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European Parliament

2019-2024

{TRAN}Committee on Transport and Tourism

2020/2038(INI)

{10/11/2020}10.11.2020

AMENDMENTS

1 - 452

Draft report

Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar

(PE657.187v01-00)

Establishing an EU Strategy for Sustainable Tourism

(2020/2038(INI))

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Amendment1

Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

Motion for a resolution

Citation 1 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment2

Sara Cerdas, István Ujhelyi


Citation 2 a (new)


Amendment

-Regarding the Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which establishes a specific regime for the outermost regions,

Or. {EN}en

Amendment3

Francisco José Millán Mon, Pablo Arias Echeverría


Citation 6 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to Decision (EU) 2017/864 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on a European Year of Cultural Heritage (2018)3 a,

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3 a OJ L 131, 20.5.2017, p. 1–9.

Or. {ES}es

Amendment4

Emmanouil Fragkos, Carlo Fidanza, Roberts Zīle


Citation 6 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard the article 174 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment5



Citation 6 b (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Commission communication of 22 May 2018 entitled ‘A New European Agenda for Culture’ (COM(2018)267),

Or. {ES}es

Amendment6



Citation 6 c (new)


Amendment

-having regard to its resolution of 8 September 2015 towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe (2014/2149(INI)3 b,

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3 b Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0293.

Or. {ES}es

Amendment7

István Ujhelyi, Ismail Ertug, Andris Ameriks, Marianne Vind, Isabel García Muñoz, César Luena, Sara Cerdas, Vera Tax, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Rovana Plumb, Josianne Cutajar, Johan Danielsson, Nora Mebarek, Maria Grapini


Citation 11


Amendment

—having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A European Strategy for more Growth and Jobs in Coastal and Maritime Tourism’ (COM(2014)0086),

—having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A European Strategy for more Growth and Jobs in Coastal and Maritime Tourism’ (COM(2014)0086), and Commission Staff Working Document on Nautical Tourism (SWD(2017) 126),

Or. {EN}en

Amendment8



Citation 11


Amendment

—having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A European Strategy for more Growth and Jobs in Coastal and Maritime Tourism’ (COM(2014)0086),

—having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A European Strategy for more Growth and Jobs in Coastal and Maritime Tourism’ (COM(2014)0086) and the Working Document on Nautical Tourism (SWD(2017) 126),

Or. {PT}pt

Amendment9

Tilly Metz


Citation 11 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)640),

Or. {EN}en

Amendment10



Citation 12


Amendment

—having regard to its resolution of 25 October 2011 on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-20206 ,

—having regard to its resolution of 25 October 2011 on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-20206 and its resolution of 18 June 2020 on the European Disability Strategy post-2020,

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6 OJ C 131 E, 8.5.2013, p. 9.

6 OJ C 131 E, 8.5.2013, p. 9.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment11

Nicola Danti, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Caroline Nagtegaal, Søren Gade, Elsi Katainen, Dominique Riquet, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Valter Flego


Citation 13 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Europe's moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation’ (COM(2020)0456) and the accompanying Staff Working Document entitled ‘Identifying Europe's recovery needs’ (SWD(2020)0098),

Or. {EN}en

Amendment12

Nicola Danti, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Caroline Nagtegaal, Søren Gade, Elsi Katainen, Dominique Riquet, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Valter Flego


Citation 13 b (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A European agenda for the collaborative economy’ (COM(2016)0356) and its resolution of 15 June 2017 on a European Agenda for the collaborative economy (2017/2003(INI)),

Or. {EN}en

Amendment13



Citation 18 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights [(2017/C 428/09) and COM(2017) 250 final];

Or. {EN}en

Amendment14

Carlo Fidanza, Roberts Zīle


Citation 18 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Cork 2.0 Declaration of 5 and 6 September 2016,

Or. {IT}it

Amendment15

Ondřej Kovařík


Recital A


Amendment

A.whereas tourism is a cross-cutting economic activity with a wide-ranging impact on regions’ economic growth, employment and social and sustainable development;

A.whereas tourism is a cross-cutting economic activity with a wide-ranging impact on regions’ economic growth, employment and social and sustainable development; whereas for every 1Eur generated by tourism, an additional 56cent is added indirectly to other sectors of the economy

Or. {EN}en

Amendment16

Andor Deli


Recital A


Amendment


A.whereas tourism is a cross-cutting economic activity with a wide-ranging impact on the EU's economy as a whole, particularly on the regions’ economic growth, employment and social and sustainable development;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment17

Tilly Metz


Recital A


Amendment


A.whereas tourism is a cross-cutting economic activity with a wide-ranging impact on the environment and the climate as well as regions’ economic development, employment and social and sustainable development;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment18

István Ujhelyi, Ismail Ertug, Andris Ameriks, Marianne Vind, Isabel García Muñoz, César Luena, Sara Cerdas, Vera Tax, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Rovana Plumb, Johan Danielsson, Nora Mebarek, Maria Grapini


Recital A


Amendment


A.whereas tourism is a cross-cutting economic activity with a direct and undirect impact on regions’ economic growth, employment and social cohesion and sustainable development;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment19



Recital A a (new)


Amendment

A a.Whereas tourism is an important sector for the development of the European Union internal market and for the economy of the different Member States, and represents a significant added value for the economic, social and cultural development of the Outermost Regions;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment20

Elena Kountoura


Recital B


Amendment

B.whereas the tourism industry employs 22.6 million people, which accounts for 11.2% of total EU employment, and which, in 2019, accounted for 9.5% of EU GDP;

B.whereas the tourism industry employs 22.6 million people, which accounts for 11.2% of total EU employment, and which, in 2019, accounted for 9.5% of EU GDP; whereas for some specific countries and regions tourism accounts for a much higher percentage of employment and GDP contributing thus greatly to regional development and reducing inequalities;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment21

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska


Recital B


Amendment


B.whereas the tourism industry employs 22.6 million people, which accounts for 11.2% of total EU employment, and which, in 2019, accounted for 9.5% of EU GDP; whereas two out of three jobs in tourism sector are created by SMEs, which constitute 97% of all European companies;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment22



Recital B


Amendment


B.whereas the tourism industry employs 22.6 million people, which accounts for 11.2% of total EU employment, and which, in 2019, accounted for 9.5% of EU GDP, helps to promote a balanced regional structure, and has a positive impact on regional development;

Or. {PT}pt

Amendment23

Patrizia Toia


Recital B


Amendment


B.whereas the tourism industry is mostly made of SMEs and employs 22.6 million people, which accounts for 11.2% of total EU employment, and which, in 2019, accounted for 9.5% of EU GDP;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment24

István Ujhelyi, Ismail Ertug, Andris Ameriks, Marianne Vind, Isabel García Muñoz, César Luena, Sara Cerdas, Patrizia Toia, Vera Tax, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Rovana Plumb, Josianne Cutajar, Johan Danielsson, Nora Mebarek, Maria Grapini


Recital B


Amendment


B.whereas the tourism industry directly and undirectly employs 27 million people, which accounts for 11.2% of total EU employment, and which, in 2019, accounted for 10,3% of EU GDP;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment25



Recital B a (new)


Amendment

B a.whereas in some Member States the competence in tourism is devolved to the regions, with different levels of governance between them and the state to which they belong to; whereas some regions with tourism competences are heavily reliant on a tourism sector in the hands of a high quantity of SMEs, which live the current COVID-induced economic crisis as a terrible burden that may irrevocably imperil their wellbeing;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment26



Recital B a (new)


Amendment

B a.whereas tourism helps to promote a balanced regional structure, and has a lasting positive effect on regional development;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment27



Recital B b (new)


Amendment

B b.whereas economies of many European regions, including rural, mountainous and peripheral ones, rely heavily on tourism and sectors related thereto;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment28



Recital B c (new)


Amendment

B c.whereas tourism should contribute to the conservation of biodiversity, the social welfare, and the economic security of local communities;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment29

Patrizia Toia


Recital C


Amendment

C.whereas the tourism value chain is complex and made up of the four key vectors of transport, accommodation, experience and intermediation, and whereas the success of the industry lies in the degree of influence between them;

C.whereas the tourism value chain is one the main European industrial ecosystems identified by the European Commission and that it is complex and made up of the four key vectors of transport, accommodation, experience and intermediation, and whereas the success of the industry lies in the degree of influence between them;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment30



Recital C


Amendment


C.whereas the tourism value chain is complex and made up of the four key vectors of transport, accommodation, experience and intermediation, and an entrepreneurial ecosystem contributing to the tourist product, whereas the success of the industry lies in the degree of influence between them;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment31

Elena Kountoura


Recital C


Amendment


C.whereas the tourism value chain is complex and made up of the four key vectors of transport, accommodation, experience and intermediation, and whereas the success of the industry lies in the degree of influence between them and the smooth functioning of each one of them;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment32

Tilly Metz


Recital C


Amendment


C.whereas the tourism value chain is complex and made up of the four key vectors of transport, accommodation, experience and intermediation that are interlinked, and whereas the sustainable transformation of the industry involve all of them;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment33

Tilly Metz


Recital C a (new)


Amendment

C a.Whereas tourism has an impact on climate change by contributing to 8 % percent of the global CO2 emissions, and whereas the transport-related CO2 emissions represents the biggest share of these emissions and are expected to increase by 25 % between 2016 and 2030 due to a growing demand of tourists.1a

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1a https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/book/10.18111/9789284416660

Or. {EN}en

Amendment34

Isabel García Muñoz, István Ujhelyi


Recital C a (new)


Amendment

C a.whereas the tourism sector encompasses a great diversity of services and professions, in which mobility plays a crucial part; whereas the sector is dominated mainly by small and medium-sized enterprises whose activity generates employment and wealth in regions heavily dependent on it;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment35

Tilly Metz


Recital C b (new)


Amendment

C b.Whereas especially overtourism can have negative environmental and economic impacts such as increased pollution, loss of biodiversity, congestion, infrastructure maintenance costs and rising prices, as documented in the TRAN study ‘Overtourism: impact and possible policy responses’.2a

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2a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2018/629184/IPOL_STU(2018)629184_EN.pdf

Or. {EN}en

Amendment36

Tilly Metz


Recital C c (new)


Amendment

C c.Whereas the countries and regions that are heavily depending on tourism will suffer the most from impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment37

Tilly Metz


Recital D


Amendment

D.whereas, in 2018, 51.7% of EU tourist accommodation establishments were in coastal areas;

D.whereas, in 2018, 51.7% of EU tourist accommodation establishments were in coastal areas which are particularly vulnerable to overtourism and impacts from climate change;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment38



Recital D


Amendment


D.whereas, in 2018, 51.7% of EU tourist accommodation establishments were in coastal areas and 32.9% of them were in rural areas;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment39

Massimo Casanova, Lucia Vuolo, Marco Campomenosi


Recital D


Amendment


D.whereas, in 2018, 51.7% of EU tourist accommodation establishments were in coastal and maritime areas;

Or. {IT}it

Amendment40



Recital D a (new)


Amendment

Da.whereas ongoing disputes concerning coastal areas involving the application of Directive 2006/123/EC, including with regard to State-owned maritime concessions, are still being dealt with at national level, and whereas the Commission should set aside rigid unilateral interpretations and open a constructive dialogue with the Member States to appraise the legal arguments under national law that do not compromise the completion of the internal market in services;

Or. {IT}it

Amendment41

Izaskun Bilbao Barandica


Recital D a (new)


Amendment

D a.having regard to the particular situation of the Union’s outermost regions, characterised by their remoteness, insularity and strong economic and social dependence on the tourism and transport sectors, which makes them even more vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment42



Recital E


Amendment

E.whereas the tourism and transport industries were among those most affected by COVID-19; whereas at least six million jobs are at risk in the EU;

E.whereas the tourism and transport industries were among those most affected by COVID-19; whereas at least six million jobs are at risk in the EU; whereas restrictions on travel introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to hit global and European tourism hard, with the latest data from the UNWTO showing a 70% fall in international tourism revenue in the first 8 months of 2020;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment43

István Ujhelyi, Ismail Ertug, Andris Ameriks, Marianne Vind, Isabel García Muñoz, César Luena, Sara Cerdas, Vera Tax, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Rovana Plumb, Josianne Cutajar, Johan Danielsson, Nora Mebarek


Recital E


Amendment


E.whereas the entire value chain of the tourism and transport industries have virtually come to a standstill due to the COVID-19 crisis and the situation has brought many companies to the brink of financial and economic collapse; whereas at least six million jobs are at risk in the EU and workers have lost their jobs with no foreseeable means of income;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment44

Nicola Danti, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Caroline Nagtegaal, Søren Gade, Elsi Katainen, Dominique Riquet, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Ondřej Kovařík, Valter Flego


Recital E


Amendment


E.whereas the tourism and transport industries were among those most affected by COVID-19; whereas the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates that tourism will decline by 60-80% in 2020; whereas at least six million jobs are at risk in the EU;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment45

Tilly Metz


Recital E


Amendment


E.whereas the tourism and transport industries were among those most affected by COVID-19; whereas at least six million jobs are at risk in the EU affecting in particular seasonal workers and those in vulnerable situations;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment46

Maria Grapini


Recital E


Amendment


E.whereas the tourism and transport industries were among those most affected by COVID-19, sustaining the heaviest financial losses; whereas at least six million jobs are at risk in the EU;

Or. {RO}ro

Amendment47

Roman Haider


Recital E


Amendment


E.whereas the tourism and transport industries are among those most affected by COVID-19; whereas at least six million jobs are at risk in the EU, with thousands having already been lost;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment48

Sven Schulze


Recital E


Amendment


E.whereas the tourism and transport industries are among those most affected by COVID-19; whereas at least six million jobs are at risk in the EU;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment49



Recital E a (new)


Amendment

E a.whereas the COVID-19 crisis has severely impacted all modes of transport; whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had a particular impact in air connectivity and a decrease in air services, which have resulted in some cases in a lost routes; whereas the latter has had a particular impact on EU outermost and insular regions, where accessibility and connectivity are crucial;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment50

Tilly Metz


Recital E a (new)


Amendment

E a.Whereas the tourism sector needs to address a number of decent work challenges, including informal working arrangements, poor working conditions, low wages, high staff turnover, limited social protection for workers, long working hours and an increasing rate of outsourcing and subcontracting, which are frequent in tourism;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment51



Recital E a (new)


Amendment

E a.Whereas the COVID-19 crisis has left millions of passengers and consumers in uncertainty concerning their rights, with complex and often unfulfilled reimbursement claims; whereas re-installing consumers trust is key for the future of the sector;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment52



Recital E a (new)


Amendment

E a.whereas the tourism sector if very diverse in the Union, foreseeing changes in its characteristics, such as new communications campaigns seeking to generate trust between both visitors and residents, new educational tactics and data generation;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment53



Recital E a (new)


Amendment

E a.whereas cultural tourism accounts for 40% of all European tourism and that 68% of Europeans say that the presence of cultural heritage has an influence on the choice of their holiday destination6 a;

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6 a Source: Special Eurobarometer 466 – Cultural Heritage, October 2017.

Or. {ES}es

Amendment54



Recital E a (new)


Amendment

E a.whereas in the framework of Next Generation EU the Commission identified a basic investment need for the tourism ecosystem of €161 billion, 22% of the total investment gap in the EU;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment55



Recital E a (new)


Amendment

E a.Whereas that the outbreak of COVID-19 has put the EU's tourism industry under unprecedented pressure, and tourism companies currently face serious liquidity problems;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment56

Patrizia Toia


Recital E a (new)


Amendment

E a.Whereas SMEs compose 90% of the businesses in the European tourism and travel sector and family run businesses as well as cooperatives are typical for the industry;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment57

Elena Kountoura


Recital E a (new)


Amendment

E a.whereas the tourism and transport sectors are made up of 90% by SMEs which are especially vulnerable to crises;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment58

István Ujhelyi, Ismail Ertug, Andris Ameriks, Marianne Vind, Isabel García Muñoz, César Luena, Sara Cerdas, Patrizia Toia, Vera Tax, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Rovana Plumb, Josianne Cutajar, Johan Danielsson, Nora Mebarek, Maria Grapini


Recital E b (new)


Amendment

E b.Whereas SMEs compose 90% of the businesses in the European tourism and travel sector and family run businesses are typical for the industry;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment59

Elena Kountoura


Recital F


Amendment

F.whereas Article 195 of the TFEU provides that the Union should coordinate and complement the action of the Member States in tourism;

F.whereas Article 195 of the TFEU provides that the Union should coordinate and complement the action of the Member States in tourism; whereas current policies of the Union on Tourism represent only a small part of the flexibility allowed under Article 195;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment60

Nicola Danti, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Caroline Nagtegaal, Søren Gade, Elsi Katainen, Dominique Riquet, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Ondřej Kovařík


Recital F


Amendment


F.whereas Article 195 of the TFEU provides that the Union should coordinate and complement the action of the Member States in tourism, in particular by promoting the competitiveness of Union undertakings in the sector;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment61

Andor Deli


Recital F


Amendment


F.whereas Article 195 of the TFEU provides that the Union should coordinate and complement the action of the Member States in tourism while respecting the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment62

István Ujhelyi, Ismail Ertug, Marianne Vind, Isabel García Muñoz, César Luena, Sara Cerdas, Vera Tax, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Andris Ameriks, Rovana Plumb, Johan Danielsson, Nora Mebarek, Maria Grapini


Recital F


Amendment


F.whereas tourism is a global industry and Article 195 of the TFEU provides that the Union should coordinate and complement the action of the Member States in tourism;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment63



Recital F a (new)


Amendment

F a.whereas the legal framework derived from Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market has set the stage for the regulation of service activities, such as the tourism activity, which walks decisively towards the elimination of charges and barriers of entry, and of any kind of tourist authorization;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment64



Recital F a (new)


Amendment

F a.whereas EU Member States face common challenges and opportunities in the tourism sector, such as crisis prevention and management, the advance towards the digital and green transition of the sector, socioeconomic and environmental sustainability, quality job creation, professional skilling and training of workers and the support small and medium-sized enterprises;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment65

István Ujhelyi, Ismail Ertug, Andris Ameriks, Marianne Vind, Isabel García Muñoz, Sara Cerdas, Vera Tax, Giuseppe Ferrandino, César Luena, Rovana Plumb, Josianne Cutajar, Johan Danielsson, Nora Mebarek, Maria Grapini


Recital G


Amendment

G.whereas there is a lack of coordination in the Union with regard to travel, with differing national and regional measures;

G.whereas measures for the benefit of the tourism and travel industry are most effective when taken as part of a coordinated strategy of the Union while taking national and regional needs and specificities into account;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment66



Recital G


Amendment

G.whereas there is a lack of coordination in the Union with regard to travel, with differing national and regional measures;

G.whereas there is a lack of coordination in the Union with regard to COVID-19 travel restrictions, with differing national and regional measures;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment67



Recital G a (new)


Amendment

G a.whereas governments and administrations need to continually help the tourism sector through legal rationalisation (giving coherence to norms and guidance), systemic suitability (coherent and resilient synergies between the tourism sector and the other sectors of the economy) and capacity for permanent updating;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment68

Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi


Recital Ζ a (new)


Amendment

Ga.whereas tourism is based on single market arrangements, which remain the foundation of the Union and must be protected, and on the integrity and indivisibility of the four freedoms, which are equally important;

Or. {EL}el

Amendment69



Recital H


Amendment

H.whereas the sector is committed to accelerating and implementing measures and actions that make it more sustainable and bring it closer to achieving objectives on ecological footprint reduction;

H.whereas the sector also has to sector contribute to achieving the transition of the Union towards climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and reversing biodiversity loss and degradation of the environment; whereas the sector is committed to accelerating and implementing measures and actions that make it more sustainable and help it achieve the objectives of the European Green New Deal;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment70

Tilly Metz


Recital H


Amendment


H.whereas the sector have started implementing measures and actions towards sustainable tourism development and to ensuring it contributes towards European and international climate goals as well as the Sustainable Development Goals through initiatives aimed at reducing emissions and the ecological footprint;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment71



Recital H


Amendment


H.whereas the sector is committed to accelerating and implementing measures and actions that make it more sustainable and resilient and bring it closer to achieving objectives on ecological footprint reduction;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment72

Brice Hortefeux


Recital H a (new)


Amendment

Ha.whereas progress is being made with soft mobility and associated routes - accessible on foot, by bicycle or on horseback, and particularly those marked 'Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe' - which are a response to European consumers' desire for tourist opportunities which are greener and closer to nature and far from the classical tourist routes, all the more so during the current pandemic,

Or. {FR}fr

Amendment73



Recital H a (new)


Amendment

H a.I (NEW) : Whereas the full restoration of confidence in multimodal regional, urban and local mobility in the Member States after the impact of the pandemic is of utmost importance to allow tourism, leisure travel, and accommodation facilities to benefit of the synergies with collective sustainable transport in urban and coastal areas;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment74

Massimiliano Salini, Giuseppe Milazzo


Recital H a (new)


Amendment

H a.Whereas an efficient, safe, multimodal and sustainable collective transport system would contribute positively to the economy connected with tourism, leisure travel and hospitality, as it allows sustainable and flexible solutions for mobility in all territories of the EU, helping to preserve the natural ecosystems and local urban and natural environments ;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment75

Elena Kountoura


Recital H a (new)


Amendment

H a.Whereas the impact of climate change on destinations is expected to increase of the next years; whereas it is very difficult to predict in advance the scale and nature of the impact, such as natural disasters but will most probably require swift responses;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment76



Recital H a (new)


Amendment

H a.whereas the workers of the tourism sector are also protected by the twenty principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment77



Recital H a (new)


Amendment

H a.Whereas the tourism sector can play an important role in the objectives of the European Green Deal;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment78



Recital H b (new)


Amendment

H b.J (New). Whereas sustainable collective land transport, such as railways, allow flexible solutions for mobility in all mainland territories of the EU, either on the long distance and on the regional, metropolitan, and urban scale, helping to preserve the natural ecosystems and the local natural environment;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment79

Massimiliano Salini, Giuseppe Milazzo


Recital H b (new)


Amendment

H b.Whereas the European Year of the Rail should represent an ideal framework for initiatives capable to enhance sustainable tourism with the aim to contribute to the attractiveness of tourism destinations;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment80

Elena Kountoura


Recital H b (new)


Amendment

H b.Whereas Europe is the world’s first tourist destination;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment81



Recital H c (new)


Amendment

H c.K (New). Whereas the development of the TEN-T and of their land connection with urban, local and coastal areas will play a crucial role in providing sustainable alternative flexible transport solutions fortravel and tourism also on the long distance when air transport does not represent a necessary or optimal solution;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment82

Elena Kountoura


Recital H c (new)


Amendment

H c.Whereas new trends in tourism have been emerging mainly due to the digitisation, the development of alternative forms of tourism such as eco-tourism, agro-tourism, authentic experiences, medical tourism;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment83



Recital H d (new)


Amendment

H d.L (New). Whereas the ERDF not only represent a decisive source of development for SMEs and enterprises in the tourism sector,but also an indispensable resource for the improvement of sustainable infrastructure and innovative solutions for multimodal transport at the regional and urban scale with a decisive impact on the attractiveness of the tourism sector;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment84



Recital H e (new)


Amendment

H e.M (New). Whereas the European Year of Rail in 2021should offer a framework of initiatives to enhance sustainable transport for tourism, with the aim to contribute to the attractiveness of urban and cultural tourism destinations, and to foster the creation of innovative tourism experiences, such as travels on historical trains;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment85



Paragraph -1 (new)


Amendment

-1.Stresses that the COVID-19 outbreak has paralysed the EU tourism sector, putting its ecosystem under unprecedented pressure; highlights that continued short-term financial support is essential to the survival of the industry, especially in light of the second wave of the pandemic; believes nonetheless that the current crisis should lead the Commission and Member States to fully acknowledge the importance of the tourism industry, fully integrate it in European and national industrial development plans, enhance the quality of its offer, making it more sustainable and accessible for all, launch long-overdue public and private investments in the digitalisation and overall modernisation of the sector;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment86

Josianne Cutajar, István Ujhelyi


Paragraph 1


Amendment

1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for travel, in particular tracking forms, which make tracking platforms interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response;

1.Takes note of the Council’s recommendation on a common approach to travel measures in the EU; asks the Member States to apply, without delay, the common criteria for travel recommended by Council, while facilitating the development and deployment of the EU digital Passenger Locator Form, currently in pilot phase, in full respect of data protection, which will facilitate the safe resumption of travel; calls for Member States to share with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) the commonly agreed data on Covid-19 for the ECDC to publish, in a timely manner, the colour coded map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment87

Nicola Danti, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Caroline Nagtegaal, Dominique Riquet, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to fully implement, without delay, common criteria and a coordinated approach to ensure travel; stresses the importance of contact tracing and warning apps developed in line with the EU toolbox and calls on Member States to ensure their interoperability through the Commission’s interoperability gateway; asks the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response, and invites Member States to ensure its dissemination through national broadcasters to ensure it reaches citizens with little or no broadband access;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment88



Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for travel, in particular tracking platforms which are interoperable with due respect to citizens privacy rights, including privacy by design, data minimisation and the prohibition of general surveillance and based on truly voluntary use of such platforms using where possible, only anonymous data; stresses that any data gathered and used should be kept decentralised on the device itself ("on the edge") and not in a centralised database, should have no commercial application and none of the data should be allowed to be used for commercial or law enforcement purposes.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment89

Ondřej Kovařík


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for non-essential travel, in particular passenger locator forms, interoperable anonymised COVID-19 track and trace platforms, and epidemiological criteria at transport hubs, particularly airports and long distance rail stations, and for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to continue to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions with a view to offering member states the necessary data to implement a coordinated and efficient response as regards non-essential travel;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment90

Roman Haider


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to improve communication with regard to specific entry requirements and to put forward possible criteria which might be introduced EU-wide on a voluntary basis in order to maintain freedom to travel;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment91



Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for travel, in particular tracking forms, which make tracking platforms interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response; highlights these data tracking and information should comply with the maximum data and privacy protection standards;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment92

Mario Furore, Laura Ferrara


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Commission and the Member States to introduce, without delay, common, clear criteria for travel; draws attention to the need to harmonise tracking forms, which make tracking platforms interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and calls on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to monitor and publish, in a timely manner, data on the epidemic and the measures in force in the Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response;

Or. {IT}it

Amendment93



Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for travel, in particular tracking forms, which make tracking platforms interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, as well as of its islands, where archipelagos are concerned and sufficient information is available, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment94

Massimo Casanova, Lucia Vuolo, Marco Campomenosi


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for travel, in particular tracking forms, which make tracking platforms interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response and ensuring that the outcome is not the establishment of corridors for privileged tourists;

Or. {IT}it

Amendment95

Andor Deli


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for travel based on the public health situation in the Member States, in particular tracking forms, which make tracking platforms interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment96

Valter Flego


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for safe travel, in particular tracking forms, which make tracking platforms interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a well coordinated, predictable and transparent regional approach and efficient response;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment97

Sven Schulze


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for travel, in particular tracking forms, which make tracking platforms and tracing apps interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment98

Maria Grapini


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for travel, in particular tracking forms, which make tracking platforms interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a safe, coordinated, correct and efficient response;

Or. {RO}ro

Amendment99

Patrizia Toia


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Asks the Member States to apply, without delay, common criteria for travel, in particular tracking forms, which make tracking platforms interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a standardized, coordinated and efficient response;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment100

José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Nicola Danti


Paragraph 1 a (new)


Amendment

1 a.Calls on the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the ECDC to adopt an EU testing protocol for travel, to be used by Member States, public health authorities and transport hubs, especially airports, to help the safe arrival of passengers and restore travel flows under COVID-19; a negative test result — either via PCR or rapid antigen testing — should allow passengers to avoid or end their quarantine;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment101



Paragraph 1 a (new)


Amendment

1 a.Asks for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment102

Pablo Arias Echeverría


Paragraph 2


Amendment

2.Calls on the Member States to apply testing on departure, in order to avoid quarantine periods;

2.Following the Commission’s recommendation of 28.10.2020 on COVID-19 testing strategies, including the use of rapid antigen tests, calls on the Member States to carry rapid antigen tests to travellers in the departure airports, and establish a common EU Health Safety testing protocol at airports; data collected in airports should be made available to public authorities in order to establish a traveller traceability system. The development of testing strategies, based on validated technologies and available capacities, should also inform an EU policy on quarantine.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment103

Josianne Cutajar, István Ujhelyi


Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Takes note of the Commission’s recommendation on COVID-19 testing strategies; calls on the Member States to develop a coordinated framework establishing a common testing protocol for travellers; stresses the need, through full cooperation with local health authorities, to allow for travellers to test prior to departure, or, in the event of lack of testing capacities in the country of origin, allow the possibility to undergo a test after arrival, in order to avoid quarantine periods where possible;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment104



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Stresses that a common agreement on pre-trip preparation should be reached at EU level, which will include a valid PCR test or antibody test at least 72 hours before the trip; calls on the Member States, therefore, to apply testing on departure, in order to avoid quarantine periods and provide all Member States with EU funding to help achieve this goal;

Or. {EL}el

Amendment105



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Calls on the Member States to apply testing on departure, in order to avoid quarantine periods, and to follow a European protocol for testing; quarantine should remain an instrument of last resort, but where applicable, its duration should be reduced to a minimum number of days, which should be harmonised throughout the Union;

Or. {PT}pt

Amendment106

Elena Kountoura


Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Calls on the Member States to apply testing ondeparture in a coordinated manner, with fast, reliable and affordable screeningmethods in order to avoid quarantine periods; urges the Commission and MemberStates to use all available funding tools to ensure that citizens can be testedfree of charge;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment107

Sven Schulze


Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Calls on the Member States to apply testing on departure, in order to avoid quarantine periods; also notes, however, limited capacity in the case of PCR tests, in particular, in terms of materials and reagents which must be purchased on the global market in order to carry out such tests;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment108

Nicola Danti, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Søren Gade, Elsi Katainen, Dominique Riquet, Valter Flego


Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Calls on the Member States to apply testing at departure or arrival hubs, in order to limit the transmission risk, replacing the need for quarantine periods; stresses that any restriction to freedom of movement must be proportionate, temporary and clearly linked to the COVID-19 outbreak;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment109

Ondřej Kovařík


Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Calls on the Member States to enhance the possibilities for travellers to access pre-departure PCR testing, which returns results within 24 hours, in order to facilitate travel to those countries and regions where a negative test is required to be granted entry;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment110



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Calls on the Commission to develop in coordination with Member States a common and non-discriminatory EU Testing Protocol; highlights this EU Testing Protocol should entail Member States applying testing on departure, in order to avoid quarantine periods;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment111



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Calls on the Member States to test travellers to tourist destinations on departure and advocates that tests also be carried out at the destination at the end of their stay in order to avoid preventive quarantines as a result of the trip;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment112



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Calls on the Member States to apply testing on departure, in order to avoid quarantine periods and ensure interoperable testing and sanitary solutions on international and cross-border land transport carriers ;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment113



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Calls on Member States to coordinate the management of testing at the different periods of the travel period;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment114

Roman Haider


Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Recommends that the Member States enable testing on departure, in order that quarantine periods may be avoided where necessary;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment115



Paragraph 2 a (new)


Amendment

2 a.Highlights that in order to promote a responsible and safe tourism sector and restore trust and confidence among tourists to resume travelling, tourists should have access to contact points in their destinations, e.g. in the form of a public website and an information desk, giving up-to-date information on the epidemiological and sanitary situation in the area and the precautionary measures taken at national and regional level; calls on the Commission to develop an EU single access point, in coordination with the Member States, to achieve the latter;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment116



Paragraph 2 a (new)


Amendment

2 a.Encourages the Commission and the Member States to ensure mobility in territories suffering from double and triple insularity, given the abrupt decline in supply; highlights the possibility of establishing safe travel corridors to and from the outermost regions and islands to help alleviate their natural isolation;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment117



Paragraph 2 a (new)


Amendment

2a.Points out that a common communication strategy is important for informing tourists about where and under what conditions they can take these tests;

Or. {EL}el

Amendment118



Paragraph 2 b (new)


Amendment

2 b.Stresses that seniors play a key role in the tourism and travel sector, particularly during the low season tourism period, and can gain substantial health benefits from travelling; notes that seniors have been one of the most vulnerable groups affected by the sanitary coronavirus crisis; underlines that strengthening European Health Tourism programmes and guaranteeing the maximum sanitary and hygiene standards can have a positive impact in restoring the trust and confidence of seniors in travelling;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment119



Paragraph 2 b (new)


Amendment

2b.Emphasises the need for sufficient availability of appropriate tests and healthcare services in remote areas;

Or. {EL}el

Amendment120



Paragraph 3


Amendment

3.Welcomes the ‘Re-open EU’ portal and urges the Member States to send information on the application or lifting of future restrictions on free movement to the Commission on a weekly basis;

3.Welcomes the ‘Re-open EU’ portal and urges the Member States to send information on the application or lifting of future restrictions on free movement to the Commission on a weekly basis; calls on each Member State at the same time to provide clear and comprehensive instructions to travellers on what to do and whom to contact in case of suspicious symptoms, including a strict recommendation to follow specific internal protocols;

Or. {EL}el

Amendment121



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Welcomes the ‘Re-open EU’ portal and urges the Member States to send information on the application or lifting of future restrictions on free movement to the Commission on a weekly basis; Warns of the need for the website and mobile application to provide real-time information on the borders and transport and tourism services available in EU countries, including information on public health and safety measures being applied and what recommendations for the tourists;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment122

José Ramón Bauzá Díaz


Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Welcomes the ‘Re-open EU’ portal and urges the Member States to send information on the application or lifting of future restrictions on free movement to the Commission on a weekly basis; reiterates its request to launch a dedicated EU Communication Campaign on Travel and Tourism, aiming at promoting intra-EU travel, re-establishing citizens’ confidence in travel and tourism during COVID-19 through an ‘EU Tourism Brand’

Or. {EN}en

Amendment123



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Welcomes the ‘Re-open EU’ portal and urges the Member States to send information on the application or lifting of future restrictions on free movement to the Commission on a weekly basis; calls the Commission and the Member States to further promote the existence of the portal in order to encourage consumers and citizens to use it;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment124

Elena Kountoura


Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Welcomes the ‘Re-open EU’ portal and urges the Member States to send information on the application or lifting of future restrictions on free movement to the Commission as soon as the changes are decided; regrets that Member States have failed to keep the portal up to date, which has resulted to travellers being misinformed;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment125

Maria Grapini


Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Welcomes the ‘Re-open EU’ portal and urges the Member States to send information on the application or lifting of future restrictions on free movement to the Commission on a weekly basis, so that European travellers are given correct and timely information when planning their departures;

Or. {RO}ro

Amendment126

Roman Haider


Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Welcomes the ‘Re-open EU’ portal and urges the Member States to send clearly-understandable information on the application or lifting of future restrictions on free movement to the Commission on a regular basis;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment127

Nicola Danti, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Caroline Nagtegaal, Søren Gade, Elsi Katainen, Dominique Riquet


Paragraph 4


Amendment

4.Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a common colour code and common criteria for third countries for non-essential travel, through mutual recognition of protective measures against COVID-19, especially in the aviation and cruise sectors;

4.Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a common colour code and common criteria for third countries for non-essential travel, through mutual recognition of protective measures against COVID-19, especially in the aviation and cruise sectors; asks the Commission to evaluate the possibility to allow tour operators to organise travel experiences in selected areas in third countries, while respecting rigid health protocols that minimise the risk of contagion;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment128

Ondřej Kovařík


Paragraph 4


Amendment


4.Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a common colour code and common criteria for third countries for non-essential travel, through assessments of protective health and sanitary measures against COVID-19, especially in the aviation and cruise sectors;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment129

Tilly Metz


Paragraph 4


Amendment


4.Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a common colour code and common criteria for third countries for non-essential travel, through mutual recognition of protective measures against COVID-19, across all travel modes;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment130



Paragraph 4 a (new)


Amendment

4 a.Reminds the Commission and the Member States that the responsibility for managing most health-related matters lies with the regions, the same being true for some aspects of travel restrictions; suggests that this be taken into account when establishing the regimes governing mobility during the pandemic by facilitating a proper coordination, exchange of information, participation and collaboration between the authorities involved.

Or. {ES}es

Amendment131



Paragraph 4 a (new)


Amendment

4 a.Calls on the Commission and Member States to establish an early alert system that warns tourists through new technologies in a very agile way about any potential health threat in their destiny, so that quarantine and evacuation protocols are immediate and effective.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment132



Paragraph 4 a (new)


Amendment

4a.Calls on airlines to comply with the basic common protocol established by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, also taking into account the recommendations of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC);

Or. {EL}el

Amendment133

Roman Haider


Paragraph 5


Amendment

5.Urges the Commission to introduce the EU hygiene certification seal as a European health security mark;

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Or. {DE}de

Amendment134

Massimo Casanova, Lucia Vuolo, Paolo Borchia, Marco Campomenosi


Paragraph 5


Amendment


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Or. {IT}it

Amendment135



Paragraph 5


Amendment


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Or. {EN}en

Amendment136



Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Urges the Commission to introduce the EU hygiene certification seal as a European health security mark; this seal must be articulated with the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and in articulation with the Member States National Public Health Agencies, and must distinguish tourist activities that ensure compliance with hygiene and cleaning requirements for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 virus and other possible infections. Information on the necessary hygiene and cleaning measures should be transmitted to companies in the sector, according to the ECDC guidelines;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment137

Julie Lechanteux, Philippe Olivier


Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Urges the Commission to introduce the EU hygiene certification seal as a European health security mark; stresses, in the context of this certification, the importance of taking into account the continued efforts of professionals in the tourism sector to keep adapting to the various changing and restricting health measures imposed by the rules and laws adopted by the public authorities in the Member States during the COVID-19 pandemic;

Or. {FR}fr

Amendment138



Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Urges the Commission to introduce the EU safety certification seal as a European health security mark; in order to help to restore consumer’s trust in the sector and thus contribute to its revitalisation; underlines in this context the role of scientists and health authorities at Member State level, especially when deciding what kind of health precautions are needed and necessary in a particular region.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment139



Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Urges the Commission to introduce the EU hygiene certification seal as a European health security mark, in order to set European-wide minimum health and hygiene standards that would help to restore consumers and passengers' trust in the sector and consequently to its revitalisation;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment140

Nicola Danti, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Caroline Nagtegaal, Søren Gade, Elsi Katainen, Dominique Riquet, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Ondřej Kovařík


Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Urges the Commission to introduce the EU hygiene certification seal as a European health security mark, with the aim to rebuild the trust and confidence of travellers, while avoiding administrative burdens on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment141



Paragraph 5 a (new)


Amendment

5 a.Asks the Commission to set common hygiene measures for the different transport modes. These measures should be homogeneous across transport modes and Member States.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment142

Massimo Casanova, Lucia Vuolo, Paolo Borchia, Marco Campomenosi


Paragraph 6


Amendment

6.Asks the Commission for recommendations for procedures in the post-vaccine period and to explore the need for a digital health passport in the Union;

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Or. {IT}it

Amendment143

Tilly Metz


Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Asks the Commission for recommendations for procedures in the post-vaccine period and to explore options for how to organize long term facilities of testing in train stations, bus hubs, airports and ports and to implement a coordinated system in Europe regarding the tests needed before traveling;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment144

Nicola Danti, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Caroline Nagtegaal, Søren Gade, Dominique Riquet, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Ondřej Kovařík, Valter Flego


Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Asks the Commission for recommendations for procedures in the post-vaccine period and to explore the feasibility and need for a digital health passport in the Union, without undermining individuals’ rights to privacy and data protection;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment145

Elena Kountoura


Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Asks the Commission to prepare in consultation with Member States common procedures in the post-vaccine period and to propose a mechanism for mutual recognition of procedures which could include a digital health passport in the Union;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment146

Sven Schulze


Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Asks the Commission for recommendations for procedures in the post-vaccine period and to explore the need for a digital health passport in the Union, taking account of data protection and relevant subsidiarity issues;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment147

Roman Haider


Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Asks the Commission for recommendations for procedures in the post-vaccine period;

Or. {DE}de

Amendment148



Paragraph 6


Amendment


6.Asks the Commission for recommendations for procedures in the post-vaccine period to give some certainty to companies and SMEs of the tourism industry and help them to prepare for this scenario;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment149



Paragraph 6 a (new)


Amendment

6 a.Calls on the Commission to implement the use of electronic boarding pass in order to reduce contacts between passengers, tour operators and other agents;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment150

Magdalena Adamowicz


Paragraph 7


Amendment

7.Deplores the fact that Next Generation EU does not include direct financing to the tourism industry and calls on the Member States to include the industry in their recovery plans and in the REACT-EU initiative;

7.Deplores the fact that Next Generation EU does not include direct financing to the tourism industry and calls on the Member States to include the industry in their recovery plans and in the REACT-EU initiative; stresses, in this context, that financial support from EU funds being distributed in the Member States in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic does not always reach those tourism operators who are in urgent need of direct funding in order to be able to continue their business activities; calls on the Commission to develop, together with the Member States, criteria for the provision of support from EU funds that would enable a wide range of eligible companies to benefit from it and would thus minimise the number of bankruptcies and preserve jobs in the European tourism industry;

Or. {PL}pl

Amendment151

Mario Furore, Laura Ferrara


Paragraph 7


Amendment

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