2 Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a decision Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new) Member States shall make any technical corrections and recalculations necessary to include in their existing and newly established accounts, where otherwise excluded, the carbon pools referred to in the first subparagraph, and greenhouse gases referred to in Article 3(2).
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 8 Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 9 Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. No later than
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States shall consider includ
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) an analysis of the potential to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals, including through the substitution of greenhouse gas intensive materials and energy feedstocks;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) a list of measures, including, as appropriate, th
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e (e) policies foreseen to implement the measures referred to in point (d), including a quantitative or qualitative description of the expected effect of those measures on emissions and removals, taking into account other policies and measures related to the LULUCF sector;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f (f) indicative timetable
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new) The Commission shall provide guidance and technical assistance to Member States and adopt specific guidelines for the LULUCF Action Plans.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 5 Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 2 2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 3 3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 5 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles
source: PE-494.621
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2012/2133(INI) New agenda for European Consumer Policy
2013/01/25
IMCO
38 amendments...
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas consumers play a key role
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas it is necessary to boost consumer confidence, their trust in the market and knowledge of their rights,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas e-commerce is very useful for all consumers, including those with disabilities, and those living in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas fragmentation of the digital single market jeopardizes the rights of consumers, given the absence of common rules; whereas
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the current economic crisis
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the Sin
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas there is a need to strengthen the role of consumer associations in all areas by adopting the necessary
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Calls for consumers to be able to exercise their rights easi
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new) Enhancing knowledge (1) Welcomes the Commission's willingness to cooperate with traders and intermediaries to promote corporate social responsibility initiatives, which promote consumer safety; notes that the Commission should be in a constant dialogue with the private sector so that initiatives are accepted and applied in reality;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new) (2) Calls on the Commission to closely cooperate with national governments when introducing the EU-wide campaign to increase knowledge about consumer rights and interests; emphasizes that it is important for the success of the campaign that not only the public sector and consumer protection organizations are included in the process, but also the private sector;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point 3 (new) (3) Parliament believes that it is necessary to promote e-platforms such as the European Enterprise Support Network and the website Your Europe, which contribute to the development of the European Single Market and provide important information for consumers and SMEs;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point 4 (new) (4) Calls on the Commission to present a proposal on how to improve citizens' knowledge of the financial sector, so that people have the necessary information before deciding to get a loan; special attention should be paid to the younger generation and on educating society on short-term credit loans;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new) Improving implementation, stepping up enforcement and securing redress (1) Insists that the Commission should continue to attentively monitor how legislation that supports the development of the single market is applied; calls on the Commission to take the necessary legal action against those Member States who infringe and do not implement or enforce single market legislation, in line with the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new) (2) Welcomes further legislative initiatives aimed at creating a fully integrated Single Market in order to increase competition and efficiency and provide greater choice for Union consumers;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – point 3 (new) (3) Calls on the Commission to more actively assess whether citizens in Member States have access to bank accounts; invites the Commission to report on how this problem is being addressed present a report to Parliament about this by the end of the first quarter of 2014;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – point 4 (new) (4) Emphasises the importance of a supervision of the use of Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR) and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) mechanisms by the Commission;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls in particular on the Commission and Member States to ensure the timely and consistent implementation of the Union consumer acquis, in particular the Consumer Rights Directive1, the Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices2, and the Directive on Misleading and comparative Advertising3; calls furthermore on the Commission and Member States to carry out monitoring on the effectiveness of the consumer acquis; stresses the evidence suggesting that citizens are still not aware of their rights in the Single Market and accordingly calls on the Commission and Member States to furthermore promote the availability of clear and comprehensive information for consumers as part of the implementation process, as well as information on the available consumer redress tools; _____________________ 1 OJ L 304,22.11.2011, p.64-88 2 OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22-39 3 OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 21-27
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Recommends that better use is made of available information on consumer behaviour, and considers in particular that there is scope for using the results of the Consumer Scoreboard more effectively; accordingly suggests that the Joint Research Centre carry out analysis and monitoring work, in the form of a funded research project in view of determining what are the priority areas for citizens when it comes to improving their consumer rights in the Single Market, and accordingly adapting the contents, the format, and the work of the organisations disseminating information to consumers;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – introductory part 3. Points out that EU policies need to promote cooperation between consumer associations and public institutions in all fields, providing
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – point 1 (new) Aligning rights and key policies to economic and societal change (1) Notes that Commission should focus not only on the purchase of digital content in the digital environment, but also on how to promote the sale of goods and services in the digital environment and promote consumer confidence, so that consumers know how they are able to defend their rights and resolve disputes if they purchased a low quality product or service;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – point 2 (new) (2) Calls on the Commission to focus special attention on consumer protection on the issue of short-term loans, as it is the most vulnerable people in times of crisis who use these financial products without fully realizing their obligations and risks as a credit taker;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – point 3 (new) (3) Calls on the Commission to cooperate with the Parliament and national authorities to improve the information available to consumers on how to better manage household energy consumption;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – point 4 (new) (4) Notes that it is necessary to realize cross-border energy projects that are included in the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program as it will promote competition between the suppliers of electricity and gas and increase the independence of energy sector in Member States;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on Union competition policy to be strengthened and for the promotion of consumer rights to be centre stage in this process; considers this realignment of particular importance to the development of a robust digital single market; underlines in this regard the important role of price comparison websites, and stresses the need to ensure their independence;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that educating consumers reduces their risks vis-à-vis dangerous products, speculative financial products and misleading advertising; whereas there is the need to avoid information overload and instead reduce knowledge deficits and improve consumer awareness through reliable, clear, comparable and targeted information, and that such education and empowerment of consumers needs to be ongoing
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt the
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls for
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the need to provide better protection of the rights of vulnerable consumer groups such as children and the elderly
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Highlights the need for close cooperation between European, national and local authorities and consumer associations to establish consultation mechanisms
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises that redress mechanisms, such as alternative dispute resolution (ADR),
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Emphasises the need to promote responsible and sustainable consumption, in line with the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, and to make markets fully accessible to consumers from the perspective of a
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 source: PE-504.100
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2012/2309(INI) Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections
2013/01/02
AFCO
3 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas it is necessary to keep the number of seats as close as possible to the numbers proposed by the Cambridge compromise1 and, at the same time, to try to avoid the radical changes which would result from strict adherence to that compromise,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Article 3 Pursuant to Article 1, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows, with effect from the beginning of the 2014-2019 parliamentary term: Belgium 2
source: PE-504.228
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2013/2005(INI) Making the internal energy market work
2013/04/29
IMCO
6 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that a competition-driven open European energy market will make for lower prices, as well as enhancing Europe’s competitiveness and contributing to economic growth and consumers’ well- being, and that, in order to bring this about, the remaining physical, statutory
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to take steps to eliminate market fragmentation and distortions by phasing out direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies and doing away with regulated consumer energy prices; calls on the Commission, in that connection, to check whether the laws in force in some Member States, which, by granting exclusive rights, create supplier monopolies and thus lead to lower levels of competition and higher consumer prices, are consistent with the Treaties; points to the need to move gradually towards consistency among renewable energy support schemes in the Member States and to promote capacity mechanisms that work efficiently in a cross-border context; emphasises that in this connection great care must be taken to determine precisely which capacity- safeguarding measures are necessary and make sense;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that as a result of the failure to transpose the third energy package and obstacles to competition which still persist market liberalisation has not resulted in significant options or lower prices for final consumers and households; urges the Commission to take steps to
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that smart metering systems and variable electricity tariffs can offer consumers an incentive to reduce their consumption, and therefore their bills, and can make for greater transparency; emphasises, however, at the same time, that the introduction of such metering systems must be preceded by a detailed assessment of, in particular, the real potential for savings, interoperability or the data protection implications;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls for the prompt transposition of the recently adopted directive on alternative dispute resolution and regulation on online dispute resolution, which are designed to guarantee improved universal EU-wide access to dispute resolution bodies, also in connection with energy-related matters, to ensure that disputes can be settled quickly, simply and cheaply and to restore the balance of bargaining power between final consumers and suppliers;
source: PE-508.255
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