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DANIELE VIOTTI - SECTION III (COMMISSION)PAUL RÜBIG - OTHER SECTIONS

PARLIAMENT'S POSITION

Amendments tabled with the Sittings Service

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Draft amendment 288 === ECON/6102 ===

Tabled by Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 01 02 01 — Coordination and surveillance of, and communication on, the economic and monetaryunion, including the euro

Amend figures as follows:Budget 2018 Draft budget 2019 Council's position 2019 Difference New amount

Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments

01 02 01 11 500 000 11 500 000 12 000 000 11 500 000 11 730 000 11 500 000 270 000 12 000 000 11 500 000

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Total 11 500 000 11 500 000 12 000 000 11 500 000 11 730 000 11 500 000 270 000 12 000 000 11 500 000

Justification:Restore Commission proposal.

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Draft amendment 412 === AFET/5236 ===

Tabled by Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Article 01 03 02 — Macro-financial assistance



01 03 02 42 086 000 42 086 000 42 000 000 42 000 000 22 000 000 42 000 000 20 000 000 42 000 000 42 000 000

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Total 42 086 000 42 086 000 42 000 000 42 000 000 22 000 000 42 000 000 20 000 000 42 000 000 42 000 000

Justification:Restore Draft Budget (DB).

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Article 01 03 06 — Provisioning of the Guarantee Fund for external actions



01 03 06 137 800 722 137 800 722 48 222 935 48 222 935 7 222 935 7 222 935 41 000 000 41 000 000 48 222 935 48 222 935

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Total 137 800 722 137 800 722 48 222 935 48 222 935 7 222 935 7 222 935 41 000 000 41 000 000 48 222 935 48 222 935

Justification:

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Restore Draft Budget (DB).

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Draft amendment 149 === ITRE/6359 ===

Tabled by Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Article 01 04 06 — European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) and European Investment Project Portal(EIPP)



01 04 06 20 000 000 20 000 000 20 000 000 22 300 000 20 000 000 22 300 000 50 000 000 50 700 000 70 000 000 73 000 000

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Total 20 000 000 20 000 000 20 000 000 22 300 000 20 000 000 22 300 000 50 000 000 50 700 000 70 000 000 73 000 000

Justification:In order to ensure EFSI successfully funds quality and relevant projects there is a need to increase thetechnical assistance provided to the Advisory Hub and Project Portal, in particular to enable to aggregate andgenerate projects on smart grids, energy efficiency and renewable energy.

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Article 02 01 01 — Expenditure related to officials and temporary staff in the ‘Internal market, industry,entrepreneurship and SMEs’ policy area



02 01 01 84 934 866 84 934 866 89 012 026 89 012 026 88 244 128 88 244 128 767 898 767 898 89 012 026 89 012 026

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Total 84 934 866 84 934 866 89 012 026 89 012 026 88 244 128 88 244 128 767 898 767 898 89 012 026 89 012 026


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Item 02 01 02 01 — External personnel



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Budget 2018 Draft budget 2019 Council's position 2019 Difference New amount


02 01 02 01 6 740 536 6 740 536 6 866 110 6 866 110 6 585 670 6 585 670 280 440 280 440 6 866 110 6 866 110

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Total 6 740 536 6 740 536 6 866 110 6 866 110 6 585 670 6 585 670 280 440 280 440 6 866 110 6 866 110


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Item 02 01 02 11 — Other management expenditure



02 01 02 11 5 030 730 5 030 730 5 110 730 5 110 730 4 950 404 4 950 404 160 326 160 326 5 110 730 5 110 730

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Total 5 030 730 5 030 730 5 110 730 5 110 730 4 950 404 4 950 404 160 326 160 326 5 110 730 5 110 730


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Article 02 01 03 — Expenditure related to information and communication technology equipment andservices of the ‘Internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs’ policy area



02 01 03 5 490 470 5 490 470 5 949 448 5 949 448 5 829 496 5 829 496 119 952 119 952 5 949 448 5 949 448

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Total 5 490 470 5 490 470 5 949 448 5 949 448 5 829 496 5 829 496 119 952 119 952 5 949 448 5 949 448


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Draft amendment 461 === IMCO/6152 ===

Tabled by Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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Item 02 01 04 01 — Support expenditure for Competitiveness of enterprises and small and medium-sized

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enterprises (COSME)



02 01 04 01 3 500 000 3 500 000 2 800 000 2 800 000 2 800 000 2 800 000 800 000 800 000 3 600 000 3 600 000

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Total 3 500 000 3 500 000 2 800 000 2 800 000 2 800 000 2 800 000 800 000 800 000 3 600 000 3 600 000

Justification:It is necessary to increase the financing in order to support the SMEs increase of competitiveness related tothe SMEs growth forecast and the increase in number of jobs.

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Item 02 01 04 02 — Support expenditure for standardisation and approximation of legislation



02 01 04 02 160 000 160 000 160 000 160 000 130 000 130 000 30 000 30 000 160 000 160 000

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Total 160 000 160 000 160 000 160 000 130 000 130 000 30 000 30 000 160 000 160 000


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Draft amendment 351 === ENVI/5269 ===

Tabled by Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Item 02 01 04 04 — Support expenditure for European Earth observation programme (Copernicus)



02 01 04 04 2 600 000 2 600 000 2 900 000 2 900 000 2 663 000 2 663 000 237 000 237 000 2 900 000 2 900 000

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Total 2 600 000 2 600 000 2 900 000 2 900 000 2 663 000 2 663 000 237 000 237 000 2 900 000 2 900 000


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Item 02 01 04 04 — Support expenditure for European Earth observation programme (Copernicus)



02 01 04 04 2 600 000 2 600 000 2 900 000 2 900 000 2 663 000 2 663 000 237 000 237 000 2 900 000 2 900 000

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Total 2 600 000 2 600 000 2 900 000 2 900 000 2 663 000 2 663 000 237 000 237 000 2 900 000 2 900 000


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Item 02 01 05 02 — External personnel implementing research and innovation programmes — Horizon2020



02 01 05 02 2 670 464 2 670 464 2 711 111 2 711 111 2 644 111 2 644 111 67 000 67 000 2 711 111 2 711 111

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Total 2 670 464 2 670 464 2 711 111 2 711 111 2 644 111 2 644 111 67 000 67 000 2 711 111 2 711 111


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Item 02 01 05 03 — Other management expenditure for research and innovation programmes — Horizon2020



02 01 05 03 1 900 000 1 900 000 2 400 000 2 400 000 2 000 000 2 000 000 400 000 400 000 2 400 000 2 400 000

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Total 1 900 000 1 900 000 2 400 000 2 400 000 2 000 000 2 000 000 400 000 400 000 2 400 000 2 400 000


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Article 02 02 02 — Improving access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the formof equity and debt



02 02 02 214 554 000 120 850 000 221 430 000 106 000 000 221 430 000 106 000 000 1 000 000 11 000 000 222 430 000 117 000 000

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Total 214 554 000 120 850 000 221 430 000 106 000 000 221 430 000 106 000 000 1 000 000 11 000 000 222 430 000 117 000 000

Justification:Given the current economic situation, funding for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises is a matter oflife or death for this sector, which is of key importance to Member State economies. It is therefore importantto establish and/or strengthen funding facilities to support SMEs.

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Add: 02 02 77 37Budget 2018 Draft budget 2019 Council's position 2019 Difference New amount


02 02 77 37 300 000 200 000 300 000 200 000

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Total 300 000 200 000 300 000 200 000

Heading:Pilot project — Monitoring of possible unfair consumer profiling and price adjustment by airlines

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The pilot projects consist of a series of market research among airlines that sell their tickets onlinedirectly to consumers. It aims to investigate whether airlines, by using an online tracking technology, arepricing the flights according to such variants as the interest of a customer in the particular flight, thecustomer's past travel record (browising history), type/make of the device being used by them and otheraspects (so called "consumer profiling") such as consumer nationality, location, preferences and wealth.The research should include practical tests and customer surveys on the ways the airline tickets arepriced. The findings of the report should be published and translated in all official languages of the EU.In order to raise consumer awareness, the report should alse be promoted in Member States with activeinvolvement of European Parliament Information Offices, Commission Representations and Members ofthe European Parliament. Should the Commission conclude the airlines apply unfair pricing practices, itshall draw recommendations in line with Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and other existinglegislation.

Legal basis:Add following text:

Pilot project within the meaning of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the

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general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298,26.10.2012, p. 1).

Justification:On November 22, 2017 during the meeting on the Digital Single Market working group of the EP, Prof.Monti revealed data on airplane pricing which supported that the airlines use so called ‘consumer profiling’in order to adjust the flight fares. Consumers have been noticing for a while that airlines may be employing asystem that alters prices depending on consumer’s location, purchase history and even make of a device.

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Draft amendment 262 === TRAN/5366 ===

Tabled by Committee on Transport and Tourism

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02 02 77 38 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

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Total 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:Pilot project — EU App(lication) for Road Transport Enforcement


In the context of the negotiations of the Mobility Package I, it has been concluded that a solid and correctenforcement of rules is crucial for the sake of a uniform and good functioning of the EU road transportsector and the improvement of road safety. In May 2017, the European Commission recognised in theirCommunication ‘Europe on the Move’ the importance to ensure a more effective enforcement and legalcertainty and put an end to a non-homogenous implementation across the EU in order to provideprotection for all workers in the transport sector across the European Union. For instance roadsidechecks, among others, have showed the unequal practices on enforcement among MS, as well as the risksit poses to the physical integrity of drivers and control authorities and eventually road safety.

To ensure efficient and coherent enforcement of rules in the road transport sector, a harmonisation ofquality data is of utmost importance. In consequence, two elements are crucial to guarantee comparabilityof information through the EU: the expansions and harmonisation of risk rating systems and theharmonisation of a software used by enforcement authorities to analyse the tachograph data. On the onehand, the expansion and harmonisation of risk rating systems should be done by: a) including in thecalculation of risk rating also infringements of road transport rules which are recorded in nationalregisters of road transport undertakings and exchanged via ERRU; b) establishing a common EUformula for determining a risk rating of undertakings based on the same factors and coefficients. On theother hand, the harmonisation of the software used among the corresponding authorities in the EU isessential since nowadays the analysis of same tachograph data can throw different results in terms ofascertaining infringement depending on the software used by those authorities.

Furthermore, to enhance and ensure uniform and non-discriminatory enforcement of rules in the processof checking of compliance through the EU, the development of an electronic EU application that givesdirect and real-time access to control authorities via an electronic device is needed. This EU applicationwill enable control authorities, both in roadside checks and premises, to have real time and direct accessto the legally agreed relevant and most updated information and data.

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This EU application shall give and have direct and real time access to the necessary and pertinent data inorder to improve checks by control authorities on posting, cabotage and letterbox companies, amongothers. In consequence, the EC should ensure direct and real time access to the following already existingdatabases and communication tools:

– Information on posting declarations via direct access to the public interface of the Internal MarketInformation System (IMI). IMI is already used for administrative cooperation between nationalauthorities in the area of posting of workers, but not for sending declarations. During the ongoingdebates on the Mobility Package I, the idea of developing a parallel public interface in IMI to whichoperators would have access to send the posting declaration to the host Member State, has gainedsolid support. Furthermore, although IMI is a communication tool, it has storage capacity. This directand real time access would simplify and facilitate the checking of posting requirements by thepertinent authorities in the MS;

– Data from the European Register of Road Transport Undertakings (ERRU) to check informationcontained in national electronic registers (including: name, address, community licence, legalrepresentative, transport manager of the undertakings + serious infringements + information on riskrating)

– Data from e-CMR to facilitate control and checking of cabotage.

The access to this information, as well as future needed data, in the context of an effective enforcement ofrules and mutual assistance between Member States shall comply with the rules on personal dataprotection laid down in Regulation 2016/679.


Pilot project within the meaning of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to thegeneral budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298,26.10.2012, p. 1).

Justification:The need of clarity in the enforcement of rules in the EU road transport sector is crucial to put an end to anon-homogeneous implementation of social and market rules, which potentially risks the fragmentation ofthe single European Transport area. The development of a common EU application that gives direct and realtime access to control authorities to the agreed and needed information will enhance the efficiency andimpartiality of the good functioning of EU transport sector.

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Draft amendment 190 === EMPL/5500 ===

Tabled by Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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02 02 77 39 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

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Total 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:Preparatory action — The reduction of youth unemployment and the setup of co-operatives as a measure

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to enhance working opportunities in the EU


Youth unemployment remains a significant challenge for Member States with the youth unemploymentrate at 15.9% in the EU28 and 17.7% in the euro area as of February 2018. The aim of the initial pilotproject was to contribute to reducing youth unemployment through the provision of worker co-operativesby establishing entrepreneurship and sustainable job opportunities for young people to both work andown part of the company simultaneously as well as establishing best practice in the area for the whole ofthe EU.

The pilot project was launched in three different EU countries with the most experience in this field andincluded objectives such as improving knowledge of the cooperative business concept, guiding students inimplementing their own ideas and helping them start up businesses in form of a cooperative, training andinternships/apprenticeships in co-operatives as well as how to create synergies with related EU programs.

With the preparatory action it is now hoped to continue to build on the impact of the project in these threecountries and to extend its actions to other Member States still struggling with high youth unemploymentsuch as Greece and Spain.


Preparatory action within the meaning of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to thegeneral budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298,26.10.2012, p. 1).

Justification:This preparatory action is a follow-up to a successfully implemented pilot project (budget line: 02 02 77 27)and aims to continue to support action in one of the EU's key priority areas to enhance youth employment.

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02 02 77 39 1 500 000 750 000 1 500 000 750 000

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Total 1 500 000 750 000 1 500 000 750 000

Heading:Pilot project — EU Tourism Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem


The European Union is the first destination of the world, with 671 million international tourist arrivals in2017, accounting for 40% in arrivals worldwide. The sector has proved resilient in these last decades,generating more than 10% of the EU GDP and supporting 25 million jobs, directly and indirectly. In this

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regard, Startups are essential to the job market, since they provide around 50% of all new jobs and driveinnovation. Nevertheless, tourism currently faces a number of challenges ranging from sustainability orthe capacity of the sector to fully take into count its social and environmental impacts to the digitalizationto meet the demands of the new travelers and increase of competitiveness. The future of tourism willcertainly depend on the success of tourism stakeholders in overcoming these challenges.

As one of the most impacted sectors by digitalization, tourism stakeholders need to take advantage oftechnologies and business models to boost growth and competitiveness. In this regard, bridging the digitalskills gap is essential for EU business and governments to benefit from the opportunities of digitalisation.The lack of knowledge or accessibility to finance by SMEs and Startups is another bottleneck for thedevelopment of an entrepreneurial and innovative culture in Europe.

Despite the numerous EU initiatives aimed at tackling the digitalization of tourism, the state ofdigitalization still varies between EU regions and the markets for capital and talent remains fragmentedacross the EU.

The aim of this pilot project is to build up on existing EU initiatives -such as the Tourism DigitalNetwork, the Digital Innovation Hubs or the Startup Europe project, among others- and develop the firstEU Tourism Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem by identifying and connecting all tourismstakeholders, including governments, startups and SMEs, private investors (Business and Super BusinessAngels, Venture Capital, etc.), Academia and business supporters (Accelerators, Incubators, etc).

The EU Tourism Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem will have three main objectives, namely:

1. Keeping up with the digitalisation of the tourism industry for SMEs, Governments and Destinations;

2. Improving the tourism business environment in the EU, including access to finance; and

3. Boosting innovation in tourism.

Action Plan:

The 12 months pilot project to develop the EU Tourism Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem will beimplemented as follows:

1. In the first phase of the project (M1-M6), a European Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship inTourism will be organised. This summit will bring together all relevant players of tourism in the EU,providing unique opportunities for networking, building new business opportunities, training andmultidisciplinary debates about the most pressing challenges of the sector.

The 2-day programme will include:

Multi-stakeholders panel discussions on relevant topics such as Smart Tourism, Investments in Tourism(traditional and non-traditional via ventures) and New Business Models, which will allow the sharing ofgood practices;

Bootcamp Programmes on Digitalization and Entrepreneurship in Tourism (intensive trainings forStartups and SMEs on digital marketing skills, business formation, strategy and scalability, etc.)

Tourism SMEs challenges (topic to be chosen at a later stage, e.g. ‘Jobs of the Future’) and;

Startups Pitch Competitions to attract capital, build investor and advisor networks and raise visibility inthe market

Launch of call for Tourism Innovation Leaders, which will constitute a community of innovative,socially-committed leaders working as a force for the sustainable growth of tourism in the EU.

2. In a second phase, the Digital Platform of the EU Tourism Innovation Ecosystem will be developedthrough the identification and mapping of all players. This online platform will connect permanently allthe actors of the ecosystem (M6-12) and would be sustainable in the way we can ask for a fee membershipfor all the actors.

In addition, we will still working with the different Governments in order to foster the regional tourism

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ecosystem via:

Sharing best practices

Specialised Working Groups (SME´s/startups, investors, corporations) in order to connect, train andsupport them actively.

Working Group with the Tourism Innovation Leaders for the development of recommendations/policypapers.

3. In a third and last phase (M12), a Forum will be organized in which the Digital Platform of the EUTourism Innovation Ecosystem will be presented, along with the policy recommendations for the EUinstitutions in terms of digitalisation and innovation of the tourism sector.

4. The platform would be established on a membership fee for each category and depending on theservices that each user wants to develop. (startup connection, investors connection, databases, etc..)

5. Finally, our last deliverable would be a Policy Paper focused on how to foster a Paneuropean TourismInnovation Ecosystem.



Justification:In 2015, there was a successful implementation of a preparatory action with UNESCO. Following thisprocedure there is not any legal problem to work with another UN institution. As the Commission has notmentioned any other reasons why the project could not be supported, it has been re-tabled in the same form.

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Total 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:Pilot project — Measuring Sustainable Tourism (MST) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)


European countries tend to be at the forefront of statistical developments. With generally solid and highlyadvanced statistical systems, European countries are usually very well placed to pioneer and test innovateactions.

In the area of tourism measurement, a recent workshop co-organized between the Directorate-General for

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Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) of the European CommissionEuropean Commission and UNWTO on ‘Measuring the economic impact of tourism in Europe: theTourism Satellite Account (TSA)’ (November 2017 in Brussels, Belgium) demonstrated the strongexpertise and enthusiasm in the region for the measurement of tourism. It was acknowledged that tourismmeasurement is beyond a technical exercise, very much a strategic endeavor for the tourism sector; andthat the tourism sector needs the credibility that statistics can provide.

These lessons are once again becoming evident as part of advancing Measuring Sustainable Tourism(MST). And indeed, European countries comprise the majority of the pioneering countries leading thedevelopment of MST, in conceptual, practical and institutional terms.

The focus on decision making for sustainability is well aligned with the priorities of the EuropeanParliament. Out of the 4 areas where the pilot projects could be allocated to, work on MST fits well underarea 1 ‘Smart and inclusive growth’ and area 2 ‘Sustainable growth’.

Supporting European Union Member States in better measuring Sustainable Tourism.

In this proposal, UNWTO would support a selected number of European countries to developcomprehensive pilot studies on Measuring Sustainable Tourism that guide the development of anintegrated information base on sustainable tourism for that country and includes the testing of keyindicators for sustainable tourism for assessing the SDGs. MST Pilot studies support the development ofthe framework by providing valuable insights on the relevance to stakeholders and by demonstrating thefeasibility of implementation. In turn, MST Pilot Studies help countries uncover an array of useful androbust information to feed decisions and policies.

Pilot studies of varying degrees of complexity and focus have been carried out in: Austria, Canada, Italy,Fiji, Mexico, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, and Wales in the UK. More are underway, including inMalaysia and the Philippines, and other countries have expressed their interest.

The selection of countries could be done on the basis of a Call for expressions of interest. The specificfocus of each of the pilot studies will depend on country priorities and countries will be selected to ensurea balance across the environmental and social dimensions of the MST. Topics of primary focus mayrelate to:

– The social dimension of tourism: issues like employment and decent work, visitor pressure (sometimesreferred to as ‘overtourism’), etc.;

– The environmental dimension: issues such as energy and climate change, water use, biodiversity andprotected areas;

– Regional and subnational perspectives on sustainable tourism – e.g. city tourism;

– Measuring the contribution of tourism to the Sustainable Development Goals.

The project will build upon the important progress of previous relevant initiatives such as ETIS in thespace of tourism indicators for subnational regions.



Justification:In 2015, there was a successful implementation of a preparatory action with UNESCO. Following thisprocedure there is not any legal problem to work with another UN institution. As the Commission has notmentioned any other reasons why the project could not be supported, it has been re-tabled in the same form.

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Heading:Pilot project — Open innovation platform to boost digitalisation and safety for tourism in Europe


A lot of existing data in the tourism sector are either scattered or commercially exploited by few and oftennon-EU private firms; this prevents EU SMEs and start-ups to have access to tourism data, develop newbusiness applications and benefit from the new trends and technological solutions developed, for instance,in the area of artificial intelligence. Furthermore, safety constitutes a key challenge for the tourismindustry requiring a horizontal strategy as safety and quality are the two main unique selling points ofDestination Europe to compete globally.

Developing a European Open Innovation Platform to facilitate and accelerate i) the take up of newopportunities offered today by the use of big data and artificial intelligence solutions in the tourism sectorii) the provision of a safe environment for the tourism industry, destinations and visitors. The platformwill be used especially by European SMEs and start-ups willing to test, validate and develop new businessapplications in this area.

The pilot action will i) identify possible sources of open data available at regional, national and Europeandata that are related to tourism, which could be used for developing business applications; ii) identify EUand national R&I projects developing such applications and assess their challenges related to theaccessibility and use of big data and the use of new technological solutions for the purpose of decisionmaking and at the service of the visitors’ experience; iii) identify EU, national and regional technologicaland social-innovation-based solutions to reinforce the safety and resilience of destinations, e.g qualitywelcome of visitors capacity building, mentoring eco-system actors and institutional players to be able toadapt to new phenomena and new business environment to enhance the resilience of the tourismindustry; iv) develop a pilot version of a European Open Innovation Platform (website, database, etc.) andencourage European SMEs to use it. Partially finance the initial work of some SMEs as a proof ofconcept.

This action will be embedded into the work and further exploited by the interregional partnership onDigitalisation and Safety currently developed under the Smart Specialisation Platform for IndustrialModernisation.


Pilot project within the meaning of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to thegeneral budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298,

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26.10.2012, p. 1).

Justification:This action will contribute building up a smarter and safer environment for the development of tourismbusinesses and activities in Europe. The availability of the right information, skills and technology forsupporting the decisions of both private and public stakeholders will diminish the risks and, therefore,provide the right setting for bringing growth and jobs in Europe through tourism.

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Heading:Pilot project — Enhanced Tourism Cooperation between EU and India


Over the last decades, tourism has become one of the fastest and largest growing economic sectors in theworld. International tourist arrivals have risen from 278 million in 1980 to 1 035 million in 2012 and areexpected to grow by 3,3% a year on average by 2030. Europe remains the world’s number one touristdestination, accounting for half of all international tourist arrivals worldwide – with three-quarters ofthese in European Union (EU) countries. However, its position is being challenged by new touristdestinations in emerging economies.

As a continuation of the successful World Bridge Tourism project related to China, India - one of theother very important emerging countries - has an increasing importance in inbound and outboundtourism flow as well. However, due to the lack of available information, a preparatory study or researchshould be prepared. We simply lack data.

That is why the main aim of this pilot project is:

– getting some senior industry figures active on the Indian outbound (or European inbound from India)tourism market;

– concerning the new legislation of the European Commission on VISA Code, widen the ‘visas +promoting Europe in long-haul markets’ discussion;

– with the scope on India as a potential source market, carrying out a market study

– organisation of events and focus groups to discuss and disseminate the results of the study

– setting up a dedicated website as an EU-wide source of information with different versions fordifferent audiences;


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Justification:As a continuation of the successful World Bridge Tourism project related to China, with the scope of India -one of the other very important emerging countries - has an increasing importance in inbound and outboundtourism flow as well. However, due to the lack of available information, a preparatory market study orresearch should be prepared to have a detailed picture on the tourism flow.

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Item 02 03 02 01 — Support to standardisation activities performed by CEN, Cenelec and ETSI



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Item 02 03 02 01 — Support to standardisation activities performed by CEN, Cenelec and ETSI



02 03 02 01 18 562 000 17 000 000 19 854 000 17 430 000 18 554 000 17 430 000 1 300 000 19 854 000 17 430 000

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Total 18 562 000 17 000 000 19 854 000 17 430 000 18 554 000 17 430 000 1 300 000 19 854 000 17 430 000


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Item 02 03 77 08 — Pilot project — Assessing alleged differences in the quality of products sold in thesingle market

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Remarks:Before paragraph:

This appropriation is intended to cover commitments .......... settled from previous years under the pilotproject.

Add following text:

In the second phase of this pilot project starting from 2019 actions should focus on:

- continuing testing campaign, which consists of a series of market researches among several categoriesof consumer products in different Member States

- expanding the scope to non-food products (ex. detergents, cosmetics, toiletries, babies products) in orderto compare their qualitative characteristics when they are sold under the same brand, packaging and withthe use of other marketing texts. This includes adapting EU harmonised testing methodology to non-foodproducts.

- developing further the relevant consumer and market-related research on dual quality of food productsincluding impact of ingredients pricing, what influences consumer behaviour and their expectationsrelated to brands;

- setting up a Steering Committee (previously called taskforce) that will oversee this pilot project;Members of the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee togetherwith other relevant stakeholders should take part in all proceedings of this Committee and play an activerole in identifying working priorities for the second phase of the pilot project; In particular in definingselection, sampling and testing of products as well sensory analysis;

- strengthening the multistakeholder dialogue with an active role of the Members of the EuropeanParliament and preparing final report that will be presented in Member States;

Justification:In its resolution on a new agenda for European Consumer Policy of 11 June 2013, the EP emphasised that,according to the findings of various surveys, consumers are concerned on a long-term basis about possibledifferences in the quality of products with the same brand and packaging which are distributed in the singlemarket. There is a need to continue the pilot project started in 2018 to assess the situation of food productsand to expand the scope of the study also to non-food products as envisaged in PP from 2018. It is alsoimportant that the EP plays more prominent role in this process.

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Heading:Pilot project — Mending data gaps and paving the way for pan-European fire safety efforts


Europe has, over the recent decades, achieved substantial improvements in fire safety thanks to thecontinuous adjustments of regulations and implementation of national fire safety measures. The rate offire fatalities has dropped by 65% in EU Member States between 1979 and 2007, but with significantdisparities across Member States. A better understanding of these differences will help identify bestpractices. According to statistics, fire fatalities represent about 2% of accidental deaths in the EU.(Commission study regarding Regulation 305/2011/EU on the toxicity of smoke produced by constructionproducts in fires).

The Commission’s study revealed an important data gap in the coverage of statistical information on firesafety and fire casualties in buildings across Europe. In addition, the nature and format of data collectedvaries greatly across Member States, which poses an obstacle to data comparison and thereby toeffectively assessing potential best practices and successful safety approaches.

Furthermore, recent tragic events have rightly triggered renewed attention on how to improve fire safetyin buildings in Europe. One example is the revised Directive for Energy Performance in Buildingsadopted in April 2018 (revised Directive 2010/31/EU), where the Council and the European Parliamentgive emphasis to the importance of fire safety, in particular in the renovation of existing buildings inEurope.

The planned enhanced renovation efforts of the building stock in Europe present an added opportunity tofurther improve fire safety, while recognising that the issue of fire safety and prevention remains relevantin a context spanning further than renovations. Electrical safety is another key aspect and might beinfluenced by the increased deployment of infrastructure for electric vehicles in buildings as well asenhanced interactions between buildings and the grid.

The authors therefore propose a pilot project that aims to mend the data gap in Europe on fire safetycasualties, fire safety measures and fire prevention measures.

The pilot project should take into account and make use of any initiatives by the newly established FireInformation Exchange Platform (FIEP) by the European Commission. The results of this project shouldalso support the FIEP work.

The pilot project would fund an EU wide analysis and assessment of available fire safety data as well asidentify data gaps, concluding in recommendations for

a) EU-level actions to support enhanced data collection and data streamlining in statistics regarding firecasualties, fire safety and fire prevention (mending data gaps)

b) EU-level actions to support fire safety and fire prevention efforts of Member States into the domesticenvironment, including in relation to renovation of buildings (Pan-European fire safety awarenesscampaign)

The pilot project could lead to a potential subsequent preparatory action to launch EU-level actions andinitiatives to support Member States' efforts for fire safety and fire prevention, including in their buildingrenovation efforts, thereby supporting safety for Europeans as well as sustainable growth and job creationin Europe.

The pilot project would be implemented by the European Commission with possible assistance by external

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contractors, research facilities and relevant stakeholders.



Justification:The project will assess the data availability and seek to mend data gaps in the field of fire prevention andsafety. Efforts to enhance energy renovation of existing buildings in Europe through Directive 2010/31/EUas amended presents an opportunity to enhance fire safety in the process. Increased data availability willallow for effective assessing and sharing of best practices between Member States, paving the way for pan-European fire safety efforts to the benefit of Europeans.

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Heading:Pilot project — Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) Observatory of the European Commission


Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) is a pioneering source of funding for start-ups which uses the blockchaintechnology to distribute tokens in exchange of fiat money or cryptocurrencies. When the token is designedas a security (claim in a future cash flow or equity) the existing financial regulations apply. However, thevast majority of those tokens do not qualify as securities. These are classified as utility tokens.

In the case of utility tokens the ICOs gives wider flexibility for the start-ups. This flexibility, have as aresult the creation of wide range of ICO designs, characteristics, options and technical dimensions. Tosome extent this is beneficial but the legal certainty is limited if not completely absent. Consequently, wehave excellent cases of projects that cannot access funding and many seemingly excellent projects end upbeing frauds. In any case, the lack of legal certainty contributes to a volatility that does not necessarilyreflect the fundamentals of the underlying project. the absence of clear economic and legal criteria

It is of paramount importance, in order to capitalize on the benefits that utility tokens can bring totechnology transfer and innovation funding, to mitigate uncertainty, clarify best practices, and identifycriteria that distinguish a good use case from the bad. This can be achieved by the creation of an ICOObservatory under the responsibility of the European Commission and with the participation of therelated stakeholders from the market, regulatory authorities, consumer protection bodies, associationsand the academia, which will delve into the taxonomy, characteristics, secondary market design,

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prospectus elements, and best practices of the ICOs that do not qualify as securities, as well as theexamination of borderline cases of hybrid tokens.

This will be beneficial because it will give a set of criteria that will increase investors’ protection, give adirection to start-ups on which practices to choose and which to avoid, and will serve as a guideline for aregulatory framework that will allow the convergence of the regulations of the Member States.



Justification:EU needs to find innovative financial methods to channel funding to pioneering SMEs and start-ups andaccelerate technology transfer. ICOs have a strong potential in funding innovation but also great regulatorychallenges. An ICOs Observatory will be a suitable tool in mapping the utility tokens regulations of theMember States, their taxonomy, characteristics, sources of volatility and best practices, and it will also createa pool of cases that will be beneficial for the market participants.

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Total 600 000 600 000 600 000 600 000

Heading:Pilot project — Quality of service in tourism


Tourism is a key sector for economic development and job creation in Europe. Tourism bodies have anever-ending dispute over a unified hotel classification system (hotels, restaurants & other facilities inEurope). As the needs and expectation of the clients evolved, stimulating the development of the hotelsupply, the need for regulation of the activity domain became essential, by adopting measures forprotecting the rights and interests of final consumers.

Their perceptions often do not match with what they receive for the sake of insufficient and ineffectivecommunication.

The purpose of this project is to elaborate:

– A framework for a comprehensive mapping of the existing public and private initiatives (star systems,certifications schemes, etc.) for tourism that would harmonise the classification system in terms ofaccuracy and up-to-date data and would aim at bringing transparency and consistency to the service

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quality evaluation and performance;

– A framework for the content of the information provided by the travel agencies, tour operators, e-booking and review sites; the information provided to the clients should be examined, compared andcompatible with the EU level of the criteria of the identified initiatives;

– A framework regarding the trans-national cooperation among public authorities and industries inorder to improve the content of the "terms conditions" and assure a fair "agreement" between theservice provider and the tourist; the agreement should specify, among others, the payment conditionsand the rights of the tourist especially for those in case of non-compliance with the contractedservices;

– The feasibility of establishing EU - level principles on tourism service quality, including EUcompetence, added value and technical viability;



Justification:The relation between tourist and service providers must be fair and transparent. Tourists could benefit fromthis in such a way that they could make easier decisions for hotel selection and find accommodation moresuitable to their needs. It would assist tourist to prevent misperceptions. This would satisfy customerexpectations on a higher level and also yield time and financial merits. Tourism is also an importantinstrument for strengthening Europe's image in the world.

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Heading:Pilot project — Benchmark study to define a “fair” public health return and help ensure a fair return onEU medical R&D investments


The European Commission (EC) invests in biomedical R&D through its Research FrameworkProgramme, Horizon 2020 under Societal Challenge 1 on health, demographic change, and wellbeing,which has the primary objective of ‘improving the lifelong health and well-being of all’. However, the ECbiomedical R&D policy has been criticised for failing to ensure a fair public return on its investments:both the Council (See: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/06/17-epsco-conclusions-balance-pharmaceutical-system/) and the European Parliament (See:http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=&reference=2016/2057(INI)) havestressed the need to ensure that public R&D investments yield a fair return to ensure that the medicalinnovations supported by public investment focus on public health interests and the unmet medical needsof patients.

In order to ensure that public bio-medical R&D investments deliver Horizon 2020’s above-mentionedobjectives and ensure a fair return, it is crucial that a corresponding monitoring mechanism to measuresocio-economic impact be put in place. However, it is widely acknowledged that there is a huge time lag(estimated 17 years) before health research evidence reaches clinical practice, let alone generatesmeasureable health impacts. It is therefore of upmost importance to define, what the notion of a ‘fairreturn on public investment’ implies for EU biomedical investments, especially for EU financed public-private partnerships, in terms of directly observable/measurable indicators. With such benchmarks andmetrics to quantify ‘fair return’ developed, the social impact of medical R&D projects would be thought atthe stage where the projects are being scoped out and decisions are being made on the allocation ofresources, which in its turn would help to ensure the desired social impact of the EU medical R&Dprojects and guarantee a fair return on public investments.

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The proposed pilot project would seek to address the above-mentioned concerns of the European publicand EU institutions, by creating a benchmark of a ‘fair return’. With actual health impacts decades away,and the adequate monitoring mechanisms not yet in place, a benchmark for a ‘fair return’ on the EU’spublic investment is urgently needed. To this effect, this benchmark will define what a ‘fair’ public returnfor the EU’s public investments implies foro The priority setting for the allocation of R&D funding,

o The design of projects, including the expected health and other socio-economic impacts



Justification:Such a benchmark can serve to inform funding priorities and project designs in the EU Research FP, byproviding the necessary guidance and directions to lay the foundation for future impact. This would alsohave broader implications for EU policies and be especially important for the implementation of the SDGs inthe European policy framework and Commission priorities. It would help to improve and adapt the currentEU better regulation agenda by transitioning it from a standard cost-benefit analysis.

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Heading:Preparatory action — Preparation of the new EU GOVSATCOM program


The Preparatory Action will support a series of preparatory activities which are indispensable for thesuccessful start of the operational program from 2021 onwards such as:

- industrial systems-studies for the GOVSATCOM "Hub", the new ground infrastructure to seamlesslyinterconnect users and providers;

- development and prototyping of GOVSATCOM Hub and services elements;

- establishment and demonstration of various civilian application scenarios in crisis management, civilprotection, surveillance and key infrastructures management;

- other preparatory activities, including the analysis of the GOVSATCOM supply and demand beyond themid-2020's.

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Justification:The Preparatory Action (PA) is linked to the Regulation for the establishment of an EU GOVSATCOMProgram, which the Commission proposes in the framework of the MFF 2021-2027.

This PA has a total budget of 40 million EUR, with payments spread over three years, 2019-2021.

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Heading:Pilot project — Measuring the Cultural and Creative Industries in the EU


There are about 3 million enterprises in the CCI in Europe (EU) today. They generate 1.5 billion eurosturnover and employ 12 million people. The creation of gross value added in the cultural and creativeindustries amounts to 508 billion euros (year 2013) which is on par with traditional sectors like themechanical engineering industry and car industry with a combined turnover of 490 billion euros in 2015(Eurostat 2017).

A multi-year effort by Eurostat, the central statistical agency of the EU Commission, has made availableto us an extensive database of basic data on the cultural sector. This work can be used as starting point inthe development of a statistical model to capture the culture and creative sectors. The relevant unit atEurostat has published important methodical foundations regarding this work.

The following foundational work has been made available by Eurostat:

Eurostat (2000). Cultural Statistics in the EU. Final report of the Leadership Group, Eurostat Workingpaper, EU Commission

Working Group European Statistical System Network on Culture (2012). ESSnet-Culture Final report,Ministry of Culture Luxembourg (Project coordinator), Eurostat

Eurostat Working Group Culture Statistics. Revision work on culture definition 2018

The following statistical databases have been made available by Eurostat:

Eurostat (annual data). Statistics on cultural employment

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Eurostat (annual data). Statistics on enterprises in cultural sectors

Eurostat (annual data). Statistics on international trade in cultural goods and services

Eurostat (2007). Cultural Statistics in Europe, Pocketbook, EU Commission

Eurostat (2011). Cultural Statistics. 2011 Edition Pocketbooks, EU Commission

Eurostat (2016). Cultural Statistics. 2016 Edition Statistical Books, EU Commission

Starting from Eurostat’s work, a research model shall be developed that we intend to extend to acomprehensive statistical model.

– Rather than a singular analysis, this statistical model enables an ongoing, regular statistical analysisof the economic, cultural and social potential of the CCI in Europe

– The statistical model is to be developed on three levels: on the level of the EU at large, on the level ofthe individual Member States and on the level of regions inside the member states (NUTS-2)

– It will be assessed in the scope of a two year pilot project and can be extended to a regular monitoringof the CCI

– Using this statistical model and the successive monitoring, a regular coverage of the economicdevelopment of the CCI will be provided

The statistical model encompasses the following parts:

Core definition

The conceptual definition of the CCI comprises the cultural and creative industries as well as the arts andcrafts, fashion and high-end industries. All sectors will be linked to fixed lists of economic andoccupational branches (NACE/ISCO-classification) in order to create an overall statistical framework ofthe CCI. This list of branches can be varied in a modular fashion if need be.

The development of the conceptual definition for this pilot project begins with the foundational statisticalmodel of definitions of the cultural sector that was developed by Eurostat and the EU member states aspart of the “ESSnet Culture Final Report 2012“.This model achieves a broad capturing of cultural and creative activities. It includes all the importantdefinitions in the EU in the statistical model.

The uniqueness of this new definition lies in the modular structure of the individual statistical branches.This makes it possible to compile customised analyses based on different perspectives on the CCI. Ananalysis focused on cultural policy could exclude the software industries while one focusing oninnovation policy could include design, advertisement and software/games.

Core indicators

The selection of the indicators follows the methodological guidelines of UNESCO, OECD and Eurostatand includes the following core indicators

– Enterprises

– Turnover and value added

– Employees and persons employed

– Independent artists, cultural workers and creatives

Data sources

Only official statistical sources (Eurostat, national statistics offices) will be drawn from, no commercialeconomic data bases will be used.

The following statistical sources, already published by Eurostat, will be of foundational importance.

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Statistics on enterprises in cultural sectors

Source: Structural Business Statistics and Business Demography

Statistics on cultural enterprises cover industry, construction, trade and service enterprises classifiedaccording to the Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev.2). This classification allows for a detailed sectoral breakdown of business activities (up to four-digitlevel). SBS provide information on the number of enterprises and many other economic indicators, e.g.value added, turnover, personnel costs.

Statistics on cultural employment

Source: Labour Force Survey

Statistics on cultural employment relate to the number of workers (employees and self-employed) in thecultural field. The concept of cultural employment includes all individuals working in a culture-relatedeconomic activity, as well as all individuals with a culture-related occupation.

Statistics on international trade in cultural goods and services

Source: COMEXT and Balance of Payments

Statistics on international trade in cultural goods enable to measure the value of cultural goods tradedbetween EU Member States (intra-EU trade) and between Member States and non-EU countries (extra-EU trade). Such statistics provide a picture of culture related products in the international trade and givesome idea of the impact of the culture on the economy.

In addition to sources made available by Eurostat, additional work is required to close an important datagap.

There are certain cultural activities for which Eurostat lacks authorization to gather data for thecorresponding economic branches (such as NACE rev.2, code 90 and code 91). These gaps will be filledby direct inquiry at the national statistics offices of the member states.

All data included in the statistical model will be made publicly available to guarantee transparency andraise trust in its validity.

Geographic delineation

In the pilot project, the following three geographic level will be considered:

– The European level (EU)

– The national level (Member States)

– The regional level (NUTS-2 level) as data availability allows

Empirical results

All results generated with the statistical model will be presented along four dimensions, followingUNESCO

– Economic relevance (turnover, value added, enterprises)

– Social relevance (Employment, self-employment)

– Cultural relevance (artist, cultural workers and creatives)

– Regional relevance (regional profiles of NUTS-regions)

Implementation of the statistical model:

Start of the pilot project:

2019 Start of pilot project

2020 Follow-on pilot project

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Project management

Setup of a project office with project leader, research staff and administrative staff

Synopsis of all definitions of cultural and creative industries

Survey of all studies on cultural and creative industries on EU level, member states level and regionallevel

Collection and synopsis of all definitions of cultural and creative industries

EU Commission, EU Parliament, Council of Europe

All member states (source: “Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe")

Cooperation with research units and departments having produced relevant studies in the past

Statistical definition

Preparation of a statistical definition of cultural and creative industries according to classificationsystems NACE rev.2 and ISCO-08

Preparation of a proposal for a harmonised European model, including individual country classifications

Data collection

Data collection at Eurostat and national statistics offices

Data processing and evaluation of EU data and national data

Consultation with relevant experts and filling-in missing data

Analysis and processing of empirical findings

Milestones

Pilot project: 12 months

Development for Europe (EU), collection and processing of Eurostat data

Selection of EU member states, collection and processing of data on national basis and EU basis (AT,DE, EE, FR, HR, PL, PT, RO)

Follow-on project: 12 months

Selection of all EU member states

Network

Development of a circle of experts from the member countries (these will mainly be researchers whoalready produced relevant studies on the topic for national governments and young researchers.

Stakeholder

The statistical model will be presented to and discussed with the stakeholders in high-level-workshops tobe held twice yearly. The following groups of stakeholders will be invited to these workshops:

EU Commission (Eurostat, DGs), EU Parliament,

European CCI associations

National ministries for culture, economic affairs and innovation, national statistics offices

European research networks, national research groups

Outcome

After a pilot phase of two years, a statistical model will exist with which the economic importance of theCCI on the EU level, the national level and the regional level can be demonstrated. An extension into aregular, yearly monitoring will be considered after a final evaluation.

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The model will reveal current trends on the situation of the CCI as an economically strong and relevantindustry on par with other, more established industries. It will provide meaningful indicators that can beincluded in public and political debates on an ongoing basis.



Justification:This project aims to create a prototype of a statistical model to enable a regular monitoring of the CCI in theEU. It highlights the economic, cultural and social relevance of the European CCI. It is based on officialstatistics and offers a valid basis for rational decision making. It serves as a reference model for all memberstates in setting national and regional policies. The US Federal Government recently initiated a long termmonitoring of the arts and cultural production in the USA.

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Total 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:Pilot project — Space Traffic Management


Europe depends more and more on space technologies as the satellite sector provides new applications inboth civilian and military domain. The risk of interferences of space actors and space objects isincreasing. The need of a Space Traffic Management (STM) is evident in order to: ensure safe conduct ofspace activities (exploration and utilisation of space, space applications and services) and to shape theevolution of the legal and regulatory framework for space activities. The legal foundation is provided bythe international space law treaties. The Space Situational Awareness (SSA) could be used as aprerequisite for the STM.

STM could comprise the following actions:

1. interdisciplinary research;

2. opinion building;

3. advancing technical prerequisites and international cooperation;

4. preparation in UNCOPUOS, ITU, ICAO and inter-governmental forums;

5. raising public awareness.

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What could be achieved through a STM :

1. guarantee the prosperity and advancement of future generations through keeping spaceflight safe andthe exploration and use sustainable;

2. deal with the problems and promises of spaceflight by addressing all phases of traffic to enter outerspace, operate in outer space and return from outer space;

3. tackle the ongoing safety and sustainability deterioration by tying existing technologies, infrastructuresand legal instruments together.



Justification:The number of satellites in orbit in 2015 amounted to 1265 satellites, therefore capturing technical andregulatory aspects of the satellites constellations is needed. This pilot project could tackle: application ofspace law, completion the Outer Space Traffic Rules, enabling the interoperability of space systems throughan OST Technical standards regime. The proposal for this pilot project has also received support from theDG GROW.

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02 05 11 31 338 525 31 338 525 32 270 863 32 270 863 31 970 863 31 970 863 2 711 000 2 711 000 34 681 863 34 681 863

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Total 31 338 525 31 338 525 32 270 863 32 270 863 31 970 863 31 970 863 2 711 000 2 711 000 34 681 863 34 681 863

Justification:The GSA is currently experiencing a resourcing gap, in particular concerning security of Galileo andEGNOS systems and Public Regulated Service, and existing short-term solutions are not sustainable inmedium and long term. Additional staff posts and adequate financial resources for this specific critical tasksneed to be provided for 2019.

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02 05 11 31 338 525 31 338 525 32 270 863 32 270 863 31 970 863 31 970 863 300 000 300 000 32 270 863 32 270 863

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02 06 01 129 364 000 131 000 000 187 755 000 140 000 000 138 755 000 140 000 000 49 000 000 187 755 000 140 000 000

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02 06 01 129 364 000 131 000 000 187 755 000 140 000 000 138 755 000 140 000 000 49 000 000 187 755 000 140 000 000

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Article 02 06 02 — Building an autonomous Union’s Earth observation capacity (Copernicus)



02 06 02 498 227 000 474 000 000 686 315 000 472 000 000 587 315 000 472 000 000 99 000 000 686 315 000 472 000 000

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02 06 02 498 227 000 474 000 000 686 315 000 472 000 000 587 315 000 472 000 000 99 000 000 686 315 000 472 000 000

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04 01 01 69 588 014 69 588 014 71 737 454 71 737 454 71 118 582 71 118 582 618 872 618 872 71 737 454 71 737 454

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04 01 02 01 4 910 457 4 910 457 5 031 180 5 031 180 4 833 189 4 833 189 197 991 197 991 5 031 180 5 031 180

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04 01 02 11 4 859 029 4 859 029 4 809 029 4 809 029 4 642 062 4 642 062 166 967 166 967 4 809 029 4 809 029

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Article 04 01 03 — Expenditure relating to information and communication technology equipment andservices of the ‘Employment, social affairs and inclusion’ policy area



04 01 03 4 498 399 4 498 399 4 794 839 4 794 839 4 698 166 4 698 166 96 673 96 673 4 794 839 4 794 839

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Total 4 498 399 4 498 399 4 794 839 4 794 839 4 698 166 4 698 166 96 673 96 673 4 794 839 4 794 839


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Article 04 02 64 — Youth Employment Initiative



04 02 64 350 000 000 600 000 000 233 333 333 631 500 000 233 333 333 631 500 000 116 666 667 350 000 000 631 500 000

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Total 350 000 000 600 000 000 233 333 333 631 500 000 233 333 333 631 500 000 116 666 667 350 000 000 631 500 000

Justification:The 2019 budget needs to continue demonstrating great ambition to fight youth unemployment and thereforethere shouldn't be any reduction in the commitment appropriations compared to the previous year.

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04 02 65 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

Reserve 11 102 000 8 327 000 12 078 000 11 785 200 12 078 000 11 785 200 -12 078 000 -11 785 200 p.m. p.m.

Total 11 102 000 8 327 000 12 078 000 11 785 200 12 078 000 11 785 200 -12 078 000 -11 785 200 p.m. p.m.

Remarks:Amend text as follows:

There will be noThis appropriation because there will be nois intended to cover the financial contributionfromprovided by the ESF to the European Solidarity Corps. The heading for the European Solidarity Corpsmust be changed from 1b to 1a.in line with its general and specific objectives.

Justification:There will be no appropriation because there will be no financial contribution from the ESF to the EuropeanSolidarity Corps. The heading for the European Solidarity Corps must be changed from 1b to 1a. Newinitiatives must be financed with new financial means.

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Tabled by Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

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Total 772 887 949 544 200 000 772 887 949 544 200 000

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European Social Fund — Less developed regions — Investment to increase women’s employment rate


This appropriation is intended to promote equality between women and men in order to improve theemployability of women and their participation in the labour market through specific actions under theESF growth and jobs goal in less developed regions in the 2014-2020 programming period. Specialattention should be paid to non-discrimination in the labour market, combating the feminisation ofpoverty, access to education and affordable childcare services.


Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European SocialFund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the EuropeanMaritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European RegionalDevelopment Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime andFisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320).

Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 onthe European Social Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013,p. 470), and in particular Article 7 thereof.

Justification:Article 7 of the European Social Fund Regulation lays down the principle of gender equality and theobligation to implement gender mainstreaming throughout the preparation, implementation, monitoring andevaluation of the operational programmes. In addition, one of the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy is toreach a target of 75% employment rate. Unfortunately, women’s employment rate is systematically lowerthan men’s employment rate, therefore, we need targeted actions with a specific budget allocation toimprove this situation.

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04 02 67 193 550 322 148 200 000 193 550 322 148 200 000

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Total 193 550 322 148 200 000 193 550 322 148 200 000

Heading:European Social Fund - Transition regions - Investment to increase women's employment rate

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This appropriation is intended to promote equality between women and men in order to improve theemployability of women and their participation in the labour market through specific actions under theESF growth and jobs goal in transition regions in the 2014-2020 programming period. Special attentionshould be paid to non-discrimination in the labour market, combating the feminisation of poverty, accessto education and affordable childcare services.





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04 02 68 376 830 505 326 950 000 376 830 505 326 950 000

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Total 376 830 505 326 950 000 376 830 505 326 950 000

Heading:European Social Fund — More developed regions — Investment to increase women’s employment rate


This appropriation is intended to promote equality between women and men in order to improve theemployability of women and their participation in the labour market through specific actions under theESF growth and jobs goal in more developed regions in the 2014-2020 programming period. Specialattention should be paid to non-discrimination in the labour market, combating the feminisation ofpoverty, access to education and affordable childcare services.

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Item 04 03 01 03 — Free movement of workers, coordination of social security schemes and measures formigrants, including migrants from third countries



04 03 01 03 8 929 000 6 175 000 7 998 950 7 100 000 7 998 950 7 100 000 930 050 8 929 000 7 100 000

Reserve

Total 8 929 000 6 175 000 7 998 950 7 100 000 7 998 950 7 100 000 930 050 8 929 000 7 100 000

Justification:There has not been a reduction in demand for this budget line and therefore the commitments have to be atthe same level as the Budget 2018. The foreseen adoption of the new Regulation on the coordination ofsocial security schemes will introduce changes that will require implementation.

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Item 04 03 01 04 — Analysis of and studies on the social situation, demographics and the family


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04 03 01 04 4 290 000 3 450 000 4 451 000 4 300 000 4 151 000 4 300 000 300 000 4 451 000 4 300 000

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Total 4 290 000 3 450 000 4 451 000 4 300 000 4 151 000 4 300 000 300 000 4 451 000 4 300 000


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Item 04 03 01 05 — Information and training measures for workers’ organisations



04 03 01 05 19 767 000 18 200 000 20 273 200 19 000 000 20 273 200 19 000 000 1 726 800 2 000 000 22 000 000 21 000 000

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Total 19 767 000 18 200 000 20 273 200 19 000 000 20 273 200 19 000 000 1 726 800 2 000 000 22 000 000 21 000 000

Justification:In a context of stagnation and wage contention, taking into account that both the Commission and the ECBrecommend a general increase in wages, it is of utmost importance to strengthen workers organizationsacross Europe to balance their position in wage setting institutions.

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Item 04 03 01 06 — Information, consultation and participation of representatives of undertakings



04 03 01 06 7 106 000 4 500 000 7 903 000 5 000 000 7 103 000 5 000 000 1 800 000 1 000 000 8 903 000 6 000 000

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Total 7 106 000 4 500 000 7 903 000 5 000 000 7 103 000 5 000 000 1 800 000 1 000 000 8 903 000 6 000 000

Justification:In a context of stagnation and wage contention, taking into account that both the Commission and the ECBrecommend a general increase in wages, it is of utmost importance to strengthen workers organizationsacross Europe to balance their position in wage setting institutions. Workers participation in companymatters has a positive impact in productivity, employment maintenance and decent wages.

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Item 04 03 01 08 — Industrial relations and social dialogue



04 03 01 08 15 038 000 12 400 000 16 000 000 9 700 000 15 000 000 9 700 000 1 000 000 16 000 000 9 700 000

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Total 15 038 000 12 400 000 16 000 000 9 700 000 15 000 000 9 700 000 1 000 000 16 000 000 9 700 000


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Item 04 03 02 01 — Progress — Supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation ofUnion employment and social policy and working conditions legislation



04 03 02 01 77 589 483 55 000 000 77 373 225 60 000 000 74 373 225 60 000 000 3 000 000 77 373 225 60 000 000

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Total 77 589 483 55 000 000 77 373 225 60 000 000 74 373 225 60 000 000 3 000 000 77 373 225 60 000 000


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Item 04 03 02 02 — EURES — Promoting workers’ voluntary geographical mobility and boostingemployment opportunities



04 03 02 02 23 734 000 20 700 000 28 626 491 15 000 000 24 126 491 15 000 000 4 500 000 5 700 000 28 626 491 20 700 000

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Total 23 734 000 20 700 000 28 626 491 15 000 000 24 126 491 15 000 000 4 500 000 5 700 000 28 626 491 20 700 000

Justification:EURES-portal will gradually be shifted under the European Labour Authority in 2019 and 2020. In order toguarantee that the activities of the portal continue without disruptions, it is important to safeguard sufficientfunding.

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Item 04 03 02 03 — Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship — Increasing access to, and the availabilityof, financing for legal and physical persons, especially those furthest from the labour market, and socialenterprises



04 03 02 03 26 989 000 36 380 000 20 811 339 40 000 000 20 811 339 40 000 000 6 177 661 26 989 000 40 000 000

Reserve

Total 26 989 000 36 380 000 20 811 339 40 000 000 20 811 339 40 000 000 6 177 661 26 989 000 40 000 000

Justification:The role of microfinance and social enterprises is important in creating jobs and promoting upward socialconvergence. It therefore needs to be ensured that this financial instrument has sufficient resources.

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Article 04 03 11 — European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions



04 03 11 20 370 512 20 370 512 20 779 000 20 779 000 20 779 000 20 779 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 21 779 000 21 779 000

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Total 20 370 512 20 370 512 20 779 000 20 779 000 20 779 000 20 779 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 21 779 000 21 779 000


Dublin-based Eurofound is faced with a the continuous substantial increase in the Irish countrycoefficient of more than 9 index-points since 2013 (from 109.1 in 2013 to 118.3 in 2017) resultingtogether with basic salary adjustments in an increase of more than 1,000,000 EUR in staff costs. Thedevelopment of the coefficient is outside Eurofound’s control and could not be offset by staff reductions.This led to the unsustainable situation that the title 1-share of the budget went from 57% (2013) to 65%(2018) mainly at the cost of the operational budget in title 3, with title 2 frozen. While a regular automaticadjustment of the budget in line with the development of the country coefficient is not foreseen, and noteven desirable, the request reflects the cumulative impact of a multiannual increase (with a trend likely tocontinue), This additional amount should be made available on an annual basis independent of anyfuture increases in the country coefficient (+1 000 000 EUR).The Internal Audit Service of theCommission is currently finalising the Draft Audit Report. One of the findings is that Eurofound worksunder an overall budget stability (budget freeze), staff cuts and a push to do the same or more with lessresources. Specifically, certain core title 3 (operational expenditure) costs are steadily rising (i.e. costsresulting from the tenders for carrying out surveys). At the same time, titleThis appropriation is intended tocover the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) staffand administrative expenditure (Titles 1 (Staff expenditure) expenditure is growing due to the increased

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seniority of the staff and the historic increase in the country coefficient (Ireland), leaving less remainingresources for title 3 (and for the research reports).and 2), and operational expenditure for the workprogramme (Title 3).

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Eurofound must inform the European Parliament and the Council about transfers of appropriations betweenoperational and administrative expenditure.

The Union contribution for 2019 amounts to a total of EUR 20 779 000.

Part of this appropriation is intended for studies on working conditions and industrial relations in support ofpolicies ensuring more and better jobs, making work more sustainable and strengthening social dialogue inEurope.

A further part of this appropriation is intended for studies and forward looking research on labour markets,and specifically the monitoring and anticipation of structural change, its impact on employment andmanagement of the consequences.

The appropriation will also cover research and gathering of knowledge on living conditions and quality oflife, with a particular focus on social policies and the role of public services in improving quality of life.Research into reconciliation of professional and private life and precarious employment, including breakingdown by gender, should be also covered by the appropriation.

Finally this appropriation will be used for the analysis of the impact of digitalisation on all of the abovedescribed areas as well as for studies contributing to policies aimed at upward convergence in the Union.

The Foundation’s establishment plan is set out in Annex ‘Staff’ to this section.

Justification:The EP has repetitively expressed concerns about this issue:

EP report on discharge 2016 and EMPL opinion on the mandate for the trilogue 2019 draft budget expressthis concern about the negative budgetary impact of the growing Irish country coefficient which increasinglyrisks undermining the financial capability of the Foundation to deliver on its mandate; expects action to betaken by the Institutions of the Union to offset the effects.

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Article 04 03 13 — European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)



04 03 13 17 100 237 17 100 237 16 110 395 16 110 395 16 110 395 16 110 395 349 000 349 000 16 459 395 16 459 395

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Total 17 100 237 17 100 237 16 110 395 16 110 395 16 110 395 16 110 395 349 000 349 000 16 459 395 16 459 395

Justification:As demands made on vocational education and training have been increasing in recent years due its potentialto promote employability, economic excellence and social inclusion, CEDEFOP needs an ambitious budgetby the reinstatement of CEDEFOP 2019 draft budget in line with the Multi-annual Financial Framework.

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Article 04 03 14 — European Training Foundation (ETF)



04 03 14 20 056 297 20 056 297 20 488 990 20 488 990 20 457 990 20 457 990 31 000 31 000 20 488 990 20 488 990

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Total 20 056 297 20 056 297 20 488 990 20 488 990 20 457 990 20 457 990 31 000 31 000 20 488 990 20 488 990


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04 03 54 p.m. p.m.

Reserve 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000

Total 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000

Heading:Mainstreaming gender in the area of competences of ELA


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The appropriation is intended to cover the implementation of gender mainstreaming in the area ofcompetences of the European Labour Authority, including the implementation of gender impactassessments and the inclusion of specific indicators in the annual and multiannual programmes, theimplementation of gender budgeting, the inclusion of a gender dimension in the monitoring andreporting, the collection of gender-disaggregated data and the coordination with EIGE.

Conditions for releasing the reserve:Add following text:

These appropriations have been entered in the reserve and will be released following the adoption of thelegislative act establishing the European Labour Authority.

Reference acts:Add following text:

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, submitted by the Commission

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on 13 March 2018, establishing a European Labour Authority (COM(2018) 131 final).

Justification:The European Labour Authority will play an important role in the area of cross-border labour mobility.Since women are disproportionately and often involuntarily concentrated in precarious work, it is importantto introduce measures, with its specific budget allocation, to ensure gender equality also in this domain.

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Item 04 03 77 25 — Preparatory action — Child Guarantee Scheme / Establishing a European childguarantee and financial support



04 03 77 25 900 000 450 000 p.m. 1 450 000 p.m. 1 450 000 15 000 000 7 000 000 15 000 000 8 450 000

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Total 900 000 450 000 p.m. 1 450 000 p.m. 1 450 000 15 000 000 7 000 000 15 000 000 8 450 000


To make the child guarantee a successful instrument .......... the implementing framework for the childguarantee:


This appropriation is intended to cover commitments remaining to be settled from previous years under thepreparatory action.

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Inequalities are considered to be a cause of macroeconomic destabilisation and to reduce growth. ThereforeEuropean and national action to correct inequalities affecting children can be seen as a long-term policy formacroeconomic stabilisation and growth. Opening up opportunities can spur stronger economic performanceand improve living standards.

Fighting poverty and social exclusion is one of the Europe 2020 targets: to reduce by at least 20 million thenumber of people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion. However, between 2008 and 2014, thenumber of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU-27 increased from 116 million to 121million; almost every fourth person in the EU-27 is at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Amongst thisgroup, child poverty is alarming. In 2014, more than 26 million children in the Union were at risk of povertyand more than nine million suffered from severe material deprivation. If no measures are taken to correctthis situation, they will be at greater risk of failing in the education system (Europe 2020 target foreducation) and will have the most difficulties in entering the labour market (Europe 2020 target foremployment). The child guarantee is an integrated approach to tackling child poverty, aiming at fullyimplementing the Commission’s ‘Investing in Children’ recommendation, to ensure that every child inEurope at risk of poverty (including refugees) has access to free health care, free education, free childcare,decent housing and adequate nutrition. Covering these five areas of action through European and nationalaction plans would ensure that the living conditions and opportunities of millions of children in Europeimprove considerably and with a long-term perspective. The child guarantee is a key horizontal policy andshould be regarded as an investment in the stability and prosperity of the Union, which is necessary for

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preserving the Union’s growth potential.

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This will be achieved through independent research .......... Ombudspersons for Children) and technicalworkshops.

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The first two years of this preparatory action are being dedicated to mapping child poverty in Europe, itsmechanisms and causes and the feasibility and conditions for the Child Guarantee to be implemented,notably by analysing four specific groups of vulnerable children that are known to be particularly at risk(children in precarious families, children residing in institutions, children of recent migrants andrefugees and disabled children and other children with special needs).

The third year of the preparatory action should be dedicated to developing experimental project/s wherethe results of the previous analysis will be put in practice to test that a child guarantee scheme couldprovide a new approach to reducing child poverty in a sustainable way. It should be used to determinewhether a child guarantee scheme can better support vulnerable children, improve their education,health, housing, nutrition and the labour market integration of the parents when relevant.

Two to four groups of eligible applicants should be identified as well as the areas of action that will becovered by the child guarantee scheme (education, childcare, healthcare, housing and nutrition) in thespecific community (mainly municipalities). The pilot scheme should cover them during a period of 6 to12 months.

The results of the experimental project should be evaluated by a group of experts representinginstitutions, local authorities, agencies and stakeholders, including civil society organization. This groupshould also examine the feasibility of the so-called comprehensive or integrated approach whose ultimateaim would be to provide a child guarantee scheme to all children.

The results should serve as a basis for drafting the proposal for Establishing the European childguarantee and its financial support.

Justification:European and national action to correct inequalities is a long term policy of macroeconomic stabilization andgrowth. The Child Guarantee is an integrated approach to tackling child poverty that places children at thecenter of poverty alleviation policies. Policies providing income support must be combined with others thatpromote and increase access to quality services, such as education, childcare, health, housing and nutrition.It will help to reach EU2020 targets and SDGs.

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Item 04 03 77 27 — Pilot project — Promotion of domestic worker cooperatives and service voucherschemes



04 03 77 27 700 000 350 000 p.m. 350 000 p.m. 350 000 1 500 000 400 000 1 500 000 750 000

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Total 700 000 350 000 p.m. 350 000 p.m. 350 000 1 500 000 400 000 1 500 000 750 000

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This appropriation is intended to cover commitments remaining to be settled from previous years under thepilot project.


In the personal and household services sector (PHS), a sector with high potential for job creation, there aresuccessful experiences through the implementation of Service Voucher system, as in France orBelgium.experience with implementing service voucher schemes, such as in France or Belgium, has beenpositive. Most of the workers in the PHS sector are women, howeverworkers in the PHS sector are women;however, 60% of them are migrants and many are cross-border workers, thereforeand consequently there areimportant loopholes, lack of organization of the workers through trade unions and cooperativesloopholesand limited or fragmented access to information about the rights and the obligations of the workers in thissector. In Member States like France or Belgium, the development ofobligations of workers in this sector.In Member States such as France and Belgium, a dedicated socio-fiscaltax framework has allowed theregularization of the activity of the sector and addressingbeen developed to regularise activities in thesector and address the issue of undeclared work. In order to increase the number of Member States puttingin placeapplying a policy on PHS and to support decent working conditions and representation of workersin this sector the Pilot Project will continue implementing thework in this sector, the pilot project will havetwo objectives in place, which are:main objectives: (1) to help Member States develop service voucherschemes (or in an initial phase trial them in certain municipalities; and (2) to introduce an effective socialdialogue in this sector.

1) Help Member States to develop, or firstly to experiment in some municipalities, service voucherschemes and also to help workers in this sector to improve the quality of their jobs and services via, forexample, collaborative platforms and professional training;This pilot project will provide advice, technicalassistance and a range of tailored guidance activities and recommendations to Member States interested indeveloping the PHS sector, and will support the exchange of good practices among key stakeholders,national public administrations (municipalities/local administrations in the case of a trial introduction) andorganisations of domestic workers, carers and employers.

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2) and put in place an effective social dialogue in this sector.


Therefore the goal will be the creation of grassroots cooperatives at local level, the establishment of legalguidance and advice on worker's rights and obligations as well as pursuit the regularization andprotection of these workers through the implementation of the voucher system in target municipalities ormember states. In that sense, a "self-directed" platform (in the form of a worker’s cooperative, forexample) with in addition to its role asRegarding the social dialogue and decent working conditions, theproject will facilitate the professionalisation of these jobs, the dissemination of information on the rights andobligations of workers and employers and the creation and development of an intermediary, the possibilityto provide a network of exchanges between workers about their rights and duties, to ensure the defence ofthe workers, to propose a salary grid and to propose the use of a legal status should be put inplace.effective social dialogue.

Thus, with this Pilot project we request an extension of the previous project approved last year, to deepenin its results, given the positive feedback of the Commission, and double the investment with 1.5 millionfor implementation during a period of 24 months, as some challenging achievements have been met butfurther could be accomplished. This pilot project will continue to need to be supported by the principalEuropean stakeholders in the PHS sector.

Justification:Women who work in the domestic sector have to normally face various disadvantageous situations. Thesefactors affect the social protection of these women, and decrease the expected social contributions to the

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social security and tax regime. In addition, isolation and lack of information in the cross-border activity is anadditional risk for labour conditions abuse. In order to guide the stakeholders to guarantee theaccomplishment of rights and legal obligations, this PP should be extended.

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04 03 77 28 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

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Total 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:Pilot project — Implementation of the research methodology "Multidimensional Inequality Framework"to the European Union


The differences among social groups based on age, origin or income have been increasing in manyEuropean countries over the last few decades. Moreover, the economic crisis has accelerated certainmacroeconomics trends and recovery has been uneven. Sluggish economic growth since the crisis hascontributed to stagnant, or even falling, standards of living in many European households. Althoughinequality is predominately measured in terms of economic variables, such as earnings, income or wealth,there is a growing recognition that inequality is multidimensional, experienced across a number of lifedomains, such as health, physical security and participation. Oxfam Intermon and the London School ofEconomic, combining academic expertise with practitioner knowledge, have developed a systematicapproach to conceptualising and measuring multidimensional inequality. We will also developing thiswork with the advisor support of Eurofound or other possible partners. The Multidimensional InequalityFramework (MIF) developed through this collaboration is theoretically grounded on Amartya Sen’scapability approach and facilitates a systematic assessment of inequalities.

The Framework has been developed to allow for the measurement of inequality between groups (age,gender, ethnicity, disability status, etc.), sometimes referred to as ‘horizontal inequality’ (for example,inequality in the experience of physical violence or loneliness) and overall measures of inequality,sometimes referred to as ‘vertical inequality’ (for example, inequality in educational attainment orwealth), which can also be expressed in terms of social gradients. Through the identification of drivers,the Framework also recognises the interconnections between dimensions; inequalities in one domain canbe seen to drive inequalities in another domain.

The Multidimensional Inequality Framework not only offers European leaders a solid path to understandinequalities and their interconnections in seven life domains but also to identify drivers and potentialsolutions to fight inequalities at EU level and in each of the Member States. The seven life domainsaround which MIF is structured are:

1. Life and health: Inequality in the capability to be alive and to live a healthy life

2. Personal safety and security: Inequality in the capability to live in physical safety and legal security

3. Education and learning: Inequality in the capability to be knowledgeable, to understand and reason,and to have the skills to participate in society

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4. Financial security and dignified work: Inequality in the capability to achieve financial independenceand security, enjoy dignified and fair work, and recognition of unpaid work and care

5. Comfortable, independent and secure living conditions: Inequality in the capability to enjoycomfortable, independent and secure living conditions

6. Participation, influence and voice: Inequality in the capability to participate in decision-making, have avoice and influence

7. Individual, family and social life: Inequality in the capability to enjoy individual, family and social life,to express yourself and to have self-respect

The flexibility of Framework means that it can be applied to a variety of situations: to assess currentlevels of inequalities; to make comparisons between countries; to examine trends over time.

This Pilot Project will use this multidimensional approach to develop a rich understanding of inequalitiesand identify drivers and potential solutions for decision makers to take steps to reduce inequalities withinthe European Union at three levels: (1) within the European Union, treated as one population; (2) withineach of the Member States and (3) between Member States for a selected range of comparable inequalityindicators. In the future it would be possible to examine trends over time and to assess the impact ofmacro-level shocks such as the financial crisis.



Justification:The financial crisis, sluggish economic growth and uneven recovery have impacted on the lives ofEuropeans in a variety of ways. We know that this has been unequal and have seen the negative impact onsocial cohesion, how less advantaged groups are disengaging with mainstream politics, and how the natureof work is changing. The use of the Multidimensional Inequality Framework will allow policy makers at EUlevel to identify main drivers and potential solutions to reduce inequality and poverty.

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04 03 77 28 600 000 300 000 600 000 300 000

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Total 600 000 300 000 600 000 300 000

Heading:Pilot project — Promoting European inclusive workplaces by supporting Muslim women’s access toemployment

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Several international, European and national reports have highlighted the high rates of Muslim women,especially those who are visibly Muslims. In this sense, discrimination against Muslims has beendescribed by many researchers and advocates as an extreme form of gendered discrimination. Wearingthe headscarf is a key obstacle in finding or keeping a job. This is best exemplified by the fact that the firsttwo cases on religious discrimination brought before the Court of Justice of the European Union wereabout dismissals on the basis of the wearing of the headscarf by two Muslim women, one case in Franceand another in Belgium.

Objectives

1. Promote the development of inclusive workplaces across Europe

2. Document employers’ practices related to neutrality rules and bans on religious dresses

3. Strengthen and build capacities of Muslim women to access their rights and access to employment

4. Support a correct implementation of the Equality Employment Directive and its recent case law in frontof the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Key actions

a. Commission a study on European companies’ practices related to neutrality and religious diversity.This would help to understand the extent to which companies have introduced neutrality rules thatprohibit or allow religious dresses. This study could also show if there has been any impact of the Achbitaand Bougnaoui cases on employers’ diversity and neutrality policies.b. Develop a third-party reporting mechanism that would allow Muslim women to anonymously reportany perceived abuses regarding religious dress restrictions at work and in higher education (in 5identified countries). A body will be charged to check the legality of reported cases.

c. Develop an awareness-raising campaign promoting inclusive workplaces and Muslim women’s agencyand informing about reporting mechanism (in 5 identified countries).

d. Organise an EU high-level forum with public and private employers, NGOs, trade unions, diversitytrainers, etc. from across Europe and North America to share positive practices of religious diversity andhighlight key solutions to main obstacles. This high-level forum would include a specific workshop onhow to deal with the implications of the Achbita and Bougnaoui cases for both employers and employees.



Justification:This project will support the development and sharing of inclusive diversity practices across Europe and thefull inclusion of all women, including Muslim women, to access the labour market and be economicallyindependent.

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04 03 77 29 200 000 100 000 200 000 100 000

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Total 200 000 100 000 200 000 100 000

Heading:Pilot project — Young carers in Europe: Who are they and what support do they need?


There is very limited data on young (adult) carers in EU Member States. Limited national statistics showthat approximately 6-7% of carers in EU Member States including Sweden and the Netherlands areyoung carers under the age of 17. The 2016 census in Ireland revealed that children under 15 provided2,2 million hours of care per year. In Italy there are thought to be close to 170,000 young people (15-24years) with caring responsibilities. Young carers (under 18 years olds) and young adult carers (aged 18-24) provide care, assistance or support to another family member – a parent, sibling or other relative whois disabled, has a chronic illness, mental health problem or other condition with a need for care, supportor supervision. According to EIGE, five times as many young women aged 15-24 are engaged in carework (including care for elderly, people with disabilities, and in this research also care for children,which is not part of informal care) as young men in this age group.

These young carers carry out significant caring tasks and assume a responsibility that would usually beassociated with an adult. Their education, health, development and well-being is effected by this work.

Juggling overlapping responsibilities, young carers and young adult carers find it challenging to attendand complete education. This goes against the Europe2020 strategy target of reducing the rate of earlyschool leaving. Young carers' roles may be a source of overwhelming pressure, increasing risks formental health problems, that further make it difficult to enter education or employment.

Currently, young carers do not feature in EU Member States' or European policy agendas. There is littleawareness of their experiences and needs, few targeted policies or interventions, and no targeted legalprovisions that address young carers.

Much more needs to be done accross Europe to: 1) research and identify young (adult) carers and knowtheir numbers; 2) based on consultations with young (adult) carers, understand how their roles as carersaffect their well-being. Specific research should be taken to identify the impact on the health andeducation of young carers, and how this may impact their further social exclusion and ability to secureemployment. Research should provide information on what support young carers and adult carers wouldwant to have available; 3) determine how instruments such as the European Semester, ESIF, EuropeanPlatform for Investing in Children, Youth Guarantee and Open Method of Coordination can be used topromote the development of integrated approaches for the identification, support and social integration ofyoung (adult) carers across Europe; and 4) raise awareness, disseminate and make visible good practiceswith regards to identification, recognition and assessment and provision of support services for young(adult) carers.

The pilot project is based on Article 153 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),which foresees in Article 153(1) (i) that “(W)ith a view to achieving the objectives of Article 151, theUnion shall support and complement the activities of the Member States in the following fields: (…)(i) equality between men and women with regard to labour market opportunities and treatment at work;"


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Justification:Investing in children and young people is a social investment. We must ensure that rights of young (adult)carers are fulfilled, including the right to education, to highest attainable standard of health and to leisure andplay.

The research from this project will support the further development of the European Social Pillar and high-quality implementation, for young (adult) carers, of its key principles, including the principles of equalopportunities, work-life balance and support to children.

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04 03 77 30 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

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Total 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:Pilot project — Effects on families and on the exercise of parenting phenomena such as increased poverty


This pilot project is intended to conduct a study on the effects of phenomena such as increased poverty,unemployment and insecurity and in the exercise of parenting



Justification:Rising unemployment, instability and precariousness in employment, household debt, lack of socialinfrastructure to support children and young people, the health system weaknesses and the reduction ofsocial benefits have effects on families and the exercise of parenting and on reconciling professional,personal and family life.

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Heading:Pilot project — Increasing access of informal carers to the labour market through the validation of theskills gained during periods of caring


Informal carers, most of which are women, provide care on an unpaid basis to family member or personwith chronic illness, disability or other long lasting health or care need, outside a professional or formalemployment framework. The content and value of caring is often insufficiently acknowledged and therealso exists an increased poverty rate among carers.

The aim of this project is to increase access to the labour market for informal carers through thevalidation of the skills and knowledge they have gained during periods of caring (e.g. interpersonal andorganisational skills; day-today caring; health care knowledge and advocacy). A special focus should begiven to parents and informal careers of special needs children as they are usually more disadvantagedwhen seeking to access the labour market. However, such recognition of skills would need to be supportedby appropriate guidance and flexible personalised counselling.

This PP could be carried out via a call for tenders or a call for proposals.

Phases of the project:

Phase 1: The Mapping of existing initiatives in the Member States, such as initiatives aimed at theempowerment of informal carers, mechanisms for recognition of carers’ skills, and active inclusionmeasures in the labour market. The goal will be to find existing policy frameworks and initiatives that canbe used for effective outreach to the groups of informal carers with the aim of getting their skills formallyrecognised. Areas to survey: governmental policies, healthcare and social support systems helpingparents, parental and carers’ organisations initiatives, non-governmental initiatives. On the basis of thismapping exercise, a few EU regions would be selected, in which phase 2 and 3 will be carried out.

Phase 2: Reaching out to parents who are traditionally difficult-toidentify and difficult-to- engage with.It will focus on the role of public employment services and non-governmental organisations working withinformal carers to find ways to reach out to the informal carers and identify the best mediators in theprocess. The development and validation of the skills of informal carers gained during the periods ofcaring can be a successful way to reintegrate them into the labour market, increase their well-being, self-esteem and financial independence.

Phase 3: Development of a skills validation scheme. This would be a key element of the project and isaimed at developing a modular skills validation package reflecting the existing skills, competences andknowledge acquired by informal carers which is key for their integration into the labour market.

Building on the experiences from the initial phase of the project (mapping) and building on initiativessuch as the Entrepreneurial Skills Pass, this project should contain the following elements:

- negotiation with social partners (employers and employee organisations) and experts reflecting the

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- preparatory programme for validation to support the structuring and synthesis of knowledge, skills andcompetences;

- assessment and certification procedure; to be offered by e.g. chambers of commerce and/or employmentservices in cooperation with the schools, community learning centres and relevant local organisations;

- guiding and individual counselling on access to further qualifications and job-searching

This 2- year pilot project, with a view to becoming a preparatory action, would have a total budget of1,600,000 euros.



Justification:Informal carers possess skills in high demand in the labour market. After spending long periods of timecaring, carers often find themselves suffering from a lack of self-esteem and awareness about the skillsacquired. Such skills can include condition-specific and medical knowledge, administrative andorganisational skills. This project increases access to the labour market for informal carers through thevalidation of the skills and knowledge they have gained during periods of caring.

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Heading:Pilot project — Guarantee of equality between men and women by increasing public network ofnurseries, kinder gartens and public service of leisure activities for children


This project aims to conduct a study to compare the levels of development and social integration ofchildren who have access to preschool education and support in leisure compared with children who donot enjoy these services.


Pilot project within the meaning of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to thegeneral budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298,

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Justification:Pre-school education is fundamental to the development of children and equality education has impacts onself-esteem, ability to participate in social life.

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Heading:Pilot project — Development of day-care centers for children and their parents on leave to enhanceequality between women and men


The proposal should operate in the framework of the new legislative package on work life balance thataims at addressing the difficulties parents and in particular, women face, including greater take up forleave by male parents. The project would aim at developing day-care centres for small children, where allchildren could receive care by appointed parents as well as where all parents could meet and exchangetheir experience, including incentives encouraging men to engage more profoundly into raising a childand taking up more paternity leave. The implementation should start in different geographical areas(Highest EU GDP per capita, average EU GDP per capita and low GDP per capita, i.e.Luxembourg/Sweden, Italy/Poland and Romania/Bulgaria) in order to assess where it would be moreeffective and pertinent. Finally, every center should count on a responsible and qualified person whoshould define targets and assess results to see if this project could be done on an extended term andrange.



Justification:Most of the time it is the women who takes the leave (maternity and parental leaves), which has impact notonly on her condition on the labour market, but also her well-being. The new legislative package on worklife balance aims at changing this situation, including greater take up for leave by male parents. It’s then inthe framework of this package that this pilot project should operate.

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Heading:Pilot project — Working conditions of hotel cleaning staff


Hotel cleaning staff are responsible for general cleaning and the tidiness of rooms, positions filled almostexclusively by women working in very poor conditions. This work is physically very demanding, healthand safety provisions are lacking and appropriate training is lacking.

This two year pilot project aims at enhancing four actions to assess the situation of these workers andimplement measures to improve at European level their working conditions.

The four actions that this project requires are the following:

1) Monitor and evaluate the situation of hotel cleaning staff workers within the EU and to carry out astudy in order to make recommendations on better working conditions for hotel cleaning staff in theMember States.

2) A research and guidance on the current health and safety provisions in the sector to prevent the highnumber of accidents at work in coordination with stakeholders (especially trade unions).

3) Implementation of a comprehensive vocational training itinerary in the sector for workers in the hotelcleaning sector that includes legal advice and guidance on labour rights and health and safety at theworkplace.

4) Assess the feasibility of introducing an EU-wide rating scheme which will provide information aboutthe level of working conditions alongside the quality of service and cleanliness.

This 2- year pilot project, with a view to becoming a preparatory action, would have a total budget of 1,500,000 euros



Justification:Hotel cleaning staff are responsible for general cleaning and the tidiness of rooms. The hotel cleaning sectoris largely outsourced, with positions filled almost exclusively by women. Compensation for such work canbe low, even though it is physically demanding. Training, where available, is of poor quality and this,combined with few health and safety provisions, leads to a high number of accidents at work. Measures to

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Heading:Pilot project — Artificial intelligence (AI) at work


The objectives of the pilot project are to:

- Examine the diffusion and use of artificial intelligence (AI) at work. This will be assessed with anintegrated framework of analysis combining job quality and AI specific challenges and societal concernsas identified in the Commission AI Communication of 25th of April , the European Parliament recentwork on AI and Civil Law rules on robotics , and the European Economic Social Committee position onAi . It is only with such a systematic and concrete study of AI as introduced in workplaces that thebroader societal implications can be credibly addressed. This will focus not only on traditional workinglife issues in the context of AI but also the more recent and emerging ethical issues such as privacy andalgorithmic transparency.

- Analyse how the introduction of AI in the workplace interacts with other trends and changes in theworld of work. This includes how the AI induced transformation of the labour process impacts uponoccupations in the labour market, not least as regards potential job destruction and job creation and thecontractual form of employment relationships. Both the direct impact of AI on the labour process and theensuing labour market adjustments to these processes shape the main policy perspectives. This will framethe analysis of the policy discussions in Europe and other parts of the world on this topic and thedevelopment of information systems to inform policy actors on AI at work

- Suggest policy options for shaping the use of AI at work and examine the feasibility of key Europeanpolicy instruments supporting a positive use of AI at work and adaptation to the change. The project willexamine the potential of a dedicated instrument to facilitate the anticipation and management of theimpending structural change in Europe. In addition a concrete toolkit will be developed to facilitate, atcompany level, the introduction of AI related technologies and business models. It will also includeoptions to promote the adaptation of social protection systems to this challenge.

It is highly likely that recent developments in technology, not least artificial intelligence, will have aprofound impact on the world of work. While it may be possible to identify many of the jobs that willchange or disappear it is very difficult to predict what type of new jobs will emerge both in terms of whatis to be produced and the means by which this work will be performed. However, it should be clear that itwill lead to radical change in the world of work. Adaption to this change can be both long and difficultand so it is vital that various actors in society mobilise to facilitate this impending change and guide ittowards profitable, socially beneficial and equitable outcomes.

AI raises numerous policy discussions and challenges which are extensively discussed in Europe and

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other parts of the world, notably in the United States and China. Capturing and capitalising on thesediscussions will help to develop options for a European answer. This could include the development ofspecific European instruments such as an AI fund, a tool box to manage the changes in companies andan approach that would adapt artificial intelligence at work to workers, i.e. develop a ‘human -centricapproach to AI at work’ (EPSC strategic note, issue 29: The age of Artificial Intelligence: towards aEuropean strategy for Human-Centric Machines).

This is a rapidly growing field of policy in Europe. The European Commission put forward a Europeanapproach to artificial intelligence and robotics on 25 April . The approach to AI described in thedocument deals with technological, ethical, legal and socio-economic aspects to boost EU's research andindustrial capacity and to put AI at the service of European citizens and economy.

The work of the European Commission is supported by a variety of actors, for example the high levelgroup on artificial intelligence and observatories (for example expert groups on the online platformeconomy) and research for example , the European Commission, within the context of the Internet ofThings and autonomous systems, commissioned a study on Cross-cutting business models for Internet ofThings (IoT), which shows that the growth of IoT will result in changes in social and workingenvironments. Demand for jobs in hybrid verticals and for vacancies in new jobs but in traditionalverticals will rise. In contrast, traditional jobs in traditional verticals might face difficult times withdeclining numbers of jobs. Challenges with regard to coping with this evolution is that the total number ofjobs might decrease because of higher outputs per worker and such these job evolutions will requireworkers to be reskilled and repositioned..

Through the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Commission isfollowing the impact of technology-induced changes in the world of work on social security, and furtherexamining how systems of social security can best be adapted to these changes.

The European Parliament through its EP's INI Legislative report on Civil Law Rules on Robotics and EPpublic consultation on the Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, asked the EuropeanCommission to start monitoring medium- and long-term job trends more closely, with a special focus onthe creation, displacement and loss of jobs in the different fields/areas of qualification, as well as theconsequences on the viability of the social security systems of the Member States. It also called upon theCommission to provide significant support for the development of digital abilities as a first step towardsbetter aligning labour market shortages and demand.

Similarly, the EP STOA study on The impact of new technologies on the labour market and the socialeconomy) shows that policy has many options to influence and steer the process, by investing ineducation, infrastructure, and R&D, and adapting labour legislation and tax and social security policiesto digitalisation. Perhaps most important is to think of digitalisation not as a threat, but as a chance toincrease welfare, opportunities and social cohesion for all European citizens.

The EESC opinion on Artificial Intelligence, building on the work of European civil societyrepresentatives identifies 11 areas where AI posed societal challenges and calls inter alia, for a ‘human-in-command approach’.

This pilot project proposes three integrated work-packages

1) How does AI change the world of work?

Building on the analysis of actual developments in AI and new technologies (scientific research papers,documentation and interviews with companies engaged in AI and AI investment funds, social media data)together with original research based on European datasets and case studies showcasing AI at work, adetailed analysis of the role of AI in workplaces will be carried out.

- Changes in occupational structure: some occupations are predicted to disappear while others are new,emerging and expected to increase, not all of them requiring very high skills (AI trainer, data janitor,content moderator, data scientist, data miner, social media community manager, drone operator etc. )

- Changes within occupation: 32% of jobs could face substantial changes in how they are carried out due

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to job automation (OECD: 2018 ‘automation, skills use and training’). For example, the job of truckdrivers and other agents involved in logistics have been profoundly transformed by AI systems. Otheroccupations which are changing dramatically include journalists, taxi drivers, administrative employees,teachers, home helpers, cleaners, security guards, plant and machine operators, cashiers, secretaries etc.Others are predicted to change in the near future such as managers, legal professionals, healthprofessionals, personal service workers etc.

- AI at work - emerging risks and resources: recent technological developments lead to increasedconcerns over a number of ethical issues such as discrimination, data privacy (including personal datacollected outside the workplace), surveillance (see for example the EP study on The use of chip implantsfor workers), increased isolation at the workplace (Cooper and Kurland, 2002 ‘Telecommuting,Professional isolation and employee development in public and private organisations’, Journal oforganisational behaviour) and biological risks associated with the introduction of new products on health.On the upside, trackers and sensors can improve the safety and efficiency of deliveries and provideincreased protection to workers in isolated places. Virtual reality can provide a safe environment fortraining on health and safety risks.

- AI may impact upon social inequality, whether automation of certain jobs would reduce the possibilityfor social mobility and benefit the wealthiest, or whether AI holds great potential to redistribute wealthand that the wealth concentration scenario can be avoided.

- New business models for staff hiring and resource allocation: AI has allowed the development of digitalplatforms which can be used as a tool to match tasks / work /jobs / unused goods with co-workers/ internalstaff / citizens.

- AI as a tool to manage workers which can, in some cases, ‘manipulate’ them, through the use of nudges( e.g. Uber – AINow 2017 report ) but could also empower them. In this context algorithmic transparencyis an important emerging issue

- AI as a tool for scheduling : just-in- time scheduling but a different design might make it possible tobetter match work with workers preferences and circumstances

- AI to monitor job performance and individual task performance but also ‘good employers’: Thepersonal relationship with a known hierarchical superior for discussing job/task performance may becomplemented or replaced by input from data analysts or a team of engineers who may not even be in theworkplace. AI could be deployed at work with an efficiency focus mostly. This would affect therelationship and balance of power between employer and employee. However, also the rating ofcompanies by their employees through a number of online platforms (e.g. Kununu) has emerged.

- AI in recruitment and HR: AI at work has a huge potential to reduce costs in recruitments as marginalcost would be lower than that of a human based psychological assessment. The potential of such toolsneeds to be assessed against potential biases in the training datasets and adherence to the principles ofethics and fairness that current psychological assessments abide by.

- AI to assist in tasks and augment human expertise: hybrid jobs and tasks are created by adding newcharacteristics or decreasing exposure to dull, dangerous, and dirty jobs and tasks. These changes need tobe assessed against job crafting, job enrichment and the (need for) development of new competencies,according to work organisation features

- AI as a tool facilitating coproduction of tools and goods by users and the creation of new products andservices The ‘work of the crowd’ raises concerns around remuneration, ownership, and liabilities.

2) How does AI interact with other changes in the world of work?

AI at work interacts with other changes in the world of work and has direct and indirect effects on thequantitative and qualitative performance of labour markets. This work package will assess, through, howthese changes will interact with other trends at work with a view to estimate the impact on key social andemployment issues. The topics below will be analysed in a gender mainstreamed way

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- AI at work : Employment and work

– The frontiers between work and (paid ) employment, New forms of employment and employmentstatus, Multi-activity

– Job creation and job destruction, fair and inclusive labour markets: own analysis of Europeandatasets and monitoring of research on the issue. This will provide a quantitative scenario building ondata collected at micro level on real and specific use(s) of AI at work to anticipate the changes on thelabour market and inform decision-making at EU, national and local levels. It will also address themaintenance or acquisition of digital.

- AI at work : Job quality:

– New and emerging risks.

– AI and recent technological developments will also affect every dimension of job quality: physicalenvironment, work intensity, working time quality, social environment, skills and discretion, prospectsand pay with various effects according to work organisation and implementation mechanisms at theworkplace.

- AI at work: Working lives of different groups of workers: Assessments of the mechanisms and net effectof AI in work on the work life balance, skills development and employability, motivation, careerdevelopment, the experience of meaningful work, health and well-being, financial security, transitionbetween employment, and management of multiple employment of different groups of workers (highskilled and low skilled, at different life stages etc.) will be carried out.

- AI at work - Workplace practices, change mechanisms, companies performance:

– New business models, new markets, restructuring in value chains: the role that AI has; it also has thepotential to increase practices leading to the ‘fissured workplace” (D. Weil, Harvard University press2014) such as outsourcing, franchising, supply chain management.

– Change management, introduction of new technology, (virtual) team management, (virtual, social andphysical) places of work, performance monitoring and reward policies, staff development, workersparticipation, work allocation

– Impact on cooperation, trust and collaboration at the workplace, the innovation and performance ofcompanies.

- AI at work - overall assessment: impact on labour market performance, gender equality, winners andlosers, inequalities, mobile, fair and inclusive labour markets, transitions

This package will build on literature reviews, secondary analysis of existing datasets (for exampleEurostat module ‘ICT at work, working conditions and learning digital skills’, European and nationalworking conditions survey and European company surveys), and qualitative interviews with workers andcompany representatives, management and workers representatives, (possibly) ad hoc surveys and focusgroups.

3) Policy options and feasibility of policy instruments

The final work package will focus on developing policy options for shaping the use of AI at work. It willexamine the feasibility of using European policy instruments to support a positive use of AI and newtechnology at work and adaptation to the change. This could include the implementation of an AI fund,the development of a toolkit to manage change in companies and ensure that the use of AI at work isadapted to workers.

More specifically, this work package will:

– Build upon the detailed analysis of how AI is impacting upon workplaces in Europe as set out in thepreceding sections

– Monitor international, European and national policy discussions on AI at work in Europe and other

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parts of the world. This will include monitoring policy discussion on related field e.g. block chain andleverage technology, online platforms economy as well as following discussion on suggested policyinstruments such as for example, the legal personality of algorithms, ways to address the acceptabilityand a fair use of AI at work such as AI tax, collective working time reduction, and more universalforms of social protection income

– Examine the feasibility of European policy instruments and, supporting a positive use of AI and newtechnology at work and adaptation to the change such as:

– creation of or extending the scope of existing funds (i.e. ESF or EGF) to support the transition ofworkers and adaptation of companies.

– development of a toolkit to manage changes in companies and adapt AI at work to workers, whichcould include ethical code(s) to regulate the social, environmental and human health impact ofrobotics and AI at work.

– other instruments such as ethical codes and guidelines.

– Based on the examination of the impact of AI at work, develop policy options to ensure the adaptationof social protection systems to this challenge and making them future proof.

This pilot project will be carried out by Eurofound and developed in collaboration with EuropeanInstitutions, other EU agencies, international organisations, social partners, civil society and MemberStates /regions, potentially also including actors in the United States and China. It will be developed withthe support and under the guidance of the stakeholder and interdisciplinary scientific committees andcould feed to the broad multi-stakeholder platform, the European AI Alliance, that work on all aspects ofAI.



Justification:Eurofound has the capacity to reach out to tripartite stakeholders in the world of work, key institutions andacademic experts. The success of the PP on the Future of Manufacturing demonstrates the capacity ofEurofound to successfully deliver such programs. The Commission can delegate to Eurofound to carry outthis pilot project under the rule of indirect management: Art 58 (1) (c) (iv) on Methods of implementation ofthe budget in the financial regulation.

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Heading:Pilot project — Metastatic cancer and the workplace: tackling the lack of data


Objective: The proposed pilot project aims to tackle the lack of data on the employment status of peoplewith metastatic cancer. This lack of data has been acknowledged by the European Commission (seebelow). Better data on this issue is needed to improve policy design, service provision, and fightdiscrimination for this neglected group.

As a pilot project, this should focus on a tumour type in which comparatively longer survival of patientswith metastatic cancer makes employment a pressing issue, such as breast cancer. The pilot project woulddraw on data available through some of the registries in the European Network of Cancer Registries(ENCR); separate sources of data on employment would also be required. The methodology developed inthe pilot project can then be applied to other tumour types.

The pilot project would involve 1) selection of tumour type(s), based on length of survival with metastaticcancer and number of patients affected; 2) the collection of available data on the incidence andprevalence of metastatic cancer within that tumour type in a number of selected countries or regions; 3)analysis of existing models for estimating workforce participation of patients living with other diseases; 4)the development of a model which can estimate workforce participation of people with metastatic cancerin the specified tumour type.

While the project may be limited by the data currently available, it should result in comparable analysisacross as many European countries as possible. It should also serve as a stimulus for the increasingintegration of data collection on metastatic cancer into existing cancer registries.

Rationale: Cancer incidence is rising in Europe, and cancer has already become the leading cause ofdeath in some member states. Tens of thousands of Europeans are currently living with metastatic cancer,which has spread to other parts of the body and remains incurable. But a metastatic cancer diagnosis isnot necessarily an immediate death sentence: in metastatic breast cancer, for example, half of patientswill live with the disease for longer than two to four years. During this time, metastatic cancer patientsmust deal with complex legal situations regarding their health, social care and employment rights. Formany, remaining in the workplace is a personal or economic imperative. Additionally, employment canprovide stimulation, dignity, and a sense of continuing to be a useful member of society, which is anelement central to a patient’s overall quality of life.However, there is a serious lack of data that can help contribute to better policy at European and nationallevel. A lack of data on the incidence and prevalence of metastatic cancer is one obstacle: reliable figuresor realistic estimates are available for overall cancer incidence and cancer mortality, but data on theprogression to and/or de novo incidence of metastatic cancer remains scattered. There is a bigdiscrepancy in the available data in the cancer registries among the member states. Beyond this, data isvery scarce on the employment status of people with metastatic cancer.

As a pilot project, , we recommend this analysis be conducted in one or a small number of tumour typesand in a specified number of countries or regions, based on the availability of relevant data. The length oftime a patient lives with metastatic cancer can vary considerably depending on the tumour type. Lungcancer, for example, often progresses quickly. Therefore, this information may be most relevant to collectin a tumour type where survival with metastatic cancer for a number of years is increasingly a reality,such as in breast cancer.

A quantitative understanding of the employment status of people with metastatic cancer would provide thebasis for complementary future work, comparable across European countries. This could includemapping how European, national and local policies affect the employment situation of people withmetastatic cancer around Europe, and comparable qualitative analysis of workplace experiences of people

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with metastatic cancer.

Current EU work: The EU supports both the provision of data on cancer, and analysis of the situation ofcancer patients in the workplace. However, the EU is not supporting work looking at the specific needs ofmetastatic cancer patients in the workplace.

All EU Member States have in place a cancer data and information system. The European Commission’sJoint Research Centre supports the ENCR, which promotes collaboration between cancer registries,defines data collection standards, and regularly disseminates information on incidence and mortalityfrom cancer in the European Union and Europe. The ENCR also forms the basis for the recently-launched European Cancer Information System – which does not include data on metastatic cancer.

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU OSHA) is currently engaged in an extensiveproject on rehabilitation and return to work of cancer patients. However, this project does not provide anyspecific analysis of the situation facing metastatic cancer patients in the workplace. The challenges posedby cancer survivorship have been explored by the European Commission through the Cancer ControlJoint Action (CANCON JA). The eighth work package of CANCON JA 2014-2017 developed specificrecommendations on survivorship and rehabilitation, with a special focus on employment.

It is crucial to understand that the experience of patients with early cancer and those with metastaticcancer are very different, and metastatic cancer patients experience considerable stigma and inequalities.This includes their situation in the workplace.

In March 2016, MEPs Bonafè, Caputo, Dalli and Buşoi submitted a written question to the Commissionstressing that ‘Reliable and comparable data on the employment situation of patients with terminaldiagnoses [such as metastatic cancer] should therefore help inform and shape policies in this area.’ TheEuropean Commission acknowledged that no specific data exists in Europe on the employment ofmetastatic cancer patients or persons with a terminal diagnosis. The proposed pilot project would helpaddress this regrettable situation.



Justification:The PP aims to tackle the lack of data on the employment status of people with metastatic cancer. Cancerincidence is rising across EU - it is the leading cause of death in some MS. Metastatic cancer remainsincurable, but survival is increasing in many tumour types. Yet specific data on metastatic cancer isscattered. Working status is an important issue for patients. Better data, comparable across MS, is needed toimprove policy design, service provision, and fight discrimination.

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Justification:The European Union is the leading producer, consumer and exporter of olive oil. It is important for theeconomies of many regions, demand is steadily increasing both in the EU and in third countries, but thesector faces problems like plagues (in Italy the Xillella fastidiosa cas) and price volatility. To maintain andstrenghten its position in world markets, producers need support.

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Justification:The support mechanism put forward in the context of the Russian embargo needs to be in operation in the2018/2019 season, at least for the fruit market, without further limiting the volume produced. The problemscaused by the Russian import ban are having a serious effect on producers in the EU, including producers ofapples, peaches and nectarines.

There is a danger that, if next season's apple harvest in Poland is relatively normal in terms of quantity (over3.5-3.8 million tonnes), the situation will spin out of control.

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Total 188 000 000 188 000 000 217 000 000 217 000 000 217 000 000 217 000 000 33 000 000 33 000 000 250 000 000 250 000 000

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Justification:Restore 2018 Budget.

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05 03 01 10 16 326 100000

16 326 100000

16 706 900000

16 706 900000

16 516 900000

16 516 900000

190 000 000 190 000 000 16 706 900000

16 706 900000

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Total 16 326 100000

16 326 100000

16 706 900000

16 706 900000

16 516 900000

16 516 900000

190 000 000 190 000 000 16 706 900000

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Item 05 03 02 50 — POSEI — European Union support programmes



05 03 02 50 420 000 000 420 000 000 419 000 000 419 000 000 419 000 000 419 000 000 3 000 000 3 000 000 422 000 000 422 000 000

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Total 420 000 000 420 000 000 419 000 000 419 000 000 419 000 000 419 000 000 3 000 000 3 000 000 422 000 000 422 000 000

Justification:Use the maximum allocation for the POSEI programme.

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Item 05 05 04 02 — Support for economic, social and territorial development and related progressivealignment with the Union acquis



05 05 04 02 131 000 000 107 200 000 56 800 000 50 000 000 56 800 000 50 000 000 -16 800 000 -15 000 000 40 000 000 35 000 000

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Total 131 000 000 107 200 000 56 800 000 50 000 000 56 800 000 50 000 000 -16 800 000 -15 000 000 40 000 000 35 000 000

Justification:In line with the budgetary authority’s decision on the budget for 2018, financial support to Turkey is to bereduced in view of the country’s continuous backsliding in the areas of democracy, rule of law andfundamental rights. This should particularly apply to structural funds type of programmes.

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Item 05 08 77 16 — Preparatory action — Smart rural areas in the 21st century



05 08 77 16 3 300 000 1 650 000 p.m. 990 000 p.m. 990 000 8 000 000 8 000 000 8 000 000 8 990 000

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Total 3 300 000 1 650 000 p.m. 990 000 p.m. 990 000 8 000 000 8 000 000 8 000 000 8 990 000

Remarks:After paragraph:

This appropriation is intended to cover commitments .......... from previous years under the preparatoryaction.


The purpose of the action is to prepare the implementation of the CAP post 2020 and toThis action willcomplement the previous Smartearlier smart villages pilot project (Smart Eco Social Villages pilot project(2016) and the Smart rural areas in the 21st century preparatory action (2018). This PA will help informand improve the development and implementation of CAP Strategic Plans for which the notion of "SmartVillages" is included in a result indicator. Complementing the PP on Smart Eco-Social Villages and thePA on Smart Rural Areas in the 21st century, this PAVillages, 2016) and act on considerations stemmingfrom that pilot project as well as other lessons learned and knowledge obtained from actions and initiativesunder the EU Action for Smart Villages. This preparatory action will provide knowledge, know-how and aframework methodology for developing support schemes for Smart Villages in a wider range of socio-economic contexts. It will use the lessons learned and knowledge obtained from initiatives foreseen in theEU Action for Smart Villages (https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/sites/agriculture/files/rural-development-2014-2020/looking-ahead/rur-dev-small-villages_en.pdf ). As the new CAP is meant to increasesubsidiarity, such work will be a fundamental prerequisite to ensure an appropriate implementation ofthis aspect of rural development. The goal of the PA is to implement successful practices in a number ofMember States across the EU, including in the field of ICT and online methods such as the setting up ofdigital hubs and other good examples. It would alsothe necessary tools and budget to set up a network ofsample villages (and people dealing with smart villages) in order toplans and help create a coherentmethodological framework for EU support for Smart Villages. This concept is closely linked to the DigitalSingle Market, digital platforms, urban-rural links, sharing and collaborative economy and bioeconomy(innovation, precision farming, environmental management, renewable energies, supply chain, services,local food), improving quality of life, education and employment, taking account of the importance ofwomen and young people. It could also help inform the implementation of other ESI-funds; in particular

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under the policy objective for local initiatives.smart villages under real-life conditions.


This preparatory action will implement successful practices and ICT/online methods, such as setting updigital hubs involving up to 10 villages and other good examples operating throughout the Union. This ideais closely bound up with the Digital Single Market, digital platforms, urban-rural links, the sharing andcollaborative economy and the bioeconomy (innovation, precision farming, environmental management,renewable energies, supply chains, services, local food), and improving quality of life, education andemployment, taking account of the importance of women and young people.


This action will enhance the ability to exchange and share agricultural machinery, including precisionfarming tools, in order to maximize output from scarce resources. These goals are fully in line with the CorkDeclaration 2.0, as well as the Bled declaration, which recognizewhich recognises the importance ofenablinggiving farms access to appropriate technologies and solutions, in order to deliver economic, socialand environmental benefits.

The action will focus on developing a method to promote growth and jobs in rural areas through concreteactions. Based on selected villages with common features: infrastructure, various resources, services,access to markets, it will develop methods for offering solutions in the fields of:the following specificmeasures:

– the Digital Single Market,selecting villages in the Union with common features: infrastructure, variousresources, services, access to markets, and

– urban-rural links,

– bioeconomy and circular economy (innovation, precision farming, environmental management, localrenewable energies, supply chain, services, local food),

– sharing and collaborative economy (such as new rural mobility solutions like car sharing, ridesharing; new paradigms in tourism; sharing and exchange of agricultural machinery and services,....),

– technology (such as IoT, big data collection, drones, electric vehicles, next generation mobilebroadband connections, ...),

– social aspects,

– new full-time and part-time jobs which will grow in mentioned economies.

offering solutions concerning:

– the Digital Single Market,

– urban-rural links,

– the bioeconomy and circular economy (innovation, precision farming, environmental management,local renewable energies, supply chains, services, local food),

– the sharing and collaborative economy (new rural mobility solutions, such as car sharing, ridesharing; new paradigms in tourism; sharing and exchange of agricultural machinery and services,etc.),

– technology (the Internet of Things, big data collection, drones, electric vehicles, next generationmobile broadband connections, etc.),

– social aspects (home care and outpatient care instead of hospitalisation),

– new full-time and part-time jobs created in the above-mentioned economies.

This preparatory action will be well documented through online platforms in order to disseminate the

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results. As an important outcome, it will give lighthouse examples which will ensure better and moreeffective programming of EU funds in rural areas. The action will be documented on film and in othermedia in order to show how it progresses. It will identify the regulatory and legislative obstacles at local,Member State and Union level to the establishment of new business models and access to various Unionfunding sources. One important outcome will be to propose regulatory changes enabling these new businessmodels to be adopted and at the same time protecting the rights of all stakeholders.

Justification:The action will improve quality of life and employment of famers and other people living in rural areas, incl.young people. It will pave the way for better implementation of Union funds and policies, in particularthrough the CAP Strategic Plans. It will provide a thorough methodology at EU level which takes intoaccount the fact that there is no one-size-fits-all solution for growth in rural Europe. It will create a networkfor the villages and for those dealing with Smart Villages, enhancing EU added-value.

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05 08 77 17 1 500 000 750 000 1 500 000 750 000

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Total 1 500 000 750 000 1 500 000 750 000

Heading:Pilot project — Developing a tool box for farmers of integrated Pest Management Practices from acrossthe EU


While EU legislation has been developed over the years to allow for a sustainable use of pesticides, thereare still many gaps in its implementation at Member State level and farmers say that replacing pesticidesis difficult, costly and that alternatives do not exist.

Based on the findings of the recent European Commission evaluation (COM(2017) 587 final), theproposed study would assess Integrated Pest Management (IPM) measures taken in each of the MS,including on the agricultural land managed under IPM and possibly classifying them by type of crops. Itwill collect evidence of pesticide use reduction and gather practices applied. This project will develop atool box to enable farmers and farmers’ advisors to accomplish the policy aim of significant reduction inpesticide dependency. The toolbox should describe, for a wide number of crops, the protocols to be appliedfor IPM, including the alternatives to chemical pesticides. The study will identify and propose effectiveapproaches, beginning with the modification of farming practices, using rotation wherever possible,followed by introduction where appropriate of resilient and resistant crop varieties, use of beneficialinsects, use of alternative pesticides, etc. The alternatives should be differentiated and adapted to localconditions.

The project, costing an estimated EUR 1 500 000 over 2 years, should take into account inter alia theexperiences collected from work done by the International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC),International Biocontrol Manufacturer Association (IBMA) and organisations working on differentagronomic approaches and IPM with farmers.

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The study will contain an analysis of how well the CAP tools are promoting IPM among farmers. Itshould also propose how to scale up practices throughout Europe, with the help of the post 2020 CAPinstruments (e.g. Farm Advisory Services being able to inform farmers of how to apply IPM) and itsGreen architecture to encourage farmers to apply the principles of IPM.

The study would also investigate the obstacles (real or perceived) seen by farmers and experts that limitdiffusion and uptake of IPM in the field.

The EU Directive 2009/128/EC on Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUD) foresees in article 14 that‘Member States shall take all necessary measures to promote low pesticide-input pest management, givingwherever possible priority to non-chemical methods, so that professional users of pesticides switch topractices and products with the lowest risk to human health and the environment among those availablefor the same pest problem.’

The European Commission’s evaluation on the implementation of the SUD (COM(2017) 587 final)specifies: ‘Integrated Pest Management is a cornerstone of the Directive, and it is therefore of particularconcern that Member States have not yet set clear targets and ensured their implementation, including forthe more widespread use of land management techniques such as crop rotation.’

And also: ‘Member States need to develop clearly defined criteria so that they can assess systematicallywhether the eight principles of IPM are implemented, and take appropriate enforcement measures if thisis not the case. Such tools could confirm that the intended outcome of IPM as specified in the Directive, areduction of the dependency on pesticide use, is being achieved.’

Both the EU Council on Agriculture (on 6 November 2017) and the European Parliament (on 13November 2017) have discussed the findings in the Commission’s report and both have confirmed theirengagement towards ensuring deeper and meaningful implementation in the future.

This project will help farmers and Member States to start coherently applying IPM, and reducingfarmers’ dependency on pesticides.As indicated by the European Commission, a budget of at least EUR 1 500 000 is necessary in order toimplement the project successfully. The pilot project´s results may be incorporated into the researchproject Stepping up integrated pest management. It can contribute to gathering information on thecurrent application of the IPM on the ground and be useful for the Member States in order to design theirCAP plans.



Justification:A toolkit of successful integrated pest management measures will be developed to help farmers and FASadvisors across the EU tackle the problem of pest resistance and increase input autonomy, so they can betterchoose measures tailored to their own agronomic and economic situations. This will help to bring about thesustainable use of pesticides as intended by Directive 2009/128/EC. The project will also identify obstaclesto uptake and implementation in the field and suggest possible solutions.

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05 08 77 17 1 500 000 750 000 1 500 000 750 000

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Total 1 500 000 750 000 1 500 000 750 000

Heading:Pilot project — Developing a tool-box for farmers of Integrated Pest Management practices from acrossthe EU


While EU legislation has been developed over the years to allow for a sustainable use of pesticides, thereare still many gaps in its implementation at Member State level and farmers say that replacing pesticidesis difficult, costly and that alternatives do not exist.

Based on the findings of the recent European Commission evaluation (COM(2017) 587 final), theproposed study would assess Integrated Pest Management (IPM) measures taken in each of the MS,including on the agricultural land managed under IPM and possibly classifying by type of crops. It willcollect evidence of pesticide use reduction and gather practices applied. This project will develop a toolbox to enable farmers and farmers’ advisors to accomplish the policy aim of significant reduction inpesticide dependency. The toolbox should describe, for a wide number of crops, the protocols to be appliedfor IPM, including the alternatives to chemical pesticides. The study will identify and propose effectiveapproaches, beginning with the modification of farming practices, using rotation wherever possible,followed by introduction where appropriate of resilient and resistant crop varieties, use of beneficialinsects, use of alternative pesticides, etc. The alternatives should be differentiated and adapted to localconditions.

The project, costing an estimated EUR 1.500.000 over 2 years, should take into account inter alia theexperiences collected from work done by the International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC),International Biocontrol Manufacturer Association (IBMA) and organisations working on differentagronomic approaches and IPM with farmers.

The study will contain an analysis of how well the CAP tools are promoting IPM among farmers. Itshould also propose how to scale up practices throughout Europe, with the help of the post 2020 CAPinstruments (e.g. Farm Advisory Services being able to inform farmers of how to apply IPM) and itsGreen architecture to encourage farmers to apply the principles of IPM.

The study would also investigate the obstacles (real or perceived) seen by farmers and experts that limitdiffusion and uptake of IPM in the field.

The EU Directive 2009/128/EC on Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUD) foresees in article 14 that‘Member States shall take all necessary measures to promote low pesticide-input pest management, givingwherever possible priority to non-chemical methods, so that professional users of pesticides switch topractices and products with the lowest risk to human health and the environment among those availablefor the same pest problem.’

The European Commission’s evaluation on the implementation of the SUD (COM(2017) 587 final)specifies: ‘Integrated Pest Management is a cornerstone of the Directive, and it is therefore of particularconcern that Member States have not yet set clear targets and ensured their implementation, including forthe more widespread use of land management techniques such as crop rotation.’

And also: ‘Member States need to develop clearly defined criteria so that they can assess systematicallywhether the eight principles of IPM are implemented, and take appropriate enforcement measures if this

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is not the case. Such tools could confirm that the intended outcome of IPM as specified in the Directive, areduction of the dependency on pesticide use, is being achieved.’

Both the EU Council on Agriculture (on 6 November 2017) and the European Parliament (on 13November 2017) have discussed the findings in the Commission’s report and both have confirmed theirengagement towards ensuring deeper and meaningful implementation in the future.

This project will help farmers and Member States to start coherently applying IPM, and reducingfarmers’ dependency on pesticides.

As indicated by the European Commission, a budget of at least EUR 1.500.000 is necessary in order toimplement the project successfully. The pilot project´s results may be incorporated into the researchproject Stepping up integrated pest management. It can contribute to gathering information on thecurrent application of the IPM on the ground and be useful for the Member States in order to design theirCAP plans.



Justification:A toolkit of successful integrated pest management measures will be developed to help farmers and FASadvisors across the EU tackle the problem of pest resistance and increase input autonomy, so they can betterchoose measures tailored to their own agronomic and economic situations. This will help to bring about thesustainable use of pesticides as intended by Directive 2009/128/EC. The project will also identify obstaclesto uptake and implementation in the field and suggest possible solutions.

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05 08 77 20 1 500 000 750 000 1 500 000 750 000

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Total 1 500 000 750 000 1 500 000 750 000

Heading:Pilot project - Establishing an operational programme for the beef sector: structuring the agri-foodsectors to safeguard the handing-on of family farms and the sustainability of local agriculture


– General objective

This pilot project aims to establish an operational programme which will create added value and beadapted to livestock sectors, particularly the milk and beef sectors, in order to deal with issues concerning

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local and family agriculture.

As with existing operational programmes in the fruit and vegetable sector, it aims to improve thestructuring, competitiveness and resilience of these sectors by guaranteeing farmers a fair, stable incomeirrespective of the distribution of production, rising production costs and price fluctuations.

The pilot project is needed in order to counter the alarming reduction in the number of farms beinghanded on, which is putting local and family agriculture in jeopardy. Such small-scale farms have lowprofitability, which makes banks unwilling to support projects for handing on farms because of a lack offinancial visibility.

The pilot project has three main objectives:

Objective 1: Structuring of the sector:

– By increasing producers' level of organisation and strengthening their position in theinterprofessional chain through financing projects to improve production planning;

– By improving the quality, commercial exploitation and promotion of products through structureddialogue with those downstream of the sector;

– By supporting the modernisation of businesses, fast product adaptation, innovation in productionmethods and crisis prevention;

– By supporting environmental protection measures and environmentally-friendly production methods(organic farming).

Objective 2 - Income stabilisation:

By creating a creative sectoral approach through the introduction of two tools available under thecommon agricultural policy:

– a contractual mechanism for sharing added value, and

– the development of a financial stabilisation instrument for producer income.

The aim is to enable producers to overcome price volatility and be assured a fair, stable income which willboost the sustainability of their undertakings.

Objective 3 - Creation of a fund for future financing:

Some of the added value created at sector level can be reinvested - alongside the public support received -in establishing an innovative fund aimed at guaranteeing the long-term financing necessary for setting upor handing on farms;

– The approach adopted

The approach taken by the pilot project aims to improve coherence between various European measuresby establishing a sectoral operational programme and follows the approach of more result-oriented publicpolicies.

The project aims to strengthen the cohesion between the upstream and downstream parts of the sector andto promote new synergies through structured dialogue among all elements of the sector by enhancingproduction value by means of a list of specifications aimed at optimising the added value when productsare placed on the market, by the management of price volatility and by guaranteeing supplies throughgenerational renewal.

The momentum to sustain farms will no longer rely only on individual producers but on a commonapproach which will help create positive market momentum. The pilot project will therefore generatemomentum, beyond the milk and meat sectors, which can be transferred to other local sectors as part ofthe collective economic development strategy of the regions.

It will act as a driver for regional development and the convergence of challenges in the area ofeconomics (breeder revenues and increased value of local products), society (job creation, making family

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farms sustainable), the environment (production conditions), land-use planning (handing on farms,territorial development) and tourism (short supply chains).

– Assessment

An assessment will be carried out after two years to determine:

(1) The added value and effectiveness of the sectoral operational programme in terms of the objectives;

(2) The interprofessional dynamics at work and their possible extension to other agri-food sectors in thearea;

(3) The benefit of experience gained in coordinating CAP tools within an operational programme and theadded value derived by small family farms from land facing similar problems;

(4) The relevance of sustaining the pilot project by means of preparatory action with the aim of adopting asimilar tool under the common agricultural policy.

The pilot period will run for 2 years and has a total budget of EUR 1.5 million.



Justification:The reduction in the number of farms being handed on is jeopardising local agriculture. The objective, byconcentrating public support in an operational fund at operational programme level rather than just atproducer level, is to create conditions which will lead to an increase in added value in the milk and beefsectors which can be reinvested with public support in funds to fight price volatility and finance innovativemeasures to boost the establishment and handing-on of farms.

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05 08 77 21 1 024 000 680 000 1 024 000 680 000

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Total 1 024 000 680 000 1 024 000 680 000

Heading:Pilot project — The New viticulture: Assessing digital/smart farming techniques to ensure the "Tripleperformance" of the EU wine sector


I. General context

Europe's agricultural and agri-food sectors face a triple challenge simultaneously: (i) the ‘economic’

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challenge of renewed competitiveness on both European and international markets, (ii) the‘environmental’ challenge of increased sustainability in order to face climate change impacts, and tobecome part of the solution, (iii) the ‘societal’ challenge that combines an effective response to theexpectations of consumers of healthy, quality products and to citizens’ demands for exemplarymanagement of rural territories.

The future of these sectors lies strongly in their ability to respond to these three challenges at the sametime and in the most efficient way. Yet, the efficiency of public policies will be increasingly appreciated inview of their capacity to be the driver for this transition of the European agriculture and agri-food sectorstowards this triple performance.

This envisaged evolution of the European agri-food sectors suggests a wise development of productionmethods and of organizational procedures as well, in order to make their management systems innovative,which in turn could make it possible to ensure economic gains and increase the environmental efficiencyof their actions.

The challenge for the agricultural sectors is therefore to speed up the diffusion of innovative techniquesfor a rapid transition and thus to avoid widening gaps between the European Union and its globalcompetitors.

Three main obstacles are to be found in:

– the cost of investments to be made by the sector,

– the knowledge gap to be filled by economic actors, and

– the risk element related to any transition from one model to another and related to the learningprocess. Specifically, this element has a dual component: economic (financial impact on incomeduring the acquisition phase) and psychological (fear leading to a possible overestimation of risk andtherefore a block in view of a change).

Therefore, the capacity of the European policy framework (namely the CAP) to encourage and supporttransitions of EU agriculture toward more sustainable and efficient models is a key milestone to bedelivered for the future. In that context, the Pilot Project ‘The New viticulture: Assessing digital/smartfarming techniques to ensure the Triple performance of the EU wine sector’ is presented.

II. Aim and operation of the pilot project:

The proposed Pilot Project has been structured to benefit EU wine grape producers from variousEuropean countries, which will be able to optimize current production of quality wine grapes in anefficient and sustainable way by implementing digital and smart farming techniques. The pilot projectproposes an experimental triple performance transition scheme for the farming sector offering a resultbased scheme at farm level.

In more concrete terms, the project will propose to organizations bringing together wine producers fromdifferent Member States to test the conditions for a fast transition from conventional to innovativemanagement viticulture practices, which are able to achieve a triple performance (economic,environmental and social) and how incentives at EU level are likely to facilitate this ambitious shift.

The idea is to propose a ‘transition scheme’ which could be recognized and therefore supported in thefuture at larger scale via a renewed CAP by experimenting how to accompany this transition of thenouvelle viticulture while demonstrating at the same time the capacity of precision & digital farming tooffer environmental & economic benefits.

The involved organizations will outline specific operational details: (1) technical specifications, i.e.practices related to smart or precision farming. In particular, (i) the most adapted to the environment(economic, natural environment, social link), (ii) available to date and not yet implemented (or onlyconfined), (iii) whose implementation on the perimeter of the producers will be the subject of the pilotproject. (2) the necessary conditions for their implementation (investment/training/risk managementtransition/agronomy support/technical advices) and, (3) monitoring and measurement of implementation

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and economic and environmental performance related to the adoption of these practices. Performancemeasurement will be multi-parametric, including the reduction of the impact on the environment(reduction of treatments by reasoned agriculture, limitation of waste and waste control of energyconsumption, increased efficiency of natural resources used – i.e. irrigation water, soil nutrients).

EU viticulture and grape production involving precision farming and digital agriculture techniques willbe at the heart of this project which aims to measure not only the economic and environmental benefitsderived from this transition, but in particular the interest of a public subsidy (CAP) of incentive to thetransition in front of the moral and economic hazard that can represent such a move and finally theimportance of prioritizing support for training, advice and innovative investment on farms.

Through the implementation of this PP, the actors involved, will be able to: (i) evaluate the need for a toolto facilitate this transition and its effectiveness, i.e. the provision of tools that support not only thecompliance with CAP but also assist the adoption and implementation of Smart Farming practices, (ii)show the economic benefits for farmers to engage into the transition towards precision and digitalfarming, (iii) demonstrate, the ‘impacts’ of farmers’ transition from conventional to digital/smarttechniques and (iv) measure specific tangible benefits (in line with future CAP demands for fewercontrols, streamlined adoption of technology).

Finally, it is relevant to specify what this project is not. It differs from a research or a developmentproject, since it is meant to be rather a field application of techniques, which are certainly innovative butavailable and barely used and whose effects can be measured along the process. The peculiarity lays inthe project’s aim to provide a clear and substantiated view on the implementation potential of a tripleperformance transition scheme, like the one proposed, in order to integrate the financial aspect of anincentive with the risk aversion and farmers’ ‘reluctance to change’ dimension.



Justification:EU viticulture and grape production involving precision farming and digital agriculture techniques will be atthe heart of this project which aims to measure: the economic and environmental benefits derived from thistransition, the interest of a public subsidy (CAP) of incentive to the triple performance transition in front ofthe moral and economic hazard that can represent such a shift, and finally the importance of prioritizingsupport for training, advice and innovative investment on farms.

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Item 05 09 03 01 — Securing sufficient supplies of safe and high quality food and other bio-based products



05 09 03 01 235 755 857 154 885 244 287 147 225 211 249 489 257 147 225 211 249 489 30 000 000 287 147 225 211 249 489

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Total 235 755 857 154 885 244 287 147 225 211 249 489 257 147 225 211 249 489 30 000 000 287 147 225 211 249 489

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05 09 03 01 235 755 857 154 885 244 287 147 225 211 249 489 257 147 225 211 249 489 30 000 000 287 147 225 211 249 489

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06 01 05 02 2 429 242 2 429 242 2 597 837 2 597 837 2 404 837 2 404 837 193 000 193 000 2 597 837 2 597 837

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06 01 05 03 608 000 608 000 638 400 638 400 608 400 608 400 30 000 30 000 638 400 638 400

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Item 06 01 06 01 — Innovation and Networks Executive Agency — Contribution from Connecting EuropeFacility (CEF)



06 01 06 01 14 272 055 14 272 055 15 129 985 15 129 985 14 559 985 14 559 985 570 000 570 000 15 129 985 15 129 985

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Total 14 272 055 14 272 055 15 129 985 15 129 985 14 559 985 14 559 985 570 000 570 000 15 129 985 15 129 985


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Item 06 02 01 01 — Removing bottlenecks, enhancing rail interoperability, bridging missing links andimproving cross-border sections



06 02 01 01 1 405 640 764 790 274 000 2 044 649 498 802 702 000 1 945 649 498 802 702 000 99 000 000 2 044 649 498 802 702 000

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Total 1 405 640 764 790 274 000 2 044 649 498 802 702 000 1 945 649 498 802 702 000 99 000 000 2 044 649 498 802 702 000


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Item 06 02 01 02 — Ensuring sustainable and efficient transport systems

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06 02 01 02 68 544 512 37 367 000 217 936 280 73 487 000 135 936 280 73 487 000 82 000 000 217 936 280 73 487 000

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Total 68 544 512 37 367 000 217 936 280 73 487 000 135 936 280 73 487 000 82 000 000 217 936 280 73 487 000


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Article 06 02 02 — European Aviation Safety Agency



06 02 02 36 915 000 36 915 000 37 550 843 37 550 843 37 550 843 37 550 843 2 000 000 2 000 000 39 550 843 39 550 843

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Total 36 915 000 36 915 000 37 550 843 37 550 843 37 550 843 37 550 843 2 000 000 2 000 000 39 550 843 39 550 843

Justification:Increased work expected as of 2019 on drones and urban air mobility, ground-handling, cybersecurity,

emerging threats and capacity building with reface to safety-security interdependencies

PHASE 2 of the GA roadmap

Identifying and mapping of socio-economic risks and related actions

Support to MS to improve implementation of safety standards, including the oversight support mechanism

Digital transformation, Data-4-Safety, repository of information and research

Increased activities in international cooperation and opening of local offices for a global footprint

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Article 06 02 04 — European Union Agency for Railways



06 02 04 27 757 184 27 757 184 26 419 278 26 419 278 26 419 278 26 419 278 1 337 906 1 337 906 27 757 184 27 757 184

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Total 27 757 184 27 757 184 26 419 278 26 419 278 26 419 278 26 419 278 1 337 906 1 337 906 27 757 184 27 757 184

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achieve a fully integrated European railway area

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Article 06 02 05 — Support activities to the European transport policy and passenger rights includingcommunication activities



06 02 05 10 821 000 11 409 000 11 500 000 8 400 000 11 040 000 8 400 000 460 000 11 500 000 8 400 000

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Total 1 200 000 1 200 000 1 200 000 1 200 000

Heading:Pilot project — Development of a European label for Ultra Low Polluting Vehicles (ULPV) certified tomeet emission limit values under real use conditions


The problems that the pilot project aims to address are threefold:

1) On-the-road tests done with PEMS (Emission Analytics) or remote sensing (CONOX – program) showthat Euro5 and Euro6 cars are still emitting much more NOx than allowed. Only since Euro6d (from 1September 2017 onwards) a RDE test is used for the type approval of new types of cars. Testing byEmission Analytics shows that the dirtiest Euro 6 diesels are around three times worse than the cleanestEuro 3/4 vehicles, last of which were type-approved in 2009(https://mailchi.mp/emissionsanalytics/cutting-pollution-and-improving-public-health). That means thatfor reducing NOx, Low Emission Zones (LEZ) restrictions based on solely Euro-classification havetherefore a questionable effectiveness.

2) For European motorists driving in different cities and/or EU member states (with different modalitiesfor clean air zones) the different restrictions and urban access policies in cities create an increasingly

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confusing and possibly costly situation (motorists need comply with different rules and need to acquiredifferent labels or certificates for each city).

3) Depending on the design and implementation of the clean air zones, cities have difficulties to ensurecompliance with LEZ policies of vehicles registered in other Member States.

The pilot project aims to explore a solution for these problems by:

1. Testing the effectiveness of different retrofit options available on the market to determine whichtechnolgies under which conditions are able to meet the Euro 6 emission limit values (ELV) in realdriving conditions.

2. To establish a voluntary Ultra-Low Polluting Vehicle (ULPV) label for cars that meet the Euro6 ELVsunder normal use and that will be assigned to cars tested with PEMS in the RDE test during type approval(Euro6d) or certified after retrofit.

3. To establish a voluntary certification and monitoring scheme for the vehicles with an ULPV label.

4. To establish a voluntary European information exchange system (coupled to the Eucaris exchangeplatform) including a database with all registered ULPV cars. The information exchange system would beavailable for cities for the implementation of LEZ policies.

Possible partners:

1. Research institutes in the field of vehicle emissions (TNO, JRC,...)

2. Motorist organisations (such as ADAC)

3. Retrofit industry associations (such as CLEPA or ERECA

4. Vehicle inspection centers (via CITA)

5. Cities or umbrella organisations of cities (such as Eurocities)



Justification:The European Parliament called for the introduction of a label for ULPVs that meet emission limit values inreal driving conditions (§69, 2016/2908(RSP)). Considering the numerous infringements of EU air qualitystandards for NO2 (21 MS with exceedances, more than 130 cities) and the increasing variance of LEZschemes developed by cities, there is a need for a voluntary ULPV label and a related information exchangesystem that cities can use to establish a LEZ certified to work in real driving.

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Heading:Preparatory action — Userfriendly information tool on urban and regional vehicle access regulationschemes


The preparatory action is aimed at developing a user-friendly tool (online/app) enabling motorists (cardrivers, professional drivers) to be fully informed about urban and regional access regulation schemes.

The information should include : geographical scope, access conditions (vehicle type, time (incltemporary restrictions with links to real-time information sources) etc.), tariffs (prices and validity),payment options, enforcement policies, penalties and appeal procedures etc., both for own and foreignnationals, with possibility for information pushes at the users' request

Also the inclusion of accompanying measures such as park and ride facilities, freight consolidation etc.could be considered.

The tool should primarily be targeted at private users (in parallel with existing platforms with informationon passengers 'rights), but it could also include specific information for professional users (e.g. roadhaulage companies) and links to navigation and routing platforms.



Justification:To improve air quality in cities, more than 225 Urban Vehicle Access Regulation schemes (UVARs) havebeen established in 14 EU Member States leading to a patchwork of more than 200 different vignettes,emission standards and monitoring tools. The current information portal (http://urbanaccessregulations.eu/)provides basic functionalities but there is a need for a more accessible and comprehensive information toolto avoid confusion among drivers in the EU.

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Pilot project — TachogrApp: feasibility study and cost analysis of developing a certified application to beused as a Tachograph


The tachograph is at the corner stone of the implementation of the legislations in the road transport andhas been mandatory since 1985, in particular to monitor the speed of the vehicle, the distance travelledand the drivers' working and resting times. In the recent years, technological progress led to theconsecutive development of different generations of tachographs, each time with new features whichgradually allowed more efficient checks and fraud prevention. The latest tachograph - the so-called"smart tachograph" - is expected to deliver real-time information by connecting satellite navigationsystems and enforcement authorities.

According to a study commissioned by the European Parliament in 2018, retro-fitting smart tachographsin all heavy-duty vehicles by 2020 is estimated to cost between €6.4 and €15.9 bn only for the purchase ofthe device and the labour associated with the retrofitting service.

Taking into account the wide-spread use of smartphones and the continuous expansion of theirfunctionalities, as well as the deployment of Galileo and the opportunities it offers in terms of real timelocalisation which many mobile already use, the pilot project should explore the possibility of developingand certifying a mobile application offering the same benefits as the smart tachograph and the associatedcosts.

The feasibility study should be structured as follows:

1. Identify, in accordance with the revised Regulation (EU) 165/2014, the data the application shouldcollect to ultimately perform as a smart-tachograph;

2. Assess the technical feasibility for an application to collect these data, possibly thanks to Galileo orthrough a direct connection with the vehicle and the technical requirements for a real-time transmissionof the data to the authorities;

3. Assess the risk of fraud and the eventual cybersecurity threat linked with this application;

4. Assess the hardware and software security measures to be implemented in the smartphone in order todownplay the risks identified in point 3.

5. Give an estimate of the cost of the development and certification of such an application;



Justification:In light of the revision of road transport legislations, the smart tachograph is the most appropriate device fora proper implementation of the legislations. However, the cost of a smart tachograph and the fact that itsproduction has not started are barriers to a needed fast deployment in all vehicles. Taking into account thewide-spread use of smartphones, a certified application could considerably fasten the use of a smart-tachograph-like device as well as lower the cost of its deployment.

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Item 06 03 07 31 — Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking —Support expenditure



06 03 07 31 3 250 683 3 250 683 3 252 411 3 252 411 3 200 411 3 200 411 52 000 52 000 3 252 411 3 252 411

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06 03 07 31 3 250 683 3 250 683 3 252 411 3 252 411 3 200 411 3 200 411 52 000 52 000 3 252 411 3 252 411

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06 03 07 32 106 749 317 79 017 129 106 747 589 107 837 182 105 747 589 107 837 182 1 000 000 106 747 589 107 837 182

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Total 106 749 317 79 017 129 106 747 589 107 837 182 105 747 589 107 837 182 1 000 000 106 747 589 107 837 182

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06 03 07 32 106 749 317 79 017 129 106 747 589 107 837 182 105 747 589 107 837 182 1 000 000 106 747 589 107 837 182

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06 03 07 33 1 624 000 1 624 000 1 623 000 1 623 000 1 600 000 1 600 000 23 000 23 000 1 623 000 1 623 000

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06 03 07 34 75 800 000 74 114 828 76 500 000 59 782 478 75 500 000 59 782 478 1 000 000 76 500 000 59 782 478

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Item 07 01 06 01 — Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises — Contribution from LIFE



07 01 06 01 3 869 000 3 869 000 5 079 000 5 079 000 3 979 000 3 979 000 1 100 000 1 100 000 5 079 000 5 079 000

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Article 07 02 05 — European Chemicals Agency — Activities in the field of legislation on import andexport of dangerous chemicals (PIC and POP Regulations)

Amend figures and heading as follows:Budget 2018 Draft budget 2019 Council's position 2019 Difference New amount


07 02 05 1 020 535 1 020 535 1 549 615 1 549 615 1 049 615 1 049 615 3 711 385 3 711 385 4 761 000 4 761 000

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Total 1 020 535 1 020 535 1 549 615 1 549 615 1 049 615 1 049 615 3 711 385 3 711 385 4 761 000 4 761 000

Heading:European Chemicals Agency — Activities in the field of legislation on import and export of dangerouschemicals (PIC and POP Regulations) and Circular Economy

Justification:These funds are to cover the 2019 financial and human resources for ECHA’s additional tasks under theWaste Framework Directive’ and under the recast POPs Regulation. ECHA’s additional work will improvethe risk management of chemicals during waste recovery processes and contribute to the implementation oftwo international conventions regulating persistent organic pollutants.

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Item 07 02 77 44 — Pilot project — Map of solutions, best practices and remedies for Lindane pesticide

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waste decontamination in the Union



07 02 77 44 600 000 300 000 p.m. 300 000 p.m. 300 000 2 000 000 700 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

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Its agricultural use began to be restricted in the .......... of Lindane have concluded that it may cause cancer.


Although Lindane has been banned as a crop pesticide since 2000, old production and dumping sites for thishighly toxic pesticide still exist throughout the Union (e.g. in Slovenia, Germany, Romania and Spain), andwhile there is extensive knowledge about other persistent organic pollutants (POPs) there is no clear pictureof the scale of Lindane-contaminated sites in the Union, and the volume of HCH which can enter thewaste/water regime via contaminated construction and demolition waste from historical production andstorage sites is unknown. Lindane may also evaporate and affect human health by inhalation. Accordingto several reports made by the European Parliament and United Nations, high concentrations of Lindanecan be found in several Member States (France, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italyand Luxembourg).

Although the Union has a comprehensive legal framework as regards production and waste management ofPOPs and a fairly well developed system for authorising or reauthorising the introduction of new pesticides,there are no rules or remedies in connection with existing Lindane sites, decontamination techniques and theregeneration of industrial sites. There is also a variety of techniques, ranging from incineration and chemicalreaction to the use of genetically modified plants and sealed confinement to incineration and chemicalreaction and the use of genetically modified plants.confinement, etc.

After paragraph:

(5) drawing up guidelines on a sustainable and environmentally-friendly .......... redevelopment forregional/national/local administrations.

Add following text:

This pilot project was supported by the European Parliament and Council in 2017 and was allocated EUR600 000 in commitment appropriations in the 2018 Budget. This figure should be significantly increasedin 2019 to respond to the needs of the project and the interest it has raised among national, regional, localand EU institutions.

Justification:Although the EU has a comprehensive legal framework as regards production of POP and a quite developedauthorisation system for pesticides which allows to react to NEW pesticides that want to be introduced orreauthorised, there is a lack of rules and remedy means for existing lindane sites, decontaminationtechniques and regeneration of industrial sites. There is also a variety of different techniques fromincineration, chemical reaction, genetically modified plants, sealed confinement, etc.

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Item 07 02 77 45 — Preparatory action — Operationalising capacity building for programmaticdevelopment and mapping objectives in the field of environmental taxation and budgetary reform



07 02 77 45 750 000 375 000 p.m. 225 000 p.m. 225 000 450 000 225 000 450 000 450 000

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Total 750 000 375 000 p.m. 225 000 p.m. 225 000 450 000 225 000 450 000 450 000


Building on the successful 2015 pilot project (operational .......... policy-making processes at both nationaland Union level.


This appropriation is intended to cover commitments remaining to be settled from previous years under thepreparatory action.

Justification:This PA was first included in the 2018 budget and should be included again in the 2019 budget with bothcommitment and with payment appropriations. The 2015 PP created a network of civil society actors withincreased capacity to get involved in decision-making processes in the field of environmental taxes. This PAaims at building on the existing skills and networks to enhance the further development and use ofenvironmental taxes and budgetary reform in the area of environmental policy to 2030.

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Heading:Pilot project — Invasive Alien Species: Improvement of understanding and communication


The overall objective of this Pilot Project is to pilot novel methods to prevent the establishment and spreadof invasive alien species (IAS) in the EU, in support of the EU's Regulation on Invasive Alien Species1143/2014 and Target 5 of the EU's 2020 Biodiversity Strategy.

It is widely recognised that preventing invasive alien species from establishing (i.e. effective IAS bio-security measures) is far more cost-effective than managing and eradicating invasive alien species oncethey become established. However, two significant barriers have been identified which prevent effectiveIAS bio-security measures from being implemented: i) a lack of understanding by stakeholders of theimportance of IAS bio-security, and ii) a lack of understanding among natural resource managers and

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regulators of how to communicate the need for effective IAS biosecurity measures across differentstakeholder groups.

This Pilot Project proposes a series of activities which seek to: i) improve understanding amongstakeholders on the importance of effective IAS bio-security measures, and ii) improve communicationamong managers, regulators and stakeholders in regards with developing and implementing effective IASbio-security measures.

The Pilot Project, with a view to becoming a preparatory action, will provide €1 250 000 of funding,equally split over two years, to raise awareness of the need to implement effective bio-security measuresacross the following stakeholder groups: farmers, landowners and land managers, environmental NGOs,the horticulture industry, the exotic pet trade, recreational freshwater users (anglers and boaters) andmarine users (recreational boating and industrial shipping), transport infrastructure authorities (canals,railway sidings, motorway verges), and local authorities. These stakeholder groups having been identifiedas representing the most significant pathways for invasive alien species in Europe.

Invasive alien species bio-security is a topic of which stakeholders generally have a low understanding,but simultaneously have a high anxiety about due to perceived negative impacts to their interests. ThePilot Project will build a platform to facilitate constructive communication within and between sectors onthe need for, and benefits of, effective IAS bio-security measures, as well as to share best practice for thecommunication, development and implementation of such measures.

Specifically, the Pilot Project will appoint officers to begin and lead dialogue within each of the identifiedstakeholder groups. As the existing level of understanding among many stakeholder groups about IASbiosecurity issues is low, the officers will initially determine the level of understanding and concernwithin each of the stakeholder groups. Once the perception of each of the stakeholder groups isdetermined, the officers will then initiate a series of events, workshops and conferences, and produceaccessible sector-specific material, to promote understanding and the exchange of knowledge about theissue within each sector. A secretariat function will manage and oversee the work of the officers, as wellas collate and develop the sector-specific dialogues to identify common problems and identify commonsolutions across sectors.

By undertaking the above engagement activities, it is anticipated that the level of concern, conflict andmisunderstanding around IAS bio-security will be reduced. The novelty in this project lies in its proactivenature, as there have been no previous attempts to constructively engage specific sectors at a pan-European scale on IAS bio-security, and in its collaborative nature, as it simultaneously addresses IASbio-security across related but divergent European sectors.



Justification:IAS are the second greatest driver of extinction globally and are estimated to cost the EU €12 500 000 000annually in damages & management. They are a factor that significantly contributes to further degradation ofNatura 2000 sites and other habitats in/around rural and agricultural areas. This project will support theimplementation of EU Reg. 1143/2014 on IAS & activities towards achieving Target 5 of the EU 2020Biodiversity Strategy and contribute towards achieving 10 out of the 17 SDGs.

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Heading:Preparatory action — Promoting and activating the civil society in knowledge sharing and collecting bestpractises of green cities and green urban environments


Bringing nature into cities and greening our neighbourhoods is one of the biggest underutilisedpossibilities to increase the quality of life of European citizens. Today 72% of the European populationlive in cities, towns and suburbs, and the share of the urban population continues to grow. As cities facean array of challenges, ranging from their impact on residents’ health to environmental concerns, greeninfrastructure has huge potential to offer solutions to many of these problems.

The goal is to present the green as a tool to solve problems and to make the value of the green betterunderstood. It is increasingly important to look ahead and develop a vision of the cities of tomorrowwhere green infrastructure plays a crucial role.

To provide for scientific knowledge and knowledge sharing, tools, methods and innovating approaches toenhance biodiversity and planning and implementing green infrastructure (including green roofs andwalls and sustainable urban agriculture) in cities and improve civil society’s participatory approach indecision-making. This includes as well building together a vision on the green city of tomorrow.

A truly participatory approach involves policymakers, citizens, civil society, including as well elderlypeople and children. Each of these stakeholders has different needs (recreation, mitigation of urbanheath island impacts, improvement of air quality, improved human health, sustainable soft mobility,improved social cohesion, etc.). Therefore the scientific component of the project could co-develop thescience that is needed to support local initiatives which enhance urban green infrastructure, to the benefitof cities’ inhabitants and the improvement of their quality of life.This preparatory action will create and collect material, best practises and guidelines. Distribute thematerial created to the cities, municipalities and administrators to help the mayors to start projects toimprove and increase green infrastructure in cities and urban areas.

The aims of this preparatory action are:

1. To raise awareness of the benefits of green spaces in the built environment

2. To increase the quantity and quality of research and development of new innovations

3. To encourage citizens to act and improve their own neighbourhoods

4. To create a culture of appreciation of the green spaces

5. To increase the number of green infrastructure projects

6. To connect existing initiatives and share best practices across the Member States

7. To create a roadmap of greening the European cities by 2030

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8. To prepare for the European year of greener cities 2020



Justification:Green infrastructure, building with nature, has multiple benefits for us. Plants from moss to giant trees canbe incorporated in the built environment in ways that enhance not only the attractiveness of ourneighbourhoods, but have also substantial positive effects on people’s health and well-being, bolster thefight against climate change, and protect biodiversity. Including citizens in the planning processes enables usto create more inclusive and accessible green urban environments.

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Heading:Preparatory action — Mitigating infectious diseases to counteract loss of European biodiversity asrequired by the Habitats Directive


This Preparatory Action is a successor of an earlier Pilot Project, implemented in 2016-2018, but is aimedat adoption of future EU action in this field.

The Pilot project (PP) "Mitigating infectous diseases to counteract loss of European biodiversity asrequired by the habitat directive" has established a Europe wide early warning system for the OIE listeddisease chytridiomycosis in salamanders, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans(Bsal). Addressing this threat is imposed by both the Habitats Directive and the EU Decision 2018/320.Bsal is currently expanding its range and continues causing mortality in affected ecosystems, causingpopulation extirpations. The passive surveillance system has been shown to be highly efficient in detectingBsal cases. It is therefore of primary importance to extend the project into a Preparatory Action with asfirst aim to maintain this system of passive surveillance for natural populations, and expand it to includepopulations in captivity. The latter have recently been demonstrated to constitute an important reservoirof Bsal. The second aim is to optimize Bsal treatments that should enable proper implementation ofDecision 2018/320. Current treatments are either inappropriate for several salamander species (poor heattolerance) or use antimicrobial compounds that should be prioritized for use in humans as last resortdrugs (voriconazole, colistin). Third, it is crucial for the success of any Bsal abatement plan to eliminatedisease reservoirs. These reservoirs are currently not known but have enabled persistent salamander

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declines in affected ecosystems for at least 10 years. Identifying reservoirs is therefore key to improvesuccess rates of in situ conservation measures to preserve European salamander diversity. The budget forthis PA is requested for a period of three years.



Justification:The PA aims at counteracting the loss of European biodiversity as required by the Habitats Directive and theEU decision 2018/320. This project cannot be funded by HORIZON2020, the LIFE programme or anotherEuropean programme, which forms the justification for evolving into a preparatory action. The scope of thecurrent proposal is beyond the range of the EU MS and involves the international scientific community.Implementation of this PA's results may be done under eg LIFE programme.

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Heading:Pilot project — Development of a European label for Ultra Low Emissions Vehicles (ULEV)


The problems that the pilot project aims to address are threefold:

1) On-the-road tests done with PEMS (Emission Analytics) or remote sensing (CONOX – program) showthat Euro5 and Euro6 cars are still emitting much more NOx than allowed. Only since Euro6d (from 1September 2017 onwards) a RDE test is used for the type approval of new types of cars. Testing byEmission Analytics shows that the dirtiest Euro 6 diesels are around three times worse than the cleanestEuro 3/4 vehicles, last of which were type-approved in 2009(https://mailchi.mp/emissionsanalytics/cutting-pollution-and-improving-public-health). That means thatfor reducing NOx, Low Emission Zones (LEZ) restrictions based on solely Euro-classification havetherefore a questionable effectiveness.

2) For European motorists driving in different cities and/or EU member states (with different modalitiesfor clean air zones) the different restrictions and urban access policies in cities create an increasinglyconfusing and possibly costly situation (motorists need comply with different rules and need to acquiredifferent labels or certificates for each city).

3) Depending on the design and implementation of the clean air zones, cities have difficulties to ensure

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compliance with LEZ policies of vehicles registered in other Member States.

The pilot project aims to explore a solution for these problems by:

1. Establishing a voluntary Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (ULEV) label for cars that meet the Euro6ELVs under normal use and that will be assigned to cars tested with PEMS in the RDE test during typeapproval (Euro6d) or certified (under RDE testing) after retrofit.

3. Establishing a voluntary certification and monitoring scheme for the vehicles with an ULEV label.

4. Establishing a voluntary European information exchange system (coupled to the Eucaris exchangeplatform) including a digital database with all registered ULEV cars. The information exchange systemwould be available for local authorities for the implementation of LEZ policies.

Possible partners:

1. Research institutes in the field of vehicle emissions (TNO, JRC,...)

2. Motorist organisations (such as ADAC)

3. Retrofit industry associations (such as CLEPA or ERECA)

4. Cities of umbrella organisations of cities (such as Eurocities)



Justification:The European Parliament called for the introduction of a label for ULEVs that meet emission limit values inreal driving conditions (§69, 2016/2908(RSP)). Considering the numerous infringements of EU air qualitystandards for NO2 (21 MS with excedences, more than 130 cities) and the increasing variance of LEZschemes developed by cities, there is a need for a voluntary ULEV label and a related information exchangesystem that cities can use to establish a LEZ certified to work in real driving.

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Heading:Preparatory action — Promoting alternatives to animal testing


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The Pilot Project, aiming at promoting and developing alternative methods to animal testing, allowedvarious actions (to develop education and training but also to improve information and communicationon alternative methods) that were identified in the three pillars of actions proposed by the Commission forthis pilot project in its 'Interim report on the implementation of Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions2017' (Ref. Ares(2017)1094287 - 01/03/2017) and carried out by the European Commission in 2018.

In order to ensure the sustainability and efficiency of those successful actions, the pilot project should becontinued as a Preparatory Action.



Justification:The pilot project on promoting alternatives to animal testing was successful and should be continued as aPreparatory Action.

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Heading:Pilot project — Feasibility study on a common open platform on chemical safety data


The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provideindependent scientific advice to decision makers to regulate chemical and food safety in Europe. Throughtheir respective mandates, they collect large amounts of scientific data on substances and their hazardousproperties. At the same time, industry and the academic research community are creating a wealth ofinformation on such topics as well.

However, due to legal, technical, resource or other constraints these vast scientific data collections are notalways fully shared or made accessible to a wider audience and thus not yet reaching their full potential.Therefore, ECHA and EFSA have a vision to increase and simplify access to the vast scientific datacollections they hold, enriched with other public data and data fed by external sources.

This could be achieved through a portal including both structured and unstructured data provided byregulatory agencies, industry, academia and other parties with an interest in chemical safety. The portalshould uniquely identify studies and support critical appraisal of studies, text mining, data visualisation,analysis and knowledge sharing.

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The goal is to facilitate seamless sharing of data between authorities and provide public access toresearchers, regulators, industry and the citizen at large. This will promote: a) transparency and trust inEU decision making, b) research and data analytics, c) innovation d) less animal testing & morepredictive toxicology, and e) better regulatory decision making and informed consumer choices.

A common portal could provide:

* A registry of toxicological studies for chemical substances and regulated products. Industry-sponsoredstudies are available for regulatory assessment by the respective authority, but they are currently notalways available to other authorities, industrial actors, the research community or the public at large.

* A repository for research and scientific data. Peer-reviewed studies are not always used to the extentthat they could be in regulatory assessments as searching for, and getting access to, studies is resourcedemanding. Scientists as well as publishers of their studies lack the fundamental interest to share datawith the aim to address regulatory questions.

* A platform for data analytics, predictive toxicology (i.e. avoidance of animal testing), betterenvironmental monitoring, better study design, development of artificial intelligence and machinelearning applications.

The proposed project would take the form of a feasibility study which would explore the opportunities forsuch a common platform to deliver valuable benefits to the four identified key stakeholder groups(regulators, academia, industry and the citizens at large).

The first phase of the study would focus on feasibility analysis and the development of use cases. Thefollowing research questions would have to be tackled:

- Regulators, academia, industry and citizens are identified as the key stakeholders but what would betheir roles be and how would they benefit from the common portal?

- Can we learn from existing systems, e.g. EU Clinical Trials Register, Master Record Identifiers systemof the EPA, EU Open Data Portal, IPCheM, OECD eChemPortal, a potential future OECD GlobalChemicals Knowledge Base, ECHA Dissemination Portal, OpenAire, European Open Science Cloud -could any of these systems provide some or all of the portal functionalities

- How can data owners share information but maintain their intellectual property rights and protection ofconfidential business information/trade secrets?

- How can participants be persuaded to use a common international structured data format forinformation exchange?

- Can information exchange be automated with laboratory systems sharing information via web services?

- How can quality control processes and critical appraisal tools be integrated within the platform?

- What could be the incentives for participation in the portal?

- How could a common platform stimulate new or improved studies and methods for chemical safetyassessment?

- How could a common platform inform the EU research agenda?

The second phase of the study shall develop recommendations for the EU legislator and for EU policydevelopment in this area, based on the identified opportunities and threats.

- What basic provisions would be needed to govern a central EU platform across regulations and EUinstitutions?

- What are the legal barriers and can legislation act as a driver for participation and imposing a commonformat for delivering the results?

- What would be the resource requirements for adaptation/development and maintenance of a commonportal?

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- What are the funding options for the adaptation/development and maintenance of a common portal?

If judged appropriate, the implementation of the pilot project can be delegated to the agencies.



Justification:ECHA and EFSA face restrictions to sharing more data and studies with the general public than they alreadydo, due to business confidentiality and IPR. In addition, the full potential of peer-reviewed studies byindependent researchers may not be realised if they are not available in a structured format. Therefore,ECHA and EFSA have a vision to increase and simplify access to the vast scientific data collections theyhold, enriched with other public data and data fed by external sources.

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Total 1 250 000 625 000 1 250 000 625 000

Heading:Pilot project — Invasive Alien Species: Improvement of understanding and communication


The overall objective of this Pilot Project is to pilot novel methods to prevent the establishment and spreadof invasive alien species (IAS) in the EU, in support of the EU's Regulation on Invasive Alien Species1143/2014 and Target 5 of the EU's 2020 Biodiversity Strategy.

It is widely recognised that preventing invasive alien species from establishing (i.e. effective IAS bio-security measures) is far more cost-effective than managing and eradicating invasive alien species oncethey become established. However, two significant barriers have been identified which prevent effectiveIAS bio-security measures from being implemented: i) a lack of understanding by stakeholders of theimportance of IAS bio-security, and ii) a lack of understanding among natural resource managers andregulators of how to communicate the need for effective IAS biosecurity measures across differentstakeholder groups.

This Pilot Project proposes a series of activities which seek to: i) improve understanding amongstakeholders on the importance of effective IAS bio-security measures, and ii) improve communicationamong managers, regulators and stakeholders in regards with developing and implementing effective IASbio-security measures.

The Pilot Project, with a view to becoming a preparatory action, will provide €1.25 million of funding,

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equally split over two years, to raise awareness of the need to implement effective bio-security measuresacross the following stakeholder groups: farmers, landowners and land managers, environmental NGOs,the horticulture industry, the exotic pet trade, recreational freshwater users (anglers and boaters) andmarine users (recreational boating and industrial shipping), and transport infrastructure authorities(canals, railway sidings, motorway verges), and local authorities. These stakeholder groups having beenidentified as representing the most significant pathways for invasive alien species in Europe.

Invasive alien species bio-security is a topic of which stakeholders generally have a low understanding,but simultaneously have a high anxiety about due to perceived negative impacts to their interests. ThePilot Project will build a platform to facilitate constructive communication within and between sectors onthe need for, and benefits of, effective IAS bio-security measures, as well as to share best practice for thecommunication, development and implementation of such measures.

Specifically, the Pilot Project will appoint officers to begin and lead dialogue within each of the identifiedstakeholder groups. As the existing level of understanding among many stakeholder groups about IASbiosecurity issues is low, the officers will initially determine the level of understanding and concernwithin each of the stakeholder groups. Once the perception of each of the stakeholder groups isdetermined, the officers will then initiate a series of events, workshops and conferences, and produceaccessible sector-specific material, to promote understanding and the exchange of knowledge about theissue within each sector. A secretariat function will manage and oversee the work of the officers, as wellas collate and develop the sector-specific dialogues to identify common problems and identify commonsolutions across sectors.

By undertaking the above engagement activities, it is anticipated that the level of concern, conflict andmisunderstanding around IAS bio-security will be reduced. The novelty in this project lies in its proactivenature, as there have been no previous attempts to constructively engage specific sectors at a pan-European scale on IAS bio-security, and in its collaborative nature, as it simultaneously addresses IASbio-security across related but divergent European sectors.



Justification:IAS are the second greatest driver of extinction globally and are estimated to cost the EU €12,5 bil. annuallyin damages & management. They are a factor that significantly contributes to further degradation of Natura2000 sites and other habitats in/around rural and agricultural areas. This project will support theimplementation of EU Reg. 1143/2014 on IAS & activities towards achieving Target 5 of the EU 2020Biodiversity Strategy and contribute towards achieving 10 out of the 17 SDGs.

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Total 1 200 000 600 000 1 200 000 600 000

Heading:Pilot project — Identification of existing solutions and best practices in the decontamination andenvironmental regeneration of marshlands affected by phosphogypsum contamination


Durante más de cuatro décadas, la producción de ácido fosfórico en la provincia de Huelva haocasionado la generación de fosfoyesos, un residuo contaminante que, junto con otros subproductosindustriales, se deposita en balsas cuya superficie ocupa más de 1.200 hectáreas. En 1968, dos empresasafincadas en el Polo Químico de Huelva, Fertiberia y Foret, obtuvieron la concesión administrativa paraverter estos residuos, alcanzando los 120 millones de toneladas en unos apilamientos que se encuentran atan sólo 500 metros de las viviendas de la barriada de Pérez Cubillas. A raíz de un cambio en lalegislación europea y nacional, una sentencia de la Audiencia Nacional puso freno judicial a estosvertidos en diciembre de 2010 y obligó a Fertiberia a presentar y ejecutar un plan de regeneraciónambiental. Dicho plan se circunscribe a una extensión de 420 ha que deben excluirse de la zona deactuación del futuro proyecto piloto que se solicita. Sin embargo, se entiende imprescindible que laComisión Europea vigile el proyecto global de la zona para asegurar una actuación integral, coherente yefectiva; dicha función de supervisión estaría también en línea con el procedimiento de infraccióniniciado contra España (nº 20072448).

Casi medio siglo de vertidos de fosfoyesos a la marisma del Tinto, colindantes con el casco urbano deHuelva, han generado un grave y complejo problema medioambiental. El vertido de residuos haprovocado una grave contaminación del río, incluyendo aceite y depósito de metales pesados, así comootros tipos de residuos tóxicos, lo que constituye un innegable desastre medioambiental. Además, lacercanía a la ciudad de Huelva y los riesgos de contaminación que los vertidos representan para lapoblación local, en especial a través de los arroyos y acuíferos, suscitan una grave preocupación por lasposibles consecuencias para la salud en general. Se precisa, por tanto, una estrategia a largo plazo conlas máximas garantías para la regeneración del territorio y la salud de la población, solución que nopuede alcanzarse únicamente desde el ámbito municipal.

Por esta razón, el ayuntamiento ha impulsado la creación de la Mesa de Participación de los Fosfoyesos,un foro del que forman parte todos los niveles administrativos implicados: los grupos políticosmunicipales (municipal), la Delegación del Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía (regional) y el Ministeriode Medio Ambiente a través de la Subdelegación del Gobierno de España (estatal); así como las partesinteresadas relevantes: la Autoridad Portuaria, la Federación Onubense de Empresarios, la Cámara deComercio, los sindicatos UGT (Unión General de Trabajadores) y CCOO (Comisiones Obreras), laUniversidad de Huelva y las Federaciones y asociaciones vecinales y ecologistas.

Por otro lado, un Comité de Expertos designado por la Universidad de Huelva ha alertado sobre lainestabilidad y la permeabilidad del terrero. Según el informe emitido analizando la estructura del suelode la marisma bajo las balsas de fosfoyeso, la sobrepresión provocada por los residuos ha provocado queel fluido presente en las capas de la marisma escape hacia otras zonas, de la misma forma que el aguasale de una esponja al apretarla. El riesgo es que esa migración de fluidos origine una pérdida de presión,haciendo que colapse la estructura que sostiene el apilamiento, lo que podría provocar un deslizamientode parte de los fosfoyesos hacia el canal del río Tinto. Revelaciones de esta índole inciden aún más en lapreocupación de la ciudadanía y en el carácter prioritario de este desastre medioambiental.

El estudio propuesto por este proyecto piloto proporcionaría la cobertura científica y económica necesariapara identificar las soluciones existentes a nivel europeo que se hayan desarrollado en sitios similares(Rieme - BE, Kavala - GR, Engis - BE, Salónica - GR, Grand Quevilly - FR, Siilinjarvi - FI, Police - PL,

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Boleslawice - PL, Kedainiai - LT). Tras identificarlas, el estudio permitiría comparar estas solucionespara determinar las mejores prácticas para la descontaminación y regeneración de las zonas afectadas,así como para la revalorización y nuevos usos de los vertidos de fosfoyesos, por ejemplo, como material deconstrucción. La dimensión europea es fundamental para que buenas prácticas, que ya están en marchaen países como Bélgica (Proyecto Terranova), sean identificadas y comparadas con vistas a su utilizacióntanto en Huelva como en casos similares dentro de la Unión.



Justification:Es imprescindible elaborar un estudio que identifique soluciones y buenas prácticas existentes y replicablesen Europa relativas a la descontaminación y regeneración medioambiental de marismas afectadas por lacontaminación proveniente de vertidos de fosfoyesos, residuo de la producción de fertilizantes, así comopara la revalorización de dicho subproducto para nuevos usos. El proyecto precisa la cuantía de 1,2 M€ parasu implementación en el periodo 2014-20, con posibilidad de n+1, 2 o 3.

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Article 08 01 01 — Expenditure related to officials and temporary staff in the ‘Research and innovation’policy area



08 01 01 6 209 032 6 209 032 6 358 002 6 358 002 6 303 152 6 303 152 54 850 54 850 6 358 002 6 358 002

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Total 6 209 032 6 209 032 6 358 002 6 358 002 6 303 152 6 303 152 54 850 54 850 6 358 002 6 358 002


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08 01 02 01 351 898 351 898 314 688 314 688 301 475 301 475 13 213 13 213 314 688 314 688

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Total 351 898 351 898 314 688 314 688 301 475 301 475 13 213 13 213 314 688 314 688


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08 01 02 11 522 133 522 133 563 133 563 133 540 727 540 727 22 406 22 406 563 133 563 133

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Total 522 133 522 133 563 133 563 133 540 727 540 727 22 406 22 406 563 133 563 133


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Article 08 01 03 — Expenditure related to information and communication technology equipment andservices of the ‘Research and innovation’ policy area



08 01 03 401 373 401 373 424 961 424 961 416 393 416 393 8 568 8 568 424 961 424 961

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Total 401 373 401 373 424 961 424 961 416 393 416 393 8 568 8 568 424 961 424 961


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08 01 05 01 94 197 536 94 197 536 96 674 662 96 674 662 95 674 662 95 674 662 1 000 000 1 000 000 96 674 662 96 674 662

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Total 94 197 536 94 197 536 96 674 662 96 674 662 95 674 662 95 674 662 1 000 000 1 000 000 96 674 662 96 674 662


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08 01 05 02 25 823 043 25 823 043 25 943 429 25 943 429 25 565 429 25 565 429 378 000 378 000 25 943 429 25 943 429

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Total 25 823 043 25 823 043 25 943 429 25 943 429 25 565 429 25 565 429 378 000 378 000 25 943 429 25 943 429


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08 01 05 03 46 062 594 46 062 594 47 432 428 47 432 428 45 932 428 45 932 428 1 500 000 1 500 000 47 432 428 47 432 428

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Total 46 062 594 46 062 594 47 432 428 47 432 428 45 932 428 45 932 428 1 500 000 1 500 000 47 432 428 47 432 428


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Item 08 01 05 11 — Expenditure related to officials and temporary staff implementing research andinnovation programmes — Euratom Programme



08 01 05 11 10 008 550 10 008 550 10 268 772 10 268 772 9 968 772 9 968 772 300 000 300 000 10 268 772 10 268 772

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Total 10 008 550 10 008 550 10 268 772 10 268 772 9 968 772 9 968 772 300 000 300 000 10 268 772 10 268 772


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Item 08 01 05 12 — External personnel implementing research and innovation programmes — EuratomProgramme



08 01 05 12 689 286 689 286 952 000 952 000 682 000 682 000 270 000 270 000 952 000 952 000

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Total 689 286 689 286 952 000 952 000 682 000 682 000 270 000 270 000 952 000 952 000


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Item 08 01 05 13 — Other management expenditure for research and innovation programmes — EuratomProgramme



08 01 05 13 3 272 850 3 272 850 3 391 764 3 391 764 3 271 764 3 271 764 120 000 120 000 3 391 764 3 391 764

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Total 3 272 850 3 272 850 3 391 764 3 391 764 3 271 764 3 271 764 120 000 120 000 3 391 764 3 391 764


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Item 08 01 06 01 — European Research Council Executive Agency — contribution from Horizon 2020



08 01 06 01 46 681 000 46 681 000 49 390 184 49 390 184 47 590 184 47 590 184 1 800 000 1 800 000 49 390 184 49 390 184

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Total 46 681 000 46 681 000 49 390 184 49 390 184 47 590 184 47 590 184 1 800 000 1 800 000 49 390 184 49 390 184


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Item 08 01 06 01 — European Research Council Executive Agency — contribution from Horizon 2020



08 01 06 01 46 681 000 46 681 000 49 390 184 49 390 184 47 590 184 47 590 184 1 800 000 1 800 000 49 390 184 49 390 184

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Total 46 681 000 46 681 000 49 390 184 49 390 184 47 590 184 47 590 184 1 800 000 1 800 000 49 390 184 49 390 184


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Item 08 01 06 02 — Research Executive Agency — Contribution from Horizon 2020



08 01 06 02 64 590 426 64 590 426 69 429 652 69 429 652 65 929 652 65 929 652 3 500 000 3 500 000 69 429 652 69 429 652

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Total 64 590 426 64 590 426 69 429 652 69 429 652 65 929 652 65 929 652 3 500 000 3 500 000 69 429 652 69 429 652


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Item 08 01 06 02 — Research Executive Agency — Contribution from Horizon 2020



08 01 06 02 64 590 426 64 590 426 69 429 652 69 429 652 65 929 652 65 929 652 3 500 000 3 500 000 69 429 652 69 429 652

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Total 64 590 426 64 590 426 69 429 652 69 429 652 65 929 652 65 929 652 3 500 000 3 500 000 69 429 652 69 429 652


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Item 08 01 06 03 — Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises — Contribution fromHorizon 2020



08 01 06 03 26 327 644 26 327 644 29 388 149 29 388 149 26 888 149 26 888 149 2 500 000 2 500 000 29 388 149 29 388 149

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Total 26 327 644 26 327 644 29 388 149 29 388 149 26 888 149 26 888 149 2 500 000 2 500 000 29 388 149 29 388 149


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Item 08 01 06 04 — Innovation and Networks Executive Agency — Contribution from Horizon 2020



08 01 06 04 6 854 609 6 854 609 7 301 542 7 301 542 7 001 542 7 001 542 300 000 300 000 7 301 542 7 301 542

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Total 6 854 609 6 854 609 7 301 542 7 301 542 7 001 542 7 001 542 300 000 300 000 7 301 542 7 301 542

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Item 08 02 01 01 — Strengthening frontier research in the European Research Council



08 02 01 01 1 842 122 604 1 356 020 405 1 969 672 172 1 624 989 887 1 936 672 172 1 624 989 887 33 000 000 1 969 672 172 1 624 989 887

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Total 1 842 122 604 1 356 020 405 1 969 672 172 1 624 989 887 1 936 672 172 1 624 989 887 33 000 000 1 969 672 172 1 624 989 887


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Item 08 02 01 01 — Strengthening frontier research in the European Research Council



08 02 01 01 1 842 122 604 1 356 020 405 1 969 672 172 1 624 989 887 1 936 672 172 1 624 989 887 33 000 000 1 969 672 172 1 624 989 887

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Total 1 842 122 604 1 356 020 405 1 969 672 172 1 624 989 887 1 936 672 172 1 624 989 887 33 000 000 1 969 672 172 1 624 989 887


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Item 08 02 01 03 — Strengthening European research infrastructures, including e-infrastructures



08 02 01 03 224 169 555 123 645 916 235 362 607 187 233 718 227 362 607 187 233 718 8 000 000 235 362 607 187 233 718

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Total 224 169 555 123 645 916 235 362 607 187 233 718 227 362 607 187 233 718 8 000 000 235 362 607 187 233 718

Justification:

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08 02 01 03 224 169 555 123 645 916 235 362 607 187 233 718 227 362 607 187 233 718 8 000 000 235 362 607 187 233 718

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Total 224 169 555 123 645 916 235 362 607 187 233 718 227 362 607 187 233 718 8 000 000 235 362 607 187 233 718


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08 02 01 03 224 169 555 123 645 916 235 362 607 187 233 718 227 362 607 187 233 718 16 800 000 8 800 000 244 162 607 196 033 718

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Total 224 169 555 123 645 916 235 362 607 187 233 718 227 362 607 187 233 718 16 800 000 8 800 000 244 162 607 196 033 718

Justification:The amendment intends to fully restore the original annual profile of this budget line as it had been foreseenprior to the redeployment of commitment appropriations for the provisioning of the EFSI (European Fund ofStrategic Investments) Guarantee Fund. This increase will be financed from the margin available underheading 1.1

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08 02 02 01 524 204 453 552 233 871 535 119 776 498 152 158 535 119 776 498 152 158 32 600 000 32 600 000 567 719 776 530 752 158

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Total 524 204 453 552 233 871 535 119 776 498 152 158 535 119 776 498 152 158 32 600 000 32 600 000 567 719 776 530 752 158


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Item 08 02 02 02 — Enhancing access to risk finance for investing in research and innovation



08 02 02 02 399 485 523 379 207 648 435 388 299 324 237 047 424 388 299 324 237 047 11 000 000 435 388 299 324 237 047

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Total 399 485 523 379 207 648 435 388 299 324 237 047 424 388 299 324 237 047 11 000 000 435 388 299 324 237 047


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Item 08 02 02 03 — Increasing innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)



08 02 02 03 46 681 093 24 901 508 46 085 771 30 811 397 46 085 771 30 811 397 1 700 000 1 700 000 47 785 771 32 511 397

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Total 46 681 093 24 901 508 46 085 771 30 811 397 46 085 771 30 811 397 1 700 000 1 700 000 47 785 771 32 511 397


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Item 08 02 03 01 — Improving lifelong health and well-being



08 02 03 01 582 802 183 439 393 124 673 524 898 458 962 266 642 211 398 458 962 266 31 313 500 673 524 898 458 962 266

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Total 582 802 183 439 393 124 673 524 898 458 962 266 642 211 398 458 962 266 31 313 500 673 524 898 458 962 266


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08 02 03 01 582 802 183 439 393 124 673 524 898 458 962 266 642 211 398 458 962 266 31 313 500 673 524 898 458 962 266

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Total 582 802 183 439 393 124 673 524 898 458 962 266 642 211 398 458 962 266 31 313 500 673 524 898 458 962 266


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08 02 03 01 582 802 183 439 393 124 673 524 898 458 962 266 642 211 398 458 962 266 31 313 500 673 524 898 458 962 266

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Total 582 802 183 439 393 124 673 524 898 458 962 266 642 211 398 458 962 266 31 313 500 673 524 898 458 962 266


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08 02 03 01 582 802 183 439 393 124 673 524 898 458 962 266 642 211 398 458 962 266 33 213 500 1 900 000 675 424 898 460 862 266

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Total 582 802 183 439 393 124 673 524 898 458 962 266 642 211 398 458 962 266 33 213 500 1 900 000 675 424 898 460 862 266


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Item 08 02 03 02 — Securing sufficient supplies of safe, healthy and high quality food and other bio-basedproducts



08 02 03 02 188 374 001 189 964 342 177 650 893 162 170 942 177 650 893 162 170 942 12 600 000 12 600 000 190 250 893 174 770 942

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Total 188 374 001 189 964 342 177 650 893 162 170 942 177 650 893 162 170 942 12 600 000 12 600 000 190 250 893 174 770 942


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Item 08 02 03 03 — Making the transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system



08 02 03 03 336 486 398 323 232 721 337 583 939 292 185 559 337 583 939 292 185 559 14 700 000 14 700 000 352 283 939 306 885 559

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Total 336 486 398 323 232 721 337 583 939 292 185 559 337 583 939 292 185 559 14 700 000 14 700 000 352 283 939 306 885 559

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Item 08 02 03 04 — Achieving a European transport system that is resource-efficient, environmentallyfriendly, safe and seamless



08 02 03 04 239 323 675 284 091 541 252 946 905 239 845 116 252 946 905 239 845 116 26 900 000 26 900 000 279 846 905 266 745 116

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Total 239 323 675 284 091 541 252 946 905 239 845 116 252 946 905 239 845 116 26 900 000 26 900 000 279 846 905 266 745 116


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Item 08 02 03 05 — Achieving a resource-efficient and climate change resilient economy and a sustainablesupply of raw materials



08 02 03 05 303 307 891 208 463 550 312 327 206 290 605 621 312 327 206 290 605 621 13 000 000 13 000 000 325 327 206 303 605 621

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Total 303 307 891 208 463 550 312 327 206 290 605 621 312 327 206 290 605 621 13 000 000 13 000 000 325 327 206 303 605 621


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Item 08 02 03 06 — Fostering inclusive, innovative and reflective European societies



08 02 03 06 124 102 267 125 202 494 130 000 611 126 186 096 126 500 611 126 186 096 3 500 000 130 000 611 126 186 096

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Total 124 102 267 125 202 494 130 000 611 126 186 096 126 500 611 126 186 096 3 500 000 130 000 611 126 186 096


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08 02 03 06 124 102 267 125 202 494 130 000 611 126 186 096 126 500 611 126 186 096 3 500 000 130 000 611 126 186 096

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Total 124 102 267 125 202 494 130 000 611 126 186 096 126 500 611 126 186 096 3 500 000 130 000 611 126 186 096


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08 02 03 06 124 102 267 125 202 494 130 000 611 126 186 096 126 500 611 126 186 096 3 500 000 130 000 611 126 186 096

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Total 124 102 267 125 202 494 130 000 611 126 186 096 126 500 611 126 186 096 3 500 000 130 000 611 126 186 096


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08 02 03 06 124 102 267 125 202 494 130 000 611 126 186 096 126 500 611 126 186 096 8 800 000 5 300 000 135 300 611 131 486 096

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Total 124 102 267 125 202 494 130 000 611 126 186 096 126 500 611 126 186 096 8 800 000 5 300 000 135 300 611 131 486 096


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Article 08 02 04 — Spreading excellence and widening participation



08 02 04 122 708 877 110 457 866 129 149 390 148 909 913 125 749 390 148 909 913 3 400 000 129 149 390 148 909 913

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Total 122 708 877 110 457 866 129 149 390 148 909 913 125 749 390 148 909 913 3 400 000 129 149 390 148 909 913


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Article 08 02 04 — Spreading excellence and widening participation



08 02 04 122 708 877 110 457 866 129 149 390 148 909 913 125 749 390 148 909 913 3 400 000 129 149 390 148 909 913

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Total 122 708 877 110 457 866 129 149 390 148 909 913 125 749 390 148 909 913 3 400 000 129 149 390 148 909 913


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08 02 06 65 082 398 53 314 382 68 387 298 63 859 544 66 887 298 63 859 544 1 500 000 68 387 298 63 859 544

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Total 65 082 398 53 314 382 68 387 298 63 859 544 66 887 298 63 859 544 1 500 000 68 387 298 63 859 544


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Article 08 02 06 — Science with and for society



08 02 06 65 082 398 53 314 382 68 387 298 63 859 544 66 887 298 63 859 544 4 100 000 2 600 000 70 987 298 66 459 544

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Total 65 082 398 53 314 382 68 387 298 63 859 544 66 887 298 63 859 544 4 100 000 2 600 000 70 987 298 66 459 544


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Item 08 02 07 31 — Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI2) Joint Undertaking — Support expenditure



08 02 07 31 5 033 678 5 033 678 5 384 615 5 384 615 5 134 615 5 134 615 250 000 250 000 5 384 615 5 384 615

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Total 5 033 678 5 033 678 5 384 615 5 384 615 5 134 615 5 134 615 250 000 250 000 5 384 615 5 384 615

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Item 08 02 07 31 — Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI2) Joint Undertaking — Support expenditure



08 02 07 31 5 033 678 5 033 678 5 384 615 5 384 615 5 134 615 5 134 615 250 000 250 000 5 384 615 5 384 615

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Total 5 033 678 5 033 678 5 384 615 5 384 615 5 134 615 5 134 615 250 000 250 000 5 384 615 5 384 615


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Item 08 02 07 34 — Bio-Based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertaking



08 02 07 34 110 263 312 108 914 732 132 424 316 162 648 921 110 864 316 162 648 921 21 560 000 132 424 316 162 648 921

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Total 110 263 312 108 914 732 132 424 316 162 648 921 110 864 316 162 648 921 21 560 000 132 424 316 162 648 921


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Item 08 02 07 34 — Bio-Based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertaking



08 02 07 34 110 263 312 108 914 732 132 424 316 162 648 921 110 864 316 162 648 921 21 560 000 132 424 316 162 648 921

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Total 110 263 312 108 914 732 132 424 316 162 648 921 110 864 316 162 648 921 21 560 000 132 424 316 162 648 921

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Item 08 02 07 35 — Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking — Support expenditure



08 02 07 35 4 450 485 4 450 485 4 649 515 4 649 515 4 449 515 4 449 515 200 000 200 000 4 649 515 4 649 515

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Total 4 450 485 4 450 485 4 649 515 4 649 515 4 449 515 4 449 515 200 000 200 000 4 649 515 4 649 515


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08 02 07 35 4 450 485 4 450 485 4 649 515 4 649 515 4 449 515 4 449 515 200 000 200 000 4 649 515 4 649 515

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Total 4 450 485 4 450 485 4 649 515 4 649 515 4 449 515 4 449 515 200 000 200 000 4 649 515 4 649 515


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08 02 07 35 4 450 485 4 450 485 4 649 515 4 649 515 4 449 515 4 449 515 200 000 200 000 4 649 515 4 649 515

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Total 4 450 485 4 450 485 4 649 515 4 649 515 4 449 515 4 449 515 200 000 200 000 4 649 515 4 649 515

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Item 08 02 07 37 — Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 (FCH 2) Joint Undertaking — Support expenditure



08 02 07 37 2 288 599 2 288 599 2 622 363 2 622 363 2 334 363 2 334 363 288 000 288 000 2 622 363 2 622 363

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Total 2 288 599 2 288 599 2 622 363 2 622 363 2 334 363 2 334 363 288 000 288 000 2 622 363 2 622 363


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08 02 07 37 2 288 599 2 288 599 2 622 363 2 622 363 2 334 363 2 334 363 288 000 288 000 2 622 363 2 622 363

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Total 2 288 599 2 288 599 2 622 363 2 622 363 2 334 363 2 334 363 288 000 288 000 2 622 363 2 622 363


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08 02 07 37 2 288 599 2 288 599 2 622 363 2 622 363 2 334 363 2 334 363 288 000 288 000 2 622 363 2 622 363

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Total 2 288 599 2 288 599 2 622 363 2 622 363 2 334 363 2 334 363 288 000 288 000 2 622 363 2 622 363

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Item 08 02 07 38 — Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 (FCH 2) Joint Undertaking



08 02 07 38 73 389 716 93 126 304 79 823 275 103 162 807 74 923 275 103 162 807 4 900 000 79 823 275 103 162 807

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Total 73 389 716 93 126 304 79 823 275 103 162 807 74 923 275 103 162 807 4 900 000 79 823 275 103 162 807


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08 02 07 38 73 389 716 93 126 304 79 823 275 103 162 807 74 923 275 103 162 807 4 900 000 79 823 275 103 162 807

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Total 73 389 716 93 126 304 79 823 275 103 162 807 74 923 275 103 162 807 4 900 000 79 823 275 103 162 807


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08 02 07 38 73 389 716 93 126 304 79 823 275 103 162 807 74 923 275 103 162 807 4 900 000 79 823 275 103 162 807

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Total 73 389 716 93 126 304 79 823 275 103 162 807 74 923 275 103 162 807 4 900 000 79 823 275 103 162 807

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Article 08 02 08 — SME instrument



08 02 08 481 209 870 432 882 120 541 589 527 482 502 033 481 589 527 482 502 033 60 000 000 541 589 527 482 502 033

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Total 481 209 870 432 882 120 541 589 527 482 502 033 481 589 527 482 502 033 60 000 000 541 589 527 482 502 033


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Article 08 02 08 — SME instrument



08 02 08 481 209 870 432 882 120 541 589 527 482 502 033 481 589 527 482 502 033 60 000 000 541 589 527 482 502 033

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Total 481 209 870 432 882 120 541 589 527 482 502 033 481 589 527 482 502 033 60 000 000 541 589 527 482 502 033


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08 02 77 07 750 000 750 000 750 000 750 000

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Total 750 000 750 000 750 000 750 000

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Pilot project — Advancing industry decarbonisation through an assessment of the use of renewableenergies in industrial processes


The aim of the pilot project is to create a study to analyse the present and future potential demand ofrenewable energy of industrial sectors and processes, and to make a comparative analysis of theirambitions, efficiency in reducing CO2-emissions, technology needs, and investment needs, to be able toidentify priorities in direct and indirect electrification of industrial processes, which is essential todecarbonise our industries.

Such a comparison should look at the following issues:

1. CO2-emissions saved in industrial processes through direct or indirect electrification;

2. Value created through direct or indirect electrification (i.e. what is the value added of usingdecarbonised electricity or hydrogen in a specific sector or process compared to other means ofdecarbonisation);

3. The impact of the (direct or indirect) electrification on the energy system, in particular in terms ofdemand flexibility to contribute to grid supply/demand balance, sector coupling and electricity storage(i.e. apart from the impact on electricity demand, can the electrification of a sector or industrial processcontribute to making the energy system more flexible, stable and secure, for example via demandresponse, long-term storage, or via reducing or re-using waste-heat);

The project should focus on as many industrial sectors as possible, in particular on the key industrialCO2-emitters as well as on intermediate products that enable the creation of a more sustainable supplychain, and on industrial processes with high added value. The project should include a methodology toprioritise sectors and industries.

The project needs to include a few case studies with industrial partners to test the analysis in practicalbusiness cases.



Justification:Industrial processes account for a great share of the EU's greenhouse-gas and other emissions. Decarbonisingthe industry will require the use of more renewable energy sources. The industry therefore looks atelectrification, either direct or indirect. A major challenge will be the integration and flexibility of theselarge electricity consumers in the energy system to ensure a stable energy supply. Hence, a study onindustrial sector prioritisation and impact on the energy system is crucial.

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08 03 01 01 161 949 185 156 248 000 159 582 878 156 511 817 158 222 878 156 511 817 1 360 000 159 582 878 156 511 817

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Total 161 949 185 156 248 000 159 582 878 156 511 817 158 222 878 156 511 817 1 360 000 159 582 878 156 511 817


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Item 08 03 01 02 — Euratom — Nuclear fission and radiation protection



08 03 01 02 67 630 719 31 857 582 69 145 532 65 946 436 63 145 532 65 946 436 6 000 000 69 145 532 65 946 436

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Total 67 630 719 31 857 582 69 145 532 65 946 436 63 145 532 65 946 436 6 000 000 69 145 532 65 946 436


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08 05 03 2 000 000 1 750 000 2 000 000 1 750 000

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Total 2 000 000 1 750 000 2 000 000 1 750 000

Heading:Pilot project — Research on reduction of C02 emissions in steel production


This proposed PP aims at providing financial support to EU research on the most promising andenvironmentally friendly steelmaking technology which almost completely removes C02 emissions byreplacing Carbon with Hydrogen, and by capturing, storing and processing any remaining produced C02through more advanced and cost-efficient standard industrial techniques, and the deployment of cuttingedge bio-industrial technologies, such as biosequestration and integrated C02 bio-refineries. Theproposed holistic approach aims at achieving zero C02 emissions in steel production through themaximization of the complementarity of advanced versions of these technologies.

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The first step, aiming at identifying technical barriers for upscaling carbon direct avoidance techniques(via hydrogen and electric steelmaking) and smart carbon usage (via process integration and carboncapture utilisation) has been initiated under the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) as a feasibilitystudy which may lead in 2020 to a wider European innovation initiative.

The proposed PP will explore synergies between the RFCS, Horizon 2020, the EU Innovation Fund(Climate), FCH-JU, BBI-JU, as well as other relevant EU funding instruments in order to promote theestablishment of an industrial steelmaking pilot plant with zero C02 emissions, including its potentiallinkage to an integrated C02 bio-refinery.



Justification:The steel industry contributes to the C02 emissions. Several research projects haven been carried out in thesteel sector providing solutions for process optimisation and new production processes to reduceincrementally energy consumption and C02 emissions. The EU long-term energy and environment targets(80-95% C02 reductions by 2050) can only be met through breakthrough technologies which require largeinvestments in research. Long-term sustainability requires replacing coal and coke.

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Article 09 01 01 — Expenditure related to officials and temporary staff in the ‘Communications networks,content and technology’ policy area



09 01 01 43 580 372 43 580 372 44 625 975 44 625 975 44 240 991 44 240 991 384 984 384 984 44 625 975 44 625 975

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Total 43 580 372 43 580 372 44 625 975 44 625 975 44 240 991 44 240 991 384 984 384 984 44 625 975 44 625 975


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09 01 02 01 2 579 382 2 579 382 2 171 688 2 171 688 2 074 028 2 074 028 97 660 97 660 2 171 688 2 171 688

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Total 2 579 382 2 579 382 2 171 688 2 171 688 2 074 028 2 074 028 97 660 97 660 2 171 688 2 171 688


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09 01 02 11 1 808 857 1 808 857 1 809 857 1 809 857 1 754 509 1 754 509 55 348 55 348 1 809 857 1 809 857

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Total 1 808 857 1 808 857 1 809 857 1 809 857 1 754 509 1 754 509 55 348 55 348 1 809 857 1 809 857


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Article 09 01 03 — Expenditure related to information and communication technology equipment andservices of the ‘Communications networks, content and technology’ policy area



09 01 03 2 817 179 2 817 179 2 982 742 2 982 742 2 922 605 2 922 605 60 137 60 137 2 982 742 2 982 742

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Total 2 817 179 2 817 179 2 982 742 2 982 742 2 922 605 2 922 605 60 137 60 137 2 982 742 2 982 742


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Item 09 01 04 02 — Support expenditure for Creative Europe Programme — MEDIA Sub-programme



09 01 04 02 1 530 900 1 530 900 1 607 130 1 607 130 1 517 130 1 517 130 90 000 90 000 1 607 130 1 607 130

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Total 1 530 900 1 530 900 1 607 130 1 607 130 1 517 130 1 517 130 90 000 90 000 1 607 130 1 607 130


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09 01 05 02 10 989 486 10 989 486 10 903 105 10 903 105 10 879 605 10 879 605 23 500 23 500 10 903 105 10 903 105

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Total 10 989 486 10 989 486 10 903 105 10 903 105 10 879 605 10 879 605 23 500 23 500 10 903 105 10 903 105


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Article 09 02 01 — Definition and implementation of the Union’s policy in the field of electroniccommunications



09 02 01 3 200 000 3 500 000 3 765 000 3 000 000 3 265 000 3 000 000 500 000 3 765 000 3 000 000

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Total 3 200 000 3 500 000 3 765 000 3 000 000 3 265 000 3 000 000 500 000 3 765 000 3 000 000


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Article 09 02 03 — European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)



09 02 03 10 490 564 10 490 564 15 424 465 15 424 465 10 724 465 10 724 465 5 699 535 5 699 535 16 424 000 16 424 000

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Total 10 490 564 10 490 564 15 424 465 15 424 465 10 724 465 10 724 465 5 699 535 5 699 535 16 424 000 16 424 000

Justification:In COM(2017)0477, it was foreseen that ENISA needs 12 new posts and ca 16,4 million €. This originalbudget assessment should be kept in the Budget 2019. A reduction of 1 million € will delay theimplementation of the Certification framework (new task) by approximately six months as ENISA will haveto rely initially heavily on external expertise. As expertise in this area is at a premium, the initial setup costsare expected to be high. In addition, the initial engagement with key stakeholders will require an up-frontsignificant investment in time, money and people.

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Article 09 02 04 — Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) — Office



09 02 04 4 124 336 4 124 336 5 534 665 5 534 665 4 234 665 4 234 665 3 711 301 3 711 301 7 945 966 7 945 966

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Total 4 124 336 4 124 336 5 534 665 5 534 665 4 234 665 4 234 665 3 711 301 3 711 301 7 945 966 7 945 966

Justification:The BEREC Office has already been negatively affected by inadequate staffing, mainly by reduction of staffposts. New tasks requiring increased number of staff posts and adequate financial resources were agreed inthe trialogue on BEREC Regulation and EECC on 5th of June 2018. These tasks comprise assistance toBEREC in fulfilling tasks assigned to it by the EECC, including contributing to the regulatory work, specifictasks such as establishment of common ICT systems, establishment and management of registries anddatabases and preparation of regular reports on telecom markets.

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Article 09 02 05 — Measures concerning digital content, and audiovisual and other media industries



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09 02 05 1 104 000 1 070 000 1 126 000 930 500 1 126 000 930 500 3 000 000 2 400 000 4 126 000 3 330 500

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Total 1 104 000 1 070 000 1 126 000 930 500 1 126 000 930 500 3 000 000 2 400 000 4 126 000 3 330 500


This appropriation is intended to cover the following measures:


– the implementation of the Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrativeaction in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual MediaServices Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1),

– the monitoring of and support for the evolution of the media sector, including pluralism and freedom ofthe media and media literacy,

– the collection and dissemination of economic and legal information and analysis concerning theaudiovisual sector and converging media and content industries.

Justification:Under the Cross-Sectoral Strand of the new Creative Europe programme, support for media literacy andmedia pluralism and freedom (including organisations monitoring and promoting them) will be eligible forfunding. In the meantime, as a bridging measure, a significant reinforcement of this line is essential to enablea scaling up of efforts against fake news, including through media literacy work, and to ensure continuity ofmedia pluralism/freedom work initiated through PPPAs.

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Item 09 02 77 06 — Pilot project — Media councils in the digital era



09 02 77 06 500 000 250 000 p.m. 350 000 p.m. 350 000 500 000 150 000 500 000 500 000

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Total 500 000 250 000 p.m. 350 000 p.m. 350 000 500 000 150 000 500 000 500 000

Justification:The rise of fake news has sent a strong signal to traditional media around the world testifying to anunprecedented crisis faced by journalism in our democracies. Media self-regulation and bodies are crucial inpromoting respect for ethical standards in the media, guaranteeing media accountability and restoring trust inthe sector. The renewal of the project for another year will enable the promising work so far to continue.

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Item 09 02 77 08 — Preparatory action — Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era



09 02 77 08 750 000 375 000 p.m. 562 500 p.m. 562 500 1 000 000 750 000 1 000 000 1 312 500

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Total 750 000 375 000 p.m. 562 500 p.m. 562 500 1 000 000 750 000 1 000 000 1 312 500


New technologies are dramatically and constantly changing .......... may lead to a limiting of freedom ofexpression too.


These appropriations areThis appropriation is intended to continue the preparatory action for a secondyear, in addition to coveringcover commitments remaining to be settled from previous years under thepreparatory action.

Justification:[Existing PA] The Treaties establish obligations for the EU to guarantee the respect of fundamental rights,including freedom of expression and media pluralism. Proper assessment of the reality on the ground isneeded. The media pluralism instrument provides a methodology to measure the risk for media pluralism,updated to consider the dynamics of online information. This existing PA enables the Commission toprovide evidence to define actions to improve media pluralism within the EU.

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09 02 77 09 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

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Total 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:Pilot project — A pan-European rapid response mechanism on violations of press and media freedom


With the deterioration of press and media freedom in EU Member States and candidate countries showinga worrying trend, this pan-European rapid response mechanism on violations of media freedom shouldprovide concrete protection to journalists including fact-finding, advocacy, monitoring, informing theEuropean public and awareness raising.

Under the Charter of Fundamental Rights, everyone has the right to freedom of expression. Recentdevelopments show that this value needs to be strongly defended to protect democracy, strengthen publicdiscourse and guarantee an enabling environment for investigative and independent journalists. Hence, it

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is crucial to set up a pan-European response mechanism on violations of press and media freedom.

This pilot project will enable the establishment of a pan-European rapid response mechanism to makeviolations visible and to provide practical help to journalists under threat, in collaboration with European,regional and local stakeholders in the field of media freedom. The practical help must encompass tools toprotect journalists under threat, providing direct advice and legal support as well as offering shelter andassistance so they can continue their profession. Delegates will be sent to affected countries and advocacywill support fighting impunity. Monitoring of the situation provides reliable and comprehensiveinformation to the public as well as European authorities. This promotes awareness-raising and allowsearly warnings. Instruments will be adjusted according to individual needs on a case-by-case basis. Thisunique toolkit contained in the rapid response mechanism will prevent further violations and will improvepress and media freedom, while also providing journalists under threat with advice, legal support and/orshelter.

The pilot project will also operate as an early warning system for the European Parliament.



Justification:EU Treaties establish obligations to guarantee the respect of fundamental rights, including freedom ofexpression and media pluralism, while a number of Member States fail to guarantee a safe enablingenvironment for journalists. The mechanism is designed to support journalists under threat to continue theirprofession. The instrument is adjustable to individual needs case-by-case after a rapid professional analysisof their current situation. It is an appropriate measure to reduce dangerous situations especially forinvestigative journalists.

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09 02 77 10 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

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Total 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:Preparatory action — Cross-border investigative journalism fund


This Preparatory Action will build on the experimental project "European research grants for journalisticinvestigations, #IJ4EU". Maintaining quality journalism and especially investigative journalism, which isa particularly resource-intensive genre, has become more difficult in the changing media landscape. Theproject aims to strengthen the European public sphere and to contribute towards the creation of a

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European public discourse. In this context, the European Commission would do an open call forproposals for an independent body to implement consecutive rounds of grants supporting journalisticinvestigations involving journalists from at least two Member States to ensure maximum independenceand journalistic freedom. Results will be published in at least the Member States involved.

The murders of Daphne Caruana and Ján Kuciak show that the work of investigative journalists isbecoming increasingly difficult and in the current political context and amid the changing medialandscape not only political and legal support, but also continued financial support from the EU isessential.



Justification:The PA aims to continue the work started by Investigative Journalism for Europe #IJ4EU to set up a seriesof European research grants for journalistic investigations with a cross-border dimension in view of apermanent budget line in the next MFF in line with the Parliament Resolution on protection of investigativejournalists in Europe, which called for a permanent fund.

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09 02 77 11 500 000 250 000 500 000 250 000

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Total 500 000 250 000 500 000 250 000

Heading:Pilot project — EU network to support after-school media literacy study


In several Member States the work of media studies teachers in formal education is helped by networks,NGOs or other organisations providing information, making source materials available, answeringquestions regarding media education, building databases and organising events. The above-mentionedabundant sources of information are mostly available online. It would be a huge step forward if they weremade available at EU level in an organised and rational framework. In order to achieve this objective, itwould be necessary to set up a network of coordinating public institutes and NGOs to exchangeinformation and know-how. The EU network would support Member States in setting up a tool for after-school media literacy study for pupils through a range of initiatives and practices. The network wouldinvolve all the main actors: public education institutes, organisations, teachers, families and individualswho wish to develop actions in this sector and to develop their projects. The pilot project would build onand complement existing work in the field of media literacy, including under the cross-sectoral strand of

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Creative Europe and through the existing Preparatory Action on "Media literacy for all". It will be also auseful platform for fact-checkers and civil society organisations to provide educational material to schoolsand educators and organise a European Week of Media Literacy.



Justification:The Paris Declaration states that it is crucial to strengthen children’s and young people’s ability to thinkcritically. The media have become a fundamental factor of socialisation and have, in part, taken over thisfunction from families and schools. It is crucial that education and training staff at all levels keep pace withrapid developments, providing learners with the competences needed to access, interpret, produce and usethe media content in a safe and responsible manner.

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Article 09 03 03 — Promoting interoperability, sustainable deployment, operation and upgrading of trans-European digital service infrastructures, as well as coordination at European level



09 03 03 119 345 512 81 826 000 109 455 551 108 276 000 106 955 551 108 276 000 2 500 000 109 455 551 108 276 000

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Total 119 345 512 81 826 000 109 455 551 108 276 000 106 955 551 108 276 000 2 500 000 109 455 551 108 276 000


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Article 09 03 04 — WiFi4EU — Support the deployment of free local Wi-Fi



09 03 04 49 653 000 40 841 000 23 477 093 28 240 000 18 717 093 28 240 000 4 760 000 23 477 093 28 240 000

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Total 49 653 000 40 841 000 23 477 093 28 240 000 18 717 093 28 240 000 4 760 000 23 477 093 28 240 000

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Item 09 04 01 01 — Strengthening research in future and emerging technologies



09 04 01 01 426 837 832 378 998 000 429 937 089 201 142 000 428 437 089 201 142 000 1 500 000 429 937 089 201 142 000

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Total 426 837 832 378 998 000 429 937 089 201 142 000 428 437 089 201 142 000 1 500 000 429 937 089 201 142 000


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Item 09 04 01 02 — Strengthening European research infrastructure, including e-infrastructure



09 04 01 02 119 448 719 136 127 000 130 561 317 132 553 000 124 061 317 132 553 000 6 500 000 130 561 317 132 553 000

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Total 119 448 719 136 127 000 130 561 317 132 553 000 124 061 317 132 553 000 6 500 000 130 561 317 132 553 000


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09 04 03 01 141 434 051 144 191 000 163 973 074 124 898 000 160 573 074 124 898 000 3 400 000 163 973 074 124 898 000

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Total 141 434 051 144 191 000 163 973 074 124 898 000 160 573 074 124 898 000 3 400 000 163 973 074 124 898 000

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09 04 03 01 141 434 051 144 191 000 163 973 074 124 898 000 160 573 074 124 898 000 3 400 000 163 973 074 124 898 000

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Total 141 434 051 144 191 000 163 973 074 124 898 000 160 573 074 124 898 000 3 400 000 163 973 074 124 898 000


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09 04 03 02 41 482 827 46 634 000 48 210 665 40 075 000 46 960 665 40 075 000 1 250 000 48 210 665 40 075 000

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Total 41 482 827 46 634 000 48 210 665 40 075 000 46 960 665 40 075 000 1 250 000 48 210 665 40 075 000


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09 04 03 02 41 482 827 46 634 000 48 210 665 40 075 000 46 960 665 40 075 000 1 250 000 48 210 665 40 075 000

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Total 41 482 827 46 634 000 48 210 665 40 075 000 46 960 665 40 075 000 1 250 000 48 210 665 40 075 000

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Item 09 04 03 03 — Fostering secure European societies



09 04 03 03 50 098 276 49 783 000 58 309 660 55 871 000 55 959 660 55 871 000 2 350 000 58 309 660 55 871 000

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Total 50 098 276 49 783 000 58 309 660 55 871 000 55 959 660 55 871 000 2 350 000 58 309 660 55 871 000


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Item 09 04 07 31 — Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership (ECSEL) JointUndertaking — Support expenditure



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Heading:Pilot project — on the creation of a platform to fight Disinformation


The project intends to:

Create a Europe-wide platform before the European Parliament Elections, gathering together all actorsfighting disinformation in the context of these elections, i.e. content deliberately fabricated in a maliciousway in order to disrupt democratic processes

o Organising at least 5 workshops in at least 5 EU Member States, to gather different practices and meetwith relevant stakeholders

o Support the implementation steps with a set of guidelines to fight disinformation

Partner with monitoring platforms; social media platforms; media literacy actors; fact-checkers(journalist); analysts (academics)

Benefit citizens by creating the environment and infrastructure, to allow actors in the fight againstdisinformation to execute more effective and efficient responses, saving time, money and resources.

Background:

The rise of social media has led to a very important democratic breakthrough: the creation of content isno longer reserved only for journalists: anyone can publish anything. Among those publishing are someof the most radical people. However, we moved slowly from a militant interest to a diplomatic andpropagandist interest. Some global players have seized this opportunity, adding digital disinformation totheir hybrid destabilisation portfolio, many of them focusing on propagating an anti-EU narrative. Thiswas, for example, observed during the French and Italian electoral period or during the EU referendumin the United Kingdom.

In reaction to this crisis, numerous initiatives have emerged - ranging from local groups of enthusiasts,academics or journalists, to private companies, to Member States and European institutions creating unitsdedicated to the issue. Most recently, the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Fake Newspresented a new report on the topic.

However, several flaws have been observed in the fight against disinformation.

First, the time period between the spread of misinformation and fact checking is still too slow.

Traditional fake news debunkers and fact-checkers focus on disproving the information, either by

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countering it with opposing, factually correct information, or by conducting forensic analysis to provemanipulation. While crucial and highly effective, this process takes time and effort, requiring manualresearch or the use of forensic analysis tools. Regarding the example of ‘Macron Leaks’, which waspurposefully released only hours before the 48h electoral silence period, any traditional research wouldlikely bring results long after the silence period was put in place, thus rendering it ineffective.

Social network is blurring traditional borders therefore a European response is needed in the forecomingelections.

Second, the emergence of misinformation is not captured fast enough. Even if some civil societyorganisations have started to develop tools to identify fake news via machine learning, this will take along time before producing convincing results (if this is at all possible).

Developing fake news sourcing - unlike fact-checking and traditional debunking techniques - a semi-automated technique, means a piece of information can be disproved within minutes, well before itspreads to mainstream media.

This sourcing technique has already been battle-tested in the French presidential elections, during whichresearchers managed to source and disprove several pieces of disinformation, most notably the infamous‘Macron Leaks’ - seemingly damning information on the then-candidate, Emmanuel Macron. Developingsourcing strategies is a fundamental step in the fight against disinformation, in cooperation with manydifferent actors: from media literacy actions, to fact-checking initiatives, passing through journalists andprivate social networks. Every one of them has a particular role to play in the process.

This proposal intends to map initiatives from local structures and various stakeholders inside the EU, inorder to create a coherent platform, that will be able to assess threats and react fast to disinformation,especially during election periods when time is very much of the essence.

Such societal benefits will include all citizens and will have a direct positive impact.

It should be noted that the Pilot Project would be executed in close collaboration with the relevantCommission's stakeholders, who are currently looking at the spread of disinformation.



Justification:The European Commission is discussing with platforms, news media, research and civil societyorganisations in order to design solutions to address the spread of fake news. The aim is to define the actors'responsibilities, while respecting the freedom of expression, media pluralism, and the right of citizens todiverse and reliable information. This pilot project is a concrete contribution to this effort.

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Heading:Pilot project — Digital European Platform of quality content providers


It is time to reconsider our concept of freedom in the digital sphere. The current state of the digitaleconomy powerfully demonstrates the paradoxes of network freedom: internet giants benefit from anextraordinarily free, immensely profitable, dynamic market, yet their business models raise basicquestions about precisely this freedom in the digital sphere. Even though certain legislative actions inorder to regulate digital companies are already underway - in this regard the Commission proposalregarding a digital tax needs to be mentioned - these measures only partly tackle the problems with digitalmonopolies. The regulatory framework including the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) and the EU Copyright Directive show that the EU plays is a leader in protecting the data of usersand securing cultural diversity by allowing fair remuneration of artists.

However, there is no European competition oversight of the mainly US-located digital monopolies that fartoo often use their market power to influence public opinion or legislators. Furthermore, they are basedon a dubious business model at best, as the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal shows.

The Commission came up with similar considerations in its Communication on "Tackling on-linedisinformation: a European approach", issued in April 2018, stating the need for a more transparent,trustworthy and accountable online ecosystem. On the topic of fake news, it identifies that mechanismswhich "enable the creation, amplification and dissemination of disinformation rely upon a lack oftransparency and traceability in the existing platform ecosystem and on the impact of algorithms andonline advertising models. Therefore, it is necessary to promote adequate changes in platforms' conduct,a more accountable information ecosystem, enhanced fact-checking capabilities and collective knowledgeon disinformation, and the use of new technologies to improve the way information is produced anddisseminated online".

Further on, it states the need to improve transparency as to the origin and production of information,encourage diversity of information, and check on its credibility. In its fourth remarks, it seeks "to fashioninclusive solutions. Effective long-term solutions require awareness-raising, more media literacy, broadstakeholder involvement and the cooperation of public authorities, online platforms, advertisers, trustedflaggers, journalists and media groups"

In the same spirit, the aim of this pilot project is to create a new European digital platform in accordancewith a strong EU regulatory framework. The platform will work on a business model that isfundamentally different to the data trading model Facebook and Google use. The European alternativewill aim at providing quality content without restricting the freedom of linking. Instead, there must be alicensing regime that underpins high-quality journalism. A common European Platform, therefore, couldmean a joint action at European level against fake news and hate speech. The need to provide analternative is not only highlighted by the recent scandals but also by the fact that there are initiativeswithin the EU to launch alternative platforms, like Verimi.

Additionally, the pilot project would cover a broad range of objectives and policies, taking stock of thework done by the European Commission in the field. It is also part of its drive to create a Digital SingleMarket. The Commission aims at making EU rules more future-oriented and aligned with the rapidadvance of technological development.

The pilot project would be an additional tool to promote the digitisation of information published by listed

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companies in Europe, including the use of innovative technologies to interconnect national databases.Furthermore, the Pilot Project could link the existing platform of Europeana, which is already aEuropean Commission-run digital platform for cultural heritage. Through Europeana, citizens and theCultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) can access European culture for the widest possible variety ofpurposes. This new European Platform could be merged with Europeana in the future. Publicbroadcasters like ARTE, newspaper publishers, cultural institutions such as universities, theatres,museums and many others should participate.

The pilot project would be separated in two phases:

1. Phase: Getting an overview

The first phase will be about taking stock of initiatives connected to online platforms within the EU at alocal, regional and (inter)national level, be it private or public. Stakeholders and experts need to beconsulted and a study could be launched in order to obtain an overview about initiatives on all levels.Finally, these initiatives are analysed to assess to what extent and in which specific areas they are suitableto help the construction of a European platform. Furthermore, an alternative business model to the tradeof data needs to be found.

2. Phase: Constructing the platform

In the second phase, the existing platforms have to be adjusted and linked together with the stakeholdersin order to provide a European platform covering all kinds of content, including journalism, videos andpictures. It would fit with the Commission’s plan to set up a platform on disinformation.



Justification:In times of public mass manipulation, we need to take decisive steps to regulate digital capitalism. As theCommission draws on an entire set of new legislation, we need to check on business models for the digitalworld that would work in an EU context in order to protect our fundamental rights and civil liberties whileunderpinning cultural diversity and our creative industries. A European digital platform ruled by smart andstrong EU legislation is an innovative initiative to reach these goals.

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Heading:Pilot project — Girls 4 STEM in Europe

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The Pilot Project ‘Girls 4 STEM in Europe’ is conceived to empower girls to learn and become leaders intech. It aims to promote and teach Science, Engineering, Technology and Maths subjects (STEM) to girls,thereby addressing the ongoing skills gap in the sector within the EU and especially the shortfall ofwomen & increasing STEM drop-out rates of girls. The Pilot Project includes two-week summer campsand measures to engage girls in (STEM) subjects in schools by creating a network to promote bestpractices:

EU Network for the exchange of best practices in promoting STEM 4 girls: A network between schools,universities, companies and CSOs to attract female STEM students and employees, to raise awareness ofstudents and academic staff regarding the full spectrum of education and training options. The networkserves as a platform for exchanging experiences and support for the advancement of girls in

STEM education and careers.

The main goals of the 'EU Summer STEM Camps for Girls' is to foster new profiles and combatstereotypes for girls when choosing their secondary education and/or career. Summer STEM camps canhelp young girls to gain interest in science, technology, engineering and maths. The camps featureexperiments, field trips and lab-based activities to show what it is like to work in science, technology,engineering and math careers. ICT companies, companies with technical departments and technicaltraining facilities, universities, and research centers are invited to cooperate and participate in the camps.

The no-cost two-week summer camps for 13-18 year-old girls are designed to introduce middle and highschool girls to software engineering principles and programming languages. The summer program willreach all EU countries , serving 1,000+ middle and high school girls, many of whom come fromunderrepresented backgrounds. The will learn how to code -- strengthening abilities, boosting confidenceand empowering each girl to create her own future, to achieve success in STEAM studies. The programinstructors will lead instruction and programming and teach the principles of software engineering andhow to code. In doing so, they will address important social issues surrounding the gender gap in STEMand foster community among scholars. The summer curriculum includes a focus on real tools (Ruby,Javascript, HTML, CSS) to empower the scholars on their educational journeys.



Justification:The tech industry struggles to boost female representation and gender equality. Women make an average of30% of workers in tech and the sector has been under fire for its relative lack of women in leadership roles.European students are less interested in STEM subjects and the EU is already running short of professionals.It is urgent to help MS since they are struggling to get students interested in STEM. A HackerRank survey(03/2018) found that female software developers older than 35 are 3,5 times more likely to hold juniorpositions, despite being just as capable as their male peers.

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Heading:Preparatory action — Application of web accessibility requirements in web-authoring tools and platformsby default (Web Access By Default)


This appropriation is intended to cover commitments remaining to be settled from previous years underthe pilot project. This preparatory actions would continue to seek to directly encourage and support theadoption of the relevant accessibility requirements of the European Standard EN 301 549 v1.1.2 byawarding grants to firms, associations or other non-for-profit groupings which would incorporate settingsthat meet the requirements of this European Standard as the default option of their authoring tools orplatforms. A special priority would be given to open source or free-to-use tools and platforms. Thesegrants would also be open to Member States authorities who develop internal web authoring tools orplatforms for public sector websites and to hire users testing services.



Justification:The promotion of web-authoring tools and platforms for the easy application of web accessibilityrequirements is needed to encourage the adoption of web accessibility standards by public administrations,private companies and individuals. This is especially true in light of the Web accessibility Directive and theaccessibility act proposal. Even a limited funding could be effective in ensuring that the Union meets itscommitments as a signatory to the UN CRPD as well as the implementation of previous initiatives of theEU's research programmes, such as W3C Consortium projects.

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Any revenue from the contribution from the Swiss Confederation’s .......... (g) of Article 21(2) of theFinancial Regulation.

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In addition to the traditional actions carried out via the MEDIA sub-programme, the reinforcement of thefunding is necessary to carry out the following actions:

- Actions supporting European cinema operators’ networks;- Multilingual access to quality programmes for as large number of EU citizens as possible, building onthe success of the Preparatory Action on ‘Subtitling of European cultural content throughout Europe’,successfully implemented in years 2016-2018. Continuing the multilingual access to TV programmes iscrucial for reaching EU citizens in their mother tongues and thus circulating European cultural content,educating and fostering richness and diversity of the European languages.

Justification:In order to enable funding for all high-quality projects, the budget for the MEDIA sub-programme wouldneed to be increased by some 44%. The amendment proposes an appreciable increase of 22% to budget upthe line to tackle low application success rates. It also reinforces actions supporting European cinemaoperators’ networks, as they have significantly increased their membership and allows incorporation of andadequate funding for subtitling actions without endangering the financing of traditional actions.

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The Commission, when implementing this article, should .......... the Interinstitutional Group of Information(IGI).

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The additional appropriations should promote in particular radio coverage of European affairs throughpan-European networks.

Justification:The budget line on multimedia actions that provides funding for pan-European media networks in the field

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of radio, TV and internet has provided clear added value and addressed the increasing need for a coherentmedia landscape that is able to bring EU news to citizens in Europe on a daily basis. Radio has an importantrole to play as one of the most trusted media that has proven its ability to reach citizens at regional levelacross Member States in Europe. Given its direct impact on citizens, in light of current disinformationtrends, this segments needs to be strengthened significantly.

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Justification:Second year of the preparatory action. Further budget support is needed in order to maximise the positiveimpact of the Preparatory Action with a view to achieving a higher level of societal and democratic benefits.

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Item 09 05 77 07 — Pilot project — Internship opportunities for minority language media

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Heading:Pilot project — Internship opportunities for journalists working in non-European minoritylanguageslanguage media


The beneficiaries of the pilot project are EU journalists working in non-European minority languages(i.e. minority languages that are not official or regional languages in the EU). The end beneficiaries ofthe project are European residents who speak such languages and the people of Europe as a whole.Special priority in access to the Pilot Project is reserved for media aimed at minority groups, which faceextensive information and propagandistic pressure from outside the EU, especially in Arabic, Turkish,and Russian. This appropriation is intended to cover commitments remaining to be settled from previousyears under the pilot project.

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The pilot project will give minority language media representatives an opportunity to do an internship withleading European media.

The main target group of the initiative are journalists that work for European media providing content inminority or regional languages. The end beneficiaries of the project are European residents who speakminority or regional languages and the people of Europe as a whole. Special priority for access to theprogramme will be given to media outlets targeting marginalised groups (Roma, refugees and recentimmigrants) and minority groups, which face extensive information and propagandistic pressure fromoutside the Union. Special emphasis will be placed on media working in Arabic, Turkish and Russian.


Objective: Internship in the leading European media companies and minority language media that wouldcontribute to the capacity of media working in non-European minority languagesInternships in leadingEuropean media companies will help make minority media more able to promote a pro-European agenda inthe respectiveminority languages. The project will provide minority language media journalists with newprofessional skills and experiences that would permitexperience permitting them to offer Europeanminority language audience ana European minority language audience up-to-date, professional andcompetitive product.products. In other words, the project will facilitate their competition with foreign and/oranti-European media. The project should also help them better inform their minority audiences aboutEuropean values, the activities of the European institutions and might be a valuable tool to create afirewall against the distribution of fake news.

Implementation: The 1-year pilot project will be implemented byone-year pilot project will be carried outon the basis of a call for proposals for civil society organisations, media companies and professionaljournalismjournalist organisations. Only those companiescompanies in the group of media leaders in termsof size of audience or ratings in a particular Member State, several Member States or the Union as a wholewill be eligible to host trainees who belong to the group of media leaders in terms of size of their audienceor ratings in a particular Members State, several MSs or the EU as a whole.trainees. All participatingmedia shallmust meet the standards provided in the IFJset out in the International Federation of JournalistsDeclaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists. The pilot project is towill cover travel andsubsistence expenses for interns for thea period of up to 4four months.

The project is supplementary to thewill complement activities under the MEDIA sub-programmesubprogramme as it goes beyond purely cultural and educational activities, deals with all sorts ofmedia, both traditional and online, and touches upon the issues of national security and pro-Europeanstrategic communication.

Justification:Media working in non-European minority languages need to counteract propaganda and fake news inrespective languages from outside the EU (e.g. aimed at refugees, Muslim communities, Russian-speakinggroups etc.). In practice, minority media resources are often quite limited and they cannot compete withforeign media products. The pilot project will further improve the capacities of minority media by providingtheir journalists with new professional skills gained in the best European media companies.

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Heading:Pilot project — CONTENTshift - a platform for cultural content innovation


For more than 500 years the book industry has been a creative and innovative pioneer with a high impacton social and cultural development in Europe. Particularly the German book market, as the secondlargest book market in the world, can be seen as a role model when it comes to cultural variety andtechnological standards.

Especially in times of fake news and an overload of information, media companies that provideorientation and reliable content are becoming more relevant. Challenges such as digitalisation andmonopolisation are forcing established players to demand a culture of collaboration and innovation.However, innovation programmes like Horizon 2020 do not meet the needs of the creative and culturalindustries, hence developing new approaches and products is difficult due to SME structure and owing tofunding reasons.

So what needs to be done to ensure content variety in Europe and a leading role for European companieswhen it comes to innovative media?

- Central meeting point: Building a holistic platform for innovation in the content sector (virtual orotherwise)

- Matchmaking: Connecting different cultural and creative industries, tech companies, start-ups, researchinstitutes and universities, SME and corporations

- The right mindset: Engaging industry to develop new business models and technologies by creating ageneral framework for innovative thinking and working

- Technology transfer and collaboration: supporting the development of a digital infrastructure byEuropean players in order to fulfil the high demands and costs, which cannot be handled by singlecompanies.

The aim is to enable the European media sector to be ready and fit for the future. Overall,CONTENTshift would be a support network, where actors can find the right information, the right peopleand the right ideas for content innovation in Europe.



Justification:The existing EU funding programmes, including Creative Europe, do not focus enough on CCI according totheir cultural and economic significance. Due to media convergence and the market power of internationaltech corporations, it is important to support cooperation between different sectors. The goal should be thatthe European content industry remains a creative pioneer, which stands for high cultural variety andtechnological progress. CONTENTshift could be one major stepping stone to that.

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Tabled by Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Heading:Pilot project —Supporting investigative journalism and media freedom in the EU


This Pilot Project covers two distinct objectives:

- financial support to investigative journalism

- direct support of investigative journalism and protection of the journalists exposed

1) The first objective of this pilot project aims at creating a permanent and dedicated fund for supportingindependent investigative journalists. The goal is to provide financial resources to help journalist facepotential legal proceedings, cooperate cross-border and to ensure their financial independence.

Quality investigative journalism requires proper tools and resources in order to continue to revealwrongdoing throughout the Union and beyond its borders. That´s why a EU financial instrument forsupporting this type of projects is of outmost importance and its direct beneficiaries are the Europeancitizens. A dedicated EU financial instrument would be created to the benefit of legal entities(professional organizations and associations, consortiums, editors, publishers), without precludingindividuals such as freelancers from applying to grants (provided that they meet adequate criteria that willhave to be studied as part the project). This funding scheme should be managed by a independentIntermediary Organization (no national links). Assessment of applications for funding should be made bya joint team composed of members of the EC, investigative journalists and other relevant experts.

Here are a few examples of projects that could be supported.

(a) documenting and investigating the use of European funds

(b) mapping of organised crime entities in one/several EU countries (eligible expenses could includetraining and tools such as software needed for aggregating data for public interest or experts´ input, orany other expenses contributing to the development of investigative capabilities).

(c) covering expenses related to production of expensive documents required to support an investigation (in Romania, full release of land register documents costs up to EUR 800 - EUR 20 per sheet. In the UK,one can pay up to GBP 9 per sheet; in Malta, EUR 5 per sheet)

(d) subscription to software programmes correlating data and databases (that can cost up EUR 10 000).

(e) television related investigative projects (in certain countries from Central and Eastern Europe,freedom of TV media has been under constant threat since most TV stations are under ownership and/orinfluence of media oligarchs. Relevant studies in this field have been published by organisations such asthe Centre for Media Transparency).

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investigation/work. (In this specific case, the fund could only be used for payment of a bail and/or cost topay one's legal fees but not fees related to a financial compensation requested in a judgment).

2) The second objective of this pilot project is to set up a pan-European rapid response mechanism indirect support to investigative journalists with the aim to strengthen press and media freedom in EUmember states and candidate countries. The purpose of this mechanism will be to make freedom of pressviolations more visible as well as to protect exposed journalists. It will involve all stake holders needed tocounteract threats to press- and media freedom. It will be flexible enough to adjust to rapidly changingneeds. The scope of activities includes advocacy, fact finding missions, monitoring to inform theEuropean public and to raise its awareness. It will provide direct support to journalists under threat indirect collaboration with European, regional and local stakeholders in the field of media freedom. Thisincludes delivering direct advice and legal support as well as offering shelter and assistance so they cancontinue their profession. Delegates shall be sent to affected countries and advocacy shall supportfighting impunity. Monitoring shall provide reliable and comprehensive information to the public as wellas to European authorities while raising overall awareness and triggering early warnings. Instrumentsshall be adjusted according to individual needs on a case-by-case basis. This toolkit will prevent violationsand will improve press- and media freedom.



Justification:Investigative journalists are extremely vulnerable professionals, with very limited resources. Two of themgot killed in the EU only in the past 6 months. Their work is crucial in unvealing transborder moneylaundering and massive corruption. LuxLeaks, Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, the Azeri or the RussianLaundromats are examples of sensible investigations. For their activities to be sustainable, investigativejournalists need protection, direct support and financial support.

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Heading:Preparatory action — Cinemas as Innovation Hubs for Local Communities


Cultural venues are evolving towards converging film, music, live performances, exhibitions, events andoffering learning opportunities such as workshops on new technologies etc. Therefore, the cinematic

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experience can be renewed, taking into account audience needs and with a strong focus on attractingyoung audiences. The prototypes could be multifunctional venues for screenings, concerts, performances,also offering opportunities for VR experiences, gaming, debates etc.

This Preparatory Action may complement the funding of the Europa Cinemas network, which providestraining and networking opportunities as well as financial support to theatres that screen an above-average amount of non-national European films.

The proposed Preparatory Action is meant to test new cinema-going experiences, while taking intoaccount the local audience’s needs. The action would focus on:a) Improving cinema infrastructure (e.g. increasing cinema accessibility),

b) Audience development,

c) Building communities through learning experiences (offering a wide-range of learning activities),

d) Testing new possibilities to rethink the cinema experience and create innovative cultural venues.



Justification:Local cinemas bring communities together, enhance local cultural life and have an important social inclusionrole. They bring learning opportunities and contribute to the local economy, being a vector for urbandevelopment. Despite their cultural, social and economic impact, investment in cinema theatres has beenoverlooked in many areas, especially in small towns and rural areas. This PA should empower cinemas toinnovate, have a learning role and bring a richer experience to audiences.

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Heading:Pilot project — Deconstructing advertising targeting children


The objective of the pilot project is to test actions and activities aimed to help children to understand themechanisms behind advertising, e.g. how it makes use of persuasive techniques to reach and get theattention of a targeted audience and how it conveys biased messages and how it has a subliminal effect onthe child’s behaviour, despite the current legislative framework which bans surreptitious commercial

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communication. This is particularly true in the digital media environment, where a growing number ofyoung children (3-5 years), particularly vulnerable to online targeted marketing, are increasingly exposedto online videos and embedded advertisement.

The ultimate goal is to provide children with the ability to distinguish between marketing and reality inadvertising, as well as to understand the overall impact of advertising on their life, thus strengtheningtheir media literacy skills. The pilot project could also help, on the one hand, to understand if the currentlegislation on surreptitious advertising is properly enforced also in the digital environment and, on theother, to support the work of enforcers by providing them with useful insights and suggestions.

The pilot project includes studies, the creation of networks to share best practices, conferences,workshops, online platforms, after-school activities and training programmes and should take the form ofa European Commission call for proposals.



Justification:Children are increasingly becoming the target of advertising, especially in the digital environment. However,they are often unaware of the tremendous amount of advertising they are exposed to on a daily basis and donot possess the cognitive ability to recognise its persuasive intent. If educated to look at advertisingcritically, children can understand how it not only convinces people to purchase certain products, but alsoinfluences culture and conveys bias.

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Item 10 01 05 13 — Other management expenditure for research and innovation programmes — EuratomProgramme



10 01 05 13 35 045 400 35 045 400 36 360 937 36 360 937 35 060 937 35 060 937 1 300 000 1 300 000 36 360 937 36 360 937

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10 02 01 27 183 960 26 500 000 38 167 300 31 000 000 31 167 300 31 000 000 7 000 000 38 167 300 31 000 000

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Total 27 183 960 26 500 000 38 167 300 31 000 000 31 167 300 31 000 000 7 000 000 38 167 300 31 000 000


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10 03 01 10 881 000 10 000 000 12 094 519 11 000 000 10 144 519 11 000 000 1 950 000 12 094 519 11 000 000

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Article 11 06 61 — Fostering the development and implementation of the Union’s integrated maritimepolicy



11 06 61 47 830 000 33 300 000 49 340 314 41 100 000 48 840 314 41 100 000 500 000 49 340 314 41 100 000

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Total 47 830 000 33 300 000 49 340 314 41 100 000 48 840 314 41 100 000 500 000 49 340 314 41 100 000


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11 06 61 47 830 000 33 300 000 49 340 314 41 100 000 48 840 314 41 100 000 500 000 49 340 314 41 100 000

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Total 47 830 000 33 300 000 49 340 314 41 100 000 48 840 314 41 100 000 500 000 49 340 314 41 100 000


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11 06 62 03 12 292 000 10 900 000 13 640 000 9 500 000 12 640 000 9 500 000 1 000 000 13 640 000 9 500 000

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Total 12 292 000 10 900 000 13 640 000 9 500 000 12 640 000 9 500 000 1 000 000 13 640 000 9 500 000


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Item 11 06 62 04 — Governance and communication



11 06 62 04 5 600 000 5 800 000 5 900 000 4 100 000 5 730 000 4 100 000 170 000 5 900 000 4 100 000

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Article 12 02 03 — Standards in the fields of financial reporting and auditing

Amend figures and conditions for releasing the reserve as follows:Budget 2018 Draft budget 2019 Council's position 2019 Difference New amount


12 02 03 8 446 000 8 400 250 8 615 000 8 515 000 8 615 000 8 515 000 -1 000 000 -1 000 000 7 615 000 7 515 000

Reserve 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

Total 8 446 000 8 400 250 8 615 000 8 515 000 8 615 000 8 515 000 8 615 000 8 515 000

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The reserve is to be released under the condition that the requests made in the European Parliament(Stolojan) initiative report on IAS evaluation and the activities of the IFRS Foundation, EFRAG and thePIOB (2016/2006(INI)) are fulfilled by the IFRS Foundation and the PIOB.

Justification:Funding for the requests made in the European Parliament (Stolojan) initiative report on IAS evaluation andthe activities of the IFRS Foundation, EFRAG and the PIOB (2016)/2006 (INI) should be ensured.

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Total 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:Pilot project — Capacity building for developing methodological milestones for the integration ofenvironmental and climate risks in the EU banking prudential framework


Environmental and climate risks carry challenges that are not appropriately taken into account by thefinancial sector. Between 60 and 80 per cent of the coal, oil and gas reserves of publicly listed companiesare ‘unburnable’ if the world is to have a chance of keeping global warming well below 2°C and asclosely as possible to 1,5°C as agreed at the COP21 in Paris. This means in practice that a verysubstantial source of global systemic risk is currently embedded within EU and global financial marketsdue to such ‘carbon stranded assets’.

As the Commission point out in its action plan for financing sustainable growth adopted in March 2018,‘The increase in weather-related natural disasters means that insurance companies need to prepare forhigher costs. Banks will also be exposed to greater losses due to the lower profitability of companies mostexposed to climate change or highly dependent on dwindling natural resources (...) close to 50% of theexposure of Euro area banks to risk is directly or indirectly linked to risks stemming from climatechange’.

As a part of its action plan for financing sustainable growth the Commission announced that in thesecond quarter of 2018 it will propose a Regulation on the principles and scope of a EU taxonomy forclimate change, environmental and socially sustainable activities. The aim is to embed the future EUsustainability taxonomy in EU law and provide the basis for using such a classification system in differentlegal basis such as those regarding banking prudential standards. The Commission will also set up atechnical expert group on sustainable finance. The group will be asked, based on broad consultation ofall relevant stakeholders, to publish a report providing a first taxonomy with a particular focus on climatechange mitigation activities by the first quarter 2019.

In the same context, the ECON committee adopted a report on sustainable finance asking theCommission to adopt a regulatory strategy and a roadmap aimed inter alia at measuring sustainabilityrisks within the Basel IV prudential framework for banks. The report includes a commitment to initiatean EU pilot project within the next annual budget to start developing a methodology with that purpose aswell as a call for introducing European ‘carbon stress tests’ and a roadmap towards a mandatoryreporting of ‘carbon stranded assets’.

The proposed pilot project aims at supporting the activities of the Commission as well as of the expertgroup on sustainable finance by providing dedicated resources for exploring how to developmethodologies that could be used by supervisors for measuring the intensity of climate/environmentalrisks to which banks are exposed (including risks related to the depreciation of assets due to changes tothe regulatory treatment). Such dedicated resources will also support capacity building for developing anunderlying methodology for 'carbon stress tests'.

The methodologies would have to be based on specific qualitative criteria and quantitative indicators andwould be used by supervisors to assess (i) whether banks manage the abovementioned risks properly and(ii) whether the overall business strategy and investment policy of a bank is aligned with the Paris targetsand EU related Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals. The project would be expected tobuild on the EU taxonomy to be laid down by the Expert Group and further developed by the Platform tobe set up by the Commission.

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Justification:The ECON committee adopted report on sustainable finance committing to initiate an pilot project fordeveloping methodology for the integration of environmental and climate risks in the EU banking prudentialframework as well as the development of 'carbon stress tests'. The proposal has receive an 'B grade' in theCommission's pre-assessment and the scope of the proposal was adapted to fully integrate the remarks madeby the Commission to ensure that the project can be implemented.

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Article 13 01 01 — Expenditure related to officials and temporary staff in the ‘Regional and urban policy’policy area



13 01 01 62 910 376 62 910 376 64 419 753 64 419 753 63 864 011 63 864 011 555 742 555 742 64 419 753 64 419 753

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13 01 02 01 2 119 259 2 119 259 2 027 632 2 027 632 1 944 253 1 944 253 83 379 83 379 2 027 632 2 027 632

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Total 2 119 259 2 119 259 2 027 632 2 027 632 1 944 253 1 944 253 83 379 83 379 2 027 632 2 027 632


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13 01 02 11 2 547 285 2 547 285 2 547 285 2 547 285 2 523 166 2 523 166 24 119 24 119 2 547 285 2 547 285

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Article 13 01 03 — Expenditure related to information and communication technology equipment andservices of the ‘Regional and urban policy’ policy area



13 01 03 4 066 735 4 066 735 4 305 733 4 305 733 4 218 921 4 218 921 86 812 86 812 4 305 733 4 305 733

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Total 4 066 735 4 066 735 4 305 733 4 305 733 4 218 921 4 218 921 86 812 86 812 4 305 733 4 305 733


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13 03 69 2 014 636 053 1 609 600 032 2 014 636 053 1 609 600 032

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Total 2 014 636 053 1 609 600 032 2 014 636 053 1 609 600 032

Heading:European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) — Less developed regions — Investment to increasewomen’s employment rate

Remarks:

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This appropriation is intended to promote equality between women and men in order to improve theemployability of women and their participation in the labour market through specific actions under theERDF growth and jobs goal in less developed regions in the 2014-2020 programming period. Specialattention should be paid to non-discrimination in the labour market and combating the feminisation ofpoverty.


Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 onthe European Regional Development Fund and on specific provisions concerning the Investment forgrowth and jobs goal and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 289).

Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European SocialFund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the EuropeanMaritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European RegionalDevelopment Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime andFisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320), andin particular Article 7 thereof.


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13 03 70 391 319 896 288 807 552 391 319 896 288 807 552

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Total 391 319 896 288 807 552 391 319 896 288 807 552

Heading:European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) — Transition regions — Investment to increasewomen’s employment rate


This appropriation is intended to promote equality between women and men in order to improve theemployability of women and their participation in the labour market through specific actions under theERDF growth and jobs goal in transition regions in the 2014-2020 programming period. Special attention

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should be paid to non-discrimination in the labour market and combating the feminisation of poverty.





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13 03 71 488 058 601 367 422 950 488 058 601 367 422 950

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Total 488 058 601 367 422 950 488 058 601 367 422 950

Heading:European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) — More developed regions — Investment to increasewomen’s employment rate


This appropriation is intended to promote equality between women and men in order to improve theemployability of women and their participation in the labour market through specific actions under theERDF growth and jobs goal in more developed regions in the 2014-2020 programming period. Specialattention should be paid to non-discrimination in the labour market and combating the feminisation ofpoverty.


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2013 on the European Regional Development Fund and on specific provisions concerning the Investmentfor growth and jobs goal and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 289).


Justification:Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 lays down the principle of gender equality and the obligation toimplement gender mainstreaming throughout the preparation and implementation of programmes, includingin relation to monitoring, reporting and evaluation. In addition, one of the goals of the Europe 2020 strategyis to reach a target of 75% employment rate. Unfortunately, women’s employment rate is systematicallylower than men’s employment rate, therefore, we need targeted actions with a specific budget allocation toimprove this situation.

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13 03 72 23 100 500 17 644 225 23 100 500 17 644 225

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Total 23 100 500 17 644 225 23 100 500 17 644 225

Heading:European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) — Additional allocation for outermost and sparselypopulated regions— Investment to increase women’s employment rate


This appropriation is intended to promote equality between women and men in order to improve theemployability of women and their participation in the labour market through specific actions under theERDF growth and jobs goal in outermost and sparsely populated regions in the 2014-2020 programmingperiod. Special attention should be paid to non-discrimination in the labour market and combating thefeminisation of poverty.



Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European SocialFund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the

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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European RegionalDevelopment Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime andFisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320), andin particular Article 7 thereof.


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13 03 77 25 3 000 000 2 000 000 3 000 000 2 000 000

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Total 3 000 000 2 000 000 3 000 000 2 000 000

Heading:Pilot project — Covenant of Mayors as an instrument to tackle energy poverty


Activities and expected outcomes:

The aim of the Pilot Project is to reduce the energy consumption of the domestic sector and to guaranteethe access of energy for all. Energy poverty is a European-wide problem which requires a holisticapproach underpinned by a joint, strong effort at all levels: local, national, regional and European.Towns, cities and regions are often best placed to identify at an early stage those households at risk ofenergy poverty and thus tackle it in the most effective way.

By the end of this project, it will:

Provide vulnerable homes with technical support to reduce its energy consume and costs, together withsupport to improve the energy performance of their homes.

Cross sectorial actions within the administration involving Public Health, Social Services, Housing andenvironmental services, in order to face with coordinated actions the different aspects that Energy Povertyhas (causes public health problems and social vulnerability, often is connected with a poor energyperformance building and the reduction of energy consumption has also a positive effect on the fightagainst climate change).

Actions to link energy savings in local public facilities with the creation of a fund to fight Energy Povertyin each municipality.

Actions defined to empower the consumers in their energy consuming patroons.

Economical assessment on how energy poverty projects can improve the local economy by creating

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opportunities for energy investments in private houses, and contributes to the creation of employment.

Dissemination actions including exchange of good practices around Europe.

Objectives:

We envision this Pilot Project focused in one hand with measures to raise awareness and exchange ofgood local and regional practices to tackle energy poverty, and in another hand with concrete measures toreduce this condition in Europe.

According to the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE-2014) between 50 and 125 millionpeople in the European Union is currently suffering from fuel poverty and are unable to afford properindoor thermal comfort. Also, According to Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency, investments inenergy efficiency can help to prevent fuel poverty and should be a priority in energy-poor households.

The new Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, which celebrates this year its tenth anniversary, is aunique bottom-up movement with 7,755 signatory cities, bringing together local and regional authoritiesvoluntarily committing to implementing the EU’s climate and energy objectives on their territory, offeringcitizens high quality of life in sustainable and climate-resilient cities.

On September 25th 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensureprosperity for all as part of a new Sustainable Development Agenda. Each Sustainable Development Goalhas specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years. Related to this topic we find SDG 1 ‘EndPoverty’ and SDG 7 ‘Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all’. Onparallel there is ongoing an initiative to tackle different key aspects of the EU future agenda, the Initiativeis called EU Urban Agenda, and within this process there’s two specific partnerships that deal with thistopic: Energy Transition and Urban Poverty.

All in all, Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity Europe faces today. Be it forjobs, security, climate change, food production or increasing incomes, access to energy for all is essential."



Justification:Energy poverty is a European-wide problem which, if left untreated, is likely to worsen in the currenteconomic climate. It risks locking some EU consumers out of the energy transition currently under way andprevent them from benefitting from the advantages of an integrated and consumer-centric internal energymarket. This project will help to improve the life conditions of the European citizens affected with EnergyPoverty, fulfil the aims of the Energy Union and reduce Energy Consumption.

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13 03 77 25 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

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Heading:Pilot project — Unlocking the crowdfunding potential for the ESI Funds


The pilot project will improve the knowledge and skills of crowdfunding providers and managingauthorities, contributing to enhance and improve their performances in the context of ESIF. Moreover,the project will increase the capacities of managing authorities in designing and implementing correctand effective strategies for allocating ESIF aimed to have concrete and real effects on their territories, byresponding to needs and expectations coming from their citizens.

In terms of financial benefits, crowdfunding will increase the leverage of EU funding by mobilisingadditional financial resources to projects.

At the same time, crowdfunding should increase citizen participation, as well as transparency andaccountability in the implementation of ESI Funds, therefore positioning itself as a valuable option toaddress some shortcomings highlighted in the 7th Cohesion Report, in particular the need to strengthenownership and visibility of funded initiatives.

Last but not least, the European Union and the cohesion policy would become more visible, due to theintense use of communication channels of all kinds that project holders use when deploying andpromoting their crowdfunding campaign.



Justification:Crowdfunding is a relatively young form of financing that is developing fast in Europe. The EuropeanInstitutions have started to take an active interest in this form of financing. Given the trends and potentials tobecome an important source of financing for public interest projects, and the peculiar nature of this financingmechanism, experience shall be generated to take crowdfunding into account within cohesion policyimplementation.

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Total 2 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:Pilot project — Integrated techniques for the seismic strengthening and energy efficiency of existingbuildings


In the EU there are about 25 billion square meters of built-up area, of which about 10 billion built before1960 that require substantial maintenance due to their structural conditions, the change in environmentalconditions and the regulations of the building sector.

Particularly relevant is the seismic vulnerability that characterizes the building heritage of Member Stateswith medium/high seismic hazard such as Italy and Greece, where the seismic events of recent decadeshave produced thousands of victims and extensive economic damage, but also in some areas of MemberStates in minor danger, such as Germany, France, and Spain. Likewise, the energy performance ofEuropean buildings is unsatisfactory: in fact, the energy consumed in buildings is one of the biggestsources of CO2 emissions in Europe. Therefore, an organic action plan is a primary objective for the EUin order to redevelop and modernize the existing building stock. The plan, in consideration of the hugenumber of constructions involved, must be inspired by criteria of high efficiency and economic andenvironmental sustainability. This objective is fully included in the proposal of the Parliament and theEuropean Council of 23 November 2017 for the revision of the current Union Mechanism of CivilProtection (Decision No. 1313/2013/EU). This proposal pays much more attention, with respect to thepast, to the prevention and the role of the EU in this direction through a more and more effectiveintegration between risk reduction policies and cohesion policies. This project aims to define, alsothrough the examination of specific identified case studies, intervention solutions able to achieve, at thesame time and in the least invasive way, both the reduction of seismic vulnerability and the increase ofenergy efficiency in a way to achieve important results also in terms of environmental impact (reductionof CO2 emissions, reduction of the amount of waste that would derive from widespread buildingreplacement interventions, etc.) The interventions to be developed aim at enhancing the experiencealready underway in the energy field with the Directives 2010/31/EU and 2012/27 / EU, but limited toenergy performance in the building sector, inserting it into a sustainable intervention process integratedwith seismic reinforcement. The planned activities are directly integrated and complementary with thosealready underway within the Joint Research Center, in particular in the SAFESUST project.



Justification:Integrated intervention solutions for reducing seismic vulnerability and increasing the energy efficiency ofexisting buildings. An organic seismic and energy redevelopment intervention is a primary objective for theEU to safeguard citizens' lives, contain economic damage, preserve historical and artistic heritage, and limitenvironmental impact by limiting CO2 emissions and the amount of waste generated from widespreadbuilding replacement.

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Total 3 500 000 000 1 500 000 000 3 500 000 000 1 500 000 000

Heading:Pilot project —Support for cross-border Danube lagging regions in Romania and Bulgaria


The proposed pilot project should set up an investment fund for the cross-border regions betweenRomania and Bulgaria in order to support Microenterprises and SMEs. The pilot project budget can besupplemented with additional financing from the European Investment Bank, the banking sector orprivate sector investors.

The general objective of the fund will be to support the SMEs development in Danube cross-borderregions of Bulgaria and Romania starting with counties from Caras-Severin until Tulcea and in Bulgariathe Danube cross-border regions in order to overcome the lack of investment funds and financing forSMEs. It aims also to encourage cross-border activities and develop the local economies.

The pilot project should select a fund manager, supplement its budget with other sources like theEuropean Investment Bank, set-up an investment fund for supporting Microenterprises and SMEsdevelopment in all sectors in the cross-border regions, to support the regional and local economies andcross-border development.



Justification:The pilot project will help the regional and local economies in the Danube cross-border regions betweenBulgaria and Romania which suffered from the highest industrial decline and demographic change. Theseregions have also an inherent growth potential but SMEs are lacking in target investment funds.

This pilot project has two objectives: one to support SMEs development by setting up an investment fundand secondly it could be the basis for an operational programme in the post-2020 Interreg.

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13 04 62 975 362 205 770 627 922 975 362 205 770 627 922

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Total 975 362 205 770 627 922 975 362 205 770 627 922

Heading:Cohesion Fund — Investment to increase women’s employment rate


This appropriation is intended to promote equality between women and men in order to improve theemployability of women and their participation in the labour market through specific actions under theCohesion Fund growth and jobs goal in the 2014-2020 programming period. Special attention should bepaid to non-discrimination in the labour market.


Regulation (EU) No 1300/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 onthe Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1084/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 281).



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Article 14 02 01 — Supporting the functioning and modernisation of the customs union



14 02 01 78 860 555 72 000 000 78 286 000 79 477 000 78 286 000 79 477 000 574 000 78 860 000 79 477 000

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Total 78 860 555 72 000 000 78 286 000 79 477 000 78 286 000 79 477 000 574 000 78 860 000 79 477 000

Justification:This is an important budget line covering expenditure on the implementation of the Customs 2020programme, and in particular, the financing of joint actions, IT capacity building and human competencybuilding. Therefore, it is important to bring commitments to the level from the budget 2018.

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Heading:Pilot project — Cross-border artist taxation: provide information, reduce costs and simplify procedures


1. Objectives

The key objective of the project is to reduce the problem of double taxation for cross-border performingartists, touring companies and organisers. This can be achieved through three actions:

a. Develop information and guidance for tax authorities and ministries of culture

b. Provide tools, such as an EU-wide web portal, for performing artists, touring organisations and

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organisers and provide training

c. Establish a code of conduct for Member States on the options to reduce costs and simplify proceduresby presenting best practices and available exceptions.

2. Background

Artist taxation has been an issue since the source taxation option for artists and sportsmen wasintroduced in Article 17 of the OECD model tax convention in the sixties. Because of the tax avoidance oftop stars, states introduced a source withholding tax when non-resident artists were performing on theirterritory. This was different from the normal tax rules for the self-employed, who need a fixed place ofbusiness to be taxable in the state of work, and for employees, who can go with their employer to the stateof work and remain taxable in the residence state. This stricter rule for performing artists very often leadsto double taxation, because they are not able to obtain a foreign tax credit in their residence state. TheOECD decided in 2014 to keep this special tax rule because its Member States are afraid that otherwisetop stars can evade taxation.

Within the EU, cross-border artist taxation is an obstacle to performing in other Member States. Touringartists subject to artist taxation include: musicians, singers, conductors, actors, dancers, circus artists,and any other performer on stage. In other words those working off stage, such as the technical crew andthose in the administration are (in principle) not affected. Together with the individual artists, enterprises(including the touring companies as well as the local organisers) are also subject to the issue of doubletaxation.

The organisers of the performance, the artists concerned, as well as the tax authorities in both states,often do not have enough knowledge about the special tax rules to avoid or at least reduce as much aspossible double taxation.

Having been an issue on the Council work programmes since 2004, with targeted seminars undertaken bythe Commission in 2014 and 2016 and being recognised in a Commission report published in March 2016by an expert group on tackling ways to remove cross-border taxation for individuals, this Pilot Projectcould allow further exploration of the proposed solutions and recommendations.

The Pilot Project could also contribute to the objectives of the European Union to encourage culturaldiversity through supporting mobility and further encourage cultural cross-border cooperation andinternationalisation of careers by removing obstacles and impediments. In addition, it could contribute tothe objectives of the European internal market on free movement of workers and strive to achieve fairertaxation thereby reducing discrimination with other mobile workers and enterprises undertaking cross-border activities.

3. Implementation

The total duration of the pilot project could possibly be two years and it could be implemented by means ofa call for proposals. The project partners would preferably need to have the knowledge and experienceabout this subject to come to effective results to drive an improvement of practice on the ground.

The possible approach could be for a project consortium composed of European sectoral social partnersin the live performance sector and an international group of academics and tax experts on the matter tolead and coordinate the three phases of the project activities.

In the first project phase, the consortium could oversee the work of an expert group, charged, forexample, with gathering, mapping and analysing good practice examples, policy approaches and commonchallenges regarding cross-border artist taxation. It would be suggested for these experts to have a proventrack record on this issue.

In the second phase of the project, based on the preceding mapping and analysis work, the consortiumcould organise a series of three thematic workshops, aiming to provide hands-on expertise and guidanceto national representatives of tax authorities and Ministries of culture or other relevant nationalstakeholders. Two workshops could be held in the first year of the project and the third at the beginning

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of the second year of the pilot project. These could be 1.5-day workshops, open to the EU28, aiming toimprove practice on the ground. These would include topics such as: deduction of expenses; issuing of taxcredits; establishing single points of contact; or applying various policy approaches designed to reducedisproportionate administrative burden. Members of the expert group could provide expertise andtraining.

Also in the second phase, the information gathered by the expert group could serve as the basis for thedevelopment of a web portal for performing artists and touring organisations and organisers. The portalcould be developed through cooperation between the consortium, and a specialised IT company to set upthe infrastructure, an external web development company and group of tax experts. Initially starting withabout 12 EU Member States and in English only, the website could be rolled out in a second year to theremaining EU Member States and in other major EU languages as resources permit.

In the final phase of the project, taking account of the mapping and analysis, as well as the workshopexchanges, the consortium could develop a proposed Code of Conduct for Member States on cross-borderartist taxation, detailing all options and tools available to reduce costs and simplify procedures. It wouldbe advisable that links with the Fiscalis Programme be developed, as well as other mechanisms facilitatedby the European Commission to encourage good practice exchange among Member States in relation toshared fiscal challenges and tax obstacles. The Pilot Project could close with a final conference, whichcould serve to launch the online portal and present the Draft Code of Conduct, as well as recall key goodpractice highlights. It preferably would be open to all stakeholders in the sector.



Justification:Following the discussions held with stakeholders, social partners in the live performance sector, MemberState representatives, European Commission, and Members of the EP CULT Committee, this pilot projectwould respond to the needs of the sector to undertake a targeted approach on this ongoing problem thatresults from excessive or double taxation when performing abroad. It would complement and add value tothe priorities on culture stipulated in the European Treaty.

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Heading:Preparatory action — Capacity building, programmatic development and communication in the contextof the fight against money laundering and financial crimes

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This preparatory action will help to strengthen a wide range of civil society organisations, including somenew actors not actively involved in fighting money laundering and financial crimes, so as to build up theirexpertise and capacity in connection with European law and rules, enhance awareness-raising efforts andfurther develop tools and instruments to fight money laundering and financial crimes. In the light of thechallenges revealed by Panama and Paradise Papers scandals and the fifth revision of the Anti-MoneyLaundering Directive (providing public access to beneficial owner registers of companies and access topeople with a legitimate interest for beneficial owners of trusts), it is apparent that the Union-levelcapacity of a wide range of organisations (e.g. NGOs, trade unions and academic communities) in thisfield needs to be boosted. Enhanced capacity building for research, training and awareness raising,alliance building (including with journalists) and greater involvement of civil society experts in the designand implementation of, and advocacy for, action to combat money laundering and financial crimes willcreate synergies with current Union efforts to put an end to such abusive and criminal practices.



Justification:In the light of the challenges revealed by the Panama and Paradise Papers scandals and the fifth revision ofthe anti-money laundering directive, it is apparent that the Union-level capacity of a wide range oforganisations (e.g. NGOs, trade unions and academic communities) in this field needs to be boosted.

The proposal has receive an ‘A grade’ in the Commission’s pre-assessment, explaining that the project canbe implemented as originally proposed.

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Heading:Pilot project — Monitoring the amount of wealth hidden by individuals in offshore financial centres andimpact of recent internationally agreed standards on tax transparency on the fight against tax evasion


New tax standards have been recently agreed and implemented to increase automatic exchange of taxinformation among tax authorities. Whether they are national (but with international effect, like the

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FATCA legislation in the US) or international (like the OECD Common Reporting Standards,implemented in the European Union through the Directive on Administrative Cooperation), thesestandards aim at curbing tax evasion by individuals by ensuring greater access to information by taxauthorities. This pilot project aims at measuring to what extent these measures are effective in curbinginternational tax evasion as tax evaders might find new loopholes or shift their wealth to less compliantjurisdictions. Thanks to an analysis of data from multiple sources, including but not limited to data fromthe IMF, the Bank for International Settlements, the European Commission and from academics, thispilot project aims at presenting a study on cross-border transactions involving personal wealth (andtherefore potentially relevant for tax evasion by individuals) such as portfolio investments, loans anddeposits or foreign direct investments. The study should also look at potential new loopholes to beexploited in order to circumvent these standards (e.g. citizenship/residency programmes or otheraggressive tax competition measures for high net worth individuals). This project will build on ongoingstudies currently conducted by the European Commission (on the evaluation of the directive onadministrative cooperation and on tax evasion by individuals) and available early 2019. With a timeframeof two years (2019-2020) and with a spirit of complementarity, this research will provide additionalgeographical and statistical information as to offshore financial centres and their impact for the fightagainst tax evasion in the Union.



Justification:New tax standards have been recently agreed and implemented to increase automatic exchange of taxinformation among tax authorities in order to fight tax evasion. This pilot project aims at measuring to whatextent these measures are effective in curbing international tax evasion as tax evaders might find newloopholes or shift their wealth to less compliant jurisdictions.

The proposal has been revised to fully take into account the Commission’s pre-assessment and feedback.

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