Activities of Alda SOUSA related to 2013/0248(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund
Amendments (2)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation 2012/2002
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of this Regulation, a ‘regional natural disaster’ shall mean any natural disaster resulting, in a region in direct damage in excess of 1% of GDP in a region at NUTS 2 level, or in several neighbouring NUTS 3 level regions that together constitute a territory corresponding to the minimum criteria for NUTS 2 level, of a Member State or a country involved in accession negotiations with the Union at NUTS 2 level,; in direct damage in excess of 1,5 % of the region's gross domestic product (GDP)certain cases the GDP criterion may be weighted by using an indicator that reflects the actual socio- economic situation of the territory affected before and after the disaster occurred, as envisaged in the Common Provisions Regulation. Where the disaster concerns several regions at NUTS 2 or NUTS 3 level, the threshold shall be applied to the weighted average GDP of those regions.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation 2012/2002
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Particular attention shall be paid to the outermost regions as defined in Article 349 of the Treaty, which are more vulnerable to extreme weather events.