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9 Amendments of Alda SOUSA related to 2011/0276(COD)

Amendment 32 #
Jürgen KLUTE, Alda SOUSA
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) A performance framework should be defined for each programme with a view to monitoring progress towards the objectives and targets set for each programme over the course of the programming period. The Commission should undertake a performance review in cooperation with the Member States in 2017 and 2019. A performance reserve should be foreseen and allocated in 2019 where milestones set in the performance framework have been attained. Due to their diversity and multi-country character, there should be no performance reserve for ‘European Territorial Cooperation’ programmes. In cases where the shortfall in the achievement of milestones or targets is significant, the Commission should be able to suspend payments to the programme or, at the end of the programming period, apply financial corrections, in order to ensure that the Union budget is not used in a wasteful or inefficient way.
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 33 #
Jürgen KLUTE, Alda SOUSA
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Establishing a closer link between social and territorial cohesion policy and the economic governance of theEuropean Union will ensure that the effectiveness of expenditure under the CSF Funds is underpinned by sound economic policies and that the CSF Funds can, if necessary, be redirected to addressing the economic problems a country is facing. This process has tocan be gradual, starting with amendments to the Partnership Contract and to the programmes in support of Council recommendations to address macroeconomic imbalances and social and economic difficulties. Where, despite the enhanced use of CSF Funds, a Member State fails to take effective action in the context of the economic governance process, the Commission should have the right to suspend all or part of the payments and commitments. Decisions on suspensions should be proportionate and effective, taking into account the impact of the individual programmes for addressing the economic and social situation in the relevant Member State and previous amendments to the Partnership Contract. When deciding on suspensions, the Commission should also respect equality of treatment between Member States, taking into account in particular the impact of the suspension on the economy of the Member State concerned. The suspensions should be lifted and funds be made available again to the Member State concerned as soon as the Member State takes the necessary actionto address social and economic difficulties.
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 38 #
Jürgen KLUTE, Alda SOUSA
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
(58) In order to strengthen the focus on results and achievement of the Europe 2020 objectives and targets, five per cent of the resources for the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal should be set aside as a performance reserve for each Fund, and category of region in each Member State.deleted
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 39 #
Jürgen KLUTE, Alda SOUSA
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
(59) As regards the Funds and with a viewdespite trying to ensuringe an appropriate allocation to each category of regions, resources should cannot be transferred betweenfrom less developed, transition and more developed regions except in duly justified circumstances linked to the delivery of one or more thematic objectives and for no more than 2 % of the total appropriation for that category of and transition to more developed regions.
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 52 #
Jürgen KLUTE, Alda SOUSA
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 142 on the Common Strategic Framework within 3 months of the adoption of this Regulation.
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 56 #
Jürgen KLUTE, Alda SOUSA
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The unprecedented global financial crisis and economic downturn have seriously damaged economic growth and financial stability and provoked a strong deterioration in financial, economic and social conditions in several Member States. In particular, certain Member States are experiencing serious difficulties or are threatened with such difficulties, notably with problems concerning their economic growth and financial stability and with a deterioration in their deficit and debt position, also due to the international economic and financial environment. Whilst important actions to counterbalance the negative effects of the crisis have to be taken, including amendments to the legislative framework, the impact of the financial crisis on the real economy, the labour market and citizens is being widely felt. Pressure on national financial resources is increasing and further steps have to be taken to alleviate that pressure through the maximal and optimal use of funding from the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund. Pursuant to Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which provides for the possibility of granting Union financial assistance to a Member State in difficulties or seriously threatened with severe difficulties caused by exceptional occurrences beyond its control, mechanisms have been established with a view to preserving the financial stability of the Union. Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002 of 18 February 2002 establishing a facility providing medium-term financial assistance for Member States' balances of payments [6] provides that the Council is to grant medium-term financial assistance where a Member State, which has not adopted the euro, is in difficulties or is seriously threatened with difficulties as regards its balance of payments. Enhance the synergies between the loan programmes for Member States facing economic difficulties and Union funds, and supported efforts to increase the capacity to absorb Union funds in order to stimulate growth and employment by refocusing on improving competitiveness and employment creation. A special provision for Member States facing economic difficulties, in this Regulation, laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund contributes to such synergy efforts. The Member State making a request to the Commission to benefit from a derogation should clearly specify in its request the date from which it considers the derogation to be justified. In its request, the Member State concerned should submit all the information necessary to establish, by means of data on its macroeconomic and fiscal situation, that resources for the national counterpart are unavailable. It should also show that an increase of payments from the derogation is necessary to safeguard the continued implementation of operational programmes and that the absorption capacity problems persist even if the maximum ceilings applicable to co- financing rates set out in Annex xxxxx are used. The Member State concerned should also provide the reference to the relevant Council Decision or other legal act making it eligible to benefit from the derogation. The Commission should verify whether the submitted information is correct and should have 30 days from the submission to raise an objection. In order to make the derogation effective and operational, there should be a presumption that a Member State's request is justified if the Commission does not raise an objection. However, the Commission should be empowered to adopt, by way of an implementing act, a decision on any objection to the Member State's request, in which case, the Commission should give its reasons. The rules on calculation of interim payments and payments of the final balance for operational programmes during the period in which the Member States receive financial assistance for addressing serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability should be revised accordingly. It is necessary to ensure that there is appropriate reporting on the use of the increased amounts made available to the Member States benefiting from a temporary increase of interim payments and of payments of the final balance in accordance with the derogation under Article XXXX of this regulation. After the end of the period during which financial assistance has been made available, evaluations carried out in accordance with Article XXXX of this regulation might need to, inter alia, assess whether the reduction of the national co- funding leads to a significant departure from the goals that were initially established. Such evaluations might lead to the revision of the operational programme. As the unprecedented crisis affecting international financial markets, and the economic downturn, which have seriously damaged the financial stability of several Member States, necessitate a rapid response in order to counter the effects on the economy as a whole, this Regulation should enter into force as soon as possible. Given the exceptional circumstances of the Member States concerned, it should apply retroactively or from the date, on which the financial assistance is made available, depending on the requesting Member State's status, for the periods during which the Member States received financial assistance from the Union or from other euro area Member States in order to address serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability. Where a temporary increase of interim payments or of payments of the final balance is envisaged in accordance with the derogation of the Article XXXX of this regulation, it should also be considered in the context of the budgetary restraints facing all Member States, which should be reflected appropriately in the general budget of the European Union. In addition, since the main purpose of the mechanism is to address specific current difficulties, its application should be limited in time. Therefore application of the mechanism should start on 1 January 2014 and its duration should be limited until 31 December 2020. In order to facilitate the management of Union funding, to help accelerate investments in Member States and regions and to improve the availability of funding to implement the cohesion policy it is necessary to allow, in justified cases, temporarily and without prejudice to the 2014 to 2020 programming period, an increase of interim payments and payments of the final balance from the Structural Funds as well as from the Cohesion Fund, by an amount corresponding to ten percentage points above the co-financing rate applicable for each priority axis, for Member States which are facing serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability, and have requested to benefit from this measure. As a result, the required national counterpart will be reduced accordingly. Due to the temporary nature of that increase and in order to maintain the original co-financing rates as the reference point for calculation of the temporarily increased amounts, the changes resulting from application of the mechanism should not be reflected in the financial plan included in the operational programme. However, operational programmes may need to be updated in order to concentrate the Funds on competitiveness, growth and employment and in order to align their targets and objectives with the decrease of total funding available.
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 60 #
Jürgen KLUTE, Alda SOUSA
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18
5% of the resources allocated to each CSF Fund and Member State, with the exception of resources allocated to the European territorial cooperation goal and to Title V of the EMFF Regulation, shall constitute a performance reserve to be allocated in accordance with Article 20.deleted
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 61 #
Jürgen KLUTE, Alda SOUSA
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20
[...]deleted
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 62 #
Jürgen KLUTE, Alda SOUSA
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 21
[...]deleted
2012/06/01
Committee: BUDG
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