2. Authorising France to apply a reduced rate of certain indirect taxes on ‘traditional’ rum produced in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion *
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘± 1,0 at any time in the distribution chain’ and ‘- 25% relative deviation of the declared value at any time in the distribution chain’
Second part
those words
Commission proposal, Annex III – part 3 – PFC 4
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘± 75% relative deviation at any time in the distribution chain’, ‘± 1,0 at any time in the distribution chain’, ‘- 25% relative deviation at any time in the distribution chain’, ‘- 25% relative deviation at any time in the distribution chain’, ‘- 25% relative deviation at any time in the distribution chain’, ‘± 75% relative deviation at any time in the distribution chain’, ‘± 75% relative deviation at any time in the distribution chain’ and ‘± 75% relative deviation at any time in the distribution chain’
Second part
those words
amendment 90
First part:
‘With regard to Part II of Annex I, the empowerment to adopt delegated acts referred to in paragraphs 1 and 4 of this Article shall not cover adaptations to the contaminant limits specified therein, unless new contaminant limits are necessary as a consequence of adding new component materials under Annex II.’
Second part:
‘When new contaminant limits are set, those limits shall only apply to the new component materials added.’
Verts/ALE:
amendment 18
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘degradation of soil organic compounds’ and ‘Therefore, they act in addition to fertilisers’
Second part
those words
amendment 19
First part
The text as a whole without the second, third and fourth occurrences of the word ‘new’
Second part
those words
amendment 28
First part
‘CE-marked fertilising products should be placed on the market only if they are sufficiently effective and do not present a risk to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment when properly stored and used for their intended purpose, and under conditions of use which can be reasonably foreseen, that is when such use could result from lawful and readily predictable human behaviour. Therefore, requirements for safety and quality, as well as appropriate control mechanisms, should be established.’
Second part
Deletion of the sentence ‘Furthermore, the intended use of CE marked fertilising products should not lead to food or feed becoming unsafe.’
amendment 38
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘from the phyllosphere’
Second part
those words
amendment 42
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘and provided that they do not influence the conditions for making them available on the market.’
Second part
those words
amendment 85
First part
Text as a whole excluding the word: ‘new’
Second part
that word
amendment 86
First part
Text as a whole excluding the word: ‘new’
Second part
that word
amendment 96
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘confined’ and ‘or phyllosphere’
Second part
‘confined’
Third part
‘or phyllosphere’
amendment 109
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘peat, including’
Second part
those words
amendment 123
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘peat, including’
Second part
those words
amendment 132
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘Organic carbon (Corg) in the CE marked fertilising product shall not exceed 1 % by mass.’
Second part
those words
amendment 175
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘, including mulch’
Second part
those words
amendment 177
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘peat,’
Second part
those words
amendment 203
First part
Text as a whole excluding the word: ‘confined’
Second part
that word
amendment 275
First part
‘b a) improving the soil as a biodegradable mulch film, which complies in particular with the requirements of points 2a and 3 of CMC 10, or’
Second part
‘b b) binding components of the fertilising product, without any contact with the soil, or’
Third part
‘(bc) improving the stability of the CE marked fertilising products, or’
Fourth part
‘(bd) improving water penetration into soil.’
ENF:
amendment 402
First part
Indent 1
Second part
Indent 2
Third part
Indent 3
amendment 403
First part
Indent 1
Second part
Indent 2
Third part
Indent 3
Miscellaneous
Amendments 325, 326, 327, 328 and 329 had been withdrawn.
Amendments 330-335 had been cancelled.
8. Information exchange on, and an early warning system and risk assessment procedure for, new psychoactive substances ***I
Motion for a resolution B8-0567/2017 (ENVI Committee)
§ 1
17
ENF
RCV
-
91, 551, 24
§ 2
12
PPE
EV
-
326, 327, 16
After § 4
7
S&D, GUE/NGL, Verts/ALE
split
1/RCV
+
578, 81, 7
2/RCV
+
342, 293, 23
§ 5
13
PPE
split
1/RCV
-
235, 403, 30
2/RCV
-
206, 419, 47
2
EFDD
RCV
-
145, 501, 23
1
S&D
RCV
+
353, 280, 36
6
Verts/ALE
RCV
+
332, 307, 30
18
ENF
RCV
-
71, 582, 4
§ 7
14
PPE
EV
-
306, 337, 21
After § 7
19
ENF
RCV
-
42, 589, 36
§ 8
20
ENF
split
1/RCV
-
102, 524, 44
2/RCV
-
90, 523, 51
§ 10
3
EFDD
RCV
-
270, 379, 19
15
PPE
-
21
ENF
RCV
-
100, 523, 45
Recital B
16
PPE
-
Recital C
8
PPE
-
After recital I
9
PPE
EV
+
329, 322, 21
After recital K
4
Verts/ALE
-
Recital L
10
PPE
EV
+
381, 269, 17
Recital P
11
PPE
EV
+
326, 321, 20
After Recital Q
5
Verts/ALE
-
Vote: resolution (text as a whole)
RCV
+
355, 204, 111
Requests for roll-call votes
Verts/ALE:
amendments 6, 7, 13; final vote
ENF:
amendments 17, 18, 19, 21
GUE/NGL
amendments 1, 2, 13; final vote
EFDD:
amendments 1, 2, 3, 20
Requests for split votes
ENF:
amendment 20
First part
‘Invites the Commission and the Member States to ensure sufficient testing and monitoring of glyphosate residues in feed, food and drinks produced in, as well as imported into, the Union, in order to address the current data gap pointed out by EFSA; invites the Commission and the Member States to immediately withdraw existing authorisations for glyphosate-tolerant genetically modified organisms and not to validate new ones;’
Second part
‘stresses that Member States should be able to ban the import of glyphosate-treated products;’
PPE:
amendment 7
First part
‘Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to approve the use of glyphosate for pre-harvest desiccation’
Second part
‘with effect from 16 December 2017.’
S&D:
amendment 13
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘renew’
Second part
those words
Miscellaneous:
Laurenţiu Rebega (ENF Group) had also signed amendments 17 and 18.
11. Authorisation of genetically modified maize 1507 (Objection pursuant to Rule 106)
Motion for a resolution B8-0565/2017 (BUDG Committee)
§ 1
12
GUE/NGL
-
8
EFDD
-
§ 2
13
GUE/NGL
-
§ 3
14
GUE/NGL
-
9
EFDD
-
After § 3
15
GUE/NGL
split
1
-
2
-
16
GUE/NGL
-
17
GUE/NGL
split
1/RCV
-
159, 489, 20
2/RCV
↓
18
GUE/NGL
-
19
GUE/NGL
RCV
-
137, 500, 27
§ 4
1
ENF
RCV
-
75, 566, 23
10
EFDD
-
20
GUE/NGL
RCV
-
20, 624, 25
After § 4
21
GUE/NGL
RCV
-
35, 564, 67
§ 5
2
ENF
RCV
-
84, 503, 70
22
GUE/NGL
-
11
EFDD
-
7
S&D
-
§ 7
23D
GUE/NGL
-
3
ENF
RCV
-
85, 570, 11
After § 7
24
GUE/NGL
RCV
-
220, 410, 37
§ 9
25
GUE/NGL
RCV
-
71, 501, 96
§ 10
§
original text
split
1
+
2
+
After § 10
4
ENF
-
§ 13
5
ENF
-
After § 16
26
GUE/NGL
RCV
-
69, 546, 57
§ 17
6
ENF
RCV
-
93, 501, 70
Vote: resolution (text as a whole)
RCV
+
442, 189, 37
Requests for roll-call votes
ENF:
amendments 1, 2, 3, 6
GUE/NGL:
amendments 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26; final vote
Requests for split votes
Verts/ALE:
§ 10
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘and defence’
Second part
those words
amendment 15
First part
‘Deplores the option deliberated to increase the budgetary allocation for militarism, securitarianism and foreign interference, a political and ideological option that has not only been funding and promoting several contemporary armed conflicts, but has also been at the root of the migration flows and the looting of resources in developing countries;’
Second part
‘denounces the fact that for the post-2020 period the Commission claims that it will allocate EUR 1.5 billion of the EU budget to the European Defence Fund per year, which, together with Member States’ contributions to finance joint development projects, could generate costs in the field of defence research and capability of EUR 5.5 billion per year;’
amendment 17
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘and external action’
Second part
those words
17. Legitimate measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest
recitals C, N, V, Y, AG, AK; §§ 3, 13, 19, 23, 36, 61, 65, 67
Requests for split votes
76+ Members:
§ 25
First part
‘Considers that the implementation of comprehensive legal regulations on the protection of whistle-blowers encourages a ‘speak up’ culture and that whistle-blowing should be promoted as an act of good citizenship; urges the Member States and the EU institutions, therefore, to promote the positive role that whistle-blowers play, as well the serious concerns regarding their often vulnerable and defenceless position, in particular through awareness-raising and protection campaigns, communication and training efforts; recommends to the Commission, in particular, that a comprehensive plan on this issue be presented; calls, in this context, for a website to be launched where useful information on the protection of whistle-blowers should be provided, and through which complaints can be submitted;’
Second part
‘stresses that this website should be easily accessible to the public and should keep their data anonymous;’
§ 48
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘considers, therefore, that in the case of alleged retaliatory actions taken against the whistle-blower, the employer shall provide evidence that these actions are unrelated to the report made by the whistle-blower; considers that the protection of the whistle-blower should be granted on the basis of the information exposed and not on the intention of the whistle-blower;’
Second part
those words
§ 57
First part
‘Calls on Member States and EU institutions, in cooperation with all relevant authorities, to introduce and take all possible necessary measures to protect the confidentiality of the information sources in order to prevent any discriminatory actions or threats, as well as to establish transparent channels for information disclosure, to set up independent national and EU authorities to protect whistle-blowers,’
Second part
‘and to consider providing those authorities with specific support funds; calls also for the establishment of a centralised European authority for the effective protection of whistle-blowers and people who assist their acts based on the model of national privacy watchdogs;’
§ 58
First part
‘Calls on the Commission, in order for these measures to be effective, to develop instruments focusing on providing protection against unjustified legal prosecutions, economic sanctions and discrimination;’
Second part
‘suggests the setting up of national funds or a European fund, financed in part from monies recovered or proceeds from fines, to give appropriate financial support to whistle-blowers in the EU;’
18. Minimum income policies as a tool for fighting poverty
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘be based on the redistribution of the wealth produced’, ‘wage increases, and’ and ‘universal, free and’
Second part
‘be based on the redistribution of the wealth produced’
Third part
‘wage increases, and’
Fourth part
‘universal, free and’
§ 3
First part
‘Highlights the importance of adequate public funding to finance minimum income schemes; ‘calls on the Commission to specifically monitor the use of the 20 % of the total allocation of the ESF devoted to fighting poverty and social exclusion, and also to examine, in the forthcoming review of the Common Provisions Regulation for the Structural Funds (Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013), and in particular in the framework of the European Social Fund and the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), the funding possibilities for helping every Member State establish a minimum income scheme where it does not exist or improve the functioning and effectiveness of existing systems,’
Second part
‘and, if necessary, to take into consideration the setting-up of an appropriate European Fund, on a temporary basis, to work as an instrument of cohesion policy and European solidarity;’
§ 7
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘Highlights the importance of the automatic stabilisation dimension of welfare systems for the absorption of social shock waves caused by external effects such as recessions;’ and 'also'
Second part
those words
§ 9
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘high-quality universal’
Second part
those words
§ 21
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘points out in this regard that it has been shown that it is legally possible to have a framework directive on minimum income within the context of the current EU Treaties; is of the view that a framework of this kind should be based on tangible factors and should bear in mind the social and economic context and historical practices of each Member State, and that it could be an incentive to motivate people to be economically active; ‘
Second part
those words
§ 36
First part
‘Argues that minimum income schemes are transitional instruments for reducing and fighting poverty, social exclusion and inequality, and that they should be seen as a social investment; ‘
Second part
‘notes the counter-cyclical effects of minimum income schemes;’
§ 43
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘designed at European level concerning common objectives’, ‘in contributing to a level playing field among Member States’ and ‘and to consider further steps’
Second part
‘designed at European level concerning common objectives’
Third part
‘in contributing to a level playing field among Member States’
Fourth part
‘and to consider further steps’
§ 47 (c)
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘such as homeless people, refugees, asylum seekers, Roma or young people’
Second part
those words
§ 53
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘and a policy environment dominated by austerity;’