11 Amendments of David McALLISTER related to 2023/0397(COD)
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) To achieve these goals, special emphasis with respect to investment areas should be placed on sectors that are likely to function as key multipliers for social and economic development: health, connectivity, including transport, energy, green and digital transitions, education and skills development.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Union support under the Facility should not replace the bilateral and regional support provided under Regulation (EU) 2021/1529 of the European Parliament and of the Council4 , focussing on preparing the Beneficiaries for Union membership, but. The Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) remains the main financial vehicle for merit-based conditional pre-accession assistance. The Facility shall complement it and add to it, while using already existing mechanisms and structures where possible. The approach should build on the existing enlargement methodology, notably the 2020 Revised Methodology5 , and the Economic and Investment Plan6 from the same year. _________________ 4 Regulation (EU) 2021/1529 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 September 2021 establishing the Instrument for Pre-Accession assistance (IPA III) (OJ L 330, 20.9.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/1529/oj). 5 COM (2022) 57 final. 6 COM(2020) 641 final.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Facility should promote the development effectiveness principles, respecting additionality to the support provided under other Union programmes and instruments and striving to avoid duplication between assistance under this Regulation and other assistance provided by the Union, the Member States, third countries, multilateral and regional organisations and entities.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The Facility and the funding dispersed therewith should place a special emphasis on locally based small and medium enterprises to ensure that sustainable development is directly interlinked with local businesses and entrepreneurs;
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The overall maximum amount for the Union support through the Facility should be EUR 6 billion in current prices for the period from 2024 to 2027, of which up to EUR 2 billion in non-repayable support and EUR 4 billion in concessional financial-assistance loans provided by the Union and provisioned from the EUR 2 billion. At least half of the total amount should be allocated through the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF), including the entire amount of the non- repayable support, less than 1.5% of technical assistance and the amounts necessary for provisioning of the loans.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The implementation of the Facility for the Western Balkans should be underpinned by a coherent and prioritised set of targeted reforms and investment priorities in each Western Balkans Beneficiary (a Reform Agenda), providing a framework for boosting socio-economic growth, clearly articulated and aligned with Union accession requirements. The Reform Agenda will serve as an overarching framework to achieve the objectives of this Facility. The Reform Agenda should be submitted to the European Parliament.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) A Facility Agreement should be concluded with each Beneficiary to set up the principles of the financial cooperation between the Union and the Beneficiary, and to specify the necessary mechanisms related to control, supervision, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and audit of Union funding under the Facility, rules on taxes, duties and charges and measures to prevent, detect, investigate and correct irregularities, fraud, corruption and conflicts of interest. Consequently, a loan agreement should also be concluded with each Beneficiary setting out specific provisions for the management and implementation of funding provided in the forms of loans. Both the Facility Agreement and the Loan Agreement shall be shared with the European Parliament.
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) The communication capacities of the Beneficiaries should be enhanced in order to ensure strong and free pluralistic media and public support for andBeneficiaries should support free pluralistic media that enhance the understanding of Union values and the benefits and obligations of potential Union membership, while addressing disinformation and, foreign information manipulation and interference. Visibility of the Union funding should alsneeds to be ensured.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) boost regional economic integration in particular through progress in the establishment of the Common Regional Marketbased on EU rules and standards for the Common Regional Market, which was agreed in 2020 as part of the Berlin Process;
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) boost innovation, particularly for SMEs and in support of the green and digital transitions, with a particular emphasis on locally based small and medium enterprises;
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall invite the Beneficiaries to submit within three months from the entry into force of this Regulation their respective Reform Agendas. National economic reform programmes (ERPs) and the Commission’s annual progress reports should serve as the starting point.