10 Amendments of Kathleen VAN BREMPT related to 2011/0428(COD)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Environmental and climate requirements should be integrated into Union's policies and activities. The LIFE Programme should therefore be complementary to other Union funding programmes, including the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agriculture Guarantee Fund,the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and Horizon 2020. The Commission and Member States should ensure such complementarity at all levels. At Union level, complementarity should be ensured by establishing a structured cooperation between the LIFE Programme and the shared-management Union funding programmes in the Common Strategic Framework, in particular to promote funding of activities that complement Integrated Projects or support the use of solutions, methods and approaches developed under the LIFE Programme. The LIFE Programme should also encourage the uptake of environmental and climate- related research and innovation results of Horizon 2020. Within this context it should offer co-funding opportunities for projects with clear environmental and climate benefits in order to ensure synergies. Coordination is required to prevent double funding and also to ensure that the net financial investment in attainment of the objectives formulated in this regulation does not decline.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Environmental and climate requirements should be integrated into Union's policies and activities. The LIFE Programme should therefore be complementary to other Union funding programmes, including the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agriculture Guarantee Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and Horizon 2020. The Commission and Member States should ensure such complementarity at all levels. At Union level, complementarity should be ensured by establishing a structured cooperation between the LIFE Programme and the shared-management Union funding programmes in the Common Strategic Framework, in particular to promote funding of activities that complement Integrated Projects or support the use of solutions, methods and approaches developed under the LIFE Programme. To ensure legal clarity and the practical feasibility of Integrated Projects, cooperation between other Union funds and Integrated Projects should be explicitly provided for in Regulation (EU) No .../.... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ../../.... [laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006]1 . Concrete arrangements should be put in place to establish cooperation at an early stage, so that the advantages of Integrated Projects are taken into account during the drawing-up of partnership contracts and operational programmes. The LIFE Programme should also encourage the uptake of environmental and climate- related research and innovation results of Horizon 2020. Within this context it should offer co-funding opportunities for projects with clear environmental and climate benefits in order to ensure synergies. Coordination is required to prevent double funding. ____________ 1 COM(2011)0615
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020’ (hereinafter the ‘Union Biodiversity Strategy to 2020’) has set up targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. These targets include, among others, the full implementation of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as well as maintaining and restoring ecosystems and their services. The LIFE Programme should contribute to achieving those targets. Therefore, the priority area Biodiversity should focus on the implementation and management of the Natura2000 network set up by Council Directive 92/43/EEC, in particular in relation to the Prioritised Action Frameworks foreseen in Article 8 of the same Directive, on the development and dissemination of best practices in relation to biodiversity and Directives 2009/147/EC and 92/43/EEC, as well as on the wider biodiversity challenges identified by the Union Biodiversity Strategy to 2020;. The contribution of LIFE to the annual requirements for biodiversity funding, which are estimated at EUR 5,8 billion, should be seen in the context of the amounts earmarked for biodiversity in other Union funds.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The priority area Climate Change Mitigation should contribute to the development and implementation of Union climate-related policy and legislation, in particular with regard to greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting, policies related to land use, land use change and forestry, emissions trading system, Member States' effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, carbon capture and storagelimate measures in towns, renewable energy, energy efficiency, transport and fuels, ozone layer protection and fluorinated gases.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) With a view to simplifying the LIFE Programme and reducing administrative burden for applicants and beneficiaries, more use should be made of flat rates and lump-sums, and funding should focus on more specific categories of costs. By way of compensation for ineligible costs and in order to maintain the effective level of support provided by the LIFE Programme, the co-funding rates should be 750% as a general rule and 860% in specific cases.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In the case of projects which form part of the sub-programme for Climate Action, an effort should be made to attain the maximum synergy with other environmental objectives, particularly as regards simultaneous action on climate and biodiversity.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Integrated Projects referred to in Article 18 point (d) shall involve, where appropriate, stakeholders and promote, when possible, the coordination with and mobilisation of other Union funding sources.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The maximum co-financing rate for the projects referred to in Article 18 shall be 750% of eligible costs. By way of exception, the maximum co-financing rate for projects referred to in Article 18 points (d) and (f) shall be 860% of eligible costs. The co-financing rate may be increased to 75% for less developed regions as defined in the Common Provisions Regulation.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. VAT shall not be considered an eligible cost for projects referred to in Article 18, except where it is not recoverable under national VAT legislation and is paid by a beneficiary other than a non-taxable person as defined in the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)