18 Amendments of Tonino PICULA related to 2020/0380(COD)
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Following the end of the transition period, barriers to trade and to cross-border exchanges between the Union and the United Kingdom will be present. Bhave become a reality with broad and far-reaching consequences for businesses, citizens and public administrations are expected. Those consequences are unavoidable and stakeholders need to make sure that they are ready for them.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Union is committed to mitigating the economicnegative economic and social impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and to show solidarity with all Member States, especially the moworst affected ones, including their regions and local communities, if applicable, in such exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) A Brexit Adjustment Reserve (the ‘Reserve’) should be established to provide support to counter adverse consequences in Member States, regions and sectors, in particular those that are worst affected by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, and thus to mitigate the related negative impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion. It should cover in whole or in part the additional public and private expenditure incurred by Member States for measures specifically taken to mitigate those consequences.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) It is the opinion that Member States benefitting from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve have to provide all of the necessary public support evidence to maintain and create quality jobs where employment was negatively affected or lost due to the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Considers that special attention in the allocation of the means of this Reserve should be given by the Member States to small and medium-sized enterprise as, contrary to most large companies, they are less prepared and have fewer resources to tackle e.g. regulatory burdens and transportation difficulties.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) Member States should rely on their regional public entities, if applicable, to select the adversely affected sectors and businesses while implementing the financial support from the Reserve.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Calls on the European Commission to provide the European Parliament with an impact assessment on the fluctuation of the British pound (GBP) in relation to the euro (EUR) in order to highlight the adverse consequences of the UK’s withdrawal on EU businesses and economic sectors, beginning 1 January 2019, the start of the reference period for financial contribution from the Reserve.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Member States, together with the European Commission, while implementing the Brexit Adjustment Reserve, have to seek to establish synergies with support received from the European Structural Funds, as well as to avoid overlaps between the use of this Reserve and Structural Funds.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To ensure equal treatment of all Member States and consistency in the evaluation of the applications, the Commission should assess the applications in a package. It should look in particular into the eligibility and the accuracy of the expenditure declared, the direct link of the expenditure with measures taken to address the adverse consequences of the withdrawal and the measures put in place by the Member State concerned to avoid double funding. Upon assessment of the applications for a financial contribution from the Reserve, the Commission should clear the pre- financing paid, and recover the unused amount. In order to concentrate the support on Member States moworst affected by the withdrawal, where the expenditure in the Member State concerned, accepted as eligible by the Commission, exceeds the amount paid as pre-financing and 0.06% of the nominal Gross National Income (GNI) for 2021 of the Member State concerned, it should be possible to allow for a further allocation from the Reserve to that Member State within the limits of the financial resources available. Given the extent of the expected economic shock, the possibility to use the amounts recovered from the pre-financing for the reimbursement of additional expenditure by Member States should be provided for.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) In their efforts to support their adversely affected sectors and regions, Member States should apply the principles laid down in the European Code of Conduct on Partnership.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The Reserve shall provide support to counter the adverse consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union in Member States, regions and sectors, in particular thosmall and medium- sized enterprises that are worst affected by that withdrawal, and to mitigate the related impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) measures to assist in particular small and medium-sized businesses and local communities adversely affected by the withdrawal;
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) measures to facilitate the integration of returning EU workers from the UK, by way of social programs for job searching;
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The European Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and Council a detailed report by June 2023 on the implementation process of this regulation; following such a report, the European Parliament and Council may ask the European Commission to fine- tune this implementation process of the Reserve.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Member States shall be responsible for informing and publicising to Union citizens the role, the results and impact of the Union contribution from the Reserve through information and communication actions. To alleviate the negative impact on businesses and economic sectors, and to avoid administrative bottlenecks, Member States should strengthen their information campaigns to raise awareness about the new rules in place after the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 1 – column 2 – row 8
Annex II – table 1 – column 2 – row 8
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 1 – column 2 – row 15.4
Annex II – table 1 – column 2 – row 15.4
Measures to support employmentjob protection and creation through short-time work schemes, re-skilling and training in adversely affected sectors