Activities of Louis-Joseph MANSCOUR related to 2018/0196(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and financial rules for those (debate) FR
Amendments (50)
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') provides that, in order to strengthen its economic, social and territorial cohesion, the Union is to aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions or islands, and that particular attention is to be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, notably in view of the climate and energy objectives agreed at EU level, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps. Article 175 of the TFEU requires that the Union is to support the achievement of these objectives by the action it takes through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Investment Bank and other instruments. Article 322 of the TFEU provides the basis for adopting financial rules determining the procedure to be adopted for establishing and implementing the budget and for presenting and auditing accounts, as well as for checks on the responsibility of financial actors.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Horizontal principles as set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on the European Union ('TEU') and in Article 10 of the TFEU, including principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the TEU should be respected in the implementation of the Funds, taking into account the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Member States should also respect the obligations of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ensure accessibility in line with its article 9 and in accordance with the Union law harmonising accessibility requirements for products and services. Member States and the Commission should aim at eliminating inequalities and at promoting equality between men and women and integrating the gender perspective, as well as at combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The Funds should not support actions that contribute to any form of segregation. The objectives of the Funds should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and, notably in view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Union's promotion of the aim of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment as set out in Article 11 and Article 191(1) of the TFEU, taking into account the polluter pays principle. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market, operations benefitting undertakings shall comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Funds will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 2530 % of the EU budget expenditure supporting climate objectives. At least 45 % of the Funds as a whole (the ESF+, the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund, the EAFRD) shall contribute to the achievement of a low carbon economy on all territories of the Union based on just transition strategies defined at the relevant territorial level. Affected workers and communities should be fully involved in the development, implementation and enforcement of these just transition strategies. No investments running counter to the commitments agreed to implement the Paris Agreement (COP 21) and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals shall be financed with the support of the Funds.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The principle of partnership is a key feature in the implementation of the Funds, building on the multi-level governance approach and ensuring the involvement of civil society and social partners. In order to provide continuity in the organisation of partnership, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/201413 should continue to apply. The partnership principle is particularly relevant in the definition of just transition strategies to be defined at the relevant territorial level to ensure a socially fair and inclusive transition towards a low carbon economy. _________________ 13 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination isas well as - and on equal footing with - the integrated national energy and climate plans established under the Governance of the Energy Union and the European Pillar of Social Rights are the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of these reform priorities. These strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the Funds, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Member States should determine how relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) of the TFEU and, relevant Council recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 148(4) of the TFEU ('CSR's) are, relevant challenges identified in the implementation of the European Pillar of Social rights and in the national energy and climate plans established under Article 9 of the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union, are integrated on equal footing and taken into account in the preparation of programming documents. During the 2021–2027 programming period ('programming period'), Member States should regularly present to the monitoring committee and to the Commission the progress in implementing the programmes in support of the CSRs, the integrated national energy and climate plans, and the European Pillar of Social Rights. During a mid-term review, Member States should, among other elements, consider the need for programme modifications to accommodate relevant CSRs, relevant modifications to the national energy and climate plans or relevant considerations linked to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights adopted or modified since the start of the programming period.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) To ensure the necessary prerequisites for the effective and efficient use of Union support granted by the Funds, a limited list of enabling conditions as well as a concise and exhaustive set of objective criteria for their assessment should be established. Each enabling condition should be linked to a specific objective and should be automatically applicable where the specific objective is selected for support. Where those conditions are not fulfilled, expenditure related to operations under the related specific objectives should not be included in payment applications.. In order to maintain a favourable investment framework, the continued fulfilment of the enabling conditions should be monitored regularly. It is also important to ensure that operations selected for support are implemented consistently with the strategies and planning documents in place underlying the fulfilled enabling conditions, thus ensuring that all co- financed operations are in line with the Union policy framework. No expenditures running counter to the achievement of the commitments agreed under the Paris Agreement (COP 21) or the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals should be allowed.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Member State should carry out a mid-term review of each programme supported by the ERDF, the ESF+ and the Cohesion Fund. That review should provide a fully-fledged adjustment of programmes based on programme performance, while also providing an opportunity to take account of new challenges and relevant CSRs issued in 2024, relevant CSRs and relevant part of the integrated national energy and climate plans, and full respect of the European Pillar of Social Rights. In parallel, in 2024 the Commission should, together with the technical adjustment for the year 2025, review all Member States' total allocations under the Investment for jobs and growth goal of cohesion policy for the years 2025, 2026 and 2027, applying the allocation method set out in the relevant basic act. That review together with the outcome of the mid-term review should result in programme amendments modifying the financial allocations for the years 2025, 2026 and 2027.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) To better mobilise potential at the local level, it is necessary to strengthen and facilitate CLLD. It should take into account local needs and potential, as well as relevant socio-cultural characteristics, and should provide for structural changes, build community capacity and stimulate social innovation. CLLD are of particular relevance to achieve a just transition towards a low carbon economy. The close cooperation and integrated use of the Funds to deliver local development strategies should be strengthened. Local action groups, representing the interests of the community, should be, as an essential principle responsible for the design and implementation of CLLD strategies. In order to facilitate coordinated support from different Funds to CLLD strategies and to facilitate their implementation, the use of a 'Lead Fund' approach should be facilitated.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation in a socially inclusive way;
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a greener, low-carbon Europe by promoting clean and fairsocially fair and just energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate mitigation and adaptation and risk prevention and management;
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States and the Commission shall ensure the coordination, complementarity and coherence between the Funds and other Union instruments such as the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument. They shall optimise mechanisms for coordination between those responsibleTechnical Support Instrument, in order to avoid duplication during planning and implementation.
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. However, the Commission shall implement the amount of support from the Cohesion Fund transferred to the Connecting Europe Facility ('CEF'), the European Urban Initiative, Interregional Innovative Investments, the amount of support transferred from the ESF+ to transnational cooperation, the amounts contributed to InvestEU37 and technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission under direct or indirect management in accordance with [points (a) and (c) of Article 62(1)] of the Financial Regulation. _________________ 37 [Regulation (EU) No […] on […] (OJ L […], […], p. […])].
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may implement outermost regions' cooperation under the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) under indirect management, subject to a prior agreement of the Member States and regions concerned .
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) urban, rural and other public authorities;
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) bodies involved in the multi-level climate and energy dialogue in accordance with art 10a of Regulation EU [...] (‘the Governance of the Energy Union Regulation').
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the Partnership Agreement and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund- specific rules. In its assessment, the Commission shall, in particular, take into account relevant country-specific recommendations as well as relevant considerations linked to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and of the integrated national climate and energy plans.
Amendment 762 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) the challenges identified in the implementation of the integrated national energy and climate plans;
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) the state of implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights
Amendment 802 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 893 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations and other relevant Union recom, integrated national energy and climate plans and in the implemendtations addressed to the Member State of the European Pillar of social rights;
Amendment 966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6
Article 17 – paragraph 6
6. For ERDF, ESF+ and Cohesion Fund programmes submitted in accordance with Article 16, the table referred to in paragraph (3)(f)(ii) shall include the amounts for the years 20216 to 2025 only7, which will be programmed but may be subject to readjustment on the basis of the results of the mid-term evaluation.
Amendment 974 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a These general provisions shall apply to Leader community-led local development action provided for in Article 71 of draft regulation XX on strategic plans (number of the new regulation on CAP 'strategic plans') as this initiative contributes to harmonious economic and social development of rural territories. This action shall be implemented solely in the context of the provisions laid down in Chapter II of the Regulation (territorial development). The intervention concerned shall respect and contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (New York, 2015), and the commitments arising from the Climate Agreement (COP21) and the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 976 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the programme and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund-specific Regulations, as well as its consistency with the Partnership Agreement. In its assessment, the Commission shall, in particular, take into account relevant country-specific recommendations, as well as relevant challenges identified in the implementation of the integrated national energy and climate plans and in the European Pillar of social rights.
Amendment 1058 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. In the Outermost Regions, Member States concerned may transfer an amount up to 10% of the initial allocation of a priority and no more than 5% of the programme budget to another priority of the same Fund of the same programme.
Amendment 1153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF, the ESF+, the EMFF and the EMFARDF may support community- led local development.
Amendment 1181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) a financial plan, including the planned allocation from each Fund, including where appropriate, the EARDF and the EMFF, and programme concerned.
Amendment 1205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. Within each programme, technical assistance shallmay take the form of a priority relating to one single Fundsingle- fund or multi-fund priority in an operational programme, or the form of a specific operational programme, or both.
Amendment 1234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for the ERDF support under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, and for the Cohesion Fund support: 2,5 4%;
Amendment 1237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) for the ESF+ support: 4% and, or 5% for the Outermost Regions; for programmes under Article 4(1)(c)(vii) of the ESF+ Regulation: 5 %;
Amendment 1246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for the EMFF support: 6 %;, or 7% for the Outermost Regions.
Amendment 1306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The managing authority shall electronically transmit to the Commission cumulative data for each programme by 31 January, 31 March, 31 May, 31 July, 30 SeptemberMay and 30 November of each year in accordance with the template set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 1313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The first transmission shall be due by 31 JanuarMay 2022 and the last one by 31 January 2030.
Amendment 1436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
This provision shall not apply to aid pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation XX [new EMFF Regulation] on the compensation of additional costs for fisheries and aquaculture products in the outermost regions, and to operations relating to the specific additional allocation for the outermost regions under the ERDF.
Amendment 1479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that all exchanges of information between beneficiaries and the programme authorities arcan be carried out by means of electronic data exchange systems in accordance with Annex XII.
Amendment 1587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 1589 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. The finding of an irregularity in the audit part of an operation leading to a financial penalty may not lead to the scope of the control or financial corrections being extended to expenditure covered by the accounting year in which the audited expenditure is included.
Amendment 1626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 2021: 0.2,5 %;
Amendment 1646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 2022: 0.2,5 %;
Amendment 1664 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 2023: 0.2,5 %;
Amendment 1699 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 2024: 0.5 2%;
Amendment 1701 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 2025: 0.52 %;
Amendment 1728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) 2026: 0.51,5 %
Amendment 1794 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1
Article 99 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall decommit any amount in a programme which has not been used for pre-financing in accordance with Article 84 or for which a payment application has not been submitted in accordance with Articles 85 and 86 by 26 December of the seconthird calendar year following the year of the budget commitments for the years 2021 to 2026.
Amendment 1852 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 104 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 2076 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 9
Annex XXIV – point 9
9. An additional special allocation corresponding to an aid intensity of EUR 340 per inhabitant per year will be allocated to the outermost NUTS level 2 regions and the northern sparsely populated NUTS level 2 regions. That allocation will be distributed per region and Member State in a manner proportional to the total population of those regions.
Amendment 2083 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 14
Annex XXIV – point 14
14. For all regions that were classified as less developed regions for the 2014- 2020 programming period, but whose GDP per capita is above 75% of the EU-27 average, the minimum yearly level of support under the Investment for jobs and growth goal will correspond to 60% of their former indicative average annual allocation under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, calculated by the Commission within the multiannual financial framework 2014-2020. Under the same arrangements, this minimum level of support will reach 80% for the outermost regions designated in Article 349 TFEU.