Activities of Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ related to 2016/2099(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank for 2015 - Annual report on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Annual Report on the Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank
Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the EIB's development mandates in the ACP region when operating Under its External Lending Mandate; underlines that the focus of EIB's activities should be to have a positive impact on the achievements of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Stresses that the EIB should continue to pay strong attention to the Human Rights impacts of its operations and to reinforce its due diligence at project level in this regard; calls on the EIB to act in strict compliance with the EU treaty obligations, including Article 21 TEU on principles of EU external action, and to ensure its policies and operations are in line with the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan for Human Rights and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the need for the EIB to ensure that, together with its clients, sound public consultations take place at project level, including via the application of the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC); urges the EIB to consider extending the FPIC to all affected communities in land and natural resource-based investments;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the adoption of the EIB External Lending Mandate Climate Strategy in December 2015 and the commitment to increase the share of climate-related projects to 35% of its investments in developing countries by 2020; calls on the EIB to ensure this is supported by robust eligibility criteria for climate action and that climate considerations are also mainstreamed into all EIB operations outside of Europe;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the fact that the European Commission's 2016 External Strategy for Effective Taxation reminds that European legislation prohibits EU funds from being invested in entities in third countries which do not comply with international tax transparency standards and asks the EIB to transpose good governance requirements in their contracts with all selected financial intermediaries; supports the Commission's claim that the EIB needs to go further than the current transparency requirements to ensure fair tax competition; calls therefore on the EIB to establish a responsible taxation policy in 2017, starting from the review of its policy on non-cooperative jurisdictions (NCJ policy) in cooperation with the European Commission;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the need for increased visibility of the bank's involvement in project financing to various projects stakeholders, in particular outside the European Union, which is crucial for local citizens to be aware of their right to appeal and lodge complaints at the Complaints Mechanism Office and the European Ombudsman;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need for the Resilience Initiative of the EIB to reach a high level of transparency in its operation and to focus on high quality projects with enhanced development impact and genuine additionality.