7 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2018/0371(COD)
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Regulation is to enable the re-commitment of the remaining amounts committed to support the implementation of the Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and (EU) 2015/1601 provided for under Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council8 or the allocation of them to other actions under the national programmes in line with Union priorities and Member States' needs in thespecific areas of migration and asylum. , in a transparent manner. __________________ 8. Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 168).
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Member States should have the possibility to use the above-mentioned amounts to continue implementing relocation by re-committing the amounts to the same action in the national programmes.This re-engagement should be made in reasonable proportions used for the purpose of consolidating and developing all aspects of the Common European Asylum System, resettlement, and, to the same extent, the objective of supporting legal migration and promoting the effective integration of nationals third country nationals In addition, it should be possible, duly justified in the revision of Member States' national programmes, to use this funding also to address other challenges in the area of migration and asylum, in line with the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund Regulation. Member States' needs in these areas remain significant. Re-commitments of the above- mentioned amounts to the same action, or their transfer to other actions under the national programme should be possible only once and with the approvalopinion of the Commission.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The target group eligible for relocation should be expanded to give more flexibility to Member States in carrying out relocations, and in order to ensure that the funds will be spent efficient and effective.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Member States and the Commission should have sufficient time to revise the national programmes to accommodate the relevant changes that this amending Regulation foresees. Therefore, a derogation from Article 50(1) of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council12 should be applied to the remaining amounts committed to support the implementation of the Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and (EU) 2015/1601 prolonging the deadline for the decommitment by sixnine months in view of completing the procedure for the revision of the national programmes, as referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014. __________________ 12 Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down general provisions on the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and on the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 112).
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(6) Member States should also have sufficient time to use the amounts re- committed to the same action or transferred to other actions prior to the decommitment of these amounts. Therefore, when suchafter the Commission gives its opinion on the re- commitments or transfers of amounts under the national programme are approved by the Commission, the amounts concerned should be considered to have been committed in the year of the revision of the national programme that approves the re-commitment or the transfer concerned.
Amendment 24 #
3. The additional amounts referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be allocated to the Member States for the first time in the individual financing decisions approving their national programme in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 and later in a financing decision to be annexed to the decision approving their national programme. Re- commitments of those amounts to the same action under the national programme or transfers thereof to other actions under the national programme shall be possible where duly justified in the revision of the respective national programme. An amount may only be re-committed or transferred once, the funds should also be used for the objective of consolidating and developing all aspects of the Common European Asylum System and, to the same extent, for the objective of supporting legal migration and promoting the effective integration of third-country nationals as well as for relocation. The Commission shall approve the re- commitment or transfer through the revision of the national programme.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 516/2014
Article 18 – paragraph 3a
Article 18 – paragraph 3a
3a. For the purpose of Article 50(1) of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014, where amounts stemming from the provisional measures established by Decisions (EU) No 2015/1523 and (EU) No 2015/1601 are re-committed to the same action under the national programme or transferred to other actions under the national programme in accordance with paragraph 3, the amounts concerned shall be considered to have been committed in the year of the revision of the national programme that approves the re- commitment or transfer in question, the Commission reporting annually to the Parliament and the Council on the application of this Article.