Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS
Constituencies
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Greece
Nea Demokratia
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Greece
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2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Greece
Democratic Alliance
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Greece
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2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Groups
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ALDE
Member of the Bureau
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2011/06/01 - 9999/12/31
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Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Committee on Budgetary Control | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering | 2012/03/28 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute 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 for relations with the People's Republic of China | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Iran | 2009/09/16 | 2011/05/30 |
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Rapporteur
| Shadow | 2013/2060(INI) | Fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax havens |
| Shadow | 2012/2291(INI) | Integrated internal control framework |
| Shadow | 2012/2177(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Council |
| Shadow | 2012/2176(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European External Action Service |
| Shadow | 2012/2175(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor |
| Shadow | 2012/2174(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman |
| Shadow | 2012/2173(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions |
| Shadow | 2012/2172(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee |
| Shadow | 2012/2171(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors |
| Shadow | 2012/2170(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Justice |
| Shadow | 2012/2169(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Council |
| Shadow | 2012/2104(INI) | Improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness |
| Shadow | 2012/2041(INI) | Microbial challenge - rising threats from antimicrobial resistance |
| Shadow | 2012/0305(COD) | Fluorinated greenhouse gases |
| Opinion | 2012/0295(COD) | Fund for European aid to the most deprived (2014-2020) |
| Shadow | 2012/0102(CNS) | Common system of value added tax (VAT): treatment of vouchers |
| Shadow | 2011/0454(COD) | Protection of the European Union's financial interests: Hercule III programme, 2014-2020 |
| Shadow | 2011/0304(NLE) | Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution resulting from exploration and exploitation of the continental shelf and the seabed and its subsoil. Accession to the Offshore Protocol of the Barcelona Convention |
| Shadow | 2006/0084(COD) | Fight against fraud: investigations by the European Anti-Fraud Offfice (OLAF) |
Born
1959/10/18 Athina- Graduate of the Athens University School of Law (Faculty of Economics) (1978-1981).
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) (specialised in marketing) at the City University of London and Diploma in Market Research at the British Market Research Society (1981-1982). Doctorate awarded by the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (2010).
- Activities in the field of communications and in non-governmental organisations (1985-2006); Founder of two communications companies; Adviser to the Prime Minister (1989 and 1990-1993); Adviser to the Minister for National Defence (1989); Director-General of the E21 Research Centre (1994-1999).
- Member of the New Democracy Election Committee responsible for political planning (1989, 1990, 1993); Secretary-General of the Liberal Party (1999-2000).
- From 2003 to 2006: Deputy Mayor, Deputy Mayor responsible for Finance, Chairman of the Mayoral Committee, Municipal Councillor in the City of Athens; Chair of the Board of Directors of the 'Dipli Anaplasi' company and of the Athens Organisation for Tourism; responsible for coordination of the Olympic Games for the City of Athens and Deputy City Manager for the 2004 Olympic Games.
- 2006 to 2009: Secretary-General for International Economic Relations and Development Cooperation in the Greek Ministry of the Interior; Special Representative for Climate Change in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Chair of the Interministerial Committee for the Protection of Intellectual Property.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the ERT Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (1992-1993).
- Author of book entitled 'In the name of Macedonia' (1995); numerous articles in the Greek press.
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2007/0286(COD) Industrial emissions. Integrated pollution prevention and control (repeal. Directives 78/176/EEC, 82/883/EEC, 92/112/EEC, 1999/13/EC, 2000/76/EC and 2008/1/EC). Recast
2010/03/30
ENVI
8 amendments...
Amendment 126 #
Council position Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1a (new) For BAT reference documents adopted before the entry into force of the Directive, emission limit values shall also take into account the technical characteristics of the installation concerned, its geographical location and the local environmental conditions.
Amendment 195 #
Council position Article 22 – paragraph 3– subparagraph 1 3. Upon definitive cessation of the activities, the operator shall assess the state of the soil and groundwater contamination by relevant hazardous substances used, produced or released by the installation. Where the installation has caused significant pollution of soil or groundwater by relevant hazardous substances compared to the state established in the baseline report referred to in paragraph 2, the operator shall take the necessary measures to address this pollution so as to return the site to that state. For that purpose, the technical and economic feasibility of such measures may be taken into account.
Amendment 211 #
Council position Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point c (c) participation in the Union eco
Amendment 226 #
Council position Article 30 - paragraph 8 - point a (a) diesel engines in non-interconnected remote areas and islands;
Amendment 236 #
Council position Article 32 – paragraph 1 1. During the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 202
Amendment 241 #
Council position Article 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 The ceiling for the year 2016 shall be calculated on the basis of the relevant emission limit values set out in Annexes III to VII to Directive 2001/80/EC or, where applicable, on the basis of the rates of desulphurisation set out in Annex III to Directive 2001/80/EC. In the case of gas turbines, the emission limit values for nitrogen oxides set out for such plants in Part B of Annex VI to Directive 2001/80/EC shall be used. The ceilings for the year
Amendment 252 #
Council position Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the operator of the combustion plant undertakes, in a written declaration submitted by 1 January 2014 at the latest to the competent authority, not to operate the plant for more than
Amendment 253 #
Council position Article 33 – paragraph 4 4. In case of
source: PE-439.994
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2008/0002(COD) Novel foods (repeal. Regulation (EC) No 258/97)
2010/04/14
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1 amendments...
Amendment 126 #
Council position – amending act Recital 2 (2) A high level of protection of human health should be assured in the pursuit of Union policies. Due attention should be given, where appropriate, to the protection of the environment and to animal welfare taking into account their putative ability to think and feel.
source: PE-440.200
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2008/0028(COD) Provision of food information to consumers (amend. Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006; repeal. Directives 90/496/EEC and 2000/13/EC)
2011/03/23
ENVI
5 amendments...
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 a (new) (15a) In order to avoid overburdening in particular SMEs in the traditional food production sector and the food retail trade, including small and medium-sized enterprises which provide mass catering services, non-packaged products sold to the public by SMEs should be excluded from the labelling requirements.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 50 (50) As regards the matters specifically harmonised by this Regulation, Member States should not be able to adopt national provisions unless authorised by Union law. This Regulation should not prevent Member States from adopting national provisions concerning matters not specifically harmonised herein, providing Member States demonstrate why such measures are necessary and set out the steps they will take to ensure that they are applied in the manner which least restricts trade.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint ii (ii) durability, storage, conservation requirements once the product is opened, if applicable, and safe use;
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 2. When considering the need for mandatory food information and to enable consumers to make informed choices, account shall be taken of a widespread need on the part of the majority of consumers for certain information to which they attach significant value or of any generally accepted benefits to the consumer. The marginal cost resulting from the additional provision of information shall also be evaluated;
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Where foods are offered for sale to the final consumer or to mass caterers without prepackaging, or where foods are packed on the sales premises at the consumer’s request or prepacked for direct sale: (a) the provision of the particulars specified in point (c) of Article 9(1) is mandatory; (b) the provision of other particulars referred to in Articles 9 and 10 is not mandatory unless Member States adopt measures requiring the provision of some or all of those particulars or elements of those particulars. The provision in this paragraph shall not apply to catering services provided by cinemas -excluding SMEs- where the food is packed at the point of sale in standardized packages, whose capacity is pre-determined and thus the final quantity and content of food or beverages is defined and measurable.
source: PE-460.950
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2008/0142(COD) Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare
2010/05/10
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1 amendments...
Amendment 193 #
Council position Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. If, for sufficiently justified reasons (such as cost-related, medical or administrative reasons), prior authorisation cannot be granted to patients suffering from rare illnesses within a reasonable period of time, those patients shall not be subject to the prior authorisation requirement.
source: PE-450.566
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2008/0198(COD) Obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market
2010/04/27
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Amendment 117 #
Council position Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Operators, with the exception of SMEs, who make timber and timber products available on the market of a value exceeding EUR 100 000 per annum, shall, throughout the supply chain, be able to: (i) identify both the operator who has supplied the timber and timber products, and the operator to whom the timber and timber products have been supplied; (ii) provide upon request information on the name of the species, the country/countries of harvest and where applicable the concession of origin; (iii) ascertain, where necessary, that the operator who has supplied the timber and timber products has fulfilled his obligations under this Regulation.
source: PE-440.145
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2008/0238(COD) Organ transplantation: standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation
2010/04/03
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that a national quality programme is established to cover all stages of the chain from donation to transplantation or disposal, in order to ensure compliance with the rules laid down in this Directive, and shall do so by setting up appropriate public control mechanisms.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 1 Member States shall designate the competent authority, or
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e source: PE-439.155
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2008/0241(COD) Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Recast
2010/03/16
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2 amendments...
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 –paragraph 1 Member States shall ensure that producers provide at least for the financing of the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from private households deposited at collection facilities set up under Article 5(2). Member States
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. In order to enhance the user's awareness, Member States shall ensure that distributors - excluding SMEs - put in place appropriate collection and awareness schemes for very small volume waste. Such collection schemes: (a) shall enable end-users to discard this kind of waste at an accessible and visible collection point in the retailer’s shop; (b) shall require retailers to take back waste very small volume EEE at no charge when supplying very small volume EEE; (c) shall not involve any charge to end- users when discarding this waste, nor any obligation to buy a new product of the same type;
source: PE-439.905
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2008/0256(COD) Medicinal products for human use: information on products subject to medical prescription
2010/05/25
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Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 100 b – point b b) information which does not go beyond the elements of the summary of product characteristics, labelling and the package leaflet of the medicinal product, and the publicly accessible version of the assessment report drawn up by the competent authorities, but presents them in a different way that is comprehensible to the general public or members thereof without compromising the quality and reliability of the information. The reason for presenting the information in a different way much be clearly justified;
source: PE-441.215
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2008/0261(COD) Medicinal products for human use: prevention of the entry into the legal supply chain of falsified medicinal products (amend. Directive 2001/83/EC)
2010/12/03
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Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 7 (7) In order to take account of new risk profiles, while at the same time ensuring the functioning of the internal market for medicinal products, mandatory safety features designed to ensure the identification, authentication and traceability of prescription medicinal products should be established at Community level. When introducing obligatory safety features for prescription medicinal products, due account should be taken of the particularities of certain products or categories of products, such as generic medicines and excipients. This includes the risk of falsifications in view of their price and past incidences in the Community and abroad, as well as the consequences of falsifications for public health in view of the specific characteristics of the products concerned or of the severity of the conditions intended to be treated. No later than five years after the date of entry into force of this Directive, the Commission should submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an assessment report on the application of the safety features referred to in point (o) of Article 54 of Directive 2001/83/EC and their estimated contribution to the reduction of the number of falsified medicinal products in the legal supply chain in Europe. No later than 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive, the Commission should submit an assessment report on the safety features of over-the-counter medicinal products in accordance with Title VI of Directive 2001/83/ΕC.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 - point 9 Directive 2001/83/EC Article 54a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 The Commission shall adopt the measures necessary for the implementation of point (o) of Article 54 and of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article. Before specific measures are proposed in accordance with point (o) of Article 54, the Commission shall carry out a public impact assessment of the costs and benefits of existing safety features, as well as a consultation with the parties involved in the implementation and use of such safety features, so as to demonstrate the effectiveness of the specific measures compared with existing national arrangements.
source: PE-439.406
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2009/0054(COD) Commercial transactions: combating late payment (repeal. Directive 2000/35/EC). Recast
2010/10/03
IMCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 Late payment is particularly regrettable if it occurs despite the debtor’s solvency. Surveys show that public authorities often pay invoices very late after expiration of the applicable payment period. Public authorities may face lighter financing constraints because they may benefit from more secure, predictable and continuous revenue streams than private undertakings. At the same time, they depend less than private undertakings on building stable commercial relationships for the achievement of their aims. Consequently, some public authorities may have less incentive to pay on time. In addition, many public authorities can obtain financing at more attractive conditions than private undertakings. In many cases, however, payments by public authorities which are not subject to the central administration, particularly local government authorities, are dependent on the prior transfer of State funds from the central administration. Therefore, late payment by public authorities
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 5 source: PE-439.270
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2009/0173(COD) Reduction of CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles: emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles
2010/05/21
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Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 a (new) (10a) In order to provide the purchasers of light commercial vehicles with the information necessary to take purchasing decisions, manufacturers should provide potential customers with information on these vehicles’ CO2 emissions and fuel consumption.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 24 (24) The speed of road vehicles
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 a (new) Article 7a Information For the calendar year commencing 1 January 2014 and each subsequent calendar year, each manufacturer of light commercial vehicles shall ensure that customers are provided with information on the average specific CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of its vehicle models.
source: PE-442.811
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2009/2096(INI) A sustainable future for transport
2009/11/12
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Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Recognises the fact that road transport has brought down considerably its emissions of particulate matter (PM 10), acidifying substances and ozone precursors, but is still worried about its level of nitrogen oxides and of fine particulates (Term report 2008, fig. 5.1) . Is however particularly disappointed about its CO2 emissions, which in the period from 1990 - 2006 increased by 28 %, compared to a reduction of 3 % in the other sectors. Calls for freight traffic to be gradually transferred off the roads and onto rail and other energy efficient transport means.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
source: PE-430.949
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2009/2103(INI) Report on the Commission communication on Action against cancer: European partnership
2010/03/15
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the Union’s ageing population is one of the reasons for the increase in the cancer burden across the Union and whereas the increase in the incidence of cancer will impose additional pressures on public finances and the productivity of the private sector economy and therefore an improvement in the health indicators relating to cancer will also contribute to improving the long-term economic indicators,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 e (new) 16e. Calls on the Commission to encourage the Member States to adopt policies to support the principles embodied in the World Health Organization's Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health launched in 2004
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission to promote by every possible means the principle of prevention both in medical practices and in more healthy lifestyles and to encourage Member States to invest more of their resources in prevention;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that EU legislation contains incentives for researchers and industry to develop nutritional and other natural product- based approaches to cancer prevention, validated through nutrigenomic and epigenetic research.
source: PE-439.847
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2009/2107(INI) A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture
2010/04/02
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3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas environmentally sustainable forms of aquaculture could prove to be a positive contribution to environmental protection as well as an alternative way of meeting much of the demand for fisheries products,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas fish
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to include
source: PE-438.411
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2009/2152(INI) Report on the Commission White Paper: 'Adapting to climate change: towards a European framework for action'
2010/02/22
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30 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 16 September 2009 on forest fires in the summer of 20091, –––––––––––––––––– 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2009)0013.
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 b (new) – having regard to its resolution of 25 November 2009 on the EU strategy for the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change (COP 15)1, –––––––––––––––––– 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2009)0089.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 c (new) – having regard to its resolution of 10 February 2010 on the outcome of the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change (COP15)2, –––––––––––––––––– 2 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2010)0019.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) – having regard to the Copenhagen Accord resulting from the COP15 negotiations in Denmark,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 b (new) – having regard to Directive 2009/29/EC of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community1, –––––––––––––––––– 1 OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p.63-87.
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the impacts of climate change will affect European regions in different ways
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas, as pointed out in the Commission’s White Paper, adaptation will require solidarity among EU Member States towards disadvantaged regions and regions most affected by climate change,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Emphasises that the main areas of action identified in the White Paper should be further prioritised according to the timeframe in which different consequences are expected to occur in Europe, in order to channel the available resources more effectively;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for further research into appropriate modelling at national, regional and local levels, as well as the need to define adaptive capacity across the territory of the EU; urges the EEA, therefore, to produce reports analysing the risks that climate change presents to Europe’s most vulnerable regions, identifying needs, constraints, timeframes, opportunities, policy levels and options for adaptation, in order to extract policy guidance on adaptation practice and to assist regional and local stakeholders in developing robust adaptation strategies;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Emphasises the importance of ensuring active implementation of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)1 and the effectiveness of River Basin Management Plans, especially in the case of cross-border basins and in regions where water stress will reach a critical level and/or where the frequency of floods is increasing; –––––––––––––––––– 1 OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1.
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10(b). Recommends that the Commission draw up research programmes to develop new techniques for the hydrological management of river basins in view of the new circumstances being created by climate change;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Expresses its concern that in recent years Europe has suffered from fires destroying more than 400 000 hectares of forest per year; notes that with fires occurring on this scale, especially in southern Europe, forests are unable to regenerate, and that this has serious ecological consequences and economic and social effects; also notes that the unusual weather conditions experienced in 2007 led to the phenomenon of mega- fires, something which is likely to recur more often in years to come; further notes that global warming will increase over the next 30 years at least, and that this will primarily affect specific regions particularly vulnerable to climate change;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Urges the Commission, in its proposal for an EU action plan for adapting to climate change, to prioritise the prevention and combating of droughts and forest fires, with an emphasis on southern Europe, as suggested by Parliament in its resolution on forest fires in the summer of 20091; –––––––––––––––––– 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2009)0013.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Acknowledges the importance of the Community Mechanism for Civil Protection in the event of natural disasters linked to the consequences of climate change, and urges the Commission to take action to enhance its effectiveness, especially in multiple emergencies; particularly urges the Commission to take action to expand the European Forest Fire Tactical Reserve in terms of resources and capacity;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13(d). Recommends that the Commission draw up research programmes to investigate the reaction of forests to higher levels of CO2, higher temperatures and drought;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 e (new) 13(e). Recommends that the Commission draw up research programmes to develop new techniques for the forest management of affected ecosystems in view of the new circumstances being created by climate change;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the Commission to prioritise infrastructure for combating floods;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Stresses the importance of studying the phenomenon of the invasion of European ecosystems by alien species (e.g. tropical marine species in the Mediterranean) and of developing suitable policies to counter it;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Stresses the fact that urban areas in Europe accommodate nearly 75% of the population and that climate change is one additional factor impacting on quality of life in towns and cities; urges the EEA to study the expected impact of climate change on micro-climates in urban areas (taking into account, for example, the urban heat-island effect);
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Stresses the damaging economic consequences of climate change for regional economies and urges the Commission to produce a cross-sector impact assessment on the economic impacts of climate change in Europe over the next three decades and to identify those economic sectors and regions which need, as a matter of priority (in terms of impact intensity and time-frame), to take steps in order to adapt to climate change, such as for example the sectors of winter tourism and tourism in southern Europe;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 d (new) 21d. Emphasises that climate change is likely to induce large-scale environmental migration from regions which are already at the origin of migration flows to Europe (Africa, the Middle East, south and south- east Asia);
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 e (new) 21e. Stresses that environmental migration should be taken into account in the long-term planning of development assistance policy, so that timely prevention and prompt humanitarian response measures can be taken in the countries of origin;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Emphasises that the EU budget does not currently reflect EU policy priorities in the field of adaptation to climate change;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. In the framework of the EU budget review, and in order to ensure that it addresses climate change impacts, urges the Commission to propose a climate- proofing procedure;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Underlines that a substantial part of the revenues generated by the auctioning of allowances in the Community greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system (EU ETS), including auctioning for aviation and maritime transport, should be earmarked for enabling Member States and developing countries to adapt to climate change; calls for the funding already earmarked from the EU ETS for the purpose of solidarity and growth in the Community (revenues deriving from 10% of the total quantity of allowances to be auctioned) to be distributed among lower income-level Member States, equally between adaptation and mitigation measures;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Calls for the allocation of funds derived from the ETS and other Community sources to help Member States adapt to climate change to take into account the vulnerability to climate change of each Member State or region;
source: PE-439.124
2010/04/02
ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Underlines that the necessary financial resources for R&D concerning climate change have to be increased
source: PE-438.288
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2010/0073(COD) Environmental economic accounts
2010/10/15
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4 amendments...
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 a (new) (15α) The Commission, through its policies of cooperation with neighbouring third countries which share environmental resources (mainly water) with the Member States, encourages the national statistical offices of these countries to present equivalent environmental economic accounts regarding fundamental aspects of sustainable development and contributes to the introduction of corresponding accounting methods.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 a (new) Article 3α Development of new modules As a matter of priority, the Commission shall, in cooperation with the Member States, develop the following modules for inclusion into the scope of this Regulation: - Environmental Protection Expenditure and Revenues (EPER)/Environmental Protection and Expenditure Accounts (EPEA), Environmental Goods and Services Sector (EGSS) · - Energy Accounts; - Environmentally Related Transfers (subsidies) and Resource Use and Management Expenditure Accounts (RUMEA) · - Water Accounts (quantitative and qualitative) and Waste Accounts;· - Forest Accounts.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 a - indent 5 b (new) - Soil Accounts, where possible.
source: PE-450.860
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2010/0208(COD) Genetically modified organisms GMOs: possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory
2011/03/17
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Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act Recital 2 (2) Under this set of legislation, GMOs for cultivation shall undergo an individual risk assessment before being authorised to be placed on the Union market. In accordance with the conclusions of the Environment Council of 4 December 2008, this risk assessment should be enhanced, particularly by taking better account of regional and local circumstances in the context of the assessment by the European Food Safety Authority. The aim of this authorisation procedure is to ensure a high level of protection of human life and health, animal health and welfare, the environment and consumer interests, whilst ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market. The same high level of protection of health and the environment should be sought and maintained throughout the territory of the Union.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 2001/18/EC Article 26 b – paragraph 1 – point a (a) those measures are scientifically based on grounds other than those related to the
source: PE-460.799
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2010/2001(BUD) 2011 budget: all sections, first version
2010/07/19
ENVI
3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the fight against climate change and the efficient use of natural resources are two priorities set out in the Europe 2020 strategy, and notes that the priority on climate action was also translated into the creation of a specific Directorate General dedicated to climate policy, mitigation and adaptation; considers nevertheless the fight against climate change as a horizontal priority in EU policies; notes that mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change in the EU budget is now a pending priority and recommends that relevant pilot projects and preparatory actions should also be prioritised;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses again the need to raise public awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco consumption, including passive smoking, especially the exposure of children not only in public places but also at home and in private cars, and is concerned that the Community Tobacco Fund which grants financial support to information and education projects will come to an end in 2010; requests a new legal base to continue this successful awareness-raising instrument and calls on the Commission, i.e. DG AGRI and DG SANCO, to find a satisfactory solution to continue the campaign in the transitional period;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Expresses its concern about the planned decrease in commitment appropriations for public health, veterinary and phytosanitary measures to EUR 340 million, and stresses the need to remain vigilant with regard to animal disease eradication; emphasises the importance of measures to combat the proliferation of insect pests (such as the red palm weevil, the pine wood nematode, the citrus longhorn beetle and Diabrotica), in view of the scale of the problem, and calls for the appropriations against Items 17 04 04 01 and 17 01 04 01 to be kept at the same level;
source: PE-445.842
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2010/2084(INI) European initiative on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
2010/11/11
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Points out that (a) the increasingly ageing population and b) the mounting pressure to the public finances and private productivity, due to the increase of expenses for this ageing population, would create a structural problem for the Member States; the European Union should therefore adopt in its long-term strategy the policy of firm promotion of the principle of prevention (in terms of medical practices as well as in terms of encouraging healthier lifestyles) . Health indicators will contribute to significant improvement of the economic indicators
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12 c. Encourages the Member States to promote on a voluntary basis the practice of free memory screenings, for those population groups that according to scientific data have a high risk in developing Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia illnesses
source: PE-452.652
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2010/2088(INI) GDP and beyond - Measuring progress in a changing world
2010/09/11
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls on the Commission to give priority consideration to sectors in which major market dysfunctions (failure to take account of environmental cost or other negative or positive external economic factors) resulting in the distortion of GDP as an indicator of progress in both economic and human terms;
source: PE-452.675
2011/03/23
ENVI
3 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the Commission initiative to present an index for environmental pressure, to be submitted alongside GDP, which will initially comprise the following major strands of environmental policy: 'impact of climate change
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Underlines the need for objective indicators to measure quality of life in societies; considers that achieving and sustaining quality of life involves important, consensual factors such as health, education, culture, employment, housing, environmental conditions etc.; takes the view that indicators which measure such factors should be assigned a greater role; suggests that the EQLS indicators, which cover the core domains of quality of life, are built upon in the further development of both qualitative and quantitative metrics;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 α (new) 9 α. Calls on the Commission to give priority consideration to sectors in which major market dysfunctions (failure to take account of environmental cost or other negative or positive external economic factors) result in the distortion of GDP as an indicator of progress in both economic and human terms;
source: PE-462.526
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2010/2106(INI) Commission Green Paper "On forest protection and information in the EU: preparing forests for climate change"
2011/02/15
ENVI
7 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas in recent years Europe has suffered from fires destroying more than 400 000 hectares of forest per year and whereas with fires occurring on this scale, especially in southern Europe, forests are unable to regenerate, and this has serious ecological consequences and economic and social effects,
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas according to data gathered by the Commission, summer warm up in Southern Europe will be twice as fast as in the rest of Europe and summer precipitation in the South will decrease by 5% per decade,
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Advocates that active SFM should be
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission to put forward recommendations on ways of adapting national civil protection systems to cope with the impact of climate change on forests; particularly urges the Commission to take action to expand the European Forest Fire Tactical Reserve in terms of resources and capacity;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) Research for forests 11a. Underlines that the necessary financial resources for R&D concerning the impact of climate change on forests have to be increased; is of the opinion that, particularly in view of the scientific uncertainty surrounding the timescale and extent of the problem and the specific geographical areas and productive sectors that will be affected by the consequences of climate change in Europe, it is necessary to earmark funding for climate research, which can be done more effectively at European level and will provide a sound basis for developing climate change adaptation policies for forests;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Considers that the assumption of carbon neutrality for woody biomass and the short time frames used in the current GHG calculation methodology could compromise achievements in GHG savings;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to develop
source: PE-458.605
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2010/2107(INI) Revision of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan
2010/09/09
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that, whilst the EU has a binding target of 20% renewable energy sources (RES) by 2020 and a directive in place which sets out the method of achieving this target, energy efficiency, which is a more cost-efficient instrument, is not subject to similar regulation. Considers, therefore, that it is appropriate that any future EU legislation should lead to the same level of investment in the area of energy efficiency as in RES; and calls on the Commission, by the end of 2010, to present a legislative proposal similar to the RES Directive which would introduce a binding target for the reduction of energy consumption by 25 % achieved through energy efficiency;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal for a recast of the Energy Services Directive which includes obligations for energy providers to reduce energy consumption; insists that such a proposal should ensure both the proper participation of SMEs in energy efficiency activities and the encouragement of the mobilisation of individual households towards the same purpose;
source: PE-448.808
2010/12/10
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Asks the Commission and the Member States to further promote the adoption of financial instruments for energy efficiency measures and programmes, which are more accessible and tailored for the private individual real estate sector, and in particular homeowners and landlords with small and medium portfolios;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Stresses the need to improve the use of existing EU funds such as the ERDF and EAFRD for energy efficiency measures; asks the Commission to identify the obstacles to the use of a larger share of the resources of the Structural and Cohesion Funds, as well as funds for rural development, for this purpose and to come forward with adequate actions to address these obstacles (e.g. additional EU measures to support technical assistance); asks the Commission to explore the possibility for EU funds to play an important role in the development of national, regional and local energy efficiency funds, instruments, or mechanisms, which deliver such financing possibilities to private property owners, to small and medium-sized enterprises and to energy efficiency service companies;
source: PE-450.652
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2010/2206(INI) Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe
2011/04/02
ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that because of climate change in the next few years, major environmental changes are expected, such as rising sea levels, increasing temperatures and more widespread drought, while tourism will be the main area that will suffer from climate change in Mediterranean;
source: PE-456.996
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2010/2211(INI) Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
2010/12/20
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises the need to secure long-term financial provision in the next MFF for public health priorities and in particular for prevention and any strategic follow-up to the existing EU Public Health Programme;
source: PE-454.678
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2010/2247(INI) Protection of the Communities' financial interests – Fight against fraud – Annual report 2009
2011/03/02
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Points out that over the last few years techniques have been developed for measuring fraud as part of a broader attempt to combat corruption, and urges the Commission to boost these research efforts and to implement, initially as pilot projects, in cooperation with Member States, appropriate new methodologies which are being developed to measure the phenomena of irregularities and fraud;
source: PE-458.521
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2010/2272(INI) Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
2011/03/05
ENVI
3 amendments...
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point a (a) reduce health and welfare inequalities and ensure safeguards are in place for people with disabilities in the community and in care settings;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point d (d) help disseminate information and communications technologies to promote the care within families, and independence, of people with disabilities and opportunities for them work competitively;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of ensuring more people with disabilities enter employment by means such as imposing specific quotas on employers or measures to adapt jobs to the needs of job-seekers with disabilities or subsidized insurance contributions;
source: PE-464.756
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2011/0172(COD) Energy efficiency
2011/07/11
ENVI
5 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
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. 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, that can be defendable in the medium and long term in terms of global competition.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, especially as regards small consumers, small and micro enterprises and perverse incentives for large energy producers promoting energy efficiency, and provides for the establishment of national energy efficiency targets for 2020.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Any action specified in Article 4 shall be accompanied by a feasibility study showing the financial results of the investment, bearing in mind the current use and possible future uses of the public building in question.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 Member States shall ensure that public bodies purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy efficiency performance, as referred to in Annex III.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new) ca. take special measures to address the perverse incentives that exist when energy distributors and retail energy sales companies are also energy producers.
source: PE-475.843
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2011/0177(APP) Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
2012/09/24
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1a (new) 1a. Takes into account the important and ongoing changes in the real economy of the Member States due to the crisis; insists therefore that the actions provisioned in the MFF 2014-2020 consider the Member States´ current economic and social situation and where appropriate to be re-adjusted in order to be aligned with the overall objective of ‘The contribution of European policies to growth and employment’ as stated in the European Council’s conclusions of 28-29 June 2012;
source: PE-496.477
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2011/0190(COD) Prevention of pollution from ships: sulphur content of marine fuels
2011/12/16
ENVI
11 amendments...
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7) Passenger ships operate mostly in ports or close to coastal areas and their impacts on human health and the environment are significant. Those ships are required to use marine fuel with the same maximum sulphur content as is applicable in SECAs (1.5%). Given that stricter sulphur standards will apply in SECAs, it is justified by the need to improve air quality around ports and coasts in the non-SECA territories that the same standards apply to passenger ships. However, the introduction of a new SECA standard for passenger ships would be delayed by 5 years in order to avoid potential problems with fuel availability. A further five-year exemption will apply in respect of transport services to and from island areas for which the resulting additional costs would have a devastating impact on local communities.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 a (new) (7a) In order to ensure air quality benefits to the Member States whose coasts are not part of SECAs, the introduction of any new SECA should be debated on the basis of scientific data regarding its environmental and economic impact and only after its introduction has been examined and approved through the relevant IMO process.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 a (new) (12a) Any financial incentives by Member States for emission abatement methods that achieve emissions reductions which are at least equivalent to those achieved through the use of low sulphur fuels, should take account of the investments made prior to the adoption of this Directive, provided that the equipment complies with the IMO criteria.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 b (new) (12b) Member States should ensure the availability and balanced distribution of compliant fuel in accordance with Regulation 18 of the revised Annex VI to MARPOL, taking into consideration the economic and environmental cost of deviation from the ship's intended voyage.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 6 – point c Directive 1999/32/EC Article 4 a – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 1 – point b (b) 0.50
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 6 – point d Directive 1999/32/EC Article 4 a – paragraph 2 The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9a of this Directive concerning the designation of sea areas as SOx Emission Control Areas on the basis of the decision of the IMO in accordance with Regulation 14(3)(2) of Annex VI to MARPOL. The introduction of any new SECA should be debated on the basis of scientific data regarding its environmental and economic impact and only after its introduction has been examined and approved through the relevant IMO process.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 6 – point e Directive 1999/32/EC Article 4 a – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that marine fuels are not used in their territorial seas, exclusive economic zones and pollution control zones falling outside SOx Emission Control Areas by passenger ships operating on regular services to or from any Union port if the sulphur content of those fuels by mass exceeds: (c) 1.5
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 7 Directive 1999/32/EC Article 4 b – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. The power to adopt delegated acts shall be conferred on the Commission under Article 9a for up to six months after entry into force of this directive, enabling it to provide for the eventuality of there being no fuel available at a reasonable economic and environmental cost in the Member State where travel is taking place.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/32/EC Article 4 d – paragraph 2 – point d a (new) (da) the possibility of using alternative compliance methods in a cost-effective way, while respecting the limits set by this Directive. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9a, concerning the issuance of guidelines 6 months after the entry into force of this Directive, that will clarify which alternative compliance methods can be adopted by ships throughout the Union.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 10 – point c Directive 1999/32/EC Article 7 – paragraphs 2 and 3 (c) paragraph
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 13 Directive 1999/32/EC Article 9 a – paragraph 3 3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 4a(1a) and (2), 4
source: PE-478.489
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2011/0273(COD) European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): support to the European territorial cooperation goal
2012/04/05
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 a (new) (1a) Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the Union lays down the general principles with regard to the implementation of the annual budget of the Union. It is, therefore, necessary to ensure consistency between that Regulation and the provisions governing the ERDF.
source: PE-489.342
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2011/0280(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020
2012/07/13
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new) The objectives of the direct payments are: - a viable food production by contributing to farm income and by limiting farm income variability - a sustainable management of natural resources and climate action by providing environmental public goods and by pursuing climate change mitigation and adaption actions - a balanced territorial development by compensating for production difficulties in areas with specific natural constraints. For each of these objectives, the Commission will define baselines, impacts, results and indicators.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2 – maintaining the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation without any particular preparatory action going beyond traditional agricultural methods and machineries, as long as this refraining from the activities stated in the first indent of Article 4(1)(c) is based on the ground of resource efficiency or environmental objectives established by the Member States, or
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (b a) they do not bear the economic risk of the agricultural activity carried out on land declared for the benefit of the direct payment.
source: PE-492.940
2012/07/18
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) In order to take into account specific new elements and to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of laying down further definitions regarding the access to support under this Regulation, establishing the framework within which Member States shall define the minimum activities to be carried out on areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as well as the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 26 (26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory ‘greening’ component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 28 (28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent
source: PE-491.238
2012/07/19
AGRI
4 amendments...
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e (e) ‘agricultural area’ means any area taken up by arable land, permanent
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g (g) ‘permanent crops’ means non-rotational crops other than permanent
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h (h) ‘permanent
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (b a) they do not bear the economic risk of the agricultural activity carried out on land declared for the benefit of the direct payment.
source: PE-492.791
2012/07/23
AGRI
2 amendments...
Amendment 1327 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) to maintain existing permanent
Amendment 1462 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Farmers shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter, when they maintain the existing traditional low-intensity systems for olive groves, vineyards, and orchards, in which the trees are standards or semi-standards, in low density, not irrigated, which make limited use of inputs and in which spontaneous (not sown) under-storey is allowed to develop between autumn and spring.
source: PE-494.483
2012/07/24
AGRI
6 amendments...
Amendment 1619 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Farmers shall maintain as permanent
Amendment 1638 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The reference areas under permanent
Amendment 1654 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 2 2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent
Amendment 1676 #
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
Amendment 2018 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 source: PE-494.487
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2011/0282(COD) European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): support for rural development 2014-2020
2012/07/20
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) Member States should be able to include in their rural development programmes thematic sub-programmes to address specific needs in areas of particular importance to them. Thematic sub- programmes should concern among others young farmers, small farms, High Nature Value Farming systems, organic farming, mountain areas and the creation of short supply chains. Thematic sub-programmes should also be used to provide for the possibility to address restructuring of agricultural sectors which have a strong impact on the development of rural areas. As a means to increase the efficient intervention of such thematic sub- programmes Member States should be allowed to provide for higher support rates for certain operations covered by them.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 25 (25) Forestry is an integral part of rural development and support for sustainable and climate friendly land use should encompass forest area development and sustainable management of forests. During the 2007-2013 programming period a variety of measures covered different types of support for forestry investments and management. In the interest of simplification but also of allowing beneficiaries to design and realise integrated projects with increased added value, a single measure should cover all types of support for forestry investments and management. This measure should cover the extension and improvement of forest resources through afforestation of land and creation of agro-forestry systems combining extensive agriculture with forestry systems, restoration of forests damaged by fire or other natural disasters and relevant prevention measures, investments in new forestry technologies and in the processing and marketing of forest products aimed at improving the economic and environmental performance of forest holders and forest workers and non remunerative investments which improve ecosystem and climate resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems. Support should avoid distorting competition and be market neutral. As a result limitations should be imposed relating to the size and legal status of beneficiaries for the production of wood. These limitations should not apply to support for non-wood forest products or forest investments for environmental reasons. Preventive actions against fires should be in areas classified by Member States as medium or high fire risk. All preventive actions should be part of a forest protection plan. The occurrence of a natural disaster in the case of action for the restoration of damaged forest potential should be subject to the formal recognition by a scientific public organisation. The forestry measure should be adopted in the light of undertakings given by the Union and the Member States at international level, and be based on Member States‘ national or sub-national forest plans or equivalent instruments which should take into account the commitments made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. It should contribute to the implementation of the Union Forestry Strategy16 . In order to ensure that afforestation of agricultural land is in line with the aims of environmental policy the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the definition of certain minimum environmental requirements.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new) (j a) "High Nature Value Farming" (HNVF) means farming systems that host farming activities and farmland that, because of their characteristics, can be expected to support high levels of biodiversity or species and habitats of conservation concern. These systems are characterized by low intensity farming and high proportions of natural or semi- natural vegetation. It may also be characterized by a high diversity of land cover.
source: PE-489.640
2012/07/24
AGRI
4 amendments...
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new) (b a) High Nature Value Farming systems;
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new) (b b) Organic farming;
Amendment 550 #
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 supported in the framework of thematic sub-programmes concerning small farms, High Nature Value farming, organic farming, and short supply chains. In the case of young farmers and mountain areas, the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate shall not exceed 90%.
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new) (d a) the sustainable development and economic activity of organic farming as a minimum referred to under Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;
source: PE-492.797
2012/07/25
AGRI
10 amendments...
Amendment 1103 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Limitations on ownership of forests provided for in Articles 23
Amendment 1126 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 1 1. Support under Article 22(1)(a) shall be granted to private land-owners and tenants, municipalities and their associations, and other land managers and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance, including early and late cleanings, for a maximum period of ten years.
Amendment 1141 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 90 concerning the definition of the minimum environmental requirements referred to in paragraph 2, taking into account the diversity of European forests.
Amendment 1144 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 1. Support under Article 22(1)(b) shall be granted to private landowners, tenants, municipalities and their associations, and other land managers and shall cover the costs of establishment or conversion to an agro-forestry system and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance for a maximum period of
Amendment 1154 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 2 2. ‘Agro-forestry systems’ shall mean land use systems
Amendment 1214 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 26 – paragraph 1 1. Support under Article 22(1)(d) shall be granted to
Amendment 1233 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 27 – paragraph 1 1. Support under Article 22(1)(e) shall be granted to private forest owners, municipalities and their associations, forest workers and their associations, and to SMEs for investments enhancing forestry potential or relating to processing and marketing adding value to forest products. In the territories of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary islands, the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 and the French overseas departments support may also be granted to enterprises that are not SMEs.
Amendment 1370 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 2 2. Support shall be granted to farmers and to private forest owners and associations of forest owners respectively
Amendment 1473 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Support under this measure shall be granted per hectare of forest to forest holders, municipalities and their associations who undertake, on a voluntary basis, to carry out operations consisting of one or more forest-environment commitments. Bodies managing state owned forests may also benefit from support
Amendment 1484 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 35 – paragraph 4 4. Support may be provided to public and private entities, municipalities and their associations for the conservation and promotion of forest genetic resources for operations not covered under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.
source: PE-494.479
2012/07/26
AGRI
2 amendments...
Amendment 2116 #
Proposal for a regulation ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new) Conservation of High Nature Value farm systems: Knowledge transfer and information actions Advisory services, farm management, and farm relief services Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs Agri-environment-climate Organic farming Natura 2000 and Water framework directive payments Enhancement of biodiversity in rural areas Co-operation Investment in physical assets
Amendment 2119 #
Proposal for a regulation ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new) Organic farming: Knowledge transfer and information actions Advisory services, farm management, and farm relief services Agri-environment-climate Animal Welfare Natura 2000 and Water framework directive payments Farm and business development Co-operation Investment in physical assets EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability
source: PE-494.602
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2011/0283(COD) Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund: provisions relating to risk sharing instruments for Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability
2012/02/14
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 2 a (new) (2a) The serious debt crisis in several Member States calls for new and innovative ways for investing the Structural Funds, which would facilitate their best possible use both in the 2007- 2013 and the 2014-2020 programming periods.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 Article 36 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 2 Such risk sharing instrument shall be used exclusively for loans and guarantees, as well as other financial facilities, to finance operations co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund or the Cohesion Fund, regarding expenditure which is not covered by Article 56. For the Member States meeting one of the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article 77, such risk sharing instrument shall also be used for operations linked to cohesion policy objectives which are not co-financed by national strategic reference framework (NSRF) programmes.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 Article 36 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 5 – point a (a) traceability and accounting,
source: PE-483.501
2012/10/02
ECON
3 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 a (new) (2a) The serious debt crisis in several programme countries calls for new and innovative ways for investing the Structural Funds, which will facilitate their best possible use in the 2007 to 2013 and the 2014 to 2020 programming periods.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 Article 36 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 2 Such risk sharing instrument shall be used exclusively for loans and guarantees, as well as other financial facilities, to finance operations co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund or the Cohesion Fund, regarding expenditure which is not covered by Article 56. For the Member States meeting one of the conditions set out in Article 77(2), that risk- sharing instrument shall also be used for operations linked to cohesion policy objectives which are not co- financed by National Strategic Reference Framework programmes.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 Article 36 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 5– point a (a) traceability and accounting,
source: PE-483.475
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2011/0288(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2014-2020
2012/07/20
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) The farm advisory system should cover at least the requirements and standards forming the scope of cross compliance. That system should also cover the requirements to be respected in relation to the agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment for direct payments, as well as the maintenance of the agricultural area under Regulation (EU) No DP/xxx of the European Parliament and of the Council of xxx establishing rules for direct payment to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy14.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall establish a system of advising beneficiaries on land, farm, and farm risk management (hereinafter referred to as the ‘farm advisory system’) operated by one or more designated bodies that should be accredited on the basis of minimum qualifications laid down by the Commission by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 111. The designated bodies may be public or private.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new) (da) the options available to farmers for effective management of economic and environmental risks.
source: PE-492.777
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2011/0300(COD) Trans-European energy infrastructure: guidelines
2012/03/28
ENVI
14 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) Accelerating the refurbishment of existing and deployment of new energy infrastructure is vital to achieve the Union's energy and climate policy objectives, consisting in completing the internal market in energy, guaranteeing security of supply, notably for gas and oil, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, increasing the share of renewable energy in the final energy consumption to 20%20 and achieving a 20% increase in energy efficiency by 2020. At the same time, the Union has to prepare its infrastructure for further decarbonisation of its energy system in the longer term towards 2050 and in the same time frame to prepare it for connecting regions which have high renewable energy production capacity and electricity storage potential.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new) (c a) the project should integrate and be consistent with the EU Treaty´s objectives and specifically with Articles 170 TFEU and Article 171 TFEU;
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1 – market integration, inter alia through lifting the isolation of regions in the European Union; competition and system flexibility;
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 3 – security of supply, inter alia through interoperability and secure system operation;
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 3 a (new) - high renewable energy production capacity and storage potential
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – indent 1 – market integration, inter alia through lifting the isolation of regions in the European Union; interoperability and system flexibility;
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – indent 3 – competition, inter alia through diversification of supply sources, supplying routes and counterpart
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. When a project of common interest encounters significant implementation difficulties, the Commission may designate a European coordinator for a period of up to one year renewable twice, in agreement with the Member States concerned.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 3 3. The European coordinator shall be chosen on the basis of his or her experience with regard to the specific tasks assigned to him or her for the concerned project(s), in agreement with the Member States concerned.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part 1 – point 3 – introductory part (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 and integrate generation from renewable energy sources; Interconnection of isolated Island Electrical Systems to the mainland in order to bring the benefits of the integrated electricity market, increase the renewable energy sources (RES) penetration and make possible transferring of RES energy to the mainland.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part 4 – point 11 (11) Electricity highways: first electricity highways by 2020, in view of building an electricity highways system across the Union, especially connecting regions which have high renewable energy production capacity and storage potential;;
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – point 1 – point b (b) for electricity storage, the project provides storage capacity allowing a net annual electricity generation of at least 250MW capacity and 250 Gigawatt- hours/year;
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex V – point 1 – point a (a) In electricity: scenarios for demand (both in the Member States and in neighbouring third countries), generation capacities by fuel type (biomass, geothermal, hydro, gas, nuclear, oil, solid fuels, wind, solar photovoltaic, concentrated solar, other renewable technologies)and their geographical location, fuel prices (including biomass, coal, gas and oil), carbon dioxide prices, the composition of the transmission and, if relevant, the distribution network, and its evolution, taking into account all new significant generation (including capacity equipped for capturing carbon dioxide), storage and transmission projects for which a final investment decision has been taken and that are due to be commissioned by the end of year n+5;
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex V – point 1 – point a (a) In electricity: scenarios for demand, generation capacities by fuel type (biomass, geothermal, hydro, gas, nuclear, oil, solid fuels, wind, solar photovoltaic, concentrated solar, other renewable technologies)and their geographical location, fuel prices (including biomass, coal, gas and oil), carbon dioxide prices, the composition of the transmission and, if relevant, the distribution network, and its evolution, taking into account all new significant generation (including capacity equipped for capturing carbon dioxide), storage potential and storage and transmission projects for which a final investment decision has been taken and that are due to be commissioned by the end of year n+5;
source: PE-486.154
2012/11/04
ECON
19 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) Accelerating the refurbishment of existing and deployment of new energy infrastructure is vital to achieve the Union's energy and climate policy objectives, consisting in completing the internal market in energy, guaranteeing security of supply, notably for gas and oil, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, increasing the share of renewable energy in the final energy consumption to 20%20 and achieving a 20% increase in energy efficiency by 2020. At the same time, the Union has to prepare its infrastructure for further decarbonisation of its energy system in the longer term towards 2050, and within the same time-frame to prepare it for connecting regions which have high renewable energy production capacity and electricity storage potential.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) the project integrates and is consistent with the objectives of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and specifically with Articles 170 and 171;
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1 – market integration, inter alia through alleviating the effects of the isolation of regions in the Union; competition and system flexibility;
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 3 – security of supply, inter alia through interoperability and secure system operation;
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 3 a (new) – high renewable energy production capacity and storage potential;
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – indent 1 – market integration, inter alia through alleviating the effects of the isolation of regions in the Union; interoperability and system flexibility;
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – indent 2 – security of supply, inter alia through diversification of supply sources, supplying routes and counterpart
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – indent 3 – competition, inter alia through diversification of supply sources, supplying routes and counterpart
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. When a project of common interest encounters significant implementation difficulties, the Commission may designate a European coordinator for a period of up to one year renewable twice, in agreement with the Member States concerned.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 3 3. The European coordinator shall be chosen on the basis of his or her experience with regard to the specific tasks assigned to him or her for the concerned project(s), in agreement with the Member States concerned.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 1. Projects of common interest falling under the categories set out in points 1, 2 and 4 of Annex II are eligible for Union financial support in the form of grants for studies and financial instruments in accordance with the provisions of
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 1. Projects of common interest falling under the categories set out in points 1, 2 and 4 of Annex II are eligible for Union financial support in the form of grants for studies and financial instruments in accordance with the provisions of
Amendment 90 #
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 and integrate generation from renewable energy sources; interconnection of isolated Island Electrical Systems to the mainland in order to bring the benefits of the integrated electricity market, increase renewable energy sources (RES) penetration and enable the transfer of RES energy to the mainland.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – part 4 – point 11 – paragraph 1 (11) Electricity highways: first electricity highways by 2020, in view of building an electricity highways system across the Union, especially connecting regions which have high renewable energy production capacity and storage potential;
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 4 – point 1 – point b (b) for electricity storage, the project provides storage capacity allowing a net annual electricity generation of at least 250MW capacity and 250 Gigawatt- hours/year;
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 4 – point 3 – point b (b) Competition shall be measured on the basis of diversification, including the facilitation of access to indigenous sources of supply, taking
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 4 – point 3 – point b (b) Competition shall be measured on the basis of diversification, including the facilitation of access to indigenous sources of supply, taking successively into account diversification of sources, routes and counterpart
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 5 – point 1 – point a (a) In electricity: scenarios for demand (both in the Member States and in neighbouring third countries), generation capacities by fuel type (biomass, geothermal, hydro, gas, nuclear, oil, solid fuels, wind, solar photovoltaic, concentrated solar, other renewable technologies)and their geographical location, fuel prices (including biomass, coal, gas and oil), carbon dioxide prices, the composition of the transmission and, if relevant, the distribution network, and its evolution, taking into account all new significant generation (including capacity equipped for capturing carbon dioxide), storage and transmission projects for which a final investment decision has been taken and that are due to be commissioned by the end of year n+5;
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 5 – point 1 – point a (a) In electricity: scenarios for demand, generation capacities by fuel type (biomass, geothermal, hydro, gas, nuclear, oil, solid fuels, wind, solar photovoltaic, concentrated solar, other renewable technologies)and their geographical location, fuel prices (including biomass, coal, gas and oil), carbon dioxide prices, the composition of the transmission and, if relevant, the distribution network, and its evolution, taking into account all new significant generation (including capacity equipped for capturing carbon dioxide), storage potential and storage and transmission projects for which a final investment decision has been taken and that are due to be commissioned by the end of year n+5;
source: PE-487.699
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2011/0302(COD) Connecting Europe Facility
2012/10/10
TRAN, ITRE
8 amendments...
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) The Commission has committed to mainstream climate change into Union spending programmes and to direct at least 20% of the Union budget to climate-related objectives. It is important to ensure that climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as risk prevention and management are promoted in the preparation, design and implementation of projects of common interest and that priority is therefore given to electricity interconnection investments. Infrastructure investments covered by this Regulation should contribute to promoting the transition to a low-carbon and climate- and disaster-resilient economy and society and minimise support for long-term high- carbon projects which lock in fossil fuels into our energy system for several decades and undermine the EU's 2020 and 2050 climate targets.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) Major investments are needed to modernise and expand Europe's energy infrastructure and to interconnect networks across borders to meet the Union's energy and climate policy objectives of competitiveness, sustainability and security of supply in a cost-effective way. Long- distance electricity highways will help significantly to overcome the variability of renewable sources of electricity by sharing and distributing those resources throughout the Union. The estimated investment needs in energy infrastructure up to 2020 amount to EUR 1 trillion, of which ca. EUR 200 billion in electricity and gas transmission and storage infrastructures considered of European relevance. Among projects of European relevance, approximately EUR 100 billion of investments is at risk of not being delivered due to obstacles related to permit granting, regulation and financing.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 a (new) (18 a) An earmarking of funds for electricity infrastructure of at least 75% of the total amount for energy within the Connecting Europe Facility should be applied in order to properly reflect the different energy infrastructure investment needs; in its report to the June 2011 Energy Council, the Commission estimated a total of EUR 200 billion of investment needs in energy infrastructure of European importance up to 2020, of which EUR 140 billion is needed for high voltage electricity transmission systems, and EUR 70 billion for gas transmission pipelines.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 42 a (new) (42 a) Given the limited resources available at Union level, concentration on the projects with the highest European added value is necessary in order to achieve the desired impact. In the transport sector, EU support should be earmarked for the core network (and in particular the core network corridors) and projects of common interest in the field of traffic management systems. In the energy sector, financial aid should focus on completing the internal energy market, ensuring security of supply, ensuring the transmission of renewable electricity from generation to centres of demand and storage, and attracting private investment. In the telecom sector, financial aid should primarily be targeted at projects that will generate demand for broadband, including the building of a European digital service infrastructure, which should in turn stimulate investments in broadband network deployment.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 48 (48) Some of the infrastructure projects of Union interest might need to link with and pass through neighbourhood, pre-accession and other third countries such as in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, which has substantial solar energy that could be imported into the EU via long- distance electricity connections. The Connecting Europe Facility should offer simplified means of linking and financing these infrastructures, in order to ensure coherence between internal and external instruments of the Union budget.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii (ii) enhancing Union security of supply in both the electricity and gas sectors, to be measured by the evolution of system resilience and efficiency and security of system operations as well as number of projects enabling access to domestic renewable energy sources and allowing diversification of supply sources, supplying counterparts and routes;
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii (iii) contributing to sustainable development and protection of the environment, notably by fostering the integration of energy from renewable sources into the transmission network and developing carbon dioxide networks, to be measured by the transmission of renewable energy from generation to major consumption centres and storage sites, the proportion of demand response enabled and the sum of CO2 emissions prevented by the construction of the projects which benefited from the Connecting Europe Facility.
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new) At least 75% of the total amount allocated to the energy sector within this Regulation shall be assigned to electricity infrastructure;
source: PE-496.337
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2011/0339(COD) Health for Growth Programme 2014-2020
2012/05/21
ENVI
12 amendments...
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 a (new) (7a) Taking into consideration (a) the increasingly ageing population and (b) the mounting pressure to the public finances and private productivity, due to the increase of expenses for this ageing population which is a structural problem for the Member States, the Programme should also support the firm promotion of the principle of prevention (in terms of medical practices as well as in terms of encouraging healthier lifestyles) and the introduction of e-health services. Health indicators will contribute to significant improvement of the economic indicators.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) In the context of an ageing society, well-directed investments to promote health and prevent diseases can increase the number of ‘healthy life years’ and thus enable the elderly to continue working as they grow older. Chronic diseases are responsible for over 80% of premature mortality in the EU. By identifying, disseminating and promoting the up-take of validated best practices for cost-effective prevention measures focused on the key risk factors, namely smoking, abuse of alcohol and obesity, as well as on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and hepatitis, the Programme will contribute to prevent diseases and promote good health, also bearing in mind underlying factors of a social and environmental nature.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 The general objectives of the Health for Growth Programme shall be to work with the Member States to encourage innovation in healthcare and increase the sustainability of health systems, to improve the health of the EU citizens, to firmly promote the principle of prevention and protect the
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point 1 – paragraph 1 (1) To develop common tools and mechanisms at EU level to address shortages or surplus of resources, both human and financial, and to facilitate up- take of innovation in healthcare in order to contribute to innovative and sustainable health systems.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point 3 – paragraph 1 (3) To identify, disseminate and promote the up-take of validated best practices for cost-effective prevention measure by addressing the key risk factors, namely smoking, abuse of alcohol and obesity, as well as
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 1.3a. (new) - 1.3a. Support the mobility of health workforce and eHealth development within the Union in order to address shortages or surplus of human resources;
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 1.3 b (new) - 1.3b. Support the incorporation of information and communications technology in the health systems in order to facilitate information management and communication processes and the Member States may voluntarily encourage the participation of the possible excess health work force in related projects;
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3.1 a (new) - 3.1a. Support effective response to communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and hepatitis by identifying, disseminating and promoting the up-take of good practices for cost effective prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care;
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3.1 b (new) - 3.1b. Support the exchange of good practices to reduce drug-related health damage, including information and prevention;
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 a (new) 3.1a. Support effective responses to communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and hepatitis by identifying, disseminating and promoting the up-take of good practices for cost effective prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 b (new) 3.1b. Support the exchange of good practices to reduce drug-related health damage, including information and prevention.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – point 4 – point 4.3 4.3. Support capacity building against health threats in Member States: develop preparedness and response planning, public health response coordination, common approaches on vaccination; develop guidelines on protective measures in an emergency situation, guidelines on information and guides to good practice; set up a new mechanism for joint procurement of medical countermeasures; develop common communication strategies; strengthen cooperation among the Member States in order to address the impact on public health systems from the increasing flows of illegal migration.
source: PE-489.545
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2011/0372(COD) Greenhouse gas emissions, climate change: mechanism for monitoring and reporting
2012/03/28
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (d a) monitoring and reporting of black carbon emissions, taking into account to the European Parliament resolution of 14 September 2011 on a comprehensive approach to non-CO2 climate-relevant anthropogenic emissions1; __________________ 1 P7_TA(2011)0384.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point g (g) monitoring and reporting on the actions taken by Member States to adapt to the inevitable consequences of climate change in a cost-effective manner;
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new) (e a) the Union’s and Member States´ actions to reduce non-CO2 climate- relevant anthropogenic emissions, taking into account the European Parliament resolution of 14 September 2011 on a comprehensive approach to non-CO2 climate-relevant anthropogenic emissions1; __________________ 1 P7_TA(2011)0384.
source: PE-486.140
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2011/0398(COD) Noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports: rules and procedures
2012/10/07
ENVI
3 amendments...
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 5 5. Measures or a combination of measures taken in accordance with this Regulation for a given airport shall not be more restrictive than necessary to achieve the environmental noise abatement objectives set for that airport and the development of the region it serves. Operating restrictions shall be non-discriminatory, in particular on grounds of nationality, identity or activity of aircraft operators.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point a a (new) (a a) representatives from businesses based in the surroundings of the airports whose operations are affected by air traffic and the operation of the airport;
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – paragraph 2 – point 3 3) Direct, indirect and catalytic employment effects, especially in the sectors affected by air traffic.
source: PE-492.695
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2011/0401(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
2012/06/25
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 1.1 – paragraph 3 Chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, diabetes, rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, allergies, neurological and mental health disorders, overweight and obesity and various functional limitations are major causes of disability, ill-health and premature death, and present considerable social and economic costs. Or.
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – part III – point 3.3 – point b – paragraph 1 Activities shall focus on research, development and full scale demonstration - of innovative renewables and carbon capture and storage technologies offering larger scale, lower cost, environmentally safe technologies with higher conversion efficiency and higher availability for different market and operating environments. Activities shall also focus on research and development of renewable energy storage technologies.
source: PE-492.608
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2011/0402(CNS) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020: specific programme implementing Horizon 2020
2012/06/20
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – point 3 – paragraph 4 Cross-cutting action will also be vital in stimulating the interactions between the societal challenges and the enabling and industrial technologies needed to generate major technological breakthroughs. Examples of where such interactions may be developed are: the domain of eHealth, smart grids, energy storage, intelligent transport systems, mainstreaming of climate actions, nanomedicine, advanced materials for lightweight vehicles or the development of bio-based industrial processes and products. Strong synergies will therefore be fostered between the societal challenges and the development of generic enabling and industrial technologies. This will be explicitly taken into account in developing the multi-annual strategies and the priority setting for each of these specific objectives. It will require that stakeholders representing the different perspectives are fully involved in the implementation and in many cases, it will also require actions which bring together funding from the enabling and industrial technologies and the societal challenges concerned.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – paragraph 1 Effective health promotion, supported by a robust evidence base, prevents disease, improves wellbeing and is cost effective. Health promotion and disease prevention also depend on an understanding of the determinants of health, on research on primary and secondary prevention, on effective preventive tools, such as vaccines, on effective health and disease surveillance and preparedness, and on effective screening programmes.
source: PE-492.557
2012/06/26
ENVI
5 amendments...
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.8 – paragraph 1 There is a need to support the improvement of cross-cutting support technologies for drugs, vaccines and other therapeutic approaches, including transplantation, gene and cell therapy; to increase success in the drug and vaccine development process (including alternative methods to replace classical safety and effectiveness testing e.g. the development of new methods); to develop regenerative medicine approaches, including approaches based on stem cells; to develop improved medical and assistive devices and systems; to maintain and enhance our ability to combat communicable, rare, major and chronic diseases and undertake medical interventions that depend on the availability of effective antimicrobial drugs; to promote a more efficient and better use of the current and new diagnostic tools in order to fight antimicrobial resistance; and to develop comprehensive approaches to treat co- morbidities at all ages and avoid poly- pharmacy. These improvements will facilitate the development of new, more efficient, effective and sustainable treatments for disease and for the management of disability.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 3.2 – paragraph 1 Electricity will play a central role in the establishment of an environmentally sustainable low-carbon economy. The uptake of low-carbon electricity generation is too slow due to the high costs involved. There is a pressing need to find solutions that reduce costs significantly, with enhanced performance and sustainability, to accelerate the market deployment of low carbon electricity generation as well as to develop cost-efficient energy storage methods. In particular to:
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 3.2 – point 3.2.2 – paragraph 3 For CSP, the focus will be on developing ways to increase efficiency while reducing costs and environmental impact, enabling industrial up-scaling of demonstrated technologies by building first-of-a-kind power plants. Solutions to efficiently combine the production of solar electricity with water desalination will be tested. Solutions to efficiently store solar power will also be tested.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 6.3.1 – title 6.3.1. Fighting organised crime and terrorism.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part IV – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) Energy/electricity transmission networks, in particular modelling and simulation of trans-European energy networks, analysis of smart/super grid technologies
source: PE-492.615
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2011/0454(COD) Protection of the European Union's financial interests: Hercule III programme, 2014-2020
2012/10/23
CONT
2 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) Activities with the aim of providing better information, specialised training or technical and scientific assistance help significantly to protect the financial interests of the Union and at the same time to attain an equivalent level of protection across the Union. The allocation of resources to the several points of entry should be risk-based and allocation mechanisms should be able to quickly adjust to changing circumstances.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Member States shall be encouraged to have increased financial contribution under the co-financing rate for grants awarded under the Programme.
source: PE-498.050
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2011/0461(COD) Union Civil Protection Mechanism 2014-2020
2012/10/18
ENVI
5 amendments...
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 15 (15) With respect to disaster response assistance interventions outside the Union, the Mechanism should facilitate and support actions undertaken by the Member States and the Union as a whole in order to promote consistency in international civil protection work. Draft funding proposals from third countries should be communicated to Member States. The United Nations, where present, has an overall coordinating role for relief operations in third countries. Assistance provided under the Mechanism should be coordinated with the United Nations and other relevant international actors to maximise the use of available resources and avoid any unnecessary duplication of effort. Enhanced coordination of civil protection assistance through the Mechanism is a prerequisite to supporting the overall coordination effort and ensuring a comprehensive Union contribution to the overall relief effort. In major disasters where assistance is provided under both the Mechanism and Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid, the Commission shall ensure the effectiveness, coherence and complementarities of the overall Union response respecting the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. In order to ensure an effective cooperation within the Mechanism, Members States shall communicate to the Commission the relevant non-sensitive elements of their risk management plans.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a decision Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. When a third country submits a proposal, Member States will be consulted on all envisaged actions with them and could raise objections to those actions with third countries that may have an impact on their national security interests.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a decision Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new) (ja) applications for funding from third countries.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a decision Article 31 – paragraph 2 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. Where the Committee delivers no opinion, including on national security issues, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and the third subparagraph of Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
source: PE-496.667
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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
2011/01/04
ENVI
12 amendments...
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls the Commission to immediately propose how the Union can best complement its actions for climate change mitigation with efforts aiming at reducing non-CO2 gases, such as the HFCs which are the fastest growing climate pollutant in the world and HFC23; calls the Commission to promote the initiative to bring HFC production into the Montreal Protocol and to conclude bilateral agreements with third countries for mitigating HFC23, with a view of phasing down non-CO2 gases and mitigating HFC-23, in a cost effective manner, for a public price orders of magnitude lower than current carbon prices
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Calls the Commission in the framework of its actions to mitigate climate change, to develop fast action regulating strategies with a view to accelerate the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), and recover and destroy stratospheric ozone depleting GHGs in discarded products and equipment.
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Calls the Commission in the framework of its actions to mitigate climate change, to develop fast-action strategies with a view to reduce emissions of Black Carbon, giving priority to emissions that affect regions of snow and ice, including the Arctic
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 d (new) 18d. Calls the Commission in the framework of its actions to mitigate climate change, to develop fast-action regulating strategies with a view to reduce pollutant gases that lead to formation of tropospheric (lower atmosphere) ozone, a significant GHG
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Notes that in the EU analysis of options to reduce greenhouse gas emission, the case is not how to create more ‘green jobs’ by subsidising non- efficient (after carbon pricing is taken into consideration) installations for renewables but how to create ‘defendable jobs’ which will stand the competition test posed by the emerging global players; Where the relevant equipment for some renewable sources is increasingly manufactured in China and India, Europe should now invest more in energy efficiency which will strengthen local economies by supporting local jobs that cannot leak to third countries with lower cost of production
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Concurs with the European Commission’s Roadmap for a low carbon economy by 2050 where it states that ‘the creation and preservation of jobs will depend on the EU's ability to lead in terms of the development of new low carbon technologies through increased education, training, programmes to foster acceptability of new technologies, R&D and entrepreneurship, as well as favourable economic framework conditions for investments’
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Notes the lack of a thorough assessment of the impacts on employment caused by the low carbon transition which would primarily entail a shift of jobs across sectors, and that there is a need to better identify ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ of such transition.
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Draws attention to the fact that, in addition to developing new climate technologies, disseminating them is decisive; calls on the Commission to take action in this field too, for example by creating new financing arrangements;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Emphasises that the co-benefits of emissions reductions
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Notes that the Commission has fully acknowledged that the best protection against the risk of carbon leakage would be effective global action. 1 __________________ 1 COM(2011)0112, p. 9
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Notes that the Commission has fully acknowledged that there is a need to remain vigilant in order to maintain a strong industrial base in Europe.1 __________________ 1 COM(2011)0112, p. 9
source: PE-462.704
2011/02/05
ENVI
5 amendments...
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Recalls that the EU with little more than 10% of global emissions will not be able to tackle climate change on its own.
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. In the framework of the Commission´s right of legislative initiative in a timely manner, encourages the Commission to study the effect of not taking into consideration the geographical factor when setting benchmarks for sectors that are heavily influenced by transport cost; both in order to timely detect possible windfall profits and to avoid the danger of carbon leakage when the next ETS period enters into force.
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Is deeply concerned that the EU is not on track to meet the target of reducing energy consumption by 20% as compared with the forecast level in 2020 by improving energy efficiency; calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures to ensure that the Member States exploit this potential, whether by adopting a provision requiring national energy efficiency action plans to be approved by the Commission or by means of other measures, such as the introduction of binding energy efficiency targets;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Recognises that achieving the energy efficiency target would enable the EU to reduce emissions by more than 20% by 2020;
source: PE-462.703
2011/03/22
ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. In the framework of the Commission’s right of legislative initiative in a timely manner, encourages the Commission to study the effect of not taking into consideration the geographical factor when setting benchmarks for sectors that are heavily influenced by transport cost; both in order to timely detect possible windfall profits and to avoid the danger of carbon leakage when the next ETS period enters into force;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls the Commission to immediately propose how the EU can best complement its actions for climate change mitigation with efforts aiming at reducing non-CO2 gases, such as the HFCs which are the fastest growing climate pollutant in the world and HFC23; calls the Commission to promote the initiative to bring HFC production into the Montreal Protocol and to conclude bilateral agreements with third countries for mitigating HFC23, with a view of phasing down non-CO2 gases and mitigating HFC23, in a cost- effective manner, for a public price orders of magnitude lower than current carbon prices;
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Notes that in the EU analysis of options to move beyond 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions, the case is not how to create more "green jobs" by subsidising non-efficient (after carbon pricing is taken into consideration) installations for renewables but how to create "defendable jobs" which will stand the competition test posed by the emerging global players; Where the relevant equipment for some renewable sources is increasingly manufactured in China and India, Europe should now invest more in energy efficiency which will strengthen local economies by supporting local jobs that cannot leak to third countries with lower cost of production;
source: PE-460.884
2011/03/31
ENVI
8 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 b (new) - having regard to the Commission Communication "A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy by 2050"(COM(2011)0112), and the statement that “The EU already has legislation in place that ensures a 20% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 compared with 1990 levels. It maintains its conditional offer of a 30% reduction, provided there are comparable reductions by other developed countries and appropriate contributions from developing countries.”
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to Council Conclusions of June 2010 agreeing that the Commission should “conduct more detailed analysis on the policy options and costs and benefits, including at Member State level, as appropriate."
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EU's climate objective is to limit climate change to 2°C above the pre- industrial level; whereas the climate package adopted in December 2008 represents a first step towards ensuring EU action in line with this objective; whereas countries representing some 80% of global emissions have pledged to reduce emissions, although the Parties to the UNFCCC acknowledged in Cancun that current pledges are insufficient to meet the 2°C objective
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas taking into consideration that in order to best address climate change mitigation, there is a need to complementarily address the reduction of non-CO2 gases emissions, which could be achieved with the existing tools and technologies and implemented in the coming decade for a public price orders of magnitude lower than current carbon prices
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Points out that the EU’s main priority should be to convince other partners in the world of the merits of making their own commitments on reductions that may even exceed those set out in the Copenhagen Agreement;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that the EU needs to step up its efforts from 2020 onwards and in this respect it could make sense to identify an intermediate target for 2030, for example; calls on the Commission to develop specific instruments to achieve these goals in the most cost-effective way;
source: PE-462.566
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2011/2019(BUD) 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue
2011/05/24
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Takes note of the repeated calls by the European Council to strengthen the operational capacity and role of FRONTEX, in a period of increasing migration pressures; asks the Commission to present the full budgetary implications for 2012 of the ongoing revision of FRONTEX and to provide a clearer picture of the Member States’ financial participation in its functioning;
source: PE-465.029
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2011/2020(BUD) 2012 budget: all sections
2011/07/20
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Article 4 a (new) 4a. Notes the lack of an overall prevention strategy in the field of health; taking into consideration (a) the increasingly ageing population and (b) the mounting pressure on public finances and private productivity; the increase of expenses for this ageing population is a structural problem for the Member States; the European Union should adopt in its long- term strategy the policy of firm promotion of the principle of prevention (in terms of medical practices as well as in terms of encouraging healthier lifestyles) and the introduction of services such as E-health; health indicators will contribute to a significant improvement in the economic indicators;
source: PE-469.867
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2011/2023(INI) Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance
2011/05/13
ENVI
9 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to Article 122 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 b (new) - having regard to Article 222 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union (the solidarity clause) which lays down that ‘the Union and the Member States shall act jointly in a spirit of solidarity if a Member State is the object of a terrorist attack or victim of a natural or man-made disaster’,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 c (new) - having regard to Article 23 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 d (new) - having regard to the 1994 Oslo Guidelines on the use of foreign military and civil defence assets in disaster relief,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the European Union and its Member States are faced with seven major risks: earthquakes and tsunamis; fires, including forest fires; flooding and landslides; industrial and nuclear accidents; terrorist attacks; natural disasters; and major pandemics; whereas there has been a dramatic increase in the number and severity of these natural and man-made disasters affecting the Union and its citizens, as well as other countries and regions around the world, as tragically demonstrated by the recent severe catastrophe in Japan which was hit by a combination of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe, with a corresponding increase in the loss of life and in economic, social and environmental damage and damage to cultural heritage,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas there has been a dramatic increase in the number and severity of natural and man-made disasters affecting the Union and its citizens, as well as other countries and regions around the world, as tragically demonstrated by the recent severe catastrophe in Japan which was hit by a combination of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe, with a corresponding increase in the loss of life and in economic, social and environmental damage and damage to cultural heritage
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the recent tragedies, notably the Haiti earthquake and the Pakistan floods, have demonstrated that the main tools available to the EU for responding to disasters (humanitarian aid and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism) proved to be working well for what they were designed for and given the circumstances, but whereas there is
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas, moreover, during a number of crises, particularly the tsunami of 26 December 2004, many questions were raised about the lack of systematic scenarios or protocols at European level for responding to these seven major risks and the inadequate visibility of Europe's action in relation to the overall effort,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas an integrated European all- hazards approach aimed at responding to crises at all stages of their life cycle is the most effective strategy to deal with disasters; whereas this approach should link
source: PE-464.916
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2011/2034(INI) Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond
2011/03/28
ITRE
5 amendments...
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas interconnection capacity between Member States remains generally insufficient, and whereas certain regions remain isolated, resulting therefore in negative economic impact and improper function of the internal market,
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers that the development of electricity infrastructure between the EU and third countries and in some cases existing electricity infrastructure, can create a risk of carbon leakage or increase that risk where already present; calls on the Commission to bring forward, wherever necessary, measures to address this issue as a ‘carbon inclusion mechanism’ or require conformity with EU Directive 2009/28/EC;
Amendment 224 #
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 as an essential element of a future European super-grid; asks the Commission to consult all relevant stakeholders with a view to speeding up the identification of electricity highways and to present an outline to the European Parliament by 2014, without excluding any wider European geographical territory from the respective outline and planning;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Believes that smart grids and energy management solutions offer a unique opportunity to boost the competitiveness of European industry, with particular reference to SMEs; calls on the Commission to present a new proposal which includes a binding requirement to deploy smart meters for all non-residential customers by 2014 which will temporarily shall exclude microenterprises;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Welcomes the priority corridors identified by the Commission and agrees on the need to optimise limited funds; notes however that no wider European geographical territory should be excluded from the priority project planning; calls for a clear and transparent methodology leading to the identification of priority projects that meet pressing European needs in terms of upholding the principles of security, sustainability and development of the internal market;
source: PE-460.899
2011/04/05
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on Member States to adapt the infrastructure grids at the energy mix needed in order to meet the targets set by the EU for renewable energy, reduction of GHG emissions and energy efficiency; Moreover, calls the Member States to complete the modernisation of EU energy infrastructure by implementing supply corridors across the EU, without excluding any significant greater geographical European area, turning networks into intelligent grids and ensuring secure supply of gas with the extension of gas grids, which could lead to the reduction of GHG emissions;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to modernise their national energy grids and interconnect them with a European super smart grid while providing major energy storage capacities within the EU (including multi-use gas/hydrogen facilities, large and small hydropower, high-temperature solar and other technologies)and a stable and secure flow of affordable energy; furthermore stresses the need for all grids to be adapted in a way that allows for unhindered feed-in of electricity generated by renewable energy as well as to modernise the grids in order to avoid losses of energy; stresses also the need to take further action to connect primarily isolated territories (e.g. islands and peripheral regions) to the European electricity grid;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls the Commission, while developing energy infrastructure plans, to take into consideration the potential danger of carbon leakage, especially in countries with extensive borders and geographical proximity with non-EU countries;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Concurs with the Commission that the blue print methodology will turn into reality the priority projects through faster and more transparent permit granting procedures, without excluding any significant greater geographical European area, while at the same time calls on the Commission and the Member States to adapt accordingly the Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment procedures; moreover, stresses the need to increase public participation in the decision-making process which can improve public trust and acceptance of the installations.
source: PE-464.732
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2011/2051(INI) CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future
2011/03/22
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the importance of exploring all possible opportunities for cooperation between the Member States, involving all stakeholders, for the purposes of soil protection;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses the importance of policies designed to encourage cross-border cooperation between Member States and third countries with a view to the adoption of practices to protect the environment and ensure the sustainability of natural resources in cases where farming activities, in particular the use of water, have cross-border implications;
source: PE-460.983
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2011/2068(INI) Resource-efficient Europe
2012/03/13
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to stimulate the secondary materials market and to foster the demand for recycled materials by developing end-of- waste criteria and economic incentives, such as reduced VAT rates for secondary materials, by 2013; calls also therefore for the creation of an ´
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission, Member States and businesses to base their economic strategies on radically improved resource efficiency leading to a decoupling of economic growth from resource consumption and exhaustion; believes also that there is a need to focus on both the efficiency and effectiveness of resource use;
source: PE-485.854
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2011/2072(INI) Facing the challenge of the safety of offshore oil and gas activities
2011/05/13
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) sets out the legal framework within which activities in the oceans and seas must be carried out, including the delimitation of the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone (EEZ),
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Urges the Commission and the Member States to continue to contribute to offshore initiatives within the framework of the G20, while taking into consideration the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS);
source: PE-462.887
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2011/2084(INI) Online gambling in the Internal Market
2011/07/19
ECON
4 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. expresses concern at the widespread illegal activities within this sector, the resulting growth in harmful economic developments outside it, the social costs in terms of compulsive gambling and organised crime and the economic costs in terms of tax evasion for example;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. stresses that compulsive gambling is in fact a behavioural disorder possibly affecting up to 2% of the population in certain countries1; calls therefore for a survey of the extent of the problem in each EU Member State as a basis for an integrated strategy designed to protect consumers from this form of addiction; __________________ 1 Prevalence studies in Europe have tended to report that problem gamblers are most likely to be electronic gaming machine (EGM) players. Problem gambling rates in Europe appear to be similar to rates found elsewhere (typically 0.5%-2%), although a few countries have reported problem gambling prevalence rates of above 3% ... The current prevalence rates of probable pathological gambling (scoring 5 or more on the DSM- IV) in Great Britain was 0.3%, in Sweden 0.3%, in Iceland 0.6%, in Norway 0.3% and in Denmark 0.1%. (Dr. Mark Griffiths, International Gaming Research Unit, Nottingham, Trent University)
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. insists on the need to dissuade players from engaging in illegal gambling, which means that lawful services must be provided as a system that is coherent across the whole of Europe, especially in terms of tax treatment, and applies common standards of accountability and integrity, involving exchanges of best practice between Member States;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. stresses the need for a scientific study of the extent of compulsive gambling at European level, so as to provide objective justification for internal market restrictions designed to protect consumers from addiction and fraud;
source: PE-469.887
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2011/2095(INI) Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050
2011/12/12
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recognises that the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is the principal instrument for reducing industrial emissions and promoting investment in low carbon technologies, but acknowledges that the carbon price, due to lower actual emissions because of the economic crisis, is very much lower than was originally envisaged and is failing to provide the necessary investment stimulus;
source: PE-478.402
2011/12/19
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point a (a) recalibrating the ETS before the commencement of the third phase by setting aside allowances so as to restore scarcity, thus allowing the original objective of providing incentives for investments in low carbon technologies and energy efficiency measures to be met, and thereafter proposing a legislative act to enable such allowances to be eliminated; this should be done after making special provision for instances where a substantial but temporary drop in output occurs as a result of the economic crisis;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 f (new) 8f. Calls on the Commission to produce an analysis on the absence of the geographical criterion in the carbon leakage assessment, for products with high transport cost;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 g (new) 8g. Calls on the Commission to produce an analysis on the absence of the geographical criterion in the carbon leakage assessment for the electricity market in South-East Europe;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 f (new) 9f. Calls on the Commission, when promoting energy efficiency, to establish specific measures in order to tackle the reverse incentives that occur between the consumers and the distributors of energy;
source: PE-478.425
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2011/2096(INI) Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system
2011/11/10
ENVI
7 amendments...
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that, particularly in Member States with a large surface area, distances may be very long and population sparse; calls on the Commission, in the European transport system, also to take account of the transport needs of peripheral and sparsely populated regions;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that the internalisation of costs is necessary in order to promote competition in the transport sector, which shall not be hampered by environmentally harmful subsidies;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission to help the Member States to further and in detail calculate the economic, environmental and health costs associated with this strategy, so as to facilitate in the best possible way, the internalisation of the external costs;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Commission to address the local transport monopolies which have evolved in the Member States and which create relevant discontinuities and distortions; notes therefore the need for an anti-monopoly policy especially for the transport sector;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recommends that the Commission continue to support and, if appropriate, initiate with Member States campaigns to create awareness of environmentally friendly transport alternatives, better known as the concept of active travel, i.e. walking and cycling, especially in sensitive urban areas where air quality and noise are a threat to human health, and therefore recommends that the Commission brings about a Master Plan on Walking and Cycling;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Notes that the success of the targets we set in reducing CO2 emissions depend on the technological developments, thus we need to invest on Research & Development in order to bridge the existing gap between the cost-efficient targets and the investments on new technologies, which would make these targets feasible;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission to put additional effort into co-ordinating the up-to-now fragmented actions and initiatives undertaken by the local authorities in urban mobility and to facilitate policy transfers between cities;
source: PE-473.888
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2011/2154(INI) Protection of the Communities' financial interests - Fight against fraud - Annual Report 2010
2012/06/03
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Points out that over the past few years new techniques have been developed for measuring corruption and fraud and urges the Commission, without any further delay, to initiate an effort in order to apply these new measurement tools and provide an assessment of the extent of corruption and fraud in the use of EU funds and in the embezzlement of EU revenues; this will permit the evaluation of the effectiveness of the protection of EU funds from misuse and the protection of EU revenues from embezzlement;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls that the responsibility for the development of the measurement tools of fraud and corruption related to the EU funds should be undertaken by the Commission in a close cooperation with the European Parliament, the European Court of Auditors as well as other EU auditing and control bodies;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 a (new) -28a. Asks the Commission to inform the Parliament what other indicators, sources or methods, apart from the information provided by whistleblowers or informants, it can use in order to assess in which areas of EU funding or EU revenues there are increased levels of fraud;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 b (new) -28b. Calls on the Commission to assess whether the investigated cases of fraud, resulting from whistleblowers or informants, correspond to the areas where it is estimated that there is a possibility of a high level of fraud based on independent criteria or indicators; if not, to assess other methods of initiating investigations in areas where suspected fraud is concealed under the "laws of criminal silence", which prevent information to leak through whistleblowers or informants;
source: PE-483.646
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2011/2186(INI) European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2010
2012/03/02
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 EIB's responsibilities and future role 41 a. Notes the alarming divergence among European economies in terms of competitiveness and innovation;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 a (new) 50a. Calls on the EIB to support the confidence building efforts in the Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area, by participating in investment projects in these countries and providing guarantees that mitigate the increased country risk;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 52 a (new) 52a. Calls on the EIB to participate in financing of investment projects which aim to support research, development and innovation in those countries and regions which in case of external asymmetric economic shocks are disproportionately affected;
source: PE-480.786
2012/12/01
ECON
3 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes the alarming divergence among European economies in terms of competitiveness and innovation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the EIB to support the confidence building efforts in the Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area, by participating in investment projects in these countries and providing guarantees that mitigate the increased country risk;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the EIB to participate in financing of investment projects which aim to support research, development and innovation in those countries and regions which in case of external asymmetric economic shocks are disproportionately affected;
source: PE-478.676
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2011/2197(INI) Women and climate change
2011/12/20
ENVI
3 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that 70% of the world's poor are women who are denied equal access to and control over resources, technology, services, land rights, credit and insurance systems and decision-making powers, and thus are disproportionately vulnerable to and affected by climate change; underlines that 85% of people who die as a result of climate-induced natural disasters are women, that 75% of environmental
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that in many communities around the world, women’s responsibilities in the family make them more vulnerable to environmental change, which is exacerbated by the impacts of climate change; they are being affected in their multiple roles as food producers and providers, care givers and economic actors;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Urges governments worldwide to promote women’s empowerment through capacity-building before, during and after climate-related disasters, as well as their active involvement in disaster anticipation, early warning and prevention as part of their resilience building.
source: PE-478.614
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2011/2201(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
2011/12/21
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the swift action taken by the DG for Climate Action to avert the environmental danger arising from the use of international credits from projects involving fluoroform (HCF-23) and resulting in distortions affecting financial incentives and competition, which has led to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 550/2011 on determining, pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, certain restrictions applicable to the use of international credits from projects involving industrial gases;
source: PE-478.622
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2011/2203(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section II - Council
2012/07/03
CONT
9 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes the Council's reply that the amounts for the budget lines for interpretation and delegations' travel expenses should be more in line with the real consumption and calls for a better budgetary planning in order to avoid current practices in the future;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Shares the Court of Auditors' view that such a procedure does not comply with the principle of budget accuracy, despite the savings made in paying rent;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Points out that on 31 January 2012 the Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control sent a letter to the Presidency-in- Office of the Council, stating his wish to re-establish political dialogue and forwarding supplementary questions from the Committee on Budgetary Control on the discharge to the Council;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Notes that the Council ought to be transparent and fully accountable to the European citizens for the funds entrusted to it as a Union institution;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 source: PE-483.636
2012/07/09
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Regrets the continuing difficulties encountered with the Council in the discharge procedures for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 financial years, with a view to an open and formal dialogue with the Committee on Budgetary Control and to replying to the committee's questions; points out that Parliament refused to grant the Secretary-General of the Council discharge for implementation of the Council budget for the financial year 2009 for the reasons set out in its resolutions of 10 May 2011 and 25 October 2011;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 – indent 8 –
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Co
source: PE-494.854
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2011/2204(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Justice
2012/06/03
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Registrar of the Court of Justice
source: PE-483.642
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2011/2205(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors
2012/07/03
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1. Grants
source: PE-483.638
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2011/2206(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee
2012/07/03
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. C
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Found Annex D to the annual activity report, containing activity and performance indicators, to be very useful;
source: PE-483.639
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2011/2207(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions
2012/07/03
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions
source: PE-483.640
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2011/2208(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman
2012/06/03
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1. Grants the European Ombudsman discharge
source: PE-483.641
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2011/2209(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor
2012/06/03
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 1. Grants the European Data Protection Supervisor
source: PE-483.637
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2011/2217(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Environment Agency (EEA)
2011/12/21
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Would like to further encourage the Agency to continue its efforts to further develop its communication methods in order to attract more media coverage for its findings and thus feed public debate and broaden the scope of the environmental information available to the public on important environmental issues, such as climate change, biodiversity and the management of natural resources;
source: PE-478.626
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2012/0000(INI)
2013/03/26
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that massive tax evasion by larger companies has a devastating effect on the taxpaying discipline of smaller companies and even individuals, since it makes tax evasion appear to be the accepted norm and it is inter alia due to this tax evasion that an additional tax burden on individuals and companies is introduced;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that companies that use tax evasion as a business strategy (many of them smaller and more flexible) acquire an unfair competitive advantage over extrovert companies that cannot use similar practices and thus eventually undermine the Member States´ competitiveness;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Emphasises the potential of e- government in terms of increasing transparency and combating fraud and corruption, thereby helping protect public
source: PE-506.067
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2012/0055(COD) Ship recycling
2012/12/20
ENVI
28 amendments...
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 The purpose of this Regulation is to prevent, reduce or eliminate adverse effects on human health and the environment caused by the recycling, operation and maintenance of ships flying the flag of a Member State. This Regulation aims also at facilitating ratification of the Hong Kong Convention.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. This Regulation shall apply to ships entitled to fly the flag of a Member State or operating under its authority. Article 4, Article 5(4)-(7) and Article 11b of this Regulation also apply to non EU ships calling at a port or anchorage of a Member State to engage in a ship/port interface.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. As of five years from the date of application of this Regulation, non EU ships applying to be registered under the flag of a Member State shall ensure that an Inventory is kept on board or is established within six months of the registration under the flag of a Member State or during the next periodical statutory survey, whichever comes first, without prejudice to Article 11b.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. When preparing to send a ship for recycling, ship owners shall notify in writing, in due time prior to the request for the final survey, the relevant administration of the intention to recycle the ship concerned: (i) the date on which the ship was registered with that State; (ii) the ship's identification number (IMO number); (iii) the hull number on new-building delivery; (iv) the name and type of the ship; (v) the port at which the ship is registered; (vi) the name and address of the ship owner as well as the IMO registered owner identification number; (vii) the name and address of the company as well as the IMO company identification number; (viii) the name of all classification society(ies) with which the ship is classed; (ix) the ship's main particulars (Length overall (LOA), Breadth (Moulded), Depth (Moulded), Lightweight, Gross and Net tonnage, and engine type and rating); (x) the inventory of hazardous materials; and (xi) the draft ship recycling plan.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Shipowners shall provide the ship recycling company with: (a) all the ship-relevant information necessary for the development of the ship recycling plan required by Article 7; (b) a copy of the ready for recycling certificate issued in accordance with Article 10.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Shipowners shall take back the ship prior to the start of the recycling, where technically feasible, in case the content of hazardous materials on board does not substantially correspond to the inventory of hazardous materials and does not allow for appropriate recycling of the ship. In any event, when the condition of the ship or its equipment does not correspond substantially with the particulars of the certificate, and/or Part I of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials the ship owner is responsible for the necessary additional arrangements for the proper treatment and any extra cost incurred.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The ship recycling plan has to be tacitly or explicitly approved by the competent authority in accordance with national requirements.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 4 Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point d Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 5 Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 6 Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 a (new) Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 b (new) Article 11b Provisions applicable to non-EU ships 1. As from five years from the date of application of this Regulation, a non EU ship shall not be allowed to enter into ports or anchoring in areas under the jurisdiction of a Member State unless it has established a inventory of hazardous materials. 2. The inventory of hazardous materials shall fulfil the requirements set out in Article 4, Article 5(4)(a), Article 5(4)(b), Article 5(4)(d), Article 5(4)(f), Article 5(5), Article 5(6)(a) and Article 5(7). It shall be kept on board and be available at the time of entrance into ports or anchorages under the jurisdiction of a Member State. 3. A non EU ship shall submit to the port authorities a copy of a statement of compliance with the provisions referred to in the previous paragraph together with the inventory of hazardous materials. 4. The statement of compliance shall be issued after verification of the inventory of hazardous materials by the relevant authorities of the State whose flag the ship is flying or any person or organization authorized by it, according to national requirements . 5. The statement of compliance and inventory of hazardous materials shall be drawn up in an official language of the issuing administration and where the language used is not English, French or Spanish, they shall be translated into one of those languages. 6. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this Article, Article 11a(4) shall also apply to non EU ships.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new) A ship recycling facility is required: (a) to report to the ship owner that the ship recycling facility is ready in every respect to start the recycling of the ship (b) when the partial or total recycling of a ship is completed in accordance with this Regulation, to send a statement of the completion of the ship recycling to the administration within 14 days. The statement of the completion shall include a report on incidents and accidents damaging human health and/or environment, if any. A copy of the statement of the completion shall be sent to the ship owner.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 3 b (new) The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance to Article 26 concerning the updating of the form of (a) the report of planned start of ship recycling laid down in Annex II to ensure it is consistent with Appendix 6 to the Convention; and (b) the statement of completion of ship recycling laid down in Annex III to ensure it is consistent with Appendix 7 to the Convention.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point b – point 2 a (new) (2a) where the ship recycling facility is located in a State that applies prohibitions or discriminatory measures against any ships flying the flag of a Member State.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 1 Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 5 Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 6 Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 2 Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 a (new) Article 31a 1. This Regulation shall apply from [3/6/9 months] after the date that the combined maximum annual ship recycling volume of the ship recycling facilities included in the European list constitutes not less than 3 per cent of the gross tonnage of the combined merchant shipping of the EU Member States, but not earlier than [the date of entry into force of this regulation + two years]. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Title III shall apply as from 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 3. The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union a notice concerning the date of application of this Regulation when the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 have been fulfilled. ____________ * OJ please insert the date: one year after the entry into force of this Regulation.
source: PE-502.035
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2012/0102(CNS) Common system of value added tax (VAT): treatment of vouchers
2013/01/24
ECON
2 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 1 January 2014
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 a (new) Article 2a By 1 January 2017, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the economic and fiscal impact of this Directive, including the fiscal impact in each Member State.
source: PE-502.194
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2012/0192(COD) Clinical trials on medicinal products for human use
2013/03/01
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 47 (47) At present, such damage compensation is provided by way of insurance. This insurance may cover damages to be paid to the subject by the sponsor and investigator in the case of established liability
source: PE-506.158
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2012/0202(COD) Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading: timing of auctions
2012/12/20
ENVI
8 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a decision Title Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) For the purposes of legal certainty and market predictability, it should be clarified that, in order to ensure an orderly functioning of the market, the Commission
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 a (new) (2a) The given emission reduction aims for 2020 will be reached at any price – even at EUR 0 per certificate – due to the limited number of allowances representing the overall cap of the emission trading system.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 – paragraph 1 Directive 2003/87/EC Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 The Commission shall
source: PE-502.103
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2012/0295(COD) Fund for European aid to the most deprived (2014-2020)
2013/03/26
CONT
3 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) The number of persons suffering from material or even severe material deprivation in the Union is increasing and those persons are often too excluded to benefit from the activation measures of Regulation (EU) No […CPR], and, in particular of Regulation (EU) No […ESF]. The criteria for determining such persons should correspond to the changing economic and social conditions.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c (c) a description of the mechanism setting the eligibility criteria for the most deprived persons, differentiated if necessary by type of material deprivation addressed; the description shall take into consideration newly deprived people with negative income and homeowners in negative equity;
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 3. During the implementation of an operation, the beneficiaries and partner organisations shall inform the public about the support obtained from the Fund by placing at least one poster with information about the operation (minimum size A3), including about the financial support from the Union, at a location readily accessible and visible to the public, at each place of provision of the food, goods and any accompanying measure, except if this is not possible due to the circumstances of the distribution. The beneficiaries and partner organisations shall ensure that the elderly and people with disabilities have access to this information.
source: PE-508.013
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2012/0305(COD) Fluorinated greenhouse gases
2013/04/05
ENVI
40 amendments...
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) A Commission report on the application, effects and adequacy of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 concluded that the current containment measures, if fully applied, have the potential to reduce emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases. Those measures should, therefore, be maintained and clarified on the basis of the experience gained in implementing them, and should be complemented by requirements in relation to recovery schemes and by the extensive use of recovered and recycled fluorinated greenhouse gases together with the introduced bans. Certain measures should also be extended to other appliances in which substantial quantities of fluorinated greenhouse gases are used, such as refrigerated trucks and trailers. The obligation to establish and maintain records of equipment that contains such gases should also cover electrical switchgear.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new) (4 a) The European Parliament Resolution on a comprehensive approach to non-CO2 climate relevant anthropogenic emissions (B7-0474/2011) welcomed the European Union’s commitment to support action on HFCs under the Montreal Protocol as a prime example of a non market based approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 b (new) (4 b) The European Parliament Resolution B7-0474/2011 urged for the exploration of ways to promote an immediate phase down at international level through the Montreal Protocol
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) Additional bans on the placing on the market of new equipment for refrigeration, air-conditioning and fire protection that operate using specific fluorinated greenhouse gases should be introduced where suitable alternatives to the use of those substances are available. In the light of future technical developments and the availability of cost-efficient alternatives to the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, the Commission should be empowered to include other products and equipment or to exclude, also temporarily, certain categories of products or equipment for which alternative substances which fall below the specified global warming potential limit are not available for technical or economic reasons, including insufficient supply of alternative substances on the market to meet the demand, taking into consideration the levels of energy consumption in relation to the current ones or due to applicable safety standards excluding the use of relevant alternatives.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 (20) In order to take technological progress and the development of markets affected by this Regulation into account, and to ensure compliance with international agreements, 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 with regard to the following: specifying requirements for standard leakage checks;
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) installing, servicing, maintaining, repairing or decommissioning equipment referred to in Article 3(1), as well as equipment containing alternatives to fluorinated greenhouse gases;
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c (c) recovering SF6 when installing, servicing, maintaining, repairing or decommissioning electrical switchgear
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) for the tasks listed in points (a) to (c), fluorinated greenhouse gases can only be delivered to and received by certified persons and undertakings.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) equipment that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential equivalent to 5 tonnes of CO2 or more but to less than 50 tonnes of CO2, shall be checked for leakage at least once every 12 months or where there is a leakage detection system installed, every 24 months;
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) equipment that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential equivalent to 50 tonnes of CO2 or more, but to less than 500 tonnes of CO2, shall be checked for leakage at least once every six months or where there is a leakage detection system installed, every twelve months;
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) equipment that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential equivalent to 500 tonnes of CO2 or more shall be checked for leakage at least once every three months or, where there is a leakage detection system installed, every six months.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part 1. Operators of equipment listed in Article 3 (1), that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases not contained in foams, shall for each piece of this equipment establish and maintain records of the following information identifying the equipment:
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) the quantity and type of fluorinated greenhouse gases installed when the equipment is installed for the first time and if possible the approximate quantity and type of fluorinated greenhouse gas, when the equipments is serviced;
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Member States shall establish mandatory recovery schemes for fluorinated greenhouse gases in products and equipment outside the scope of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment1 by 1 January 2016. Such recovery schemes shall require a financial deposit on fluorinated greenhouse gases placed on the market to be refunded for the quantity of fluorinated greenhouse gases that is delivered to an approved facility for recycling or destruction, unless recovery schemes comparable in effectiveness have already been established. __________________ 1 1 OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 38
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 3 3. Prior to disposal of a fluorinated greenhouse gas container, the oper
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) persons who carry out the tasks referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) on equipments that uses refrigerants alternative to fluorinated green house gases.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall establish certification programmes for undertakings carrying out the activities mentioned in paragraph 1, points (a) to (
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 5 5. The new certificates provided for in paragraphs 1 and 3 shall be
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. For the purposes of carrying out the activities referred to in Article 8(1)(a) to (d), fluorinated greenhouse gases shall only be sold to and purchased by undertakings and persons that hold the relevant certificates in accordance with Article 8.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Based on due consideration of the strategic nature of certain activities and the specificities of local climate, the competent authorities of the Member States are entitled to authorize temporary derogations from the prohibitions set out in Annex III for a maximum of 12 months. In the case of each derogation, the competent authority shall inform the European Commission about the reasons motivating the decision.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 5 5. The information referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be included in instruction manuals for such products and equipment. In the case of products and equipment that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential of 150 or more
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Based on due consideration of the strategic nature of certain activities and the specificities of local climate, the competent authorities of the Member States are entitled to authorize temporary use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, or of mixtures that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases, with a global warming potential above the threshold of 2500 referred to in paragraph 3, for a maximum period of 12 months. Competent authorities shall inform the European Commission about the reasons motivating their decision.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 3. The use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, or of mixtures that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases, with a global warming potential of 2500 or more, to service or maintain refrigeration equipment with a charge size equivalent to 50 tonnes of CO2 or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2020. The existing equipment operating with fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential of 2500 or more, can be serviced and maintained using reclaimed fluorinated greenhouse gases, provided that they have been recovered from such equipment.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 5 5. The Commission shall allocate quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market for each producer and importer for each year beginning with the year 2015 applying the allocation mechanism laid down in Annex VI. From 1 January 2018, producers and importers shall pay an allocation fee on an annual basis at a rate equal to EUR 10 per tonne of CO2 equivalent of hydrofluorocarbons for any part of the quota allocated. The revenues collected shall be used to support the implementation of this regulation and to address regional differences especially targeted in countries with high temperatures, in relation to the extent of use of fluorinated gases per capita, the cost of replacement technologies due to climate conditions, creation of incentives for proper recovery of fluorinated green house gases and market surveillance to counter illegal trade.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. By 31st August 2014 the Commission shall introduce a proposal on the detailed mechanism for the collection and allocation of the revenues referred to in paragraph 5.
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 a (new) Article 18a Collection of emissions data The European Environment Agency shall collect data in order to measure the amount of fluorinated green house gases in the atmosphere and shall be made public.
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 2 Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 3 Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new) No later than 31 December 2020, it shall publish a report assessing the administrative and economic cost of this Regulation to businesses, including proposals on how to reduce this cost
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III – introductory part Date of prohibition If the equipment contains recycled fluorinated gases recovered from equipment of the same type, the marketing prohibition date shall be deferred by 18 months.
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III – row 3 a (new) 3a. Fire protection Systems and fire 1 January 2020 extinguishers that contain HFCs with GWP of 2500 or more
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III – row 11 - first part 11.
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III – row 12 a (new) 12a. Foams containing fluorinated green 1 January 2020 house gases
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III – row 12 b (new) 12b. Stationary air-conditioning 1 January 2023 equipment except centrifigural chillers that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III – row 12 c (new) 12c. New stationary refrigeration 1 January 2020 equipment that contains, or that relies upon for its functioning, HFCs with GWP OF 2500 or more
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III – row 12 d (new) 12d. New mobile refrigeration equipment 1 January 2025 that contains, or that relies upon for its functioning, HFCs with GWP of 2500 or more
source: PE-508.030
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2012/0328(COD) Système d'échange de quotas d'émission de gaz à effet de serre: dérogation temporaire à la directive sur le système communautaire d'échange de quotas d'émission (SCEQE)
2013/01/28
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 – paragraph 1 By way of derogation from Article 16 of Directive 2003/87/EC, Member States shall take no action against aircraft operators in respect of requirements set out in Article 12(2a) and Article 14(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC arising before 1
source: PE-504.161
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2012/0366(COD) Tobacco and related products: manufacture, presentation and sale. Approximation of Member States legislation
2013/05/14
ENVI
11 amendments...
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 a (new) (3a) Health warning serves as a part of an organised, effective and long term anti- smoking strategy, with well defined scope and objectives.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 9 a (new) (9 a) Given that in many Member States large percentages of smokers are unlikely to stop smoking entirely, legislation should take into account their right to know objectively the impact the possible use of tobacco has on their health - information which they also receive through the packaging of the product they are likely to use.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 (13) The current use of different reporting formats makes it difficult for manufacturers and importers to fulfil their reporting obligations and burdensome for the Member States and the Commission to compare, analyse and draw conclusions from the information received. In this light there should be a common mandatory format for the reporting of ingredients and emissions. The greatest possible transparency of product information, allowing enough space for this information on the unit packets, should be ensured for the general public, while ensuring that appropriate account is taken of the commercial and intellectual property rights of the manufacturers of tobacco products.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 31 (31) All tobacco products have the potential to cause mortality, morbidity and disability and their consumption should be contained. It is therefore important to monitor developments as regards novel tobacco products. A notification obligation for novel tobacco products should be put on manufacturers and importers, without prejudice to the power of the Member States to ban or to authorise them. In so doing, Member States should take into account the possibility that new tobacco products may have a negative impact on the overall health of the population or the possibility that new tobacco products may limit the damage to the overall health of the population through the mass substitution of products used by smokers and the insignificant use of these products by non-smokers. The Commission should monitor the development, bearing in mind both possibilities, and submit a report
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 (34) Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use provides a legal framework to assess the quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal products including nicotine containing products. A significant number of nicotine-containing products were already authorised under this regulatory regime. However, it is necessary to differentiate them from non- pharmaceutical nicotine-containing products aimed at smokers whose use is aimed primarily not at stopping tobacco use but at replacing existing tobacco products and whose impact on the overall health of the population is drastically different from that of existing tobacco products. The authorisation takes into account the nicotine content of the product in question. Subjecting all nicotine- containing products, whose nicotine content equals or exceeds the content of a nicotine containing product previously authorised under Directive 2001/83/EC, to the same legal framework clarifies the legal situation, levels out differences between national legislations, ensures equal treatment of all nicotine containing products usable for smoking cessation purposes and creates incentives for research and innovation in smoking cessation. This should be without prejudice to the application of Directive 2001/83/EC to other products covered by this Directive if the conditions set by Directive 2001/83/EC are fulfilled.
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30 (30) 'substantial change of circumstances' means an increase of the sales volumes by product category, such as pipe tobacco, cigar, cigarillo, by at least 10% in at least 10 Member States based on sales data transmitted in accordance with Article 5(4);
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36 (36) ‘unit packet’ means the smallest individual packaging of a product that is placed on the market and is available to the final consumer.
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall require manufacturers and importers to submit internal and external studies available to them on market research and preferences of various consumer groups, including young people and chronic heavy smokers, relating to ingredients and emissions. Member States shall also require manufacturers and importers to report the sales volume data per product, reported in sticks or kilograms, and per Member State on a yearly basis starting from the full calendar year following that of the entry into force of this Directive. Member States shall provide alternative or additional sales data, as appropriate, to ensure that information on sales volume requested under this paragraph is reliable and complete.
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 Member States shall, based on scientific evidence, prohibit the placing on the market of tobacco products with additives in quantities that increase in an appreciable manner at the stage of consumption the to
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 3 3. For cigarette packets the general warning and the information message shall be printed on the lateral sides of the unit packets. These warnings shall have a width of not less than 20 mm and a height of not less than 43 mm for cuboids and for shoulder packets. For roll-your-own tobacco the information message shall be printed on the surface that becomes visible when opening the unit packet. Both the general warning and the information message shall cover 50% of the surface on which they are printed.
Amendment 1130 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b b) available studies and market research on preferences of various consumer groups, including young people and chronic heavy smokers and
source: PE-510.711
2013/05/21
ENVI
3 amendments...
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. The combined health warnings shall be divided into three sets rotating on an annual basis. Member States shall ensure that each combined health warning is displayed as nearly as possible on equal numbers of each brand. As part of a specific anti-smoking campaign, Member States may, for domestically produced tobacco products intended for domestic consumption, adapt the use of the verbal warnings listed in Annex 1, as well as the use of images and photographs, to the purposes of the campaign in question.
Amendment 886 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. A unit packet of cigarettes shall have a cuboid or a shoulder shape. A unit packet of roll-your-
Amendment 896 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 2. A cigarette packet can be of carton or soft material and shall not contain an opening that can be re-closed or re-sealed after the opening is first opened, other than the flip-top lid. The flip-top lid of a cuboid cigarette packet shall be hinged only at the back of the packet.
source: PE-510.717
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2012/2041(INI) Microbial challenge - rising threats from antimicrobial resistance
2012/09/19
ENVI
18 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) - having regard to the Preparatory Action voted by the European Parliament "Antimicrobial resistance (AMR): Research on the causes of high and improper antibiotic usage" in the framework of the Budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, which aims at studying the issue of inappropriate use and sales of antimicrobial agents with or without prescription throughout the chain - from the doctor and the pharmacist to the patient, in terms of behaviour of all actors involved,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a complex issue driven by a variety of interconnected factors; whereas it has cross-border nature; whereas individual intervention measures will have minimal effect;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) Hb. whereas the use of diagnostics have a vital role to play in combating AMR by encouraging more targeted approaches to treatment;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers that, while almost all Member States have developed national AMR strategies in accordance with the Council Recommendation on prudent use of antimicrobial agents in human medicine, progress with regard to meeting set objectives has been slow and uneven; calls for firm governmental commitment to full and timely implementation at national level;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that more efforts are needed to control the use of antimicrobials in the human and veterinary
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage efforts to ensure that the practice of hospital epidemiologist becomes part of the everyday practice in hospitals;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines that the increased use of diagnostics is necessary to improve the accuracy of diagnoses, leading to a reduction in the use of antimicrobials;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage efforts to study hospital outbreaks on a routine basis, as well as the possible role of the spread of drug-resistant clones in these outbreaks;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. With a view to limiting
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and Member States, in accordance with the competent EU Agencies, to devise and promote prudent use guidelines aimed at reducing non-essential and inappropriate exposure to antimicrobials in human and veterinary medicine, livestock farming, agriculture, aquaculture and horticulture;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to increase the exchange of best practice on preventing and reducing healthcare associated infections (HAIs);
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine new regulatory approaches,
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Notes the importance of access to rapid, reliable and affordable diagnostic tools in the development of new treatment strategies;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine new regulatory approaches oriented towards subsidising research for the development of new antimicrobials which can have a fiscally beneficial result both for the public and the private sector;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen incentives for public and private sector cooperation to reinvigorate antimicrobial research and development (R&D); believes that sharing knowledge and pooling resources through innovative public-private partnerships (PPPs) will be critical to ensuring the clinical efficacy and availability of existing antimicrobials;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) 12d. Calls on the Commission to ensure the development and availability of more on farm tools for early, rapid diagnosis and control of diseases, as well as a broad and effective diagnostic system at Member State level which can ensure the timely delivery of results in case bacteriological examinations are performed;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that future measuring and reporting on the use of antimicrobials in both the human and veterinary sectors will be broadened out, showing not only the total amount of antimicrobials used but also types of antimicrobials, treatment times, etc.;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Notes that the encouragement of appropriate antimicrobial use depends on a change of attitude and practice among patients, farmers
source: PE-496.371
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2012/2103(INI) Energy roadmap 2050, a future with energy
2012/09/18
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to step up the development and deployment of low- carbon technologies, to strengthen the role of renewable energy sources – including by increasing their commercialisation, to prepare the connection of regions which have high renewable energy production capacity and electricity storage potential, to step up the efficient use of energy sources, and to phase out fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission, while developing energy infrastructure plans, to take into consideration the potential danger of carbon leakage, especially in countries with extensive borders and geographical proximity with non-EU countries;
source: PE-496.354
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2012/2104(INI) Improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness
2012/12/18
ENVI
69 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Heading 1 on improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness - Better implementation of EU environmental legislation -
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 General
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas much of EU law takes the form of directives, setting out general rules and objectives, while leaving the choice of means, how to reach those objectives up to Member States and regional and local entities;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas key responsibility for ensuring effective implementation and enforcement of EU legislation lies with national authorities and very often at regional and local levels;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas inefficient implementation not only harms the environment and human health but also gives uncertainty for industry and places obstacles to the Single Market as well as more bureaucracy and thus higher costs;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas studies have concluded that full implementation of EU legislation in the waste sector alone would generate 400,000 jobs and save 72 billion Euros per year 1 __________________ 1 BIOS report, COM/2012/095 final
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas the unsatisfactory level of implementation of environmental law is reflected in the high number of infringements and complaints in this area;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A f (new) Af. whereas the lack of precise information and knowledge on the state of implementation and quantitative data for several environmental sectors act is a hindrance to the proper implementation of the environmental acquis;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A g (new) Ag. whereas according to the Commission, the cost of non- implementation of EU environmental legislation is currently €50bn per year in health costs and direct costs to the environment, not including the negative impacts on the state of the environment in the EU; whereas, from 2020 onwards, this figure will rise to €90bn per year 1; __________________ 1 European Commission, Directorate - General Environment, "The costs of not implementing the environmental acquis" Final report, ENV.G.1/FRA/2006/0073, September 2011
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A h (new) Ah. whereas problems arising from implementation of EU environment law can be two-fold, with on the one hand late or insufficient implementation and on the other hand "over-implementation" ("gold plating"), both aspects running counter to the original political ideas behind EU environmental law;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A i (new) Ai. whereas there are significant differences in implementation both between and within Member States which lead to a negative impact on the environment, thus making a more systematic and holistic approach necessary in order to bridge this "implementation gap";
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas full compliance with EU environmental law is a Treaty obligation and a criterion for the use of EU funds in Member States; whereas Member States should therefore implement environmental legislation in a timely, cost-efficient manner, in order to improve the state of the environment in the EU;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 Implementation
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness’ (COM(2012)0095)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. is of the opinion that the administrative burden is not always a result of excessive implementation or lack of implementation, notes that administrative costs are unavoidable but these should be kept as low as possible because of their negative impacts on citizens and industry;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. notes that much of the unnecessary administrative costs linked to environmental legislation is due to inadequate or inefficient public and private administrative practices in various Member States and their regional or local authorities;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. emphasises that only the timely and correct implementation (transposition) of EU law by the Member States and regional and local authorities will ensure that the desired results of the EU policy in question are attained;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. emphasises that assuring a level- playing field and a common market as well as a harmonised approach are at the centre of EU legislation;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. is of the opinion that an efficient implementation can bring about benefits for industry, e.g. by reducing administrative burdens, providing investment security and in then creating more jobs;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 f (new) 1f. deplores that citizens become aware of EU legislation only after it enters into force; is of the opinion that an earlier means of information exchange between legislators and citizens is needed to bring about a higher level of acceptance and understanding for what is the objective of EU legislation is;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 g (new) 1g. Clarifies that the Commission as guardian of the Treaties should act sooner in order to allow a better and more timely implementation; asks the Commission to examine what needs to be done to ensure the correct transposition, implementation and enforcement of environmental legislation;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 h (new) 1h. Notes that the current fragmented state of implementation in the Member States undermines the level-playing field for the industry and increases the uncertainty about the exact requirements and it therefore discourages investments in those environmental areas which can generate jobs;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 i (new) 1i. Emphasises that the European institutions' responsibility with regard to EU legislation does not end with the adoption of legislation by Parliament and Council and that the European Parliament is willing to assist Member States, in order to allow a more efficient implementation;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 S
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Is of the opinion that environmental legislation can be implemented more effectively through dissemination of best practices between the Member States, regional and local authorities responsible for implementing EU legislation, as well as through greater cooperation with the European Institutions;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Deplores the lack of data on compliance and enforcement work undertaken at national, regional and local level and thus asks the Commission, with the help of its networks and bodies, such as the European Environment Agency, to improve this situation;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Notes the importance of strengthening and monitoring the relevant indicators for the implementation of environmental legislation and encourages the setting up of a user-friendly website, where the most recent indicator measurements would be available and informal comparison among the Member States would be possible;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Is of the opinion that the Commission itself should be at the centre of efforts to ensure a better implementation and deplores that currently, these efforts are increasingly referred to other bodies which often do not have the Commissions competences, personnel or financial resources;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Urges the Commission and Member States to help improving the knowledge and capacity of the people involved in implementing environmental legislation, at national, regional and local levels, to ensure a better delivery of benefits from this legislation; is furthermore of the opinion that opening a dialogue with relevant stakeholders would improve implementation as well;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of setting up partnership implementation agreements between the Commission and individual Member States or between Member States in order to promote better implementation as well as to identify and resolve implementation problems;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 g (new) 4g. Calls on the Commission to examine whether greater local authority participation throughout the process of defining environmental policy would be useful in improving implementation of legislation across the board, including the possibility of setting up teams to transpose environmental law at regional and local level;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 h (new) 4h. Recommends the setting up of a systematic and easily accessible online information tool on implementation; calls on all actors, but especially on industry and citizens, to provide the implementing bodies with feedback on problems arising from implementation; values the availability of reliable, comparable and easily accessible information about the state of the environment as key in order to effectively tracking the state of implementation;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 i (new) 4i. Urges the Commission to re-consider demands for the introduction of a best- practise database, allowing best practice in implementation to be disseminated across Member States, regional and local authorities; and calls on the Commission to explore ways in which information and communication technology can be deployed to provide as much useful online information as possible on how EU environmental law should be implemented;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – indent 1 Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – indent 2 Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – indent 3 Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that there are many benefits to be gained from proper implementation of EU environmental legislation: a level playing field for economic actors in the Single market, as well as a stimulus for innovation are created, and first mover advantages for European businesses are just three;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Underlines that a high level of environmental protection is one of the fundamental objectives of the European Union which would deliver direct benefits to citizens, such as better living conditions through improved air quality, less noise and less health problems;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Emphasises that the EU has set itself an ambitious agenda to move towards a resilient, resource efficient and low- carbon economy by 2050 and that commitment on all levels is needed to reach this goal; recalls that a common effort is vital in ensuring that the European economy grows in a way that respects resource constraints and planetary boundaries;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers the monitoring of implementation activities of great importance and therefore underlines the value of the European Environment Agencies' work in that field - in line with its statutory remit;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Underlines the European Environment Agency's important role in providing a solid knowledge base underpinning policy and implementation and recognises the work done by the EEA in this field; urges the EEA to further develop its capacities to assist the Commission and Member States in assuring the quality of monitoring and the comparability of the environmental information collected in different parts of the EU; further encourages the EEA to also focus on capacity building and dissemination of best practice in the Member States; expects the European Environmental Agency's new Strategy to address the issue of implementation in more detail;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. supports the Commission in its plan to ask Member States, with support from the Commission, to develop structured implementation and information frameworks (SIIFs) for all key EU environment laws, to clarify the main provisions of a directive as well as to identify the types of information needed to demonstrate how EU law is being implemented;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Urges the Commission to create, in co- operation with national authorities, with the involvement of the European Environment Agency as appropriate, a complaint-unit where citizens can communicate problems related to the implementation of environmental legislation;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Underlines the crucial importance of effective inspections and urges Member States to step up their inspection capacities in line with best practices; calls for common minimum criteria for inspections in order to ensure fair implementation in all parts of the EU;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 f (new) 7f. Urges all actors to streamline inspection and surveillance activities with a view to using available resources with greater efficiency; in this regard stresses also the value of a more systematic use of peer-review inspections, as pointed out by the Commission; emphasises the need to complement the existing inspections with enhanced cooperation and peer-reviews among inspection authorities; encourages the IMPEL network to take action in this direction; also calls on the Commission to promote knowledge and capacity-building by supporting networks of judges and prosecutors, and in close cooperation with the Committee of the Regions to reduce the environmental and economic costs of non-compliance and ensure a level playing field;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 g (new) 7g. Urges the Commission, to set up an Environmental Law Inspection Unit, whose role will be to oversee and help towards the implementation of the environmental legislation; asks that this Unit will use new technologies and cooperates with local agencies in order to keep the inspection costs at low levels; is of the view that this unit should operate on a cost-basis and that the revenues should be directed to the EU Budget and should be reserved for services related to better implementation;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 h (new) 7h. Encourages Member States to draw up and publish correlation tables to describe the transposition of EU directives into national law in order to improve transparency and openness of the legislative process and make it easier for both the Commission and national parliaments to oversee the proper implementation of EU legislation;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 i (new) 7i. Underlines that judges and prosecutors play a key role in the enforcement of environmental legislation and that it is therefore of vital importance that they receive proper training and information on these policies;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasises the important role of the citizens in the implementation process and urges Member States and European Commission to involve them in a structured way in this process; in this regard also notes the importance of citizens´ access to justice;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to explicitly define a specific timeframe in which court cases relating to the implementation of environmental law shall be resolved, in order not to use the implementation of the environmental law and the court cases delays as an excuse to avoid compliance and hinder investments; and calls on the Commission to assess how many investments have been held back because of delays legal proceedings relating to irregularities on the implementation of environmental legislation;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Underscores the fundamental importance of actively informing citizens and NGOs about EU environmental policies at an early stage in order to involve them in drawing up and realizing such policies; urges therefore - also with a view to the findings of the high-level group of independent stakeholders on administrative burdens - that a greater effort in this respect shall be made so that public trust and confidence in EU environment law is enhanced, bearing in mind that a better environment for a better life cannot be created unilaterally from within the Institutions without the support of society itself;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Calls on the Member States to further advance the full and proper implementation of EU environmental legislation and adopted policies and strategies in the framework of the 7th EAP, and to ensure adequate capacity and finances for their full implementation, even in times of austerity, as the non- implementation or incomplete implementation of EU environmental legislation is not only unlawful, but also far more costly to society in the long run;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 e (new) 8e. Highlights the need to ensure that legislation is fit for purpose and reflects the latest scientific research; thus calls on the EU and Member States to regularly assess if European environmental law fulfils these requirements and, where necessary, adjust it accordingly;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 f (new) 8f. Acknowledges that first reading agreements might lead to the inadequate implementation of legislation if concrete content is left to be specified in the implementing provisions, therefore asks all actors to ensure that decision-making is based on an unambiguous statement of political will; emphasises the need for clear, consistent environmental legislation, drawn up on the basis of public policy evaluations and feedback;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 g (new) 8g. is of the opinion that the Commission should continue to use directives in EU legislation to allow Members States as well as regional and local authorities to implement European legislation according to their respective situation; however, asks the Commission to bolster support already outlined in its proposal through further studies or actions referred to in the impact assessment;
source: PE-502.042
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2012/2107(DEC) Special report 6/2012 (2011 discharge): European Union Assistance to the Turkish Cypriot Community
2012/12/11
CONT
9 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the Council (General Affairs and External Relations), shortly before the accession of Cyprus to the EU, requested the Commission to submit a proposal for an aid programme with particular emphasis on the economic integration of the island and on improving contacts between the two communities and within the EU and that on 7 July 2004, the Commission proposed a package of two regulations
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas there is a need to have reliable data concerning the size of the Turkish Cypriot community as well as its dynamics after the division of Cyprus in 1974, especially the
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the existing de facto division of Cyprus dates back to Turkey's military invasion of in the
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Observes that according to Protocol 10 of the Act of Accession while the whole island is legally part of the EU, the acquis communautaire is suspended in the
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers it essential for the EU and the destination of EU aid to clarify the issue of how large the Turkish Cypriot
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Notes that the programme has assisted many different beneficiaries across the Turkish Cypriot community; but
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Notices that ‘more generally, the sustainability of projects is often in doubt due to the limited
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Regrets the loss of the seawater desalination plant project which was an unfortunate setback; recalls that this project was not only the main project in the water sector but also the largest bi-communal project funded under the instrument and that the plant was intended to provide 23 000 m3 of clean drinking water per day covering the needs of an estimated 100 000 people and recalls that water supply is becoming an increasingly critical issue for the island following a 40 % decrease in the mean annual rainfall in the past 30 years; is deeply concerned that the cancellation of the project due to the restrictions, imposed
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 source: PE-500.483
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2012/2134(INI) Improving access to finance for SMEs
2012/10/19
ECON
2 amendments...
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses that large-scale tax evasion in a Member State shall not result in rising taxation for those SMEs that already pay what is legally attributed to them, in order to offset the loses;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Points out that synergies among SMEs and micro-enterprises are of vital importance in order to maximise their potentials for achieving economies of scale and increase their competitiveness, especially in times of economic recession;
source: PE-496.550
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2012/2169(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Council
2013/02/26
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Reiterates that it is
source: PE-506.055
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2012/2170(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Justice
2013/02/26
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Expresses its concern that the amount of pending cases in the General Court had greatly increased in 2010 and that that trend was maintained in 2011; stresses the importance of the rapid administration of justice for the smooth operation not only of institutions but also of the economy because it increases legal certainty; believes that the General Court needs human resources reinforcement; finds that the proposal for the creation of additional appointments of judges in the General Court, which is still under examination in the Council, could contribute to moderate that trend; calls on the General Court to assess whether there are any additional proposals not related to human resources for reversing this trend;
source: PE-506.049
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2012/2171(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors
2013/02/26
CONT
4 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the Court of Auditors to continue to assess the quality and impact of its work; calls for special attention to be given to the external experts' reviews of the content and presentation of the Court of Auditors' reports; notes that the external experts' satisfaction rate decreased in 2011 and asks the Court of Auditors to explain why this is happening;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Notes that the Court of Auditors made a total of 379 audit visits in 2011, 343 to Member States and 36 to third countries; calls on the Court of Auditors to increase both the number and effectiveness of on- site audit visits;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Takes note that in 2011, the Court of Auditors reported a total of seven cases of suspected fraud arising from its audit work to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF); notes that OLAF decided to open an enquiry in two of those cases and those enquiries are still ongoing; calls on the Court of Auditors to clarify whether the number of cases referred to OLAF and the percentage of those that are investigated reflect the actual level of corruption in relation to the use of EU funds and, if not, what it proposes to do to increase both these figures;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes, furthermore, that, in 2011 the Court of Auditors referred 17 cases of possible suspected fraud to OLAF arising from denunciation letters received by the Court; supports the Court's continuing close cooperation with OLAF, and urges the Court of Auditors to assess whether – and, if so, how – this number can be increased in relation to the overall image, action and effectiveness of the Court of Auditors in this sector;
source: PE-506.046
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2012/2172(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee
2013/02/26
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Supports the conclusions of the mid- term evaluation of the administrative cooperation agreement between the EESC and the Committee of the Regions; considers that some improvements should be made to rationalise human resources in the Joint Services and in translation and calls on the EESC to ensure that the inconsistencies referred to in Paragraph 2 do not recur;
source: PE-506.052
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2012/2173(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions
2013/02/26
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Committee of the Regions to draw up a study, based on the introduction of videoconferencing and experience to date, on reducing travel costs, including the cost of the time spent by its members travelling;
source: PE-506.054
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2012/2174(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman
2013/02/26
CONT
1 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern that the average length of inquiries continues to increase in 2011 with only 66% of cases closed within 12 months and 80% of cases closed within 18 months; calls for this rate to be substantially improved; calls on the Ombudsman to clarify what percentage of cases involve more than one round of inquiries and when is there a need for a second round of inquiries;
source: PE-506.050
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2012/2176(DEC) 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European External Action Service
2013/02/26
CONT
6 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Notes that there are directorates with 22, 27 and 29 staff members and managing directorates with 44 staff members; criticises the high number of management positions compared to other institutions; calls on the EEAS to clarify the reasons for this and urges that the High Representative reduce this top-heavy administration;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recognises the high number of posts at high grades, which is very cost-intensive;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Believes that the forthcoming review of the EEAS is the forum where a detailed analysis can be made of the compatibility between the resources available and the functions to be carried out by the EEAS and any changes required to ensure the highest level of efficiency in its operations; believes that an evaluation of property in use by the EEAS should involve comparisons with other diplomatic missions in the same location rather than between EEAS facilities in very different countries; believes that, in evaluating the price of property, contracts should be actively monitored in relation to the benefit accruing to the Union and that changes should be made where necessary; considers that, in this evaluation, it should be made clear whether the property is used for purposes other than housing, and stipulated which part of the property is being used and for how long and how; believes also that there should not be any differences between housing which should be similar, without abuses occurring, so that the quality of life as regards housing is similar from one region to another, depending on the availability and cost of the properties;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Notes a high volume of travel activities of Union delegation staff to headquarters with various purposes; regrets that it is not possible to have an independent inspection authority to evaluate the necessity of those official journeys; asks for this proposal to be taken into consideration by the High Representative and to report to Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control on that matter; calls also, in this context, for a study to be drawn up on this subject, based on the introduction of videoconferencing and experience in reducing travel costs, including the cost of the time spent by staff travelling;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Calls on the EEAS to submit comprehensive details on how its internal control and supervision mechanism works as regards the management of funds and expenditure;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 b (new) 33b. Calls on the EEAS to explain its policy on European Parliament access to internal inspection reports;
source: PE-506.047
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2012/2285(INI) Annual report 2011 on the protection of EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud
2013/04/26
CONT
9 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls the Commission to consider the link existing between reporting on fraud provided by Member States and the lack of a harmonised criminal law, setting common definition of fraudulent behaviour and offences in the field of protection of Union's financial interest; Recalls that the criminal law systems of the Member States have been harmonised to only a limited extent;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Takes into consideration the OLAF 2011 report and its overview of progress on judicial actions, in actions created between 2006-2011, according to which more than half of actions are pending judicial decision1; is of the opinion that special attention should be given to cases related to fraud in customs, which is among the areas with the highest rates of systemic corruption in Europe;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Points out the need for real time connection of business transactions with the tax authorities in order to combat tax evasion;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Points out that there is a link between corruption and the on-going financial and fiscal crisis that can no longer be ignored;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Deplores that most of irregularities in EU spending are committed at national level;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Stresses however that since there are at least 20 million cases of reported petty corruption in the public sectors in the EU, it is obvious that the phenomenon also has a spillover effect in the parts of the public administration of the Member States (and the corresponding political persons), that have the responsibility of the management of EU funds and other financial interests1; Points out that the number of irregularities reported as fraudulent in agriculture in 2011, in total 139, does not reflect the actual situation;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Calls for the Commission, through OLAF, to introduce an adequate percentage (50%) of own-initiative investigations by the anti-fraud EU investigative authorities, aimed at sectors and areas where systemic and large scale corruption affecting EU financial interest is suspected;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new) 37a. Notes that although the Commission is taking all these positive initiatives, currently most policies pursued against corruption are passive; is of the opinion that as long as the prosecution of cases of corruption is weak and not based on effective own-initiative investigations, but on information from third parties, these passive policies cannot by themselves overcome the trap of systemic corruption;1
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 a (new) source: PE-510.569
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2013/0000(INI)
2013/03/01
ECON
9 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B(a) whereas large-scale tax evasion results in very high taxes which inhibit growth;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the persistence of distortions caused by non-transparent or harmful tax practices on the part of jurisdictions acting as tax havens can lead to artificial flows and negative effects within the EU internal market and subsequently undermine the competitiveness of EU periphery economies compared to the core economies and especially in those Member States with high unemployment rates;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers it of paramount importance that the Commission deal with non-EU countries on behalf of the EU
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Proposes the introduction of requirements for
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to commit to an ambitious but realistic target of halving the tax gap by 2020, since this would gradually generate new tax revenue
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses that a strong commitment to reducing the tax gap would contribute to the necessary stabilisation of financial markets, help with fiscal consolidation while easing its austerity effects, increase public investment resources, improve the efficiency and fairness of national tax systems, reduce the overall tax burden and raise general tax compliance levels;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges Member States to allocate adequate resources to their national tax administrations and tax audit staff and introduce strong tools against corruption;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on Member States to remove all obstacles in national law that hinder cooperation and exchanges of tax information with the EU institutions and within the Member States, while also ensuring effective protection of taxpayers’ data;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on Member States to improve the effectiveness of the Code of Conduct for business taxation (including SMEs) by raising issues at Council level where political decisions are urgently needed; urges the Commission to intervene actively in cases where the Code of Conduct Group cannot agree on procedures to remove mismatches in national tax systems;
source: PE-505.996
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