stress the need

underscore character [ word underscore character ]

continuous underline | single underlining

copyright holder | copyright owner | owner of the copyright | owner of a copyright | rights-holders

criminal law based on the offender | penal law based on the offender

mentally ill offender | mentally disordered offender

Stresses that in some cases the Directive’s flexibility has allowed many Member States to embark on energy efficiency measures, and believes this flexibility in alternative measures is crucial for Member States to implement energy efficiency programmes and projects in the future; demands that the loopholes in the existing Directive which are responsible for underachievement of the Directive, especially in Article 7, be removed while keeping adequate flexibility for the Member States to choose among the measures; notes that the EPRS study on the implementation of Article 7 , which is based on figures notified by the Member States, comes to the conclusion that measures such as allowing Member States to phase in the target, to take early act ...[+++]ions into account or to exempt the transport and ETS sectors from the calculation of their target have in almost all cases led to an annual overall energy saving target of only half (0,75 %); notes that the authors have declared that the analysis can only be as good as the data provided; insists that alternative measures under Article 7(9) must be better defined and should be easily quantifiable.

Stresses that the right to health is a human right, and calls for the parties involved in an armed conflict to guarantee the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of medical services during armed conflicts; calls for a global commitment to ensuring that women and girls are safe from the start of every emergency or crisis by addressing the risk of sexual and gender-based violence, by raising awareness, by taking steps to prosecute the perpetrators of such violence, and by ensuring that women and girls have access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services, including safe abortions, in humanitarian crises, rather than perpetuating what amounts t ...[+++]o inhumane treatment, as required by international humanitarian law and as foreseen in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols.

22. Stresses that copyright is an important economic basis for creativity, employment and innovation, as well as the guarantor of cultural diversity, and that it is essential to enable Europe’s creative and cultural industries to compete on a global scale; stresses that further efforts are needed in the field of copyright to strike a balance between all key actors, and that any revision of copyright law should ensure adequate protection that fosters investment and growth in the creative and cultural sector, whilst removing legal uncertainties and inconsistencies that adversely affect the functioning of the Digital Single Market (DSM); urges the Commission to review, where necessary, the regulatory framework for copyright in order to achie ...[+++]ve a better access to creative content for European citizens, and to stimulate European researchers, educational establishments, cultural heritage institutions and the creative sector to adapt their activities to the digital world; underlines that appropriate remuneration must be paid by those who profit from the exploitation of copyright-protected works, and that any solutions in this regard should not discourage the use of legal providers; recalls that digital technologies have redefined the value chain in the cultural sector, mostly to the benefit of intermediaries and often to the detriment of creators; asks the Commission to investigate the extent and impact of such changes and to propose measures to improve the remuneration of authors and artists at European level; stresses that any revised provisions should be future-proof and technologically neutral, evidence based and carefully assessed in line with the Commission’s objective of better regulation, while taking into account the differences between the digital and analogical environments;

9. Notes that 56 % of Europeans use the internet for cultural purposes and notes, therefore, the importance of several copyright exceptions; reminds the Commission that the majority of MEPs support the examination of the application of minimum standards across the exceptions and limitations to copyright and the proper application of those exceptions and limitations which are set out in Directive 2001/29/EC; underlines that the approach to copyright exceptions and limitations should be balanced, targeted and format-neutral and should only be based on demonstrated needs, and should be without prejudice to EU cultural diversity, its financing and the fair compensat ...[+++]ion of authors; emphasises that while the use of text and data mining needs greater legal certainty to enable researchers and educational institutions to make wider use of copyright-protected material, including across borders, any EU-wide exception for text and data mining should apply only when the user has lawful access, and should be developed in consultation with all stakeholders following an evidence-based impact assessment;