5 Amendments of Isabella DE MONTE related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high implementation rate, in 2014, of 98,.2% for the commitment appropriations for the mobility and transport policies, and the considerably high implementation rate of 95,2 % for the payment appropriations; notes that the amount of outstanding commitments increased by EUR 1 653 372 424 in 2014 to the overall amount of EUR 5 647 143 046 and that the increase in outstanding amounts is usually higher at the beginning of the new Multiannual Financial Framework as payments for new projects would catch up later; however calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that transport projects are duly implemented;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the large number of high quality projects that could not be adopted at the 2014 CEF-Transport calls owing to a lack of available funds; believes that it is necessary to ensure sufficient funding for CEF-T projects; noteregrets that CEF budget was decreased by funding provided to the European Fund for Strategic Investments; recalls however that point 17 of Interinstitutional Agreement1 on budgetary discipline provides for 10% flexibility to increase CEF budget in annual budgetary procedure and that this flexibility exists regardless EFSI funding; insists that implementation of projects agreed between the European Parliament and the Council in Annex I to Regulation 1316/2013 would justify such increase of the CEF budget; __________________ OJ C 373, 20.12.2013.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that there is information on transport projects available in various databases, such as Financial Transparency System, INEA database of TEN-T projects and CORDIS for Horizon 2020 projects; calls for smart use of these tools in order to have a better overview, upstream and downstream, of the process of allocating EU funds; reiterates the importance of publishing of easily accessible annual list of transport projects co-financed by the Union, setting out the exact amount of the funding;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that transport projects in 2014-2020 will be financed from several sources, including the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the Cohesion Fund, the European Fund for Regional Development and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); calls on the Commission, therefore, to develop synergies that will enable these different sources of funding to allocate the funds available more efficiently;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets, however, that appropriations for tourism are not yet adequate to support the development of the sector, also with a view to the new sharing economies;