Писмени обяснения на вот - 8-ми парламентарен мандат Antanas GUOGA

I voted in favour of the report. The report approves the conclusion by Eurojust of the Agreement on Criminal Justice Cooperation between Eurojust and the Kingdom of Denmark.

I voted against the report. The proposed revision aims to facilitate the free movement of workers and to protect their rights while reinforcing the tools for national authorities to fight risks of abuse or fraud. However, the compromise texts were not discussed enough and many unresolved problematic areas, for example regarding the mobility of workers, remain.

I voted in favour of the report. The proposal sets, for the first time ever, CO2 emissions performance standards for lorries. Parliament adopted the 15% reduction for 2025 and 30% from 2030. The latter will be assessed during the review in 2022 in accordance with the European Union commitments under the Paris Agreement.

I voted in favour of the report, which agreed on minimum procurement targets at Member State level. Proposed targets for light-duty vehicles will be increased by 10%. For heavy-duty vehicles, the targets for buses are set for clean vehicles at up to 45% for 2025 and up to 65% for 2030 and half of the targets are to be met by zero-emission vehicles.

I voted in favour of the report. The aim of the agreement is to give European entrepreneurs a modern, safe and transparent environment in which to operate and to facilitate establishing a business electronically and promote online operations throughout a company’s lifecycle.

I voted in favour of the report. The aim of the agreement is to make it easier for companies to move within the Single Market. The new rules will allow companies to retain their legal personality throughout the transformation procedure, while at the same time effective safeguards will be introduced to prevent cross-border operations designed for abusive, fraudulent or criminal purposes.

I voted in favour of the report. The establishment of the EUR 13 billion European Defence Fund leads Europe one step closer to a fully-fledged EU defence research programme.

I voted in favour of the report. The proposed Directive defines covered bonds as debt obligations issued by credit institutions and secured against a ring-fenced pool of assets to which bondholders have direct recourse as preferred creditors. The Directive, in continuity with this tradition, only allows credit institutions to issue covered bonds.

I voted in favour of the report. The InvestEU Fund is the Union’s new investment instrument for the period 2021-2027. It brings together the multitude of financial programmes currently available and expands the successful model of the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI).

I voted in favour of the report. The Commission will establish a complete list of harmonised data elements to be reported (the ‘EMSWe data set’). Each Member State will have to establish a national single window (building on the existing structures) where all the required information would be provided once (the ‘once-only principle’), and be responsible for the development, availability, maintenance, security and operation of its national window.

I voted in favour of the report. The current disclosure requirements set out in EU legislation do not envisage disclosing all of the information that can be considered as necessary to properly inform end investors about the sustainability-related impact of their investments. The regulation requests disclosure of more information on the sustainability of investment portfolios, both in terms of composition and risks.

I voted in favour of the report. The recast proposal ensures the alignment of the existing regulation with the latest amendments to the Stockholm Convention (the UN-agreed list of dangerous substances), which provides the global legal framework for the elimination of the production, use, import and export of persistent organic pollutants.

I voted in favour of the report. This is the first review of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The objective is to simplify the rules applicable to over—the—counter derivatives and make them more proportionate in order to reduce costs and the regulatory burden weighing on market participants, without putting at risk financial stability.

I voted in favour of the report. This proposal aims to introduce specific amendments to the EMIR and ESMA regulations with a view to establishing clear and coherent supervisory arrangements for CCPs established in the EU and in third countries. The objective is to ensure that the EU authorities and national authorities are able to cope with a failing CCP, maintain financial stability and avoid that costs associated with the restructuring and the resolution of failing CCPs fall on taxpayers.

I voted in favour of the report. The aim is to provide cheaper and easier access to ‘SME growth markets’, a recently introduced category of trading venue dedicated to small issuers. The administrative burden and high compliance costs faced by SMEs trying to list and issue securities are currently too high.

I voted in favour of the report. The resolution calls on the political parties to ensure that their election programmes express their commitment to Parliament’s proposal for a new and updated regulation on its right of inquiry, and invites the different Spitzenkandidaten to offer their public and political support on this matter.

I voted in favour. The MfR calls on the Commission to swiftly take all the necessary action to ensure a high level of protection for humans and the environment against exposure to endocrine disruptors and to promote research in this field. Moreover the MfR calls on the Commission to make, no later than June 2020, legislative proposals aimed at inserting specific provisions on endocrine disruptors in other pieces of legislation which have not been updated so far.

I voted in favour of the report. The Joint statement of the European Parliament and of the Council, annexed to the legislative resolution, on the possible mechanisms to ensure the attractiveness of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in terms of fulfilling exceptional needs for recruiting, training and retaining qualified staff from the broadest possible geographical basis, was approved with a large majority.

. ‒ I voted in favour regarding the text update of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, Rule 32(5) regarding ‘Establishment and dissolution of political groups’.

. ‒ I voted in favour. The negotiations on an agreement between the European Union and Denmark on the modalities of the participation by Denmark in the procedure for comparison and data transmission for law enforcement purposes foreseen in Chapter VI of the ‘recast’ Eurodac Regulation have been finalised and an Agreement in the form of a Protocol to the abovementioned Agreement of 8 March 2006, extending the application of the Agreement of 8 March 2006 to law enforcement, was initialled.